1. On 03/03/2017, Commerce published in the Federal Register its countervailing duty order on certain biaxial integral geogrids products (“geogrids”) from the People's Republic of China (82 FR 12437).

2. The merchandise covered by this order are certain biaxial integral geogrid products. Biaxial integral geogrid products are a polymer grid or mesh material (whether or not finished, slit, cut-to-length, attached to woven or non-woven fabric or sheet material, or packaged) in which four-sided openings in the form of squares, rectangles, rhomboids, diamonds, or other four-sided figures predominate. The products covered have integral strands that have been stretched to induce molecular orientation into the material (as evidenced by the strands being thinner in width toward the middle between the junctions than at the junctions themselves) constituting the sides of the openings and integral junctions where the strands intersect. The scope includes products in which four-sided figures predominate whether or not they also contain additional strands intersecting the four-sided figures and whether or not the inside corners of the four-sided figures are rounded off or not sharp angles. As used herein, the term “integral” refers to strands and junctions that are homogenous with each other. The products covered have a tensile strength of greater than 5 kilonewtons per meter (kN/m) according to American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard Test Method D6637/D6637M in any direction and average overall flexural stiffness of more than 100,000 milligram-centimeter according to the ASTM D7748/D7748M Standard Test Method for Flexural Rigidity of Geogrids, Geotextiles and Related Products, or other equivalent test method standards.

Subject merchandise includes material matching the above description that has been finished, packaged, or otherwise further processed in a third country, including by trimming, slitting, coating, cutting, punching holes, stretching, attaching to woven or non-woven fabric or sheet material, or any other finishing, packaging, or other further processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the investigations if performed in the country of manufacture of the biaxial integral geogrid.

The products subject to the scope are currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under the following subheading: 3926.90.9995. Subject merchandise may also enter under subheadings 3920.20.0050 and 3925.90.0000. The HTSUS subheadings set forth above are provided for convenience and U.S. Customs purposes only. The written description of the scope is dispositive.

3. For imports of geogrids from the People's Republic of China, CBP shall suspend liquidation of entries of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 03/02/2017. Effective 03/02/2017, CBP shall require a cash deposit equal to the percentages/per-unit amounts identified below.

Producer and/or Exporter: All Others
Case number: C-570-037-000
Subsidy rate: 25.93%

Producer and/or Exporter: BOSTD Geosynthetics Qingdao Ltd.
Case number: C-570-037-001
Subsidy rate: 15.61%

Producer and/or Exporter: Taian Modern Plastic Co., Ltd.
Case number: C-570-037-002
Subsidy rate: 56.24%

Producer and/or Exporter: Chengdu Tian Road Engineering Materials Co., Ltd.
Case number: C-570-037-003
Subsidy rate: 152.50%

Producer and/or Exporter: Chongqing Jiudi Reinforced Soil Engineering Co., Ltd.
Case number: C-570-037-004
Subsidy rate: 152.50%

Producer and/or Exporter: CNBM International Corporation
Case number: C-570-037-005
Subsidy rate: 152.50%

Producer and/or Exporter: Dezhou Yaohua Geosynthetics Ltd.
Case number: C-570-037-006
Subsidy rate: 152.50%

Producer and/or Exporter: Dezhou Zhengyu Geosynthetics Ltd.
Case number: C-570-037-007
Subsidy rate: 152.50%

Producer and/or Exporter: Hongye Engineering Materials Co., Ltd.
Case number: C-570-037-008
Subsidy rate: 152.50%

Producer and/or Exporter: Hubei Nete Geosynthetics Ltd.
Case number: C-570-037-009
Subsidy rate: 152.50%

Producer and/or Exporter: Jiangsu Dingtai Engineering Material Co., Ltd.
Case number: C-570-037-010
Subsidy rate: 152.50%

Producer and/or Exporter: Jiangsu Jiuding New Material Ltd.
Case number: C-570-037-011
Subsidy rate: 152.50%

Producer and/or Exporter: Lewu New Material Ltd.
Case number: C-570-037-012
Subsidy rate: 152.50%

Producer and/or Exporter: Nanjing Jinlu Geosynthetics Ltd.
Case number: C-570-037-013
Subsidy rate: 152.50%

Producer and/or Exporter: Nanjing Kunchi Composite Material Ltd.
Case number: C-570-037-014
Subsidy rate: 152.50%

Producer and/or Exporter: Nanyang Jieda Geosynthetics Co., Ltd.
Case number: C-570-037-015
Subsidy rate: 152.50%

Producer and/or Exporter: Qingdao Hongda Plastics Corp.
Case number: C-570-037-016
Subsidy rate: 152.50%

Producer and/or Exporter: Shandong Dexuda Geosynthetics Ltd.
Case number: C-570-037-017
Subsidy rate: 152.50%

Producer and/or Exporter: Shandong Haoyang New Engineering Materials Co., Ltd.
Case number: C-570-037-018
Subsidy rate: 152.50%

Producer and/or Exporter: Shandong Tongfa Glass Fiber Ltd.
Case number: C-570-037-019
Subsidy rate: 152.50%

Producer and/or Exporter: Shandong Xinyu Geosynthetics Ltd.
Case number: C-570-037-020
Subsidy rate: 152.50%

Producer and/or Exporter: Tai'an Haohua Plastics Co., Ltd.
Case number: C-570-037-021
Subsidy rate: 152.50%

Producer and/or Exporter: Taian Hengbang Engineering Material Co., Ltd.
Case number: C-570-037-022
Subsidy rate: 152.50%

Producer and/or Exporter: Taian Naite Geosynthetics Ltd.
Case number: C-570-037-023
Subsidy rate: 152.50%

Producer and/or Exporter: Taian Road Engineering Materials Co., Ltd.
Case number: C-570-037-024
Subsidy rate: 152.50%

Producer and/or Exporter: Tenax
Case number: C-570-037-025
Subsidy rate: 152.50%

Producer and/or Exporter: Hengshui Zhongtiejian Group Co.
Case number: C-570-037-026
Subsidy rate: 152.50%

Producer and/or Exporter: Qingdao Sunrise Dageng Import and Export Co., Ltd.
Case number: C-570-037-027
Subsidy rate: 152.50%

4. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984. CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only. (This message was generated by OV:RMM)

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Alexander Amdur