Notice of preliminary determination and critical circumstances in the antidumping duty investigation of certain biaxial integral geogrid products from the People's Republic of China (A-570-036)

1. On 08/22/2016, Commerce published in the Federal Register (81 FR 56584) its preliminary determination of sales at less than fair value, affirmative critical circumstances, in part, and the postponement of the final determination in the antidumping duty investigation of certain biaxial integral geogrid products (“geogrids”) from the People's Republic of China (“PRC”). 2. The products covered by this investigation are described in message 6054301, dated 02/23/2016. 3. This investigation has been assigned investigation number A-570-036. 4. Because Commerce determined that critical circumstances exist for imports of geogrids from the PRC from the exporter/producer combination listed below, CBP shall suspend liquidation of all appropriate entries of geogrids from the PRC that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 5/24/2016, which is 90 days prior to the date of publication of the preliminary determination in the Federal Register. Effective 5/24/2016, for entries of geogrids from the PRC from the exporter/producer combination listed below, CBP shall require a cash deposit equal to the following dumping margins: Exporter: Taian Modern Plastic Co., Ltd. Producer: Taian Modern Plastic Co., Ltd. Case number: A-570-036-002 Cash deposit rate: 38.92% Exporter: PRC-Wide Entity Case number: A-570-036-000 Cash deposit rate: 66.74% 5. For all other entries of geogrids from the PRC, CBP shall suspend liquidation of such shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 8/22/2016. Effective 8/22/2016 the following cash deposit instructions apply: A. For all PRC exporters of geogrids from the PRC which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the PRC-wide rate. B. For all non-PRC exporters of geogrids from the PRC which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the exporter/producer combinations that supplied that non-PRC exporter. 6. The following company received a 0.00 percent antidumping duty rate in the preliminary determination. No suspension of liquidation is required at this time for the following producer/exporter combination listed below: Producer: BOSTD Geosynthetics Qingdao Ltd. Exporter: BOSTD Geosynthetics Qingdao Ltd. Case number: A-570-036-001 7. 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: SSP.) 8. There are no restrictions on the release of this information. Alexander Amdur