MESSAGE NO: 9223201 DATE: 08 11 2009
CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: INI
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: C - 570 - 953 - -
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PERIOD COVERED: 08 06 2009 TO

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: DIRECTORS OF FIELD OPERATIONS
PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT

RE: INITIATION OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATION OF
NARROW WOVEN RIBBONS WITH WOVEN SELVEDGE FROMCHINA
(C-570-953)

1. ON 8/6/2009, COMMERCE PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER ITS
INITIATION OF NARROW WOVEN RIBBONS WITH WOVEN SELVEDGE FROM THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

2. THE MERCHANDISE SUBJECT TO THIS INVESTIGATION IS NARROW
WOVEN RIBBONS WITH WOVEN SELVEDGE, IN ANY LENGTH, BUT WITH A
WIDTH (MEASURED AT THE NARROWEST SPAN OF THE RIBBON) LESS THAN
OR EQUAL TO 12 CENTIMETERS, COMPOSED OF, IN WHOLE OR IN PART,
MAN-MADE FIBERS (WHETHER ARTIFICIAL OR SYNTHETIC, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO NYLON, POLYESTER, RAYON, POLYPROPYLENE, AND
POLYETHYLENE TERAPHTHALATE), METAL THREADS AND/OR METALIZED
YARNS, OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF.

NARROW WOVEN RIBBONS SUBJECT TO THIS INVESTIGATION MAY:


(1) ALSO INCLUDE NATURAL OR OTHER NON-MAN-MADE FIBERS;

(2) BE OF ANY COLOR, STYLE, PATTERN, OR WEAVE
CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SINGLE-FACED
SATIN, DOUBLE-FACED SATIN, GROSGRAIN, SHEER, TAFFETA, TWILL,
JACQUARD, OR A COMBINATION OF TWO OR MORE COLORS, STYLES,
PATTERNS, AND/OR WEAVE CONSTRUCTIONS;


(3) HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO, OR COMPOSED OF MATERIALS THAT
HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO, VARIOUS TREATMENTS, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO DYEING, PRINTING, FOIL STAMPING, EMBOSSING,
FLOCKING, COATING, AND/OR SIZING;

(4) HAVE EMBELLISHMENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
APPLIQU, FRINGES, EMBROIDERY, BUTTONS, GLITTER, SEQUINS,
LAMINATES, AND/OR ADHESIVE BACKING;

(5) HAVE WIRE AND/OR MONOFILAMENT IN, ON, OR ALONG THE
LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF THE RIBBON;

(6) HAVE ENDS OF ANY SHAPE OR DIMENSION, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO STRAIGHT ENDS THAT ARE PERPENDICULAR TO THE
LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF THE RIBBON, TAPERED ENDS, FLARED ENDS
OR SHAPED ENDS, AND THE ENDS OF SUCH WOVEN RIBBONS MAY OR
MAY NOT BE HEMMED;

(7) HAVE LONGITUDINAL EDGES THAT ARE STRAIGHT OR OF ANY
SHAPE, AND THE LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF SUCH WOVEN RIBBON MAY
OR MAY NOT BE PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER;

(8) CONSIST OF SUCH RIBBONS AFFIXED TO LIKE RIBBON AND/OR
CUT-EDGE WOVEN RIBBON, A CONFIGURATION ALSO KNOWN AS AN
"ORNAMENTAL TRIMMING;"

(9) BE WOUND ON SPOOLS; ATTACHED TO A CARD; HANKED (I.E.,
COILED OR BUNDLED); PACKAGED IN BOXES, TRAYS OR BAGS; OR
CONFIGURED AS SKEINS, BALLS, BATEAUS OR FOLDS; AND/OR

(10) BE INCLUDED WITHIN A KIT OR SET SUCH AS WHEN PACKAGED
WITH OTHER PRODUCTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO GIFT BAGS,
GIFT BOXES AND/OR OTHER TYPES OF RIBBON.

NARROW WOVEN RIBBONS SUBJECT TO THIS INVESTIGATION INCLUDE ALL
NARROW WOVEN FABRICS, TAPES, AND LABELS THAT FALL WITHIN THIS
WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF THE SCOPE OF THIS INVESTIGATION.

EXCLUDED FROM THE SCOPE OF THIS INVESTIGATION ARE THE FOLLOWING:


(1) FORMED BOWS COMPOSED OF NARROW WOVEN RIBBONS WITH
WOVEN SELVEDGE;

(2) "PULL-BOWS" (I.E., AN ASSEMBLAGE OF RIBBONS CONNECTED
TO ONE ANOTHER, FOLDED FLAT AND EQUIPPED WITH A MEANS TO
FORM SUCH RIBBONS INTO THE SHAPE OF A BOW BY PULLING ON A
LENGTH OF MATERIAL AFFIXED TO SUCH ASSEMBLAGE) COMPOSED OF
NARROW WOVEN RIBBONS;

(3) NARROW WOVEN RIBBONS COMPRISED AT LEAST 20 PERCENT BY
WEIGHT OF ELASTOMERIC YARN (I.E., FILAMENT YARN, INCLUDING
MONOFILAMENT, OF SYNTHETIC TEXTILE MATERIAL, OTHER THAN
TEXTURED YARN, WHICH DOES NOT BREAK ON BEING EXTENDED TO
THREE TIMES ITS ORIGINAL LENGTH AND WHICH RETURNS, AFTER
BEING EXTENDED TO TWICE ITS ORIGINAL LENGTH, WITHIN A
PERIOD OF FIVE MINUTES, TO A LENGTH NOT GREATER THAN ONE
AND A HALF TIMES ITS ORIGINAL LENGTH AS DEFINED IN THE
HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES (HTSUS),
SECTION XI, NOTE 13) OR RUBBER THREAD;

(4) NARROW WOVEN RIBBONS OF A KIND USED FOR THE
MANUFACTURE OF TYPEWRITER OR PRINTER RIBBONS;

(5) NARROW WOVEN LABELS AND APPAREL TAPES, CUT-TO-LENGTH
OR CUT-TO-SHAPE, HAVING A LENGTH (WHEN MEASURED ACROSS THE
LONGEST EDGE-TO-EDGE SPAN) NOT EXCEEDING 8 CENTIMETERS;

(6) NARROW WOVEN RIBBONS WITH WOVEN SELVEDGE ATTACHED TO
AND FORMING THE HANDLE OF A GIFT BAG;

(7) CUT-EDGE NARROW WOVEN RIBBONS FORMED BY CUTTING BROAD
WOVEN FABRIC INTO STRIPS OF RIBBON, WITH OR WITHOUT
TREATMENTS TO PREVENT THE LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF THE
RIBBON FROM FRAYING (SUCH AS BY MERROWING, LAMINATION,
SONO-BONDING, FUSING, GUMMING OR WAXING), AND WITH OR
WITHOUT WIRE RUNNING LENGTHWISE ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL EDGES
OF THE RIBBON;

(8) NARROW WOVEN RIBBONS COMPRISED AT LEAST 85 PERCENT BY
WEIGHT OF THREADS HAVING A DENIER OF 225 OR HIGHER;

(9) NARROW WOVEN RIBBONS CONSTRUCTED FROM PILE FABRICS
(I.E., FABRICS WITH A SURFACE EFFECT FORMED BY TUFTS OR
LOOPS OF YARN THAT STAND UP FROM THE BODY OF THE FABRIC);

(10) NARROW WOVEN RIBBON AFFIXED (INCLUDING BY TYING) AS A
DECORATIVE DETAIL TO NON-SUBJECT MERCHANDISE, SUCH AS A GIFT
BAG, GIFT BOX, GIFT TIN, GREETING CARD OR PLUSH TOY, OR
AFFIXED (INCLUDING BY TYING) AS A DECORATIVE DETAIL TO
PACKAGING CONTAINING NON-SUBJECT MERCHANDISE;

(11) NARROW WOVEN RIBBON AFFIXED TO NON-SUBJECT
MERCHANDISE AS A WORKING COMPONENT OF SUCH NON-SUBJECT
MERCHANDISE, SUCH AS WHERE NARROW WOVEN RIBBON COMPRISES AN
APPAREL TRIMMING, BOOK MARKER, BAG CINCH, OR PART OF AN
IDENTITY CARD HOLDER; AND


(12) NARROW WOVEN RIBBON(S) COMPRISING A BELT ATTACHED TO
AND IMPORTED WITH AN ITEM OF WEARING APPAREL, WHETHER OR NOT
SUCH BELT IS REMOVABLE FROM SUCH ITEM OF WEARING APPAREL.

THE MERCHANDISE SUBJECT TO THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLASSIFIABLE
UNDER THE HTSUS STATISTICAL CATEGORIES 5806.32.1020;
5806.32.1030; 5806.32.1050 AND 5806.32.1060. SUBJECT
MERCHANDISE ALSO MAY ENTER UNDER SUBHEADINGS 5806.31.00;
5806.32.20; 5806.39.20; 5806.39.30; 5808.90.00; 5810.91.00;
5810.99.90; 5903.90.10; 5903.90.25; 5907.00.60; AND 5907.00.80
AND UNDER STATISTICAL CATEGORIES 5806.32.1080; 5810.92.9080;
5903.90.3090; AND 6307.90.9889.

THE HTSUS STATISTICAL CATEGORIES AND SUBHEADINGS ARE PROVIDED
FOR CONVENIENCE AND CUSTOMS PURPOSES; HOWEVER, THE WRITTEN
DESCRIPTION OF THE MERCHANDISE UNDER INVESTIGATION IS
DISPOSITIVE.

3. FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES THIS CASE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED
INVESTIGATION NUMBER: C-570-953.

4. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CBP
OFFICERS, THE IMPORTING PUBLIC OR INTERESTED PARTIES, PLEASE
CONTACT DAVINA HASHMI OR RON TRENTHAM AT THE OFFICE OF AD/CVD
OPERATIONS, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AT (202) 482-0984
OR (202) 482-3577, RESPECTIVELY (GENERATED BY O1:SA).

5. THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.


CHRISTINE FURGASON