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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–028]
Hydrofluorocarbon Blends From the
People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review and Final
Rescission, in Part; 2017–2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
United States Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On October 4, 2018, the
Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on
hydrofluorocarbon blends (HFCs) from
the People’s Republic of China (China)
for 13 companies. Based on timely
withdrawal of requests for review, we
are now rescinding this administrative
review with respect to 12 of these
companies.
DATES: Applicable June 14, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrew Medley or Manuel Rey, AD/
CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement
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and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–4987 or (202) 482–5518,
respectively.
Background
In August 2018, Commerce received
timely requests to conduct an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on HFCs from
China from Weitron International
Refrigeration Equipment (Kushan) Co.,
Ltd. (Weitron) and the petitioners.1
Based upon these requests, on October
4, 2018, in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), Commerce
published a notice of initiation of an
administrative review covering the
period of review (POR) August 1, 2017
through July 31, 2018, with respect to 13
companies.2 On February 11, 2019, the
petitioners withdrew their requests for
an administrative review.3 Weitron did
not withdraw its request for an
administrative review.
Commerce exercised its discretion to
toll all deadlines affected by the partial
federal government closure from
December 22, 2018 through the
resumption of operations on January 29,
2019.4 Accordingly, the revised
deadline for the issuance of these
preliminary results is now June 12,
2019.
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Partial Rescission
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),
Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in
part, if a party who requested the review
withdraws the request within 90 days of
the date of publication of notice of
initiation of the requested review. The
aforementioned withdrawal request by
the petitioners was timely submitted,
1 The petitioners in this case are the American
HFC Coalition and its individual members and
District Lodge 154 of the International Association
of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 83 FR
50077 (October 4, 2018). See also Initiation of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 57411 (November
15, 2018), correcting the spelling of three company
names.
3 See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Hydrofluorocarbon
Blends from the People’s Republic of China:
Withdrawal of Review Request,’’ dated February 11,
2019.
4 See memorandum to the Record from Gary
Taverman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
performing the non-exclusive functions and duties
of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, ‘‘Deadlines Affected by the Partial
Shutdown of the Federal Government,’’ dated
January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of
the proceeding have been extended by 40 days.
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and no other interested party requested
an administrative review of these
particular companies. Therefore, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),
we are rescinding this review of the
antidumping duty order on HFCs from
China, in part, with respect to the 12
companies named in the appendix.
The instant review will continue with
respect to Weitron.
Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
We received timely submissions from
Weitron certifying that it did not have
sales, shipments, exports, or entries of
subject merchandise to the United
States during the POR.5 On April 11,
2019, we requested U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) data to confirm
any entries of subject merchandise
imported into the United States during
the POR and exported by Weitron. This
query returned no entries during the
POR.6 Additionally, in order to examine
Weitron’s claim, we sent an inquiry to
CBP requesting that any CBP officer
alert Commerce if he/she had
information contrary to this noshipments claim.7 On April 12, 2019,
we received notification from CBP of no
information contrary to the no shipment
claims.8
Because we have not received
information to the contrary from CBP,
consistent with our practice, we
preliminarily determine that Weitron
had no shipments of subject
merchandise. In addition, as discussed
below, we find it is not appropriate to
rescind the review with respect to
Weitron but, rather, to complete the
review with respect to it and issue
appropriate instructions to CBP based
on the final results of the review,
consistent with our practice in nonmarket economy (NME) cases.9
5 See letter from Weitron, ‘‘No Shipment
Certification and Separate Rate Application for
Weitron: Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
of Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the People’s
Republic of China,’’ dated November 7, 2018, at 1.
Because Weitron certified that it did not have sales,
shipments, exports, or entries of subject
merchandise during the POR, and given that a
suspended entry is required to evaluate a
company’s separate rate claim, we have not
evaluated Weitron’s separate rate application for the
purposes of this review.
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘No shipments inquiry for
hydrofluorocarbon blends from the People’s
Republic of China exported by Weitron
International Refrigeration Equipment (Kunshan)
Co., Ltd. (A–570–028),’’ dated April 11, 2019.
7 Id.
8 See Memorandum, ‘‘Re: No shipment inquiry
with respect to the company below during the
period 08/01/2017 through 7/31/2018,’’ dated May
24, 2019.
9 See the ‘‘Assessment’’ section, below.
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Public Comment
Interested parties may submit case
briefs no later than 30 days after the
date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register.10 Rebuttals to case
briefs, which must be limited to issues
raised in the case briefs, must be filed
within five days after the date for filing
case briefs.11 Parties who submit
arguments are requested to submit with
each argument (a) a statement of the
issue, (b) a brief summary of the
argument, and (c) a table of
authorities.12 Parties submitting briefs
should do so pursuant to Commerce’s
electronic filing system: Enforcement
and Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).13
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov, and is
available to all parties in the Central
Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main
Department of Commerce building.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing must submit a written request to
the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance, U.S. Department of
Commerce within 30 days of the date of
publication of this notice. Hearing
requests should contain the following
information: (1) The party’s name,
address, and telephone number; (2) the
number of participants; and (3) a list of
the issues parties intend to discuss.
Issues raised in the hearing will be
limited to those raised in the respective
case and rebuttal briefs. If a request for
a hearing is made, parties will be
notified of the time and date of the
hearing which will be held at the U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230.
Unless extended, we intend to issue
the final results of this administrative
review, including our analysis of all
issues raised in any written brief, within
120 days of publication of this notice in
the Federal Register, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Assessment
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries. For the companies for which
this review is rescinded, antidumping
duties shall be assessed at rates equal to
the cash deposit of estimated
antidumping duties required at the time
of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse,
10 See
19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
19 CFR 351.309(d)(1)(2).
12 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2), (d)(2).
13 See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing
requirements).
11 See
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for consumption, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). For those
companies, Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days
after publication of this notice.
Pursuant to Commerce’s practice in
NME cases, if Commerce continues to
determine in the final results that
Weitron had no shipments of subject
merchandise, any suspended entries
during the POR from Weitron will be
liquidated at the China-wide rate.14 We
intend to issue assessment instructions
for Weitron 15 days after the publication
date of the final results of this review.15
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this
administrative review for all shipments
of the subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication
date, as provided for by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For
previously investigated or reviewed
Chinese and non-Chinese exporters who
are not under review in this segment of
the proceeding but who have separate
rates, the cash deposit rate will continue
to be the exporter-specific rate
published for the most recent period; (2)
for all Chinese exporters of subject
merchandise that have not been found
to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash
deposit rate will be the China-wide rate
of 216.37 percent (i.e., including
Weitron, which did not demonstrate
that it was entitled to a separate rate in
the most recently completed
administrative review); 16 and (3) for all
non-Chinese exporters of subject
merchandise which have not received
their own rate, the cash deposit rate will
be the rate applicable to Chinese
exporter(s) that supplied that nonChinese exporter. These deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary
reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR
351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of
antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this
review period. Failure to comply with
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14 For
a full discussion of this practice, see NonMarket Economy Antidumping Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694
(October 24, 2011).
15 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
16 See Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the
People’s Republic of China: Final Results of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and
Final Determination of No Shipments; 2016–2017,
84 FR 17380, 17381 (April 25, 2019).
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this requirement could result in the
presumption that reimbursement of
antidumping duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of doubled
antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the return or
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues
to govern business proprietary
information in this segment of the
proceeding. Timely written notification
of the return/destruction of APO
materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested.
Failure to comply with the regulations
and terms of an APO is a violation
which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751 and
777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.213(d)(4).
Dated: June 11, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
Companies for Which the Administrative
Review Is Rescinded
Arkema Daikin Advanced Fluorochemicals
(Changsu) Co., Ltd.
Daikin Fluorochemicals (China) Co., Ltd.
Dongyang Weihua Refrigerants Co., Ltd.
Jinhua Yonghe Fluorochemical Co., Ltd.
Shandong Huaan New Material Co., Ltd.
Sinochem Environmental Protection
Chemicals (Taicang) Co., Ltd.
T.T. International Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Lantian Environmental Protection
Fluoro Material Co. Ltd.
Zhejiang Quzhou Lianzhou Refrigerants Co.,
Ltd.
Zhejiang Sanmei Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Yonghe Refrigerant Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Zhonglan Refrigeration Technology
Co., Ltd.
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[Application No. 19–00001]
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Notice of application for an
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-028]
Hydrofluorocarbon Blends From the People's Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final
Rescission, in Part; 2017-2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
United States Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On October 4, 2018, the Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on
hydrofluorocarbon blends (HFCs) from the People's Republic of China
(China) for 13 companies. Based on timely withdrawal of requests for
review, we are now rescinding this administrative review with respect
to 12 of these companies.
DATES: Applicable June 14, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Medley or Manuel Rey, AD/CVD
Operations, Office II, Enforcement
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and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482-4987 or (202) 482-5518, respectively.
Background
In August 2018, Commerce received timely requests to conduct an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on HFCs from China
from Weitron International Refrigeration Equipment (Kushan) Co., Ltd.
(Weitron) and the petitioners.\1\ Based upon these requests, on October
4, 2018, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act), Commerce published a notice of initiation of an
administrative review covering the period of review (POR) August 1,
2017 through July 31, 2018, with respect to 13 companies.\2\ On
February 11, 2019, the petitioners withdrew their requests for an
administrative review.\3\ Weitron did not withdraw its request for an
administrative review.
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\1\ The petitioners in this case are the American HFC Coalition
and its individual members and District Lodge 154 of the
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 50077 (October 4, 2018). See also
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews, 83 FR 57411 (November 15, 2018), correcting the spelling of
three company names.
\3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the
People's Republic of China: Withdrawal of Review Request,'' dated
February 11, 2019.
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Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by
the partial federal government closure from December 22, 2018 through
the resumption of operations on January 29, 2019.\4\ Accordingly, the
revised deadline for the issuance of these preliminary results is now
June 12, 2019.
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\4\ See memorandum to the Record from Gary Taverman, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines
Affected by the Partial Shutdown of the Federal Government,'' dated
January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding
have been extended by 40 days.
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Partial Rescission
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of
publication of notice of initiation of the requested review. The
aforementioned withdrawal request by the petitioners was timely
submitted, and no other interested party requested an administrative
review of these particular companies. Therefore, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding this review of the antidumping
duty order on HFCs from China, in part, with respect to the 12
companies named in the appendix.
The instant review will continue with respect to Weitron.
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
We received timely submissions from Weitron certifying that it did
not have sales, shipments, exports, or entries of subject merchandise
to the United States during the POR.\5\ On April 11, 2019, we requested
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data to confirm any entries of
subject merchandise imported into the United States during the POR and
exported by Weitron. This query returned no entries during the POR.\6\
Additionally, in order to examine Weitron's claim, we sent an inquiry
to CBP requesting that any CBP officer alert Commerce if he/she had
information contrary to this no-shipments claim.\7\ On April 12, 2019,
we received notification from CBP of no information contrary to the no
shipment claims.\8\
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\5\ See letter from Weitron, ``No Shipment Certification and
Separate Rate Application for Weitron: Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review of Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the People's
Republic of China,'' dated November 7, 2018, at 1. Because Weitron
certified that it did not have sales, shipments, exports, or entries
of subject merchandise during the POR, and given that a suspended
entry is required to evaluate a company's separate rate claim, we
have not evaluated Weitron's separate rate application for the
purposes of this review.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``No shipments inquiry for hydrofluorocarbon
blends from the People's Republic of China exported by Weitron
International Refrigeration Equipment (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. (A-570-
028),'' dated April 11, 2019.
\7\ Id.
\8\ See Memorandum, ``Re: No shipment inquiry with respect to
the company below during the period 08/01/2017 through 7/31/2018,''
dated May 24, 2019.
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Because we have not received information to the contrary from CBP,
consistent with our practice, we preliminarily determine that Weitron
had no shipments of subject merchandise. In addition, as discussed
below, we find it is not appropriate to rescind the review with respect
to Weitron but, rather, to complete the review with respect to it and
issue appropriate instructions to CBP based on the final results of the
review, consistent with our practice in non-market economy (NME)
cases.\9\
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\9\ See the ``Assessment'' section, below.
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Public Comment
Interested parties may submit case briefs no later than 30 days
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal
Register.\10\ Rebuttals to case briefs, which must be limited to issues
raised in the case briefs, must be filed within five days after the
date for filing case briefs.\11\ Parties who submit arguments are
requested to submit with each argument (a) a statement of the issue,
(b) a brief summary of the argument, and (c) a table of
authorities.\12\ Parties submitting briefs should do so pursuant to
Commerce's electronic filing system: Enforcement and Compliance's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (ACCESS).\13\ ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov, and is available to all parties in the Central
Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building.
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1)(2).
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2), (d)(2).
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce
within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice. Hearing
requests should contain the following information: (1) The party's
name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants;
and (3) a list of the issues parties intend to discuss. Issues raised
in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case
and rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties will
be notified of the time and date of the hearing which will be held at
the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230.
Unless extended, we intend to issue the final results of this
administrative review, including our analysis of all issues raised in
any written brief, within 120 days of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Assessment
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. For the companies
for which this review is rescinded, antidumping duties shall be
assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping
duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse,
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for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). For those
companies, Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15
days after publication of this notice.
Pursuant to Commerce's practice in NME cases, if Commerce continues
to determine in the final results that Weitron had no shipments of
subject merchandise, any suspended entries during the POR from Weitron
will be liquidated at the China-wide rate.\14\ We intend to issue
assessment instructions for Weitron 15 days after the publication date
of the final results of this review.\15\
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\14\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-Market
Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
\15\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For previously
investigated or reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese exporters who are not
under review in this segment of the proceeding but who have separate
rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-specific
rate published for the most recent period; (2) for all Chinese
exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be
entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the China-
wide rate of 216.37 percent (i.e., including Weitron, which did not
demonstrate that it was entitled to a separate rate in the most
recently completed administrative review); \16\ and (3) for all non-
Chinese exporters of subject merchandise which have not received their
own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to Chinese
exporter(s) that supplied that non-Chinese exporter. These deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\16\ See Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the People's Republic of
China: Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2016-2017, 84 FR 17380,
17381 (April 25, 2019).
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in the presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the
proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction of
APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO
is a violation which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 751
and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: June 11, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Companies for Which the Administrative Review Is Rescinded
Arkema Daikin Advanced Fluorochemicals (Changsu) Co., Ltd.
Daikin Fluorochemicals (China) Co., Ltd.
Dongyang Weihua Refrigerants Co., Ltd.
Jinhua Yonghe Fluorochemical Co., Ltd.
Shandong Huaan New Material Co., Ltd.
Sinochem Environmental Protection Chemicals (Taicang) Co., Ltd.
T.T. International Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Lantian Environmental Protection Fluoro Material Co. Ltd.
Zhejiang Quzhou Lianzhou Refrigerants Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Sanmei Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Yonghe Refrigerant Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Zhonglan Refrigeration Technology Co., Ltd.
[FR Doc. 2019-12618 Filed 6-13-19; 8:45 am]
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