Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review, 77431-77434 [2020-26580]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 232 / Wednesday, December 2, 2020 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Advance Notification of Sunset Review Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. AGENCY: Background Every five years, pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission automatically initiate and conduct reviews to determine whether revocation of a countervailing or antidumping duty order or termination of an investigation suspended under section 704 or 734 of the Act would be likely to lead to continuation or 77431 recurrence of dumping or a countervailable subsidy (as the case may be) and of material injury. Upcoming Sunset Reviews for January 2021 Pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, the following Sunset Reviews are scheduled for initiation in January 2021 and will appear in that month’s Notice of Initiation of Five-Year Sunset Reviews (Sunset Review). Department contact Antidumping Duty Proceedings Magnesia Carbon Bricks from China (A–570–954) (2nd Review) ............................................................... Magnesia Carbon Bricks from Mexico (A–201–837) (2nd Review) ............................................................. Matthew Renkey; (202) 482–2312. Matthew Renkey; (202) 482–2312. Countervailing Duty Proceedings Magnesia Carbon Bricks from China (C–570–955) (2nd Review) ............................................................... Matthew Renkey; (202) 482–2312. Suspended Investigations No Sunset Review of suspended investigations is scheduled for initiation in January 2021. Commerce’s procedures for the conduct of Sunset Review are set forth in 19 CFR 351.218. The Notice of Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Review provides further information regarding what is required of all parties to participate in Sunset Review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.103(c), Commerce will maintain and make available a service list for these proceedings. To facilitate the timely preparation of the service list(s), it is requested that those seeking recognition as interested parties to a proceeding contact Commerce in writing within 10 days of the publication of the Notice of Initiation. Please note that if Commerce receives a Notice of Intent to Participate from a member of the domestic industry within 15 days of the date of initiation, the review will continue. Thereafter, any interested party wishing to participate in the Sunset Review must provide substantive comments in response to the notice of initiation no later than 30 days after the date of initiation. Note that Commerce has modified certain of its requirements for serving documents containing business proprietary information, until further notice.1 This notice is not required by statute but is published as a service to the international trading community. 1 See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020). VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:39 Dec 01, 2020 Jkt 253001 Dated: November 24, 2020. James Maeder, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations. [FR Doc. 2020–26581 Filed 12–1–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda E. Brown, Office of AD/CVD Operations, Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482–4735. AGENCY: Background Each year during the anniversary month of the publication of an antidumping or countervailing duty order, finding, or suspended investigation, an interested party, as defined in section 771(9) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), may request, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213, that the Department of Commerce (Commerce) conduct an administrative review of that antidumping or countervailing duty order, finding, or suspended investigation. All deadlines for the submission of comments or actions by Commerce PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 discussed below refer to the number of calendar days from the applicable starting date. Respondent Selection In the event Commerce limits the number of respondents for individual examination for administrative reviews initiated pursuant to requests made for the orders identified below, Commerce intends to select respondents based on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data for U.S. imports during the period of review. We intend to release the CBP data under Administrative Protective Order (APO) to all parties having an APO within five days of publication of the initiation notice and to make our decision regarding respondent selection within 21 days of publication of the initiation Federal Register notice. Therefore, we encourage all parties interested in commenting on respondent selection to submit their APO applications on the date of publication of the initiation notice, or as soon thereafter as possible. Commerce invites comments regarding the CBP data and respondent selection within five days of placement of the CBP data on the record of the review. In the event Commerce decides it is necessary to limit individual examination of respondents and conduct respondent selection under section 777A(c)(2) of the Act: In general, Commerce finds that determinations concerning whether particular companies should be ‘‘collapsed’’ (i.e., treated as a single entity for purposes of calculating antidumping duty rates) require a substantial amount of detailed information and analysis, which often require follow-up questions and analysis. Accordingly, Commerce will E:\FR\FM\02DEN1.SGM 02DEN1 77432 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 232 / Wednesday, December 2, 2020 / Notices not conduct collapsing analyses at the respondent selection phase of a review and will not collapse companies at the respondent selection phase unless there has been a determination to collapse certain companies in a previous segment of this antidumping proceeding (i.e., investigation, administrative review, new shipper review or changed circumstances review). For any company subject to a review, if Commerce determined, or continued to treat, that company as collapsed with others, Commerce will assume that such companies continue to operate in the same manner and will collapse them for respondent selection purposes. Otherwise, Commerce will not collapse companies for purposes of respondent selection. Parties are requested to (a) identify which companies subject to review previously were collapsed, and (b) provide a citation to the proceeding in which they were collapsed. Further, if companies are requested to complete a Quantity and Value Questionnaire for purposes of respondent selection, in general each company must report volume and value data separately for itself. Parties should not include data for any other party, even if they believe they should be treated as a single entity with that other party. If a company was collapsed with another company or companies in the most recently completed segment of a proceeding where Commerce considered collapsing that entity, complete quantity and value data for that collapsed entity must be submitted. Deadline for Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), a party that requests a review may withdraw that request within 90 days of the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. The regulation provides that Commerce may extend this time if it is reasonable to do so. Determinations by Commerce to extend the 90-day deadline will be made on a case-by-case basis. Deadline for Particular Market Situation Allegation Section 504 of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 amended the Act by adding the concept of particular market situation (PMS) for purposes of constructed value under section 773(e) of the Act.1 Section 773(e) of the Act states that ‘‘if a particular market situation exists such that the cost of materials and fabrication or other processing of any kind does not accurately reflect the cost of production in the ordinary course of trade, the administering authority may use another calculation methodology under this subtitle or any other calculation methodology.’’ When an interested party submits a PMS allegation pursuant to section 773(e) of the Act, Commerce will respond to such a submission consistent with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(2)(v). If Commerce finds that a PMS exists under section 773(e) of the Act, then it will modify its dumping calculations appropriately. Neither section 773(e) of the Act nor 19 CFR 351.301(c)(2)(v) set a deadline for the submission of PMS allegations and supporting factual information. However, in order to administer section 773(e) of the Act, Commerce must receive PMS allegations and supporting factual information with enough time to consider the submission. Thus, should an interested party wish to submit a PMS allegation and supporting new factual information pursuant to section 773(e) of the Act, it must do so no later than 20 days after submission of initial Section D responses. Opportunity to Request a Review: Not later than the last day of December 2020,2 interested parties may request administrative review of the following orders, findings, or suspended investigations, with anniversary dates in December for the following periods: Period to be reviewed Antidumping Duty Proceedings BRAZIL: Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings, A–351–602 .................................................................................................... CHILE: Certain Preserved Mushrooms, A–337–804 ................................................................................................................ GERMANY: Non-Oriented Electrical Steel, A–428–843 ........................................................................................................... INDIA: Carbazole Violet Pigment 23, A–533–838 .................................................................................................................... INDIA: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products, A–533–820 ........................................................................................ INDIA: Commodity Matchbooks, A–533–848 ............................................................................................................................ INDIA: Stainless Steel Wire Rod, A–533–808 .......................................................................................................................... INDONESIA: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products, A–560–812 .............................................................................. JAPAN: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand, A–588–068 ................................................................................................ JAPAN: Non-Oriented Electrical Steel, A–588–872 .................................................................................................................. JAPAN: Welded Large Diameter Line Pipe, A–588–857 .......................................................................................................... OMAN: Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe, A–523–812 ............................................................................................ PAKISTAN: Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe, A–535–903 ..................................................................................... REPUBLIC OF KOREA: Non-Oriented Electrical Steel, A–580–872 ....................................................................................... REPUBLIC OF KOREA: Welded Astm A–312 Stainless Steel Pipe, A–580–810 ................................................................... REPUBLIC OF KOREA: Welded Line Pipe, A–580–876 .......................................................................................................... RUSSIA: Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products, A–821–809 ............................................................ SINGAPORE: Acetone, A–559–808 .......................................................................................................................................... SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM: Uncovered Innerspring Units, A–552–803 ................................................................. SOUTH AFRICA: Uncovered Innerspring Units, A–791–821 ................................................................................................... SPAIN: Acetone, A–469–819 .................................................................................................................................................... SWEDEN: Non-Oriented Electrical Steel, A–401–809 .............................................................................................................. TAIWAN: Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings, A–583–605 ................................................................................................... TAIWAN: Non-Oriented Electrical Steel, A–583–851 ............................................................................................................... TAIWAN: Steel Wire Garment Hangers, A–583–849 ............................................................................................................... TAIWAN: Welded Astm A–312 Stainless Steel Pipe, A–583–815 ........................................................................................... THAILAND: Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod, A–549–840 ............................................................................................. THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Aluminum Wire, A–570–095 .................................................................................... THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Carbazole Violet Pigment 23, A–570–892 .............................................................. 1 See Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, Public Law 114–27, 129 Stat. 362 (2015). VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:26 Dec 01, 2020 Jkt 253001 2 Or the next business day, if the deadline falls on a weekend, federal holiday or any other day when Commerce is closed. 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THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, A–570–979 ............................................................................................................................................................................. THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof, A–570–891 ............................................. THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Honey, A–570–863 .................................................................................................. THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings, A–570–881 ........................................................ THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Mattresses, A–570–092 ........................................................................................... THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Melamine, A–570–020 ............................................................................................. THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Multilayered Wood Flooring, A–570–970 ................................................................ THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Non-Oriented Electrical Steel, A–570–996 .............................................................. THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Porcelain-On-Steel Cooking Ware, A–570–506 ...................................................... THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Refillable Stainless Steel Kegs, A–570–093 ........................................................... THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Silicomanganese, A–570–828 ................................................................................. THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Vertical Metal File Cabinets, A–570–110 ................................................................ TURKEY: Welded Line Pipe, A–489–822 ................................................................................................................................. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe, A–520–807 ........................................................... 12/1/19–11/30/20 12/1/19–11/30/20 12/1/19–11/30/20 12/1/19–11/30/20 12/1/19–11/30/20 6/4/19–11/30/20 12/1/19–11/30/20 12/1/19–11/30/20 12/1/19–11/30/20 12/1/19–11/30/20 12/13/19–11/30/20 12/1/19–11/30/20 8/1/19–11/30/20 12/1/19–11/30/20 12/1/19–11/30/20 Countervailing Duty Proceedings INDIA: Carbazole Violet Pigment 23, C–533–839 .................................................................................................................... INDIA: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products, C–533–821 ........................................................................................ INDIA: Commodity Matchbooks, C–533–849 ............................................................................................................................ INDONESIA: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products, C–560–813 ............................................................................. TAIWAN: Non-Oriented Electrical Steel, C–583–852 ............................................................................................................... THAILAND: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products, C–549–818 ............................................................................... THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Aluminum Wire and Cable, C–570–096 .................................................................. THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, C–570–980 ............................................................................................................................................................................. THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Melamine, C–570–021 ............................................................................................. THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Non-Oriented Electrical Steel, C–570–997 ............................................................. THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Multilayered Wood Flooring, C–570–971 ................................................................ THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Refillable Stainless Steel Kegs, C–570–094 ........................................................... THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Vertical Metal File Cabinets, C–570–111 ................................................................ TURKEY: Welded Line Pipe, C–489–823 ................................................................................................................................. 1/1/19–12/31/19 1/1/19–12/31/19 1/1/19–12/31/19 1/1/19–12/31/19 12/13/19–12/31/19 8/1/19–12/31/19 1/1/19–12/31/19 Suspension Agreements MEXICO: Sugar, A–201–845 .................................................................................................................................................... MEXICO: Sugar, C–201–846 .................................................................................................................................................... 12/1/19–11/30/20 1/1/19–12/31/19 In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), an interested party as defined by section 771(9) of the Act may request in writing that the Secretary conduct an administrative review. For both antidumping and countervailing duty reviews, the interested party must specify the individual producers or exporters covered by an antidumping finding or an antidumping or countervailing duty order or suspension agreement for which it is requesting a review. In addition, a domestic interested party or an interested party described in section 771(9)(B) of the Act must state why it desires the Secretary to review those particular producers or exporters. If the interested party intends for the Secretary to review sales of merchandise by an exporter (or a producer if that producer also exports merchandise from other suppliers) which was produced in more than one country of origin and each country of origin is subject to a separate order, then the interested party must state specifically, on an order-by-order basis, which exporter(s) the request is intended to cover. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:39 Dec 01, 2020 Jkt 253001 Note that, for any party Commerce was unable to locate in prior segments, Commerce will not accept a request for an administrative review of that party absent new information as to the party’s location. Moreover, if the interested party who files a request for review is unable to locate the producer or exporter for which it requested the review, the interested party must provide an explanation of the attempts it made to locate the producer or exporter at the same time it files its request for review, in order for the Secretary to determine if the interested party’s attempts were reasonable, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.303(f)(3)(ii). As explained in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003), and NonMarket Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011), Commerce clarified its practice with respect to the collection of final antidumping duties on imports of merchandise where intermediate firms are involved. The public should be aware of this PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 1/1/19–12/31/19 1/1/19–12/31/19 1/1/19–12/31/19 1/1/19–12/31/19 1/1/19–12/31/19 1/1/19–12/31/19 4/8/19–12/31/19 clarification in determining whether to request an administrative review of merchandise subject to antidumping findings and orders.3 Commerce no longer considers the non-market economy (NME) entity as an exporter conditionally subject to an antidumping duty administrative reviews.4 Accordingly, the NME entity will not be under review unless Commerce specifically receives a request for, or self-initiates, a review of the NME entity.5 In administrative reviews of antidumping duty orders on merchandise from NME countries where a review of the NME entity has not been initiated, but where an individual exporter for which a review was initiated does not qualify for a separate 3 See the Enforcement and Compliance website at https://legacy.trade.gov/enforcement/. 4 See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013). 5 In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1), parties should specify that they are requesting a review of entries from exporters comprising the entity, and to the extent possible, include the names of such exporters in their request. E:\FR\FM\02DEN1.SGM 02DEN1 77434 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 232 / Wednesday, December 2, 2020 / Notices rate, Commerce will issue a final decision indicating that the company in question is part of the NME entity. However, in that situation, because no review of the NME entity was conducted, the NME entity’s entries were not subject to the review and the rate for the NME entity is not subject to change as a result of that review (although the rate for the individual exporter may change as a function of the finding that the exporter is part of the NME entity). Following initiation of an antidumping administrative review when there is no review requested of the NME entity, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate entries for all exporters not named in the initiation notice, including those that were suspended at the NME entity rate. All requests must be filed electronically in Enforcement and Compliance’s Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS) on Enforcement and Compliance’s ACCESS website at https://access.trade.gov.6 Further, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(f)(l)(i), a copy of each request must be served on the petitioner and each exporter or producer specified in the request. Note that Commerce has temporarily modified certain of its requirements for serving documents containing business proprietary information, until further notice.7 Commerce will publish in the Federal Register a notice of ‘‘Initiation of Administrative Review of Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation’’ for requests received by the last day of December 2020. If Commerce does not receive, by the last day of December 2020, a request for review of entries covered by an order, finding, or suspended investigation listed in this notice and for the period identified above, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping or countervailing duties on those entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping or countervailing duties required on those entries at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption and to continue to collect the cash deposit previously ordered. For the first administrative review of any order, there will be no assessment of antidumping or countervailing duties on entries of subject merchandise 6 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures; Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 39263 (July 6, 2011). 7 See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID–19, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020). VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:39 Dec 01, 2020 Jkt 253001 entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the relevant provisional-measures ‘‘gap’’ period of the order, if such a gap period is applicable to the period of review. This notice is not required by statute but is published as a service to the international trading community. Dated: November 18, 2020. James Maeder, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations. [FR Doc. 2020–26580 Filed 12–1–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. AGENCY: Applicable December 2, 2020. The Department of Commerce (Commerce) hereby publishes a list of scope rulings and anti-circumvention determinations made during the period July 1, 2020, through September 30, 2020. We intend to publish future lists after the close of the next calendar quarter. DATES: SUMMARY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marcia E. Short, AD/CVD Operations, Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202–482–1560. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Commerce regulations provide that the agency will publish in the Federal Register a list of scope rulings on a quarterly basis.1 Our most recent notification of scope rulings was published on September 28, 2020.2 This current notice covers all scope rulings and anti-circumvention determinations made by Enforcement and Compliance between July 1, 2020–September 30, 2020. 19 CFR 351.225(o). 2 See Notice of Scope Rulings, 85 FR 60762 (September 28, 2020). PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Republic of Korea (Korea) A–580–836 and C–580–837: Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products From Korea Requestor: Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd.; non-rectangular cross-section products (or, longitudinally-profiled ‘LP’ plates) produced, but not yet exported to the United States, and identified by the 3-letter prefixes in the 14-digit product codes FPD (differenced thickness plate), FPS (step plate), and FPT (tapered plate), are outside the scope of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders, August 4, 2020. People’s Republic of China (China) A–570–822: Certain Helical Spring Lock Washers From China Notice of Scope Rulings 1 See Scope Rulings Made July 1, 2020 Through September 30, 2020 Requestor: MacLean Power, L.L.C. (MPS). Helical spring lock washers incorporated in MPS’s pole line hardware are outside the scope of the order because pole line hardware imported by MPS are distinct assembled products for use in the attachment of cables and wires onto utility poles. March 19, 2019. This is a revision, based on litigation, to our previous scope ruling.3 A–570–967 and C–570–968: Aluminum Extrusions From China Requestor: Schletter Inc. Eight models of grounding clamps, designed for securing solar panels to solar panel racking systems, are covered by the scope of the AD and CVD orders on aluminum extrusions from China because they consist of aluminum extrusion components that are attached to form subassemblies, and they lack the necessary components that would allow them to function as a finished solar panel mounting system; August 10, 2020. Anti-Circumvention Determinations Made July 1, 2020, Through September 30, 2020 A–570–026 and C–570–027: Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products (CORE) From China Self-initiated: CORE completed in Costa Rica and the UAE from hot-rolled steel or cold-rolled steel substrate manufactured in China, and subsequently exported to the United States is circumventing the AD and CVD 3 Our initial ruling was published in Notice of Scope Rulings, 84 FR 11742, 11743 (March 28, 2019). The Court of International Trade finalized its ruling on March 19, 2019. E:\FR\FM\02DEN1.SGM 02DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 232 (Wednesday, December 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2020-26580]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended
Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda E. Brown, Office of AD/CVD
Operations, Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
4735.

Background

Each year during the anniversary month of the publication of an
antidumping or countervailing duty order, finding, or suspended
investigation, an interested party, as defined in section 771(9) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), may request, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.213, that the Department of Commerce (Commerce) conduct
an administrative review of that antidumping or countervailing duty
order, finding, or suspended investigation.
All deadlines for the submission of comments or actions by Commerce
discussed below refer to the number of calendar days from the
applicable starting date.

Respondent Selection

In the event Commerce limits the number of respondents for
individual examination for administrative reviews initiated pursuant to
requests made for the orders identified below, Commerce intends to
select respondents based on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
data for U.S. imports during the period of review. We intend to release
the CBP data under Administrative Protective Order (APO) to all parties
having an APO within five days of publication of the initiation notice
and to make our decision regarding respondent selection within 21 days
of publication of the initiation Federal Register notice. Therefore, we
encourage all parties interested in commenting on respondent selection
to submit their APO applications on the date of publication of the
initiation notice, or as soon thereafter as possible. Commerce invites
comments regarding the CBP data and respondent selection within five
days of placement of the CBP data on the record of the review.
In the event Commerce decides it is necessary to limit individual
examination of respondents and conduct respondent selection under
section 777A(c)(2) of the Act:
In general, Commerce finds that determinations concerning whether
particular companies should be ``collapsed'' (i.e., treated as a single
entity for purposes of calculating antidumping duty rates) require a
substantial amount of detailed information and analysis, which often
require follow-up questions and analysis. Accordingly, Commerce will

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not conduct collapsing analyses at the respondent selection phase of a
review and will not collapse companies at the respondent selection
phase unless there has been a determination to collapse certain
companies in a previous segment of this antidumping proceeding (i.e.,
investigation, administrative review, new shipper review or changed
circumstances review). For any company subject to a review, if Commerce
determined, or continued to treat, that company as collapsed with
others, Commerce will assume that such companies continue to operate in
the same manner and will collapse them for respondent selection
purposes. Otherwise, Commerce will not collapse companies for purposes
of respondent selection. Parties are requested to (a) identify which
companies subject to review previously were collapsed, and (b) provide
a citation to the proceeding in which they were collapsed. Further, if
companies are requested to complete a Quantity and Value Questionnaire
for purposes of respondent selection, in general each company must
report volume and value data separately for itself. Parties should not
include data for any other party, even if they believe they should be
treated as a single entity with that other party. If a company was
collapsed with another company or companies in the most recently
completed segment of a proceeding where Commerce considered collapsing
that entity, complete quantity and value data for that collapsed entity
must be submitted.

Deadline for Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), a party that requests a review
may withdraw that request within 90 days of the date of publication of
the notice of initiation of the requested review. The regulation
provides that Commerce may extend this time if it is reasonable to do
so. Determinations by Commerce to extend the 90-day deadline will be
made on a case-by-case basis.

Deadline for Particular Market Situation Allegation

Section 504 of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 amended
the Act by adding the concept of particular market situation (PMS) for
purposes of constructed value under section 773(e) of the Act.\1\
Section 773(e) of the Act states that ``if a particular market
situation exists such that the cost of materials and fabrication or
other processing of any kind does not accurately reflect the cost of
production in the ordinary course of trade, the administering authority
may use another calculation methodology under this subtitle or any
other calculation methodology.'' When an interested party submits a PMS
allegation pursuant to section 773(e) of the Act, Commerce will respond
to such a submission consistent with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(2)(v). If
Commerce finds that a PMS exists under section 773(e) of the Act, then
it will modify its dumping calculations appropriately.
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\1\ See Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, Public Law 114-
27, 129 Stat. 362 (2015).
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Neither section 773(e) of the Act nor 19 CFR 351.301(c)(2)(v) set a
deadline for the submission of PMS allegations and supporting factual
information. However, in order to administer section 773(e) of the Act,
Commerce must receive PMS allegations and supporting factual
information with enough time to consider the submission. Thus, should
an interested party wish to submit a PMS allegation and supporting new
factual information pursuant to section 773(e) of the Act, it must do
so no later than 20 days after submission of initial Section D
responses.
Opportunity to Request a Review: Not later than the last day of
December 2020,\2\ interested parties may request administrative review
of the following orders, findings, or suspended investigations, with
anniversary dates in December for the following periods:
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\2\ Or the next business day, if the deadline falls on a
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Period to be
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Antidumping Duty Proceedings

BRAZIL: Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings, A-351- 12/1/19-11/30/20
602...............................................
CHILE: Certain Preserved Mushrooms, A-337-804...... 12/1/19-11/30/20
GERMANY: Non-Oriented Electrical Steel, A-428-843.. 12/1/19-11/30/20
INDIA: Carbazole Violet Pigment 23, A-533-838...... 12/1/19-11/30/20
INDIA: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 12/1/19-11/30/20
Products, A-533-820...............................
INDIA: Commodity Matchbooks, A-533-848............. 12/1/19-11/30/20
INDIA: Stainless Steel Wire Rod, A-533-808......... 12/1/19-11/30/20
INDONESIA: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 12/1/19-11/30/20
Products, A-560-812...............................
JAPAN: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand, A- 12/1/19-11/30/20
588-068...........................................
JAPAN: Non-Oriented Electrical Steel, A-588-872.... 12/1/19-11/30/20
JAPAN: Welded Large Diameter Line Pipe, A-588-857.. 12/1/19-11/30/20
OMAN: Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe, A- 12/1/19-11/30/20
523-812...........................................
PAKISTAN: Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel 12/1/19-11/30/20
Pipe, A-535-903...................................
REPUBLIC OF KOREA: Non-Oriented Electrical Steel, A- 12/1/19-11/30/20
580-872...........................................
REPUBLIC OF KOREA: Welded Astm A-312 Stainless 12/1/19-11/30/20
Steel Pipe, A-580-810.............................
REPUBLIC OF KOREA: Welded Line Pipe, A-580-876..... 12/1/19-11/30/20
RUSSIA: Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon- 12/1/19-11/30/20
Quality Steel Products, A-821-809.................
SINGAPORE: Acetone, A-559-808...................... 8/5/19-11/30/20
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM: Uncovered 12/1/19-11/30/20
Innerspring Units, A-552-803......................
SOUTH AFRICA: Uncovered Innerspring Units, A-791- 12/1/19-11/30/20
821...............................................
SPAIN: Acetone, A-469-819.......................... 8/5/19-11/30/20
SWEDEN: Non-Oriented Electrical Steel, A-401-809... 12/1/19-11/30/20
TAIWAN: Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings, A-583- 12/1/19-11/30/20
605...............................................
TAIWAN: Non-Oriented Electrical Steel, A-583-851... 12/1/19-11/30/20
TAIWAN: Steel Wire Garment Hangers, A-583-849...... 12/1/19-11/30/20
TAIWAN: Welded Astm A-312 Stainless Steel Pipe, A- 12/1/19-11/30/20
583-815...........................................
THAILAND: Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod, A- 8/7/19-11/30/20
549-840...........................................
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Aluminum Wire, A- 6/5/19-11/30/20
570-095...........................................
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Carbazole Violet 12/1/19-11/30/20
Pigment 23, A-570-892.............................

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THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Cased Pencils, A- 12/1/19-11/30/20
570-827...........................................
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Crystalline Silicon 12/1/19-11/30/20
Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into
Modules, A-570-979................................
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Hand Trucks and 12/1/19-11/30/20
Certain Parts Thereof, A-570-891..................
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Honey, A-570-863... 12/1/19-11/30/20
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Malleable Cast Iron 12/1/19-11/30/20
Pipe Fittings, A-570-881..........................
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Mattresses, A-570- 6/4/19-11/30/20
092...............................................
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Melamine, A-570-020 12/1/19-11/30/20
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Multilayered Wood 12/1/19-11/30/20
Flooring, A-570-970...............................
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Non-Oriented 12/1/19-11/30/20
Electrical Steel, A-570-996.......................
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Porcelain-On-Steel 12/1/19-11/30/20
Cooking Ware, A-570-506...........................
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Refillable 12/13/19-11/30/20
Stainless Steel Kegs, A-570-093...................
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Silicomanganese, A- 12/1/19-11/30/20
570-828...........................................
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Vertical Metal File 8/1/19-11/30/20
Cabinets, A-570-110...............................
TURKEY: Welded Line Pipe, A-489-822................ 12/1/19-11/30/20
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Circular Welded Carbon- 12/1/19-11/30/20
Quality Steel Pipe, A-520-807.....................

Countervailing Duty Proceedings

INDIA: Carbazole Violet Pigment 23, C-533-839...... 1/1/19-12/31/19
INDIA: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 1/1/19-12/31/19
Products, C-533-821...............................
INDIA: Commodity Matchbooks, C-533-849............. 1/1/19-12/31/19
INDONESIA: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 1/1/19-12/31/19
Products, C-560-813...............................
TAIWAN: Non-Oriented Electrical Steel, C-583-852... 1/1/19-12/31/19
THAILAND: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 1/1/19-12/31/19
Products, C-549-818...............................
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Aluminum Wire and 4/8/19-12/31/19
Cable, C-570-096..................................
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Crystalline Silicon 1/1/19-12/31/19
Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into
Modules, C-570-980................................
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Melamine, C-570-021 1/1/19-12/31/19
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Non-Oriented 1/1/19-12/31/19
Electrical Steel, C-570-997.......................
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Multilayered Wood 1/1/19-12/31/19
Flooring, C-570-971...............................
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Refillable 12/13/19-12/31/19
Stainless Steel Kegs, C-570-094...................
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Vertical Metal File 8/1/19-12/31/19
Cabinets, C-570-111...............................
TURKEY: Welded Line Pipe, C-489-823................ 1/1/19-12/31/19

Suspension Agreements

MEXICO: Sugar, A-201-845........................... 12/1/19-11/30/20
MEXICO: Sugar, C-201-846........................... 1/1/19-12/31/19
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In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), an interested party as
defined by section 771(9) of the Act may request in writing that the
Secretary conduct an administrative review. For both antidumping and
countervailing duty reviews, the interested party must specify the
individual producers or exporters covered by an antidumping finding or
an antidumping or countervailing duty order or suspension agreement for
which it is requesting a review. In addition, a domestic interested
party or an interested party described in section 771(9)(B) of the Act
must state why it desires the Secretary to review those particular
producers or exporters. If the interested party intends for the
Secretary to review sales of merchandise by an exporter (or a producer
if that producer also exports merchandise from other suppliers) which
was produced in more than one country of origin and each country of
origin is subject to a separate order, then the interested party must
state specifically, on an order-by-order basis, which exporter(s) the
request is intended to cover.
Note that, for any party Commerce was unable to locate in prior
segments, Commerce will not accept a request for an administrative
review of that party absent new information as to the party's location.
Moreover, if the interested party who files a request for review is
unable to locate the producer or exporter for which it requested the
review, the interested party must provide an explanation of the
attempts it made to locate the producer or exporter at the same time it
files its request for review, in order for the Secretary to determine
if the interested party's attempts were reasonable, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.303(f)(3)(ii).
As explained in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003), and Non-
Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping
Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011), Commerce clarified its practice
with respect to the collection of final antidumping duties on imports
of merchandise where intermediate firms are involved. The public should
be aware of this clarification in determining whether to request an
administrative review of merchandise subject to antidumping findings
and orders.\3\
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\3\ See the Enforcement and Compliance website at https://legacy.trade.gov/enforcement/.
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Commerce no longer considers the non-market economy (NME) entity as
an exporter conditionally subject to an antidumping duty administrative
reviews.\4\ Accordingly, the NME entity will not be under review unless
Commerce specifically receives a request for, or self-initiates, a
review of the NME entity.\5\ In administrative reviews of antidumping
duty orders on merchandise from NME countries where a review of the NME
entity has not been initiated, but where an individual exporter for
which a review was initiated does not qualify for a separate

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rate, Commerce will issue a final decision indicating that the company
in question is part of the NME entity. However, in that situation,
because no review of the NME entity was conducted, the NME entity's
entries were not subject to the review and the rate for the NME entity
is not subject to change as a result of that review (although the rate
for the individual exporter may change as a function of the finding
that the exporter is part of the NME entity). Following initiation of
an antidumping administrative review when there is no review requested
of the NME entity, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate entries for
all exporters not named in the initiation notice, including those that
were suspended at the NME entity rate.
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\4\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
\5\ In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1), parties should
specify that they are requesting a review of entries from exporters
comprising the entity, and to the extent possible, include the names
of such exporters in their request.
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All requests must be filed electronically in Enforcement and
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic
Service System (ACCESS) on Enforcement and Compliance's ACCESS website
at https://access.trade.gov.\6\ Further, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.303(f)(l)(i), a copy of each request must be served on the
petitioner and each exporter or producer specified in the request. Note
that Commerce has temporarily modified certain of its requirements for
serving documents containing business proprietary information, until
further notice.\7\
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\6\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Electronic Filing Procedures; Administrative Protective Order
Procedures, 76 FR 39263 (July 6, 2011).
\7\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due
to COVID-19, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020).
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Commerce will publish in the Federal Register a notice of
``Initiation of Administrative Review of Antidumping or Countervailing
Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation'' for requests received
by the last day of December 2020. If Commerce does not receive, by the
last day of December 2020, a request for review of entries covered by
an order, finding, or suspended investigation listed in this notice and
for the period identified above, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess
antidumping or countervailing duties on those entries at a rate equal
to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping or countervailing duties
required on those entries at the time of entry, or withdrawal from
warehouse, for consumption and to continue to collect the cash deposit
previously ordered.
For the first administrative review of any order, there will be no
assessment of antidumping or countervailing duties on entries of
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption during the relevant provisional-measures ``gap'' period of
the order, if such a gap period is applicable to the period of review.
This notice is not required by statute but is published as a
service to the international trading community.

Dated: November 18, 2020.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2020-26580 Filed 12-1-20; 8:45 am]
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