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determination and must suspend
liquidation of entries pending a
‘‘conclusive’’ court decision. The
Court’s February 24, 2021 judgment
constitutes a final decision of that court
that is not in harmony with Commerce’s
Final Results. This notice is published
in fulfillment of the publication
requirements of Timken. Accordingly,
Commerce will continue suspension of
liquidation of subject merchandise
pending expiration of the period of
appeal or, if appealed, pending a final
and conclusive court decision.
Amended Final Results
Because there is now a final court
decision, Commerce is amending the
Final Results with respect to Chengdu
Huifeng and the separate rate companies
that are party to the litigation. The
revised AD margins for the period
November 1, 2015, through October 31,
2016, are as follows:16
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Exporter
Chengdu Huifeng New Technology Co., Ltd ........................
Bosun Tools Co., Ltd ..................
Danyang NYCL Tools Manufacturing Co., Ltd .........................
Danyang Weiwang Tools Manufacturing Co., Ltd ....................
Guilin Tebon Superhard
Marterial Co., Ltd ....................
Hangzhou Deer King Industrial
and Trading Co., Ltd ...............
Jiangsu Youhe Tool Manufacturer Co., Ltd ...........................
Quanzhou Zhongzhi Diamond
Tool Co., Ltd ...........................
Rizhao Hein Saw Co., Ltd ..........
Zhejiang Wanli Tools Group Co.,
Ltd ...........................................
0.00
41.03
41.03
41.03
41.03
41.03
41.03
41.03
41.03
41.03
Amended Cash Deposit Rates
Because all of the companies have
been subject to a subsequent
administrative review which established
revised cash deposit rates,17 Commerce
will not issue revised cash deposit
instructions to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 516A(e)(1),
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–122, C–570–123]
Certain Corrosion Inhibitors From the
People’s Republic of China:
Antidumping Duty and Countervailing
Duty Orders
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final
determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and
International Trade Commission (ITC),
Commerce is issuing antidumping duty
(AD) and countervailing duty (CVD)
orders on certain corrosion inhibitors
(corrosion inhibitors) from the People’s
Republic of China (China).
DATES: Applicable March 19, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andre Gziryan (AD), Theodore Pearson
(CVD), or Nicholas Czajkowski (CVD),
AD/CVD Operations, Office I,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2201,
(202) 482–2631, or (202) 482–1395,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
In accordance with sections 705(d)
and 735(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), on January 29, 2021,
Commerce published its affirmative
final determination that countervailable
subsides are being provided to
producers and exporters of corrosion
inhibitors from China and its affirmative
final determination in the less-than-fairvalue (LTFV) investigation of corrosion
inhibitors from China.1 On March 12,
2021, pursuant to sections 705(d) and
735(d) of the Act, the ITC notified
Commerce of its final affirmative
determinations that an industry in the
United States is materially injured by
1 See Certain Corrosion Inhibitors from the
People’s Republic of China: Final Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 86
FR 7532 (January 29, 2021); see also Certain
Corrosion Inhibitors from the People’s Republic of
China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination, 86 FR 7537 (January 29, 2021) (CVD
Final Determination).
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reason of subsidized imports and LTFV
imports of corrosion inhibitors from
China, within the meaning of sections
705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the
Act.2
Scope of the Orders
16 See
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Second Remand Redetermination at 2–3.
Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof
from the People’s Republic of China: Final Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016–
2017, 83 FR 64331 (December 14, 2018); Diamond
Sawblades and Parts Thereof from the People’s
Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2017–2018, 85 FR
71308 (November 9, 2020).
Dated: March 15, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
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The products covered by these orders
are corrosion inhibitors from China. For
a full description of the scope of these
orders, see Appendix I.
AD Order
As stated above, on March 12, 2021,
in accordance with section 735(d) of the
Act, the ITC notified Commerce of its
final determination that an industry in
the United States is materially injured
within the meaning of section
735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of
imports of corrosion inhibitors from
China that are sold in the United States
at LTFV.3 Therefore, in accordance with
section 735(c)(2) of the Act, we are
issuing this AD order. Because the ITC
determined that imports of corrosion
inhibitors from China are materially
injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated
entries of such merchandise from China
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption are subject to the
assessment of antidumping duties.
Therefore, in accordance with
sections 736(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce
will direct U.S. Customs and Border
Patrol (CBP) to assess, upon further
instruction by Commerce, antidumping
duties equal to the amount by which the
normal value of the merchandise
exceeds the export price (or constructed
export price) of the merchandise and
countervailing duties for all relevant
entries of corrosion inhibitors from
China. Antidumping duties will be
assessed on unliquidated entries of
corrosion inhibitors from China entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after September 10,
2020, the date of publication of the AD
Preliminary Determination, but will not
include entries occurring after the
expiration of the provisional measures
period and before publication of the
ITC’s final injury determination, as
further described below.4
2 See ITC’s Letter, ‘‘Notification of ITC Final
Determinations,’’ dated March 12, 2021 (ITC
Notification Letter).
3 Id.
4 See Certain Corrosion Inhibitors from the
People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
Postponement of Final Determination, and
Extension of Provisional Measures, 85 FR 55825
(September 10, 2020) (AD Preliminary
Determination), and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum (PDM).
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Continuation of Suspension of
Liquidation—AD
Except as noted in the ‘‘Provisional
Measures—AD’’ section of this notice,
in accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B)
of the Act, Commerce will instruct CBP
to continue to suspend liquidation on
all relevant entries of corrosion
inhibitors from China. These
instructions suspending liquidation will
remain in effect until further notice.
Commerce will also instruct CBP to
require cash deposits equal to the
estimated weighted-average dumping
margins indicated in the table below,
adjusted by the export subsidy offset.
Accordingly, effective on the date of
publication in the Federal Register of
the notice of the ITC’s final affirmative
injury determination, CBP must require,
at the same time as importers would
deposit estimated normal customs
duties on subject merchandise, a cash
deposit equal to the rates listed in the
table below.
Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping
Margins
The estimated weighted-average
dumping margins are as follows:
Producer
Exporter
Nantong Botao Chemical Co., Ltd ..........................
Nantong Kanghua Chemical Co., Ltd .....................
Nantong Botao Chemical Co., Ltd ..........................
Anhui Trust Chem Co., Ltd .....................................
Gold Chemical Limited ...........................................
Jiangsu Bohan Industry Trade Co., Ltd .................
Jiangyin Gold Fuda Chemical Co., Ltd ..................
Ningxia Ruitai Technology Co., Ltd ........................
SHANGHAI SUNTECH BIOCHEMICAL CO., LTD
Nantong Kanghua Chemical Co., Ltd .....................
Anhui Trust Chem Co., Ltd .....................................
Jiangyin Delian Chemical Co., Ltd .........................
Jiangyin Delian Chemical Co., Ltd .........................
Nantong Botao Chemical Co., Ltd .........................
Anhui Trust Chem Co., Ltd ....................................
Gold Chemical Limited ...........................................
Gold Chemical Limited ...........................................
Gold Chemical Limited ...........................................
Gold Chemical Limited ...........................................
Gold Chemical Limited ...........................................
Nantong Kanghua Chemical Co., Ltd ....................
Nanjing Trust Chem Co., Ltd .................................
Estimated
weighted-average
dumping margin
(percent)
Cash deposit rate
(adjusted for
subsidy offsets)
(percent)
130.52
130.52
139.41
134.97
134.97
134.97
134.97
134.97
134.97
134.97
134.97
72.50
72.50
101.71
87.11
87.11
87.11
87.11
87.11
87.11
87.11
87.11
277.90
241.02
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Provisional Measures—AD
Section 733(d) of the Act states that
suspension of liquidation pursuant to an
affirmative preliminary determination
may not remain in effect for more than
four months, except where exporters
representing a significant proportion of
exports of the subject merchandise
request that Commerce extend the fourmonth period to no more than six
months. At the request of exporters that
account for a significant proportion of
corrosion inhibitors from China,
Commerce extended the four-month
period to six months in this AD
investigation. Commerce published the
AD Preliminary Determination in this
investigation on September 10, 2020.5
The extended provisional measures
period, beginning on the date of
publication of the preliminary
determination, ended on March 8, 2021.
Therefore, in accordance with section
733(d) of the Act and our practice,
Commerce will instruct CBP to
terminate the suspension of liquidation
and to liquidate, without regard to
antidumping duties, unliquidated
entries of corrosion inhibitors from
China entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption after March
8, 2021, the final day on which the
provisional measures were in effect,
until and through the day preceding the
date of publication of the ITC’s final
affirmative injury determination in the
5 See
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Federal Register. Suspension of
liquidation and the collection of cash
deposits will resume on the date of
publication of the ITC’s final
determination in the Federal Register.
CVD Order
As stated above, on March 12, 2021,
in accordance with section 705(d) of the
Act, the ITC notified Commerce of its
final determination that an industry in
the United States is materially injured
within the meaning of section
705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of
subsidized imports of corrosion
inhibitors from China.6 Therefore, in
accordance with section 705(c)(2) of the
Act, Commerce is issuing this CVD
order. Because the ITC determined that
imports of corrosion inhibitors from
China are materially injuring a U.S.
industry, unliquidated entries of such
merchandise from China, entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption, are subject to the
assessment of countervailing duties.
Therefore, in accordance with section
706(a) of the Act, Commerce will direct
CBP to assess, upon further instruction
by Commerce, countervailing duties for
all relevant entries of corrosion
inhibitors from China, which are
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after July 13,
2020, the date of publication of the CVD
Preliminary Determination, but will not
include entries occurring after the
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expiration of the provisional measures
period and before the publication of the
ITC’s final injury determination under
section 705(b) of the Act, as further
described in the ‘‘Provisional
Measures—CVD’’ section of this notice.7
Suspension of Liquidation and Cash
Deposits—CVD
In accordance with section 706 of the
Act, Commerce will instruct CBP to
reinstitute the suspension of liquidation
of corrosion inhibitors from China,
effective on the date of publication of
the ITC’s final affirmative injury
determination in the Federal Register,
and to assess, upon further instruction
by Commerce, pursuant to section
706(a)(1) of the Act, countervailing
duties for each entry of the subject
merchandise in an amount based on the
net countervailable subsidy rates below.
On or after the date of publication of the
ITC’s final injury determination in the
Federal Register, CBP must require, at
the same time as importers would
deposit estimated normal customs
duties on this merchandise, a cash
deposit equal to the rates listed in the
table below. These instructions
suspending liquidation will remain in
effect until further notice. The all-others
7 See Certain Corrosion Inhibitors from the
People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination, and Alignment
of Final Determination with Final Antidumping
Duty Determination, 85 FR 41960 (July 13, 2020)
(CVD Preliminary Determination), and
accompanying PDM.
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rate applies to all producers or exporters
not specifically listed below, as
appropriate.
Company
Jiangyin Delian Chemical
Co., Ltd .............................
Nantong Botao Chemical
Co., Ltd 8 ...........................
CAC Shanghai Chemical
Co., Ltd .............................
Jiangyin Gold Fuda Chemical Co., Ltd .......................
Xinji Xi Chen Re Neng Co.,
Ltd .....................................
All Others ..............................
Subsidy rate
(percent)
93.05
61.62
239.21
239.21
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the AD and
CVD orders with respect to corrosion
inhibitors from China pursuant to
section 706(a) and 736(a) of the Act.
Interested parties can find a list of AD
8 Commerce found Nantong Yutu Group Co., Ltd.
to be a cross-owned affiliate of mandatory
respondent Nantong Botao Chemical Co., Ltd. The
name of this company was inadvertently omitted
from the final determination notice. See CVD Final
Determination and accompanying Issues and
Decision Memorandum. This company was listed in
the CVD Preliminary Determination and
accompanying PDM at 9, and there were no changes
which impacted this cross-ownership
determination for the final determination.
9 See CVD Preliminary Determination.
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Dated: March 15, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
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Provisional Measures—CVD
Section 703(d) of the Act states that
the suspension of liquidation pursuant
to an affirmative preliminary
determination may not remain in effect
for more than four months. Commerce
published the CVD Preliminary
Determination on July 13, 2020.9 As
such, the four-month period beginning
on the date of the publication of the
CVD Preliminary Determination ended
on November 9, 2020. Furthermore,
section 707(b) of the Act states that
definitive duties are to begin on the date
of publication of the ITC’s final injury
determination.
Therefore, in accordance with section
703(d) of the Act, we instructed CBP to
terminate the suspension of liquidation
and to liquidate, without regard to
countervailing duties, unliquidated
entries of corrosion inhibitors from
China entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption, on or after
November 10, 2020, the date on which
the provisional measures expired, until
and through the day preceding the date
of publication of the ITC’s final injury
determination in the Federal Register.
Suspension of liquidation will resume
on the date of publication of the ITC’s
final determination in the Federal
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and CVD orders currently in effect at
https://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/
iastats1.html.
These orders are published in
accordance with sections 706(a) and
736(a) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.211(b).
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Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these orders
is tolyltriazole and benzotriazole. This
includes tolyltriazole and benzotriazole of all
grades and forms, including their sodium salt
forms. Tolyltriazole is technically known as
Tolyltriazole IUPAC 4,5 methyl
benzotriazole. It can also be identified as 4,5
methyl benzotriazole, tolutriazole, TTA, and
TTZ.
Benzotriazole is technically known as
IUPAC 1,2,3-Benzotriazole. It can also be
identified as 1,2,3-Benzotriazole, 1,2Aminozophenylene, lH-Benzotriazole, and
BTA.
All forms of tolyltriazole and
benzotriazole, including but not limited to
flakes, granules, pellets, prills, needles,
powder, or liquids, are included within the
scope of these orders.
The scope includes tolyltriazole/sodium
tolyltriazole and benzotriazole/sodium
benzotriazole that are combined or mixed
with other products. For such combined
products, only the tolyltriazole/sodium
tolyltriazole and benzotriazole/sodium
benzotriazole component is covered by the
scope of these orders. Tolyltriazole and
sodium tolyltriazole that have been
combined with other products is included
within the scope, regardless of whether the
combining occurs in third countries.
Tolyltriazole, sodium tolyltriazole,
benzotriazole and sodium benzotriazole that
is otherwise subject to these orders is not
excluded when commingled with
tolyltriazole, sodium tolyltriazole,
benzotriazole, or sodium benzotriazole from
sources not subject to these orders. Only the
subject merchandise component of such
commingled products is covered by the scope
of these orders.
A combination or mixture is excluded from
these orders if the total tolyltriazole or
benzotriazole component of the combination
or mixture (regardless of the source or
sources) comprises less than 5 percent of the
combination or mixture, on a dry weight
basis.
Notwithstanding the foregoing language, a
tolyltriazole or benzotriazole combination or
mixture that is transformed through a
chemical reaction into another product, such
that, for example, the tolyltriazole or
benzotriazole can no longer be separated
from the other products through a distillation
or other process is excluded from these
orders.
Tolyltriazole has the Chemical Abstracts
Service (CAS) registry number 299385–43–1.
Tolyltriazole is classified under Harmonized
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Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
subheading 2933.99.8220.
Sodium Tolyltriazole has the CAS registry
number 64665–57–2 and is classified under
HTSUS subheading 2933.99.8290.
Benzotriazole has the CAS registry number
95–14–7 and is classified under HTSUS
subheading 2933.99.8210.
Sodium Benzotriazole has the CAS registry
number 15217–42–2. Sodium Benzotriazole
is classified under HTSUS subheading
2933.99.8290.
Although the HTSUS subheadings and
CAS registry numbers are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of these
orders is dispositive.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–533–900, C–821–830]
Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin
From India and the Russian
Federation: Postponement of
Preliminary Determinations in the
Countervailing Duty Investigations
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable March 19, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Janae Martin at (202) 482–0238 (India)
and George Ayache at (202) 482–2623
(the Russian Federation (Russia)), AD/
CVD Operations, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On February 16, 2021, the Department
of Commerce (Commerce) initiated
countervailing duty (CVD)
investigations of imports of granular
polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin
from India and Russia.1 Currently, the
preliminary determinations are due no
later than April 22, 2021.
Postponement of Preliminary
Determinations
Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), requires
Commerce to issue the preliminary
determination in a CVD investigation
within 65 days after the date on which
Commerce initiated the investigation.
However, section 703(c)(1) of the Act
1 See Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from
India and the Russian Federation: Initiation of
Countervailing Duty Investigations, 86 FR 10931
(February 23, 2021).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-122, C-570-123]
Certain Corrosion Inhibitors From the People's Republic of China:
Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and International Trade Commission (ITC), Commerce
is issuing antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders
on certain corrosion inhibitors (corrosion inhibitors) from the
People's Republic of China (China).
DATES: Applicable March 19, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andre Gziryan (AD), Theodore Pearson
(CVD), or Nicholas Czajkowski (CVD), AD/CVD Operations, Office I,
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20230; telephone: (202) 482-2201, (202) 482-2631, or (202) 482-1395,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with sections 705(d) and 735(d) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), on January 29, 2021, Commerce published its
affirmative final determination that countervailable subsides are being
provided to producers and exporters of corrosion inhibitors from China
and its affirmative final determination in the less-than-fair-value
(LTFV) investigation of corrosion inhibitors from China.\1\ On March
12, 2021, pursuant to sections 705(d) and 735(d) of the Act, the ITC
notified Commerce of its final affirmative determinations that an
industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of
subsidized imports and LTFV imports of corrosion inhibitors from China,
within the meaning of sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of
the Act.\2\
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\1\ See Certain Corrosion Inhibitors from the People's Republic
of China: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, 86 FR 7532 (January 29, 2021); see also Certain Corrosion
Inhibitors from the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination, 86 FR 7537 (January 29, 2021)
(CVD Final Determination).
\2\ See ITC's Letter, ``Notification of ITC Final
Determinations,'' dated March 12, 2021 (ITC Notification Letter).
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Scope of the Orders
The products covered by these orders are corrosion inhibitors from
China. For a full description of the scope of these orders, see
Appendix I.
AD Order
As stated above, on March 12, 2021, in accordance with section
735(d) of the Act, the ITC notified Commerce of its final determination
that an industry in the United States is materially injured within the
meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of imports of
corrosion inhibitors from China that are sold in the United States at
LTFV.\3\ Therefore, in accordance with section 735(c)(2) of the Act, we
are issuing this AD order. Because the ITC determined that imports of
corrosion inhibitors from China are materially injuring a U.S.
industry, unliquidated entries of such merchandise from China entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption are subject to the
assessment of antidumping duties.
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Therefore, in accordance with sections 736(a)(1) of the Act,
Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) to assess,
upon further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties equal to the
amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the export
price (or constructed export price) of the merchandise and
countervailing duties for all relevant entries of corrosion inhibitors
from China. Antidumping duties will be assessed on unliquidated entries
of corrosion inhibitors from China entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after September 10, 2020, the date of
publication of the AD Preliminary Determination, but will not include
entries occurring after the expiration of the provisional measures
period and before publication of the ITC's final injury determination,
as further described below.\4\
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\4\ See Certain Corrosion Inhibitors from the People's Republic
of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension
of Provisional Measures, 85 FR 55825 (September 10, 2020) (AD
Preliminary Determination), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum (PDM).
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation--AD
Except as noted in the ``Provisional Measures--AD'' section of this
notice, in accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce
will instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation on all relevant
entries of corrosion inhibitors from China. These instructions
suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further notice.
Commerce will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to
the estimated weighted-average dumping margins indicated in the table
below, adjusted by the export subsidy offset. Accordingly, effective on
the date of publication in the Federal Register of the notice of the
ITC's final affirmative injury determination, CBP must require, at the
same time as importers would deposit estimated normal customs duties on
subject merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the rates listed in the
table below.
Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins
The estimated weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:
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Estimated Cash deposit rate
weighted-average (adjusted for
Producer Exporter dumping margin subsidy offsets)
(percent) (percent)
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Nantong Botao Chemical Co., Ltd............ Jiangyin Delian Chemical Co., 130.52 72.50
Ltd.
Nantong Kanghua Chemical Co., Ltd.......... Jiangyin Delian Chemical Co., 130.52 72.50
Ltd.
Nantong Botao Chemical Co., Ltd............ Nantong Botao Chemical Co., 139.41 101.71
Ltd.
Anhui Trust Chem Co., Ltd.................. Anhui Trust Chem Co., Ltd.... 134.97 87.11
Gold Chemical Limited...................... Gold Chemical Limited........ 134.97 87.11
Jiangsu Bohan Industry Trade Co., Ltd...... Gold Chemical Limited........ 134.97 87.11
Jiangyin Gold Fuda Chemical Co., Ltd....... Gold Chemical Limited........ 134.97 87.11
Ningxia Ruitai Technology Co., Ltd......... Gold Chemical Limited........ 134.97 87.11
SHANGHAI SUNTECH BIOCHEMICAL CO., LTD...... Gold Chemical Limited........ 134.97 87.11
Nantong Kanghua Chemical Co., Ltd.......... Nantong Kanghua Chemical Co., 134.97 87.11
Ltd.
Anhui Trust Chem Co., Ltd.................. Nanjing Trust Chem Co., Ltd.. 134.97 87.11
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Provisional Measures--AD
Section 733(d) of the Act states that suspension of liquidation
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in
effect for more than four months, except where exporters representing a
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request
that Commerce extend the four-month period to no more than six months.
At the request of exporters that account for a significant proportion
of corrosion inhibitors from China, Commerce extended the four-month
period to six months in this AD investigation. Commerce published the
AD Preliminary Determination in this investigation on September 10,
2020.\5\
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The extended provisional measures period, beginning on the date of
publication of the preliminary determination, ended on March 8, 2021.
Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our
practice, Commerce will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties,
unliquidated entries of corrosion inhibitors from China entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after March 8, 2021, the
final day on which the provisional measures were in effect, until and
through the day preceding the date of publication of the ITC's final
affirmative injury determination in the Federal Register. Suspension of
liquidation and the collection of cash deposits will resume on the date
of publication of the ITC's final determination in the Federal
Register.
CVD Order
As stated above, on March 12, 2021, in accordance with section
705(d) of the Act, the ITC notified Commerce of its final determination
that an industry in the United States is materially injured within the
meaning of section 705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of subsidized
imports of corrosion inhibitors from China.\6\ Therefore, in accordance
with section 705(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce is issuing this CVD order.
Because the ITC determined that imports of corrosion inhibitors from
China are materially injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of
such merchandise from China, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption, are subject to the assessment of countervailing duties.
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Therefore, in accordance with section 706(a) of the Act, Commerce
will direct CBP to assess, upon further instruction by Commerce,
countervailing duties for all relevant entries of corrosion inhibitors
from China, which are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after July 13, 2020, the date of publication of the
CVD Preliminary Determination, but will not include entries occurring
after the expiration of the provisional measures period and before the
publication of the ITC's final injury determination under section
705(b) of the Act, as further described in the ``Provisional Measures--
CVD'' section of this notice.\7\
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\7\ See Certain Corrosion Inhibitors from the People's Republic
of China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination,
and Alignment of Final Determination with Final Antidumping Duty
Determination, 85 FR 41960 (July 13, 2020) (CVD Preliminary
Determination), and accompanying PDM.
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Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposits--CVD
In accordance with section 706 of the Act, Commerce will instruct
CBP to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation of corrosion
inhibitors from China, effective on the date of publication of the
ITC's final affirmative injury determination in the Federal Register,
and to assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, pursuant to
section 706(a)(1) of the Act, countervailing duties for each entry of
the subject merchandise in an amount based on the net countervailable
subsidy rates below. On or after the date of publication of the ITC's
final injury determination in the Federal Register, CBP must require,
at the same time as importers would deposit estimated normal customs
duties on this merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the rates listed in
the table below. These instructions suspending liquidation will remain
in effect until further notice. The all-others
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rate applies to all producers or exporters not specifically listed
below, as appropriate.
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\8\ Commerce found Nantong Yutu Group Co., Ltd. to be a cross-
owned affiliate of mandatory respondent Nantong Botao Chemical Co.,
Ltd. The name of this company was inadvertently omitted from the
final determination notice. See CVD Final Determination and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum. This company was listed
in the CVD Preliminary Determination and accompanying PDM at 9, and
there were no changes which impacted this cross-ownership
determination for the final determination.
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent)
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Jiangyin Delian Chemical Co., Ltd....................... 93.05
Nantong Botao Chemical Co., Ltd \8\..................... 61.62
CAC Shanghai Chemical Co., Ltd.......................... 239.21
Jiangyin Gold Fuda Chemical Co., Ltd.................... 239.21
Xinji Xi Chen Re Neng Co., Ltd.......................... 239.21
All Others.............................................. 77.34
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Provisional Measures--CVD
Section 703(d) of the Act states that the suspension of liquidation
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in
effect for more than four months. Commerce published the CVD
Preliminary Determination on July 13, 2020.\9\ As such, the four-month
period beginning on the date of the publication of the CVD Preliminary
Determination ended on November 9, 2020. Furthermore, section 707(b) of
the Act states that definitive duties are to begin on the date of
publication of the ITC's final injury determination.
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Therefore, in accordance with section 703(d) of the Act, we
instructed CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to
liquidate, without regard to countervailing duties, unliquidated
entries of corrosion inhibitors from China entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption, on or after November 10, 2020, the date on
which the provisional measures expired, until and through the day
preceding the date of publication of the ITC's final injury
determination in the Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation will
resume on the date of publication of the ITC's final determination in
the Federal Register.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the AD and CVD orders with respect to
corrosion inhibitors from China pursuant to section 706(a) and 736(a)
of the Act. Interested parties can find a list of AD and CVD orders
currently in effect at https://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
These orders are published in accordance with sections 706(a) and
736(a) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: March 15, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these orders is tolyltriazole and
benzotriazole. This includes tolyltriazole and benzotriazole of all
grades and forms, including their sodium salt forms. Tolyltriazole
is technically known as Tolyltriazole IUPAC 4,5 methyl
benzotriazole. It can also be identified as 4,5 methyl
benzotriazole, tolutriazole, TTA, and TTZ.
Benzotriazole is technically known as IUPAC 1,2,3-Benzotriazole.
It can also be identified as 1,2,3-Benzotriazole, 1,2-
Aminozophenylene, lH-Benzotriazole, and BTA.
All forms of tolyltriazole and benzotriazole, including but not
limited to flakes, granules, pellets, prills, needles, powder, or
liquids, are included within the scope of these orders.
The scope includes tolyltriazole/sodium tolyltriazole and
benzotriazole/sodium benzotriazole that are combined or mixed with
other products. For such combined products, only the tolyltriazole/
sodium tolyltriazole and benzotriazole/sodium benzotriazole
component is covered by the scope of these orders. Tolyltriazole and
sodium tolyltriazole that have been combined with other products is
included within the scope, regardless of whether the combining
occurs in third countries.
Tolyltriazole, sodium tolyltriazole, benzotriazole and sodium
benzotriazole that is otherwise subject to these orders is not
excluded when commingled with tolyltriazole, sodium tolyltriazole,
benzotriazole, or sodium benzotriazole from sources not subject to
these orders. Only the subject merchandise component of such
commingled products is covered by the scope of these orders.
A combination or mixture is excluded from these orders if the
total tolyltriazole or benzotriazole component of the combination or
mixture (regardless of the source or sources) comprises less than 5
percent of the combination or mixture, on a dry weight basis.
Notwithstanding the foregoing language, a tolyltriazole or
benzotriazole combination or mixture that is transformed through a
chemical reaction into another product, such that, for example, the
tolyltriazole or benzotriazole can no longer be separated from the
other products through a distillation or other process is excluded
from these orders.
Tolyltriazole has the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry
number 299385-43-1. Tolyltriazole is classified under Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheading
2933.99.8220.
Sodium Tolyltriazole has the CAS registry number 64665-57-2 and
is classified under HTSUS subheading 2933.99.8290.
Benzotriazole has the CAS registry number 95-14-7 and is
classified under HTSUS subheading 2933.99.8210.
Sodium Benzotriazole has the CAS registry number 15217-42-2.
Sodium Benzotriazole is classified under HTSUS subheading
2933.99.8290.
Although the HTSUS subheadings and CAS registry numbers are
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written
description of the scope of these orders is dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2021-05742 Filed 3-18-21; 8:45 am]
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