Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020, 67016-67018 [2022-24213]

Download as PDF 67016 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 214 / Monday, November 7, 2022 / Notices the exporter of the subject merchandise does not have its own rate but the producer has its own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established in the most recently completed segment of the proceeding for the producer of the subject merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 33.81 percent, the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value investigation.18 These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice. (threaded rod) from the People’s Republic of China (China) during the period of review (POR) July 29, 2019, through December 31, 2020. DATES: Applicable November 7, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Schauer or Allison Hollander, 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) 482–0410 or (202) 482–2805, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 and/or countervailing duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce’s presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties. Background On May 6, 2022, Commerce published the preliminary results of the 2019–2020 administrative review of the countervailing duty order on threaded rod from China.1 This review covers two mandatory respondents, Zhejiang Junyue Standard Part Co., Ltd. (Junyue) and Ningbo Zhongjiang High Strength Bolts Co., Ltd. (Zhongjiang Bolts), and three non-examined producers or exporters of subject merchandise. We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results.2 On June 6, 2022, we received timely case briefs from Vulcan Threaded Products Inc. (the petitioner), Junyue, and Zhongjiang Bolts. On June 13, 2022, we received timely rebuttal briefs from the petitioner, Junyue, and Zhongjiang Bolts. For a complete description of the events that occurred since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.3 Notification to Interested Parties Commerce is issuing and publishing these results in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1). Dated: October 31, 2022. Lisa W. Wang, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Scope of the Order 4 The product covered by the Order is threaded rod from China. A full description of the scope of the Order is contained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. [FR Doc. 2022–24167 Filed 11–4–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C–570–105] Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod From the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2019–2020 Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to the producers and exporters subject to the administrative review of carbon and alloy steel threaded rod khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: 18 See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the Philippines, 65 FR 81823 (December 27, 2000). VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:45 Nov 04, 2022 Jkt 259001 Analysis of Comments Received All issues raised by interested parties in briefs are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum accompanying 1 See Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod From the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review and Rescission of Administrative Review in Part; 2019– 2020, 87 FR 27104 (May 6, 2022) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). 2 See Preliminary Results, 87 FR at 27106. 3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from the People’s Republic of China; 2019–2020,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 4 See Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from India and the People’s Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Orders, 85 FR 19927 (April 9, 2020) (Order). PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 this notice. A list of the issues addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is provided in the appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance’s Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https:// access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/ FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. Changes Since the Preliminary Results Based on comments in case and rebuttal briefs and record evidence, Commerce made certain changes from the Preliminary Results regarding the calculation of wire rod and steel bar benchmarks and we have corrected several ministerial errors. As a result of these changes, the final rates for Junyue and Zhongjiang Bolts have changed and the rate for non-selected respondents also changed. These changes are explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. Methodology Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each subsidy program found to be countervailable, Commerce finds that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution from a government or public entity that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.5 For a full description of the methodology underlying all of Commerce’s conclusions, including any determination that relied upon the use of adverse facts available pursuant to section 776(a) and (b) of the Act, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. Companies Not Selected for Individual Review The statute and Commerce’s regulations do not address the establishment of a rate to be applied to companies not selected for examination when Commerce limits its examination in an administrative review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, Commerce looks to section 705(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for determining the all-others rate in an investigation, for guidance when calculating the rate for companies 5 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity. E:\FR\FM\07NON1.SGM 07NON1 67017 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 214 / Monday, November 7, 2022 / Notices which were not selected for individual examination in an administrative review. Under section 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate is normally an amount equal to the weighted average of the countervailable subsidy rates established for exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding any zero or de minimis countervailable subsidy rates, and any rates determined entirely on the basis of facts available. There are three companies for which a review was requested and not rescinded, and which were not selected as mandatory respondents or found to be cross owned with a mandatory respondent: (1) Ningbo Dingtuo Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.; (2) Ningbo Dongxin HighStrength Nut Co., Ltd.; and (3) Ningbo Jinding Fastening Piece Co., Ltd. For these non-selected companies, because the rates calculated for the mandatory respondents, Junyue and Zhongjiang Bolts, were above de minimis and not based entirely on facts available, we are applying the weighted average of the net countervailable subsidy rates calculated for the mandatory respondents, which we calculated using the publicly-ranged sales data submitted by Junyue and Zhongjiang Bolts.6 This methodology to establish the non-selected subsidy rate is consistent with our practice with regard to the all-others rate, pursuant to section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act. Final Results of Administrative Review In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), Commerce calculated the following net countervailable subsidy rates for the period July 29, 2019, through December 31, 2020: Company Subsidy rate— 2019 (percent ad valorem) Subsidy rate— 2020 (percent ad valorem) 6.42 5.09 5.64 5.79 5.94 5.94 5.94 5.69 5.69 5.69 Ningbo Zhongjiang High Strength Bolts Co., Ltd 1 .................................................................................................. Zhejiang Junyue Standard Part Co., Ltd 2 ............................................................................................................... Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies: Ningbo Dingtuo Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd ...................................................................................................................... Ningbo Dongxin High-Strength Nut Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................... Ningbo Jinding Fastening Piece Co., Ltd ................................................................................................................ 1 In the original investigation, Commerce found Ningbo Zhongmin Metal Product Co., Ltd., to be cross-owned with Ningbo Zhongjiang High Strength Bolts Co., Ltd. See Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination, 84 FR 36578 (July 29, 2019), and accompanying PDM, at 28, unchanged in Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from the People’s Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 85 FR 8833 (February 18, 2020). As the facts have not changed in this review, we continue to find Ningbo Zhongmin Metal Product Co., Ltd., to be cross-owned with Ningbo Zhongjiang High Strength Bolts Co., Ltd. See also Preliminary Results PDM. 2 As discussed in the Preliminary Results PDM, Commerce finds the following companies to be cross-owned with Zhejiang Junyue Standard Part Co., Ltd.: Jiaxing Chengyue Trading Co., Ltd.; and Haiyan County Brothers Paper Industry Co., Ltd. Disclosure We intend to disclose the calculations performed in connection with the final results of review to parties in this proceeding within five days after public announcement of the final results or, if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of publication of the notice of final results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise covered by this review. We intend to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of these final results of review. If a timely summons is filed Cash Deposit Instructions In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties in the amounts shown for each of the respective companies listed above on shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of this administrative review. For all nonreviewed firms subject to the Order, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the most recent company-specific or all-others rate applicable to the company, as 6 With two respondents under examination, Commerce normally calculates (A) a weightedaverage of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for the examined respondents; (B) a simple average of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for the examined respondents; and (C) a weighted-average of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for the examined respondents using each company’s publicly-ranged U.S. sale quantities for the merchandise under consideration. Commerce then compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects the rate closest to (A) as the most appropriate rate for all other producers and exporters. See, e.g., Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Final Assessment Rates khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication). VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:45 Nov 04, 2022 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 appropriate. These cash deposit requirements, effective upon publication of the final results of review, shall remain in effect until further notice. Administrative Protective Order This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of the return or 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 sanctionable violation. Notification to Interested Parties Commerce is issuing and publishing the final results of review in accordance Results of Changed-Circumstances Review, and Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 (September 1, 2010); see also Memorandum, ‘‘Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from the People’s Republic of China: Calculation of Rate for Respondents Not Selected for Individual Examination,’’ dated concurrently with this notice. E:\FR\FM\07NON1.SGM 07NON1 67018 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 214 / Monday, November 7, 2022 / Notices with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5). Dated: November 1, 2022. Lisa W. Wang, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Appendix List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum I. Summary II. Background III. Scope of the Order IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results V. Non-Selected Companies Under Review VI. Subsidies Valuation Information VII. Interest Rates, Discount Rates, and Benchmarks VIII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse Inferences IX. Analysis of Programs X. Analysis of Comments Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should Apply Adverse Facts Available (AFA) to the Export Buyer’s Credit (EBC) Program Comment 2: Wire Rod and Steel Bar Benchmarks Calculation Comment 3: Ocean Freight Benchmark Calculation Comment 4: Whether Haiyan County Brothers Paper Industry Co., Ltd. (Brother Paper) Is Cross-Owned With Junyue Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should Countervail Certain of Junyue’s Purchases of Electricity Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should Revise Its Calculation of Junyue’s Benefits for Policy Loans and Discount Notes Comment 7: Whether Commerce Should Revise Its Calculation of Zhongjiang Bolts Benefits for Policy Loans Comment 8: Whether Commerce Should Revise Its Calculation of the Subsidy Rate for Certain ‘‘Other Subsidies’’ Comment 9: Whether Commerce Should Revise Its Calculation of Zhongjiang Bolts’ Subsidy Rate for Outbound Ocean Freight Rates for Less Than Adequate Remuneration (LTAR) XI. Recommendation [FR Doc. 2022–24213 Filed 11–4–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Green Sturgeon ESA 4(d) Rule Take Exceptions and Exemptions The Department of Commerce will submit the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:45 Nov 04, 2022 Jkt 259001 with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public’s reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on July 19, 2022 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Agency: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Commerce. Title: Green Sturgeon ESA 4(d) Rule Take Exceptions and Exemptions. OMB Control Number: 0648–0613. Form Number(s): None. Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current information collection). Number of Respondents: 45. Average Hours Per Response: Written notification describing research, monitoring, habitat restoration, or emergency fish rescue and salvage activities, 40 hours; research applications, 40 hours; development of state 4(d) research programs, 40 hours; development of a tribal fishery management or fishery management and evaluation plan, 160 hours; FMEP report, 20 hours; reports, 5 hours. Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,510. Needs and Uses: The Southern Distinct Population Segment of North American green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris; hereafter, ‘‘Southern DPS’’) was listed as a threatened species in April 2006. Protective regulations under section 4(d) of the ESA were promulgated for the species on June 2, 2010 (75 FR 30714) (the final ESA 4(d) Rule) and codified at 50 CFR 223.210. To comply with the ESA and the protective regulations, entities must obtain take authorization prior to engaging in activities involving take of Southern DPS fish unless the activity is covered by an exception or exemption. ‘‘Take’’ is defined as to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture or collect, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct. Certain activities described in the ‘‘exceptions’’ provision of 50 CFR 223.210(b) are not subject to the take prohibitions if they adhere to specific criteria and reporting requirements. Under the ‘‘exemption’’ provision of 50 CFR 223.210(c), the take prohibitions do not apply to scientific research, scientific monitoring, and fisheries activities conducted under an approved 4(d) program or plan; similarly, take prohibitions do not apply to tribal resource management activities conducted under a Tribal Plan for PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 which the requisite determinations described in 50 CFR 223.210(c)(3) have been made. To ensure that activities qualify under exceptions to or exemptions from the take prohibitions, local, state, and federal agencies, non-governmental organizations, academic researchers, and private organizations are asked to voluntarily submit detailed information regarding their activity on a schedule to be determined by National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) staff. This information is used by NMFS to (1) track the number of Southern DPS fish taken as a result of each action; (2) understand and evaluate the cumulative effects of each action on the Southern DPS; and (3) determine whether additional protections are needed for the species, or whether additional exceptions may be warranted. NMFS designed the criteria to ensure that plans meeting the criteria would adequately limit effects on threatened Southern DPS fish, such that additional protections in the form of a federal take prohibition would not be necessary and advisable. Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; State, local, or Tribal government; Federal government; business or other for-profit organizations. Frequency: Written notification describing research, monitoring, habitat restoration, or emergency fish rescue and salvage activities, on occasion; development of fisheries management and evaluation plans, state 4(d) research programs, or tribal fishery management plans, on occasion; fisheries management and evaluation plan reports, biannually; all other reports, annually. Respondent’s Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits. Legal Authority: Endangered Species Act. This information collection request may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/ public/do/PRAMain. 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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-105]


Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod From the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 
2019-2020

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
countervailable subsidies are being provided to the producers and 
exporters subject to the administrative review of carbon and alloy 
steel threaded rod (threaded rod) from the People's Republic of China 
(China) during the period of review (POR) July 29, 2019, through 
December 31, 2020.

DATES: Applicable November 7, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Schauer or Allison Hollander, 
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) 482-0410 or (202) 
482-2805, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 6, 2022, Commerce published the preliminary results of the 
2019-2020 administrative review of the countervailing duty order on 
threaded rod from China.\1\ This review covers two mandatory 
respondents, Zhejiang Junyue Standard Part Co., Ltd. (Junyue) and 
Ningbo Zhongjiang High Strength Bolts Co., Ltd. (Zhongjiang Bolts), and 
three non-examined producers or exporters of subject merchandise. We 
invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results.\2\ On 
June 6, 2022, we received timely case briefs from Vulcan Threaded 
Products Inc. (the petitioner), Junyue, and Zhongjiang Bolts. On June 
13, 2022, we received timely rebuttal briefs from the petitioner, 
Junyue, and Zhongjiang Bolts. For a complete description of the events 
that occurred since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.\3\
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    \1\ See Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod From the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review and Rescission of Administrative Review in 
Part; 2019-2020, 87 FR 27104 (May 6, 2022) (Preliminary Results), 
and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Preliminary Results, 87 FR at 27106.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of 
Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of 
China; 2019-2020,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 
this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order 4
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    \4\ See Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from India and the 
People's Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Orders, 85 FR 19927 
(April 9, 2020) (Order).
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    The product covered by the Order is threaded rod from China. A full 
description of the scope of the Order is contained in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised by interested parties in briefs are addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum accompanying this notice. A list of 
the issues addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is provided 
in the appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a 
public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and 
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic 
Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at 
https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on comments in case and rebuttal briefs and record evidence, 
Commerce made certain changes from the Preliminary Results regarding 
the calculation of wire rod and steel bar benchmarks and we have 
corrected several ministerial errors. As a result of these changes, the 
final rates for Junyue and Zhongjiang Bolts have changed and the rate 
for non-selected respondents also changed. These changes are explained 
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Methodology

    Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 
For each subsidy program found to be countervailable, Commerce finds 
that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution from a 
government or public entity that gives rise to a benefit to the 
recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\5\ For a full description 
of the methodology underlying all of Commerce's conclusions, including 
any determination that relied upon the use of adverse facts available 
pursuant to section 776(a) and (b) of the Act, see the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
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    \5\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding 
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding 
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Companies Not Selected for Individual Review

    The statute and Commerce's regulations do not address the 
establishment of a rate to be applied to companies not selected for 
examination when Commerce limits its examination in an administrative 
review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, Commerce 
looks to section 705(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for 
determining the all-others rate in an investigation, for guidance when 
calculating the rate for companies

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which were not selected for individual examination in an administrative 
review. Under section 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate is 
normally an amount equal to the weighted average of the countervailable 
subsidy rates established for exporters and producers individually 
investigated, excluding any zero or de minimis countervailable subsidy 
rates, and any rates determined entirely on the basis of facts 
available.
    There are three companies for which a review was requested and not 
rescinded, and which were not selected as mandatory respondents or 
found to be cross owned with a mandatory respondent: (1) Ningbo Dingtuo 
Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.; (2) Ningbo Dongxin High-Strength Nut Co., Ltd.; 
and (3) Ningbo Jinding Fastening Piece Co., Ltd. For these non-selected 
companies, because the rates calculated for the mandatory respondents, 
Junyue and Zhongjiang Bolts, were above de minimis and not based 
entirely on facts available, we are applying the weighted average of 
the net countervailable subsidy rates calculated for the mandatory 
respondents, which we calculated using the publicly-ranged sales data 
submitted by Junyue and Zhongjiang Bolts.\6\ This methodology to 
establish the non-selected subsidy rate is consistent with our practice 
with regard to the all-others rate, pursuant to section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) 
of the Act.
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    \6\ With two respondents under examination, Commerce normally 
calculates (A) a weighted-average of the estimated subsidy rates 
calculated for the examined respondents; (B) a simple average of the 
estimated subsidy rates calculated for the examined respondents; and 
(C) a weighted-average of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for 
the examined respondents using each company's publicly-ranged U.S. 
sale quantities for the merchandise under consideration. Commerce 
then compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects the rate closest to (A) 
as the most appropriate rate for all other producers and exporters. 
See, e.g., Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France, Germany, 
Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Reviews, Final Results of Changed-Circumstances 
Review, and Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 
(September 1, 2010); see also Memorandum, ``Administrative Review of 
the Countervailing Duty Order on Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod 
from the People's Republic of China: Calculation of Rate for 
Respondents Not Selected for Individual Examination,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice.
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Final Results of Administrative Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), Commerce calculated the 
following net countervailable subsidy rates for the period July 29, 
2019, through December 31, 2020:

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                                          Subsidy rate--  Subsidy rate--
                                           2019 (percent   2020 (percent
                 Company                    ad valorem)     ad valorem)
 
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Ningbo Zhongjiang High Strength Bolts               6.42            5.64
 Co., Ltd \1\...........................
Zhejiang Junyue Standard Part Co., Ltd              5.09            5.79
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   Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies:
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Ningbo Dingtuo Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.....            5.94            5.69
Ningbo Dongxin High-Strength Nut Co.,               5.94            5.69
 Ltd....................................
Ningbo Jinding Fastening Piece Co., Ltd.            5.94            5.69
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\1\ In the original investigation, Commerce found Ningbo Zhongmin Metal
  Product Co., Ltd., to be cross-owned with Ningbo Zhongjiang High
  Strength Bolts Co., Ltd. See Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from
  the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing
  Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final
  Antidumping Duty Determination, 84 FR 36578 (July 29, 2019), and
  accompanying PDM, at 28, unchanged in Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded
  Rod from the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative
  Countervailing Duty Determination, 85 FR 8833 (February 18, 2020). As
  the facts have not changed in this review, we continue to find Ningbo
  Zhongmin Metal Product Co., Ltd., to be cross-owned with Ningbo
  Zhongjiang High Strength Bolts Co., Ltd. See also Preliminary Results
  PDM.
\2\ As discussed in the Preliminary Results PDM, Commerce finds the
  following companies to be cross-owned with Zhejiang Junyue Standard
  Part Co., Ltd.: Jiaxing Chengyue Trading Co., Ltd.; and Haiyan County
  Brothers Paper Industry Co., Ltd.

Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed in connection with 
the final results of review to parties in this proceeding within five 
days after public announcement of the final results or, if there is no 
public announcement, within five days of the date of publication of the 
notice of final results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(2), Commerce will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise covered by this review. We intend to 
issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the 
date of publication of these final results of review. If a timely 
summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the 
assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant 
entries until the time for parties to file a request for a statutory 
injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication).

Cash Deposit Instructions

    In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce intends 
to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing 
duties in the amounts shown for each of the respective companies listed 
above on shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the 
final results of this administrative review. For all non-reviewed firms 
subject to the Order, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash 
deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the most recent company-
specific or all-others rate applicable to the company, as appropriate. 
These cash deposit requirements, effective upon publication of the 
final results of review, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the return or 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 sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    Commerce is issuing and publishing the final results of review in 
accordance

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with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: November 1, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Non-Selected Companies Under Review
VI. Subsidies Valuation Information
VII. Interest Rates, Discount Rates, and Benchmarks
VIII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse 
Inferences
IX. Analysis of Programs
X. Analysis of Comments
    Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should Apply Adverse Facts Available 
(AFA) to the Export Buyer's Credit (EBC) Program
    Comment 2: Wire Rod and Steel Bar Benchmarks Calculation
    Comment 3: Ocean Freight Benchmark Calculation
    Comment 4: Whether Haiyan County Brothers Paper Industry Co., 
Ltd. (Brother Paper) Is Cross-Owned With Junyue
    Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should Countervail Certain of 
Junyue's Purchases of Electricity
    Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should Revise Its Calculation of 
Junyue's Benefits for Policy Loans and Discount Notes
    Comment 7: Whether Commerce Should Revise Its Calculation of 
Zhongjiang Bolts Benefits for Policy Loans
    Comment 8: Whether Commerce Should Revise Its Calculation of the 
Subsidy Rate for Certain ``Other Subsidies''
    Comment 9: Whether Commerce Should Revise Its Calculation of 
Zhongjiang Bolts' Subsidy Rate for Outbound Ocean Freight Rates for 
Less Than Adequate Remuneration (LTAR)
XI. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2022-24213 Filed 11-4-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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