Certain Quartz Surface Products From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Reviews; Global Stone, 41377-41378 [2023-13480]

Download as PDF ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 121 / Monday, June 26, 2023 / Notices disqualified if the Department determines that such representation is likely to impact the ability to carry out the duties of a DEC member or raise an appearance issue for the Department. Selection Process: Nominations of individuals who have applied for DEC membership will be forwarded to the local USEAC Director for the respective DEC for that Director’s consideration. The local USEAC Director ensures that all nominees meet the membership criteria. The local USEAC Director then, in consultation with the local DEC Executive Committee, evaluates all nominees to determine their interest, commitment, and qualifications. In reviewing nominees, the local USEAC Director strives to ensure a balance among exporters from a manufacturing or service industry and export service providers. 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DEC members are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of Commerce. Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1512 and 4721. Laura Barmby, District Export Council Program Manager. [FR Doc. 2023–13518 Filed 6–23–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–570–084; C–570–085] Certain Quartz Surface Products From the People’s Republic of China: Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Reviews; Global Stone Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: In response to a request from Global Stone Collection, LLC (Global Stone), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating changed circumstances reviews (CCR) of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on certain quartz surface products (quartz surface products) from the People’s Republic of China (China) to determine whether the quartz surface products imported by Global Stone into the United States and exported by Bada Industries SDN BHD (Bada Industries) from Malaysia were manufactured in Malaysia with non-Chinese origin quartz slab. DATES: Applicable June 26, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay Menon, AD/CVD Operations, Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0208. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: Background On July 11, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register the orders on quartz surface products from China.1 On October 21, 2022, Commerce published in the Federal Register the final results of a scope ruling regarding imports of quartz surface products manufactured in China and further processed in Malaysia, finding that such 1 See Certain Quartz Surface Products from the People’s Republic of China: Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 84 FR 33053 (July 11, 2019) (Orders). PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 41377 imports are covered by the scope of the Orders.2 Moreover, because exporters of quartz surface products from Malaysia export both subject and non-subject merchandise, Commerce established a scope certification process for all imports of quartz surface products from Malaysia. Specifically, Commerce set forth certification requirements for importers and exporters to permit imports from Malaysia produced from non-Chinese origin quartz slab not to be subject to suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements. In so doing, Commerce also determined that certain companies processing Chinese quartz slab in Malaysia, including Bada Industries, were ineligible to participate in this scope certification process.3 However, Commerce indicated that these companies, including Bada Industries, could request reconsideration of their exclusion from the certification process in a future segment of the proceeding (e.g., in a CCR).4 On May 11, 2023, Global Stone submitted a letter requesting that Commerce conduct a CCR to reconsider Bada Industries’ eligibility for the certification process, such that Bada Industries can certify that the quartz surface products imported by Global Stone are not produced from Chineseorigin quartz slab.5 We received no comments from interested parties regarding the CCR Request. Scope of the Orders The products covered by the Orders are quartz surface products from China.6 The products subject to the scope are currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under the following subheading: 6810.99.0010. Subject merchandise may also enter under subheadings 6810.11.0010, 6810.11.0070, 6810.19.1200, 6810.19.1400, 6810.19.5000, 6810.91.0000, 6810.99.0080, 2506.10.0010, 2506.10.0050, 2506.20.0010, 2506.20.0080, and 7016.90.1050. Although the HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written product description remains dispositive. 2 See Certain Quartz Surface Products from the People’s Republic of China: Final Scope Ruling on Malaysian Processed Quartz Slab and Recission of the Circumvention Inquiry, 87 FR 64009, 64010 (October 21, 2022). 3 Id. 4 Id., 87 FR at 64010. 5 See Global Stone’s Letter, ‘‘Request for Changed Circumstances Review of Bada Industries,’’ dated May 11, 2023 (CCR Request). 6 See Orders, 84 FR at 33055–33056, for a complete description of the scope. E:\FR\FM\26JNN1.SGM 26JNN1 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 41378 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 121 / Monday, June 26, 2023 / Notices Initiation of CCR DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Pursuant to section 751(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.216(d), Commerce conducts a CCR upon receipt of information concerning, or a request from, an interested party for a review of an AD or CVD order which shows changed circumstances sufficient to warrant a review of the order. The information Global Stone provided regarding Bada Industries’ exports of quartz surface products demonstrates changed circumstances sufficient to warrant such a review.7 Therefore, we are initiating a CCR pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(d) based upon the information contained in Global Stone’s submission to determine whether Bada Industries is eligible to certify that its quartz surface products are not produced from Chinese-origin quartz slab. Commerce will issue a questionnaire requesting additional information from Global Stone for this CCR regarding its quartz slab and will publish in the Federal Register a notice of the preliminary results, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4) and (c)(3)(i). All information submitted may be subject to verification. Failure to allow full and complete verification of any information submitted may affect Commerce’s consideration of that information. Commerce will set forth its preliminary factual and legal conclusions in this notice and a description of any action proposed based on those results. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(ii), interested parties will have an opportunity to comment on the preliminary results. Unless extended, Commerce will issue the final results of this CCR in accordance with the time limits set forth in 19 CFR 351.216(e). International Trade Administration Notification to Interested Parties SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are issuing this notice in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(b), and 351.221(b)(1). Background Dated: June 20, 2023. James Maeder, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations. [A–583–837] Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From Taiwan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2021–2022 Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET Film) from Taiwan. The period of review (POR) is July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022. This review covers the following producers and exporters from Taiwan: Nan Ya Plastics Corporation (Nan Ya); and Shinkong Materials Technology Corporation (SMTC)/Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation (SSFC). Commerce preliminarily determines that sales of subject merchandise have not been made below normal value (NV) by Nan Ya during the POR. In addition, we preliminarily find that SMTC/SSFC had no shipments during the POR. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. DATES: Applicable June 26, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles DeFilippo or Jacqueline Arrowsmith, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3797 or (202) 482–5255, respectively. AGENCY: On July 1, 2022, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity 1 to request an administrative review of the AD order on PET film from Taiwan.2 On September 6, 2022, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce [FR Doc. 2023–13480 Filed 6–23–23; 8:45 am] 1 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 87 FR 39461 (July 1, 2022). 2 See Notice of Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip (PET Film) from Taiwan, 67 FR 44174 (July 1, 2002) (Order). BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 7 See, generally, CCR Request. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:33 Jun 23, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 published a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the Order.3 On March 28, 2023, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), Commerce extended the due date for the preliminary results by 80 days until June 21, 2023.4 For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.5 A list of the topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as the appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/ public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. Scope of the Order The merchandise subject to the Order is PET film.6 The product is currently classifiable under subheading 3920.62.00.90 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS number is provided for convenience and for customs purposes, the written product description, available in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, remains dispositive. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments Based on U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) response to Commerce’s no-shipment inquiry, as well as the no-shipment certification provided by SMTC/SSFC,7 we 3 See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 54463 (September 6, 2022). 4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated March 28, 2023. 5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments: Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from Taiwan; 2021–2022’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 6 See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 3. 7 In the 2011–2012 administrative review, we treated SMTC and SSFC as a single entity for purposes of this order. See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from Taiwan; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011–2012, 78 FR 48651 (August 9, 2013), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum, unchanged in Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from Taiwan: E:\FR\FM\26JNN1.SGM 26JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 121 (Monday, June 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41377-41378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13480]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-084; C-570-085]


Certain Quartz Surface Products From the People's Republic of 
China: Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Changed 
Circumstances Reviews; Global Stone

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

SUMMARY: In response to a request from Global Stone Collection, LLC 
(Global Stone), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is 
initiating changed circumstances reviews (CCR) of the antidumping duty 
(AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on certain quartz surface 
products (quartz surface products) from the People's Republic of China 
(China) to determine whether the quartz surface products imported by 
Global Stone into the United States and exported by Bada Industries SDN 
BHD (Bada Industries) from Malaysia were manufactured in Malaysia with 
non-Chinese origin quartz slab.

DATES: Applicable June 26, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay Menon, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0208.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 11, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
orders on quartz surface products from China.\1\ On October 21, 2022, 
Commerce published in the Federal Register the final results of a scope 
ruling regarding imports of quartz surface products manufactured in 
China and further processed in Malaysia, finding that such imports are 
covered by the scope of the Orders.\2\ Moreover, because exporters of 
quartz surface products from Malaysia export both subject and non-
subject merchandise, Commerce established a scope certification process 
for all imports of quartz surface products from Malaysia. Specifically, 
Commerce set forth certification requirements for importers and 
exporters to permit imports from Malaysia produced from non-Chinese 
origin quartz slab not to be subject to suspension of liquidation and 
cash deposit requirements. In so doing, Commerce also determined that 
certain companies processing Chinese quartz slab in Malaysia, including 
Bada Industries, were ineligible to participate in this scope 
certification process.\3\ However, Commerce indicated that these 
companies, including Bada Industries, could request reconsideration of 
their exclusion from the certification process in a future segment of 
the proceeding (e.g., in a CCR).\4\
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    \1\ See Certain Quartz Surface Products from the People's 
Republic of China: Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 84 FR 
33053 (July 11, 2019) (Orders).
    \2\ See Certain Quartz Surface Products from the People's 
Republic of China: Final Scope Ruling on Malaysian Processed Quartz 
Slab and Recission of the Circumvention Inquiry, 87 FR 64009, 64010 
(October 21, 2022).
    \3\ Id.
    \4\ Id., 87 FR at 64010.
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    On May 11, 2023, Global Stone submitted a letter requesting that 
Commerce conduct a CCR to reconsider Bada Industries' eligibility for 
the certification process, such that Bada Industries can certify that 
the quartz surface products imported by Global Stone are not produced 
from Chinese-origin quartz slab.\5\ We received no comments from 
interested parties regarding the CCR Request.
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    \5\ See Global Stone's Letter, ``Request for Changed 
Circumstances Review of Bada Industries,'' dated May 11, 2023 (CCR 
Request).
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Scope of the Orders

    The products covered by the Orders are quartz surface products from 
China.\6\ The products subject to the scope are currently classified in 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under the 
following subheading: 6810.99.0010. Subject merchandise may also enter 
under subheadings 6810.11.0010, 6810.11.0070, 6810.19.1200, 
6810.19.1400, 6810.19.5000, 6810.91.0000, 6810.99.0080, 2506.10.0010, 
2506.10.0050, 2506.20.0010, 2506.20.0080, and 7016.90.1050. Although 
the HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes, 
the written product description remains dispositive.
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    \6\ See Orders, 84 FR at 33055-33056, for a complete description 
of the scope.

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Initiation of CCR

    Pursuant to section 751(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.216(d), Commerce conducts a CCR upon 
receipt of information concerning, or a request from, an interested 
party for a review of an AD or CVD order which shows changed 
circumstances sufficient to warrant a review of the order. The 
information Global Stone provided regarding Bada Industries' exports of 
quartz surface products demonstrates changed circumstances sufficient 
to warrant such a review.\7\ Therefore, we are initiating a CCR 
pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(d) based 
upon the information contained in Global Stone's submission to 
determine whether Bada Industries is eligible to certify that its 
quartz surface products are not produced from Chinese-origin quartz 
slab.
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    \7\ See, generally, CCR Request.
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    Commerce will issue a questionnaire requesting additional 
information from Global Stone for this CCR regarding its quartz slab 
and will publish in the Federal Register a notice of the preliminary 
results, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4) and (c)(3)(i). All 
information submitted may be subject to verification. Failure to allow 
full and complete verification of any information submitted may affect 
Commerce's consideration of that information. Commerce will set forth 
its preliminary factual and legal conclusions in this notice and a 
description of any action proposed based on those results. Pursuant to 
19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(ii), interested parties will have an opportunity 
to comment on the preliminary results. Unless extended, Commerce will 
issue the final results of this CCR in accordance with the time limits 
set forth in 19 CFR 351.216(e).

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing this notice in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) 
and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(b), and 351.221(b)(1).

    Dated: June 20, 2023.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2023-13480 Filed 6-23-23; 8:45 am]
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