Certain Quartz Surface Products From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2021-2022, 80689-80691 [2023-25559]

Download as PDF ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 222 / Monday, November 20, 2023 / Notices Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) and are not included in this survey. The program will help the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDACS) and NCDEQ fulfill the requirements of North Carolina state legislation enacted in 2008 (SL2008–0143). All questionnaires included in this information collection will be voluntary. This project is conducted as a cooperative effort with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Funding for this survey is being provided by NCDACS. Authority: These data will be collected under authority of 7 U.S.C. 2204(a). Individually identifiable data collected under this authority are governed by section 1770 of the Food Security Act of 1985 as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to afford strict confidentiality to nonaggregated data provided by respondents. 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[FR Doc. 2023–25600 Filed 11–17–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–20–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–533–889] Certain Quartz Surface Products From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and Final 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 order on certain quartz surface products (quartz surface products) from India. We determine that Pokarna Engineered Stone Limited (PESL) and Marudhar Rocks International Pvt. Ltd./Marudhar Quartz Surface Private Limited (collectively, Marudhar Rocks) did not make sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) June 1, 2021, through May 31, 2022. We also determine that one company had no shipments. DATES: Applicable November 20, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel LaCivita or Joy Zhang, AD/CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 80689 Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4243 or (202) 482–1168, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On July 7, 2023, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this review in the Federal Register and invited interested parties to comment on those results.1 For a complete description of the events that occurred since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.2 Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Scope of the Order 3 The products covered by the Order are quartz surface products from India. For a complete description of the scope, the Issues and Decision Memorandum. Analysis of Comments Received All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs filed by parties in this review are listed in Appendix I to this notice and addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 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 at https://access.trade.gov/public/ FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. Final Determination of No Shipments In the Preliminary Results, we preliminarily determined that 3HQ Surfaces had no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR.4 No party filed comments with respect to this preliminary finding, and we received no 1 See Certain Quartz Surface Products from India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Preliminary Determination of No Shipments and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021– 2022, 88 FR 43292 (July 7, 2023) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). 2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Administrative Review: Certain Quartz Surface Products from India, 2021–2022,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 3 See Certain Quartz Surface Products from India and Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 85 FR 37422 (June 22, 2020) (Order). 4 See Preliminary Results PDM at 5. E:\FR\FM\20NON1.SGM 20NON1 80690 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 222 / Monday, November 20, 2023 / Notices information to contradict it. Therefore, we continue to find that 3HQ Surfaces had no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR and will issue appropriate liquidation instructions based on the final results of this review.5 Rates for Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination For the rate for non-selected respondents in an administrative review, generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in a market economy investigation. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate is normally ‘‘an amount equal to the weighted-average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding any zero or de minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely {on the basis of facts available}.’’ In this segment of the proceeding, we calculated dumping margins of zero percent for both Marudhar Rocks 6 and PESL. Thus, in accordance with the expected method, and consistent with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s decision in Albemarle,7 in this review, we have assigned the non-selected companies a zero percent margin. Final Results of the Review Commerce determines the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period June 1, 2021, through May 31, 2022: Weightedaverage dumping margin (percent) Producer/exporter ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Pokarna Engineered Stone Limited .......................................... 0.00 5 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) (Automatic Assessment Clarification). 6 In the Preliminary Results, we preliminarily determined to collapse Marudhar Rocks and Marudhar Quartz as a single entity for the POR, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f). See Memorandum, ‘‘Preliminary Affiliation and Collapsing Memorandum,’’ dated June 29, 2023. No interested parties filed any comments on Commerce’s collapsing decision. We continue to treat the two companies as a single entity for the final results of this administrative review. 7 See Albemarle Corp. v. United States, 821 F.3d 1345, 1352 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (Albemarle) (holding that Commerce may only use ‘‘other reasonable methods’’ if it reasonably concludes that the expected method is ‘‘not feasible’’ or ‘‘would not be reasonably reflective of potential dumping margins’’). VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:42 Nov 17, 2023 Jkt 262001 average dumping margin determined in these final results. Commerce intends to Producer/exporter issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this review in the Federal Register. If a Marudhar Rocks International timely summons is filed at the U.S. Pvt. Ltd./Marudhar Quartz Surface Private Limited ................ 0.00 Court of International Trade, the Non-Selected Companies 8 ........ 0.00 assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the Disclosure time for parties to file a request for a We intend to disclose the calculations statutory injunction has expired (i.e., performed for Marudhar Rocks for these within 90 days of publication). final results of review to the parties Cash Deposit Requirements within five days after the date of The following cash deposit publication of this notice in the Federal requirements will be effective for all Register, in accordance with 19 CFR shipments of subject merchandise 351.224(b). There are no final results entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, calculations to disclose for PESL. for consumption on or after the Assessment Rates publication date of the final results of Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the this administrative review in the Federal Register, as provided for by Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), Commerce section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash shall determine, and CBP shall assess, deposit rate for companies subject to antidumping duties on all appropriate this review will be the rates established entries of subject merchandise in in these final results of the review; (2) accordance with the final results of this for merchandise exported by producers review. For any individually examined or exporters not covered in this review respondents whose weighted-average but covered in a prior segment of the dumping margin is above de minimis, proceeding, the cash deposit rate will we calculated importer-specific ad continue to be the company-specific rate valorem duty assessment rates by published for the most recent period; (3) dividing the total amount of if the exporter is not a firm covered in antidumping duties calculated for the this review, a prior review, or the examined sales by the total entered original investigation but the producer value of the examined sales to that importer. Where the respondent did not is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent report entered value, we calculated the period for the producer of the entered value in order to calculate the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate assessment rate. Where either the respondent’s weighted-average dumping for all other producers or exporters will margin is zero or de minimis within the continue to be 1.02 percent, the allothers rate established in the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific assessment rate is zero investigation. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to remain in effect until further notice. liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. Notification to Importers Commerce’s ‘‘automatic assessment’’ This notice serves as a final reminder will apply to entries of subject to importers of their responsibility merchandise during the POR produced under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a by PESL or Marudhar Rocks for which certificate regarding the reimbursement the company did not know that the of antidumping and/or countervailing merchandise it sold to an intermediary duties prior to liquidation of the (e.g., a reseller, trading company, or relevant entries during this review exporter) was destined for the United period. Failure to comply with this States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at requirement could result in Commerce’s presumption that reimbursement of the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred and the subsequent in the transaction.9 assessment of double antidumping For the companies which were not selected for individual examination, we duties. will instruct CBP to assess antidumping Notification Regarding the duties at an ad valorem assessment rate Administrative Protective Order equal to the company-specific weightedThis notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to the administrative 8 See Appendix II for a full list of the companies protective order (APO) of their not individually examined in this review. 9 See Automatic Assessment Clarification. responsibility concerning the return or PO 00000 Weightedaverage dumping margin (percent) Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\20NON1.SGM 20NON1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 222 / Monday, November 20, 2023 / Notices destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. 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 the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation. Notification to Interested Parties We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5). Dated: November 13, 2023. Abdelali Elouaradia, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Appendix I 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. Discussion of the Issues Comment 1: The Calculation of Constructed Value Profit and Selling Expenses for the Final Results Comment 2: Whether to Apply an Adverse Inference Regarding Marudhar Rocks’ Physical Characteristics Reporting Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should Accept Marudhar Rocks’ Reported Labor, Energy and Variable Overhead Comment 4: Whether to Treat Marudhar Rocks’ Free Samples as U.S. Sales Comment 5: Capping Freight Revenue Recovered by Marudhar Rocks VI. Recommendation ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Appendix II List of Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination 1. Antique Granito Shareholders Trust 2. Antique Marbonite Private Limited/Prism Johnson Limited/Shivam Enterprises 3. Argil Ceramics 4. Aro Granite Industries Ltd. 5. Asian Granito India Limited 6. Baba Super Minerals Pvt. Ltd. 7. Camrola Quartz Limited 8. Classic Marble Company Pvt. Ltd. 9. Cuarzo 10. Divya Shakti Granites Ltd 11. Divya Shakti Ltd 12. Esprit Stones Private Limited 13. Global Surfaces Limited 14. Glowstone Industries Pvt. Ltd. 15. Hi Elite Quartz LLP 16. International Stones India Pvt. Ltd. 17. Keros Stone LLP 18. Mahi Granites Private Limited 19. Malbros Marbles and Granites Industries 20. Mountmine Impex Pvt. Ltd. 21. Pacific Industries Limited 22. Pacific Quartz Surfaces LLP VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:42 Nov 17, 2023 Jkt 262001 23. Paradigm Stone India Pvt. Ltd. 24. Pelican Buildmat Pvt. Ltd. 25. Pelican Grani Marmo Pvt. Ltd. 26. Pelican Quartz Stone 27. QuartzKraft LLP 28. Renshou Industries 29. RMC Readymix Porselano India Limited 30. Rocks Forever 31. Safayar Ceramics Pvt. Ltd. 32. Satya Exports 33. Southern Rocks and Minerals Pvt. Ltd. 34. Sunex Stones Private Limited 35. Tab India Granites Pvt. Ltd. 36. 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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-889]


Certain Quartz Surface Products From India: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and Final Determination of No 
Shipments; 2021-2022

AGENCY: 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 order on certain quartz 
surface products (quartz surface products) from India. We determine 
that Pokarna Engineered Stone Limited (PESL) and Marudhar Rocks 
International Pvt. Ltd./Marudhar Quartz Surface Private Limited 
(collectively, Marudhar Rocks) did not make sales of subject 
merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) 
June 1, 2021, through May 31, 2022. We also determine that one company 
had no shipments.

DATES: Applicable November 20, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel LaCivita or Joy Zhang, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4243 or (202) 482-1168, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On July 7, 2023, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this 
review in the Federal Register and invited interested parties to 
comment on those results.\1\ For a complete description of the events 
that occurred since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.\2\ Commerce conducted this review in accordance 
with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Certain Quartz Surface Products from India: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Preliminary 
Determination of No Shipments and Partial Rescission of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 88 FR 43292 (July 7, 2023) 
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Administrative Review: Certain Quartz Surface 
Products from India, 2021-2022,'' dated concurrently with, and 
hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order 3
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    \3\ See Certain Quartz Surface Products from India and Turkey: 
Antidumping Duty Orders, 85 FR 37422 (June 22, 2020) (Order).
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    The products covered by the Order are quartz surface products from 
India. For a complete description of the scope, the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs filed by parties 
in this review are listed in Appendix I to this notice and addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 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 at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Final Determination of No Shipments

    In the Preliminary Results, we preliminarily determined that 3HQ 
Surfaces had no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR.\4\ No 
party filed comments with respect to this preliminary finding, and we 
received no

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information to contradict it. Therefore, we continue to find that 3HQ 
Surfaces had no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR and 
will issue appropriate liquidation instructions based on the final 
results of this review.\5\
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    \4\ See Preliminary Results PDM at 5.
    \5\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) 
(Automatic Assessment Clarification).
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Rates for Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination

    For the rate for non-selected respondents in an administrative 
review, generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, 
which provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in a 
market economy investigation. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, 
the all-others rate is normally ``an amount equal to the weighted-
average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established 
for exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding any 
zero or de minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely {on the 
basis of facts available{time} .'' In this segment of the proceeding, 
we calculated dumping margins of zero percent for both Marudhar Rocks 
\6\ and PESL. Thus, in accordance with the expected method, and 
consistent with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's 
decision in Albemarle,\7\ in this review, we have assigned the non-
selected companies a zero percent margin.
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    \6\ In the Preliminary Results, we preliminarily determined to 
collapse Marudhar Rocks and Marudhar Quartz as a single entity for 
the POR, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f). See Memorandum, 
``Preliminary Affiliation and Collapsing Memorandum,'' dated June 
29, 2023. No interested parties filed any comments on Commerce's 
collapsing decision. We continue to treat the two companies as a 
single entity for the final results of this administrative review.
    \7\ See Albemarle Corp. v. United States, 821 F.3d 1345, 1352 
(Fed. Cir. 2016) (Albemarle) (holding that Commerce may only use 
``other reasonable methods'' if it reasonably concludes that the 
expected method is ``not feasible'' or ``would not be reasonably 
reflective of potential dumping margins'').
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Final Results of the Review

    Commerce determines the following estimated weighted-average 
dumping margins exist for the period June 1, 2021, through May 31, 
2022:

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                      Producer/exporter                         dumping
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                                                               (percent)
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Pokarna Engineered Stone Limited............................        0.00
Marudhar Rocks International Pvt. Ltd./Marudhar Quartz              0.00
 Surface Private Limited....................................
Non-Selected Companies \8\..................................        0.00
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    \8\ See Appendix II for a full list of the companies not 
individually examined in this review.
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    We intend to disclose the calculations performed for Marudhar Rocks 
for these final results of review to the parties within five days after 
the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). There are no final results 
calculations to disclose for PESL.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
Commerce shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on 
all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the 
final results of this review. For any individually examined respondents 
whose weighted-average dumping margin is above de minimis, we 
calculated importer-specific ad valorem duty assessment rates by 
dividing the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the 
examined sales by the total entered value of the examined sales to that 
importer. Where the respondent did not report entered value, we 
calculated the entered value in order to calculate the assessment rate. 
Where either the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero 
or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an 
importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will 
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to 
antidumping duties.
    Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' will apply to entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR produced by PESL or Marudhar Rocks 
for which the company did not know that the merchandise it sold to an 
intermediary (e.g., a reseller, trading company, or exporter) was 
destined for the United States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP 
to liquidate such entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate 
for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\9\
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    For the companies which were not selected for individual 
examination, we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties at an ad 
valorem assessment rate equal to the company-specific weighted- average 
dumping margin determined in these final results. Commerce intends to 
issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the 
date of publication of the final results of this review in the Federal 
Register. 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 Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results 
of this administrative review in the Federal Register, as provided for 
by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for 
companies subject to this review will be the rates established in these 
final results of the review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers 
or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment 
of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the 
company-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the 
exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the 
original investigation but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate 
will be the rate established for the most recent period for the 
producer of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 
producers or exporters will continue to be 1.02 percent, the all-others 
rate established in the investigation. These cash deposit requirements, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final 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 review period. 
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.

Notification Regarding the Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to the 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or

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destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern 
business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. 
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 the terms of an 
APO is a sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: November 13, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

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. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: The Calculation of Constructed Value Profit and 
Selling Expenses for the Final Results
    Comment 2: Whether to Apply an Adverse Inference Regarding 
Marudhar Rocks' Physical Characteristics Reporting
    Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should Accept Marudhar Rocks' 
Reported Labor, Energy and Variable Overhead
    Comment 4: Whether to Treat Marudhar Rocks' Free Samples as U.S. 
Sales
    Comment 5: Capping Freight Revenue Recovered by Marudhar Rocks
VI. Recommendation

Appendix II

List of Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination

1. Antique Granito Shareholders Trust
2. Antique Marbonite Private Limited/Prism Johnson Limited/Shivam 
Enterprises
3. Argil Ceramics
4. Aro Granite Industries Ltd.
5. Asian Granito India Limited
6. Baba Super Minerals Pvt. Ltd.
7. Camrola Quartz Limited
8. Classic Marble Company Pvt. Ltd.
9. Cuarzo
10. Divya Shakti Granites Ltd
11. Divya Shakti Ltd
12. Esprit Stones Private Limited
13. Global Surfaces Limited
14. Glowstone Industries Pvt. Ltd.
15. Hi Elite Quartz LLP
16. International Stones India Pvt. Ltd.
17. Keros Stone LLP
18. Mahi Granites Private Limited
19. Malbros Marbles and Granites Industries
20. Mountmine Impex Pvt. Ltd.
21. Pacific Industries Limited
22. Pacific Quartz Surfaces LLP
23. Paradigm Stone India Pvt. Ltd.
24. Pelican Buildmat Pvt. Ltd.
25. Pelican Grani Marmo Pvt. Ltd.
26. Pelican Quartz Stone
27. QuartzKraft LLP
28. Renshou Industries
29. RMC Readymix Porselano India Limited
30. Rocks Forever
31. Safayar Ceramics Pvt. Ltd.
32. Satya Exports
33. Southern Rocks and Minerals Pvt. Ltd.
34. Sunex Stones Private Limited
35. Tab India Granites Pvt. Ltd.
36. Venkata Sri Balaji Quartz Surfaces

[FR Doc. 2023-25559 Filed 11-17-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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