Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022, 22999-23001 [2024-07013]
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For the companies for which we have
rescinded this review in part, Commerce
intends to instruct CBP to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit
rate of estimated antidumping duties
required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends
to issue assessment instructions to CBP
for the rescinded companies no earlier
than 35 days after the date of
publication of the preliminary results in
the Federal Register.
Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions, other than the
assessment instructions for the
rescinded companies, to CBP no earlier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 upon
publication of the final results of this
administrative review for all shipments
of the subject merchandise from China
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the
publication date, as provided for by
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for
the subject merchandise exported by the
companies listed above that have a
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will
be equal to the weighted-average
dumping margin established in the final
results of this administrative review
(except, if the rate is zero or de minimis,
then zero cash deposit will be required);
(2) for previously investigated or
reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese
exporters not listed above that received
a separate rate in a prior segment of this
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the existing exporterspecific rate; (3) for all Chinese
exporters of subject merchandise that
have not been found to be entitled to a
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will
be that for the China-wide entity; and
(4) for all non-Chinese exporters of
subject merchandise which have not
received their own rate, the cash deposit
rate will be the rate applicable to the
Chinese exporter that supplied that nonChinese exporter. These deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
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(October 24, 2011).
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remain in effect until further notice.
These deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a
preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR
351.402(f) 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, and/or an increase
in the amount of antidumping duties by
the amount of the countervailing duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
preliminary results of review in
accordance with sections 751(a)(l) and
777(i)(l) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: March 28, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Rescission of Review, In Part
V. Single Entity Determinations
VI. Discussion of the Methodology
VII. Currency Conversion
VIII. Recommendation
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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:
Preliminary Results and Partial
Rescission of the Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2022
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that Ningbo Zhenghai
Yongding Fastener Co., Ltd. (Yongding),
a producer/exporter of carbon and alloy
steel threaded rod (threaded rod) from
the People’s Republic of China (China),
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received countervailable subsidies
during the period of review (POR)
January 1, 2022, through December 31,
2022. In addition, Commerce is
rescinding this review, in part, with
respect to four companies. Interested
parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable April 3, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bryan Hansen or Thomas Schauer, 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) 482–3683 or (202) 482–0410,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 9, 2020, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
countervailing duty order on threaded
rod from China.1 On June 12, 2023,
based on timely requests for an
administrative review, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
notice of initiation of this administrative
review of the Order with respect to five
companies.2 On December 11, 2023,
Commerce extended the deadline for the
preliminary results of this review until
April 26, 2024.3
For a complete description of the
events that followed the initiation of
this administrative review, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.4 A
list of topics discussed in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included as an 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
1 See Alloy and Certain Carbon Steel Threaded
Rod from the People’s Republic of China:
Countervailing Duty Orders, 85 FR 19927 (April 9,
2020) (Order).
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR
38021, 38031, 38034 n.13 (June 12, 2023) (Initiation
Notice).
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review, 2022,’’ dated December 11,
2023.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of the Administrative
Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Carbon
and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from the People’s
Republic of China; 2022,’’ dated concurrently with,
and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order
are threaded rod from China. For a
complete description of the scope of the
Order, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Rescission of Administrative Review, In
Part
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind
an administrative review, in whole or in
part, if all parties that requested the
review withdraw their requests within
90 days of the date of publication of the
notice of initiation of the requested
review. Commerce is rescinding this
administrative, in part, pursuant to 19
CFR 351.213(d)(1), for the following
parties that requested an administrative
review and timely withdrew their
review requests: Ningbo Dingtuo Imp. &
Exp. Co., Ltd.; Ningbo Dongxin HighStrength Nut Co., Ltd.; Ningbo Jinding
Fastening Piece Co., Ltd.; Ningbo
Zhongjiang High Strength Bolts Co.,
Ltd.; and Ningbo Zhongmin Metal
Product Co., Ltd.5 For further
information, see the ‘‘Final Rescission of
Administrative Review, In Part’’ section
in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(A)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act). For each of the subsidy
programs found to be countervailable,
we preliminarily determine that there is
a subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution
by an ‘‘authority’’ that confers a benefit
to the recipient, and that the subsidy is
specific.6 For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
preliminary conclusions, including our
5 Commerce previously found Ningbo Zhongmin
Metal Product Co., Ltd. to be a cross-owned affiliate
of 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 Preliminary Decision
Memorandum at 2 and 27–28, 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) (Final Determination), and accompanying
Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 7.
Accordingly, we initiated this review with respect
to Ningbo Zhongjiang High Strength Bolts Co., Ltd.
and its cross-owned entity, Ningbo Zhongmin Metal
Product Co., Ltd. See Initiation Notice.
6 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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reliance, in part, on adverse facts
available pursuant to sections 776(a)
and (b) of the Act, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.7
Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminarily determines
that the following net countervailable
subsidy rate exists for the period
January 1, 2022, through December 31,
2022:
Subsidy rate
(percent
ad valorem)
Company
Ningbo Zhenghai Yongding
Fastener Co., Ltd.8 ...............
17.39
Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations
performed for these preliminary results
to interested parties within five days of
the date of publication of this notice in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Case briefs or other written comments
may be submitted to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance no later than 30 days after
the date of publication of these
preliminary results of review in the
Federal Register.9 Rebuttal briefs,
limited to issues raised in the case
briefs, may be filed not later than five
days after the deadline for filing case
briefs.10 Interested parties who submit
case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this
proceeding must submit: (1) a table of
contents listing each issue; and (2) a
table of authorities.11
As provided under 19 CFR
351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged
interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their brief that
should be limited to five pages total,
including footnotes. In this review, we
instead request that interested parties
provide at the beginning of their briefs
a public, executive summary for each
issue raised in their briefs.12 Further, we
request that interested parties limit their
executive summary of each issue to no
more than 450 words, not including
7 See
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 8–38.
discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum, Commerce preliminarily finds
Ningbo Yongzan Machinery Parts Co., Ltd. to be
cross-owned with Ningbo Zhenghai Yongding
Fastener Co., Ltd.
9 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
10 See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative
Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,
88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and
Service Final Rule).
11 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2)
12 We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an
argument that Commerce would normally address
in a comment of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
8 As
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citations. We intend to use the executive
summaries as the basis of the comment
summaries included in the issues and
decision memorandum that will
accompany the final results in this
administrative review. We request that
interested parties include footnotes for
relevant citations in the executive
summary of each issue. Note that
Commerce has amended certain of its
requirements pertaining to the service of
documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).13
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing must submit a written request to
the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance, U.S. Department of
Commerce, filed electronically via
ACCESS. An electronically-filed request
must be received successfully, and in its
entirety, by ACCESS within 30 days
after the date of publication of this
notice. Requests should contain: (1) the
party’s name, address, and telephone
number; (2) the number of participants;
and (3) a list of issues to be discussed.
Issues raised in the hearing will be
limited to those raised in the respective
case briefs. All submissions, including
case and rebuttal briefs, as well as
hearing requests, should be filed using
ACCESS.14 An electronically-filed
document must be received successfully
in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on the established
deadline.
Final Results of Review
Unless the deadline is extended, we
intend to issue the final results of this
administrative review, which will
include the results of our analysis of the
issues raised in the case briefs, within
120 days of publication of these
preliminary results in the Federal
Register, pursuant to section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(h).
Assessment Rates
In accordance with section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4)(i), we preliminarily
determined subsidy rates in the amount
for Yongding. Consistent with section
751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), upon issuance of the final
results, Commerce shall determine, and
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties
on all appropriate entries covered by
this review. We intend 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
13 See
14 See
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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).
For the companies for which this
review is rescinded with these
preliminary results, we will instruct
CBP to assess countervailing duties on
all appropriate entries at a rate equal to
the cash deposit of estimated
countervailing duties required at the
time of entry, or withdrawal from
warehouse, for consumption, during the
period January 1, 2022, through
December 31, 2022, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i).
Cash Deposit Requirements
In accordance with section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce
intends, upon publication of the final
results, to instruct CBP to collect cash
deposits of the estimated countervailing
duties in the amount calculated in the
final results of this administrative
review for Yongding with regard to
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. If the rate
calculated in the final results is zero or
de minimis, no cash deposit will be
required on shipments of the subject
merchandise entered or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
the date of publication of the final
results of this review.
For all non-reviewed firms, CBP will
continue to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties at the
all-others rate (i.e., 41.17 percent) 15 for
the most recent company-specific rate
applicable to the company, as
appropriate. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results of review
are issued and published in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of
the Act, 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4) and (h)(2),
and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
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Dated: March 27, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
15 See
Final Determination.
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III. Scope of the Order
IV. Rescission of Administrative Review, In
Part
V. Diversification of China’s Economy
VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and
Application of Adverse Inferences
VII. Subsidies Valuation
VIII. Benchmarks and Interest Rates
IX. Analysis of Programs
X. Recommendation
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–123]
Certain Corrosion Inhibitors From the
People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review and
Rescission of Review, in Part; 2022
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
finds that countervailable subsidies
were provided to producers and
exporters of corrosion inhibitors from
the People’s Republic of China (China),
during the period of review (POR) from
January 1, 2022, through December 31,
2022. In addition, Commerce is
rescinding the review, in part, with
respect to 16 companies. Interested
parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable April 3, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ted
Pearson or Suresh Maniam, AD/CVD
Operations, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–2631 and (202) 482–1603,
respectively.
AGENCY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 19, 2021, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
countervailing duty order on corrosion
inhibitors from China.1 On May 9, 2023,
Commerce published in the Federal
Register the notice of initiation of an
administrative review of the Order.2 On
June 23, 2023, Commerce selected
1 See Certain Corrosion Inhibitors from the
People’s Republic of China: Antidumping Duty and
Countervailing Duty Orders, 86 FR 14869 (March
19, 2021) (Order).
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR
29881 (May 9, 2023).
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Anhui Trust Chem Co., Ltd. (ATC) and
Nantong Botao Chemical Co., Ltd.
(Botao) for individual examination as
the mandatory respondents in this
administrative review.3 On October 30,
2023, Commerce extended the deadline
for the preliminary results of review
until March 28, 2024.4
For a complete description of the
events that followed the initiation of
this review, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.5 A list of topics
discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included as Appendix
I 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 products covered by the Order
are corrosion inhibitors. For a complete
description of the scope of the Order,
see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.6
Methodology
Commerce is conducting 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
countervailable, we preliminarily find
that there is a subsidy, (i.e., a
government-provided financial
contribution that gives rise to a benefit
to the recipient, and that the subsidy is
specific).7 For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, including our reliance, in
part, on adverse facts available pursuant
to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Respondent Selection,’’
dated June 23, 2023.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review,’’ dated October 30, 2023.
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review and Recission of Review in
Part; 2022: Corrosion Inhibitors from the People’s
Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
6 Id.
7 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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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-105]
Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod From the People's Republic of
China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review; 2022
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that Ningbo Zhenghai Yongding Fastener Co., Ltd. (Yongding),
a producer/exporter of carbon and alloy steel threaded rod (threaded
rod) from the People's Republic of China (China), received
countervailable subsidies during the period of review (POR) January 1,
2022, through December 31, 2022. In addition, Commerce is rescinding
this review, in part, with respect to four companies. Interested
parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable April 3, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Hansen or Thomas Schauer, 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) 482-3683 or (202) 482-0410,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 9, 2020, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
countervailing duty order on threaded rod from China.\1\ On June 12,
2023, based on timely requests for an administrative review, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the notice of initiation of this
administrative review of the Order with respect to five companies.\2\
On December 11, 2023, Commerce extended the deadline for the
preliminary results of this review until April 26, 2024.\3\
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\1\ See Alloy and Certain Carbon Steel Threaded Rod from the
People's Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Orders, 85 FR 19927
(April 9, 2020) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 38021, 38031, 38034 n.13 (June 12,
2023) (Initiation Notice).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 2022,'' dated
December 11, 2023.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this administrative review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\4\ A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included as an 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
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from the People's
Republic of China; 2022,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order are threaded rod from China.
For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Rescission of Administrative Review, In Part
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if all parties that
requested the review withdraw their requests within 90 days of the date
of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review.
Commerce is rescinding this administrative, in part, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1), for the following parties that requested an
administrative review and timely withdrew their review requests: Ningbo
Dingtuo Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.; Ningbo Dongxin High-Strength Nut Co.,
Ltd.; Ningbo Jinding Fastening Piece Co., Ltd.; Ningbo Zhongjiang High
Strength Bolts Co., Ltd.; and Ningbo Zhongmin Metal Product Co.,
Ltd.\5\ For further information, see the ``Final Rescission of
Administrative Review, In Part'' section in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
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\5\ Commerce previously found Ningbo Zhongmin Metal Product Co.,
Ltd. to be a cross-owned affiliate of 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum at
2 and 27-28, 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) (Final
Determination), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at
Comment 7. Accordingly, we initiated this review with respect to
Ningbo Zhongjiang High Strength Bolts Co., Ltd. and its cross-owned
entity, Ningbo Zhongmin Metal Product Co., Ltd. See Initiation
Notice.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each
of the subsidy programs found to be countervailable, we preliminarily
determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by an
``authority'' that confers a benefit to the recipient, and that the
subsidy is specific.\6\ For a full description of the methodology
underlying our preliminary conclusions, including our reliance, in
part, on adverse facts available pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of
the Act, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\
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\6\ 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.
\7\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 8-38.
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Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminarily determines that the following net
countervailable subsidy rate exists for the period January 1, 2022,
through December 31, 2022:
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\8\ As discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum,
Commerce preliminarily finds Ningbo Yongzan Machinery Parts Co.,
Ltd. to be cross-owned with Ningbo Zhenghai Yongding Fastener Co.,
Ltd.
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
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Ningbo Zhenghai Yongding Fastener Co., Ltd.\8\............ 17.39
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Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these
preliminary results to interested parties within five days of the date
of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than 30
days after the date of publication of these preliminary results of
review in the Federal Register.\9\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues
raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days after
the deadline for filing case briefs.\10\ Interested parties who submit
case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a
table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.\11\
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2)
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages
total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public,
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\12\ Further,
we request that interested parties limit their executive summary of
each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We
intend to use the executive summaries as the basis of the comment
summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that will
accompany the final results in this administrative review. We request
that interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the
executive summary of each issue. Note that Commerce has amended certain
of its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR
351.303(f).\13\
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\12\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\13\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce,
filed electronically via ACCESS. An electronically-filed request must
be received successfully, and in its entirety, by ACCESS within 30 days
after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain:
(1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of
participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised
in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case
briefs. All submissions, including case and rebuttal briefs, as well as
hearing requests, should be filed using ACCESS.\14\ An electronically-
filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline.
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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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Final Results of Review
Unless the deadline is extended, we intend to issue the final
results of this administrative review, which will include the results
of our analysis of the issues raised in the case briefs, within 120
days of publication of these preliminary results in the Federal
Register, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(h).
Assessment Rates
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4)(i), we preliminarily determined subsidy rates in the
amount for Yongding. Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), upon issuance of the final results, Commerce
shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall
assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered by
this review. We intend 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
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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).
For the companies for which this review is rescinded with these
preliminary results, we will instruct CBP to assess countervailing
duties on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit
of estimated countervailing duties required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the period January
1, 2022, through December 31, 2022, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(c)(l)(i).
Cash Deposit Requirements
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce
intends, upon publication of the final results, to instruct CBP to
collect cash deposits of the estimated countervailing duties in the
amount calculated in the final results of this administrative review
for Yongding with regard to 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. If the
rate calculated in the final results is zero or de minimis, no cash
deposit will be required on shipments of the subject merchandise
entered or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
date of publication of the final results of this review.
For all non-reviewed firms, CBP will continue to collect cash
deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the all-others rate
(i.e., 41.17 percent) \15\ for the most recent company-specific rate
applicable to the company, as appropriate. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\15\ See Final Determination.
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Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results of review are issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR
351.213(d)(4) and (h)(2), and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: March 27, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Rescission of Administrative Review, In Part
V. Diversification of China's Economy
VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse
Inferences
VII. Subsidies Valuation
VIII. Benchmarks and Interest Rates
IX. Analysis of Programs
X. Recommendation
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