Certain Corrosion Inhibitors From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022, 52024-52026 [2024-13594]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–549–853]
Notice of Extension of the Deadline for
Determining the Adequacy of the
Antidumping Duty Petition: Large Top
Mount Combination RefrigeratorFreezers From Thailand
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
DATES:
Applicable June 14, 2024.
Lilit
Astvatsatrian, 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) 482–6412.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Extension of Initiation of Investigation
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The Petition
On May 30, 2024, the U.S.
Department of Commerce (Commerce)
received an antidumping duty petition
on imports of large top mount
combination refrigerator-freezers
(refrigerators) from Thailand, filed in
proper form on behalf of Electrolux
Consumer Products, Inc. (the
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petitioner), a domestic producer of
refrigerators.1
Determination of Industry Support for
the Petition
Section 732(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), requires
that a petition be filed by or on behalf
of the domestic industry. To determine
that the petition has been filed by or on
behalf of the industry, section
732(c)(4)(A) of the Act requires that the
domestic producers or workers who
support the petition account for: (i) at
least 25 percent of the total production
of the domestic like product; and (ii)
more than 50 percent of the production
of the domestic like product produced
by that portion of the industry
expressing support for, or opposition to,
the petition. Moreover, section
732(c)(4)(D) of the Act provides that, if
the petition does not establish support
of domestic producers or workers
accounting for more than 50 percent of
the total production of the domestic like
product, Commerce shall: (i) poll the
industry or rely on other information in
order to determine if there is support for
the petition, as required by
subparagraph (A); or (ii) if there is a
large number of producers, determine
industry support using a statistically
valid sampling method to poll the
industry.
Extension of Time
Section 732(c)(1)(A) of the Act
provides that within 20 days of the
filing of an antidumping duty petition,
Commerce will determine, inter alia,
whether the petition has been filed by
or on behalf of the U.S. industry
producing the domestic like product.
Section 732(c)(1)(B) of the Act provides
that the deadline for the initiation
determination, in exceptional
circumstances, may be extended by 20
days in any case in which Commerce
must ‘‘poll or otherwise determine
support for the petition by the
industry.’’ Because the Petition has not
established that the domestic producers
or workers accounting for more than 50
percent of total production support the
Petition, in accordance with section
732(c)(4)(D) of the Act, Commerce has
determined that it should poll the
industry and extend the time period for
determining whether to initiate the
investigation in order to further examine
the issue of industry support.
Commerce will need additional time
to gather and analyze additional
information regarding industry support.
1 See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Petition for the
Imposition of Antidumping Duties,’’ dated May 30,
2024 (Petition).
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Therefore, it is necessary to extend the
deadline for determining the adequacy
of the Petition for a period not to exceed
40 days from the filing of the Petition.
As a result, in accordance with section
732(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce’s
initiation determination will now be
due no later than July 9, 2024.
International Trade Commission
Notification
Commerce will contact the U.S.
International Trade Commission (ITC)
and will make this extension notice
available to the ITC.
Dated: June 14, 2024.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–123]
Certain Corrosion Inhibitors From the
People’s Republic of China: Final
Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2022
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) determines that
certain producers and exporters of
certain corrosion inhibitors from the
People’s Republic of China (China)
received countervailable subsidies
during the period of review (POR)
January 1, 2022, through December 31,
2022.
DATES: Applicable June 21, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ted
Pearson, 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.
AGENCY:
Background
On April 3, 2024, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
preliminary results of the 2022
administrative review of the
countervailing duty order on corrosion
inhibitors from China and invited
comments from interested parties.1 For
1 See Certain Corrosion Inhibitors from the
People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review and
Rescission of Review, in Part, 2022, 89 FR 23001
(April 3, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum
(PDM).
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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)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).
including any determination that relied
upon the use of adverse facts available
pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of
the Act, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Companies Not Selected for Individual
Review
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are
corrosion inhibitors from China. For a
full description of the scope of the
order, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
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The statute and Commerce’s
regulations do not address the
establishment of a rate to be applied to
companies not selected for individual
examination when Commerce limits its
examination in an administrative review
pursuant to section 777A(e)(2) of the
Analysis of Comments Received
Act. However, Commerce normally
All issues raised by the interested
determines the rates for non-selected
parties in their case and rebuttal briefs
are addressed in the Issues and Decision companies in reviews in a manner that
Memorandum. The topics discussed and is consistent with section 705(c)(5) of
the issues raised by parties to which we the Act, which provides the basis for
calculating the all-others rate in an
responded in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum are listed in the appendix investigation. Section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of
the Act instructs Commerce, as a general
to this notice. The Issues and Decision
Memorandum is a public document and rule, to calculate the all-others rate
is on file electronically via Enforcement equal to the weighted average of the
countervailable subsidy rates
and Compliance’s Antidumping and
established for exporters and producers
Countervailing Duties Centralized
individually investigated, excluding any
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
zero or de minimis countervailable
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a subsidy rates, and any rates determined
entirely on the basis of facts available.
complete version of the Issues and
There are three companies for which
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
a review was requested and not
directly at https://access.trade.gov/
rescinded, and which were not selected
public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
as mandatory respondents or found to
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
be cross-owned with a mandatory
Based on comments received from
respondent. In this review, the rates for
interested parties, we made certain
ATC and Botao were above de minimis
changes to the calculations for Anhui
and not based entirely on facts
Trust Chem Co., Ltd. (ATC) and
available. Therefore, we are applying to
Nantong Botao Chemical Co., Ltd.
the non-selected companies the average
(Botao) for the benchmark for ocean
of the net subsidy rates calculated for
freight. For a discussion of these
ATC and Botao, which we calculated
changes, see the Issues and Decision
using the publicly-ranged sales data
Memorandum.
submitted by ATC and Botao.4
Methodology
Final Results of Review
Commerce conducted this
We find the following net
administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Act. For countervailable subsidy rates exist for
the period January 1, 2022, through
each of the subsidy programs found to
December 31, 2022:
be countervailable, we determine that
there is a subsidy, i.e., a government4 With two respondents under examination,
provided financial contribution that
Commerce normally calculates: (A) a weightedgives rise to a benefit to the recipient,
average of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for
and that the subsidy is specific.3 For a
the examined respondents; (B) a simple average of
the estimated subsidy rates calculated for the
full description of the methodology
examined respondents; and (C) a weighted average
underlying Commerce’s conclusions,
of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for the
2 See
Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Final Results of the Administrative Review of
the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Corrosion
Inhibitors from the People’s Republic of China;
2022,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
3 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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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).
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Company
Anhui Trust Chem Co., Ltd.5
Nantong Botao Chemical
Co., Ltd.6 ...........................
Gold Chemical Limited .........
Jiangyin Delian Chemical
Co., Ltd .............................
Kanghua Chemical Co., Ltd.7
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Subsidy rate
(percent ad
valorem)
19.09
16.63
18.40
18.40
18.40
Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations
and analysis performed for these final
results of review within five days of any
public announcement or, if there is no
public announcement, within five days
after the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment
In accordance with section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), Commerce shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
countervailing duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review.
Commerce intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP no earlier than 35
days after 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
In accordance with section 751(a)(1)
of the Act, Commerce also intends to
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties in the
amounts shown for the companies listed
above for 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, we will instruct
CBP to continue to collect cash deposits
of estimated countervailing duties at the
all-others rate or the most recent
5 As discussed in the Preliminary Results PDM,
Commerce finds the following companies to be
cross-owned with ATC: Nanjing Trust Chem Co.,
Ltd.; and Jiangsu Trust Chem Co., Ltd.
6 As discussed in the Preliminary Results PDM,
Commerce finds the following companies to be
cross-owned with Botao: Rugao Connect Chemical
Co., Ltd.; Rugao Jinling Chemical Co., Ltd.; and
Nantong Yutu Group Co., Ltd.
7 Formerly known as Nantong Kanghua Chemical
Co., Ltd. See Certain Corrosion Inhibitors from the
People’s Republic of China: Notice of Final Results
of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances
Review, 88 FR 1357 (January 10, 2023).
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company-specific rate applicable to the
company, as appropriate. These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further
notice.
meeting is open to the public with
registration instructions provided
below. This notice sets forth the
schedule and proposed topics for the
meeting.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a final
reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
disposition 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 violation subject to sanction.
DATES:
Notification to Interested Parties
The final results are issued and
published in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: June 12, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive
functions and duties of the 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. Non-Selected Companies Under Review
V. Subsidies Valuation
VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and
Adverse Inferences
VII. Analysis of Programs
VIII. Discussion of the Issue
Comment: Whether Commerce Should
Modify the Benchmark for Ocean Freight
IX. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Environmental Technologies Trade
Advisory Committee
International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of an open meeting of a
Federal advisory committee.
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AGENCY:
The Environmental
Technologies Trade Advisory
Committee (ETTAC) will hold an inperson meeting on Tuesday July 16,
2024 at the U.S. Department of
Commerce in Washington, DC. The
SUMMARY:
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The meeting is scheduled for
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 from 12:00 p.m.
to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
(EST). The deadline for members of the
public to register to participate,
including requests to make comments
during the meeting and for auxiliary
aids, or to submit written comments for
dissemination prior to the meeting, is
5:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, July 10,
2024. Members of the public must
register by that date to participate.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held inperson in the Commerce Research
Library at the U.S. Department of
Commerce Herbert Clark Hoover
Building, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230. Requests to
register to participate (including to
speak or for auxiliary aids) and any
written comments should be submitted
via email to Ms. Megan Hyndman,
Office of Energy & Environmental
Industries, International Trade
Administration, at Megan.Hyndman@
trade.gov. This meeting has a limited
number of spaces for members of the
public to attend in-person. Requests to
participate in-person will be considered
on a first-come, first-served basis.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Megan Hyndman, Office of Energy &
Environmental Industries, International
Trade Administration (Phone: 202–823–
1839; email: Megan.Hyndman@
trade.gov).
The
ETTAC is mandated by Section 2313(c)
of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988,
as amended, 15 U.S.C. 4728(c), to advise
the Environmental Trade Working
Group of the Trade Promotion
Coordinating Committee, through the
Secretary of Commerce, on the
development and administration of
programs to expand U.S. exports of
environmental technologies, goods,
services, and products. The ETTAC was
most recently re-chartered through
August 16, 2024.
On Tuesday, July 16, 2024 from 12:00
p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST, the ETTAC will
hold the ninth meeting of its current
charter term. During the meeting,
committee members will present the
recommendation topics the ETTAC has
submitted this charter and hear an
update from key agencies on U.S.
government activities. An agenda will
be made available one week prior to the
meeting upon request to Megan
Hyndman. The meeting will be open to
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the public and time will be permitted
for public comment before the close of
the meeting. Members of the public
seeking to attend the meeting are
required to register by Wednesday, July
10, at 5:00 p.m. EST, via the contact
information provided above. This
meeting is physically accessible to
people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
OEEI at Megan.Hyndman@trade.gov or
(202) 823–1839 no less than one week
prior to the meeting. Requests received
after this date will be accepted, but it
may not be possible to accommodate
them.
Written comments concerning ETTAC
affairs are welcome any time before or
after the meeting. To be considered
during the meeting, written comments
must be received by Wednesday, July
10, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. EST to ensure
transmission to the members before the
meeting. Draft minutes will be available
within 30 days of this meeting.
Dated: June 13, 2024.
Man K. Cho,
Deputy Director, Office of Energy and
Environmental Industries.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–104]
Alloy and Certain Carbon Steel
Threaded Rod From the People’s
Republic of China: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2022–2023
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) determines that
Ningbo Dongxin High-Strength Nut Co.,
Ltd. (Ningbo Dongxin), the sole
mandatory respondent in this review
and an exporter of alloy and certain
carbon steel threaded rod (steel
threaded rod) from the People’s
Republic of China (China), sold subject
merchandise in the United States at
prices below normal value during the
period of review April 1, 2022, through
March 31, 2023.
DATES: Applicable June 21, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Claudia Cott, AD/CVD Operations,
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-123]
Certain Corrosion Inhibitors From the People's Republic of China:
Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
certain producers and exporters of certain corrosion inhibitors from
the People's Republic of China (China) received countervailable
subsidies during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2022, through
December 31, 2022.
DATES: Applicable June 21, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ted Pearson, 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.
Background
On April 3, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
preliminary results of the 2022 administrative review of the
countervailing duty order on corrosion inhibitors from China and
invited comments from interested parties.\1\ For
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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)(1)(A)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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\1\ See Certain Corrosion Inhibitors from the People's Republic
of China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review and Rescission of Review, in Part, 2022, 89 FR 23001 (April
3, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results
of the Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on
Certain Corrosion Inhibitors from the People's Republic of China;
2022,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are corrosion inhibitors from
China. For a full description of the scope of the order, see the Issues
and Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised by the interested parties in their case and
rebuttal briefs are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
The topics discussed and the issues raised by parties to which we
responded in the Issues and Decision Memorandum are listed 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 Duties 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 received from interested parties, we made certain
changes to the calculations for Anhui Trust Chem Co., Ltd. (ATC) and
Nantong Botao Chemical Co., Ltd. (Botao) for the benchmark for ocean
freight. For a discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with
section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Act. For each of the subsidy programs found
to be countervailable, we determine 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.\3\ For a full
description of the methodology underlying Commerce's conclusions,
including any determination that relied upon the use of adverse facts
available pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, see the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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\3\ 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
individual examination when Commerce limits its examination in an
administrative review pursuant to section 777A(e)(2) of the Act.
However, Commerce normally determines the rates for non-selected
companies in reviews in a manner that is consistent with section
705(c)(5) of the Act, which provides the basis for calculating the all-
others rate in an investigation. Section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act
instructs Commerce, as a general rule, to calculate the all-others rate
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. In this review,
the rates for ATC and Botao were above de minimis and not based
entirely on facts available. Therefore, we are applying to the non-
selected companies the average of the net subsidy rates calculated for
ATC and Botao, which we calculated using the publicly-ranged sales data
submitted by ATC and Botao.\4\
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\4\ 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).
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Final Results of Review
We find the following net countervailable subsidy rates exist for
the period January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022:
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
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Anhui Trust Chem Co., Ltd.\5\........................... 19.09
Nantong Botao Chemical Co., Ltd.\6\..................... 16.63
Gold Chemical Limited................................... 18.40
Jiangyin Delian Chemical Co., Ltd....................... 18.40
Kanghua Chemical Co., Ltd.\7\........................... 18.40
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Disclosure
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\5\ As discussed in the Preliminary Results PDM, Commerce finds
the following companies to be cross-owned with ATC: Nanjing Trust
Chem Co., Ltd.; and Jiangsu Trust Chem Co., Ltd.
\6\ As discussed in the Preliminary Results PDM, Commerce finds
the following companies to be cross-owned with Botao: Rugao Connect
Chemical Co., Ltd.; Rugao Jinling Chemical Co., Ltd.; and Nantong
Yutu Group Co., Ltd.
\7\ Formerly known as Nantong Kanghua Chemical Co., Ltd. See
Certain Corrosion Inhibitors from the People's Republic of China:
Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances
Review, 88 FR 1357 (January 10, 2023).
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We intend to disclose the calculations and analysis performed for
these final results of review within five days of any public
announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review. Commerce intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after 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
In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce also
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties in the amounts shown for the companies listed
above for 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, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties at the all-others rate or the most
recent
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company-specific rate applicable to the company, as appropriate. These
cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to
an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition 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 violation
subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
The final results are issued and published in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: June 12, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the 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. Non-Selected Companies Under Review
V. Subsidies Valuation
VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
VII. Analysis of Programs
VIII. Discussion of the Issue
Comment: Whether Commerce Should Modify the Benchmark for Ocean
Freight
IX. Recommendation
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