Certain Quartz Surface Products From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order, 81887-81888 [2024-23332]
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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 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 duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of double antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to an APO of
their responsibility concerning the
disposition 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 terms of an APO is a
sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this
notice in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: October 3, 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–085]
Certain Quartz Surface Products From
the People’s Republic of China: Final
Results of the Expedited First Sunset
Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) finds that
revocation of the countervailing duty
(CVD) order on certain quartz surface
products (quartz surface products) from
the People’s Republic of China (China)
would be likely to lead to continuation
or recurrence of countervailable
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subsidies at the levels as indicated in
the ‘‘Final Results of Sunset Review’’
section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable October 9, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay
K. Menon, AD/CVD Operations, Office
IX, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0208.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 11, 2019, Commerce
published the Order on quartz surface
products from China in the Federal
Register.1 On June 3, 2024, Commerce
published the notice of initiation of the
first five-year (sunset) review of the
Order, pursuant to section 751(c) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act).2 On June 18, 2024, Commerce
received notices of intent to participate
from the Cambria Company LLC, DalTile LLC, and Guidoni USA
(collectively, domestic interested
parties), within the deadline specified
in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).3 The
domestic interested parties claimed
interested party status under section
771(9)(C) of the Act as manufacturers or
producers of the domestic like product.4
On July 3, 2024, Commerce received
an adequate substantive response to the
Initiation Notice from the domestic
interested parties within the 30-day
deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(3)(i).5 Commerce did not
receive a response from the Government
of China (GOC) or from any other
interested party. In accordance with
section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act, because
Commerce did not receive a substantive
response from the GOC or a respondent
party, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B) and (e)(1)(ii)(C),
respectively, we determined that the
respondent interested parties did not
provide an adequate response to the
Initiation Notice. Therefore, on July 23,
2024, Commerce notified the U.S.
International Trade Commission that it
did not receive an adequate substantive
response from respondent interested
1 See Certain Quartz Surface Products from the
People’s Republic of China: Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Orders: Amended Final
Affirmative Antidumping Duty Determination and
Antidumping Duty Order, 84 FR 33053 (July 11,
2019) (Order).
2 See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89
FR 47525 (June 3, 2024) (Initiation Notice).
3 See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter, ‘‘Notice
of Intent to Participate in Sunset Review,’’ dated
June 18, 2024.
4 Id.
5 See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter,
‘‘Substantive Response to Notice of Initiation,’’
dated July 3, 2024.
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parties, and that it would conduct an
expedited (120-day) sunset review of the
Order.6
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the Order
are quartz surface products from China.
For a complete description of the scope
of the Order, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.7
Analysis of Comments Received
A complete discussion of all issues
raised in this sunset review, including
the likelihood of continuation or
recurrence of subsidization in the event
of revocation of the Order and the
countervailable subsidy rates likely to
prevail if the Order were to be revoked,
is provided in the accompanying Issues
and Decision Memorandum. A list of
the topics discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum is attached as an
appendix to this notice. The Issues and
Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance’s
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System
(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://
access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://access.trade.gov/public/
FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Final Results of Sunset Review
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and
752(b) of the Act, Commerce determines
that revocation of the Order would be
likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of countervailable subsidies
at the following net countervailable
subsidy rates:
Producer/exporter
Fasa Industrial Corporation
Limited ..............................
Foshan Hero Stone Co.,
Ltd.8 ..................................
Foshan Nanhai Julan Quartz
Co .....................................
Foshan Yixin Stone Co., Ltd.
Net
countervailable
subsidy
(percent)
190.99
190.99
190.99
45.32
6 See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Sunset Reviews
Initiated on June 3, 2024,’’ dated July 23, 2024.
7 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for Final Results of the Expedited
First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Certain Quartz Surface Products from the
People’s Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently
with this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
8 Commerce has found the following companies
to be cross-owned with Foshan Hero Stone Co.,
Ltd.: Mingwei Quartz New Environmental
Protection Materials Co., Ltd.; and Foshan Quartz
Stone Imp & Exp Co., Ltd.
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The U.S. Department of
Commerce
(Commerce) determines that
Producer/exporter
Healthcare Europe DOO Ruma
(Healthcare), the sole producer/exporter
subject to this administrative review,
Qinguan Yuefeng Decoration
Material Co .......................
190.99 made sales of subject merchandise at
All Others ..............................
45.32 below normal value during the period of
review (POR) May 1, 2022, through
April 30, 2023.
Administrative Protective Order
DATES: Applicable October 9, 2024.
This notice serves as the only
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of Tyler Weinhold, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance,
their responsibility concerning the
International Trade Administration,
disposition of proprietary information
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
disclosed under APO in accordance
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1121.
to govern business proprietary
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
information in this segment of the
proceeding. Timely written notification
Background
of return/destruction of APO materials
On May 31, 2024, Commerce
or conversion to judicial protective
published the Preliminary Results in
order is hereby requested. Failure to
this administrative review in the
comply with the regulations and terms
Federal Register.1 We provided
of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
interested parties with an opportunity to
Notification to Interested Parties
comment on the Preliminary Results; no
interested party submitted comments.
Commerce is issuing and publishing
Because no party commented on the
these final results and notice in
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), Preliminary Results, we made no
changes to the preliminary findings
and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
therein; thus, no decision memorandum
Dated: October 3, 2024.
accompanies this Federal Register
Ryan Majerus,
notice.
Net
countervailable
subsidy
(percent)
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
SUMMARY:
Scope of the Order 2
The products covered by the Order
are mattresses from Serbia. For a
complete description of the scope of the
Order, see the Preliminary Results.3
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or
Recurrence of a Countervailable Subsidy
2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates
Likely to Prevail
3. Nature of the Subsidies
VII. Final Results of the Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation
Final Results of Review
For these final results, we determine
that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margin exists for the
period of review of May 1, 2022,
through April 30, 2023:
Producer/exporter
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
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Healthcare europe DOO Ruma ..
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Disclosure
Normally, Commerce discloses to
parties to the proceeding the
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Mattresses From Serbia: Final Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2022–2023
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
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1 See Mattresses from Serbia: Preliminary Results
of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2022–2023, 89 FR 47129 (May 31, 2024)
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
2 See Mattresses from Cambodia, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, the Republic of Turkey,
and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam:
Antidumping Duty Orders and Amended Final
Affirmative Antidumping Determination for
Cambodia, 86 FR 26460 (May 14, 2021) (Order).
3 See Preliminary Results PDM at 2–3.
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calculations performed in connection
with the final results of review within
five days of any public announcement
or, if there is no public announcement,
within five days of the date of
publication of the notice of the final
results in the Federal Register, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
However, because we made no changes
from the Preliminary Results, there are
no calculations to disclose.
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1),
Commerce has determined, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this
review. 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 upon
publication in the Federal Register of
the notice of these final results for all
shipments of the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the
publication date, as provided by section
751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit
rate Healthcare will be equal to the
company-specific weighted-average
dumping margin established in the 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 in the completed segment 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 has been
covered in a prior completed segment of
this proceeding, then the cash deposit
rate will be the rate established in the
completed segment for the most recent
period for the producer of the
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit
rate for all other producers or exporters
will continue to be 112.11 percent, the
all-others rate established in the lessthan-fair-value investigation.4 These
4 See Mattresses from Serbia: Final Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value, and
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-085]
Certain Quartz Surface Products From the People's Republic of
China: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that
revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain quartz
surface products (quartz surface products) from the People's Republic
of China (China) would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence
of countervailable subsidies at the levels as indicated in the ``Final
Results of Sunset Review'' section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable October 9, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay K. Menon, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0208.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 11, 2019, Commerce published the Order on quartz surface
products from China in the Federal Register.\1\ On June 3, 2024,
Commerce published the notice of initiation of the first five-year
(sunset) review of the Order, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\2\ On June 18, 2024, Commerce
received notices of intent to participate from the Cambria Company LLC,
Dal-Tile LLC, and Guidoni USA (collectively, domestic interested
parties), within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\3\
The domestic interested parties claimed interested party status under
section 771(9)(C) of the Act as manufacturers or producers of the
domestic like product.\4\
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\1\ See Certain Quartz Surface Products from the People's
Republic of China: Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders:
Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty Determination and
Antidumping Duty Order, 84 FR 33053 (July 11, 2019) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 FR 47525
(June 3, 2024) (Initiation Notice).
\3\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Notice of Intent
to Participate in Sunset Review,'' dated June 18, 2024.
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On July 3, 2024, Commerce received an adequate substantive response
to the Initiation Notice from the domestic interested parties within
the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\5\ Commerce
did not receive a response from the Government of China (GOC) or from
any other interested party. In accordance with section 751(c)(3)(B) of
the Act, because Commerce did not receive a substantive response from
the GOC or a respondent party, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B)
and (e)(1)(ii)(C), respectively, we determined that the respondent
interested parties did not provide an adequate response to the
Initiation Notice. Therefore, on July 23, 2024, Commerce notified the
U.S. International Trade Commission that it did not receive an adequate
substantive response from respondent interested parties, and that it
would conduct an expedited (120-day) sunset review of the Order.\6\
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\5\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Substantive
Response to Notice of Initiation,'' dated July 3, 2024.
\6\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on June 3,
2024,'' dated July 23, 2024.
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the Order are quartz surface products from
China. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\7\
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for Final
Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing
Duty Order on Certain Quartz Surface Products from the People's
Republic of China,'' dated concurrently with this notice (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
A complete discussion of all issues raised in this sunset review,
including the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of subsidization
in the event of revocation of the Order and the countervailable subsidy
rates likely to prevail if the Order were to be revoked, is provided in
the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the topics
discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached as an
appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Final Results of Sunset Review
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce
determines that revocation of the Order would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the
following net countervailable subsidy rates:
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\8\ Commerce has found the following companies to be cross-owned
with Foshan Hero Stone Co., Ltd.: Mingwei Quartz New Environmental
Protection Materials Co., Ltd.; and Foshan Quartz Stone Imp & Exp
Co., Ltd.
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Net
countervailable
Producer/exporter subsidy
(percent)
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Fasa Industrial Corporation Limited.................... 190.99
Foshan Hero Stone Co., Ltd.\8\......................... 190.99
Foshan Nanhai Julan Quartz Co.......................... 190.99
Foshan Yixin Stone Co., Ltd............................ 45.32
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Qinguan Yuefeng Decoration Material Co................. 190.99
All Others............................................. 45.32
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Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues to govern
business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding.
Timely written notification of return/destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing these final results and notice
in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: October 3, 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. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of a Countervailable
Subsidy
2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates Likely to Prevail
3. Nature of the Subsidies
VII. Final Results of the Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation
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