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forth in the United States Pharmacopeia
and has been mixed with a functional
excipient, such as dextrose or starch,
where the excipient constitutes at least
2 percent, by weight, of the product.
Citric acid and sodium citrate are
classifiable under 2918.14.0000 and
2918.15.1000 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS),
respectively. Potassium citrate and
crude calcium citrate are classifiable
under 2918.15.5000 and, if included in
a mixture or blend, 3824.99.9397 of the
HTSUS. Blends that include citric acid,
sodium citrate, and potassium citrate
are classifiable under 3824.99.9397 of
the HTSUS. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the merchandise
is dispositive.
Final Results of Review
Commerce determines that the
following weighted-average dumping
margin exists for the period July 1, 2022,
through June 30, 2023:
Producer or exporter
Weighted-average
dumping margin
(percent)
Sucroal S.A ...................
0.00
Disclosure
There are no new calculations to
disclose in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b) for these final results.
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Assessment Rate
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1),
Commerce shall determine, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this
review. Because the respondent’s
weighted-average dumping margin or
importer-specific assessment rates are
zero in the final results of review, we
intend to instruct CBP to liquidate
entries without regard to antidumping
duties.4 The final results of this
administrative review shall be the basis
for the assessment of antidumping
duties on entries of merchandise
covered by the final results of this
review and for future deposits of
estimated duties, where applicable.5
Commerce’s ‘‘automatic assessment’’
will apply to entries of subject
merchandise during the POR produced
4 See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of
the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102–
03 (February 14, 2012); see also 19 CFR
351.106(c)(2).
5 See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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by the mandatory respondent 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 unreviewed
entries at the all-others rate if there is no
rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction.6
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 the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the
publication date of the final results of
this administrative review, as provided
by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the
cash deposit rates for the company
identified above in the ‘‘Final Results of
Review’’ section will be equal to the
company-specific weighted-average
dumping margin established in the final
results of this administrative review
(i.e., 0.00 percent); (2) for merchandise
exported by a company not covered in
this administrative review but covered
in a completed prior segment of the
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific rate
published for the most recently
completed segment of this proceeding;
(3) if the exporter is not a firm covered
in this review or completed prior
segment of this proceeding but the
producer is, the cash deposit rate will be
the company-specific rate established
for the most recently-completed
segment of this proceeding for the
producer of the subject merchandise;
and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other
producers or exporters will continue to
be 28.48 percent, the rate established in
the investigation of this proceeding.7
These cash deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
6 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
7 See Order, 83 FR at 35215.
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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 POR. Failure to comply with
this requirement could result in
Commerce’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
has occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping
duties.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a final
reminder to parties subject to an APO of
their responsibility concerning the
return or 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 this
notice in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(5) and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(1).
Dated: November 18, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–084; C–570–085]
Certain Quartz Surface Products From
the People’s Republic of China: Final
Results of 2021–2023 Antidumping
Duty and 2021–2022 Countervailing
Duty Administrative Reviews
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) determines that
certain Malaysian exporters of certain
quartz surface products (quartz surface
products) continue to be ineligible to
participate in the scope certification
process established for the antidumping
duty (AD) and countervailing duty
AGENCY:
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(CVD) orders on quartz surface products
from the People’s Republic of China
(China) for all imports of quartz surface
products from Malaysia. Specifically,
we found that these Malaysian exporters
did not demonstrate that the quartz slab
used to produce their exports to the
United States was sourced from a
country other than China.
DATES: Applicable November 22, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay
Menon, AD/CVD Operations, Office IX,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0208.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Commerce published the Preliminary
Results of this administrative review on
August 5, 2024.1 For a description of the
events that occurred since the
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.2
Scope of the Orders 3
The products covered by the Orders
are quartz surface products from China.
For a complete description of the scopes
of the Orders, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.4
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in interested parties’
case briefs are addressed in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum. A list of
these issues is attached as an appendix
to this notice. The Issues and Decision
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1 See
Certain Quartz Surface Products from the
People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of
2021–2023 Antidumping Duty and 2021–2022
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 89 FR
63400 (August 9, 2024).
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Results of the
Antidumping Duty and Countervailing
Administrative Reviews of Certain Quartz Surface
Products from the People’s Republic of China,’’
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by,
this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
3 See Certain Quartz Surface Products from the
People’s Republic of China: Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Orders, 84 FR 33053 (July 11,
2019) (Orders).
4 Commerce normally does not issue
administrative reviews under section 751 of the Act
which cover companion AD and CVD orders in the
same Federal Register notice because these are
different segments under different proceedings.
However, these reviews were conducted for the
express purpose of determining if certain exporters
which cannot currently participate in a certification
regime established under 19 CFR 351.228 are
eligible to certify as a result of these reviews and
these are companion orders. Similar to scope
rulings, under 19 CFR 351.225(m)(2), and
circumvention inquiries, under 19 CFR
351.226(m)(2), Commerce has determined that
segments conducted to address a parties’
certification eligibility under 19 CFR 351.228 may
be conducted in a single decision applicable to both
proceedings.
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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
Commerce conducted these reviews
in accordance with section 751 of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
We determine that Bada Industries,
Karina Stone, Unique Stone Sdn. Bhd.
(Unique Stone), and Universal Quartz
have not demonstrated that the quartz
slab used to produce their Malaysian
exports to the United States during the
periods of review was sourced from a
country other than China. As a result,
we find that Bada Industries, Karina
Stone, Unique Stone, and Universal
Quartz continue to be ineligible to
participate in the certification process
for quartz surface products from
Malaysia.
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2),
Commerce has determined, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping and
countervailing duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review.5 For the
period November 4, 2021, through
December 31, 2022, we will instruct
CBP to liquidate any entries for the
exporters under review at 371.47
percent, the combination of the Chinawide rate established in the AD
investigation and the all-others rate
established in the CVD investigation.6
For the period of January 1, 2023,
through June 30, 2023, we will instruct
CBP to liquidate any entries for the
exporters under review at 326.15
percent, the China-wide rate established
in the AD investigation.7
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).
19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
Orders, 84 FR at 33054–33055.
7 Id. at 33054.
Cash Deposit Requirements—AD
Because Commerce continues to find
that the Malaysian exporters subject to
this review (i.e., Bada Industries, Karina
Stone, Unique Stone, and Universal
Quartz) are ineligible to participate in
the certification process, the following
cash deposit instructions remain
effective for all shipments of the subject
merchandise from China entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication
date of the final results of this
administrative review, as provided by
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for
the Malaysian exporters subject to this
review (i.e., Bada Industries, Karina
Stone, Unique Stone, and Universal
Quartz), the AD cash deposits continue
to be equal to the current China-wide
rate (i.e., 326.15 percent); (2) for
previously investigated or reviewed
exporter of subject merchandise that
have a separate rate, the cash deposit
rate will continue to be the exporter’s
existing cash deposit rate; (3) for all
Chinese exporters of subject
merchandise that do not have a separate
rate, the cash deposit rate will be the
rate established for the China-wide
entity, i.e., 326.15 percent; 8 and (4) for
all exporters of subject merchandise that
are not located in China and that are not
eligible for a separate rate, the cash
deposit rate will be the rate applicable
to the Chinese exporter(s) that supplied
that non-Chinese exporter. These
existing cash deposit requirements shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Cash Deposit Requirements—CVD
In accordance with section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, for the exporters
subject to this review (i.e., Bada
Industries, Karina Stone, Unique Stone,
and Universal Quartz), CBP shall
continue to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties for the
companies subject to this review at the
all-others rate (i.e., 45.32 percent).9 For
all non-reviewed firms, CBP will
continue to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties at the
all-others rate or the most recent
company-specific rate applicable to the
company, as appropriate. These existing
cash deposit requirements shall remain
in effect until further notice.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a final
reminder to parties subject to APO of
their responsibility concerning the
return or destruction of proprietary
information disclosed under APO in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3).
5 See
6 See
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9 Id.,
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Timely written notification of the
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
These 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: November 15, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy 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 Orders
IV. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether AM Stone and
Artelye Provided Sufficient Information
To Establish That Their Imported Quartz
Slabs Were Produced in Malaysia
Comment 2: Whether Commerce Applied
Adverse Facts Available (AFA) to
Cooperative Respondents
V. Recommendation
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates
From Japan and the People’s Republic
of China: Antidumping Order;
Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates
From the People’s Republic of China:
Countervailing Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final
determinations by the U.S. Department
of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S.
International Trade Commission (ITC),
Commerce is issuing the antidumping
duty (AD) orders on aluminum
lithographic printing plates (printing
plates) from the People’s Republic of
China (China) and Japan and a
countervailing duty (CVD) order on
printing plates from China.
DATES: Applicable November 22, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Benito Ballesteros (AD China), Caroline
Carroll (AD Japan), and Ajay Menon
(CVD China), AD/CVD Operations,
Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with sections 705(d)
and 735(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), on September 27,
2024, Commerce published its
affirmative final determinations of sales
at less than fair value (LTFV) for
printing plates from China and Japan,1
and its affirmative final determination
that countervailable subsidies are being
provided to producers and exporters of
printing plates from China.2
On November 12, 2024, pursuant to
sections 705(d) and 735(d) of the Act,
the ITC notified Commerce of its final
affirmative determinations that an
industry in the United States is
materially injured by reason of dumped
imports of printing plates from China
and Japan, and subsidized imports of
printing plates from China, within the
meaning of sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and
735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act.3 On
November 18, 2024, the ITC published
its final determinations in the Federal
Register.4 Further, the ITC determined
that critical circumstances do not exist
with respect to LTFV imports and
subsidized imports of printing plates
from China.5
Scope of the Orders
[A–570–156, C–570–157, A–588–881]
AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–7435;
(202) 482–4948, and (202) 482–0208,
respectively.
The products covered by these orders
are printing plates from China and
Japan. For a complete description of the
scope of the orders, see the appendix to
this notice.
AD Orders
On November 12, 2024, in accordance
with section 735(d) of the Act, the ITC
notified Commerce of its final
1 See Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates
from the People’s Republic of China: Final
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less-ThanFair-Value and Final Affirmative Determination of
Critical Circumstances, 89 FR 79256 (September 27,
2024) (China Final LTFV Determination); and
Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates from Japan:
Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at LessThan-Fair-Value, 89 FR 79250 (September 27,
2024).
2 See Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates
from the People’s Republic of China: Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and
Final Affirmative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, 89 FR 79248 (September 27, 2024).
3 See ITC’s Letter, ‘‘Notification of ITC Final
Determination,’’ dated November 12, 2024 (ITC
Notification Letter).
4 See Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates
from China and Japan: Determinations 89 FR 90737
(November 18, 2024).
5 Id.
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determinations that an industry in the
United States is materially injured
within the meaning of section
735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of
imports of printing plates from China
and Japan that are sold in the United
States at LTFV.6 Therefore, in
accordance with sections 735(c)(2) and
736 of the Act, Commerce is issuing
these AD orders. Because the ITC
determined that imports of printing
plates from China and Japan are
materially injuring a U.S. industry,
unliquidated entries of such
merchandise from China and Japan,
entered or withdrawn from warehouse
for consumption, are subject to the
assessment of antidumping duties.
Therefore, in accordance with section
736(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce will
direct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further
instruction by Commerce, antidumping
duties equal to the amount by which the
normal value of the merchandise
exceeds the export price (or constructed
export price) of the merchandise on all
relevant entries of printing plates from
China and Japan. Antidumping duties
will be assessed on unliquidated entries
of printing plates entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or
after May 1, 2024, the date of
publication of the LTFV Preliminary
Determinations,7 but will not include
entries occurring after the expiration of
the provisional measures period and
before publication of the ITC’s final
injury determination, as further
described below.
Critical Circumstances—AD China
With respect to the ITC’s negative
critical circumstances determination on
imports of printing plates from China,
we will instruct CBP to lift suspension
and to refund any cash deposits made
to secure the payment of estimated
antidumping duties with respect to
entries of the subject merchandise from
China entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
February 1, 2024 (i.e., 90 days prior to
the date of the publication of the China
LTFV Preliminary Determination), but
before May 1, 2024 (i.e., the date of
6 See
ITC Notification Letter.
Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates
from the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, Preliminary Affirmative Determination
of Critical Circumstances, and Postponement of
Final Determination and Extension of Provisional
Measures, 89 FR 35062 (May 1, 2024) (China LTFV
Preliminary Determination); and Aluminum
Lithographic Printing Plates from Japan:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final
Determination, and Extension of Provisional
Measures, 89 FR 35065 (May 1, 2024) (collectively,
LTFV Preliminary Determinations).
7 See
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-084; C-570-085]
Certain Quartz Surface Products From the People's Republic of
China: Final Results of 2021-2023 Antidumping Duty and 2021-2022
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
certain Malaysian exporters of certain quartz surface products (quartz
surface products) continue to be ineligible to participate in the scope
certification process established for the antidumping duty (AD) and
countervailing duty
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(CVD) orders on quartz surface products from the People's Republic of
China (China) for all imports of quartz surface products from Malaysia.
Specifically, we found that these Malaysian exporters did not
demonstrate that the quartz slab used to produce their exports to the
United States was sourced from a country other than China.
DATES: Applicable November 22, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay Menon, AD/CVD Operations, Office
IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0208.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this administrative
review on August 5, 2024.\1\ For a description of the events that
occurred since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.\2\
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\1\ See Certain Quartz Surface Products from the People's
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of 2021-2023 Antidumping Duty
and 2021-2022 Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 89 FR
63400 (August 9, 2024).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing
Administrative Reviews of Certain Quartz Surface Products from the
People's Republic of China,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Orders \3\
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\3\ See Certain Quartz Surface Products from the People's
Republic of China: Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 84 FR
33053 (July 11, 2019) (Orders).
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The products covered by the Orders are quartz surface products from
China. For a complete description of the scopes of the Orders, see the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\
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\4\ Commerce normally does not issue administrative reviews
under section 751 of the Act which cover companion AD and CVD orders
in the same Federal Register notice because these are different
segments under different proceedings. However, these reviews were
conducted for the express purpose of determining if certain
exporters which cannot currently participate in a certification
regime established under 19 CFR 351.228 are eligible to certify as a
result of these reviews and these are companion orders. Similar to
scope rulings, under 19 CFR 351.225(m)(2), and circumvention
inquiries, under 19 CFR 351.226(m)(2), Commerce has determined that
segments conducted to address a parties' certification eligibility
under 19 CFR 351.228 may be conducted in a single decision
applicable to both proceedings.
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in interested parties' case briefs are addressed
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of these issues 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
Commerce conducted these reviews in accordance with section 751 of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). We determine that Bada
Industries, Karina Stone, Unique Stone Sdn. Bhd. (Unique Stone), and
Universal Quartz have not demonstrated that the quartz slab used to
produce their Malaysian exports to the United States during the periods
of review was sourced from a country other than China. As a result, we
find that Bada Industries, Karina Stone, Unique Stone, and Universal
Quartz continue to be ineligible to participate in the certification
process for quartz surface products from Malaysia.
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping and countervailing duties on
all appropriate entries covered by this review.\5\ For the period
November 4, 2021, through December 31, 2022, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate any entries for the exporters under review at 371.47 percent,
the combination of the China-wide rate established in the AD
investigation and the all-others rate established in the CVD
investigation.\6\ For the period of January 1, 2023, through June 30,
2023, we will instruct CBP to liquidate any entries for the exporters
under review at 326.15 percent, the China-wide rate established in the
AD investigation.\7\
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\5\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
\6\ See Orders, 84 FR at 33054-33055.
\7\ Id. at 33054.
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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--AD
Because Commerce continues to find that the Malaysian exporters
subject to this review (i.e., Bada Industries, Karina Stone, Unique
Stone, and Universal Quartz) are ineligible to participate in the
certification process, the following cash deposit instructions remain
effective for all shipments of the subject merchandise from China
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
publication date of the final results of this administrative review, as
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for the Malaysian
exporters subject to this review (i.e., Bada Industries, Karina Stone,
Unique Stone, and Universal Quartz), the AD cash deposits continue to
be equal to the current China-wide rate (i.e., 326.15 percent); (2) for
previously investigated or reviewed exporter of subject merchandise
that have a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will continue to be
the exporter's existing cash deposit rate; (3) for all Chinese
exporters of subject merchandise that do not have a separate rate, the
cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the China-wide
entity, i.e., 326.15 percent; \8\ and (4) for all exporters of subject
merchandise that are not located in China and that are not eligible for
a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to
the Chinese exporter(s) that supplied that non-Chinese exporter. These
existing cash deposit requirements shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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Cash Deposit Requirements--CVD
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, for the
exporters subject to this review (i.e., Bada Industries, Karina Stone,
Unique Stone, and Universal Quartz), CBP shall continue to collect cash
deposits of estimated countervailing duties for the companies subject
to this review at the all-others rate (i.e., 45.32 percent).\9\ For all
non-reviewed firms, CBP will continue to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties at the all-others rate or the most
recent company-specific rate applicable to the company, as appropriate.
These existing cash deposit requirements shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to
APO of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR
351.305(a)(3).
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Timely written notification of the 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
These 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: November 15, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy 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 Orders
IV. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether AM Stone and Artelye Provided Sufficient
Information To Establish That Their Imported Quartz Slabs Were
Produced in Malaysia
Comment 2: Whether Commerce Applied Adverse Facts Available
(AFA) to Cooperative Respondents
V. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2024-27362 Filed 11-21-24; 8:45 am]
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