International Trade Administration 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of multilayered wood flooring (wood flooring) from the People's Republic of China (China). The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2018. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain coated paper suitable for high-quality print graphics using sheet-fed presses from the People's Republic of China (China) for the period of review (POR) January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019, based on the timely withdrawal of the request for review.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that sales of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe (CWP) from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been made below normal value during the period of review (POR), December 1, 2018, through November 30, 2019. Further, Commerce is rescinding the administrative review, in part, with respect to K.D. Industries Inc. (K.D. Industries) and Tiger Steel Industries LLC (Tiger Steel). We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that the certain companies under review sold subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), December 1, 2018, through November 30, 2019 and that certain other companies under review did not ship subject merchandise to the United States during the POR. Additionally, Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to three companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.

On January 29, 2021, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued its final judgment in Shandong Yongtai Group Co., Ltd. v. United States, Consol. Court No. 18-00077, sustaining the Department of Commerce (Commerce)'s first remand results pertaining to the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain passenger vehicle and light truck tires (passenger tires) from the People's Republic of China (China) covering the period of review (POR) January 27, 2015, through July 31, 2016. Commerce is notifying the public that the CIT's final judgment is not in harmony with Commerce's final results of the administrative review, and that Commerce is amending the final results with respect to the dumping margin assigned to Shandong Yongtai Chemical Co., Ltd. and its successor-in-interest Shandong Yongtai Group Co., Ltd.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the first administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on refillable stainless steel kegs from the People's Republic of China (China) for the period of review (POR) December 13, 2019, through December 31, 2019, based on the timely withdrawal of the request for review.

The United States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board (Board or TTAB) will hold a meeting on Friday, April 23, 2021. The Board advises the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) on matters relating to the U.S. travel and tourism industry. The purpose of the meeting is for Board members to discuss and vote on recommendations for the Secretary on how to distribute the economic adjustment assistance funding appropriated in section 6001 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for ``assistance to States and communities that have suffered economic injury as a result of job and gross domestic product losses in the travel, tourism, or outdoor recreation sectors.'' The final agenda will be posted on the Department of Commerce website for the Board at https://www.trade.gov/ttab-meetings at least two days prior to the meeting.

Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing a countervailing duty order on silicon metal from the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan).

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Wah Yuen Stationery Co. Ltd. and Shandong Wah Yuen Stationery Co. Ltd. (collectively, Wah Yuen) had no shipments of certain cased pencils from the People's Republic of China (China) during the period of review (POR) December 1, 2018, through November 30, 2019. Commerce also preliminarily determines that Tianjin Tonghe Stationery Co., Ltd. (Tianjin Tonghe) and Ningbo Homey Union Co., Ltd. (Ningbo Homey) are part of the China-wide entity. Finally, we are rescinding the review with respect to Orient International Holding Shanghai Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. (SFTC). We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on twist ties from the People's Republic of China (China).

As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on diamond sawblades and parts thereof (diamond sawblades) from the People's Republic of China (China) would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping, and material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of the AD order.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) published a document in the Federal Register of March 4, 2021, in which it initiated administrative reviews of antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders and findings with January anniversary dates. That document was missing information regarding the AD administrative review of wooden bedroom furniture from the People's Republic of China (China). We are including the missing information in this correction notice.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that prestressed concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) from South Africa is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The final weighted-average dumping margins are listed below in the section entitled ``Final Determination.''

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that prestressed concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) from Italy is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The final weighted-average dumping margins are listed below in the section entitled ``Final Determination.''

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that prestressed concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) from Tunisia is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV) during the period of investigation (POI), April 1, 2019, through March 31, 2020. The final weighted-average dumping margins are listed below in the section entitled ``Final Determination.''

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that prestressed concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) from Spain is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV).

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the sole producer/exporter subject to this review did not make sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), October 1, 2018, through September 30, 2019.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Hanwha Chemical Corporation, a producer or exporter subject to this review, made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), August 1, 2018, through July 31, 2019. Commerce determines that Hanwha Chemical Corporation (Hanwha Chemical) made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the POR, and that Aekyung Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (AKP) and LG Chem, Ltd. (LG Chem), did not make sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the POR.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain quartz surface products (quartz surface products) from the People's Republic of China (China). The period of review (POR) is November 20, 2018, through June 30, 2020. Commerce preliminarily finds that certain companies made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value. We are also rescinding this review for nine companies where timely requests for withdrawals were filed by all parties who requested the reviews. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that utility scale wind towers (wind towers) from Spain are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Cimtas Boru Imalatlari ve Ticaret, Ltd. Sti. (Cimtas), the sole mandatory respondent and only company with suspended entries of subject merchandise during the period of review (POR), did not have reviewable sales during the POR, December 1, 2018, through November 30, 2019. We are deferring, in part, Cimtas' sales reporting until a subsequent review period. Additionally, Commerce is rescinding, in part, this administrative review with respect to the remaining 18 companies for which we initiated a review because they have no reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on pure magnesium from the People's Republic of China (China). The period of review (POR) is May 1, 2019, through April 30, 2020. Commerce preliminarily determines that Tianjin Magnesium International Co., Ltd. and Tianjin Magnesium Metal Co., Ltd. (collectively, TMI/TMM) did not have any shipments during the POR. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is delaying compliance with the final rule, entitled ``Aluminum Import Monitoring and Analysis System,'' by staying the regulations from March 29, 2021, until June 28, 2021. Commerce will release the public Aluminum Import Monitoring and Analysis (AIM) monitor on the AIM system website on March 29, 2021.