International Trade Administration 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

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, 2019, through November 30, 2020. 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. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that certain producers and exporters of passenger vehicle and light truck tires (passenger tires) from the People's Republic of China (China) made sales of subject merchandise at prices below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), August 1, 2019, through July 31, 2020. Commerce also preliminarily finds that one company did not ship subject merchandise to the United States during the POR. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers/ exporters of ripe olives from Spain during the period of review, January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that Hangzhou Ailong Metal Products Co., Ltd. (Ailong) made sales of subject merchandise at prices below normal value (NV). The period of review (POR) is August 1, 2019, through July 31, 2020. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Norma (India) Ltd. (Norma) and R.N. Gupta & Co. Ltd. (RNG) received countervailable subsidies during the period of review (POR), January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that the sole company subject to this administrative review is part of the China-wide entity because it did not file a separate rate application (SRA). The period of review (POR) is August 1, 2019, through July 31, 2020.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic products (solar products) from Taiwan were sold in the United States at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), February 1, 2019, through January 31, 2020.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that sales of polyethylene retail carrier bags (PRCBs) were not made at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) August 1, 2019, through July 31, 2020. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating a changed circumstances review (CCR) of the antidumping duty (AD) order on wooden cabinets and vanities and components thereof (cabinets) from the People's Republic of China (China) and simultaneously issuing preliminarily results, finding that Goldenhome Living Co., Ltd., (Goldenhome) is the successor-in-interest to Xiamen Goldenhome Co., Ltd., (Xiamen Goldenhome).

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that granular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin from India is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination.

In accordance with the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the Department of Commerce (Commerce) is automatically initiating the five-year reviews (Sunset Reviews) of the antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) order(s) and suspended investigation(s) listed below. The International Trade Commission (the ITC) is publishing concurrently with this notice its notice of Institution of Five-Year Reviews which covers the same order(s) and suspended investigation(s).

As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on floor-standing, metal- top ironing tables and certain parts thereof (ironing tables) 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 antidumping duty order.

The Secretary of Commerce, through the Office of Trade and Economic Analysis (``OTEA'') of the International Trade Administration, received an application for an amended Export Trade Certificate of Review (``Certificate''). This notice summarizes the proposed amendment and requests comments relevant to whether the Certificate should be issued. A previous notice was published for this application on July 8, 2021; this notice corrects the name of a proposed new Member, Bear Nut Republic, to Bear Republic Nut.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers/exporters of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules (solar cells), from the People's Republic of China (China) during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2018. Commerce is also rescinding this review with respect to forty companies that had no reviewable entries during the POR.

On August 18, 2021, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued its final judgment in Committee Overseeing Action for Lumber International Trade Investigations or Negotiations, et al. v. United States, et al., Consol. Court No. 19-00122, sustaining the Department of Commerce's (Commerce) remand results pertaining to the expedited review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain softwood lumber products (softwood lumber) from Canada covering the period January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015. Commerce is notifying the public that the CIT's final judgment is not in harmony with Commerce's final results of the expedited review, and that Commerce is rescinding the final results; reinstating the CVD order for Les Produits Forestiers D&G Lt[eacute]e (D&G), Marcel Lauzon Inc. (MLI), North American Forest Products Ltd. (NAFB) (located in New Brunswick), Roland Boulanger & Cie Lt[eacute]e (Roland), and Scierie Alexandre Lemay & Fils Inc. (Lemay) (including their cross-owned affiliates); and reassigning the cash deposit rate for the companies covered by the Final Results of Expedited Review.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that sales of forged steel fittings from Taiwan were made at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), September 1, 2019, through August 31, 2020. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed topics for a meeting of the Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC).

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC) and Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Steel), producers and exporters of hot-rolled steel flat products (hot- rolled steel) from Japan, sold subject merchandise in the United States at prices below normal value during the period of review (POR) October 1, 2018, through September 30, 2019. In addition, Commerce determines that Honda Trading Canada, Inc. (Honda), Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic), and Mitsui & CO., Ltd. (Mitsui) had no shipments during the POR.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to Hyundai Steel Co., Ltd. (Hyundai Steel), a producer and exporter of certain hot-rolled steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from the Republic of Korea (Korea). The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2018.

On July 8, 2021, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) published the initiation and preliminary results of a changed circumstances review (CCR) of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam). For these final results, Commerce continues to find that Camimex Group Joint Stock Company is the successor-in-interest (SII) to Camau Frozen Seafood Processing Import Export Corporation, in the context of the AD order on shrimp from Vietnam.

Pursuant to the Enforce and Protect Act of 2015 (EAPA), the Department of Commerce (Commerce) received a covered merchandise referral from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in connection with a CBP EAPA investigation concerning the antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) orders on common alloy aluminum sheet from the People's Republic of China. In accordance with the EAPA, Commerce intends to determine whether the merchandise subject to the referral is covered by the scope of the orders and promptly to transmit its determination to CBP. Commerce is providing notice of the referral and inviting participation from interested parties.

The Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Administration, with the concurrence of the General Services Administration, renewed the Charter for the United States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board on August 16, 2021.

Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing countervailing duty (CVD) orders on seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe (seamless pipe) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) and the Russian Federation (Russia).