International Trade Administration February 2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

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 hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) blends from the People's Republic of China (China) would likely lead to 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.

On February 7, 2022, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT or Court) issued its final judgment in Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited, et al. v. United States, Consol. Court No. 14-00135, sustaining the Department of Commerce (Commerce)'s remand redetermination pertaining to the 2011-2012 antidumping duty (AD) administrative review of multilayered hardwood flooring (wood flooring) from the People's Republic of China (China) covering the period May 26, 2011, through November 30, 2012. Commerce is notifying the public that the CIT's final judgment in this litigation is not in harmony with the final of the 2011-2012 AD administrative review of wood flooring from China, and that Commerce is amending the final results of that review with respect to the dumping margin assigned to certain separate rate companies.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that large residential washers (washers) from Mexico were not sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) February 1, 2020, through January 31, 2021.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) continues to find that Tianjin Magnesium International Co., Ltd. (TMI) and Tianjin Magnesium Metal Co., Ltd. (TMM) (collectively, TMI/TMM) had no shipments of subject merchandise covered by the antidumping duty order on pure magnesium from the People's Republic of China (China) for the period of review (POR) May 1, 2020, through April 30, 2021.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain mobile access equipment and subassemblies thereof (mobile access equipment) from the People's Republic of China (China) are being, or are likely to be sold, in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV).

This notice announces membership opportunities for appointment, or reappointment, to the U.S. Section of the U.S.-India CEO Forum (``Forum'').

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) received scope ruling applications, requesting that scope inquiries be conducted to determine whether identified products are covered by the scope of antidumping duty (AD) and/or countervailing duty (CVD) orders and that Commerce issue scope rulings pursuant to those inquiries. In accordance with Commerce's regulations, we are notifying the public of the filing of the scope ruling applications listed below in the month of January 2022.

The United States Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, is announcing amended dates, pricing, and format for the Clean Air Trade Mission to India previously announced and published in the Federal Register. The mission, originally scheduled to take place in person on May 2-5, 2022, will now be hosted virtually on May 4-6, 2022 with a revised agenda and fee structure as outlined below.

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) is simultaneously initiating and issuing the preliminary results of the changed circumstances reviews of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from the People's Republic of China (China) to determine whether HLDS (B) Steel Sdn Bhd (HLDS (B)) and HLD Clark Steel Pipe Co., Inc. (HLD Clark) (collectively, HLD companies) are eligible to participate in a certification process because the HLD companies have preliminarily demonstrated that they can identify OCTG that they produced in either Brunei or the Philippines using non- Chinese hot-rolled steel. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

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) orders on certain carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings (CSBW pipe fittings) from Brazil, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, and 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 orders.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) published notice in the Federal Register of January 13, 2022, in which Commerce announced its preliminary determination of critical circumstances in the less-than- fair-value (LTFV) investigation of raw honey from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam). This notice inadvertently omitted the cash deposit requirement for entries of raw honey from Vietnam.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Industrias Negromex S.A. de C.V. (Negromex) sold emulsion styrene- butadiene rubber (ESB rubber) from Mexico in the United States at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2019, through August 31, 2020.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) continues to find that Tianjin Magnesium International, Co., Ltd. (TMI) and Tianjin Magnesium Metal, Co., Ltd. (TMM) had no shipments of subject merchandise covered by the antidumping duty order on magnesium metal from the People's Republic of China (China) for the period of review (POR) April 1, 2020, through March 31, 2021.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of aluminum extrusions from the People's Republic of China (China) during the period of review (POR), January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019. In addition, we are rescinding the review for numerous companies for which the request for review was withdrawn.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the producers and/or exporters subject to this administrative review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2019, through April 30, 2020. Additionally, Commerce determines that two companies for which we initiated a review had no shipments during the POR.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that sales of aluminum extrusions from the People's Republic of China (China) were made at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) May 1, 2019, through April 30, 2020.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the producer/exporter subject to this administrative review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), April 19, 2019, through April 30, 2020.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that except for one respondent for which Commerce calculated a zero percent dumping margin, the other companies subject to this administrative review either made sales of subject merchandise at prices below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020, did not ship subject merchandise to the United States during the POR, or were not entitled to a separate rate.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is self-initiating a scope inquiry, pursuant to U.S. trade remedy laws, to determine whether imports of quartz surface products (QSP), completed in Malaysia using inputs manufactured in the People's Republic of China (China), are covered by the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on QSP from China (collectively, the Orders). In addition, in accordance with our regulations, Commerce is also self-initiating a country-wide circumvention inquiry to determine whether imports of QSP, if not covered by the scope of the Orders, are nonetheless circumventing the Orders, and is aligning both scope and circumvention inquiries in accordance with our regulations.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of certain softwood lumber products (softwood lumber) from Canada during the period of review, January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020. With respect to one company, we are rescinding this administrative review because the request for review was timely withdrawn. Additionally, with respect to 27 companies, we intend to rescind this administrative review. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate (CTL plate) from Germany is not being, or is not likely to be, sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) May 1, 2020, through April 30, 2021.