International Trade Administration September 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of brass rod from India. The period of investigation is April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of brass rod from the Republic of Korea (Korea). The period of investigation is January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination.

Pursuant to its authority under title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is modifying its regulations governing procedures related to administrative protective orders (APO) and service of documents submitted in antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) proceedings. Specifically, Commerce is making certain changes to its procedures governing the filing of documents (including public documents, business proprietary documents, and public versions of business proprietary documents), as well as service of documents. Commerce is also making additional clarifications and corrections to other procedural aspects of its AD/CVD regulations, including updates to the scope, circumvention, and covered merchandise referral regulations. Lastly, Commerce is deleting from its regulations two provisions that have been invalidated by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit).

In response to a request for a changed circumstances review (CCR), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating a CCR of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from the Republic of Korea (Korea). Additionally, Commerce preliminarily determines that Dongkuk Coated Metal Co., Ltd., following a corporate organizational change in June 2023 (hereinafter, Dongkuk CM), is the successor-in-interest to the pre-reorganization Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. entity (hereinafter, Old Dongkuk Steel). As such, Dongkuk CM is entitled to Old Dongkuk Steel's AD cash deposit rates with respect to entries of subject merchandise in the above- referenced proceeding. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that sales of forged steel fittings from Taiwan were not sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), September 1, 2021, through August 31, 2022. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the company subject to this countervailing duty administrative review of passenger vehicle and light truck tires (PVLT tires) from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) received countervailable subsidies during the period of review (POR), November 10, 2020, through December 31, 2021.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty order on certain activated carbon from the People's Republic of China (China) would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Review'' section of this notice.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that all exporters subject to this administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from the People's Republic of China (China) are part of the China-wide entity because they did not demonstrate their eligibility for a separate rate. The period of review (POR) is February 1, 2022, through January 31, 2023.

On August 9, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) published the initiation and preliminary results of the changed circumstances review (CCR) of the antidumping duty (AD) order on large power transformers (LPTs) from the Republic of Korea (Korea). For these final results, Commerce continues to find that HD Hyundai Electric Co., Ltd. (HDHE) is the successor-in-interest to Hyundai Electric & Energy Systems Col, Ltd. (HEES) in the context of the AD order on LPTs from Korea. Furthermore, HDHE is entitled to the AD cash deposit rate assigned to HEES with respect to entries of subject merchandise in the above-referenced proceeding.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that sales of citric acid and certain citrate salts (citric acid) from Colombia were made at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022.

On June 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated a sunset review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on citric acid and certain citrate salts (citric acid) from Belgium pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Commerce determined that it was appropriate to conduct a full review. Commerce preliminarily finds that revocation of this AD order would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels indicated in the ``Preliminary Results of Review'' section of this notice.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) published a notice in the Federal Register of August 25, 2023, in which it issued the third amended final determination of sales at less than fair value (LTFV) concerning certain corrosion resistant steel products (CORE) from Taiwan. This notice inadvertently listed the incorrect applicable date of July 3, 2023; the correct applicable date is August 25, 2023, the date of publication of the third amended final notice in the Federal Register.

On July 14, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) published the notice of initiation and preliminary results of the changed circumstances review (CCR) of the antidumping duty (AD) order on dioctyl terephthalate (DOTP) from the Republic of Korea (Korea). Commerce preliminarily determined that Aekyung Chemical Co., Ltd. (AKC) is the successor-in-interest to Aekyung Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (AKP) and, as a result, should be accorded the same AD cash deposit rate as AKP with respect to subject merchandise. For these final results, Commerce continues to find that AKC is the successor-in-interest to AKP and is entitled to the same cash deposit rate as AKP under the AD order on DOTP from Korea.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is issuing the final results of changed circumstances reviews (CCRs) of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on certain metal lockers and parts thereof (metal lockers) from the People's Republic of China (China), to revoke the orders, in part, with respect to certain gun safes.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Yinfeng Imp & Exp Trading Co., Ltd./Fujian Province Youxi City Mangrove Wood Machining Co., Ltd. (Yinfeng/Mangrove), Fujian Jinquan Trade Co., Ltd./Fujian Province Youxi County Baiyuan Wood Machining Co., Ltd. (Jinquan/Baiyuan) and 29 non-individually examined exporters of wood mouldings and millworks products (WMMP) from the People's Republic of China (China) did not sell subject merchandise to the United States at prices below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), August 12, 2020, through January 31, 2022. Commerce further determines that Fujian Shunchang Shengsheng Wood Industry Limited Company (Shunchang Shengsheng), Xiamen Jinxi Building Material Co., Ltd. (Xiamen Jinxi), and Zhangzhou Green Wood Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. (Greenwood) made no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR and that Gaomi Hongtai Home Furniture Co., Ltd. has not established eligibility for a separate rate and, therefore, is part of the China- wide entity. Additionally, we are rescinding this administrative review with respect to three companies that are not eligible for review because they either had no reviewable entries during the POR or are U.S. resellers.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that sales of silicon metal from Malaysia were not sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), February 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is postponing the deadline for issuing the final determination in the less-than-fair- value (LTFV) investigation of tin mill products from the People's Republic of China (China) until January 4, 2024, and is extending the provisional measures from a four-month period to a six-month period.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Fushun Jinly Petrochemical Carbon Co., Ltd. (Fushun Jinly) made sales of small diameter graphite electrodes from the People's Republic of China (China) at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) February 1, 2021, through January 31, 2022.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that certain exporters made sales of certain metal lockers and parts thereof (metal lockers) from the People's Republic of China (China) during the period of review (POR), February 11, 2021, through July 31, 2022. Additionally, Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to Hangzhou Zhuoxu Trading Co. Ltd. (Hangzhou Zhuoxu). Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

As a result of the determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate (CTL plate) from India, Indonesia, and the Republic of Korea (Korea) would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping and countervailable subsidies, and material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of these AD and CVD orders.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that Maquilacero S.A. de C.V. (Maquilacero) and Tecnicas de Fluidos S.A. de C.V. (TEFLU), (collectively, Maquilacero/TEFLU) and Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos S. de R.L. de C.V. (Regiopytsa) sold light-walled rectangular pipe and tube (LWRPT) from Mexico at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), August 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee (REEEAC or the Committee) will hold an in-person meeting, accessible to the public in-person and online, on Thursday, September 21, 2023 at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, DC Registration instructions for the public to attend either in-person or online are provided below. The meeting has a limited number of spaces for members of the public to attend in-person. Requests to attend in-person will be considered on a first-come first-served basis.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that Euro SME Sdn Bhd (Euro SME) made sales of polyethylene retail carrier bags (PRCBs) from Malaysia at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), August 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.