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

The United States Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration (ITA), is organizing an executive-led Clean EDGE and Environmental Technologies Business Development Mission to India from March 4-11, 2024, with stops in New Delhi and Mumbai. In addition to these stops, mission participants can select an optional, additional stop in Hyderabad or Chennai. This notice is to update the prior Federal Register notice to reflect that the application deadline is now extended to November 17, 2023.

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) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on stainless steel flanges from India and the People's Republic of China (China) would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping, countervailable subsidies, and material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of the AD and CVD orders.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating a changed circumstances review (CCR) of the antidumping duty (AD) order on raw honey from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) to examine whether Vietnam remains a non-market economy (NME) country for purposes of the application of the AD law.

Based on affirmative final determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing an antidumping duty order on gas powered pressure washers (pressure washers) from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam).

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the changed circumstances reviews (CCR) of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on certain quartz surface products (quartz surface products) from the People's Republic of China (China) regarding quartz surface products imported by AM Stone & Cabinets, Inc. (AM Stone) into the United States and exported by Universal Quartz and Stone Industrial SDN BHD (Universal Quartz).

The United States Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration (ITA), is announcing one upcoming trade mission that will be recruited, organized, and implemented by ITA. This mission is: Global Diversity Export Initiative (GDEI) Trade Mission to Panama, Costa Rica and Colombia in Conjunction with the ``Opportunities for Women-Owned Businesses in the Americas'' ConferenceMarch 10-15, 2024. A summary of the mission is found below. Application information and more detailed mission information, including the commercial setting and sector information, can be found at the trade mission website: https:// www.trade.gov/trade-missions. For each mission, recruitment will be conducted in an open and public manner, including publication in the Federal Register, posting on the Commerce Department trade mission calendar (https://www.trade.gov/trade-missions-schedule) and other internet websites, press releases to general and trade media, direct mail, broadcast fax, notices by industry trade associations and other multiplier groups, and publicity at industry meetings, symposia, conferences, and trade shows.

As a result of this expedited sunset review, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on drawn stainless steel sinks from the People's Republic of China (China) would be likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Sunset Review'' section of this notice.

As a result of these expedited sunset reviews, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) orders on low melt polyester staple fiber (low melt PSF) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) and Taiwan would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Expedited Sunset Reviews'' section of this notice.

The Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC) will hold a hybrid meeting, accessible in-person and online, on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, DC. The meeting is open to the public with registration instructions provided below. This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed topics for the meeting.

In response to requests from interested parties, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD) from the People's Republic of China (China) covering the period of review (POR) October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022. Commerce preliminarily determines that Duracell (China) Limited (DCL), an exporter of EMD from China and the sole mandatory respondent, is not eligible for a separate rate and is part of the China-wide entity. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

The Secretary of Commerce, through the Office of Trade and Economic Analysis (OTEA) of the International Trade Administration, has received an application for an amended Export Trade Certificate of Review (Certificate). This notice summarizes the proposed application and seeks public comments on whether the Certificate should be issued.

On August 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) published the notice of initiation and preliminary results of a changed circumstances review (CCR) of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from India. For these final results, Commerce continues to find that Highland Agro Food Private Limited (HA Food) is the successor-in-interest to Highland Agro.

The USA-CDA-2020-1904-02 Panel has granted a consent motion filed on behalf of the Full Member Subgroup of the American Institute of Steel Construction, LLC, requesting the termination of panel review in the Certain Fabricated Structural Steel from Canada Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty Determination (Fabricated Structural Steel from Canada AD) dispute. Given the Panel's ruling on this consent motion, and pursuant to Rule 71(2) of the NAFTA Rules of Procedure for Article 1904 Binational Panel Reviews (Rules), the Fabricated Structural Steel from Canada AD dispute has been terminated. As a result, and in accordance with Rule 78(a), notice is hereby given that panel review of the Fabricated Structural Steel from Canada AD dispute has been completed effective September 28, 2023.

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) orders on steel wire garment hangers (hangers) from Taiwan and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam), and the countervailing duty (CVD) order on hangers from Vietnam would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping, countervailable subsidies, and material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of these AD orders and this CVD order.

On September 28, 2023, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued its final judgment in List Industries, Inc. v. United States, Court No. 21-00521, Slip Op. 23-143 (CIT September 28, 2023), sustaining the U.S. Department of Commerce's (Commerce) first final results of redetermination pertaining to the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of certain metal lockers and parts thereof from the People's Republic of China (China) covering the period of investigation January 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020. Commerce is notifying the public that the CIT's final judgment is not in harmony with Commerce's final determination in that investigation, and that Commerce is amending the final determination with respect to the weighted-average dumping margins assigned to the mandatory respondent, Zhejiang Xingyi Metal Products Co., Ltd./Xingyi Metalworking Technology (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd. (collectively, Zhejiang Xingyi/Xingyi Metalworking) and certain non-selected separate rate respondents.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the sole mandatory respondent under review, Taizhou Qingsong Refrigerant New Material Co., Ltd./Taixing Meilan New Materials Co., Ltd. (collectively, Qingsong), made sales of subject merchandise at prices below normal value during the period of review (POR) August 27, 2020, through February 28, 2022. Additionally, we are rescinding this review with respect to Zhejiang Sanmei Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd. (Zhejiang Sanmei).

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that producers/exporters of emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber (ESB rubber) from Mexico did not make sales at prices below normal value during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2021, through August 31, 2022. We also preliminarily find that Dynasol Elastomeros S.A. de C.V. (Dynasol Elastomeros) had no shipments during the POR. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that the respondents selected for individual examination, Ceuta Produce S de R.L. de C.V. and its affiliate, Rancho la Memoria, S. de R.L. de C.V. (collectively, Ceuta) and Valores Horticolas Del Pacifico S.A. De C.V. (VALHPAC), complied with the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty (AD) Investigation on Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico (2019 Agreement), for the period of review (POR) September 1, 2021, through August 31, 2022, except for certain instances of inconsequential and/or inadvertent noncompliance. We preliminarily determine that such noncompliance does not materially frustrate the purposes of the 2019 Agreement. Commerce also preliminarily determines that the 2019 Agreement continued to meet the statutory requirements under sections 734(c) and (d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) during the POR.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that companies in the People's Republic of China (China) made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) September 10, 2020, through February 28, 2022.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain steel racks and parts thereof (steel racks) from the People's Republic of China (China) were sold in the United States at prices below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2021, through August 31, 2022. Further, we preliminarily determine that two companies had no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR, and two companies do not qualify for a separate rate. Additionally, we are rescinding this review with respect to the four companies for which all review requests were timely withdrawn. We invite interested parties to comment on the preliminary results of this review.

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), this notice announces, the United States Investment Advisory Council (IAC) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, October 26, 2023 at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, DC. In August 2022, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo appointed a new cohort of members to serve two-year terms. Members of this cohort will meet for the fourth time to continue to discuss matters related to foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States and the programs and policies to promote and retain such investments across the country.

The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain producers/exporters of certain cold-rolled steel flat products (cold-rolled steel) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) received countervailable subsidies during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021. In addition, we are rescinding the review with respect to 44 companies and notifying parties of our intent to rescind the review with respect to two companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.