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

As a result of 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 on certain folding gift boxes (gift boxes) from the People's Republic of China (China) would be likely to 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 this AD order.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that boltless steel shelving units prepackaged for sale (boltless steel shelving) from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is October 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 boltless steel shelving units prepackaged for sale (boltless steel shelving) from Taiwan are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination.

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 on silicon metal 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 this notice of continuation of the AD order.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that boltless steel shelving units prepackaged for sale (boltless steel shelving) from India are not being, or not likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) 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) determines that heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes (HWR) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) were not sold at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2021, through August 31, 2022.

On October 3, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) published in the Federal Register the final results of the administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain new pneumatic off-the-road tires from India, covering the period of review (POR) January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021. Commerce is amending the final results to correct ministerial errors in the calculations for ATC Tires Private Limited (ATC), Balkrishna Tires Ltd. (BKT), and companies not selected for individual examination.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that imports of certain aluminum foil (aluminum foil) that were exported from the Republic of Korea (Korea) and from the Kingdom of Thailand (Thailand), using inputs (i.e., aluminum foil- and sheet-gauge products) manufactured in the People's Republic of China (China), as specified below, are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on aluminum foil from China.

The Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC) will hold a virtual meeting, accessible to the public online, on Thursday, December 14, 2023. The meeting is open to the public with registration instructions provided below. This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed topics for the meeting.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Both-Well Steel Fittings Co., Ltd. (Bothwell), a producer/exporter of forged steel fittings from Taiwan, did not sell subject merchandise at prices below normal value during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022.

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: Asia Tech x Singapore 2024ICT Business Development Mission to SingaporeMay 27-30, 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.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain quartz surface products (quartz surface products) from India. We determine that Pokarna Engineered Stone Limited (PESL) and Marudhar Rocks International Pvt. Ltd./Marudhar Quartz Surface Private Limited (collectively, Marudhar Rocks) did not make sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) June 1, 2021, through May 31, 2022. We also determine that one company had no shipments.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) published a notice in the Federal Register of November 6, 2023, in which Commerce announced its preliminary determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of certain paper shopping bags (paper bags) from the People's Republic of China (China). This notice incorrectly spelled two of the company names listed in the table in the ``Preliminary Determination'' section.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders with September anniversary dates. In accordance with Commerce's regulations, we are initiating those administrative reviews.

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 certain freight rail couplers and parts thereof (freight rail couplers) from Mexico.

On October 10, 2023, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued its final judgment in Linyi Chengen Import and Export Co., Ltd., et al., v. United States, Consol. Court no. 18-00002, sustaining the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)'s fifth remand results of redetermination pertaining to the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) antidumping duty investigation of certain hardwood plywood products (hardwood plywood) from the People's Republic of China (China). Commerce is notifying the public that the CIT's final judgment is not in harmony with Commerce's final LTFV determination. Consequently, the final antidumping duty margin calculated for mandatory respondent Linyi Chengen Import and Export Co., Ltd. (Chengen) is now zero percent and the rate assigned to the companies who received separate rates and are party to this litigation (Separate Rate Plaintiffs) is the rate assigned to Chengen, zero percent. In addition, because the final margin assigned to Chengen and the two companies that requested voluntary respondent treatment and submitted all of the threshold information necessary to be eligible for voluntary respondent treatment, Zhejiang Dehua TB Import & Export Co. (Dehua TB) and Xuzhou Jiangyang Wood Industries, Co., Ltd. (Jiangyang), is zero, Chengen, Dehua TB, and Jiangyang, in the exporter-producer combinations assigned in the investigation, are excluded from the Order.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that imports of small and large garlic chunks from the People's Republic of China (China) are circumventing the antidumping (AD) order on fresh garlic from China.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that common alloy aluminum sheet (CAAS) from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey) was sold in the United States at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) October 15, 2020, through March 31, 2022.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that producers and/or exporters subject to this administrative review made sales of subject merchandise below normal value during the period of review June 1, 2021, through May 31, 2022.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that imports of certain welded carbon steel standard pipes and tubes (pipe and tube), completed in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) using hot-rolled steel (HRS) produced in India, are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) order on pipe and tube from India.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that imports of light-walled rectangular pipe and tube (LWRPT), completed in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) using hot-rolled steel (HRS) produced in the Republic of Korea (Korea), are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) order on LWRPT from Korea.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that imports of circular welded carbon quality steel pipe (CWP), completed in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) using hot-rolled steel (HRS) produced in the People's Republic of China (China), are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on CWP from China.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that imports of certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe (CWP), completed in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) using hot- rolled steel (HRS) produced in the Republic of Korea (Korea), are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) order on CWP from Korea.

On July 19, 2023, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued its final judgment in Nucor Tubular Products Inc. v. United States, Court No. 21-00543, sustaining the U.S. Department of Commerce's (Commerce) remand results pertaining to the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on heavy walled rectangular welded steel pipes and tubes (HWR pipes and tubes) from Mexico covering the period of review (POR), September 1, 2018, through August 31, 2019. 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 margins assigned to Maquilacero S.A. de C.V. (Maquilacero) and Productos Laminados de Monterrey S.A. de C.V. (Prolamsa).

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that sales of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod (wire rod) from Mexico were made at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.