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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: Executive-led Business Development Trade Mission to Kenya with optional (Gold Key) stop in Tanzania, March 28-30, 2023. 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) preliminarily determines that the signatory, the Government of Mexico (GOM), and the respondent companies selected for individual examination, respectively, Ingenio Tala S.A. de C.V. and Ingenio Tamazula S.A. de C.V., were in compliance with the Agreement Suspending the Countervailing Duty Investigation on Sugar from Mexico, as amended (CVD Agreement) during the period of review (POR). Commerce also preliminarily determines that the CVD Agreement met the applicable statutory requirements during the POR.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe (CWP) from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman) was sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), December 1, 2019, through November 30, 2020, and the POR, December 1, 2020, through November 30, 2021. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

As a result of this expedited sunset review, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on paper clips 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 Sunset Review'' section of this notice.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Zhejiang Fuerjia Wooden Co., Ltd. (Fuerjia) did not make sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV), that certain companies had no shipments of subject merchandise during the period of review (POR) December 1, 2020, through November 30, 2021, that Arte Mundi Group Co., Ltd. (Arte Mundi Group) is the successor-in- interest to Arte Mundi (Shanghai) Aesthetic Home Furnishings Co., Ltd. (Arte Mundi Shanghai), and that Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc. (Metropolitan) is part of the China-wide entity. Finally, we are rescinding the review with respect to certain companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

On November 18, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated a changed circumstances review (CCR) of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) sheet from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman). We preliminarily determine that revocation of the order is warranted. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain steel nails (steel nails) from Sri Lanka are not being, nor are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is October 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain steel nails (steel nails) from Thailand 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, 2020, through September 30, 2021.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain lemon juice (lemon juice) from the Republic of South Africa (South Africa) is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV).

On November 9, 2022, 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 Kader Exports Private Limited (Kader Exports) is the successor-in-interest to the Liberty Group.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is amending its notice of final results for the 2020 administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain softwood lumber products (softwood lumber) from Canada.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) continues to find that Huantai Dongyue International Trade Co., Ltd. (Huantai Dongyue), Shandong Dongyue Chemical Co., Ltd. (Shandong Dongyue), Zhejiang Yonghe Refrigerant Co., Ltd. (Zhejiang Yonghe), and Zhejiang Sanmei Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd. (Sanmei) made no shipments during the period of review (POR), August 1, 2020, through July 31, 2021. Commerce also continues to find that the remaining companies subject to this administrative review (collectively, the non-responsive parties) are part of the China-wide entity.

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 certain hot- rolled steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from Australia, Japan, the Republic of Korea (Korea), the Netherlands, the Republic of Turkey (Turkey), and the United Kingdom 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 orders for these countries. Further, as a result of Commerce's and the ITC's determinations that the countervailing duty (CVD) order on hot- rolled steel from Korea would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of net countervailable subsidies and material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation CVD order for Korea. Finally, as a result of the ITC's determination that revocation of the AD and CVD orders on hot-rolled steel from Brazil is not likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is revoking the AD and CVD orders on hot-rolled steel from Brazil.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that there were no shipments of merchandise subject to the antidumping duty (AD) order on magnesium metal from the People's Republic of China (China) during the period of review (POR), April 1, 2021, through March 31, 2022, from Tianjin Magnesium International Co., Ltd. (TMI) and Tianjin Magnesium Metal Co., Ltd. (TMM). We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

In response to a request from KYOCERA SENCO Industrial Tools, Inc. (Senco), the Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating country-wide circumvention inquiries to determine whether imports of certain collated steel staples (collated staples), which are completed in Thailand or Vietnam using parts and components from the People's Republic of China (China), are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on collated staples from China.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that Goodluck India Limited (Goodluck) made sales of certain cold-drawn mechanical tubing of carbon and alloy steel (CDMT) from India in the United States at prices below normal value (NV) during the periods of review (PORs) of November 22, 2017, through May 31, 2019 (AR1) and June 1, 2019, through May 31, 2020 (AR2). We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

On December 9, 2022, the USMCA Secretariat received a Consent Motion to Terminate Panel Review from Hogan Lovells US LLC on behalf of Evraz Inc. NA in the above-mentioned dispute. As a result, and pursuant to Rule 75(2) of the USMCA Rules of Procedure for Article 10.12 (Binational Panel Review), the USMCA dispute USA-CDA-2022-10.12-01 has been terminated effective December 9, 2022.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that U.S. imports of stainless steel round wire (SSWire) from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) are not circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) order on stainless steel wire rod (SSWR) from the Republic of Korea (Korea).

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that vertical shaft engines with displacements between 60 cubic centimeters (cc) and up to 99cc produced in the People's Republic of China (China) and exported to the United States are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on certain vertical shaft engines between 99cc and up to 225cc, and parts thereof, (small vertical engines) from China by means of being merchandise ``altered in form or appearance in minor respects.''

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that producers and exporters of glycine from India received countervailable subsidies during the period of review (POR), January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020.

On December 6, 2022, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued its final judgment in Z.A. Sea Foods Private Limited v. United States, Consol. Court No. 21-00031, sustaining the Department of Commerce's (Commerce's) first remand results pertaining to the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from India covering the period February 1, 2018, through January 31, 2019. Commerce is notifying the public that the CIT's final judgment in this case is not in harmony with Commerce's final results in the administrative review and that Commerce is amending the final results with respect to the dumping margin assigned to Z A Sea Foods Pvt. Ltd. (ZA Sea Foods), B-One Business House Pvt. Ltd., Hari Marine Private Limited, Magnum Export, Megaa Moda Pvt. Ltd., Milsha Agro Exports Private Limited, Sea Foods Private Limited, Shimpo Exports Private Limited, Five Star Marine Exports Private Limited, HN Indigos Private Limited, RSA Marines, and Zeal Aqua Limited.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Industeel Belgium S.A. (Industeel) made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2020, through April 30, 2021.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that producers or exporters subject to this administrative review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), August 1, 2020, through July 31, 2021. We further determine that Alimentary Group Dcoop S. Coop. And. (Dcoop) had no shipments during the POR.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that sales of circular welded carbon steel standard pipe and tube products from Turkey were made at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) May 1, 2020, through April 30, 2021.