Notice2022-22623
Quartz Surface Products From India: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020
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Published
October 18, 2022
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Divyashakti Granites Ltd., a producer/exporter of quartz surface products from India, received countervailable subsidies during the period of review October 11, 2019, through December 31, 2020.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63033-63034]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22623]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-533-890]
Quartz Surface Products From India: Final Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
Divyashakti Granites Ltd., a producer/exporter of quartz surface
products from India, received countervailable subsidies during the
period of review October 11, 2019, through December 31, 2020.
DATES: Applicable October 18, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jolanta Lawska, AD/CVD Operations,
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-8362.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 15, 2022, Commerce published the preliminary results of
this review and invited interested parties to comment.\1\ We received
no comments from interested parties on the Preliminary Results.
Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance section 751
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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\1\ See Quartz Surface Products from India: Preliminary Results
and Rescission in Part of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review;
2019-2020, 87 FR 36109, 36110 (June 15, 2022) (Preliminary Results).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>2</SUP>
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\2\ See Certain Quartz Surface Products from India and the
Republic of Turkey: Countervailing Duty Orders, 85 FR 37431 (June
22, 2020) (Order).
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Quartz surface products consist of slabs and other surfaces created
from a mixture of materials that includes predominately silica (e.g.,
quartz, quartz powder, cristobalite, glass powder) as well as a resin
binder (e.g., an unsaturated polyester). The incorporation of other
materials, including, but not limited to, pigments, cement, or other
additives does not remove the merchandise from the scope of the Order.
However, the scope of the Order only includes products where the silica
content is greater than any other single material, by actual weight.
Quartz surface products are typically sold as rectangular slabs with a
total surface area of approximately 45 to 60 square feet and a nominal
thickness of one, two, or three centimeters. However, the scope of the
Order includes surface products of all other sizes, thicknesses, and
shapes. In addition to slabs, the scope of the Order includes, but is
not limited to, other surfaces such as countertops, backsplashes,
vanity tops, bar tops, work tops, tabletops, flooring, wall facing,
shower surrounds, fireplace surrounds, mantels, and tiles. Certain
quartz surface products are covered by the Order whether polished or
unpolished, cut or uncut, fabricated or not fabricated, cured or
uncured, edged or not edged, finished or unfinished, thermoformed or
not thermoformed, packaged or unpackaged, and regardless of the type of
surface finish.
In addition, quartz surface products are covered by the Order
whether or not they are imported attached to, or in conjunction with,
non-subject merchandise such as sinks, sink bowls, vanities, cabinets,
and furniture. If quartz surface products are imported attached to, or
in conjunction with, such non-subject merchandise, only the quartz
surface product is covered by the scope.
Subject merchandise includes material matching the above
description that has been finished, packaged, or otherwise fabricated
in a third country, including by cutting, polishing, curing, edging,
thermoforming, attaching to, or packaging with another product, or any
other finishing, packaging, or fabrication that would not otherwise
remove the merchandise from the scope of the Order if performed in the
country of manufacture of the quartz surface products.
The scope of the Order does not cover quarried stone surface
products, such as granite, marble, soapstone, or quartzite.
Specifically excluded from the scope of the Order are crushed glass
surface products. Crushed glass surface products must meet each of the
following criteria to qualify for this exclusion: (1) the crushed glass
content is greater than any other single material, by actual weight;
(2) there are pieces of crushed glass visible across the surface of the
product; (3) at least some of the individual pieces of crushed glass
that are visible across the surface are larger than 1 centimeter wide
as measured at their widest cross-section (`Glass Pieces'); and (4) the
distance between any single Glass Piece and the closest separate Glass
Piece does not exceed three inches.
The products subject to the scope are currently classified in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under the
following subheading: 6810.99.0010. Subject merchandise may also enter
under subheadings 6810.11.0010, 6810.11.0070, 6810.19.1200,
6810.19.1400, 6810.19.5000, 6810.91.0000, 6810.99.0080, 6815.99.4070,
2506.10.0010, 2506.10.0050, 2506.20.0010, 2506.20.0080, and
7016.90.1050. The HTSUS subheadings set forth above are provided for
convenience and U.S. Customs purposes only. The written description of
the scope is dispositive.
Final Results of Review
We received no comments from interested parties on the Preliminary
Results and, therefore, have made no changes in the final results of
this review. Accordingly, we determine the following net
countervailable subsidy rates exist for Divyashakti Granites Ltd., the
sole mandatory respondent, for the period October 11, 2019, through
December 31, 2020:
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Subsidy rate Subsidy rate
Company 2019 (percent 2020 (percent
ad valorem) ad valorem)
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Divyashakti Granites Ltd................ 1.98 1.18
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Disclosure
Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with the final results of review within five
days of a public announcement or, if there is no public announcement,
within five days of the date of publication of the notice of final
results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
However, because we have made no changes from the Preliminary Results,
there are no calculations to disclose.
Assessment Rates
Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), upon completion of the administrative review, Commerce
shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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(CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate entries
covered by this review for the period October 11, 2019, through
December 31, 2019, and January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020.
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the
U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within
90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Instructions
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties in the amount shown above, for the company listed
above for the year 2020, for shipments of subject merchandise entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of
publication of the final results of this review. For all non-reviewed
firms, Commerce will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits
at the all-others rate or the most recent company-specific rate
applicable to the company, as appropriate. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: October 12, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-22623 Filed 10-17-22; 8:45 am]
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