Notice2023-04333
Large Residential Washers From Mexico: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022
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Published
March 2, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that sales of large residential washers (washers) from Mexico have been made below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), February 1, 2021, through January 31, 2022. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
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<body><pre>[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 41 (Thursday, March 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13097-13098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04333]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-201-842]
Large Residential Washers From Mexico: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that sales of large residential washers (washers) from Mexico have been
made below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR),
February 1, 2021, through January 31, 2022. We invite interested
parties to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable March 2, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Seifert, AD/CVD Operations,
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3350.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 2, 2021, based on a timely request for review, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order on washers from Mexico.\1\ This
review covers one producer/exporter of the subject merchandise,
Electrolux Home Products Corp. N.V. and Electrolux Home Products de
Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (collectively, Electrolux). For a complete
description of the events that followed the initiation of this review,
see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\2\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 21624 (April 2, 2022).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the 2021-2022 Administrative Review of the Antidumping
Duty Order on Large Residential Washers from Mexico,'' dated
concurrently with this notice.
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are all large residential washers
and certain subassemblies thereof from Mexico. For a complete
description of the scope of the order, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\3\
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\3\ Id. at 2.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Constructed
export price is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act.
NV is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act.
For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>. A list of
the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached
as an appendix to this notice.
Preliminary Results of the Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that the
following weighted-average dumping margin exists for the respondent for
the period February 1, 2021, through January 31, 2022:
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Electrolux................................................. 2.02
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in
connection with these preliminary results to interested parties within
five days after the date of publication of this notice.\4\ Interested
parties may submit case briefs to Commerce no later than 30 days after
the date of publication of this notice.\5\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than seven days
after the time limit for filing case briefs.\6\ Parties who submit case
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit
with each argument: (1) a statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary
of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\7\ Case and rebuttal
briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\8\ Note that Commerce has
temporarily modified certain of its requirements for serving documents
containing business proprietary information.\9\
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\4\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
\5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
\6\ Commerce is exercising its discretion, under 19 CFR
351.309(d)(1), to alter the time limit for filing of rebuttal
briefs.
\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\9\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due
to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10,
2020).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce,
filed electronically via ACCESS within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice.\10\ Hearing requests should contain: (1)
the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of
participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Oral
presentations at the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the
briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties will be notified of
the time and date for the hearing.\11\
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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An electronically filed document must be received successfully in
its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established
deadline. Commerce intends to issue the final results of this
administrative review, including the results of its analysis of issues
raised in any written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of
publication of this notice, unless otherwise extended.\12\
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\12\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the administrative review, Commerce shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries.\13\ Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), because Electrolux reported the entered value of its
U.S. sales, we calculated importer-specific ad valorem duty assessment
rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for
the examined sales to the total entered value of the sales for which
entered value was reported. Where either the respondent's weighted-
average dumping margin is zero or de minimis within the meaning of 19
CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific rate is zero or de minimis,
we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without
regard to antidumping duties. The final results of this review shall be
the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of
merchandise covered by the final results of this review and for future
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deposits of estimated duties where applicable.\14\
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\13\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
\14\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice will apply to entries
of subject merchandise during the POR produced by companies included in
these final results of review for which the reviewed companies did not
know that the merchandise they sold to the intermediary (e.g., a
reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the United
States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed
entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\15\
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\15\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 41 days after the date of publication of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 356.8(a).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the exporter
listed above will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin
established in the final results of this review, except if the rate is
less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de minimis within the meaning of
19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero;
(2) for companies not participating in this review, the cash deposit
rate will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit rate
published for the most recently completed segment; (3) if the exporter
is not a firm covered in this review, or the original less-than-fair-
value (LTFV) investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit
rate will be the cash deposit rate established for the most recently
completed segment for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be
36.52 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV
investigation.\16\ These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\16\ See Large Residential Washers from Mexico: Antidumping Duty
Orders, 78 FR 11148 (February 15, 2013).
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: February 24, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Product Comparisons
VI. Constructed Export Price
VII. Normal Value
VIII. Currency Conversion
IX. Recommendation
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