Notice2023-13480
Certain Quartz Surface Products From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Reviews; Global Stone
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Published
June 26, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
In response to a request from Global Stone Collection, LLC (Global Stone), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating 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) to determine whether the quartz surface products imported by Global Stone into the United States and exported by Bada Industries SDN BHD (Bada Industries) from Malaysia were manufactured in Malaysia with non-Chinese origin quartz slab.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 121 (Monday, June 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41377-41378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13480]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-084; C-570-085]
Certain Quartz Surface Products From the People's Republic of
China: Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Changed
Circumstances Reviews; Global Stone
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to a request from Global Stone Collection, LLC
(Global Stone), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is
initiating 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) to determine whether the quartz surface products imported by
Global Stone into the United States and exported by Bada Industries SDN
BHD (Bada Industries) from Malaysia were manufactured in Malaysia with
non-Chinese origin quartz slab.
DATES: Applicable June 26, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay Menon, AD/CVD Operations, Office
IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0208.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 11, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
orders on quartz surface products from China.\1\ On October 21, 2022,
Commerce published in the Federal Register the final results of a scope
ruling regarding imports of quartz surface products manufactured in
China and further processed in Malaysia, finding that such imports are
covered by the scope of the Orders.\2\ Moreover, because exporters of
quartz surface products from Malaysia export both subject and non-
subject merchandise, Commerce established a scope certification process
for all imports of quartz surface products from Malaysia. Specifically,
Commerce set forth certification requirements for importers and
exporters to permit imports from Malaysia produced from non-Chinese
origin quartz slab not to be subject to suspension of liquidation and
cash deposit requirements. In so doing, Commerce also determined that
certain companies processing Chinese quartz slab in Malaysia, including
Bada Industries, were ineligible to participate in this scope
certification process.\3\ However, Commerce indicated that these
companies, including Bada Industries, could request reconsideration of
their exclusion from the certification process in a future segment of
the proceeding (e.g., in a CCR).\4\
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\1\ See Certain Quartz Surface Products from the People's
Republic of China: Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 84 FR
33053 (July 11, 2019) (Orders).
\2\ See Certain Quartz Surface Products from the People's
Republic of China: Final Scope Ruling on Malaysian Processed Quartz
Slab and Recission of the Circumvention Inquiry, 87 FR 64009, 64010
(October 21, 2022).
\3\ Id.
\4\ Id., 87 FR at 64010.
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On May 11, 2023, Global Stone submitted a letter requesting that
Commerce conduct a CCR to reconsider Bada Industries' eligibility for
the certification process, such that Bada Industries can certify that
the quartz surface products imported by Global Stone are not produced
from Chinese-origin quartz slab.\5\ We received no comments from
interested parties regarding the CCR Request.
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\5\ See Global Stone's Letter, ``Request for Changed
Circumstances Review of Bada Industries,'' dated May 11, 2023 (CCR
Request).
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Scope of the Orders
The products covered by the Orders are quartz surface products from
China.\6\ 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, 2506.10.0010,
2506.10.0050, 2506.20.0010, 2506.20.0080, and 7016.90.1050. Although
the HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes,
the written product description remains dispositive.
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\6\ See Orders, 84 FR at 33055-33056, for a complete description
of the scope.
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Initiation of CCR
Pursuant to section 751(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.216(d), Commerce conducts a CCR upon
receipt of information concerning, or a request from, an interested
party for a review of an AD or CVD order which shows changed
circumstances sufficient to warrant a review of the order. The
information Global Stone provided regarding Bada Industries' exports of
quartz surface products demonstrates changed circumstances sufficient
to warrant such a review.\7\ Therefore, we are initiating a CCR
pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(d) based
upon the information contained in Global Stone's submission to
determine whether Bada Industries is eligible to certify that its
quartz surface products are not produced from Chinese-origin quartz
slab.
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\7\ See, generally, CCR Request.
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Commerce will issue a questionnaire requesting additional
information from Global Stone for this CCR regarding its quartz slab
and will publish in the Federal Register a notice of the preliminary
results, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4) and (c)(3)(i). All
information submitted may be subject to verification. Failure to allow
full and complete verification of any information submitted may affect
Commerce's consideration of that information. Commerce will set forth
its preliminary factual and legal conclusions in this notice and a
description of any action proposed based on those results. Pursuant to
19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(ii), interested parties will have an opportunity
to comment on the preliminary results. Unless extended, Commerce will
issue the final results of this CCR in accordance with the time limits
set forth in 19 CFR 351.216(e).
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing this notice in accordance with sections 751(b)(1)
and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(b), and 351.221(b)(1).
Dated: June 20, 2023.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2023-13480 Filed 6-23-23; 8:45 am]
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