Notice2024-18823
Refillable Stainless Steel Kegs From the People's Republic of China: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
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Published
August 22, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on refillable stainless steel kegs (kegs) from the People's Republic of China (China) for the period of review (POR) December 1, 2022, through November 30, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 163 (Thursday, August 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67932-67933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18823]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-093]
Refillable Stainless Steel Kegs From the People's Republic of
China: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on refillable
stainless steel kegs (kegs) from the People's Republic of China (China)
for the period of review (POR) December 1, 2022, through November 30,
2023.
DATES: Applicable August 22, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Weiner AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3902.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 16, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register
the antidumping duty order on kegs from China.\1\ On December 1, 2023,
Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to
request an administrative review of the Order.\2\ On January 2, 2024,
Commerce received a timely request from Chinese exporters of subject
merchandise, Guangzhou Jingye Machinery Co., Ltd. (Jingye) and
Guangzhou Ulix Industrial & Trading Co., Ltd. (Ulix), in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1), to conduct an administrative review of the
Order of those two companies.\3\
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\1\ See Refillable Stainless Steel Kegs from the Federal
Republic of Germany and the People's Republic of China: Antidumping
Duty Orders, 84 FR 68405 (December 16, 2019) (Order).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 83917 (December
1, 2023).
\3\ See Jingye and Ulix's Letter, ``Request for Administrative
Review,'' dated January 2, 2024.
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On February 8, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register a
notice of initiation of administrative review with respect to imports
of kegs exported by Jingye and Ulix, in accordance with section 751(a)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i).\4\ On February 21, 2024, we placed on the record U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data for entries of kegs from China
during the POR, showing no reviewable POR entries and invited
interested parties to comment.\5\ No interested party submitted
comments to Commerce regarding the CBP data.
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\4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 8641 (February 8, 2024) (Initiation
Notice).
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Release of CBP Entry Data,'' dated
February 21, 2024.
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On March 11, 2024, Ulix submitted a separate rate certification
that it exported or sold subject merchandise to the United States
during the POR.\6\ On July 16, 2024, Commerce issued a supplemental
questionnaire to Ulix, and Ulix responded on July 26, 2024, certifying
that it did not have a reviewable sale or entry during the POR and that
their separate rate certification had been made in error.\7\
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\6\ See Ulix's Letter, ``Separate Rate Certification,'' dated
March 11, 2024, at 8.
\7\ See Commerce's Letter, ``SRC Supplemental Questionnaire,''
dated July 16, 2024; see also Ulix's Letter, ``Rescission Letter,''
dated July 26, 2024.
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On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this
administrative proceeding by seven days.\8\ The deadline for the
preliminary results is now September 9, 2024.
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\8\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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On July 29, 2024, Commerce notified all interested parties of its
intent to rescind the instant review in full because there were no
reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise by either of the
two companies listed in the Initiation Notice during the POR and
invited comments from interested parties.\9\ No interested party
submitted comments to Commerce in response to this notice.
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\9\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review,''
dated July 29, 2024.
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Rescission of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to
rescind an
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administrative review of an antidumping duty order when there are no
reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR for which
liquidation is suspended.\10\ Normally, upon completion of an
administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the
antidumping duty assessment rate calculated for the review period.\11\
Therefore, for an administrative review to be conducted, there must be
a reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce can instruct CBP to
liquidate at the antidumping duty assessment rate calculated for the
review period.\12\ As noted above, there were no entries of subject
merchandise for either of the two companies listed in the Initiation
Notice during the POR. Accordingly, in the absence of suspended entries
of subject merchandise during the POR, we are hereby rescinding this
administrative review, in its entirety, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(3).
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\10\ See, e.g., Dioctyl Terephthalate from the Republic of
Korea: Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2021-2022,
88 FR 24758 (April 24, 2023); see also Certain Carbon and Alloy
Steel Cut- to Length Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany:
Recission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR
4157 (January 24, 2023); and Lightweight Thermal Paper from Japan:
Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2022-2023, 89 FR
18373 (March 13, 2024).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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Assessment
Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries. Antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates
equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at
the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date
of publication of this rescission notice in the Federal Register.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition 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 violation subject
to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: August 16, 2024.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2024-18823 Filed 8-21-24; 8:45 am]
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