Notice2024-29599
Certain Collated Steel Staples From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022
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Published
December 17, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that countervailable subsidies were provided to Tianjin Hweschun Fasteners Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Tianjin Hweschun) a producer and exporter of certain collated steel staples (collated staples) from the People's Republic of China (China) during the period of review (POR) from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 102104-102105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29599]
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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 242 / Tuesday, December 17, 2024 /
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-113]
Certain Collated Steel Staples From the People's Republic of
China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
countervailable subsidies were provided to Tianjin Hweschun Fasteners
Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Tianjin Hweschun) a producer and exporter of
certain collated steel staples (collated staples) from the People's
Republic of China (China) during the period of review (POR) from
January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.
DATES: Applicable December 17, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brandon James or Robert Palmer, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7472 or (202) 482-9068,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 12, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results.\1\
For a complete description of the events that occurred subsequent to
the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\ On
July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative
proceeding by seven days.\3\ Additionally, on December 9, 2024,
Commerce tolled the deadline to issue the final results in this
administrative review by 90 days.\4\ Accordingly, the deadline for
these final results is now March 10, 2025.
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\1\ See Certain Collated Steel Staples from the People's
Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022, 89 FR 65598 (August
12, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the 2022 Countervailing Duty Administrative Review
of Certain Collated Steel Staples from the People's Republic of
China,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Issues and Decision Memorandum).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
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Scope of the Order <SUP>5</SUP>
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\5\ See Certain Collated Steel Staples from the People's
Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 85 FR 43813 (July 20,
2020) (Order).
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The merchandise subject to the Order is collated staples from
China. A full description of the scope of the Order is contained in the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised by interested parties in briefs are addressed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum is provided in the appendix to this
notice. The Issues and 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our review of the record and comments received from
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we made no
revisions to the countervailable subsidy rate calculations for Tianjin
Hweschun, the sole mandatory respondent in this review.\6\
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Final Results Calculations for Tianjin
Hweschun Fasteners Manufacturing Co., Ltd.,'' dated concurrently
with this notice; see also Preliminary Results, 89 FR at 65598; see
also Memorandum, ``Post-Preliminary Analysis in the Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review of Certain Collated Steel Staples from
the People's Republic of China; 2022,'' dated October 3, 2024 (Post-
Prelim).
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(A) of the Act. For each of the subsidy programs found
countervailable, we find that there is a subsidy, i.e., a government-
provided financial contribution that gives rise to a benefit to the
recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\7\ The Issues and Decision
Memorandum contains a full description of the methodology underlying
Commerce's conclusions, including any determination that relied upon
the use of facts otherwise available, including with an adverse
inference, pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
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\7\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Final Results of Review
We find the net countervailable subsidy rate for the mandatory
respondent under review for the period of January 1, 2022, through
December 31, 2022, to be as follows:
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Subsidy rate
Producer/exporter (percent ad
valorem)
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Tianjin Hweschun Fasteners Manufacturing Co., Ltd...... 70.10
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Disclosure
Because Commerce has not modified its analysis or calculations from
the Preliminary Results, there are no new calculations to disclose for
these final results of review in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b),
Commerce has determined, and U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate entries of
subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of this review
for Tianjin Hweschun at the applicable ad valorem assessment rate
listed above. 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
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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 Requirements
In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce intends
to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing
duties in the amounts shown for Tianjin Hweschun listed above on
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final
results of this administrative review. For all non-reviewed firms
subject to the Order, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash
deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the most recent company-
specific or all-others rate applicable to the company, as appropriate.
These cash deposit requirements, effective upon publication of the
final results of review, shall remain in effect until further notice.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an APO
of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR
351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary
information in this segment of the proceeding. 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 which
is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these final results of administrative
review and notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: December 10, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Diversification of China's Economy
V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse
Inferences
VI. Subsidies Valuation Information
VII. Benchmarks
VIII. Analysis of Programs
IX. Discussion of the Issue
Comment: Whether Commerce Should Remove Inland Freight and
Value-Added Taxes (VAT) From the Wire Rod and Galvanized Steel Wire
Benchmarks
X. Recommendation
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