Notice2025-00657
Active Anode Material From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation
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January 15, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 15, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3788-3792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00657]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-195]
Active Anode Material From the People's Republic of China:
Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable January 7, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gorden Struck, Office II, AD/CVD
Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-8151.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Petition
On December 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
received a countervailing duty (CVD) petition concerning imports of
active anode material from the People's Republic of China (China) filed
in proper form on behalf of the American Active Anode Material
Producers (the petitioner),\1\ an ad hoc trade association of domestic
producers.\2\ The CVD Petition was accompanied by an antidumping duty
(AD) petition concerning imports of active anode material from
China.\3\
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\1\ The members of the American Active Anode Material Producers
are Anovion Technologies, Syrah Technologies LLC, NOVONIX Anode
Materials LLC, Epsilon Advanced Materials, and SKI US, Inc.
\2\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Petition for the Imposition of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duties,'' dated December 18, 2024
(Petition).
\3\ Id.
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Between December 19, 2024, and January 2, 2025, Commerce requested
supplemental information pertaining to certain aspects of the Petition
in supplemental questionnaires.\4\ On December 27, 2024, and January 3,
2025, the petitioner filed timely responses to these requests for
additional information.\5\
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\4\ See Commerce's Letters, ``Supplemental Questions,'' dated
December 19, 2024; and ``Supplemental Questions,'' dated December
20, 2024 (General Issues Questionnaire); see also Memorandum,
``Phone Call with Counsel to the Petitioner,'' dated January 2, 2025
(January 2, 2025, Memorandum).
\5\ See Petitioner's Letters, ``Response to Supplemental
Questions Regarding Common Issues and Injury Volume I of the
Petitions,'' dated December 27, 2024 (First General Issues
Supplement); ``Response to Supplemental Questions Regarding
Countervailing Duty Volume III of the Petitions,'' dated December
27, 2024; and ``Response to Supplemental Questions Regarding Volume
I of the Petitions,'' dated January 3, 2025 (Second General Issues
Supplement).
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In accordance with section 702(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), the petitioner alleges that the Government of China
(GOC) is providing countervailable subsidies, within the meaning of
sections 701 and 771(5) of the Act, to producers of active anode
material in China, and that imports of such products materially retard
the establishment of an industry in the United States, or in the
alternative, that such products are materially injuring, or threatening
material injury to, the active anode material industry in the United
States. Consistent with section 702(b)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.202(b), for those alleged programs on which we are initiating a CVD
investigation, the Petition was accompanied by information reasonably
available to the petitioner supporting its allegations.
Commerce finds that the petitioner filed the Petition on behalf of
the domestic industry, because the petitioner is an interested party,
as defined in section 771(9)(F) of the Act. Commerce also finds that
the petitioner demonstrated sufficient industry support with respect to
the initiation of the requested CVD investigation.\6\
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\6\ See section on ``Determination of Industry Support for the
Petition,'' infra.
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Period of Investigation
Because the Petition was filed on December 18, 2024, the period of
investigation for the CVD investigation is January 1, 2023, through
December 31, 2023.\7\
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\7\ See 19 CFR 351.204(b)(2).
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Scope of the Investigation
The product covered by this investigation is active anode material
from China. For a full description of the scope of this investigation,
see the appendix to this notice.
Comments on the Scope of the Investigation
On December 20, 2024 and January 2, 2025, Commerce requested
information and clarification from the petitioner regarding the
proposed scope to ensure that the scope language in the Petition is an
accurate reflection of the products for which the domestic industry is
seeking relief.\8\ On December 27, 2024 and January 3, 2025, the
petitioner provided clarifications and revised the scope.\9\ The
description of merchandise covered by this investigation, as described
in the appendix to this notice, reflects these clarifications.
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\8\ See General Issues Questionnaire; see also January 2, 2025,
Memorandum.
\9\ See First General Issues Supplement at 2-5; see also Second
General Issues Supplement at 1-6 and Exhibits I-Supp2-1 through I-
Supp2-3.
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As discussed in the Preamble to Commerce's regulations, we are
setting aside a period for interested parties to raise issues regarding
product coverage (i.e., scope).\10\ Commerce will consider all comments
received from interested parties and, if necessary, will consult with
interested parties prior to the issuance of the preliminary
determination. If scope comments include factual information, all such
factual information should be limited to public information.\11\ To
facilitate preparation of its questionnaires, Commerce requests that
scope comments be submitted by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on January
27, 2025, which is 20 calendar days from the signature date of this
notice. Any rebuttal comments, which may include factual information,
and should also be limited to public information, must be filed by 5:00
p.m. ET on February 6, 2025, which is 10 calendar days from the initial
comment deadline.
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\10\ See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties; Final Rule,
62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997) (Preamble).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) (defining ``factual
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Commerce requests that any factual information that parties
consider relevant to the scope of the investigation be submitted during
that time period. However, if a party subsequently finds that
additional factual information pertaining to the scope of the
investigation may be relevant, the party must contact Commerce and
request permission to submit the additional information. All scope
comments must be filed simultaneously on the records of the concurrent
AD and CVD investigations.
Filing Requirements
All submissions to Commerce must be filed electronically via
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS), unless an exception
applies.\12\ An electronically filed document must be received
successfully in its entirety by the time and date it is due.
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\12\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Electronic Filing Procedures; Administrative Protective Order
Procedures, 76 FR 39263 (July 6, 2011); see also Enforcement and
Compliance; Change of Electronic Filing System Name, 79 FR 69046
(November 20, 2014), for details of Commerce's electronic filing
requirements, effective August 5, 2011. Information on using ACCESS
can be found at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/help.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/help.aspx</a> and a handbook
can be found at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/help/Handbook_on_Electronic_Filing_Procedures.pdf">https://access.trade.gov/help/Handbook_on_Electronic_Filing_Procedures.pdf</a>.
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Consultations
Pursuant to sections 702(b)(4)(A)(i) and (ii) of the Act, Commerce
notified the GOC of the receipt of the Petition and provided an
opportunity for consultations with respect to the Petition.\13\ The GOC
did not request consultations.
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\13\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Invitation for Consultation to
Discuss the Countervailing Duty Petition,'' dated December 19, 2024.
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Determination of Industry Support for the Petition
Section 702(b)(1) of the Act requires that a petition be filed on
behalf of the domestic industry. Section 702(c)(4)(A) of the Act
provides that a petition meets this requirement if the domestic
producers or workers who support the petition account for: (i) at least
25 percent of the total production of the domestic like product; and
(ii) more than 50 percent of the production of the domestic like
product produced by that portion of the industry expressing support
for, or opposition to, the petition. Moreover, section 702(c)(4)(D) of
the Act provides that, if the petition does not establish support of
domestic producers or workers accounting for more than 50 percent of
the total production of the domestic like product, Commerce shall: (i)
poll the industry or rely on other information in order to determine if
there is support for the petition, as required by subparagraph (A); or
(ii) determine industry support using a statistically valid sampling
method to poll the ``industry.''
Section 771(4)(A) of the Act defines the ``industry'' as the
producers as a whole of a domestic like product. Thus, to determine
whether a petition has the requisite industry support, the statute
directs Commerce to look to producers and workers who produce the
domestic like product. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC),
which is responsible for determining whether ``the domestic industry''
has been injured, must also determine what constitutes a domestic like
product in order to define the industry. While both Commerce and the
ITC apply the same statutory definition regarding the domestic like
product,\14\ they do so for different purposes and pursuant to a
separate and distinct authority. In addition, Commerce's determination
is subject to limitations of time and information. Although this may
result in different definitions of the like product, such differences
do not render the
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decision of either agency contrary to law.\15\
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\14\ See section 771(10) of the Act.
\15\ See USEC, Inc. v. United States, 132 F. Supp. 2d 1, 8 (CIT
2001) (citing Algoma Steel Corp., Ltd. v. United States, 688 F.
Supp. 639, 644 (CIT 1988), aff'd Algoma Steel Corp., Ltd. v. United
States, 865 F.2d 240 (Fed. Cir. 1989)).
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Section 771(10) of the Act defines the domestic like product as ``a
product which is like, or in the absence of like, most similar in
characteristics and uses with, the article subject to an investigation
under this title.'' Thus, the reference point from which the domestic
like product analysis begins is ``the article subject to an
investigation'' (i.e., the class or kind of merchandise to be
investigated, which normally will be the scope as defined in the
petition).
With regard to the domestic like product, the petitioner does not
offer a definition of the domestic like product distinct from the scope
of the investigation.\16\ Based on our analysis of the information
submitted on the record, we have determined that active anode material,
as defined in the scope, constitutes a single domestic like product,
and we have analyzed industry support in terms of that domestic like
product.\17\
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\16\ For a discussion of the domestic like product analysis as
applied to this case and information regarding industry support, see
Checklist, ``Countervailing Duty Investigation Initiation Checklist:
Active Anode Material from the People's Republic of China,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (China CVD
Initiation Checklist), at Attachment II, Analysis of Industry
Support for the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions
Covering Active Anode Material from the People's Republic of China
(Attachment II). This checklist is on file electronically via
ACCESS.
\17\ See Attachment II of the China CVD Initiation Checklist.
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In determining whether the petitioner has standing under section
702(c)(4)(A) of the Act, we considered the industry support data
contained in the Petition with reference to the domestic like product
as defined in the ``Scope of the Investigation,'' in the appendix to
this notice. To establish industry support, the petitioner provided the
2023 production of the domestic like product for the supporters of the
Petition and compared this to total 2023 production for the U.S. active
anode material industry.\18\ We relied on data provided by the
petitioner for purposes of measuring industry support.\19\
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\18\ Id.
\19\ For further discussion, see Attachment II of the China CVD
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On December 30, 2024, we received timely filed comments on industry
support from Tesla, Inc. (Tesla), a U.S. importer of active anode
material.\20\ On January 2, 2025, the petitioner responded to the
comments from Tesla in a timely filed rebuttal submission.\21\
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\20\ See Tesla's Letter, ``Request to Reject the Petition or to
Poll the Industry,'' dated December 30, 2024.
\21\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Rebuttal Industry Support
Comments,'' dated January 2, 2025 (Petitioner's Response).
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Our review of the data provided in the Petition, the First General
Issues Supplement, the Second General Issues Supplement, the
Petitioner's Response, and other information readily available to
Commerce indicates that the petitioner has established industry support
for the Petition.\22\ First, the Petition established support from
domestic producers (or workers) accounting for more than 50 percent of
the total production of the domestic like product and, as such,
Commerce is not required to take further action in order to evaluate
industry support (e.g., polling).\23\ Second, the domestic producers
(or workers) have met the statutory criteria for industry support under
section 702(c)(4)(A)(i) of the Act because the domestic producers (or
workers) who support the Petition account for at least 25 percent of
the total production of the domestic like product.\24\ Finally, the
domestic producers (or workers) have met the statutory criteria for
industry support under section 702(c)(4)(A)(ii) of the Act because the
domestic producers (or workers) who support the Petition account for
more than 50 percent of the production of the domestic like product
produced by that portion of the industry expressing support for, or
opposition to, the Petition.\25\ Accordingly, Commerce determines that
the Petition was filed on behalf of the domestic industry within the
meaning of section 702(b)(1) of the Act.\26\
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\22\ See Attachment II of the China CVD Initiation Checklist.
\23\ Id.; see also section 702(c)(4)(D) of the Act.
\24\ See Attachment II of the China CVD Initiation Checklist.
\25\ Id.
\26\ Id.
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Injury Test
Because China is a ``Subsidies Agreement Country'' within the
meaning of section 701(b) of the Act, section 701(a)(2) of the Act
applies to this investigation. Accordingly, the ITC must determine
whether imports of the subject merchandise from China materially
injure, or threaten material injury to, a U.S. industry, or whether the
establishment of a U.S. industry is materially retarded, by reason of
imports of the subject merchandise from China.
Allegations and Evidence of Material Injury and Causation
Section 703(a)(1)(B) of the Act states that the ITC ``shall
determine . . . whether there is a reasonable indication that the
establishment of an industry in the United States is materially
retarded by reason of imports of the subject merchandise.'' The
petitioner alleges that imports of subject merchandise are benefiting
from countervailable subsidies and that such imports are materially
retarding the establishment of the U.S. industry producing active anode
material.\27\ The petitioner argues that its production has been
``modest'' and has not stabilized and, therefore, the U.S. industry
producing active anode material has not been established.\28\ To
support its argument, the petitioner examined the five factors \29\ the
ITC considers to determine if an industry is established, as set forth
in the ITC's AD/CVD Handbook.\30\ If the ITC determines that an
industry is not established, it then considers whether the performance
of the industry reflects normal start-up difficulties or whether the
imports of the subject merchandise have materially retarded the
establishment of the industry.\31\ The petitioner contends that the
domestic industry has performed substantially worse than what could
reasonably be expected during normal start-up conditions, thereby
demonstrating that the establishment of the domestic industry has been
materially retarded by subject imports.\32\ The petitioner also alleges
that, in the alternative, the U.S. industry producing the domestic like
product is being materially injured, or is threatened with material
injury, by reason of the imports of the subject merchandise benefitting
from countervailable subsidies.\33\ In addition, the petitioner alleges
that subject imports exceed the negligibility threshold provided under
section 771(24)(A) of the Act.\34\
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\27\ For a discussion of the petitioner's injury allegation, see
China CVD Initiation Checklist at Attachment III, Analysis of
Allegations and Evidence of Material Retardation, Material Injury,
and Causation for the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions
Covering Active Anode Material from the People's Republic of China
(Attachment III).
\28\ Id.
\29\ For a discussion of the factors related to whether an
industry is established, see Attachment III of the China CVD
Initiation Checklist.
\30\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Handbook (14th
Ed.), USITC Pub. 4540 (June 2015) (AD/CVD Handbook), at II-33.
\31\ Id.
\32\ See Attachment III of the China CVD Initiation Checklist.
\33\ Id.
\34\ Id.
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The petitioner contends that the industry's materially retarded, or
in the alternative, injured condition is illustrated by a significant
volume of subject imports; significant market share of subject imports;
lost sales and revenues; underselling; low levels of production; and
negative impact on financial performance.\35\ We assessed the
allegations and supporting evidence regarding material retardation,
material injury, threat of material injury, causation, as well as
negligibility, and we have determined that these allegations are
properly supported by adequate evidence, and meet the statutory
requirements for initiation.\36\
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\35\ Id.
\36\ Id.
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Initiation of CVD Investigation
Based upon the examination of the Petition and supplemental
responses, we find that they meet the requirements of section 702 of
the Act. Therefore, we are initiating a CVD investigation to determine
whether imports of active anode material from China benefit from
countervailable subsidies conferred by the GOC. In accordance with
section 703(b)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(1), unless
postponed, we will make our preliminary determination no later than 65
days after the date of this initiation.
Based on our review of the Petition, we find that there is
sufficient information to initiate a CVD investigation on 34 of the 36
programs alleged by the petitioner. For a full discussion of the basis
for our decision to initiate on each program, see the China CVD
Initiation Checklist. A public version of the initiation checklist for
this investigation is available on ACCESS.
Respondent Selection
In the Petition, the petitioner identified 30 companies in China as
producers and/or exporters of active anode material.\37\ Commerce
intends to follow its standard practice in CVD investigations and
calculate company-specific subsidy rates in this investigation. In the
event that Commerce determines that the number of companies is large
and it cannot individually examine each company based on Commerce's
resources, Commerce normally selects mandatory respondents in CVD
investigations using U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) entry
data for U.S. imports under the appropriate Harmonized Tariff Schedule
of the United States (HTSUS) subheading(s) listed in the ``Scope of the
Investigation'' in the appendix.
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\37\ See Petition at Volume I (pages 6-7 and Exhibit I-9); see
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On January 7, 2025, Commerce released CBP data on imports of active
anode material from China under administrative protective order (APO)
to all parties with access to information protected by APO and
indicated that interested parties wishing to comment on CBP data and/or
respondent selection must do so within three business days of the
publication date of the notice of initiation of this investigation.\38\
Comments must be filed electronically using ACCESS. An electronically-
filed document must be received successfully in its entirety via ACCESS
by 5:00 p.m. ET on the specified deadline. Commerce will not accept
rebuttal comments regarding the CBP data or respondent selection.
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\38\ See Memorandum, ``Release of U.S. Customs and Border
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Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(b). Instructions for filing such
applications may be found on Commerce's website at <a href="https://www.trade.gov/administrative-protective-orders">https://www.trade.gov/administrative-protective-orders</a>.
Distribution of Copies of the Petition
In accordance with section 702(b)(4)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.202(f), a copy of the public version of the Petition has been
provided to the GOC via ACCESS. To the extent practicable, we will
attempt to provide a copy of the public version of the Petition to each
exporter named in the Petition, as provided under 19 CFR 351.203(c)(2).
ITC Notification
Commerce will notify the ITC of its initiation, as required by
section 702(d) of the Act.
Preliminary Determination by the ITC
The ITC will preliminarily determine, within 45 days after the date
on which the Petition was filed, whether there is a reasonable
indication that imports of active anode material from China materially
retard the establishment of a U.S. industry, or that subject imports
are materially injuring, or threatening material injury to, a U.S.
industry.\39\ A negative ITC determination will result in the
investigation being terminated.\40\ Otherwise, this CVD investigation
will proceed according to statutory and regulatory time limits.
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\39\ See section 703(a)(1) of the Act.
\40\ Id.
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Submission of Factual Information
Factual information is defined in 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) as: (i)
evidence submitted in response to questionnaires; (ii) evidence
submitted in support of allegations; (iii) publicly available
information to value factors of production under 19 CFR 351.408(c) or
to measure the adequacy of remuneration under 19 CFR 351.511(a)(2);
(iv) evidence placed on the record by Commerce; and (v) evidence other
than factual information described in (i)-(iv). Section 351.301(b) of
Commerce's regulations requires any party, when submitting factual
information, to specify under which subsection of 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21)
the information is being submitted \41\ and, if the information is
submitted to rebut, clarify, or correct factual information already on
the record, to provide an explanation identifying the information
already on the record that the factual information seeks to rebut,
clarify, or correct.\42\ Time limits for the submission of factual
information are addressed in 19 CFR 351.301, which provides specific
time limits based on the type of factual information being submitted.
Interested parties should review the regulations prior to submitting
factual information in this investigation.
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\41\ See 19 CFR 351.301(b).
\42\ See 19 CFR 351.301(b)(2).
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Extensions of Time Limits
Parties may request an extension of time limits before the
expiration of a time limit established under 19 CFR 351.301, or as
otherwise specified by Commerce. In general, an extension request will
be considered untimely if it is filed after the expiration of the time
limit established under 19 CFR 351.301, or as otherwise specified by
Commerce.\43\ For submissions that are due from multiple parties
simultaneously, an extension request will be considered untimely if it
is filed after 10:00 a.m. ET on the due date. Under certain
circumstances, Commerce may elect to specify a different time limit by
which extension requests will be considered untimely for submissions
which are due from multiple parties simultaneously. In such a case, we
will inform parties in a letter or memorandum of the deadline
(including a specified time) by which extension requests must be filed
to be considered timely. An extension request must be made in a
separate, standalone submission; under limited circumstances we will
grant untimely filed requests for the extension of time
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limits, where we determine, based on 19 CFR 351.302, that extraordinary
circumstances exist. Parties should review Commerce's regulations
concerning the extension of time limits and the Time Limits Final Rule
prior to submitting factual information in this investigation.\44\
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\43\ See 19 CFR 351.302.
\44\ See 19 CFR 351.301; see also Extension of Time Limits;
Final Rule, 78 FR 57790 (September 20, 2013) (Time Limits Final
Rule), available at <a href="https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/2013-22853.htm">https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/2013-22853.htm</a>.
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Certification Requirements
Any party submitting factual information in an AD or CVD proceeding
must certify to the accuracy and completeness of that information.\45\
Parties must use the certification formats provided in 19 CFR
351.303(g).\46\ Commerce intends to reject factual submissions if the
submitting party does not comply with the applicable certification
requirements.
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\45\ See section 782(b) of the Act.
\46\ See Certification of Factual Information to Import
Administration During Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July 17, 2013) (Final Rule); see also
frequently asked questions regarding the Final Rule, available at
<a href="https://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf">https://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf</a>.
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Notification to Interested Parties
Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Parties wishing to participate
in this investigation should ensure that they meet the requirements of
19 CFR 351.103(d) (e.g., by filing the required letters of appearance).
Note that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining
to the service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\47\
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\47\ See Administrative Protective Order, Service, and Other
Procedures in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR
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This notice is issued and published pursuant to sections 702 and
777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.203(c).
Dated: January 7, 2025.
Steven Presing,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.
Appendix--Scope of the Investigation
The merchandise covered by this investigation is active anode
material, which is an anode grade graphite material with a graphite
minimum purity content of 90 percent carbon by weight, whether
containing synthetic graphite, natural graphite, or a blend of
synthetic and natural graphite; with or without coating. Subject
merchandise may be in the form of powder, dry, liquid, or block form
and is covered irrespective of the form in which it enters. Subject
merchandise typically has a maximum size of 80 microns when in
powder form. Subject merchandise has an energy density of 330
milliamp hours per gram or greater and a degree of graphitization of
80 percent or greater, where graphitization refers to the extent of
the graphite crystal structure.
Subject merchandise is covered regardless of whether it is mixed
with silicon based active materials, e.g., silicon-oxide (SiOx),
silicon-carbon (SiC), or silicon, or additives such as carbon black
or carbon nanotubes. Subject merchandise is covered regardless of
the combination of compounds that comprise the graphite material.
Subject merchandise is covered regardless of whether it is imported
independently, as part of a compound, in a battery, as a component
of an anode slurry, or in a subassembly of a battery such as an
electrode. Only the anode grade graphite material is covered when
entered as part of a mixture with silicon based active materials, as
part of a compound, in a batter, as a component of an anode slurry,
or in a subassembly of a battery such as an electrode.
Active anode material subject to the investigation may be
classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) subheadings 2504.10.5000 and 3801.10.5000. Subject
merchandise may also enter under HTSUS subheadings 2504.10.1000 and
3801.90.0000. The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and
customs purposes only. The written description of the scope of the
investigation is dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2025-00657 Filed 1-14-25; 8:45 am]
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