Notice2025-01946
Certain Quartz Surface Products From the People's Republic of China: Continuation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders
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Published
January 30, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
As a result of the determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation 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) would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping, countervailable subsidies, and material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of the AD and CVD orders.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 19 (Thursday, January 30, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8521-8522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01946]
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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: Continuation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)
that revocation 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) would likely lead
to the continuation or recurrence of dumping, countervailable
subsidies, and material injury to an industry in the United States,
Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of the AD and CVD
orders.
DATES: Applicable January 24, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay K. 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 AD
and CVD orders on quartz surface products from China.\1\ On June 3,
2024, the ITC instituted,\2\ and Commerce initiated,\3\ the first
sunset review of the Orders, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). As a result of its reviews, Commerce
determined that revocation of the Orders would likely lead to the
continuation or recurrence of dumping and countervailable subsidies,
and therefore, notified the ITC of the magnitude of the margins of
dumping and subsidy rates likely to prevail should the Orders be
revoked.\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 Quartz Surface Products from China; Institution of a
Five-Year Review, 89 FR 47614 (June 3, 2024).
\3\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 FR 47525
(June 3, 2024).
\4\ See Certain Quartz Surface Products from the People's
Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order, 89 FR 80885 (October 4, 2024),
and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum (IDM); and Certain
Quartz Surface Products from the People's Republic of China: Final
Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing
Duty Order, 89 FR 81887 (October 9, 2024), and accompanying IDM.
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On January 24, 2025, the ITC published its determination, pursuant
to sections 751(c) and 752(a) of the Act, that revocation of the Orders
would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to
an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable
time.\5\
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\5\ See Quartz Surface Products from China, 90 FR 8140 (January
24, 2025) (ITC Final Determination).
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Scope of the Orders
The scope of the Orders covers certain quartz surface products.\6\
Quartz surface products consist of slabs and other surfaces created
from a mixture of materials that includes predominately silica (e.g.,
quartz, quartz powder, cristobalite) as well as a resin binder (e.g.,
an unsaturated polyester). The incorporation of other materials,
including, but not limited to, pigments, cement, or other additives
does not remove the merchandise from the scope of the Orders. However,
the scope of the Orders only includes products where the silica content
is greater than any other single material, by actual weight. Quartz
surface products are typically sold as rectangular slabs with a total
surface area of approximately 45 to 60 square feet and a nominal
thickness of one, two, or three centimeters. However, the scope of the
Orders includes surface products of all other sizes, thicknesses, and
shapes. In addition to slabs, the scope of the Orders includes, but is
not limited to, other surfaces such as countertops, backsplashes,
vanity tops, bar tops, work tops, tabletops, flooring, wall facing,
shower surrounds, fire place surrounds, mantels, and tiles. Certain
quartz surface products are covered by the Orders whether polished or
unpolished, cut or uncut, fabricated or not fabricated, cured or
uncured, edged or not edged, thermoformed or not thermoformed, finished
or unfinished, packaged or unpackaged,
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and regardless of the type of surface finish.
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\6\ Quartz surface products may also generally be referred to as
engineered stone or quartz, artificial stone or quartz, agglomerated
stone or quartz, synthetic stone or quartz, processed stone or
quartz, manufactured stone or quartz, and Bretonstone[supreg].
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In addition, quartz surface products are covered by the Orders
whether or not they are imported attached to, or in conjunction with,
non-subject merchandise such as sinks, sink bowls, vanities, cabinets,
and furniture. If quartz surface products are imported attached to, or
in conjunction with, such non-subject merchandise, only the quartz
surface product is covered by the scope.
Subject merchandise includes material matching the above
description that has been finished, packaged, or otherwise fabricated
in a third country, including by cutting, polishing, curing, edging,
thermoforming, attaching to, or packaging with another product, or any
other finishing, packaging, or fabrication that would not otherwise
remove the merchandise from the scope of the Orders if performed in the
country of manufacture of the quartz surface products.
The scope of the Orders does not cover quarried stone surface
products, such as granite, marble, soapstone, or quartzite.
Specifically excluded from the scope of the Orders are crushed glass
surface products. Crushed glass surface products must meet each of the
following criteria to qualify for this exclusion: (1) The crushed glass
content is greater than any other single material, by actual weight;
(2) there are pieces of crushed glass visible across the surface of the
product; (3) at least some of the individual pieces of crushed glass
that are visible across the surface are larger than one centimeter wide
as measured at their widest cross-section (glass pieces); and (4) the
distance between any single glass piece and the closest separate glass
piece does not exceed three inches.
The products subject to the scope are currently classified in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under the
following subheadings: 6810.99.0020, 6810.99.0040. 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,
6815.99.4070, 2506.10.0010, 2506.10.0050, 2506.20.0010, 2506.20.0080,
and 7016.90.10. The HTSUS subheadings set forth above are provided for
convenience and U.S. Customs purposes only. The written description of
the scope of the Orders is dispositive.
Continuation of the Orders
As a result of the determinations by Commerce and the ITC that
revocation of the Orders would likely lead to continuation or
recurrence of dumping, countervailable subsidies, and material injury
to an industry in the United States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of
the Act, Commerce hereby orders the continuation of the Orders. U.S.
Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect AD and CVD cash
deposits at the rates in effect at the time of entry for all imports of
subject merchandise.
The effective date of the continuation of the Orders is January 24,
2025.\7\ Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(c)(2), Commerce intends to initiate the next five-year reviews
of the Orders not later than 30 days prior to fifth anniversary of the
date of the effective date of this continuation.
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\7\ See ITC Final Determination.
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Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a final 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
These five-year (sunset) reviews and this notice are in accordance
with sections 751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the Act and published in
accordance with section 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).
Dated: January 24, 2025.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2025-01946 Filed 1-29-25; 8:45 am]
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