Notice2025-03822
Aluminum Wire and Cable From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order
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Published
March 11, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
As a result of this expedited sunset review, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on aluminum wire and cable (AWC) from the People's Republic of China (China) would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the levels indicated in the "Final Results of Sunset Review" section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11709-11710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03822]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-096]
Aluminum Wire and Cable From the People's Republic of China:
Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of this expedited sunset review, the U.S.
Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on aluminum wire and cable (AWC) from
the People's Republic of China (China) would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the levels
indicated in the ``Final Results of Sunset Review'' section of this
notice.
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DATES: Applicable March 11, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Camille Evans, Trade Agreements Policy
and Negotiations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2350.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 23, 2019, Commerce published the Order on AWC from
China.\1\ On November 4, 2024, Commerce published the notice of
initiation of the first sunset review of the Order, pursuant to section
751(c)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\2\ On
November 6, and November 13, 2024, Commerce received notices of intent
to participate from the domestic interested parties,\3\ within the
deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\4\ The domestic
interested parties claimed interested party status under section
771(9)(C) of the Act as a U.S. producer engaged in the production of
AWC in the United States. On November 18, and December 4, 2024,
Commerce received an adequate substantive responses from the domestic
interested parties within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(3)(i).\5\ Commerce received no substantive response from the
Government of China (GOC) or any respondent interested party.
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\1\ See Aluminum Wire and Cable from the People's Republic of
China: Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders, 84 FR 70496
(December 23, 2019) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 FR 87543
(November 4, 2024).
\3\ The domestic interested parties are Encore Wire Corporation
(Encore) and Southwire Company, LLC (Southwire).
\4\ See Encore's Letter, ``Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of
Antidumping Duty Order on Aluminum Wire and Cable from China: Notice
of Intent to Participate,'' dated November 6, 2024; and Southwire's
Letter, ``Aluminum Wire and Cable from the People's Republic of
China: Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset Review,'' dated
November 13, 2024.
\5\ See Encore's Letter, ``Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of
Countervailing Duty Order on Aluminum Wire and Cable from China:
Encore's Substantive Response to the Notice of Initiation,'' dated
November 18, 2024; and Southwire's Letter, ``Five-Year (``Sunset'')
Review of Countervailing Duty Order on Aluminum Wire and Cable from
the People's Republic of China: Southwire's Substantive Response to
the Notice of Initiation,'' dated December 4, 2024.
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On December 26, 2024, Commerce notified the U.S. International
Trade Commission that it did not receive an adequate substantive
response from the GOC or any respondent interested party.\6\ As a
result, Commerce conducted an expedited (120-day) sunset review of the
Order, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B)(2) and (C)(2).
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\6\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on
November 4, 2024,'' dated December 26, 2024.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this Order is aluminum wire and cable
from China. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\7\
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order on Aluminum Wire and Cable from the
People's Republic of China,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
A complete discussion of all issues raised in this sunset review,
including the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of subsidization
and the countervailable subsidy rates likely to prevail if the Order
were to be revoked, is contained in the accompanying Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\8\ A list of topics discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum is included as an 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 directly accessed at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\8\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Final Results of Sunset Review
Pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce
determines that revocation of the Order would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the
following net countervailable subsidy rates:
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Net
countervailable
Producers/exporters subsidy rate
(percent ad
valorem)
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Shanghai Silin Special Equipment Co., Ltd.............. 165.63
Changfeng Wire & Cable Co., Ltd........................ 33.44
Shanghai Yang Pu Qu Gong............................... 165.63
All Others............................................. 33.44
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Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only reminder to interested parties
subject to an administrative protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the return/destruction or conversion to
judicial protective order of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely 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 and notice in
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and
19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2) and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(5)(ii).
Dated: March 4, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the 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. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of a Countervailable
Subsidy
2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates Likely to Prevail
3. Nature of the Subsidies
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2025-03822 Filed 3-10-25; 8:45 am]
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