Notice2025-07798
Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023
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Published
May 6, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that countervailable subsidies were provided to a producer and exporter of certain passenger vehicles and light truck tires (PVLT) from the People's Republic of China (China) during the period of review (POR), January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. In addition, Commerce is rescinding this review, in part, with respect to the nine companies listed in Appendix II of this notice. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 6, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19176-19178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07798]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-017]
Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the People's
Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds
that countervailable subsidies were provided to a producer and exporter
of certain passenger vehicles and light truck tires (PVLT) from the
People's Republic of China (China) during the period of review (POR),
January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. In addition, Commerce is
rescinding this review, in part, with respect to the nine companies
listed in Appendix II of this notice. Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable May 6, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ted Pearson, AD/CVD Operations, Office
I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20230; telephone: (202) 482-2631.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 10, 2015, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on PVLTs from China.\1\ On August 1,
2024, Commerce initiated this administrative review of the Order.\2\ On
December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this
administrative proceeding by 90 days.\3\ The current deadline for the
preliminary results in this administrative review is August 1, 2025.
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\1\ See Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the
People's Republic of China: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping
Duty Determination and Antidumping Duty Order; and Amended Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Countervailing
Duty Order, 80 FR 47902 (August 10, 2015) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 62714 (August 1, 2024).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,'' dated
December 9, 2024.
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On January 31, 2024, Commerce selected Jiangsu General Science
Technology Co., Ltd. (General Science) for individual examination as
the mandatory respondent in this review. On January 17, 2025, Commerce
received a letter of intent to not participate in the review by General
Science.\4\ We received no response from the Government of China to the
Initial Questionnaire.\5\ Because all review requests were rescinded
for the remaining companies, Commerce did not select additional
mandatory respondents.
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\4\ See General Science's Letter, ``Intent Not to Respond as a
Mandatory Respondent,'' dated January 17, 2025.
\5\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Initial Questionnaire,'' dated
February 10, 2025 (Initial Questionnaire).
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this investigation, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\6\ A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included as Appendix I to this notice. The Preliminary
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="http://access.trade.gov">http://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results and Partial Rescission of the 2023 Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review: Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck
Tires from the People's Republic of China,'' dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the Order is PVLTs from China. For a
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.\7\
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\7\ Id.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act). For each of the subsidy programs found to be countervailable,
Commerce preliminarily determines that there is a subsidy (i.e., a
financial contribution by an ``authority'' that gives rise to a benefit
to the recipient, and that the subsidy is specific).\8\ For a full
description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, including
our reliance on adverse facts available (AFA) pursuant to sections
776(a) and (b) of the Act, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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\8\ 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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Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the parties that
requested a review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation. Commerce received timely-filed
withdrawal requests with respect to nine companies, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1).\9\ Because the withdrawal requests were timely filed,
and no other parties requested a review of these companies, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding this
review of the Order with respect to these nine companies listed in
Appendix II of this notice. For additional information regarding this
determination, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\10\
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\9\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\10\ Id.
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Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminarily determines that the following net
countervailable subsidy rates exist for the period January 1, 2023,
through December 31, 2023:
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
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Jiangsu General Science Technology Co., Ltd............ 125.50
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Cash Deposit Requirements
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also
intends upon publication of the final results, to instruct CBP to
collect cash deposits of the estimated countervailing duties in the
amounts calculated in the final results of this review for the
respective companies listed above with regard to shipments of subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication of the final results of this review. If
the rate calculated in the final results is zero or de minimis, no cash
deposit will be required on shipments of the subject merchandise
entered or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
date of publication of the final results of this review.
For all non-reviewed firms, CBP will continue to collect cash
deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the all-others rate or
the most recent company-specific rate applicable to the company, as
appropriate. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Assessment Rates
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4)(i), we preliminarily determined subsidy rates in the
amounts shown above for the producers/exporters shown above. Upon
completion of the administrative review, consistent with section
751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce shall
determine, and CBP shall assess, countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this review.
For the companies for which this review is rescinded with these
preliminary results, we will instruct CBP to assess countervailing
duties on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit
of estimated countervailing duties required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the period January
1, 2023, through December 31, 2023, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(c)(l)(i). For the companies remaining in the review, we intend
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 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).
Disclosure and Public Comment
Normally, Commerce discloses its calculations and analysis
performed in connection with the preliminary results to interested
parties within five days of its public announcement, or if there is no
public announcement, within five days of the date of publication of
this notice, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because
Commerce preliminarily applied total AFA in the calculation of the
benefit for General Science, and the AFA rates are based on rates
calculated in prior segments of the proceeding, there are no
calculations to disclose.
Interested Parties are invited to comment on these preliminary
results. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the
deadline for interested parties to submit case briefs to Commerce to no
later than 21 days after the date of the publication of this notice.
Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be
filed not later than five days after the date for filing case
briefs.\11\ Interested parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs in
this proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each
issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\12\
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\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
\12\ See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide a public
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages
total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\13\ Further,
we request that interested parties limit their public executive summary
of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We
intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis of the
comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that
will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We
request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant
citations in the public executive summary of each issue. Note that
Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\14\ Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.310(c), interested parties who wish to request a hearing must
submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS. Requests should contain:
(1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of
participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised
in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case
briefs.\15\ An electronically-filed hearing request must be received
successfully in its entirety by Commerce's electronic records system,
ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice.
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\13\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\14\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
\15\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Final Results of Review
Unless extended, we intend to issue the final results of this
administrative review, which will include the results of our analysis
of the issues raised in the case briefs, within 120 days of publication
of these preliminary results in the Federal Register, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results and notice are issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.213 and 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: April 29, 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 I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Partial Recission of Administrative Review
V. Diversification of China's Economy
VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse
Inferences
VII. Recommendation
Appendix II
Companies To Be Rescinded
1. Qingdao Fullrun Tyre Corp., Ltd.
2. Qingdao Keter International Co., Limited.
3. Qingdao Lakesea Tyre Co., Ltd.
4. Sailun Group Co., Ltd.
5. Sailun Group (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.
6. Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd.
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7. Sumitomo Rubber (Changshu) Co. Ltd.; Sumitomo Rubber (China) Co.,
Ltd.; Sumitomo Rubber (Hunan) Co., Ltd.
8. Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
9. Zhaoqing Junhong Co., Ltd.
[FR Doc. 2025-07798 Filed 5-5-25; 8:45 am]
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