Notice2025-10633
Large Top Mount Combination Refrigerator-Freezers From Thailand: Termination of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation
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Published
June 11, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
Based on a withdrawal of the antidumping duty (AD) petition on large top mount combination refrigerator-freezers (refrigerators) from Thailand by Electrolux Consumer Products, Inc. (the petitioner), we are terminating this less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 24590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10633]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-549-853]
Large Top Mount Combination Refrigerator-Freezers From Thailand:
Termination of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on a withdrawal of the antidumping duty (AD) petition on
large top mount combination refrigerator-freezers (refrigerators) from
Thailand by Electrolux Consumer Products, Inc. (the petitioner), we are
terminating this less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation.
DATES: Applicable June 11, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benito Ballesteros, 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) 482-7425.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 30, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
received an AD petition concerning imports of refrigerators from
Thailand, filed in proper form by the petitioner.\1\ On July 16, 2024,
Commerce published the notice of initiation of this LTFV
investigation.\2\ On January 29, 2025, Commerce published the
Preliminary Determination.\3\ On May 28, 2025, the petitioner submitted
a letter withdrawing the Petition.\4\
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\1\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Petition for the Imposition of
Antidumping Duties,'' dated May 30, 2024 (Petition).
\2\ See Large Top Mount Combination Refrigerator-Freezers from
Thailand: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 89 FR
57860 (July 16, 2024). On July 24, 2024, Commerce published a
correction to this notice. See Large Top Mount Combination
Refrigerator-Freezers from Thailand: Correction, 89 FR 59894 (July
24, 2024).
\3\ See Large Top Mount Combination Refrigerator-Freezers from
Thailand: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension
of Provisional Measures, 90 FR 8379 (January 29, 2025) (Preliminary
Determination).
\4\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Petition,'' dated
May 28, 2025.
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Termination of the Investigation
Section 351.207(b)(1) of Commerce's regulations stipulates that the
Secretary may terminate an investigation, provided it has concluded
that termination of the investigation is in the public interest.\5\
After considering the information on the record of this proceeding,
including the petitioner's withdrawal letter, Commerce has concluded
that termination of this investigation is in the public interest.
Accordingly, pursuant to section 734(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.207(b)(1), we are terminating the LTFV
investigation of refrigerators from Thailand.
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\5\ See GPX Intern. Tire Corp. v. United States, 893 F. Supp. 2d
1296, 1311 (CIT 2013) (``the trade remedy laws are designed to
buffer domestic industries from the harm caused by competing with .
. . subsidized or dumped foreign products. . . . This purpose is
supported by the floor statements that focused on leveling the
competitive playing field to protect domestic industries, rather
than the general public'' (citing 158 Cong. Rec. H1166-73 (daily ed.
Mar. 6, 2012)); Federal-Mogul Corp. v. United States, 63 F.3d 1572,
1575 (Fed. Cir. 1995) (``To protect domestic industries from unfair
competition by imported products, United States law imposes a duty
on dumped goods, that is, goods sold in this country at a price
lower than they sell for in their home market''); and Smith-Corona
Group v. United States, 713 F.2d 1568, 1576 (Fed. Cir. 1983)
(``Congress sought to afford the domestic manufacturer strong
protection against dumping'').
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Suspension of Liquidation
In the Preliminary Determination, Commerce determined weighted-
average dumping margins for exporters of refrigerators from Thailand
that were above de minimis. Therefore, we instructed U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation of entries of
refrigerators from Thailand as of January 29, 2025, the date of
publication of the Preliminary Determination.\6\ Because Commerce is
terminating this LTFV investigation, we will instruct CBP to terminate
suspension of liquidation and refund any cash deposits of estimated
antidumping duties for entries of refrigerators from Thailand.
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\6\ See Preliminary Determination, 90 FR 8380.
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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). 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.
Dated: June 5, 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.
[FR Doc. 2025-10633 Filed 6-10-25; 8:45 am]
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