Notice2025-12876
Steel Propane Cylinders From the People's Republic of China and Thailand: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders and Countervailing Duty Order
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Published
July 10, 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) orders on steel propane cylinders from the People's Republic of China (China) and Thailand and the countervailing duty (CVD) order on steel propane cylinders from China would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping, and countervailable subsidies, and material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of these AD and CVD orders.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 130 (Thursday, July 10, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30627-30628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12876]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-549-839, A-570-086, C-570-087]
Steel Propane Cylinders From the People's Republic of China and
Thailand: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders and Countervailing
Duty Order
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) orders on steel propane
cylinders from the People's Republic of China (China) and Thailand and
the countervailing duty (CVD) order on steel propane cylinders from
China would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping,
and countervailable subsidies, and material injury to an industry in
the United States, Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of
these AD and CVD orders.
DATES: Applicable July 1, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samuel Brummitt, AD/CVD Operations,
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7851.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 15, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
AD Orders on steel propane cylinders from China and Thailand and the
CVD
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Order on steel propane cylinders from China.\1\ On July 1, 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 Steel Propane Cylinders from the People's Republic of
China and Thailand: Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Orders, 84 FR 41703 (August 15,
2019) (AD Orders); see also Steel Propane Cylinders from the
People's Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 84 FR 41700
(August 15, 2019) (CVD Order) (collectively, Orders).
\2\ See Steel Propane Cylinders from China and Thailand;
Institution of Five-Year Reviews, 89 FR 54531 (July 1, 2025).
\3\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 FR 54435
(July 1, 2025).
\4\ See Steel Propane Cylinders from the People's Republic of
China and Thailand: Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Reviews of
the Antidumping Duty Orders, 89 FR 88727 (November 8, 2024), and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum (IDM); see also Steel
Propane Cylinders from the People's Republic of China: Final Results
of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order, 89 FR 88968 (November 12, 2024), and accompanying IDM.
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On July 1, 2025, the ITC published its determination, pursuant to
sections 751(c) and 752 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 Steel Propane Cylinders from China and Thailand, 90 FR
28774 (July 1, 2025) (ITC Final Determination).
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Scope of the Orders
The products subject to these Orders are steel cylinders for
compressed or liquefied propane or other gases (steel propane
cylinders) meeting the requirements of, or produced to meet the
requirements of, U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)
Specifications 4B, 4BA, or 4BW, or Transport Canada Specification 4BM,
4BAM, or 4BWM, or United Nations pressure receptacle standard ISO 4706
and otherwise meeting the description provided below. The scope
includes steel propane cylinders regardless of whether they have been
certified to these specifications before importation. Steel propane
cylinders range from 2.5 pound nominal gas capacity (approximate 6
pound water capacity and approximate 4-6 pound tare weight) to 42 pound
nominal gas capacity (approximate 100 pound water capacity and
approximate 28-32 pound tare weight). Steel propane cylinders have two
or fewer ports and may be imported assembled or unassembled (i.e.,
welded or brazed before or after importation), with or without all
components (including collars, valves, gauges, tanks, foot rings, and
overfill prevention devices), and coated or uncoated. Also included
within the scope are drawn cylinder halves, unfinished propane
cylinders, collars, and foot rings for steel propane cylinders.
An ``unfinished'' or ``unassembled'' propane cylinder includes
drawn cylinder halves that have not been welded into a cylinder,
cylinders that have not had flanges welded into the port hole(s),
cylinders that are otherwise complete but have not had collars or foot
rings welded to them, otherwise complete cylinders without a valve
assembly attached, and cylinders that are otherwise complete except for
testing, certification, and/or marking.
These Orders also cover steel propane cylinders that meet, are
produced to meet, or are certified as meeting, other U.S. or Canadian
government, international, or industry standards (including, for
example, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), or American
National Standard Institute (ANSI)), if they also meet, are produced to
meet, or are certified as meeting USDOT Specification 4B, 4BA, or 4BW,
or Transport Canada Specification 4BM, 4BAM, or 4BWM, or a United
Nations pressure receptacle standard ISO 4706.
Subject merchandise also includes steel propane cylinders that have
been further processed in a third country, including but not limited
to, attachment of collars, foot rings, or handles by welding or
brazing, heat treatment, painting, testing, certification, or any other
processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the
scope of the Orders if performed in the country of manufacture of the
in-scope steel propane cylinders.
Specifically excluded are seamless steel propane cylinders and
propane cylinders made from stainless steel (i.e., steel containing at
least 10.5 percent chromium by weight and less than 1.2 percent carbon
by weight), aluminum, or composite fiber material. Composite fiber
material is material consisting of the mechanical combination of two
components: Fiber (typically glass, carbon, or aramid (synthetic
polymer)) and a matrix material (typically polymer resin, ceramic, or
metallic).
The merchandise subject to these Orders is properly classified
under statistical reporting numbers 7311.00.0060 and 7311.00.0090 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although
the HTSUS statistical reporting numbers are provided for convenience
and customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise 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 will be July
1, 2025 \6\ 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 last determination by the ITC.
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\6\ 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: July 7, 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. 2025-12876 Filed 7-9-25; 8:45 am]
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