Notice2025-15784
Quartz Surface Products From India and the Republic of Türkiye: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Reviews of the Countervailing Duty Orders
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Published
August 19, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) orders on quartz surface products from India and the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye (T[uuml]rkiye) would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the levels indicated in the "Final Results of Sunset Reviews" section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40340-40341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15784]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-533-890, C-489-838]
Quartz Surface Products From India and the Republic of
T[uuml]rkiye: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Reviews of
the Countervailing Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that
revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) orders on quartz surface
products from India and the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye (T[uuml]rkiye)
would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of
countervailable subsidies at the levels indicated in the ``Final
Results of Sunset Reviews'' section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable August 19, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Al-Saadawi, Trade Agreements
Policy and Negotiations, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-1930.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 22, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
published the Orders on quartz surface products from India and
T[uuml]rkiye.\1\ On May 1, 2025, Commerce published the notice of
initiation of the first sunset review of the Orders, pursuant to
section 751(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(c).\2\
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\1\ See Certain Quartz Surface Products from India and the
Republic of Turkey: Countervailing Duty Orders, 85 FR 37431 (June
22, 2020) (India Order and T[uuml]rkiye Order; collectively,
Orders).
\2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 90 FR 18642
(May 1, 2025).
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On May 13, 2025, Commerce received a notice of intent to
participate in this review from Cambria Company LLC, Dal-Tile LLC, and
Guidoni USA (the domestic interested parties), within the deadline
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\3\ The domestic interested
parties claim interested party status within the meaning of section
771(9)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.102(b)(29)(v) as a domestic
producer of the domestic like-product.\4\
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\3\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Notice of Intent
to Participate in the First Five-Year Review of the Countervailing
Duty Order on Quartz Surface Products from India,'' dated May 13,
2025; and Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Notice of Intent to
Participate in the First Five-Year Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Quartz Surface Products from the Republic of Turkey,''
dated May 13, 2025.
\4\ Id.
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On June 2, 2025, Commerce received an adequate substantive response
from the domestic interested parties, within the 30-day deadline
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\5\ Commerce did not receive a
substantive response from either the Governments of T[uuml]rkiye or
India or a respondent interested party to this proceeding. On June 20,
2025, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)
that it did not receive an adequate substantive response from
respondent interested parties.\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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\5\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``First Five-Year
(``Sunset'') Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Quartz
Surface Products from India: Domestic Interested Parties'
Substantive Response,'' dated June 2, 2025; and Domestic Interested
Parties' Letter, ``First Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order on Quartz Surface Products from the
Republic of Turkey: Domestic Interested Parties' Substantive
Response,'' dated June 2, 2025.
\6\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on May 1,
2025,'' dated June 20, 2025.
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Scope of the Orders
The product covered by these Orders is quartz surface products from
India
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and T[uuml]rkiye. For the full description of the scope of the Orders,
see the Issues and Decisions Memorandum.\7\
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Reviews of the
Countervailing Duty Orders on Quartz Surface Products from India and
the Republic of Turkey,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice.
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Analysis of Comments Received
A complete discussion of all issues raised in these sunset reviews,
including the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of subsidization
and the countervailable subsidy rates likely to prevail if the Orders
were to be revoked, is contained in the accompanying Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\8\ A list of the topics discussed in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum is attached 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),
which is available to registered users at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In
addition, complete versions of the Issues and 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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\8\ Id.
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Final Results of Sunset Reviews
Pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce
determines that revocation of the India 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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Antique Marbonite Private Limited.............. 1.57
Pokarna Engineered Stone Limited............... 2.34
All Others..................................... 2.17
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Pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce
determines that revocation of the T[uuml]rkiye 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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Belenco Di[scedil] Ticaret A.[Scedil]. and 2.43
Peker Y[uuml]zey Tasar[inodot]lar[inodot]
Sanayi ve Tic A.[Scedil]......................
All Others..................................... 2.43
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Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as the only 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. Timely notification of the return or destruction of APO
materials, or conversion to judicial protective, orders 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 in accordance
with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(c)(5)(ii).
Dated: August 14, 2025.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy 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 Orders
IV. History of the Orders
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 Reviews
VIII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2025-15784 Filed 8-18-25; 8:45 am]
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