Notice2026-02492
Float Glass Products From the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
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February 9, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that float glass products (float glass) from the People's Republic of China (China) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation is April 1, 2024, through September 30, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 26 (Monday, February 9, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5713-5717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-02492]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-188]
Float Glass Products From the People's Republic of China: Final
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
float glass products (float glass) from the People's Republic of China
(China) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at
less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation is April 1,
2024, through September 30, 2024.
DATES: Applicable February 9, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dmitry Vladimirov, 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) 482-0665.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 15, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register its
Preliminary Determination in this investigation and invited interested
parties to comment.\1\
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\1\ See Float Glass Products from the People's Republic of
China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of
Provisional Measures, 90 FR 31602 (July 15, 2025) (Preliminary
Determination), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum
(PDM).
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Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown,
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by 47 days.\2\ Additionally, due to a backlog of documents
that were electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government shutdown, on November 24,
2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an
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additional 21 days.\3\ Accordingly, the deadline for this final
determination is now February 3, 2026.
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\2\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
Preliminary Determination, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\
The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file
electronically via 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 accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Affirmative Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value
Investigation of Float Glass Products from the People's Republic of
China,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this investigation are float glass products
from China. For a complete description of the scope of this
investigation, see Appendix I.
Scope Comments
In the Preliminary Scope Memorandum, we set aside a period of time
for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage (i.e., scope) in
scope-specific case briefs or other written comments.\5\ We received
scope case and rebuttal briefs from multiple interested parties. For a
summary of the product coverage comments and rebuttal responses
submitted to the record for this final determination, and accompanying
discussion and analysis of all comments timely received, see the Final
Scope Memorandum.\6\ In this final determination, Commerce modified the
scope language used in the Preliminary Determination by adding certain
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States subheadings to the
scope.\7\ See Appendix I.
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Float Glass Products from the People's
Republic of China and Malaysia: Scope Comments Decision Memorandum
for the Preliminary Determinations,'' dated July 9, 2025
(Preliminary Scope Memorandum).
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Float Glass Products from the People's
Republic of China and Malaysia: Final Scope Decision Memorandum,''
dated February 3, 2026 (Final Scope Memorandum).
\7\ Id.
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Verification
Because the China-wide entity in this investigation did not provide
information requested by Commerce, Commerce determines that the China-
wide entity was uncooperative and, thus, we did not conduct any
verifications.
Analysis of Comments Received
In response to our invitation to comment on the Preliminary
Determination, interested parties submitted case and rebuttal briefs to
Commerce. All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs submitted
by interested parties in this investigation are addressed in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum is attached to this notice as Appendix II.
Changes Since the Preliminary Determination
Based on our review of the record and comments received from
interested parties regarding the Preliminary Determination, we made
changes for this final determination.
China-Wide Entity and Use of Adverse Facts Available (AFA)
For the purposes of this final determination, consistent with the
Preliminary Determination,\8\ Commerce relied solely on the use of AFA
for the China-wide entity, pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), in determining the dumping
rate for the China-wide entity.\9\ For this final determination, we
continue to apply AFA to the China-wide entity.
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\8\ See Preliminary Determination PDM at 10-12.
\9\ See sections 776(a)(1) and (2)(A)-(C) and (b) of the Act.
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Separate Rate
We received comments \10\ on our preliminary separate rate
determination.\11\ Based on our analysis of the comments received, our
preliminary determination with respect to separate rate eligibility
continues to be unchanged in the final determination.\12\ However, we
revised the separate rate for the final determination.
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\10\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 2.
\11\ See Preliminary Determination PDM at 8-10.
\12\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 2.
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Combination Rates
Consistent with the Preliminary Determination and Policy Bulletin
05.1,\13\ we assigned a producer/exporter combination rate for the
companies that are listed in the ``Final Determination'' and eligible
for separate rates.\14\
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\13\ See Enforcement and Compliance's Policy Bulletin No. 05.1,
regarding, ``Separate-Rates Practice and Application of Combination
Rates in Antidumping Investigations involving Non-Market Economy
Countries,'' (April 5, 2005) (Policy Bulletin 05.1), available on
Commerce's website at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/Resources/policy/bull05-1.pdf">https://access.trade.gov/Resources/policy/bull05-1.pdf</a>.
\14\ See Preliminary Determination PDM at 8-10.
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Final Determination
Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average
dumping margins exist for the period, April 1, 2024, through September
30, 2024:
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\15\ See Float Glass Products from the People's Republic of
China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and
Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty
Determination, 90 FR 21281 (May 19, 2025), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 40-41, for the total of 0.02
percent for export subsidies, unchanged in Float Glass Products from
The People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing
Duty Determination, signed concurrently with this notice.
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Cash deposit
Weighted- rate (adjusted
Exporter Producer average for subsidy
dumping margin offsets)
(percent) (percent) \15\
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Benxi Fuyao Float Glass Co., Ltd.............. Benxi Fuyao Float Glass Co., Ltd 151.29 151.27
Changshu Chenming High-Tech International Changshu High-Tech Energy-Saving 151.29 151.27
Trading Co., Ltd. Dorwin Co., Ltd.
Dong Guan City Bathnology Industrial Co., Ltd. Dong Guan City Bathnology 151.29 151.27
Industrial Co., Ltd.
Dongguan Gongying Supply Chain Management Co., Lamxon Technology Building 151.29 151.27
Ltd. Materials Co., Ltd.
Guangdong Guang Yi Import and Export Co., Ltd. Lamxon Technology Building 151.29 151.27
Materials Co., Ltd.
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Guangdong Rosery Bath Science and Technology Guangdong Rosery Bath Science 151.29 151.27
Co., Ltd. and Technology Co., Ltd.
Orient Resource Corporation Limited........... Orient Resource Corporation 151.29 151.27
Limited.
Qingdao Apis Glass Industries Co., Ltd........ Qingdao Apis Glass Industries 151.29 151.27
Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Oriental Brother New Energy Technology Qingdao Oriental Brother New 151.29 151.27
Co., Ltd. Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
Qinhuangdao Xinhua Glass Processing Co., Ltd.. Qinhuangdao Xinhua Glass 151.29 151.27
Processing Co., Ltd.
Shandong Jinjing Science and Technology Stock Shandong Jinjing Science and 151.29 151.27
Co., Ltd. Boshan Branch. Technology Stock Co., Ltd.
Boshan Branch.
Tengzhou Eternal Glass Co., Ltd............... Tengzhou Fenghua Glass Co., Ltd. 151.29 151.27
Tengzhou Haolong Glass Co., Ltd............... Tengzhou Haolong Glass Co., Ltd. 151.29 151.27
Tengzhou Jingcheng Mirror Co., Ltd............ Tengzhou Jingcheng Mirror Co., 151.29 151.27
Ltd.
Tengzhou Jinjing Glass Co., Ltd............... Tengzhou Jinjing Glass Co., Ltd. 151.29 151.27
Tengzhou Jinjing Glass Co., Ltd............... Langfang Jinbiao Glass Co., Ltd. 151.29 151.27
Tengzhou Yichuang Commercial Trading Co., Ltd. Tengzhou Yichuang Commercial 151.29 151.27
Trading Co., Ltd.
Xiamen Guorui Hengsheng Advanced Materials Xiamen Guorui Hengsheng Advanced 151.29 151.27
Co., Ltd. Materials Co., Ltd.
Xiamen Guorui Hengsheng Advanced Materials Xiamen Shiner Glass Co., Ltd.... 151.29 151.27
Co., Ltd.
Xinyi Group (Glass) Co., Ltd.................. Xinyi Glass (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.. 151.29 151.27
Xinyi Group (Glass) Co., Ltd.................. Xinyi Glass (Wuhu) Co., Ltd..... 151.29 151.27
Zhongshan Neptum Sanitary Ware Co., Ltd....... Zhongshan Neptum Sanitary Ware 151.29 151.27
Co., Ltd.
Zhongshan Ninghe Intelligent Kitchen and Bath Zhongshan Ninghe Intelligent 151.29 151.27
Co., Ltd. Kitchen and Bath Co., Ltd.
China-Wide Entity............................. ................................ * 181.54 181.52
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* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in this
final determination to interested parties within five days of any
public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five
days of the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 733(d)(2) of the Act, we instructed U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation of all
appropriate entries of subject merchandise, as described in Appendix I
of the Preliminary Determination, which were entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption, on or after July 15, 2025, the date of
publication of the Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register.
In accordance with section 733(d) of the Act, we subsequently
instructed CBP to discontinue the suspension of liquidation of all
entries of subject merchandise entered or withdrawn from warehouse, on
or after January 11, 2026, the first day provisional measures were no
longer in effect, but to continue the suspension of liquidation of all
entries of subject merchandise on or before January 10, 2026.
If the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issues a final
affirmative injury determination, we will issue an antidumping duty
order, reinstate the suspension of liquidation under section 736(a) of
the Act, and instruct CBP to require the following cash deposits of
estimated antidumping duties for all appropriate entries: (1) for the
producer/exporter combinations listed in the table above, the
applicable cash deposit rate is listed in the table for that
combination; (2) for all combinations of Chinese producers/exporters of
the merchandise under consideration that have not established
eligibility for separate rates, the cash deposit rate will be equal to
the estimated weighted-average dumping margin established for the
China-wide entity; and (3) for all third country exporters of
merchandise under consideration not listed in the table above, the cash
deposit rate is the cash deposit rate applicable to the Chinese
producer/exporter combination (or China-wide entity) that supplied that
third-country exporter or, if the exporter/producer combination does
not have its own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the China-wide
rate. If the ITC determines that material injury, or threat of material
injury, does not exist, then this proceeding will be terminated, the
suspension of liquidation will be lifted, and all cash deposits for
estimated antidumping duties will be refunded.
To determine the cash deposit rate, Commerce normally adjusts the
estimated weighted-average dumping margin by the amount of export
subsidies countervailed in a companion countervailing duty (CVD)
proceeding, when CVD provisional measures are in effect. Accordingly,
where Commerce has made a final affirmative determination for
countervailable export subsidies, Commerce offsets the estimated
weighted-average dumping margin by the appropriate export subsidy rate.
Commerce has continued to adjust the cash deposit rate for export
subsidies in the companion CVD investigation by the appropriate export
subsidy rate as indicated in the above chart. However, the suspension
of liquidation of provisional measures in the companion CVD case has
been discontinued; \16\ therefore, we are not instructing CBP to
collect cash deposits based upon the adjusted estimated weighted-
average dumping margin for
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those export subsidies at this time. If the ITC makes a final
affirmative determination of injury due to both dumping and subsidies,
then the cash deposit rate will be revised effective on the date of the
publication of the ITC's final affirmative determination in the Federal
Register to be the company-specific estimated weighted-average dumping
margin adjusted for export subsidies.
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\16\ See Float Glass Products from the People's Republic of
China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and
Alignment of Final Determination with Final Antidumping Duty
Determination, 90 FR 21281 (May 19, 2025); see also section 703(d)
of the Act, which states that the provisional measures may not be in
effect for more than four months, which in the companion CVD case is
120 days after the publication of the preliminary determination, or
September 16, 2025 (i.e., last day provisional measures are in
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ITC Notification
In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, Commerce will notify
the ITC of its final affirmative determination of sales at LTFV.
Because Commerce's final determination is affirmative, in accordance
with section 735(b)(2) of the Act, the ITC will determine, within 45
days, whether the domestic industry in the United States is materially
injured, or threatened with material injury, by reason of imports of
gloat glass. If the ITC determines that material injury or threat of
material injury does not exist, this proceeding will be terminated, all
cash deposits posted will be refunded, and suspension of liquidation
will be lifted. If the ITC determines that such injury does exist,
Commerce will issue an antidumping duty order directing CBP to assess,
upon further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties on all imports
of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the effective date of the suspension of
liquidation, as discussed in the ``Continuation of Suspension of
Liquidation'' section above.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice will serve as the only reminder to parties subject to
an APO of their responsibility concerning the disposition 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 subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
This determination is issued and published in accordance with
sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.210(c).
Dated: February 3, 2026.
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
Scope of the Investigation
The scope of this investigation covers float glass products
(FGP), which are articles of soda-lime-silica glass that are
manufactured by floating a continuous strip of molten glass over a
smooth bath of tin (or another liquid metal with a density greater
than molten glass), cooling the glass in an annealing lehr, and
cutting it to appropriate dimensions. For purposes of the
investigation, float glass products have an actual thickness of at
least 2.0 mm (0.0787 inches) and an actual surface area of at least
0.37 square meters (4.0 square feet).
The country of origin of each float glass product is determined
by the location where the soda-lime-silica glass is first
manufactured by floating a continuous strip of molten glass over a
smooth bath of tin and cooling the glass in an annealing lehr,
regardless of the location of any downstream finishing or
fabrication operations.
Prior to being subjected to further treatment, finishing, or
fabrication, float glass products meet the requirements of Type I
under ASTM-C1036 of the American Society for Testing and Materials
(ASTM).
Float glass products may be clear, stained, tinted, or coated
with one or more materials. Examples of coated float glass products
include Low-E architectural glass (i.e., glass with a low emissivity
coating to limit the penetration of radiant heat energy) and
frameless mirrors (i.e., flat glass with a silver, aluminum, or
other reflective layer) such as mirror stock sheet.
Float glass products may be annealed, chemically strengthened,
heat strengthened, or tempered to achieve a desired surface
compression, pursuant to ASTM-C1048, ASTM-C1422/C1422M, or other
similar specifications.
Float glass products include tub and shower enclosures (i.e.,
doors and panels) made of tempered glass, which may be sold with
attached or unattached hardware. In such cases, the scope covers
only the tempered glass, to the exclusion of any non-glass hardware.
The only float glass product assemblies included within the
scope are: (1) articles consisting of two of more sheets of float
glass that are bonded together using a polymer interlayer (i.e.,
laminated glass); (2) insulating glass units (IGUs), which consist
of two or more sheets of float glass separated by a spacer material
and hermetically sealed together at the edge in order to create a
thermal barrier using air or one or more gases but excluding any
non-float glass components (other than the spacer and insulating
materials) that may be mounted within the space between sheets of
float glass (e.g., blinds, wrought iron cores, and camed patterned
glass), as such non-float glass components are deemed outside the
scope and not subject to duties; and (3) LED mirrors (i.e., float
glass mirrors with one or more light-emitting diodes attached to or
integrated with the mirror, as well as framed float glass mirrors
with one or more light-emitting diodes attached to or integrated
with the mirror or the mirror frame, but without other electronic
functionality such as digital or video displays or audio circuitry).
Float glass products covered by the scope may meet one or more
of the ASTM-C162, ASTM-C1036, ASTM-C1048, ASTM-C1172, ASTM-C1349,
ASTM-C1376, ASTM-C1422/C1422M, ASTM-C1464, ASTM-C1503, ASTM-C1651,
ASTM-E1300, and ASTM-E2190 specifications, definitions, and/or
standards.
Float glass products may be further worked, including, but not
limited to, operations such as: cutting; beveling; edging; notching;
drilling; etching; bending; curving; chipping; embossing; engraving;
surface grinding; or polishing; and sandblasting (i.e., using high
velocity air to stream abrasive particles and thereby impart a
frosted aesthetic to the glass surface). A float glass product which
undergoes further work remains within the scope so long as the soda-
lime-silica glass originally satisfied the requirements of ASTM-
C1036 Type I and was first manufactured in a subject country,
regardless of where it is further worked.
Excluded from the scope are: (1) wired glass (i.e., glass with a
layer of wire mesh embedded within); (2) patterned flat glass (i.e.,
rolled glass with a pattern impressed on one or both sides) meeting
the requirements of Type II under ASTM-C1036, including greenhouse
glass and patterned solar glass (i.e., photovoltaic glass with a
textured surface); (3) safety glazing materials for vehicles
certified to American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Standard
Z26.1; (4) vacuum insulating glass (VIG) units, which consist of two
or more sheets of float glass separated by a spacer material, with
at least one hermetically sealed compartment that uses a gas-free
vacuum as a thermal barrier; (5) framed mirrors without any LEDs
integrated with the mirror or the mirror frame; (6) unframed ``over-
the-door'' mirrors that are ready for use as imported without
undergoing after importation any processing, finishing, or
fabrication; and (7) heat-strengthened washing machine lid glass
with an actual surface area less than 6.0 square feet (0.56 square
meters).
Also excluded from the scope of the investigation are: (1) soda-
lime-silica glass containing less than 0.01 percent iron oxide by
weight, annealed with a surface compression less than 3,500 pounds
per square inch (PSI), having a transparent conductive oxide base
coating (e.g., tin oxide), and with an actual thickness less than or
equal to 4.0 mm (0.1575 inches) (i.e., ``coated solar glass''); and
(2) heat treated soda-lime-silica glass with a surface compression
between 3,500 and 10,000 PSI, containing two or more drilled holes,
and having an actual thickness less than 2.5 mm (0.0984 inches)
(i.e., ``clear back solar glass''). Solar glass products (also known
as photovoltaic glass) are designed to facilitate the conversion of
solar energy into electricity.
Also excluded are metal-camed glass products (i.e., panels of
glass joined together
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with metal banding) where the constituent glass panels would
otherwise be excluded by reason of their size (e.g., an actual
surface area less than 0.37 square meters, or 4.0 square feet) and/
or by reason of consisting of patterned flat glass (i.e., rolled
glass with a pattern impressed on one or both sides) meeting the
requirements of Type II under ASTM-C1036.
Also excluded from the scope of the investigation are any
products already covered by the scope of any extant antidumping and/
or countervailing duty orders, including Aluminum Extrusions from
the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order, 76 FR 30650
(May 26, 2011), and Aluminum Extrusions from the People's Republic
of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 76 FR 30653 (May 26, 2011).
The products subject to the investigation are currently
classifiable under subheadings 7005.10.8000, 7005.21.1010,
7005.21.1030, 7005.21.2000, 7005.29.1810, 7005.29.1850,
7005.29.2500, 7007.29.0000, 7008.00.0000, 7009.91.5010,
7009.91.5095, and 7009.92.5010 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTSUS). Products subject to the investigation may
also enter under HTSUS subheadings 7006.00.4010, 7006.00.4050,
7007.19.0000, 7013.99.2000, 7013.99.9090, 7610.10.0030, and
7610.90.0080. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the
scope of the investigation is dispositive.
Appendix II
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Changes Since the Preliminary Determination
IV. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Replacement Mandatory Respondents
Comment 2: Xinyi's Cooperation
V. Recommendation
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