[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 80 (Thursday, April 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17380-17382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08348]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-028]


Hydrofluorocarbon Blends From the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final 
Determination of No Shipments; 2016-2017

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that T.T. 
International Co., Ltd. (TTI) sold hydrofluorocarbon blends (HFCs) from 
the People's Republic of China (China) at less than normal value (NV) 
during the period of review (POR), February 1, 2016, through July 31, 
2017.

DATES: Applicable April 25, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Medley or Manuel Rey, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4987 or (202) 482-5518, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Commerce published the Preliminary Results on September 11, 
2018.\1\ For events subsequent to the Preliminary Results, see 
Commerce's Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\ On December 17, 2018, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), Commerce extended the deadline for issuing the final 
results until March 11, 2019.\3\ Further, Commerce exercised its 
discretion to toll all deadlines affected by the partial Federal 
government closure from December 22, 2018, through the resumption of 
operations on January 29, 2019.\4\ Therefore, the revised deadline for 
the final results is now April 19, 2019.
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    \1\ See Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2016-2017, 83 
FR 45890 (September 11, 2018) (Preliminary Results) and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Hydrofluorocarbon Blends 
from the People's Republic of China; 2016-2017,'' dated concurrently 
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the People's 
Republic of China: Extension of Deadline for the Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated December 17, 2018.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Partial Shutdown 
of the Federal Government,'' dated January 28, 2019. All deadlines 
in this segment of the proceeding have been extended by 40 days.
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Scope of the Order

    The products subject to this order are HFC blends. HFC blends 
covered by the scope are R-404A, a zeotropic mixture consisting of 52 
percent 1,1,1 Trifluoroethane, 44 percent Pentafluoroethane, and 4 
percent 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane; R-407A, a zeotropic mixture of 20 
percent Difluoromethane, 40 percent Pentafluoroethane, and 40 percent 
1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane; R-407C, a zeotropic mixture of 23 percent 
Difluoromethane, 25 percent Pentafluoroethane, and 52 percent 1,1,1,2-
Tetrafluoroethane; R-410A, a zeotropic mixture of 50 percent 
Difluoromethane and 50 percent Pentafluoroethane; and R-507A, an 
azeotropic mixture of 50 percent Pentafluoroethane and 50 percent 
1,1,1-Trifluoroethane also known as R-507. The foregoing percentages 
are nominal percentages by weight. Actual percentages of single 
component refrigerants by weight may vary by plus or minus two percent 
points from the nominal percentage identified above.\5\
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    \5\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, see 
Issues and Decision Memorandum issued concurrently with, and hereby 
adopted by, this notice.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    In the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we addressed all issues 
raised in parties' case and rebuttal briefs. Appendix I to this notice 
provides a list of the issues raised by parties. The Issues and 
Decision Memorandum is a public document and

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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 https://access.trade.gov and 
is available to all parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of 
the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete 
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Issues and 
Decision Memorandum and the electronic version of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we made certain 
revisions to the margin calculations for TTI,\6\ and to the rate 
assigned to the non-examined respondents receiving a separate rate.\7\
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    \6\ See Memorandum ``Calculation Memorandum for the Final 
Results of the Administrative Review of Hydrofluorocarbon Blends 
from the People's Republic of China Memo for TTI International Co., 
Ltd.,'' dated concurrently with this notice.
    \7\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum for a summary of these 
revisions.
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Separate Rates Respondents

    In the Preliminary Results, we determined that TTI and three other 
companies demonstrated their eligibility for separate rates. We 
received no comments since the issuance of the Preliminary Results that 
provide a basis for reconsideration of these determinations.\8\ 
Therefore, for these final results, we continue to find that the 
companies listed in the table in the ``Final Results'' section of this 
notice are eligible for separate rates.
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    \8\ We note, however, that we made a ministerial error when 
identifying the name of one of these companies in the Preliminary 
Results. For further discussion, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum at Comment 1.
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    Further, we determined in the Preliminary Results that six 
companies failed to demonstrate an absence of de facto government 
control; and, thus, Commerce did not grant them separate rates.\9\ No 
party provided comments with respect to any of these six companies, 
and, thus, we continue to find that these six companies are not 
eligible for separate rates.
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    \9\ These companies are: (1) Arkema Daikin Advanced 
Fluorochemicals (Changsu) Co., Ltd. (Arkema); (2) Dongyang Weihua 
Refrigerants Co., Ltd. (Dongyang Weihua); (3) Sinochem Environmental 
Protection Chemicals (Taicang) Co., Ltd. (Sinochem Taicang); (4) 
Weitron International Refrigeration Equipment (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. 
(Weitron); (5) Zhejiang Lantian Environmental Protection Fluoro 
Material Co. Ltd. (Zhejiang Lantian); and (6) Zhejiang Quzhou 
Lianzhou Refrigerants Co., Ltd. (Zhejiang Quzhou).
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Rate for Non-Examined Separate-Rate Respondents

    The statute and our regulations do not address the rate to be 
assigned to respondents not selected for individual examination when we 
limit our examination of companies subject to the administrative review 
pursuant to section 777A(c)(2)(B) of the Act. Generally, we look to 
section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for 
calculating the all-others rate in an investigation, for guidance when 
calculating the rate for respondents not individually examined in an 
administrative review. Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act articulates a 
preference for not calculating an all-others rate using rates which are 
zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts available.\10\ 
Accordingly, we generally will determine the dumping margin for 
companies not individually examined by averaging the weighted-average 
dumping margins for the individually examined respondents, excluding 
rates that are zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts 
available.\11\
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    \10\ See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France, Germany, 
Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Reviews and Rescission of Reviews in Part, 73 FR 
52823, 52824 (September 11, 2008), and accompanying Issues and 
Decision Memorandum at Comment 16.
    \11\ See, e.g., Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value and Partial Affirmative Determination of Critical 
Circumstances: Certain Polyester Staple Fiber from the People's 
Republic of China, 71 FR 77373, 77377 (December 26, 2006), unchanged 
in Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Partial 
Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances: Certain 
Polyester Staple Fiber from the People's Republic of China, 72 FR 
19690 (April 19, 2007).
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    For the final results, we calculated a rate only for TTI. 
Therefore, for these final results, following the practice described 
above, we have assigned the rate calculated for TTI to the companies 
that have not been individually examined but have demonstrated their 
eligibility for a separate rate.

Final Determination of No Shipments

    In the Preliminary Results, Commerce determined that Daikin 
Fluorochemicals (China) Co., Ltd. (Daikin) and Zhejiang Yonghe 
Refrigerant Co., Ltd. (Zhejiang Yonghe) \12\ had no shipments of 
subject merchandise during the POR. As we have not received any 
information to contradict our preliminary findings, we determine that 
Daikin and Zhejiang Yonghe had no shipments of subject merchandise 
during the POR, and we intend to issue appropriate instructions to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that are consistent with our 
``automatic assessment'' clarification for these final results of 
review.
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    \12\ In the Preliminary Results, Commerce inadvertently 
identified this company as Jinhua Yonghe Fluorochemical Co., Ltd. 
For further discussion, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum at 
Comment 1.
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Final Results of the Administrative Review

    Because Arkema, Dongyang Weihua, Sinochem Taicang, Weitron, 
Zhejiang Lantian, and Zhejiang Quzhou did not demonstrate that they are 
entitled to a separate rate, Commerce finds these six companies to be 
part of the China-wide entity. Because no party requested a review of 
the China-wide entity, and Commerce no longer considers the China-wide 
entity as an exporter conditionally subject to administrative 
reviews,\13\ we did not conduct a review of the China-wide entity. The 
rate previously established for the China-wide entity is 216.37 percent 
\14\ and is not subject to change as a result of this review.
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    \13\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in 
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty 
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity 
(NME) in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963, 65970 
(November 4, 2013).
    \14\ See Hydrofluorocarbon Blends and Components Thereof from 
the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order, 81 FR 55436, 
55438 (August 19, 2016).
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    For companies subject to this review and established their 
eligibility for a separate rate, Commerce determines that the following 
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period February 1, 2016, 
through July 31, 2017:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                          Exporter                              dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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T.T. International Co., Ltd.................................      285.73
Shandong Huaan New Material Co., Ltd *......................      285.73
Zhejiang Sanmei Chemical Industry Co. Ltd *.................      285.73
Jinhua Yonghe Fluorochemical Co., Ltd *.....................      285.73
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* This company was not selected as a mandatory respondent but is subject
  to this administrative review and demonstrated that it qualified for a
  separate rate during the POR.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries covered by this review. Commerce intends to issue assessment 
instructions to CBP 15 days

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after the date of publication of these final results of review.
    For TTI, we calculated importer-specific ad valorem duty assessment 
rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for 
the importer's examined sales to the total entered value of those 
sales, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where an importer- (or 
customer-) specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will 
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to 
antidumping duties.\15\
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    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    Pursuant to Commerce's assessment practice, for entries that were 
not reported in the U.S. sales data submitted by TTI, we will instruct 
CBP to liquidate such entries at the China-wide rate.\16\ Similarly, 
because Commerce determined that Daikin and Zhejiang Yonghe had no 
shipments of the subject merchandise, any suspended entries of subject 
merchandise from Daikin and Zhejiang Yonghe will also be liquidated at 
the China-wide rate.\17\
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    \16\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
    \17\ Id.
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    For the respondents which were not selected for individual 
examination in this administrative review and which qualified for a 
separate rate, the assessment rate will be equal to the weighted-
average dumping margin determined for TTI in the final results of this 
administrative review.
    For the companies found to be part of the China-wide entity, 
because Commerce determined that these companies did not qualify for a 
separate rate, we will instruct CBP to assess dumping duties on the 
companies' entries of subject merchandise at the rate of 216.37 
percent.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the exporters 
listed above, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the weighted-
average dumping margin established in the final results of this review; 
(2) for previously investigated or reviewed China and non-China 
exporters not listed above that currently have a separate rate, the 
cash deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate 
published for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding 
where the exporter received that separate rate; (3) for all China 
exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be 
entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate for 
the China-wide entity, 216.37 percent; and (4) for all non-China 
exporters of subject merchandise which have not received their own 
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the 
China exporter that supplied that non-China exporter. These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties in this 
proceeding within five days of the date of publication of this notice, 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Notifications to Importers

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding 
the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the 
relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notifications to Interested Parties

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (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 return or destruction of APO materials, or conversion 
to judicial protective order, is hereby requested. Failure to comply 
with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    We are issuing and publishing these results of review in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: April 19, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Ministerial Error
    Comment 2: The Margin Assigned to TTI
    Comment 3: Selection of Separate Rate for Non-Selected 
Respondents
    Comment 4: Adjusting Global Trade Atlas Import Data for Movement 
Expenses
    Comment 5: Surrogate Values (SVs) for R-32 and R-143a
    Comment 6: SV for Anhydrous Hydrogen Fluoride
    Comment 7: Surrogate Financial Statements
Recommendation

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