[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56416-56417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-22916]


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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; 2017-2018

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Weitron 
International Refrigeration Equipment (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., (Weitron) 
had no shipments of subject merchandise covered by the antidumping duty 
order on hydrofluorocarbon blends from the People's Republic of China 
(China) for the period of review (POR) August 1, 2017 through July 31, 
2018.

DATES: Applicable October 22, 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.

Background

    Commerce published the Preliminary Results of the administrative 
review in the Federal Register on June 14, 2019.\1\ For events 
subsequent to the Preliminary Results, see Commerce's Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.\2\ Commerce conducted this administrative review 
in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act).
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    \1\ See Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review 
and Final Rescission, in Part; 2017-2018, 84 FR 27752 (June 14, 
2019) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Hydrofluorocarbon Blends 
from the People's Republic of China; 2017-2018,'' dated concurrently 
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum).
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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.\3\
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    \3\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, see 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    The single issue raised in the submitted case brief (i.e., whether 
to rescind the review for Weitron) is listed in the Appendix to this 
notice and addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 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). 
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 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.

Final Determination of No Shipments

    In the Preliminary Results, Commerce preliminarily determined that 
Weitron had no shipments of subject merchandise, during the POR.\4\ As 
we have not received any information that undermines our preliminary 
findings, we determine that Weitron 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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    \4\ See Preliminary Results, 84 FR at 27752, 27753.
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Assessment

    Commerce determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject 
merchandise in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.212(b). Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to 
CBP 15 days after the date of publication of the final results of this 
review.
    Additionally, consistent with Commerce's refinement to its 
assessment practice in non-market economy cases, for Weitron, the 
exporter under review, which we determined had no shipments of the 
subject merchandise during the POR, any suspended entries of subject 
merchandise from Weitron will be liquidated at the China-wide rate.\5\
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    \5\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-Market 
Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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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 previously 
investigated or reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese exporters who are not 
under review in this segment of the proceeding but who have separate 
rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-specific 
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published for the most recent period; (2) for all Chinese exporters of 
subject merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a 
separate rate (i.e., including Weitron, which did not demonstrate that 
it was entitled to a separate rate in the most recently-completed 
administrative review), the cash deposit rate will be the China-wide 
rate of 216.37 percent; \6\ and (3) for all non-Chinese exporters of 
subject merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate applicable to Chinese exporter(s) that 
supplied that non-Chinese exporter. These deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \6\ See 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, 84 FR 17380, 
17381 (April 25, 2019).
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Notifications to Importers

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) 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: October 15, 2019.
Christian Marsh,
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 Order
IV. Discussion of the Issues
V. Recommendation

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