[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 34847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12314]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-036]


Certain Biaxial Integral Geogrid Products From the People's 
Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review 
of the Antidumping Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that 
revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain biaxial 
integral geogrid products (geogrids) from the People's Republic of 
China (China) would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of 
dumping at the levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Sunset 
Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable June 8, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kabir Archuletta, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2593.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 3, 2017, Commerce published in the Federal Register the AD 
order on geogrids from China.\1\ On February 1, 2022, Commerce 
initiated the first sunset review of the Order, pursuant to section 
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\2\ On February 
16, 2022, Commerce received a timely-filed notice of intent to 
participate in this review from Tensar Corporation (Tensar), a domestic 
interested party, within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(1)(i).\3\ Tensar claimed interested party status under 
section 771(9)(C) of the Act as a producer of the domestic like product 
in the United States.
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    \1\ See Certain Biaxial Integral Geogrid Products from the 
People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order, 82 FR 12440 
(March 3, 2017) (Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 87 FR 5467 
(February 1, 2022) (Initiation Notice).
    \3\ See Tensar's Letter, ``Notice of Intent to Participate,'' 
dated February 16, 2022.
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    On March 3, 2022, Commerce received an adequate substantive 
response to the Initiation Notice from the domestic interested party 
within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\4\ We 
received no substantive responses from any other interested parties. On 
March 21, 2022, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade 
Commission that it did not receive an adequate substantive response 
from respondent interested parties.\5\ As a result, pursuant to section 
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce 
conducted an expedited (120-day) sunset review of this Order.
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    \4\ See Tensar's Letter, ``Substantive Response,'' dated March 
3, 2022.
    \5\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on 
February 1, 2022,'' dated March 21, 2022.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the Order are geogrids from China. For a 
complete description of the scope of the Order, see Issues and Decision 
Memorandum signed concurrently with this notice.\6\
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Biaxial Integral Geogrid 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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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this sunset review are addressed in the 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.\7\ A list of topics 
discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is included in the 
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). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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    \7\ Id.
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Final Results of Sunset Review

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, 
Commerce determines that revocation of the Order would be likely to 
lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping and that the 
magnitude of the margins likely to prevail is up to 372.81 percent.\8\
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    \8\ Id.
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Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice serves as the only reminder to interested 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). Timely 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

    We are issuing and publishing these final results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751I, 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.218.

    Dated: June 1, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
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. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
    1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of Dumping
    2. Magnitude of the Margins Likely to Prevail
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2022-12314 Filed 6-7-22; 8:45 am]
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