[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 164 (Thursday, August 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52364-52366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18329]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-041]


Truck and Bus Tires From the People's Republic of China: Amended 
Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review in Part; 
2020

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


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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is amending the 
final results of the administrative review of the countervailing duty 
(CVD) order on truck and bus tires from the People's Republic of China 
(China), covering the period of review (POR) January 1, 2020, through 
December 31, 2020, to correct ministerial errors.

DATES: Applicable August 25, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicholas Czajkowski, 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) 482-1395.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Commerce published the Final Results of this review on June 30, 
2022.\1\ On June 30, 2022, we also received timely submitted 
ministerial error comments from the petitioner.\2\ We are amending the 
Final Results to correct the ministerial errors raised by the 
petitioner.
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    \1\ See Truck and Bus Tires from the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2020, 87 
FR 39063 (June 30, 2022) (Final Results).
    \2\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Truck and Bus Tires from the 
People's Republic of China: Ministerial Error Comments,'' dated June 
30, 2022. The petitioner is United Steel, Paper and Forestry, 
Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers 
Union, AFL-CIO.
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Legal Framework

    A ministerial error, as defined in section 751(h) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act), includes ``errors in addition, 
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical errors resulting 
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other type 
of unintentional error which the administering authority considers 
ministerial.'' \3\ With respect to final results of administrative 
reviews, 19 CFR 351.224(e) provides that Commerce ``will analyze any 
comments received and if appropriate, correct any ministerial error by 
amending . . . the final results of review . . . .''
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    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.224(f).
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Ministerial Error

    Commerce determines that, in accordance with section 751(h) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f), it made ministerial errors in the Final 
Results. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e), Commerce is amending the Final 
Results to reflect the correction of these ministerial errors in the 
calculation of Qingdao Ge Rui Da Rubber Co., Ltd.'s (GRT's) 
countervailable subsidy rate, which changes from 16.76 percent to 17.48 
percent. For a detailed discussion of Commerce's analysis, see the 
Ministerial Error Memorandum and Amended Analysis Memorandum.\4\ As a 
result of this change, the rate for the non-selected companies under 
review also changes from 16.85 percent to 17.51 percent.\5\
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Ministerial Error Memorandum for the Final 
Results of the 2020 Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty 
Order on Truck and Bus Tires from the People's Republic of China,'' 
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 
(Ministerial Error Memorandum); see also Memorandum, ``2020 
Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Truck and 
Bus Tires from the People's Republic of China: Amended Final Results 
Calculations for Qingdao Ge Rui Da Rubber Co., Ltd.,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice (Amended Analysis Memorandum).
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``2020 Administrative Review of the 
Countervailing Duty Order on Truck and Bus Tires from the People's 
Republic of China: Amended Final Subsidy Rate Calculations for 
Respondents Not Selected for Individual Examination,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice.
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Amended Final Results of Review

    As a result of correcting the ministerial errors described above, 
Commerce determines the following net countervailable subsidy rates for 
the POR, January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020:

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                                                  Subsidy rate (percent
               Producer/exporter                       ad valorem)
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Prinx Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Co., Ltd.\6\...                    17.85
Qingdao Ge Rui Da Rubber Co., Ltd.\7\..........                    17.48
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   Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies
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Jiangsu General Science Technology Co., Ltd....                    17.51
Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co., Ltd..................                    17.51
Qingdao Awesome International Trade Co., Ltd...                    17.51
Qingdao Doublestar Tire Industrial Co., Ltd....                    17.51
Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd..................                    17.51
Shandong Huasheng Rubber Co., Ltd..............                    17.51
Shandong Kaixuan Rubber Co., Ltd...............                    17.51
Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd.........................                    17.51
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Disclosure
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    \6\ Cross-owned affiliates are Chengshan Group Co., Ltd.; 
Shanghai Chengzhan Information and Technology Center; Prinx 
Chengshan (Qingdao) Industrial Research & Design Co., Ltd.; and 
Shandong Prinx Chengshan Tire Technology Research Co., Ltd.
    \7\ Cross-owned affiliates are Cooper Tire (China) Investment 
Co. Ltd.; Cooper Tire Asia-Pacific (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.; 
Cooper (Kunshan) Tire Co., Ltd.; and Qingdao Yiyuan Investment Co., 
Ltd.
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    We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these amended 
final results in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce shall determine and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protections (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all 
appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the 
amended final results of this review. We will calculate importer-
specific assessment rate on the basis of the total amount of 
countervailing duties calculated for each importer's examined sales and 
the total entered values of the sales in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212.(b)(1).
    We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 35 days after 
publication of the amended final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also 
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated 
countervailing duties in the amounts shown for the companies subject to 
this review. For all non-reviewed companies, CBP will continue to 
collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the

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most recent company specific or all-others rate applicable to the 
company, as appropriate. These cash deposits, effective upon 
publication of these amended final results, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the destruction 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 sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these amended final results of review 
in accordance with sections 751(h) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.224(e).

    Dated: August 19, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-18329 Filed 8-24-22; 8:45 am]
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