[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 173 (Thursday, September 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54970-54974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19339]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-016]


Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; Rescission, in Part; and Preliminary 
Determination of No Shipments; 2020-2021

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds 
that certain producers and exporters of passenger vehicle and light 
truck tires (passenger tires) from the People's Republic of China 
(China) made sales of subject merchandise at prices below normal value 
(NV) during the period of review (POR), August 1, 2020, through July 
31, 2021. Commerce also preliminarily finds that 17 companies qualified 
for separate rate status, eight companies are part of the China-wide 
entity, nine companies timely withdrew their requests for an 
administrative review, and ten companies did not ship subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POR. We invite interested 
parties to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable September 8, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni Page or Peter Shaw, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1398 or (202) 482-0697, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 10, 2015, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
antidumping duty order on passenger tires from China.\1\ On August 2, 
2021, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review of the Order on 
passenger tires from China for the period August 1, 2020, through July 
31, 2021.\2\ On October 7, 2021, based on timely requests for review, 
Commerce published the initiation of the administrative review of the 
Order with respect to 47 companies.\3\ The petitioner in this review is 
the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, 
Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC 
(USW). This review covers mandatory respondents, Giti \4\ and 
Sumitomo,\5\ as well as 33 additional exporters that were not selected 
for individual examination.
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    \1\ See Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the 
People's Republic of China: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping 
Duty Determination and Antidumping Duty Order; and Amended Final 
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Countervailing 
Duty Order, 80 FR 47902 (August 10, 2015) (Order).
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 86 FR 41436 (August 2, 2021).
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 55811 (October 7, 2021).
    \4\ In a prior administrative review, we determined that it was 
appropriate to treat the following companies as a single entity: 
Giti Tire Global Trading Pte. Ltd. (GTT); Giti Radial (Anhui) Tire 
Company Ltd. (Giti Radial Anhui), and Giti Tire Fujian Company Ltd. 
(Giti Fujian), Giti Tire (Hualin) Company, Ltd., Giti Tire Greatwall 
Company. Ltd., Giti Tire (Anhui) Company, Giti Tire (Yinchuan) 
Company Ltd., Giti Tire (Chongqing Company Ltd., and Giti Tire USA, 
Ltd. collectively, Giti). See Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light 
Truck Tires from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; Preliminary Determination 
of No Shipments, and Rescission, In Part; 2015-2016, 82 FR 42281 
(September 7, 2017), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum (PDM), at ``Affiliation and Single Entity Treatment,'' 
unchanged in Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from 
the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; and Final Determination of No Shipments; 
2015-2016, 83 FR 11690 (March 16, 2018). Because no interested party 
submitted comments on this issue, and in the absence of any new 
information regarding this finding, Commerce is continuing to find 
that these companies are affiliated, pursuant to section 771(33)(E) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and are a single 
entity, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f). However, because Giti Tire 
USA, Ltd. is an affiliated entity located in California, we find 
that, per Commerce's practice, this affiliate should be removed from 
the single entity. See Giti's Letter, ``Passenger Vehicle and Light 
Truck Tires from the People's Republic of China: Section A 
Questionnaire Response,'' dated January 4, 2022, at 2 and Exhibit A-
3.
    \5\ In the prior segment of this proceeding, we determined that 
it was appropriate to treat the following entities as a single 
entity: Sumitomo Rubber (Hunan) Co., Ltd. (SRH), Sumitomo Rubber 
(Changshu) Co., Ltd. (SRC), and Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) 
(collectively, Sumitomo). See Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light 
Truck Tires from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; and Preliminary 
Determination of No Shipments; 2019-2020, 86 FR 50029 (September 7, 
2021), and accompanying PDM, at ``Affiliation and Single Entity 
Treatment,'' unchanged in Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck 
Tires from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; and Final Determination of 
No Shipments; 2019-2020, 87 FR 13966 (March 11, 2022). Because no 
interested party submitted comments on this issue, and in the 
absence of any new information regarding this finding, Commerce is 
continuing to find that SRH, SRC, and SRI are affiliated, pursuant 
to section 771(33)(F) of the Act, as, and are a single entity, 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f).
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    On March 31, 2022, Commerce extended the deadline for these 
preliminary results to August 31, 2022.\6\ For a complete description 
of the events that followed the initiation and the partial rescission 
of this administrative review, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.\7\ A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum is included in Appendix I to this notice. The Preliminary 
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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review 2020-2021,'' dated 
March 31, 2022.
    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain 
Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People's Republic 
of China and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2020-2021,'' 
dated concurrently with, and hereby adapted by, this notice 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the Order are certain passenger vehicle and 
light truck tires from China. A full description of the scope of the 
Order is contained in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\8\
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    \8\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at ``Scope of the 
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213. In determining the dumping 
margins in this review, we calculated constructed export price in 
accordance with section 772 of the Act. Because Commerce has determined 
that China is a non-market economy (NME) country, within the meaning of 
section 771(18) of the Act, we calculated normal value in this review 
in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act. For a full description of 
the methodology underlying the preliminary results of this review, see 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

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Preliminary Determination of No Shipments

    Between October 15 and November 8, 2021, 13 companies timely filed 
certifications that they had no exports, shipments, sales, or entries 
of subject merchandise to the United States during the POR.\9\ Based on 
an analysis of information from U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP), Commerce preliminarily determines that the following ten 
companies had no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR: (1) 
Hongtyre Group Co.; (2) Mayrun Tyre (Hong Kong) Limited; (3) Qingdao 
Nama Industrial Co., Ltd.; (4) Shandong Changfeng Tyres Co., Ltd.; (5) 
Shandong Duratti Rubber Corporation Co., Ltd.; (6) Shandong Linglong 
Tyre Co., Ltd.; (7) Shandong Yongsheng Rubber Group Co., Ltd.; (8) 
Tyrechamp Group Co., Limited; (9) Wendeng Sanfeng Tyre Co., Ltd.; and 
(10) Zhaoqing Junhong Co., Ltd.
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    \9\ See Hongtyre's Letter, ``No Shipment Letter for Hongtyre,'' 
dated November 8, 2021; see also Mayrun Tyre's Letter, ``No Sales 
and Separate Rate Certification,'' dated November 8, 2021; Qingdao 
Nama's Letter, ``Submission of Statement of No Shipments,'' dated 
October 15, 2021; Roadclaw's Letter, ``Roadclaw's No Shipment 
Certification,'' dated October 21, 2021; Shandong Changfeng's 
Letter, ``No Sales Certification,'' dated November 8, 2021; 
Duratti's Letter, ``No Sales Certification,'' dated November 8, 
2021; Shandong Linglong's Letter, ``No Commercial Shipment Letter 
for Linglong,'' dated October 27, 2021; Shandong Yongsheng's Letter, 
``Notice of No Sales,'' dated November 5, 2021; Firemax's Letter, 
``Notice of No Sales,'' dated November 5, 2021 (Firemax's No 
Shipment Letter); Tyrechamp's Letter, ``Submission of Statement of 
No Shipments,'' dated October 20, 2021; Sanfeng Tyre's Letter, ``No 
Shipment Certification for the Administrative Review,'' dated 
October 21, 2021; Winrun's Letter, ``Winrun's No Shipment 
Certification,'' dated October 21, 2021; and Zhaoqing Junhong's 
Letter, ``No Sales & Separate Rate Certification,'' dated November 
8, 2021.
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    In addition, Commerce preliminarily determines that Roadclaw Tyre 
(Hong Long) Limited; Shouguang Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd.; and Winrun Tyre 
Co., Ltd., had reviewable transactions during the POR. For additional 
information regarding these preliminary findings, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.
    Consistent with Commerce's practice in NME cases, we are not 
rescinding this administrative review with respect to the companies for 
which we preliminarily found had no shipments but intend to complete 
the review and issue appropriate instructions to CBP based on the final 
results of the review.\10\
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    \10\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694, 65694-95 (October 24, 2011) (NME 
Assessment of Duties); see also the ``Assessment Rates'' section, 
infra.
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China-Wide Entity

    Commerce's policy regarding conditional review of the China-wide 
entity applies to this administrative review.\11\ Under this policy, 
the China-wide entity will not be under review unless a party 
specifically requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a review of the 
entity. Because no party requested a review of the China-wide entity, 
and we did not self-initiate a review, the China-wide entity cash 
deposit rate (i.e., 76.46 percent) is not subject to change as a result 
of this review.\12\
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    \11\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in 
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty 
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity 
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
    \12\ See Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from 
the People's Republic of China: Amended Final Affirmative 
Antidumping Duty Determination and Antidumping Duty Order; and 
Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and 
Countervailing Duty Order, 80 FR 47902, 47906 (August 10, 2015).
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Separate Rates

    In all proceedings involving NME countries, Commerce maintains a 
rebuttable presumption that all companies within an NME country are 
subject to government control and, thus, should be assessed a single 
weighted-average dumping margin unless the company can affirmatively 
demonstrate an absence of government control, both in law (de jure) and 
in fact (de facto), with respect to its exports so that it is entitled 
to separate rate status.\13\ Commerce preliminarily finds that the 
information placed on the record by: (1) Anhui Jichi Tire Co., Ltd.; 
(2) Crown International Corporation; (3) Hankook Tire China Co., Ltd.; 
(4) Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.; (5) Koryo International Industrial 
Limited; (6) Nankang (Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone) Rubber Industrial 
Co., Ltd.; (7) Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd; \14\ (8) Qingdao 
Sunfulcess Tyre Co., Ltd.; (9) Qingdao Transamerica Tire Industrial 
Co., Ltd.; (10) Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd.; (11) Shandong Hengyu 
Science & Technology Co., Ltd.; (12) Shandong New Continent Tire Co., 
Ltd.; (13) Shandong Province Sanli Tire Manufactured Co., Ltd.; (14) 
Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd.; and (15) Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd. 
demonstrates that these companies are entitled to separate rate status.
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    \13\ See, e.g., Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value, and Affirmative Critical Circumstances, In Part: 
Certain Lined Paper Products from the People's Republic of China, 71 
FR 53079, 53082 (September 8, 2006); and Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Partial Affirmative 
Determination of Critical Circumstances: Diamond Sawblades and Parts 
Thereof from the People's Republic of China, 71 FR 29303, 29307 (May 
22, 2006).
    \14\ In a prior administrative review, we determined to treat 
the following companies as a single entity: Sentury Qingdao, Sentury 
Tire USA Inc. and Sentury (Hong Kong) Trading Co., Limited 
(collectively, Sentury). See Certain Vehicle and Light Truck Tires 
from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Preliminary Determination of 
No Shipments, and Rescission, in Part; 2015-2016, 82 FR 42281 
(September 7 2017), unchanged in Certain Vehicle and Light Truck 
Tires from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of 
Administrative Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2015-
2016, 83 FR 11690 (March 16, 2018). We note that only Sentury 
Qingdao filed an SRA and stated that only it had exports to the 
United States during the POR. See Sentury Qingdao's Letter, 
``Sentury Qingdao Separate Rate Application,'' dated November 17, 
2021, at 21. Additionally, because Sentury Tire USA Inc. is an 
affiliated entity located in the United States, we find that, per 
Commerce's practice, this affiliate should be removed from the 
single entity. Id. at 20.
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    We have preliminarily determined that the companies listed in 
Appendix II have not demonstrated their eligibility for a separate rate 
because either the company did not file a timely separate rate 
application (SRA) or a separate rate certification with Commerce or it 
was unable to demonstrate an absence of government control, both in law 
and in fact, with respect to exports. We are treating the companies 
listed in Appendix II as part of the China-wide entity. Because no 
party requested a review of the China-wide entity, the entity is not 
under review and the entity's rate (i.e., 76.46 percent) is not subject 
to change. For additional information regarding Commerce's preliminary 
separate rate determinations, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Weighted-Average Dumping Margin for Non-Selected Separate Rate 
Companies

    The Act and Commerce's regulations do not identify the dumping 
margin to apply to respondents not selected for individual examination 
when Commerce limits its examination in an administrative review 
pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, Commerce looks to 
section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for 
calculating the all-others rate in an investigation, for guidance when 
determining the dumping margin for respondents that are not 
individually examined in an administrative review. Section 735(c)(5)(A) 
of the Act states that the all-others rate should be calculated by 
averaging the weighted-average dumping margins for individually 
examined respondents, excluding dumping margins that are zero, de 
minimis, or based entirely on facts available. Where the dumping 
margins for individually examined respondents are all zero, de minimis, 
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based entirely on facts available, section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act 
provides that Commerce may use ``any reasonable method to establish the 
estimated all others rate for exporters and producers not individually 
investigated, including averaging the estimated weighted average 
dumping margins determined for the exporters and producers individually 
investigated.''
    Commerce calculated an estimated weighted-average dumping margin of 
9.08 percent for Giti and 0.59 percent for Sumitomo. Because Giti and 
Sumitomo have individually-calculated weighted-average dumping margins 
that are not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts otherwise 
available, we are assigning the separate rate respondents a dumping 
margin equal to the simple average of Giti's and Sumitomo's margins.

Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if all parties that 
requested a review withdraw their requests within 90 days of the 
publication date of the notice of initiation of the requested review in 
the Federal Register. Between October 25, 2021, and January 6, 2022, we 
received timely withdrawals from this administrative review from nine 
companies.\15\
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    \15\ The nine companies that withdrew their requests for review 
are: (1) Sailun Group (HongKong) Co., Limited, formerly known as 
Sailun Jinyu Group (Hong Kong) Co., Limited; (2) Sailun Group Co., 
Ltd., formerly known as Sailun Jinyu Group Co., Ltd.; (3) Sailun 
Tire Americas Inc., formerly known as SJI North America Inc.; (4) 
Zhongce Rubber Group Co., Ltd.; (5) Qingdao Lakesea Tyre Co., Ltd.; 
(6) Safe & Well (HK) International Trading Limited; (7) Kumho Tire 
(Tianjin) Co., Inc.; (8) Nanjing Kumho Tire Co., Ltd.; and (9) Kumho 
Tire (Changchun) Co., Inc.
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    Because no other party requested a review of the nine 
aforementioned companies, consistent with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), 
Commerce is rescinding this review, in part, with respect to these 
companies.

Preliminary Results of Review

    Commerce preliminarily determines that the following weighted-
average dumping margins exist for the period August 1, 2020, through 
July 31, 2021:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                          Exporter                              dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Giti Tire Global Trading Pte. Ltd.; Giti Radial Tire (Anhui)        9.08
 Company Ltd.; and Giti Tire (Fujian) Company Ltd.; Giti
 Tire (Hualin) Company Ltd.; Giti Tire Greatwall Company,
 Ltd.; Giti Tire (Anhui) Company, ltd.; Giti Tire (Yinchuan)
 Company, Ltd.; Giti Tire (Chongqing) Company, Ltd..........
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.; Sumitomo Rubber (Hunan)            0.59
 Co., Ltd.; and Sumitomo Rubber (Changshu) Co., Ltd.........
Anhui Jichi Tire Co., Ltd...................................        4.84
Crown International Corporation.............................        4.84
Hankook Tire China Co., Ltd.................................        4.84
Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co., Ltd...............................        4.84
Koryo International Industrial Limited......................        4.84
Nankang (Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone) Rubber Industrial            4.84
 Co., Ltd...................................................
Qingdao Sentury Tire Co., Ltd.; Sentury (Hong Kong) Trading         4.84
 Co., Limited...............................................
Qingdao Sunfulcess Tyre Co., Ltd............................        4.84
Qingdao Transamerica Tire Industrial Co., Ltd...............        4.84
Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd...............................        4.84
Shandong Hengyu Science & Technology Co., Ltd...............        4.84
Shandong New Continent Tire Co., Ltd........................        4.84
Shandong Province Sanli Tire Manufactured Co., Ltd..........        4.84
Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co. Ltd............................        4.84
Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd......................................        4.84
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Disclosure

    Commerce will disclose calculations performed for these preliminary 
results to the parties within five days of the date of publication of 
this notice, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Public Comment

    Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Interested parties 
will be notified of the timeline for the submission of such case briefs 
and written comments at a later date. Rebuttal briefs, limited to 
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than seven days 
after the date for filing case briefs.\16\ Parties who submit case 
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit 
with each argument: (1) a statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary 
of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities. Case and rebuttal 
briefs should be filed using ACCESS \17\ and must be served on 
interested parties.\18\ Note that Commerce has temporarily modified 
certain of its requirements for serving documents containing business 
proprietary information, until further notice.\19\
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    \16\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Temporary Rule Modifying 
AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19, 85 FR 17006, 17007 
(March 26, 2020) (``To provide adequate time for release of case 
briefs via ACCESS, E&C intends to schedule the due date for all 
rebuttal briefs to be 7 days after case briefs are filed (while 
these modifications remain in effect)'').
    \17\ See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
    \18\ See 19 CFR 351.303(f).
    \19\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements 
Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 
10, 2020).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, within 30 days of the date of publication of this 
notice.\20\ Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and 
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of 
issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to 
those raised in the respective case and rebuttal briefs. If a request 
for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at a date 
and time to be determined.\21\ Parties should confirm the date, time, 
and location of

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    \20\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \21\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative 
review, which will include the results of our analysis of all issues 
raised in the case briefs, within 120 days of publication of these 
preliminary results in the Federal Register, unless extended, pursuant 
to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Verification

    On January 10, 2022, the petitioner requested, pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.307(b)(1)(v), that Commerce conduct verification of the 
questionnaire responses submitted in this administrative review.\22\ As 
provided in section 782(i)(1) of the Act, Commerce intends to verify 
the information relied upon in making its final determination for Giti.
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    \22\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Certain Passenger Vehicle and 
Light Truck Tires from the People's Republic of China (A-570-016)-
Petitioner's Verification Request,'' dated January 10, 2022.
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Assessment Rates

    Upon issuing the final results of this review, Commerce shall 
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries covered by this review.\23\ Commerce intends to issue 
assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date 
of publication of the final results of this review in the Federal 
Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of 
International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to 
liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request 
for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of 
publication).
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    \23\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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    For each individually examined respondent in this review whose 
weighted-average dumping margin in the final results of review is not 
zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), Commerce intends to 
calculate importer/customer-specific assessment rates.\24\ Where the 
respondent reported reliable entered values, Commerce intends to 
calculate importer/customer-specific ad valorem assessment rates by 
aggregating the amount of dumping calculated for all U.S. sales to the 
importer/customer and dividing this amount by the total entered value 
of the merchandise sold to the importer/customer.\25\ Where the 
respondent did not report entered values, Commerce will calculate 
importer/customer-specific assessment rates by dividing the amount of 
dumping for reviewed sales to the importer/customer by the total 
quantity of those sales. Commerce will calculate an estimated ad 
valorem importer/customer-specific assessment rate to determine whether 
the per-unit assessment rate is de minimis; however, Commerce will use 
the per-unit assessment rate where entered values were not 
reported.\26\ Where an importer/customer-specific ad valorem assessment 
rate is not zero or de minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP to collect 
the appropriate duties at the time of liquidation. Where either the 
respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or 
an importer/customer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de 
minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries 
without regard to antidumping duties.\27\
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    \24\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted 
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012) 
(Final Modification).
    \25\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \26\ Id.
    \27\ See Final Modification, 77 FR at 8103.
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    For entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales database 
submitted by an exporter individually examined during this review, but 
that entered under the case number of that exporter (i.e., at the 
individually-examined exporter's cash deposit rate), Commerce will 
instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the China-wide rate of 76.46 
percent.\28\ We also intend to liquidate entries containing subject 
merchandise exported: (1) by the companies under review that we 
determine in the final results to be part of the China-wide entity; and 
(2) under the name Tyrechamp Group Co. Ltd., at the China-wide cash 
deposit rate of 76.46 percent.
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    \28\ For a full discussion of this practice, see NME Assessment 
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    For the companies receiving a separate rate, we intend to assign an 
assessment rate of 4.84 percent, consistent with the methodology 
described above. Additionally, if Commerce determines that an exporter 
under review had no shipments of the subject merchandise, any suspended 
entries that entered under that exporter's CBP case number will be 
liquidated at the rate for the China-wide entity.
    Finally, for companies for which we rescinded the review, 
antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit 
of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or 
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(c)(1)(i).

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 from China 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 companies 
listed above that have a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be 
that rate established in the final results of this review (except, if 
the rate is zero or de minimis, then a cash deposit rate of zero will 
be established for that company); (2) for previously investigated or 
reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese exporters not listed above that have 
separate rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to be equal to the 
exporter-specific weighted-average dumping margin published of the most 
recently-completed segment of this proceeding; (3) for all Chinese 
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 
China-wide entity, 76.46 percent; and (4) for all exporters of subject 
merchandise which are not located in China and which are not eligible 
for a separate 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.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties 
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure 
to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption 
that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred 
and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties, and/or an 
increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of the 
countervailing duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213 and 19 
CFR 351.221(b)(4).


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    Dated: August 31, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation

Appendix II

Companies Preliminarily Determined To Be Part of the China-Wide Entity

1. Kenda Rubber (China) Co., Ltd.
2. Kumho Tire Co., Inc.
3. Qingdao Crowntyre Industries Co., Ltd.
4. Qingdao Odyking Tyre Co., Ltd.
5. Roadclaw Tyre (Hong Kong) Limited
6. Shouguang Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd.
7. Shandong Longyue Rubber Co., Ltd
8. Winrun Tyre Co., Ltd.

[FR Doc. 2022-19339 Filed 9-7-22; 8:45 am]
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