[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61565-61566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22153]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-036, C-570-037]


Certain Biaxial Integral Geogrid Products From the People's 
Republic of China: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order and 
Countervailing Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the U.S. Department of 
Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) 
that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty 
(CVD) orders on certain biaxial integral geogrid products (geogrids) 
from the People's Republic of China (China) would likely lead to 
continuation or recurrence of dumping, countervailable subsidies, and 
material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is 
publishing a notice of continuation of the AD and CVD orders.

DATES: Applicable October 12, 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 the AD and CVD orders on 
geogrids from China.\1\ On February 1, 2022, the ITC instituted,\2\ and 
Commerce initiated, the first sunset reviews of the Orders, pursuant to 
section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\3\ As a 
result of its reviews, Commerce determined that revocation of the 
Orders would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and 
countervailable subsidies and, therefore, notified the ITC of the 
magnitude of the margins and net countervailable subsidy rates likely 
to prevail should the Orders be revoked.\4\
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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); and Certain Biaxial Integral Geogrid Products from 
the People's Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 82 FR 
12437 (March 3, 2017) (collectively, Orders).
    \2\ See Biaxial Integral Geogrid Products from China; 
Institution of Five-Year Reviews, 87 FR 5508 (February 1, 2022).
    \3\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 87 FR 5467 
(February 1, 2022).
    \4\ See Certain Biaxial Integral Geogrid Products from the 
People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited First 
Sunset Review of Antidumping Duty Order, 87 FR 34847 (June 8, 2022); 
and Certain Biaxial Integral Geogrid Products from the People's 
Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset 
Review of the Countervailing Duty Order, 87 FR 31521 (May 24, 2022).
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    On October 4, 2022, the ITC published its determination, pursuant 
to sections 751(c) and 752(a) of the Act, that revocation of the Orders 
would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to 
an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable 
time.\5\
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    \5\ See Biaxial Integral Geogrid Products from China, 87 FR 
60199 (October 4, 2022).
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Scope of the Orders

    The products covered by the scope are certain biaxial integral 
geogrid products. Biaxial integral geogrid products are a polymer grid 
or mesh material (whether or not finished, slit, cut-to-length, 
attached to woven or non-woven fabric or sheet material, or packaged) 
in which four-sided openings in the form of squares, rectangles, 
rhomboids, diamonds, or other four-sided figures predominate. The 
products covered have integral strands that have been stretched to 
induce molecular orientation into the material (as evidenced by the 
strands being thinner in width toward the middle between the junctions 
than at the junctions themselves) constituting the sides of the 
openings and integral junctions where the strands intersect. The scope 
includes products in which four-sided figures predominate whether or 
not they also contain additional strands intersecting the four-sided 
figures and whether or not the inside corners of the four-sided figures 
are rounded off or not sharp angles. As used herein, the term 
``integral'' refers to strands and junctions that are homogenous with 
each other. The products covered have a tensile strength of greater 
than 5 kilonewtons per meter (kN/m) according to American Society for 
Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard Test Method D6637/D6637M in any 
direction and average overall flexural stiffness of more than 100,000 
milligram-centimeter according to the ASTM D7748/D7748M Standard Test 
Method for Flexural Rigidity of Geogrids, Geotextiles and Related 
Products, or other equivalent test method standards.
    Subject merchandise includes material matching the above 
description that has been finished, packaged, or otherwise further 
processed in a third country, including by trimming, slitting, coating, 
cutting, punching holes, stretching, attaching to woven or nonwoven 
fabric or sheet material, or any other finishing, packaging, or other 
further processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from 
the scope of the Orders if performed in the country of manufacture of 
the biaxial integral geogrid.
    The products subject to the scope are currently classified in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under the 
following subheading: 3926.90.9995. Subject merchandise may also enter 
under subheadings 3920.20.0050 and 3925.90.0000. The HTSUS subheadings 
set forth above are provided for convenience and U.S. Customs purposes 
only. The written description of the scope is dispositive.

Continuation of the Orders

    As a result of the determinations by Commerce and the ITC that 
revocation of the Orders would likely lead to a continuation or a 
recurrence of dumping and countervailable subsidies, as well as 
material injury to an industry in the United States, pursuant to 
section 751(d)(2) of the Act, Commerce hereby orders the continuation 
of the Orders. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will continue to 
collect AD and CVD cash deposits at the rates in effect at the time of 
entry for all imports of subject merchandise.
    The effective date of the continuation of the Orders will be the 
date of publication in the Federal Register of this notice of 
continuation. Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce 
intends to initiate the next five-year reviews of the Orders not later 
than 30 days prior to the fifth anniversary of the effective date of 
continuation.

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Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an 
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), which continues to govern 
business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. 
Timely notification of return/destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and terms of the APO is a sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These five-year sunset reviews and this notice are in accordance 
with section 751(c) of the Act and published in accordance with section 
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).

    Dated: October 5, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-22153 Filed 10-11-22; 8:45 am]
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