[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63033-63034]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22623]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-890]


Quartz Surface Products From India: Final Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
Divyashakti Granites Ltd., a producer/exporter of quartz surface 
products from India, received countervailable subsidies during the 
period of review October 11, 2019, through December 31, 2020.

DATES: Applicable October 18, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jolanta Lawska, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-8362.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 15, 2022, Commerce published the preliminary results of 
this review and invited interested parties to comment.\1\ We received 
no comments from interested parties on the Preliminary Results. 
Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance section 751 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Quartz Surface Products from India: Preliminary Results 
and Rescission in Part of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 
2019-2020, 87 FR 36109, 36110 (June 15, 2022) (Preliminary Results).
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Scope of the Order 2
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    \2\ See Certain Quartz Surface Products from India and the 
Republic of Turkey: Countervailing Duty Orders, 85 FR 37431 (June 
22, 2020) (Order).
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    Quartz surface products consist of slabs and other surfaces created 
from a mixture of materials that includes predominately silica (e.g., 
quartz, quartz powder, cristobalite, glass powder) as well as a resin 
binder (e.g., an unsaturated polyester). The incorporation of other 
materials, including, but not limited to, pigments, cement, or other 
additives does not remove the merchandise from the scope of the Order. 
However, the scope of the Order only includes products where the silica 
content is greater than any other single material, by actual weight. 
Quartz surface products are typically sold as rectangular slabs with a 
total surface area of approximately 45 to 60 square feet and a nominal 
thickness of one, two, or three centimeters. However, the scope of the 
Order includes surface products of all other sizes, thicknesses, and 
shapes. In addition to slabs, the scope of the Order includes, but is 
not limited to, other surfaces such as countertops, backsplashes, 
vanity tops, bar tops, work tops, tabletops, flooring, wall facing, 
shower surrounds, fireplace surrounds, mantels, and tiles. Certain 
quartz surface products are covered by the Order whether polished or 
unpolished, cut or uncut, fabricated or not fabricated, cured or 
uncured, edged or not edged, finished or unfinished, thermoformed or 
not thermoformed, packaged or unpackaged, and regardless of the type of 
surface finish.
    In addition, quartz surface products are covered by the Order 
whether or not they are imported attached to, or in conjunction with, 
non-subject merchandise such as sinks, sink bowls, vanities, cabinets, 
and furniture. If quartz surface products are imported attached to, or 
in conjunction with, such non-subject merchandise, only the quartz 
surface product is covered by the scope.
    Subject merchandise includes material matching the above 
description that has been finished, packaged, or otherwise fabricated 
in a third country, including by cutting, polishing, curing, edging, 
thermoforming, attaching to, or packaging with another product, or any 
other finishing, packaging, or fabrication that would not otherwise 
remove the merchandise from the scope of the Order if performed in the 
country of manufacture of the quartz surface products.
    The scope of the Order does not cover quarried stone surface 
products, such as granite, marble, soapstone, or quartzite. 
Specifically excluded from the scope of the Order are crushed glass 
surface products. Crushed glass surface products must meet each of the 
following criteria to qualify for this exclusion: (1) the crushed glass 
content is greater than any other single material, by actual weight; 
(2) there are pieces of crushed glass visible across the surface of the 
product; (3) at least some of the individual pieces of crushed glass 
that are visible across the surface are larger than 1 centimeter wide 
as measured at their widest cross-section (`Glass Pieces'); and (4) the 
distance between any single Glass Piece and the closest separate Glass 
Piece does not exceed three inches.
    The products subject to the scope are currently classified in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under the 
following subheading: 6810.99.0010. Subject merchandise may also enter 
under subheadings 6810.11.0010, 6810.11.0070, 6810.19.1200, 
6810.19.1400, 6810.19.5000, 6810.91.0000, 6810.99.0080, 6815.99.4070, 
2506.10.0010, 2506.10.0050, 2506.20.0010, 2506.20.0080, and 
7016.90.1050. The HTSUS subheadings set forth above are provided for 
convenience and U.S. Customs purposes only. The written description of 
the scope is dispositive.

Final Results of Review

    We received no comments from interested parties on the Preliminary 
Results and, therefore, have made no changes in the final results of 
this review. Accordingly, we determine the following net 
countervailable subsidy rates exist for Divyashakti Granites Ltd., the 
sole mandatory respondent, for the period October 11, 2019, through 
December 31, 2020:

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                                           Subsidy rate    Subsidy rate
                 Company                   2019 (percent   2020 (percent
                                            ad valorem)     ad valorem)
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Divyashakti Granites Ltd................            1.98            1.18
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Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations 
performed in connection with the final results of review within five 
days of a public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, 
within five days of the date of publication of the notice of final 
results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 
However, because we have made no changes from the Preliminary Results, 
there are no calculations to disclose.

Assessment Rates

    Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(2), upon completion of the administrative review, Commerce 
shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection

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(CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate entries 
covered by this review for the period October 11, 2019, through 
December 31, 2019, and January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020. 
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).

Cash Deposit Instructions

    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 amount shown above, for the company listed 
above for the year 2020, for shipments of subject merchandise entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of 
publication of the final results of this review. For all non-reviewed 
firms, Commerce will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits 
at the all-others rate or the most recent company-specific rate 
applicable to the company, as appropriate. These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a 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 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 sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: October 12, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-22623 Filed 10-17-22; 8:45 am]
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