[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 106 (Friday, June 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36275-36276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11775]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-912]
Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From the People's
Republic of China: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With the
Results of 2014-2015 Antidumping Administrative Review; Notice of
Amended Final Results
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce
SUMMARY: On May 18, 2023, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT)
issued its final judgment in Guizhou Tyre Co., Ltd. & Guizhou Tyre
Import & Export Co., Ltd., et al. v. United States, Consol. Court No.
17-00100, Slip Op. 23-79 (CIT 2023) (Remand Order), sustaining the U.S.
Department of Commerce's (Commerce) second remand results pertaining to
the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain
new pneumatic off-the-road tires (OTR Tires) from the People's Republic
of China (China) covering the period September 1, 2014, through August
31, 2015. Commerce is notifying the public that the CIT's final
judgment is not in harmony with Commerce's final results of the
administrative review, and that Commerce is amending the final results
with respect to the dumping margin assigned to mandatory respondent,
Xuzhou Xugong Tyres Co., Ltd., Armour Rubber Co. Ltd., and Xuzhou
Hanbang Tyre Co., Ltd. (collectively, Xugong), as well as all other
qualifying separate rate respondents that are plaintiffs in the action
(i.e., Qingdao Qihang Tyre Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Qihang), Qingdao Free
Trade Zone Full-World International Trading Co., Ltd. (Full World),
Trelleborg Wheel Systems (Xingtai) China, Co., Ltd. (Trelleborg), and
Weihai Zhongwei Rubber Co., Ltd. (Zhongwei)).
DATES: Applicable May 28, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brendan Quinn, Program Manager, 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) 482-5848.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 21, 2017, Commerce published its Final Results in the
2014-2015 AD administrative review of OTR Tires from China.\1\ After
correcting ministerial errors contained in the Final Results, on June
14, 2017, Commerce published the Amended Final Results, and calculated
a weighted-average dumping margin of 33.14 percent for Xugong, which
was also used as the separate rate applicable to various respondents
not individually examined in the administrative review, including
Qingdao Qihang, Full World, Trelleborg, and Zhongwei.\2\ Further, in
the Final Results and Amended Final Results, Commerce determined that
certain companies, including Guizhou Tyre Co Ltd. (GTC) and Guizhou
Tyre Import and Export Co., Ltd. (GTCIE) (collectively, GTC/GTCIE) and
Aeolus Tyre Co., Ltd., are part of the China-wide entity.\3\
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\1\ See Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from the
People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2014-2015, 82 FR 18733 (April 21, 2017)
(Final Results), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.
\2\ See Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from the
People's Republic of China: Amended Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015, 82 FR 27224 (June 14, 2017)
(Amended Final Results).
\3\ Id.
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Aeolus, Full World, GTC/GTCIE, Qingdao Qihang, Trelleborg, Xugong,
and Zhongwei, appealed Commerce's Final Results/Amended Final Results.
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The CIT remanded the Final Results/Amended Final Results to Commerce
to: (1) reconsider its separate rate determination as to GTC and
Aeolus; (2) redetermine Xugong's weighted average dumping margin
without making deductions for value-added tax (VAT); and (3) apply any
relief that resulted from the recalculation of Xugong's individually-
determined rate to Full World, Qingdao, Trelleborg, and Zhongwei.\4\ In
the First Remand Redetermination, issued in September 2019, Commerce:
(1) recalculated export price (EP) and constructed export price (CEP)
for Xugong without making deductions for Chinese VAT, resulting in a
16.78% weighted-average dumping margin for Xugong, which is also
assigned to all other qualifying separate rate respondents that are
plaintiffs in the action (i.e., Full World, Qingdao Qihang, Trelleborg,
and Zhongwei); and (2) reconsidered the record with respect to the
decision to deny separate rate status to Aeolus and GTC/GTCIE in the
Final Results and Amended Final Results, but continued to determine
that both Aeolus and GTC failed to rebut the presumption of government
control and remained ineligible for a separate rate.\5\
The CIT sustained, in part, Commerce's determination to recalculate
EP and CEP for Xugong without making deductions for Chinese VAT, and
the resulting redetermination of the weighted-average dumping margins
for Xugong and for all other qualifying separate rate respondents, but
remanded for a second time the decisions to continue to deny separate-
rate status to Aeolus and GTC/GTCIE.\6\ In its second remand
redetermination, issued in September 2021, Commerce reconsidered the
record evidence with respect to each prong of the enumerated de facto
separate rate criteria in accordance with the Guizhou Tyre II opinion,
and continued to find that both Aeolus and GTC/GTCIE failed to rebut at
least one of the four de facto criteria and, thus, continued to be
ineligible for a separate rate.\7\ On May 18, 2023, the CIT sustained
Commerce's final redetermination.\8\
Timken Notice
In its decision in Timken,\9\ as clarified by Diamond
Sawblades,\10\ the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that,
pursuant to section 516A(c) and (e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), Commerce must publish a notice of court decision
that is not ``in harmony'' with a Commerce determination and must
suspend liquidation of entries pending a ``conclusive'' court decision.
The CIT's May 18, 2023, judgment constitutes a final decision of the
CIT that is not in harmony with Commerce's Final Results. Thus, this
notice is published in fulfillment of the publication requirements of
Timken.
Amended Final Results
Because there is now a final court judgment, Commerce is amending
its Final Results and Amended Final Results with respect to mandatory
respondent Xugong and all other qualifying separate rate respondents
that are plaintiffs in the action (i.e., Full World, Qingdao Qihang,
Trelleborg, and Zhongwei) as follows:
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Weighted-average
Exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Xuzhou Xugong Tyres Co., Ltd., Armour Rubber Company 16.78
Ltd., or Xuzhou Hanbang Tyre Co., Ltd...............
Weihai Zhongwei Rubber Co., Ltd...................... 16.78
Qingdao Qihang Tyre Co., Ltd......................... 16.78
Qingdao Free Trade Zone Full-World International 16.78
Trading Co., Ltd....................................
Trelleborg Wheel Systems (Xingtai) China, Co. Ltd.... 16.78
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Cash Deposit Requirements
Because the AD order on OTR Tires from China was revoked,\11\
Commerce will not issue cash deposit instructions as a result of this
Court decision.
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\4\ See Guizhou Tyre Co., Ltd. & Guizhou Tyre Import & Export
Co., Ltd., et al. v. United States, 389 F. Supp. 3d 1350 (CIT 2019)
(Guizhou Tyre I).
\5\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court
Remand, Guizhou Tyre Co., Ltd. & Guizhou Tyre Import & Export Co.,
Ltd., et al. v. United States, Court No. 17-00100, Slip Op. 19-64
(CIT 2019), dated September 23, 2019 (First Remand Redetermination).
\6\ See Guizhou Tyre Co., Ltd. & Guizhou Tyre Import & Export
Co., Ltd., et al. v. United States, 519 F. Supp. 3d 1248 (CIT 2021)
(Guizhou Tyre II).
\7\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court
Remand, Guizhou Tyre Co., Ltd. & Guizhou Tyre Import & Export Co.,
Ltd., et al. v. United States, Court No. 17-00100, Slip Op. 21-60
(CIT 2021), dated September 24, 2021 (Second Remand
Redetermination).
\8\ See Remand Order.
\9\ See Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir.
1990) (Timken).
\10\ See Diamond Sawblades Manufacturers Coalition v. United
States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (Diamond Sawblades).
\11\ See Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from the
People's Republic of China: Final Results of Sunset Reviews and
Revocation of Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders, 84 FR
20616 (May 10, 2019).
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Liquidation of Suspended Entries
In the event the CIT's ruling is not appealed, or, if appealed,
upheld by a final and conclusive court decision, Commerce intends to
instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on unliquidated entries of
subject merchandise exported by the companies listed above in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b). We will instruct CBP to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review
when the importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is not zero or de
minimis. Where an import-specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero or
de minimis,\12\ we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate
entries without regard to antidumping duties.
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections
516A(c) and (e) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: May 26, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2023-11775 Filed 6-1-23; 8:45 am]
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