[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21237-21238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06470]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-084, C-570-085]


Supplemental Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews of Certain Quartz Surface Products From the 
People's Republic of China

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has received 
additional timely requests to conduct administrative reviews of the 
antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on certain 
quartz surface products (quartz surface products) from the People's 
Republic of China (China). Thus, we are initiating these administrative 
reviews.

DATES: Applicable March 27, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay K. Menon, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-0208.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    Commerce has received additional timely requests, in accordance 
with the Supplemental Opportunity Notice,\1\ for administrative reviews 
of the AD and CVD orders on quartz surface products from China for the 
company and the periods of review (PORs) noted below.
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    \1\ See Certain Quartz Surface Products from the People's 
Republic of China: Expansion of the Period of Review and 
Supplemental Opportunity To Request Administrative Review, 89 FR 
14055 (February 26, 2024) (Supplemental Opportunity Notice); see 
also Certain Quartz Surface Products From the People's Republic of 
China: Expansion of the Period of Review and Supplemental 
Opportunity To Request Administrative Review; Correction, 89 FR 
17812 (March 12, 2024) (Correction Notice).
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Initiation of Reviews

    In accordance with the Supplemental Opportunity Notice,\2\ based on 
requests from Artelye Inc., we are initiating AD and CVD administrative 
reviews on quartz surface products from China for Unique Stone Sdn. 
Bhd. (Unique Stone). In accordance with the Correction Notice,\3\ the 
expanded POR of the AD review is November 4, 2021, through June 30, 
2023, while the expanded POR of the CVD review is November 4, 2021, 
through December 31, 2022. In accordance with the Supplemental 
Opportunity Notice, Commerce's AD and CVD reviews of Unique Stone will 
be limited to the company's eligibility to participate in the 
certification process.\4\ Moreover, as noted in the Supplemental 
Opportunity Notice, we will only examine Unique Stone in these AD and 
CVD reviews to the extent that it has suspended entries of subject 
merchandise during the expanded AD and CVD PORs noted above.
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    \2\ See Supplemental Opportunity Notice, 89 FR at 14056.
    \3\ See Correction Notice, 89 FR at 17812.
    \4\ See Supplemental Opportunity Notice, 89 FR at 14056.
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    We intend to issue the preliminary results of these reviews not 
later than July 30, 2024.

Administrative Protective Orders and Letters of Appearance

    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective orders in accordance with the procedures 
outlined in Commerce's regulations at 19 CFR 351.305, which apply to 
these administrative reviews. Parties wishing to participate in these 
administrative reviews should ensure that they meet the requirements of 
these procedures (e.g., the filing of separate letters of

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appearance as discussed at 19 CFR 351.103(d)).

Notification to Interested Parties

    These initiations and this notice are in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)), and 
19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: March 20, 2024.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2024-06470 Filed 3-26-24; 8:45 am]
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