[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 71 (Thursday, April 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25567-25568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07670]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-094]


Refillable Stainless Steel Kegs From the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 
2021

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
countervailable subsidies are being

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provided to producers and exporters of refillable stainless steel kegs 
(kegs) from the People's Republic of China (China), during the period 
of review (POR) January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021.

DATES: Applicable April 11, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theodore Pearson, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2631.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 6, 2023, Commerce published the preliminary results of 
this administrative review in the Federal Register and invited 
interested parties to comment.\1\ We received no comments from 
interested parties on the Preliminary Results, and we have made no 
changes from the Preliminary Results. Accordingly, no decision 
memorandum accompanies this Federal Register notice. The Preliminary 
Results are hereby adopted in these final results. Commerce conducted 
this administrative review in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Refillable Stainless Steel Kegs from the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review and Rescission of Administrative Review, in 
Part; 2021, 88 FR 86111 (December 12, 2023) (Preliminary Results), 
and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this order are kegs from China. For a 
complete description of the scope of the order, see the Preliminary 
Results.

Final Results of Review

    For the period January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021, we 
determine that the following net countervailable subsidies exist:

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                                                                Subsidy
                                                                 rate
                      Producer/exporter                        (percent
                                                                  ad
                                                               valorem)
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Guangzhou Ulix Industrial & Trading Co., Ltd................        2.48
Ningbo Master International Trade Co., Ltd \2\..............        2.41
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Cash Deposit Requirements
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    \2\ Commerce previously found, and continues to find, the 
following companies to be cross-owned with Ningbo Master: Ningbo 
Major Draft Beer Equipment Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Major Technology 
Co., Ltd.
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    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce intends to 
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to collect cash 
deposits of estimated countervailing duties in the amounts shown for 
the companies listed above 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 administrative review. 
For all non-reviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect 
cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the all-others rate 
or the most recent company-specific rate applicable to the company, as 
appropriate. These cash deposit instructions, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.

Assessment Rates

    Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(2), upon completion of the administrative review, Commerce 
shall determine, and CBP shall assess, countervailing duties on all 
appropriate entries of subject merchandise covered by this review. 
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).

Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations 
of the final results of an administrative 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 to the Preliminary Results, there are 
no calculations to disclose.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or 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 violation subject 
to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    Commerce is issuing and publishing these final results of this 
review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 
351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: April 4, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-07670 Filed 4-10-24; 8:45 am]
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