[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 153 (Thursday, August 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64874-64875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17628]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-080]


Cast Iron Soil Pipe From the People's Republic of China: Final 
Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty 
Order

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that 
revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on cast iron soil 
pipe from the People's Republic of China (China) would be likely to 
lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the 
levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Review'' section of this 
notice.

DATES: Applicable August 8, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Galantucci, 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) 482-2923.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 3, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register the CVD 
order on cast iron soil pipe from China.\1\ On April 1, 2024, Commerce 
published the notice of initiation of a sunset review of the Order, 
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act).\2\ On April 16, 2024, Commerce received a notice of intent to 
participate from the Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute (CISPI) within the 
deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\3\ The CISPI claimed 
interested party status under section 771(9)(F) of the Act as a trade 
or business association of which a majority of the members are 
producers of domestic like product.
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    \1\ See Cast Iron Soil Pipe from the People's Republic of China: 
Countervailing Duty Order, 84 FR 19039 (May 3, 2019) (Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 FR 22373 
(April 1, 2024).
    \3\ See CISPI's Letter, ``Notice of Intent to Participate in 
First Five-Year Review,'' dated April 16, 2024.
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    Commerce received an adequate substantive response to the notice of 
initiation from the CISPI within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 
CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\4\ We received no substantive responses from any 
respondent interested parties, including

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the Government of China, nor was a hearing requested. On May 22, 2024, 
consistent with 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B)(2) and (e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), 
Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade Commission that it did 
not receive an adequate substantive response from respondent interested 
parties.\5\ As a result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B)(2) and (C)(2), Commerce conducted an 
expedited (120-day) sunset review of the Order.
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    \4\ See CISPI's Letter, ``Petitioner's Substantive Response to 
the Notice of Initiation,'' dated May 1, 2024.
    \5\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews for April 2024,'' 
dated May 22, 2024.
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    On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this 
administrative proceeding by seven days.\6\ The deadline for the final 
results is now August 6, 2024.
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the Order is cast iron soil pipe. For a 
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.\7\
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    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the 
Countervailing Duty Order on Cast Iron Soil Pipe from the People's 
Republic of China,'' dated concurrently with this notice (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this sunset review are addressed in the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum.\8\ A list of topics discussed in the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum is included as an appendix to this notice. The 
Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file 
electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Services System (ACCESS). 
ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In 
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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    \8\ Id.
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Final Results of Sunset Review

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce 
determines that revocation of the Order would likely lead to 
continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the rates 
below:

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                                                  Subsidy rate (percent
                    Company                            ad valorem)
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Kingway Pipe Co., Ltd..........................                   109.27
Yucheng Jiangxian Economic Development Zone                        14.69
 HengTong Casting Co., Ltd.....................
All Others.....................................                    14.69
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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 destruction of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a). 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(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.218.

    Dated: August 5, 2024.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
    1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of Countervailable 
Subsidies
    2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates That Are Likely To Prevail
    3. Nature of the Subsidies
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2024-17628 Filed 8-7-24; 8:45 am]
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