[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 154 (Friday, August 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 65314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17759]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-082]


Certain Steel Wheels From the People's Republic of China: Final 
Results of Expedited Sunset Review of the Antidumping 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 antidumping duty (AD) order on certain steel wheels 
(steel wheels) from the People's Republic of China (China) would be 
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping. The magnitude 
of the dumping margin likely to prevail is indicated in the ``Final 
Results of Sunset Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable August 9, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Arrowsmith, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 24, 2019, Commerce published the AD Order on steel wheels 
from China.\1\ On April 1, 2024, Commerce published the notice of 
initiation of the first five-year sunset review of the Order.\2\ On May 
24, 2024, Commerce received a timely notice of intent to participate 
from Accuride Corporation (Accuride) and Maxion Wheels USA LLC 
(Maxion),\3\ domestic interested parties (the petitioners), within the 
deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\4\ On May 1, 2024, 
Commerce received adequate substantive responses from the petitioners 
within the 30-day period specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\5\ The 
petitioners claimed interested party status under section 771(9)(C) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\6\ We received no 
substantive responses from any respondent interested parties. As a 
result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce conducted an expedited (120-day) 
sunset review of the Order, which was due on July 30, 2024. On July 22, 
2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative 
proceeding by seven days.\7\ The deadline for the preliminary results 
is now August 6, 2024.
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    \1\ See Certain Steel Wheels from the People's Republic of 
China: Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 84 FR 24098 (May 
24, 2019) (Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 FR 22373 
(April 1, 2024).
    \3\ Maxion was a previously petitioner under the corporate name 
Maxion Wheels Akron LLC.
    \4\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Notice of Intent to Participate 
in the First Five-Year Review,'' dated April 16, 2024.
    \5\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Petitioners' Substantive Response 
to the Notice of Initiation,'' dated May 1, 2024.
    \6\ Id.
    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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Scope of the Order

    The scope of the Order covers certain on the road steel wheels, 
discs, and rims for tubeless tires, with a nominal rim diameter of 22.5 
inches and 24.5 inches, regardless of width. For a full description of 
the scope of the Order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\8\
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    \8\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of the Expedited Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on 
Certain Steel Wheels from the People's Republic of China,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 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 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by 
this notice. The issues discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum 
are listed 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 Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 
registered users at http://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.

Final Results of Sunset Review

    Pursuant to sections 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, Commerce 
determines that revocation of the Order on steel wheels from China 
would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, and 
that the magnitude of the margin of dumping likely to prevail if the 
Order is revoked for steel wheels from China is up to 231.70 percent.

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. 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 which is 
subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing the final results of this expedited 
sunset review in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i) 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 Dumping
    1. Magnitude of the Margin of Dumping Likely To Prevail
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2024-17759 Filed 8-8-24; 8:45 am]
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