[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 163 (Thursday, August 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67932-67933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18823]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-093]


Refillable Stainless Steel Kegs From the People's Republic of 
China: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on refillable 
stainless steel kegs (kegs) from the People's Republic of China (China) 
for the period of review (POR) December 1, 2022, through November 30, 
2023.

DATES: Applicable August 22, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Weiner AD/CVD Operations, 
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3902.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 16, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register 
the antidumping duty order on kegs from China.\1\ On December 1, 2023, 
Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the Order.\2\ On January 2, 2024, 
Commerce received a timely request from Chinese exporters of subject 
merchandise, Guangzhou Jingye Machinery Co., Ltd. (Jingye) and 
Guangzhou Ulix Industrial & Trading Co., Ltd. (Ulix), in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1), to conduct an administrative review of the 
Order of those two companies.\3\
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    \1\ See Refillable Stainless Steel Kegs from the Federal 
Republic of Germany and the People's Republic of China: Antidumping 
Duty Orders, 84 FR 68405 (December 16, 2019) (Order).
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 83917 (December 
1, 2023).
    \3\ See Jingye and Ulix's Letter, ``Request for Administrative 
Review,'' dated January 2, 2024.
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    On February 8, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of initiation of administrative review with respect to imports 
of kegs exported by Jingye and Ulix, in accordance with section 751(a) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(1)(i).\4\ On February 21, 2024, we placed on the record U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data for entries of kegs from China 
during the POR, showing no reviewable POR entries and invited 
interested parties to comment.\5\ No interested party submitted 
comments to Commerce regarding the CBP data.
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    \4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 8641 (February 8, 2024) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Release of CBP Entry Data,'' dated 
February 21, 2024.
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    On March 11, 2024, Ulix submitted a separate rate certification 
that it exported or sold subject merchandise to the United States 
during the POR.\6\ On July 16, 2024, Commerce issued a supplemental 
questionnaire to Ulix, and Ulix responded on July 26, 2024, certifying 
that it did not have a reviewable sale or entry during the POR and that 
their separate rate certification had been made in error.\7\
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    \6\ See Ulix's Letter, ``Separate Rate Certification,'' dated 
March 11, 2024, at 8.
    \7\ See Commerce's Letter, ``SRC Supplemental Questionnaire,'' 
dated July 16, 2024; see also Ulix's Letter, ``Rescission Letter,'' 
dated July 26, 2024.
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    On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this 
administrative proceeding by seven days.\8\ The deadline for the 
preliminary results is now September 9, 2024.
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    \8\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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    On July 29, 2024, Commerce notified all interested parties of its 
intent to rescind the instant review in full because there were no 
reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise by either of the 
two companies listed in the Initiation Notice during the POR and 
invited comments from interested parties.\9\ No interested party 
submitted comments to Commerce in response to this notice.
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    \9\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review,'' 
dated July 29, 2024.
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to 
rescind an

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administrative review of an antidumping duty order when there are no 
reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR for which 
liquidation is suspended.\10\ Normally, upon completion of an 
administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the 
antidumping duty assessment rate calculated for the review period.\11\ 
Therefore, for an administrative review to be conducted, there must be 
a reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce can instruct CBP to 
liquidate at the antidumping duty assessment rate calculated for the 
review period.\12\ As noted above, there were no entries of subject 
merchandise for either of the two companies listed in the Initiation 
Notice during the POR. Accordingly, in the absence of suspended entries 
of subject merchandise during the POR, we are hereby rescinding this 
administrative review, in its entirety, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(3).
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    \10\ See, e.g., Dioctyl Terephthalate from the Republic of 
Korea: Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 
88 FR 24758 (April 24, 2023); see also Certain Carbon and Alloy 
Steel Cut- to Length Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: 
Recission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR 
4157 (January 24, 2023); and Lightweight Thermal Paper from Japan: 
Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2022-2023, 89 FR 
18373 (March 13, 2024).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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Assessment

    Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries. Antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates 
equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at 
the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue 
assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date 
of publication of this rescission notice in the Federal Register.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition 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

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: August 16, 2024.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2024-18823 Filed 8-21-24; 8:45 am]
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