[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 183 (Friday, September 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77078-77079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21521]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-028]


Hydrofluorocarbon Blends From the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results 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) determines that no 
companies under review qualify for a separate rate. Therefore, these 
companies are considered to be part of the People's Republic of China 
(China)-wide entity during the period of review (POR) August 1, 2022, 
through July 31, 2023.

DATES: Applicable September 20, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Whitley Herndon, 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) 482-6274.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 9, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
Preliminary Results of the 2022-2023 administrative review of the 
antidumping duty on hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) blends from China.\1\ We 
invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results; \2\ 
however, no interested party submitted comments. Accordingly, the final 
results remain unchanged from the Preliminary Results, and thus there 
is no decision memorandum accompanying this notice. 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 Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results and Partial Recission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2022-2023, 89 FR 39582 (May 9, 2024) 
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ Id., 89 FR at 39583.
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Scope of the Order 3
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    \3\ See Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the People's Republic of 
China: Antidumping Duty Order, 81 FR 55436 (August 19, 2016) 
(Order).
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    The products covered by the Order are HFC blends from China.\4\
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    \4\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see 
Preliminary Results PDM at 3-4.
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China-Wide Entity

    In accordance with Commerce's policy, the China-wide entity will 
not be reviewed unless a party specifically requests, or Commerce self-
initiates, a review of the entity.\5\ Because no party requested a 
review of the China-wide entity, the entity is not under review and the 
entity's rate of 216.37 percent is not subject to change.\6\
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    \5\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in 
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty 
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity 
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
    \6\ See Order, 81 FR at 55438.
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Final Results of Review

    In the Preliminary Results, Commerce determined that, because none 
of the companies under review with suspended entries in the U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data submitted a separate rate 
application or certification, none of these companies had established 
eligibility for a separate rate. We received no comments with respect 
to our preliminary finding. Therefore, for these final results, we 
continue to determine that companies in the appendix to this notice are 
part of the China-wide entity, and thus, subject to the China-wide 
entity rate.

Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce will disclose to the parties in a proceeding the 
calculations performed in connection with the final results within five 
days of any 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 Commerce determined that each of the companies listed 
in the appendix is part of the China-wide entity, there are no 
calculations to disclose.

Assessment Rates

    Commerce shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties 
on all appropriate entries in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b). Commerce will instruct CBP to apply an 
ad valorem assessment rate of 216.37 percent to all entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR which were exported by the companies 
considered to be a part of the China-wide entity listed in the Appendix 
to this notice.
    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of these final results of 
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).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results 
of this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of 
the Act: (1) for previously investigated or reviewed Chinese and non-
Chinese exporters for which a review was not requested and that 
received a separate rate in a prior segment of this proceeding, the 
cash deposit rate will continue to be the existing exporter-specific 
rate published for the most recently-completed period; (2) for all 
Chinese exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be 
entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate for 
the China-wide entity (i.e., 216.37 percent); and (3) for all non-
Chinese exporters of subject merchandise that have not received their 
own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the 
Chinese exporter that supplied that non-Chinese exporter. These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during the POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double 
antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a 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), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. 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.

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Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: September 13, 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.

Appendix

Companies Under Review Determined To Be Part of the China-Wide Entity

1. Changzhou Vista Chemical Co., Ltd.
2. Daikin Fluorochemicals (China) Co., Ltd.
3. Dongyang Weihua Refrigerants Co., Ltd.
4. Hanzhou Icetop Refrigeration Co., Ltd.
5. Jiangsu Sanmei Chemicals Co., Ltd.
6. Oasis Chemical Co., Limited
7. Puremann, Inc.
8. Sinochem Environmental Protection Chemicals (Taicang) Co., Ltd.
9. Superfy Industrial Limited
10. Tianjin Synergy Gases Products, Co., Ltd
11. Weitron International Refrigeration Equipment (Kunshan) Co., 
Ltd.
12. Weitron International Refrigeration Equipment Co., Ltd.
13. Yangfar Industry Co., Ltd.
14. Zhejiang Lantian Environmental Protection Fluoro Material Co. 
Ltd.
15. Zhejiang Quzhou Lianzhou Refrigerants Co., Ltd.
16. Zhejiang Zhonglan Refrigeration Technology Co., Ltd.

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