[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 12, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38730-38733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15248]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-174, A-489-853]
Certain Brake Drums From the People's Republic of China and the
Republic of T[uuml]rkiye: Antidumping Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the U.S.
Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade
Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing antidumping duty (AD) orders on
certain brake drums (brake drums) from the People's Republic of China
(China) and the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye (T[uuml]rkiye).
DATES: Applicable August 12, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samuel Frost at (202) 482-8180 (China)
and Colin Thrasher at (202) 482-3004 (T[uuml]rkiye), AD/CVD Operations,
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 18, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register its
affirmative final determinations in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
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investigations of brake drums from China and T[uuml]rkiye in accordance
with sections 735(d) and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act).\1\ On August 4, 2025, the ITC notified Commerce of its
affirmative final determinations, pursuant to section 735(d) of the
Act, that an industry in the United States is materially injured within
the meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of LTFV
imports of brake drums from China and T[uuml]rkiye.\2\
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\1\ See Certain Brake Drums from People's Republic of China:
Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 90
FR 26011 (June 18, 2025), and accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum (IDM); see also Certain Brake Drums from the Republic of
T[uuml]rkiye: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, 90 FR 25999 (June 18, 2025), and accompanying IDM.
\2\ See ITC's Letter, Investigation Nos. 701-TA-729-730 and 731-
TA-1698-1699 (Final), dated August 4, 2024.
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Scope of the Orders
The products covered by these orders are brake drums from China and
T[uuml]rkiye. For a complete description of the scope of these orders,
see the appendix to this notice.
Antidumping Duty Orders
Based on the affirmative final determinations by the ITC that an
industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of
imports of brake drums from China and T[uuml]rkiye sold at LTFV, in
accordance with section 735(c)(2) and 736 of the Act, Commerce is
issuing these AD orders. Because the ITC determined that imports of
brake drums from China and T[uuml]rkiye are materially injuring a U.S.
industry, unliquidated entries of such merchandise entered or withdrawn
from warehouse for consumption, are subject to the assessment of
antidumping duties.
Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act,
Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties equal
to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the
export price (or constructed export price) of the merchandise, for all
relevant entries of brake drums from China and T[uuml]rkiye. With the
exception of entries occurring after the expiration of the provisional
measures period and before publication of the ITC's final affirmative
injury determinations, as further described below, antidumping duties
will be assessed on unliquidated entries of brake drums entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, on or after January 29,
2025, the date of publication of the Preliminary Determinations.\3\
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\3\ See Certain Brake Drums from the People's Republic of China:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of
Provisional Measures, 90 FR 8383 (January 29, 2025), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM); see also Certain
Brake Drums from the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye: Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional
Measures, 90 FR 8377 (January 29, 2024), and accompanying PDM
(collectively, Preliminary Determinations).
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposits
Except as noted in the ``Provisional Measures'' section of this
notice, in accordance with section 736 of the Act, Commerce intends to
instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation on all relevant entries
of brake drums from China and T[uuml]rkiye, effective on the date of
publication of the ITC's final affirmative injury determination in the
Federal Register. These instructions suspending liquidation will remain
in effect until further notice.
Commerce also intends to instruct CBP to require cash deposits
equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping margins, with offsets
for export subsidies where appropriate, as indicated in the tables
below. Accordingly, effective on the date of publication in the Federal
Register of the ITC final injury determination in the Federal Register,
CBP will suspend the liquidation of entries of subject merchandise, and
require, at the same time that importers would normally deposit
estimated duties on the merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the rates
listed below. The relevant China-wide entity and all-others rates apply
to all producers or exporters not specifically listed, as appropriate.
Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins
The estimated weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:
China
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Cash deposit rate
Weighted-average (adjusted for
Producer Exporter dumping margin export subsidy
(percent) offset(s) (percent)
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Shandong ConMet Mechanical Co., Ltd...... Shandong ConMet Mechanical 77.14 77.14
Co., Ltd.
Liaoning Hechuang CV Parts MFG Co........ Liaoning Hechuang CV Parts 77.14 77.14
MFG Co.
Hebei OE Auto Spare Parts Co., Ltd....... Ningbo Qingchen 77.14 77.14
International Trade Co.,
Ltd.
Longyao County Yiheng Auto Parts Co., Ltd Qingdao Jasmine 77.14 77.14
International Trade Co.,
Ltd.
Shandong Lingang Nonferrous Metals Co., Qingdao Tordon Brake Co., 77.14 77.14
Ltd. Ltd.
Qiqihar Beimo Auto Parts Manufacturing Qiqihar Beimo Auto Parts 77.14 77.14
Co., Ltd. Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Shandong Lingang Nonferrous Metals Co., Shandong Haoxin Co., Ltd.... 77.14 77.14
Ltd.
Shandong Hongma Engineering Machinery Shandong Hongma Engineering 77.14 77.14
Co., Ltd. Machinery Co., Ltd.
Longyao Gucheng Automobile Parts Factory. Shandong North Autotech Co., 77.14 77.14
Ltd.
Shandong Longji Machinery Co., Ltd....... Shanghai Winsun Auto Parts 77.14 77.14
Co., Ltd.
China-wide Entity........................ ............................ * 160.79 150.25
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* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
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Turkiye:
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Cash deposit rate
Weighted-average (adjusted for
Producer or exporter dumping margin export subsidy
(percent) offset) (percent)
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EKU Fren ve Dok. San. A.S....... 15.22 12.86
Akkus Dokum San. Ve Tic. Ltd. 149.29 146.93
Sti............................
Buyuk Eker Bijon Sanayi Ve 149.29 146.93
Ticaret........................
Genk Otomotiv San. Dis Tic. Ltd. 149.29 146.93
Sti............................
All Others...................... 15.22 12.86
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Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Provisional Measures
Section 733(d) of the Act states that instructions issued under
section 733(d)(1) and (2) of the Act pursuant to an affirmative
preliminary determination may not remain in effect for more than four
months, except where exporters representing a significant proportion of
exports of the subject merchandise request that Commerce extend the
four-month period to no more than six months. At the request of
exporters that account for a significant proportion of exports of brake
drums from China and Turkiye, Commerce extended the four-month period
to six months in these investigations. Commerce published the
Preliminary Determinations on January 29, 2025.\4\
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\4\ See Preliminary Determinations.
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The extended provisional measures period, beginning on the date of
publication of the Preliminary Determinations, ended on July 28, 2025.
Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act, Commerce
intends to instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and
to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, certain
unliquidated entries of brake drums from China and Turkiye entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after July 27, 2025, the
final day on which the provisional measures were in effect, through the
day preceding the date of publication of the ITC's final determination
in the Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation and the collection
of cash deposits will resume on the date of publication of the ITC
final injury determinations in the Federal Register.
Establishment of the Annual Inquiry Service List
On September 20, 2021, Commerce published the final rule titled
``Regulations to Improve Administration and Enforcement of Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Laws'' in the Federal Register.\5\ On September
27, 2021, Commerce also published the notice titled ``Scope Ruling
Application; Annual Inquiry Service List; and Informational Sessions''
in the Federal Register.\6\ The Final Rule and Procedural Guidance
provide that Commerce will maintain an annual inquiry service list for
each order or suspended investigation, and any interested party
submitting a scope ruling application or request for circumvention
inquiry shall serve a copy of the application or request on the persons
on the annual inquiry service list for that order, as well as any
companion order covering the same merchandise from the same country of
origin.\7\
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\5\ See Regulations to Improve Administration and Enforcement of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300 (September 20,
2021) (Final Rule).
\6\ See Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry Service List;
and Informational Sessions, 86 FR 53205 (September 27, 2021)
(Procedural Guidance).
\7\ Id.
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In accordance with the Procedural Guidance, for orders published in
the Federal Register after November 4, 2021, Commerce will create an
annual inquiry service list segment in Commerce's online e-filing and
document management system, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Electronic Service System (ACCESS), available at https://access.trade.gov, within five business days of publication of the
order. Each annual inquiry service list will be saved in ACCESS, under
each case number, and under a specific segment type called ``AISL-
Annual Inquiry Service List.'' \8\
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\8\ This segment will be combined with the ACCESS Segment
Specific Information (SSI) field, which will display the month in
which the notice of the order or suspended investigation was
published in the Federal Register, also known as the anniversary
month. For example, for an order under case number A-000-000 that
was published in the Federal Register in January, the relevant
segment and SSI combination will appear in ACCESS as ``AISL-January
Anniversary.'' Note that there will be only one annual inquiry
service list segment per case number, and the anniversary month will
be pre-populated in ACCESS.
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Interested parties who wish to be added to the annual inquiry
service list for an order must submit an entry of appearance to the
annual inquiry service list segment for the order in ACCESS within 30
days after the date of publication of the order. For ease of
administration, Commerce requests that law firms with more than one
attorney representing interested parties in an order designate a lead
attorney to be included on the annual inquiry service list. Commerce
will finalize the annual inquiry service list within five business days
thereafter. As mentioned in the Procedural Guidance, the new annual
inquiry service list will be in place until the following year, when
the Opportunity Notice for the anniversary month of the order is
published.
Commerce may update an annual inquiry service list at any time as
needed based on interested parties' amendments to their entries of
appearance to remove or otherwise modify their list of members and
representatives, or to update contact information. Any changes or
announcements pertaining to these procedures will be posted to the
ACCESS website at https://access.trade.gov.
Special Instructions for Petitioners and Foreign Governments
In the Final Rule, Commerce stated that, ``after an initial request
and placement on the annual inquiry service list, both the petitioners
and foreign governments will automatically be placed on the annual
inquiry service list in the years that follow.'' \9\ Accordingly, as
stated above, the petitioner and the Governments of China and Turkiye
should submit their initial entry of appearance after publication of
this notice in order to appear in the first annual inquiry service list
for those orders for which they qualify as an interested party.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.225(n)(3), the petitioner and the Governments of
China and Turkiye will not need to resubmit their entries of appearance
each year to continue to be included on the annual inquiry service
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list. However, the petitioner and the Governments of China and Turkiye
are responsible for making amendments to their entries of appearance
during the annual update to the annual inquiry service list in
accordance with the procedures described above.
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\9\ See Final Rule, 86 FR at 52335.
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Notifications to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the AD orders with respect to brake drums
from China and Turkiye pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act.
Interested parties can find a list of AD and countervailing duty orders
currently in effect at https://www.trade.gov/data-visualization/adcvd-proceedings.
These AD orders are published in accordance with section 736(a) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: August 6, 2025.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these orders is certain brake drums
made of gray cast iron, whether finished or unfinished, with an
actual or nominal inside diameter of 14.75 inches or more but not
over 16.6 inches, weighing more than 50 pounds. Unfinished brake
drums are those which have undergone some turning or machining but
are not ready for installation. Subject brake drums are included
within the scope whether imported individually or with non-subject
merchandise (for example, a hub), whether assembled or unassembled,
or if joined with non-subject merchandise. When a subject drum is
imported together with non-subject merchandise, such as, but not
limited to, a drum-hub assembly, only the subject drum is covered by
the scope.
Subject merchandise also includes finished and unfinished brake
drums that are further processed in a third country or in the United
States, including, but not limited to, assembly or any other
processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the
scope of these orders if performed in the country of manufacture of
the subject brake drums. The inclusion, attachment, joining, or
assembly of non-subject merchandise with subject drums either in the
country of manufacture of the subject drum or in a third country
does not remove the subject drum from the scope. Specifically
excluded is merchandise covered by the scope of the antidumping and
countervailing duty orders on certain chassis and subassemblies
thereof from the People's Republic of China. See Certain Chassis and
Subassemblies Thereof from the People's Republic of China:
Antidumping Duty Order, 86 FR 36093 (July 8, 2021) and Certain
Chassis and Subassemblies Thereof from the People's Republic of
China: Countervailing Duty Order and Amended Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination, 86 FR 24844 (May 10, 2021).
The scope also excludes composite brake drums that contain more
than 38 percent steel by weight.
The merchandise covered by these orders is classifiable under
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheading
8708.30.5020. The merchandise covered by these orders may be
classifiable under HTSUS subheading 8708.30.5090 when entered as
part of an assembly. Subject merchandise may also enter under HTSUS
subheading 8716.90.5060, 8704.10, 8704.23.01, 8704.32.01,
8704.43.00, 8704.52.00, 8704.60.00, 8708.50.61, 8708.50.6500,
8716.90.5010, 8716.31.00, 8716.39.00, 8716.40.00. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the merchandise covered by these orders is
dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2025-15248 Filed 8-11-25; 8:45 am]
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