66678 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 247 / Thursday, December 27, 2018 / Notices 

1See Steel Propane Cylinders from the People’s 

Republic of China, Taiwan, and Thailand: Initiation 

of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 83 FR 28196 

(June 18, 2018) (Initiation Notice) and 

accompanying Initiation Checklist. 

2See Steel Propane Cylinders from the People’s 

Republic of China and Thailand: Postponement of 

Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-FairValue Investigations, 83 FR 51927 (October 15, 

2018) (Preliminary Postponement Notice). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination in the Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation of Steel Propane Cylinders 

from Thailand’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997) (Preamble). 

5See Initiation Notice, 83 FR at 28196. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Scope Comments Decision 

Memorandum for the Preliminary Determinations’’ 

(Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum), dated 

concurrently with this preliminary determination. 

E. The China-Wide Entity 

F. Application of Facts Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

G. Date of Sale 

H. Comparisons to Fair Value 

I. Export Price 

J. Value-Added Tax 

K. Normal Value 

L. Factor Valuation Methodology 

VII. Currency Conversion 

VIII. Adjustment for Countervailable Export 

Subsidies 

IX. Adjustment Under Section 777A(f) of the 

Act 

X. Verification 

XI. U.S. International Trade Commission 

Notification 

XII. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2018–28065 Filed 12–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–549–839] 

Steel Propane Cylinders From 

Thailand: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Postponement of Final 

Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that steel propane cylinders from 

Thailand are being, or are likely to be, 

sold in the United States at less than fair 

value (LTFV). Interested parties are 

invited to comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable December 27, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cindy Robinson or Stephanie Moore, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office III, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3797 or 

(202) 482–3692, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on June 18, 2018.1 On October 15, 2018, 

Commerce postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation and 

the revised deadline is now December 

18, 2018.2 For a complete description of 

the events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

included in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. The Preliminary 

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 https://

access.trade.gov, and to all parties in the 

Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the 

main Department of Commerce 

building. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. 

The signed and electronic versions of 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

are identical in content. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are steel propane cylinders 

from Thailand. For a complete 

discussion of the scope of this 

investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (i.e., scope).5 Certain interested 

parties commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. For a summary of the 

product coverage comments and 

rebuttal responses submitted to the 

record for this preliminary 

determination and accompanying 

discussion and analysis of all comments 

timely received, see the Preliminary 

Scope Decision Memorandum.6

Commerce is preliminarily modifying 

the scope language as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. See the revised scope 

in Appendix I to this notice. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Export prices were 

calculated in accordance with section 

772(a) of the Act. Normal value (NV) 

was calculated in accordance with 

section 773 of the Act. For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying the preliminary 

determination, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 733(d)(1)(ii) and 735(c)(5)(A) 

of the Act provide that in the 

preliminary determination Commerce 

shall determine an estimated all-others 

rate for all exporters and producers not 

individually examined. This rate shall 

be an amount equal to the weighted 

average of the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins established 

for exporters and producers 

individually investigated, excluding any 

zero and de minimis margins, and any 

margins determined entirely under 

section 776 of the Act. 

Commerce calculated an individual 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin for Sahamitr Pressure Container 

Public Company Limited (SMPC), the 

only individually examined exporter/ 

producer in this investigation. Because 

the only individually calculated 

dumping margin is not zero, de 

minimis, or based entirely on facts 

otherwise available, the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin 

calculated for SMPC is the margin 

assigned to all-other producers and 

exporters, pursuant to section 

735(c)(5)(A) of the Act. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margins exist: 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weighted-average 

dumping margin 

(percent) 

Sahamitr Pressure Container Plc ..................... 9.85 

All-Others ........................ 9.85 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 733(d)(2) 

of the Act, Commerce will direct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

suspend liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise, as described in Appendix 

I, entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the date of publication of this notice in 


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7See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

8See SMPC’s letter, ‘‘Steel Propane Cylinders 

from Thailand: Request to Postpone Deadline for 

Issuing the Final Determination,’’ dated December 

10, 2018. 

9See the petitioners’ letter, ‘‘Steel Propane 

Cylinders from Thailand—Petitioners’ Concur In 

the Request of SMPC to Extend the Antidumping 

Duty Final Determination,’’ dated December 12, 

2018. 10See section 735(b)(2) of the Act. 

the Federal Register. Further, pursuant 

to section 733(d)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.205(d), Commerce will instruct 

CBP to require a cash deposit equal to 

the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin or the estimated allothers rate, as follows: (1) The cash 

deposit rate for the respondents listed 

above will be equal to the companyspecific estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins determined in this 

preliminary determination; (2) if the 

exporter is not a respondent identified 

above, but the producer is, then the cash 

deposit rate will be equal to the 

company-specific estimated weightedaverage dumping margin established for 

that producer of the subject 

merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit 

rate for all other producers and 

exporters will be equal to the all-others 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties in this preliminary 

determination within five days of any 

public announcement or, if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of publication of this notice 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than seven days 

after the date on which the last 

verification report is issued in this 

investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to 

issues raised in case briefs, may be 

submitted no later than five days after 

the deadline date for case briefs.7

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 

(d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs in this investigation are 

encouraged to submit with each 

argument: (1) A statement of the issue; 

(2) a brief summary of the argument; 

and (3) a table of authorities. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230, at a time and date to be 

determined. Parties should confirm by 

telephone the date, time, and location of 

the hearing two days before the 

scheduled date. 

Postponement of Final Determination 

and Extension of Provisional Measures 

Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides 

that a final determination may be 

postponed until not later than 135 days 

after the date of the publication of the 

preliminary determination if, in the 

event of an affirmative preliminary 

determination, a request for such 

postponement is made by exporters who 

account for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise, or in 

the event of a negative preliminary 

determination, a request for such 

postponement is made by the petitioner. 

Section 351.210(e)(2) of Commerce’s 

regulations requires that a request by 

exporters for postponement of the final 

determination be accompanied by a 

request for extension of provisional 

measures from a four-month period to a 

period not more than six months in 

duration. 

On December 10, 2018, in accordance 

with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 

19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii) and (e)(2), 

SMPC requested that Commerce 

postpone the final determination and 

that provisional measures by extended 

to a period not to exceed six months.8

On December 12, 2018, the petitioners 

provided their support for SMPC’s 

request to extend the final 

determination of this investigation.9

In accordance with section 

735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(b)(2)(ii), because (1) the 

preliminary determination is 

affirmative, (2) the requesting exporter 

accounts for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise, and 

(3) no compelling reasons for denial 

exist, Commerce is postponing the final 

determination and extending the 

provisional measures from a four-month 

period to a period not greater than six 

months. Accordingly, Commerce will 

make its final determination no later 

than 135 days after the date of 

publication of this preliminary 

determination. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its affirmative preliminary 

determination. If the final determination 

is affirmative, the ITC will determine 

before the later of 120 days after the date 

of this preliminary determination or 45 

days after the final determination 

whether these imports are materially 

injuring, or threaten material injury to, 

the U.S. industry.10

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: December 18, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is steel cylinders for 

compressed or liquefied propane or other 

gases (steel propane cylinders) meeting the 

requirements of, or produced to meet the 

requirements of, U.S. Department of 

Transportation (USDOT) Specifications 4B, 

4BA, or 4BW, or Transport Canada 

Specification 4BM, 4BAM, or 4BWM, or 

United Nations pressure receptacle standard 

ISO 4706 and otherwise meeting the 

description provided below. The scope 

includes steel propane cylinders regardless of 

whether they have been certified to these 

specifications before importation. Steel 

propane cylinders range from 2.5 pound 

nominal gas capacity (approximate 6 pound 

water capacity and approximate 4–6 pound 

tare weight) to 42 pound nominal gas 

capacity (approximate 100 pound water 

capacity and approximate 28–32 pound tare 

weight). Steel propane cylinders have two or 

fewer ports and may be imported assembled 

or unassembled (i.e., welded or brazed before 

or after importation), with or without all 

components (including collars, valves, 

gauges, tanks, foot rings, and overfill 

prevention devices), and coated or uncoated. 

Also included within the scope are drawn 

cylinder halves, unfinished propane 

cylinders, collars, and foot rings for steel 

propane cylinders. 


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1See Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico: Preliminary 

Results of the Five-Year Sunset Review of the 2013 

Suspension Agreement on Fresh Tomatoes, 83 FR 

43642 (August 27, 2018). 

2See Mexican Growers’ Case Brief, ‘‘Sunset 

Review of the 2013 Suspension Agreement on Fresh 

Tomatoes from Mexico,’’ (September 26, 2018) at 1. 

3See NatureSweet’s Case Brief, ‘‘Case Brief of NS 

Brands, LTD.’’ (September 26, 2018). 

4See Letter to Wilbur Ross, Secretary of 

Commerce, from the Florida Tomato Exchange, 

‘‘Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico: Rebuttal Brief 

Extension Request’’ (September 27, 2018). 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘2018 Sunset Review of the 

2013 Suspension Agreement on Fresh Tomatoes 

from Mexico; Extension for Rebuttal Briefs: 

Correction of Rebuttal Deadline’’ (September 28, 

2018). 

6See FTE’s Rebuttal Brief, ‘‘Rebuttal Brief of the 

Florida Tomato Exchange’’ (October 9, 2018). 

7See Letter to Wilbur Ross, Secretary of 

Commerce, from the Florida Tomato Exchange, 

‘‘Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico: Notice of Intent to 

Participate’’ (February 15, 2018). 

8See Letter to Wilbur Ross, Secretary of 

Commerce, from the Florida Tomato Exchange, 

‘‘Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico: Response to Request 

for Additional Information’’ (November 21, 2018). 

9See Letter to Wilbur Ross, Secretary of 

Commerce, from the Confederacio ́n de Asociaciones 

Agrı ́colas del Estado de Sinaloa, A.C., et al., 

‘‘Sunset Review of the 2013 Suspension Agreement 

on Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico’’ (November 26, 

2018). 

10See Letter to Wilbur Ross, Secretary of 

Commerce, from the Florida Tomato Exchange, 

‘‘Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico: Reply to CAADES’ 

November 26, 2018 Comments’’ (November 29, 

2018). 

An ‘‘unfinished’’ or ‘‘unassembled’’ 

propane cylinder includes drawn cylinder 

halves that have not been welded into a 

cylinder, cylinders that have not had flanges 

welded into the port hole(s), cylinders that 

are otherwise complete but have not had 

collars or foot rings welded to them, 

otherwise complete cylinders without a valve 

assembly attached, and cylinders that are 

otherwise complete except for testing, 

certification, and/or marking. 

This investigation also covers steel 

propane cylinders that meet, are produced to 

meet, or are certified as meeting, other U.S. 

or Canadian government, international, or 

industry standards (including, for example, 

American Society of Mechanical Engineers 

(ASME), or American National Standard 

Institute (ANSI)), if they also meet, are 

produced to meet, or are certified as meeting 

USDOT Specification 4B, 4BA, or 4BW, or 

Transport Canada Specification 4BM, 4BAM, 

or 4BWM, or a United Nations pressure 

receptacle standard ISO 4706. 

Subject merchandise also includes steel 

propane cylinders that have been further 

processed in a third country, including but 

not limited to, attachment of collars, foot 

rings, or handles by welding or brazing, heat 

treatment, painting, testing, certification, or 

any other processing that would not 

otherwise remove the merchandise from the 

scope of the investigation if performed in the 

country of manufacture of the in-scope steel 

propane cylinders. 

Specifically excluded are seamless steel 

propane cylinders and propane cylinders 

made from stainless steel (i.e., steel 

containing at least 10.5 percent chromium by 

weight and less than 1.2 percent carbon by 

weight), aluminum, or composite fiber 

material. Composite fiber material is material 

consisting of the mechanical combination of 

two components: Fiber (typically glass, 

carbon, or aramid (synthetic polymer)) and a 

matrix material (typically polymer resin, 

ceramic, or metallic). 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation is properly classified under 

statistical reporting numbers 7311.00.0060 

and 7311.00.0090 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 

Although the HTSUS statistical reporting 

numbers are provided for convenience and 

customs purposes, the written description of 

the merchandise is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Postponement of Final Determination and 

Extension of Provisional Measures 

V. Scope Comments 

VI. Discussion of the Methodology 

A. Determination of the Comparison 

Method 

B. Results of the Differential Pricing 

Analysis 

VII. Date of Sale 

VIII. Product Comparisons 

IX. Export Price 

X. Normal Value 

A. Comparison Market Viability 

B. Level of Trade 

C. Cost of Production (COP) Analysis 

1. Calculation of COP 

2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices 

3. Results of the COP Test 

D. Calculation of NV Based on Comparison 

Market Prices 

XI. Currency Conversion 

XII. Verification 

XIII. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2018–28066 Filed 12–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–201–820] 

Fresh Tomatoes From Mexico: Final 

Results of the Full Sunset Review of 

the Suspended Antidumping Duty 

Investigation 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On February 1, 2018, the 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

initiated the fourth sunset review of the 

suspended antidumping duty 

investigation on fresh tomatoes from 

Mexico. Commerce finds that 

termination of the suspended 

antidumping duty investigation on fresh 

tomatoes from Mexico would be likely 

to lead to continuation or recurrence of 

dumping at the levels indicated in the 

‘‘Final Results of Review’’ section of this 

notice. 

DATES: Applicable December 27, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sally C. Gannon or David Cordell, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0162 or 

(202) 482–0408, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 27, 2018, Commerce 

preliminarily determined that 

termination of the suspended 

antidumping duty investigation on fresh 

tomatoes from Mexico would likely lead 

to continuation or recurrence of 

dumping.1 On September 26, 2018, the 

Confederacio ́n de Asociaciones 

Agrı ́colas del Estado de Sinaloa, A.C., 

Consejo Agrı ́cola de Baja California, 

A.C., Asociacio ́n Mexicana de 

Horticultura Protegida, A.C., Asociacio ́n 

de Productores de Hortalizas del Yaqui 

y Mayo and Sistema Producto Tomate 

(collectively, the Mexican growers) filed 

their case brief, and requested a hearing 

on the matter; 2 NS Brands, Ltd., and its 

affiliates (collectively, NatureSweet) 

also filed their case brief on September 

26, 2018.3 On September 27, 2018, the 

Florida Tomato Exchange (the FTE) 

requested a one-week extension of the 

October 1, 2018 deadline to file its 

rebuttal brief; 4 on September 28, 2018, 

Commerce granted the extension and set 

the deadline for submission of rebuttal 

briefs as October 9, 2018, to account for 

the federal holiday on October 8, 2018.5

The FTE timely submitted its rebuttal 

brief on October 9, 2018.6 Commerce 

scheduled the public hearing on the 

matter for, and the public hearing was 

held on, October 16, 2018. On 

November 14, 2018, Commerce 

requested additional information from 

the FTE regarding information that was 

not provided in its intent to participate 

submittal.7 The FTE provided its timely 

response to the request for further 

information on November 21, 2018.8

The Mexican growers timely provided 

rebuttal comments on November 26, 

2018.9 The FTE submitted a timely surrebuttal on November 29, 2018.10

Scope of the Suspension Agreement 

For a full description of the scope of 

the Agreement, please refer to the 

accompanying Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 


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