[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81450-81451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27638]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-842]


Large Residential Washers From Mexico: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that sales of 
large residential washers (LRW) from Mexico were made at less than 
normal value (NV) during the period of review, February 1, 2018 through 
January 31, 2019.

DATES: Applicable December 16, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Miller, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3906.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    This review covers one producer/exporter of the subject 
merchandise, Electrolux Home Products Corp. N.V. and Electrolux Home 
Products de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (collectively, Electrolux). On 
February 27, 2020, Commerce published the Preliminary Results.\1\ On 
April 6, 2020, we received case briefs on behalf of Electrolux and 
Haier U.S. Appliance Solutions dba GE Appliances (GE).\2\ On April 13, 
2020, we received rebuttal briefs on behalf of Electrolux, Whirlpool 
Corporation (Whirlpool), and GE.\3\
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    \1\ See Large Residential Washers from Mexico: Preliminary 
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019, 85 
FR 11338 (February 27, 2020) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Electrolux's Case Brief, ``Sixth Administrative Review 
of Large Residential Washers from Mexico: Case Brief of 
Electrolux,'' dated April 6, 2020; see also GE's Case Brief, 
``Administrative Review of Large Residential Washers from Mexico 
Antidumping Order: Case Brief,'' dated April 6, 2020.
    \3\ See Electrolux's Rebuttal Brief, ``Sixth Administrative 
Review of Large Residential Washers from Mexico: Rebuttal Brief of 
Electrolux,'' dated April 13, 2020; Whirlpool's Rebuttal Brief, 
``Large Residential Washers from Mexico: Rebuttal Brief of Whirlpool 
Corporation,'' dated April 13, 2020; and GE's Rebuttal Brief, 
``Administrative Review of Large Residential Washers from Mexico 
Antidumping Order: GEA Rebuttal Brief,'' dated April 13, 2020.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are all large residential washers 
and certain subassemblies thereof from Mexico. The products are 
currently classifiable under subheadings 8450.20.0040 and 8450.20.0080 
of the Harmonized Tariff System of the United States (HTSUS). Products 
subject to this order may also enter under HTSUS subheadings 
8450.11.0040, 8450.11.0080, 8450.90.2000, and 8450.90.6000. Although 
the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written description of the merchandise subject to this 
scope is dispositive.\4\
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    \4\ For a full description of the scope of the order, see 
Preliminary Results PDM.

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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are listed in the 
Appendix to this notice and addressed in the IDM.\5\ Interested parties 
can find a complete discussion of these issues and the corresponding 
recommendations in this public memorandum, which 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. In 
addition, a complete version of the IDM can be accessed directly at 
https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed IDM and the 
electronic version of the IDM are identical in content.
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    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the 2018-2019 Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Large Residential Washers from Mexico,'' 
(IDM), dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on a review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we made no 
changes to the preliminary weighted-average margin for Electrolux.

Final Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, Commerce determines that a weighted-
average dumping margin of 3.53 percent exists for Electrolux for the 
period February 1, 2018 through January 31, 2019.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of 
this review.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), Electrolux reported the entered 
value of its U.S. sales such that we calculated importer-specific ad 
valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of 
dumping calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value of 
the sales for which entered value was reported. Where the respondent's 
weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis within the 
meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific assessment 
rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the 
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
    We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 41 days after 
publication of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of the 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) The cash deposit rate for Electrolux will 
be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin that is established in 
the final results of this review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 
percent and, therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 
351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) 
for previously investigated companies not participating in this review, 
the cash deposit will continue to be the company-specific rate 
published for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding in 
which the company participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm 
covered in this review, a prior review, or the original less-than-fair-
value (LTFV) investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit 
rate will be the cash deposit rate established for the most recently 
completed segment for the producer of the subject merchandise; and (4) 
the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will 
continue to be 36.52 percent, the all-others rate established in the 
LTFV investigation.\6\ These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \6\ See Large Residential Washers from Mexico and the Republic 
of Korea: Antidumping Duty Orders, 78 FR 11148 (February 15, 2013).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice 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 this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
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), which continues to govern 
business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. 
Timely written notification of return/destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: December 10, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the IDM

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Margin Calculations
IV. Discussion of Issues
    Comment 1: Differential Pricing--the Ratio Test
    Comment 2: Differential Pricing--Calculating the Denominator of 
the Cohen's d Test
    Comment 3: CEP Offset for Electrolux's Canadian Sales
    Comment 4: Capping Freight Revenue in the Comparison Market
V. Recommendation

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