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1See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 

53411 (October 7, 2019). (Initiation Notice). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews in 

Response to Operational Adjustments Due to 

COVID–19,’’ dated April 24, 2020. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results,’’ June 18, 2020. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews,’’ 

dated July 21, 2020. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the Administrative 

Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain 

Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the 

People’s Republic of China; and Rescission, in Part, 

2018,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

6See Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck 

Tires from the People’s Republic of China: 

Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty 

Determination and Antidumping Duty Order; and 

Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination and Countervailing Duty Order, 80 

FR 47902 (August 10, 2015) (Order). 

7See Haohua Orient International Trade Ltd., 

Qingdao Lakesea Tyre Co., Ltd., Riversun Industry 

Limited, Safe & Well (HK) International Trading 

Limited, and Windforce Tyre Co., Limited’s Letter, 

‘‘Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the 

People’s Republic of China Withdrawal of Request 

for Review,’’ dated October 9, 2019; Shandong 

Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., Ltd.’s Letter, 

‘‘Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from 

People’s Republic of China: Withdrawal of Request 

for Administrative Review,’’ dated November 1, 

2019; ITG Voma Corporation’s Letter, ‘‘Passenger 

Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from People’s 

Republic of China: Withdrawal of Request for 

Administrative Review,’’ dated November 1, 2019; 

Shandong New Continent Tire Co., Ltd., Qingdao 

Sentury Tire Co. Ltd., and Shandong Linglong Tyre 

Co., Ltd.’s Letter, ‘‘New Continent, Sentury, & 

Linglong Withdrawal of Review Request in POR 4 

of the Countervailing Duty Order on Passenger 

Vehicle and Light Truck Tires (‘‘PVLT’’) From the 

People’s Republic of China (C–570–017),’’ dated 

November 8, 2019; Zhaoqing Junhong Co., Ltd.’s 

Letter, ‘‘Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires 

from the People’s Republic of China—Withdrawal 

of Request for Review,’’ dated December 6, 2019; 

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company and its whollyowned subsidiary, Cooper (Kunshan) Tire Co., 

Ltd.’s Letter, ‘‘Passenger Vehicle And Light Truck 

Tires from the People’s Republic of China: 

Withdrawal Of Request For 2018 Administrative 

Review Of CKT,’’ dated December 23, 2019; Qindao 

Keter International Co., Limited, Qingdao Odyking 

Tyre Co., Ltd., Shandong Hengyu Science & 

Technology Co., Ltd., Shandong Yong Sheng 

Rubber Group Co., Ltd., and Shouguang Firemax 

Tyre Co., Ltd.’s Letter, ‘‘Certain Passenger Vehicle 

and Light Truck Tires from the People’s Republic 

of China—Withdrawal of Request for 

Administrative Review,’’ dated January 2, 2020; and 

Shandong Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd.’s Letter 

‘‘Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from 

People’s Republic of China: Withdrawal of Request 

for Administrative Review,’’ dated January 6, 2020. 

8See, e.g., Lightweight Thermal Paper from the 

People’s Republic of China: Notice of Rescission of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2015, 

82 FR 14349 (March 20, 2017); see also Circular 

Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People’s 

Republic of China: Rescission of Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Review; 2017, 84 FR 14650 

(April 11, 2019). 

9See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2). 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–017] 

Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light 

Truck Tires from the People’s Republic 

of China: Preliminary Results of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review, Rescission in Part, and Intent 

to Rescind in Part; 2018 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that certain producers/exporters of 

passenger vehicle and light truck tires 

(passenger tires) from the People’s 

Republic of China (China) received 

countervailable subsidies during the 

period of review (POR) January 1, 2018 

through December 31, 2018. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable December 18, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jason Willoughby, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–5509. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 7, 2019, Commerce 

published a notice of initiation of an 

administrative review of the 

countervailing duty order on passenger 

tires from China.1 On April 24, 2020, 

Commerce tolled all deadlines in 

administrative reviews by 50 days.2 On 

June 18, 2020, Commerce extended the 

deadline for the preliminary results of 

this review by 117 days.3 On July 21, 

2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines in 

administrative reviews by an additional 

60 days.4 Accordingly, the deadline for 

the preliminary results of this review 

was postponed to December 15, 2020. 

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this review, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.5 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as the 

appendix 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 http://

access.trade.gov. 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 Order 6

The products covered by the Order 

are certain passenger vehicle and light 

truck tires from China. For a complete 

description of the scope, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Partial Rescission of Administrative 

Review 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), 

Commerce will rescind an 

administrative review, in whole or in 

part, if the parties that requested a 

review withdraw the request within 90 

days of the date of publication of the 

notice of initiation. We received timely 

withdrawals of the requests for review, 

for which no other parties requested a 

review, for the following companies: 

Cooper (Kunshan) Tire Co., Ltd.; 

Haohua Orient International Trade Ltd.; 

Qingdao Keter International Co., 

Limited; Qingdao Lakesea Tyre Co., 

Ltd.; Qingdao Odyking Tyre Co., Ltd.; 

Qingdao Sentury Tire Co. Ltd.; Riversun 

Industry Limited; Safe & Well (HK) 

International Trading Limited; 

Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics Co., 

Ltd.; Shandong Hengyu Science & 

Technology Co., Ltd.; Shandong 

Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd.; Shandong New 

Continent Tire Co., Ltd.; Shandong 

Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd.; Shandong 

Yongsheng Rubber Group Co., Ltd.; 

Shouguang Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd.; 

Windforce Tyre Co., Limited; and 

Zhaoqing Junhong Co., Ltd.7 Therefore, 

in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding 

this review of the Order with respect to 

these companies. 

Intent to Rescind Administrative 

Review, in Part 

It is Commerce’s practice to rescind 

an administrative review of a 

countervailing duty order, pursuant to 

19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), when there are no 

reviewable entries of subject 

merchandise during the POR for which 

liquidation is suspended.8 Normally, 

upon completion of an administrative 

review, the suspended entries are 

liquidated at the countervailing duty 

assessment rate calculated for the 

review period.9 Therefore, for an 

administrative review of a company to 

be conducted, there must be a 

reviewable, suspended entry that 

Commerce can instruct CBP to liquidate 

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10See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). 

11These three companies are: Hankook Tire 

China Co., Ltd.; Qingdao Fullrun Tyre Tech Corp., 

Ltd.; and Qingdao Powerich Tyre Co., Ltd. Note that 

Qingdao Fullrun Tyre Tech Corp., Ltd. was 

incorrectly identified as Qingdao Fullrun Tech Tyre 

Corp., Ltd. in the Initiation Notice. 

12See section 776 of the Act. 

13See, e.g., Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes 

and Tubes from Turkey: Final Results of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 

Calendar Year 2012 and Rescission of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, in Part, 

79 FR 51140 (August 27, 2014); see also Cut-toLength Carbon-Quality Steel Plate from the 

Republic of Korea: Final Results of Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Review; 2012, 79 FR 46770 

(August 11, 2014), and accompanying Issues and 

Decision Memorandum at ‘‘Non-Selected Rate.’’ 

14 Id. 15See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 351.309(d)(2). 

assessment rate calculated for the 

review period.10

According to the CBP import data, 

three of the six companies subject to 

this review, which were not chosen as 

mandatory respondents and which did 

not withdraw their review requests, did 

not have reviewable entries of subject 

merchandise during the POR for which 

liquidation is suspended. Accordingly, 

in the absence of reviewable, suspended 

entries of subject merchandise during 

the POR by these three companies, we 

intend to rescind this administrative 

review, with respect to these three 

companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(3).11

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

administrative review in accordance 

with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). In 

reaching these preliminary results, 

Commerce relied on facts otherwise 

available, with the application of 

adverse inferences.12 For further 

information, see ‘‘Use of Facts 

Otherwise Available and Application of 

Adverse Inferences’’ in the 

accompanying Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Preliminary Rate for Companies Not 

Selected for Individual Review 

To determine the rate for companies 

not selected for individual examination 

in administrative reviews, Commerce’s 

practice is to weight average the net 

subsidy rates for the selected mandatory 

companies, excluding rates that are 

zero, de minimis, or based entirely on 

facts available. In this review, we 

preliminarily calculated rates based 

entirely on facts available for each of the 

mandatory respondents during the POR. 

In countervailing duty administrative 

reviews, where the number of 

respondents being individually 

examined has been limited, Commerce 

has determined that a ‘‘reasonable 

method’’ to determine the rate 

applicable to companies that were not 

individually examined when all the 

rates of selected mandatory respondents 

are zero, de minimis, or based entirely 

on adverse facts available is to assign to 

the non-selected respondents the 

average of the most recently determined 

rates that are not zero, de minimis, or 

based entirely on facts available.13

However, if a non-selected respondent 

has its own calculated rate that is 

contemporaneous with or more recent 

than such previous rates, Commerce has 

found it appropriate to apply that 

calculated rate to the non-selected 

respondent, even when that rate is zero 

or de minimis.14

With regard to the three remaining 

non-selected companies, which have no 

prior individual rates from prior 

segments, we are assigning the rate of 

20.05 percent ad valorem, which is the 

average of the above-de minimis rates 

calculated in the last review. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

We preliminarily determine the 

following net countervailable subsidy 

rates for the period January 1, 2018 

through December 31, 2018: 

Producers/exporters 

Subsidy rate 

(percent ad 

valorem) 

Shandong Duratti Rubber 

Corporation Co. Ltd .......... 116.50 

Shandong Longyue Rubber 

Co. Ltd .............................. 116.50 

Shandong Anchi Tyres Co., 

Ltd ..................................... 116.50 

Triangle Tyre Co. Ltd ........... 116.50 

Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable 

to the Following Companies: 

Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co., 

Ltd ..................................... 20.05 

Qingdao Fullrun Tyre Corp., 

Ltd ..................................... 20.05 

Shandong Province Sanli 

Tire Manufactured Co., Ltd 20.05 

Assessment Rates 

Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), upon 

issuance of the final results, Commerce 

will determine, and U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 

countervailing duties on all appropriate 

entries covered by this review. We 

intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 

days after publication of the final results 

of this review. For the companies for 

which this review is rescinded, 

Commerce will instruct CBP to assess 

countervailing duties on all appropriate 

entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit 

of estimated countervailing duties 

required at the time of entry, or 

withdrawal from warehouse, for 

consumption, during the period January 

1, 2018 through December 31, 2018, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to 

issue appropriate assessment 

instructions directly to CBP 15 days 

after publication of this notice. 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

In accordance with section 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also 

intends to instruct CBP to collect cash 

deposits of estimated countervailing 

duties in the amounts shown for each of 

the respective companies listed above 

with regard to shipments of subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the date of publication of the final 

results of this review. For all nonreviewed firms, CBP will continue to 

collect cash deposits of estimated 

countervailing duties at the all-others 

rate or the most recent company-specific 

rate applicable to the company, as 

appropriate. These cash deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Public Comment 

Interested parties may submit written 

comments (case briefs) on the 

preliminary results no later than 30 days 

from the date of publication of this 

Federal Register notice, and rebuttal 

comments (rebuttal briefs) within seven 

days after the time limit for filing case 

briefs. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2), 

rebuttal briefs must be limited to issues 

raised in the case briefs. Parties who 

submit arguments are requested to 

submit with the argument: (1) A 

statement of the issue; (2) a brief 

summary of the argument; and (3) a 

table of authorities.15 All briefs must be 

filed electronically using ACCESS. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing must submit a written request to 

the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance, filed electronically via 

ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 

30 days after the date of publication of 

this notice. Hearing requests should 

contain: (1) The party’s name, address, 

and telephone number; (2) the number 

of participants; and (3) a list of the 

issues to be discussed. Issues addressed 

at the hearing will be limited to those 

raised in the briefs. If a request for a 

hearing is made, Commerce intends to 

hold the hearing at a date and time to 

be determined. 


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16See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements); Temporary Rule 

Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to 

COVID–19, 85 FR 17006 (March 26, 2020); and 

Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service 

Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension of 

Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020). 

1See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 

53411 (October 7, 2019). 

An electronically filed document 

must be received successfully in its 

entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on the established 

deadline. Note that Commerce has 

temporarily modified certain of its 

requirements for serving documents 

containing business proprietary 

information, until further notice.16

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of our analysis of 

the issues raised by the parties in their 

comments, no later than 120 days after 

the date of publication of this notice, 

pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1), unless 

this deadline is extended. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

These preliminary results and notice 

are issued and published in accordance 

with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of 

the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: December 14, 2020. 

Jeffrey I. Kessler, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Partial Rescission of Review 

IV. Intent to Rescind Administrative Review, 

In Part 

V. Rate for Non-Selected Companies Under 

Review 

VI. Scope of the Order 

VII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Application of Adverse Inferences 

VIII. Conclusion 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

United States-Mexico-Canada 

Agreement (USMCA), Article 10.12; 

Binational Panel Review: Notice of 

Request for Panel Review 

AGENCY: United States Section, USMCA 

Secretariat, International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of USMCA Request for 

Panel Review in the matter of Certain 

Softwood Lumber Products from 

Canada: Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review, 2017–2018 (Secretariat File 

Number: USA–CDA–2020–10.12–01). 

SUMMARY: A Request for Panel Review 

was filed on behalf of the Government 

of Canada, the Government of Alberta, 

the Government of British Columbia, the 

Government of New Brunswick, the 

Government of Ontario, the Government 

of Que ́bec, Alberta Softwood Lumber 

Trade Council (‘‘ASLTC’’), British 

Columbia Lumber Trade Council 

(‘‘BCLTC’’), Conseil de l’Industrie 

forestiere du Que ́bec (‘‘CIFQ’’), Ontario 

Forest Industries Association (‘‘OFIA’’), 

J.D. Irving, Limited (‘‘JDI’’), Resolute FP 

Canada Inc. (‘‘Resolute’’), and West 

Fraser Mills Ltd. with the United States 

Section of the USMCA Secretariat on 

December 10, 2020, pursuant to USMCA 

Article 10.12. Panel Review was 

requested of the U.S. International 

Trade Administration’s Final Results of 

the Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review (2017–2018) in Certain 

Softwood Lumber from Canada, which 

was published in the Federal Register 

on December 1, 2020 (85 FR 77, 163). 

The USMCA Secretariat has assigned 

case number USA–CDA–2020–10.12–01 

to this request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Vidya Desai, Acting United States 

Secretary, USMCA Secretariat, Room 

2061, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20230, 202–482–5438. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Article 

10.12 of Chapter 10 of USMCA provides 

a dispute settlement mechanism 

involving trade remedy determinations 

issued by the Government of the United 

States, the Government of Canada, and 

the Government of Mexico. Following a 

Request for Panel Review, a Binational 

Panel is composed to review the trade 

remedy determination being challenged 

and issue a binding Panel Decision. 

There are established USMCA Rules of 

Procedure for Article 10.12 (Binational 

Panel Reviews), which were adopted by 

the three governments for panels 

requested pursuant to Article 10.12(2) of 

USMCA which requires Requests for 

Panel Review to be published in 

accordance with Rule 40. For the 

complete Rules, please see https://canmex-usa-sec.org/secretariat/agreementaccord-acuerdo/usmca-aceum-tmec/ 

rules-regles-reglas/article-articlearticulo_10_12.aspx?lang=eng. 

The Rules provide that: 

(a) A Party or interested person may 

challenge the final determination in 

whole or in part by filing a Complaint 

in accordance with Rule 44 no later than 

30 days after the filing of the first 

Request for Panel Review (the deadline 

for filing a Complaint is January 11, 

2021); 

(b) A Party, an investigating authority 

or other interested person who does not 

file a Complaint but who intends to 

participate in the panel review shall file 

a Notice of Appearance in accordance 

with Rule 45 no later than 45 days after 

the filing of the first Request for Panel 

Review (the deadline for filing a Notice 

of Appearance is January 25, 2021); 

(c) The panel review will be limited 

to the allegations of error of fact or law, 

including challenges to the jurisdiction 

of the investigating authority, that are 

set out in the Complaints filed in the 

panel review and to the procedural and 

substantive defenses raised in the panel 

review. 

December 14, 2020. 

Vidya Desai, 

Acting U.S. Secretary, USMCA Secretariat. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–GT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–867] 

Large Power Transformers From the 

Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results 

of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review, 2018–2019; Preliminary 

Determination of No Shipments; and 

Preliminary Successor-in-Interest 

Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that Hyosung Heavy Industries 

Corporation (Hyosung) made sales of 

subject merchandise at less than normal 

value during the period of review (POR), 

August 1, 2018 through July 31, 2019. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable December 18, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Drury, AD/CVD Operations, Office VI, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0195. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Commerce initiated this review on 

October 7, 2019.1 We selected one 

mandatory respondent in this review, 

Hyosung. On April 24, 2020, Commerce 


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