56 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 1 / Monday, January 4, 2021 / Notices 

1See Certain Chassis and Subassemblies Thereof 

from the People’s Republic of China: Initiation of 

Countervailing Duty Investigation, 85 FR 52549 

(August 26, 2020) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Certain Chassis and Subassemblies Thereof 

from the People’s Republic of China: Postponement 

of Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing 

Duty Investigation, 85 FR 63251 (October 7, 2020). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination of the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain 

Chassis and Subassemblies Thereof from the 

People’s Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 

(Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

5See Initiation Notice. 

6See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) 

of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of 

the Act regarding specificity. 

7See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. 

approval. Pursuant to the authority 

delegated to the FTZ Board Executive 

Secretary (15 CFR Sec. 400.36(f)), the 

application to expand Subzone 18F was 

approved on December 29, 2020, subject 

to the FTZ Act and the Board’s 

regulations, including Section 400.13, 

and further subject to FTZ 18’s 2,000- 

acre activation limit. 

Dated: December 29, 2020. 

Elizabeth Whiteman, 

Acting Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–29115 Filed 12–31–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–136] 

Certain Chassis and Subassemblies 

Thereof From the People’s Republic of 

China: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

certain chassis and subassemblies 

thereof (chassis) from the People’s 

Republic of China (China). The period 

of investigation is January 1, 2019 

through December 31, 2019. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable January 4, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Langley or Nicholas 

Czajkowski, 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) 482–3681 or 

(202) 482–1395, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Trade Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on August 26, 2020.1 On October 1, 

2020, Commerce postponed the 

preliminary determination of this 

investigation and the revised deadline is 

now December 28, 2020.2

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

discussed 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 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 Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are certain chassis and 

subassemblies thereof from China. For a 

complete description 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. Because this 

investigation is not currently aligned 

with the companion AD investigation, 

Commerce intends to issue its 

preliminary decision regarding 

comments concerning the scope of the 

AD and CVD investigations no later than 

30 days after the publication of this 

notice. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.6

Commerce notes that, in making these 

findings, it relied, in part, on facts 

available and, because it finds that one 

or more respondents did not act to the 

best of their ability to respond to 

Commerce’s requests for information, it 

drew an adverse inference where 

appropriate in selecting from among the 

facts otherwise available.7 For further 

information, see ‘‘Use of Facts 

Otherwise Available and Adverse 

Inferences’’ in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act provide that, in the preliminary 

determination, Commerce shall 

determine an estimated all-others rate 

for companies not individually 

examined. The rate shall be an amount 

equal to the weighted average of the 

estimated subsidy rates established for 

those companies individually 

examined, excluding any rates that are 

zero, de minimis, or rates based entirely 

under section 776 of the Act. 

In this investigation, Commerce 

preliminarily calculated a rate for 

Qingdao CIMC Special Vehicles Co., 

Ltd. and Dongguan CIMC Vehicle Co., 

Ltd. (collectively, CIMC), the only 

mandatory respondent. The only rate 

that is not zero, de minimis, or based 

entirely on facts otherwise available is 

the rate calculated for CIMC. 

Consequently, the rate calculated for 

CIMC is also assigned as the rate for all 

other producers and exporters. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates exist: 

Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 1 / Monday, January 4, 2021 / Notices 57 

8Commerce preliminarily finds the following 

companies to be cross-owned with Qingdao CIMC 

Special Vehicles Co., Ltd. and Dongguan CIMC 

Vehicle Co., Ltd.: CIMC Vehicles (Group) Co., Ltd.; 

Shenzhen CIMC Vehicle Co., Ltd.; Zhumadian 

CIMC Huajun Casting Co., Ltd.; China International 

Marine Containers (Group) Co., Ltd.; Liangshan 

CIMC Dongyue Vehicles Co., Ltd.; Shandong 

Wanshida Special Vehicle Manufacturing Co., Ltd.; 

Yangzhou CIMC Tonghua Special Vehicles Co., 

Ltd.; Zhumadian CIMC Huajun Vehicle Co., Ltd.; 

Gansu CIMC Huajun Vehicles Co., Ltd.; CIMC 

Vehicles (Liaoning) Co., Ltd.; and Zhumadian CIMC 

Wanjia Axle Co., Ltd. 

9See 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) 

(Temporary Rule). 

10See Temporary Rule. 

Company Subsidy rate 

(percent) 

Qingdao CIMC Special Vehicles Co., Ltd. and Dongguan CIMC Vehicle Co., Ltd 8 .......................................................................... 38.52 

All Others ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 38.52 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

703(d)(1)(B) and (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 the scope 

of the investigation section entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.205(d), Commerce will instruct CBP 

to require a cash deposit equal to the 

rates indicated above. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties in this preliminary 

determination within five days of its 

public announcement, or if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date 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. Normally, 

Commerce verifies information using 

standard procedures, including an onsite examination of original accounting, 

financial, and sales documentation. 

However, due to current travel 

restrictions in response to the global 

COVID–19 pandemic, Commerce is 

unable to conduct on-site verification in 

this investigation. Accordingly, we 

intend to verify the information relied 

upon in making the final determination 

through alternative means in lieu of an 

on-site verification. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. Commerce will notify 

interested parties of the deadline for the 

submission of case briefs. Rebuttal 

briefs, limited to issues raised in case 

briefs, may be submitted no later than 

seven days after the deadline date for 

case briefs.9 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 a time and 

date to be determined. Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date and time 

of the hearing two days before the 

scheduled date. 

Parties are reminded that briefs and 

hearing requests are to be filed 

electronically using ACCESS and that 

electronically filed documents must be 

received successfully in their entirety by 

5 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. 

Note that Commerce has temporarily 

modified certain of its requirements for 

serving documents containing business 

proprietary information, until further 

notice.10

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its 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. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.205(c). 

Dated: December 28, 2020. 

Jeffrey I. Kessler, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation are chassis and subassemblies 

thereof, whether finished or unfinished, 

whether assembled or unassembled, whether 

coated or uncoated, regardless of the number 

of axles, for carriage of containers, or other 

payloads (including self-supporting 

payloads) for road, marine roll-on/roll-off 

(RORO) and/or rail transport. Chassis are 

typically, but are not limited to, rectangular 

framed trailers with a suspension and axle 

system, wheels and tires, brakes, a lighting 

and electrical system, a coupling for towing 

behind a truck tractor, and a locking system 

or systems to secure the shipping container 

or containers to the chassis using twistlocks, 

slide pins or similar attachment devices to 

engage the corner fittings on the container or 

other payload. 

Subject merchandise includes, but is not 

limited to, the following subassemblies: 

• Chassis frames, or sections of chassis 

frames, including kingpins or kingpin 

assemblies, bolsters consisting of transverse 

beams with locking or support mechanisms, 

goosenecks, drop assemblies, extension 

mechanisms and/or rear impact guards; 

• Running gear assemblies or axle 

assemblies for connection to the chassis 

frame, whether fixed in nature or capable of 

sliding fore and aft or lifting up and lowering 

down, which may or may not include 

suspension(s) (mechanical or pneumatic), 

wheel end components, slack adjusters, 

axles, brake chambers, locking pins, and tires 

and wheels; 

• Landing gear (legs) or landing gear 

assemblies, for connection to the chassis 

frame, capable of supporting the chassis 

when it is not engaged to a tractor; and 

• Assemblies and/or components that 

connect to the chassis frame or a section of 

the chassis frame, such as, but not limited to, 

pintle hooks or B-trains (which include a 

fifth wheel), which are capable of connecting 

a chassis to a converter dolly or another 

chassis. 

Importation of any of these subassemblies, 

whether assembled or unassembled, 

58 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 1 / Monday, January 4, 2021 / Notices 

1See Boltless Steel Shelving Units Prepackaged 

for Sale from the People’s Republic of China: 

Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination and Countervailing Duty Order, 80 

FR 63745 (October 21, 2015) (Order). 

2See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 85 

FR 54348 (September 1, 2020). 

3See Domestic Interested Party’s Letter, ‘‘FiveYear (‘Sunset‘) Review of Countervailing Duty 

Order on Boltless Shelving Units Prepackaged for 

Sale from the People’s Republic of China— 

Petitioner’s Notice of Intent to Participate,’’ dated 

September 14, 2020. 

4See Domestic Interested Party’s Letter, ‘‘FiveYear (Sunset) Review of the Countervailing Duty 

Order on Boltless Steel Shelving Units Prepackaged 

for Sale from the People’s Republic of China— 

Petitioner’s Substantive Response to Notice of 

Initiation,’’ dated September 30, 2020. 

5See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Sunset Reviews 

Initiated on September 1, 2020,’’ dated October 27, 

2020. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Results of the Expedited 

First Five-Year Sunset Review of the Countervailing 

Duty Order on Boltless Steel Shelving Units 

Prepackaged for Sale from the People’s Republic of 

China,’’ dated concurrently with this notice (Issues 

and Decision Memorandum). 

constitutes an unfinished chassis for 

purposes of this investigation. 

Subject merchandise also includes chassis, 

whether finished or unfinished, entered with 

or for further assembly with components 

such as, but not limited to: Hub and drum 

assemblies, brake assemblies (either drum or 

disc), axles, brake chambers, suspensions and 

suspension components, wheel end 

components, landing gear legs, spoke or disc 

wheels, tires, brake control systems, 

electrical harnesses and lighting systems. 

Processing of finished and unfinished 

chassis and components such as trimming, 

cutting, grinding, notching, punching, 

drilling, painting, coating, staining, finishing, 

assembly, or any other processing either in 

the country of manufacture of the in-scope 

product or in a third country does not 

remove the product from the scope. Inclusion 

of other components not identified as 

comprising the finished or unfinished chassis 

does not remove the product from the scope. 

This scope excludes dry van trailers, 

refrigerated van trailers and flatbed trailers. 

Dry van trailers are trailers with a wholly 

enclosed cargo space comprised of fixed 

sides, nose, floor and roof, with articulated 

panels (doors) across the rear and 

occasionally at selected places on the sides, 

with the cargo space being permanently 

incorporated in the trailer itself. Refrigerated 

van trailers are trailers with a wholly 

enclosed cargo space comprised of fixed 

sides, nose, floor and roof, with articulated 

panels (doors) across the rear and 

occasionally at selected places on the sides, 

with the cargo space being permanently 

incorporated in the trailer and being 

insulated, possessing specific thermal 

properties intended for use with selfcontained refrigeration systems. Flatbed (or 

platform) trailers consist of load-carrying 

main frames and a solid, flat or stepped 

loading deck or floor permanently 

incorporated with and supported by frame 

rails and cross members. 

The finished and unfinished chassis 

subject to this investigation are typically 

classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

of the United States (HTSUS) at subheadings: 

8716.39.0090 and 8716.90.5060. Imports of 

finished and unfinished chassis may also 

enter under HTSUS subheading 

8716.90.5010. While the HTSUS subheadings 

are provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

merchandise under investigation is 

dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope Comments 

IV. Scope of the Investigation 

V. Subsidies Valuation 

VI. New Subsidy Allegations 

VII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

VIII. Benchmarks and Discount Rates 

IX. Analysis of Programs 

X. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2020–29101 Filed 12–31–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–019] 

Boltless Steel Shelving Units 

Prepackaged for Sale From the 

People’s Republic of China: Final 

Results of the Expedited First Sunset 

Review of the Countervailing Duty 

Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) finds that revocation of the 

countervailing duty (CVD) order on 

boltless steel shelving units 

prepackaged for sale (boltless steel 

shelving) from the People’s Republic of 

China (China) would be likely to lead to 

continuation or recurrence of 

countervailable subsidies at the levels 

indicated in the ‘‘Final Results of Sunset 

Review’’ section of this notice. 

DATES: Applicable January 4, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nathan James, AD/CVD, Operations, 

Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–5305. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 21, 2015, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

CVD order on boltless steel shelves from 

China.1 On September 1, 2020, 

Commerce published the notice of 

initiation of the first sunset review of 

the Order, pursuant to section 751(c) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act).2 On September 14, 2020, 

Commerce received a notice of intent to 

participate from Edsal Manufacturing 

Company, Inc. (the domestic interested 

party), within the deadline specified in 

19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).3 The domestic 

interested party claimed interested party 

status under section 771(9)(C) of the 

Act, as a producer of the domestic like 

product in the United States. 

On September 30, 2020, Commerce 

received a timely and adequate 

substantive response from the domestic 

interested party.4 We received no 

substantive responses from any other 

interested parties, including the 

Government of China, nor was a hearing 

requested. On October 27, 2020, 

Commerce notified the U.S. 

International Trade Commission that it 

did not receive an adequate substantive 

response from respondent interested 

parties.5 As a result, pursuant to 

751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce 

conducted an expedited (120-day) 

sunset review of the Order. 

Scope of the Order 

The product covered by the Order is 

boltless steel shelving. For a full 

description of the scope, see the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum.6

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in this sunset review 

are addressed in the accompanying 

Issues and Decision Memorandum, 

which is hereby adopted by this notice. 

The issues discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum are the 

likelihood of continuation or recurrence 

of a countervailable subsidy, the net 

countervailable subsidy rate likely to 

prevail if the Order were revoked, and 

the nature of the subsidy programs. A 

complete list of the issues discussed in 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum 

can be found in the appendix to this 

notice. The Issues and 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 Issues and 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

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

frn/. The signed and electronic versions 

of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Final Results of Sunset Review 

Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 

752(b) of the Act, Commerce determines