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1See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review, 85 FR 18191 

(April 1, 2020). 

2American HFC Coalition’s members include the 

following companies: Arkema Inc., the Chemours 

Company FC LLC, Honeywell International Inc., 

and Mexichem Fluor, Inc. 

3See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘1,1,1,2- 

Tetrafluoroethane (R–134a) from the People’s 

Republic of China: Request for Administrative 

Review of Antidumping Duty Order,’’ dated April 

30, 2020. 

4See Initiation of Antidumping Duty and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 

35068 (June 8, 2020) (Initiation Notice). 

5SRAs and SRCs were due thirty days from the 

publication of Commerce’s Initiation Notice. In this 

administrative review, the deadline was July 8, 

2020. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘2019—2020 Administrative 

Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on 1,1,1,2- 

Tetrafluoroethane (R–134a) from the People’s 

Republic of China,’’ dated July 16, 2020. 

7See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review of 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane 

(R–134a) from China: HFC Coalition’s Comments on 

CBP Data and Request to Issue Quantity and Value 

Questionnaire,’’ dated August 6, 2020. 

8See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews,’’ dated July 21, 2020. 

9 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane is sold under a 

number of trade names including Klea 134a and 

Zephex 134a (Mexichem Fluor); Genetron 134a 

(Honeywell); FreonTM 134a, Suva 134a, Dymel 

134a, and Dymel P134a (Chemours); Solkane 134a 

(Solvay); and Forane 134a (Arkema). Generically, 

1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane has been sold as 

Fluorocarbon 134a, R–134a, HFC–134a, HF A–134a, 

Refrigerant 134a, and UN3159. 

administrative review. For all nonreviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to 

continue to collect cash deposits of 

estimated countervailing duties at the 

most recent company-specific or allothers rate applicable to the company, 

as appropriate. These cash deposit 

requirements, effective upon 

publication of these final results, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Administrative Protective Orders 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to administrative 

protective order (APO) of their 

responsibility concerning the 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of the return or 

destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective order is 

hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

final results in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.221(b)(5). 

Dated: January 27, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Final 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Period of Review 

V. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VI. Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

VII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available 

VIII. Analysis of Programs 

IX. Analysis of Comments 

Comment 1: Whether To Use the ValueAdded Tax (VAT) Rates Provided by 

Wor-Biz or the Government of China 

Comment 2: Whether To Adjust the 

Electricity for Less-Than-AdequateRemuneration (LTAR) Calculation To Reflect 

a VAT-Exclusive Subsidy Rate 

X. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–044] 

1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane (R–134a) 

From the People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review; 2019– 

2020 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that the sole company subject to this 

administrative review is part of the 

China-wide entity because it did not file 

a separate rate application (SRA). The 

period of review (POR) is April 1, 2019, 

through March 31, 2020. We invite 

interested parties to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable February 2, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie Berger, 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) 482–2483. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On April 1, 2020, Commerce 

published a notice of opportunity to 

request an administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on 1,1,1,2- 

Tetrafluoroethane (R–134a) from the 

People’s Republic of China (China).1 In 

response, on April 30, 2020, the 

American HFC Coalition and its 

individual members 2 (the petitioners) 

requested a review of one company, 

Puremann, Inc. (Puremann).3 Commerce 

initiated a review of this company on 

June 8, 2020.4 The deadline for 

interested parties to submit an SRA or 

separate rate certification (SRC) was July 

8, 2020.5 No party submitted an SRA or 

an SRC. On July 16, 2020, Commerce 

placed U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) data on the record of 

this review demonstrating that there 

were no entries of subject merchandise 

during the POR.6 The petitioners 

submitted comments on the CBP data on 

August 6, 2020.7 On July 21, 2020, 

Commerce tolled all deadlines in 

administrative reviews by 60 days.8 The 

deadline for the preliminary results of 

this review is now March 1, 2020. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the order 

is 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane, R–134a, or 

its chemical equivalent, regardless of 

form, type, or purity level. The chemical 

formula for 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane is 

CF3-CH2 F, and the Chemical Abstracts 

Service registry number is CAS 811–97– 

2.9

Merchandise subject to the order is 

currently classified in the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(HTSUS) at subheading 2903.39.2020. 

Although the HTSUS subheading and 

CAS registry number are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope is 

dispositive. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

Puremann, the sole company subject 

to this review, did not file an SRA. 

Thus, Commerce preliminarily 

determines that this company has not 

demonstrated its eligibility for separate 

rate status. As such, Commerce 

preliminarily determines that the 

company subject to this review is part 

of the China-wide entity. In addition, 

Commerce no longer considers the nonmarket economy (NME) entity as an 

exporter conditionally subject to an 


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10See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement 

of Change in Department Practice for Respondent 

Selection in Antidumping Duty Proceedings and 

Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy 

Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 

FR 65963, 65970 (November 4, 2013). 

11See 1,1,1,2 Tetrafluoroethane (R–134a) from 

the People’s Republic of China: Antidumping Duty 

Order, 82 FR 18422, 18423 (April 19, 2017). 

12See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). 

13See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1) and (2); see also 

Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service 

Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension of 

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

(Temporary Rule). 

14See 19 CFR 351.309(c) and (d); see also 19 CFR 

351.303 (for general filing requirements). 

15See Temporary Rule. 

16See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

17See 19 CFR 310(d). 

18See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

antidumping duty administrative 

review.10 Accordingly, the NME entity 

will not be under review unless 

Commerce specifically receives a 

request for, or self-initiates, a review of 

the NME entity. In this administrative 

review, no party requested a review of 

the China-wide entity. Moreover, we 

have not self-initiated a review of the 

China-wide entity. Because no review of 

the China-wide entity is being 

conducted, the China-wide entity’s 

entries are not subject to the review, and 

the rate applicable to the NME entity is 

not subject to change as a result of this 

review. The China-wide entity rate is 

167.02 percent.11

Public Comment 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on the preliminary results and 

may submit case briefs and/or written 

comments, filed electronically via 

Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping Duty and Countervailing 

Duty Centralized Electronic Service 

System (ACCESS), within 30 days after 

the date of publication of these 

preliminary results of review.12

ACCESS is available to registered users 

at https://access.trade.gov. Rebuttal 

briefs, limited to issues raised in the 

case briefs, must be filed within seven 

days after the time limit for filing case 

briefs.13 Parties who submit case or 

rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are 

requested to submit with each argument 

a statement of the issue, a brief 

summary of the argument, and a table of 

authorities.14 Note that Commerce has 

temporarily modified certain portions of 

its requirements for serving documents 

containing business proprietary 

information, until further notice.15

Interested parties who wish to request 

a hearing, or to participate if one is 

requested, must submit a written 

request to Commerce within 30 days of 

the date of publication of this notice.16

Requests should contain: (1) The party’s 

name, address, the telephone number; 

(2) the number of participants; and (3) 

a list of issues to be discussed. Issues 

raised in the hearing will be limited to 

those raised in the respective case and 

rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing 

is made, parties will be notified of the 

time and date for the hearing to be 

held.17 Commerce intends to issue the 

final results of this administrative 

review, which will include the results of 

our analysis of all issues raised in the 

case briefs, within 120 days of 

publication of these preliminary results 

in the Federal Register, unless 

extended, pursuant to section 

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. 

Assessment Rates 

Upon issuance of the final results of 

this review, Commerce will determine, 

and CBP will shall assess, antidumping 

duties on all appropriate entries of 

subject merchandise covered by this 

review.18 We intend to instruct CBP to 

liquidate entries containing subject 

merchandise exported by the company 

under review that we determine in the 

final results to be part of the China-wide 

entity at the China-wide entity rate of 

167.02 percent. Commerce intends to 

issue assessment instructions to CBP no 

earlier than 35 days after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

review in the Federal Register. If a 

timely summons is filed at the U.S. 

Court of International Trade, the 

assessment instructions will direct CBP 

not to liquidate relevant entries until the 

time for parties to file a request for a 

statutory injunction has expired (i.e., 

within 90 days of publication). 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective upon 

publication of the final results of this 

review for shipments of the subject 

merchandise from China entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the publication 

date, as provided by sections 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For 

companies that have a separate rate, the 

cash deposit rate will be that established 

in the final results of this review 

(except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, 

then zero cash deposit will be required); 

(2) for previously investigated or 

reviewed Chinese or non-Chinese 

exporters not listed above that received 

a separate rate in a prior segment of this 

proceeding, the cash deposit rate will 

continue to be the existing exporterspecific rate; (3) for all Chinese 

exporters of subject merchandise that 

have not been found to be entitled to a 

separate rate, the cash deposit rate will 

be that for the China-wide entity (i.e., 

167.02 percent); and (4) for all nonChinese exporters of subject 

merchandise which have not received 

their own rate, the cash deposit rate will 

be the rate applicable to the Chinese 

exporter that supplied that non-Chinese 

exporter. These deposit requirements, 

when imposed, shall remain in effect 

until further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to importers of their responsibility 

under 19 CFR 315.402(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 Commerce’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

occurred and the subsequent assessment 

of double antidumping duties. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

preliminary results in accordance with 

sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, 

and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and 

351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: January 27, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 

Order, Finding, or Suspended 

Investigation; Opportunity To Request 

Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda E. Brown, Office of AD/CVD 

Operations, Customs Liaison Unit, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482–4735. 

Background 

Each year during the anniversary 

month of the publication of an 

antidumping or countervailing duty 

order, finding, or suspended 

investigation, an interested party, as 

defined in section 771(9) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), may 

request, in accordance with 19 CFR 


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