Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 34 / Tuesday, February 23, 2021 / Notices 10925 

1See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 

67712 (December 11, 2019). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the 2018–2019 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 

Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide from the People’s 

Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

3See Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

4See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service 

Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension of 

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

(Temporary Rule). 

5See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

6 Id. 

7See 19 CFR 351.303. 

covered in this review or the original 

investigation but the producer is, then 

the cash deposit rate will be the rate 

established in the completed segment 

for the most recent period for the 

producer of the merchandise; (4) the 

cash deposit rate for all other producers 

or exporters will continue to be 29.58 

percent, the all-others rate established 

in the less-than-fair-value investigation. 

These cash deposit requirements, when 

imposed, shall remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice also serves as a 

preliminary 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 POR. 

Failure to comply with this requirement 

could result in Commerce’s 

presumption that reimbursement of 

antidumping duties occurred and the 

subsequent assessment of doubled 

antidumping duties. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results in accordance with sections 

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

CFR 351.221. 

Dated: February 16, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Discussion of the Methodology 

V. Currency Conversion 

VI. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2021–03618 Filed 2–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–919] 

Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide From 

the People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Rescission of the 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2018–2019 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) is preliminarily rescinding 

this administrative review. The period 

of review (POR) is October 1, 2018, 

through September 30, 2019. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on this 

preliminary rescission. 

DATES: Applicable February 23, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Krisha Hill, AD/CVD Operations, Office 

IV, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4037. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 11, 2019, Commerce 

published a notice of initiation of the 

2018—2019 administrative review of the 

antidumping duty (AD) order on 

electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD) 

from the People’s Republic of China 

(China) with respect to one company, 

Duracell (China) Limited (DCL).1

Commerce subsequently issued an AD 

questionnaire, and supplemental 

questionnaires, to DCL and received 

timely responses thereto. For additional 

background, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.2

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the order 

includes all manganese dioxide (MnO2) 

that has been manufactured in an 

electrolysis process, whether in powder, 

chip, or plate form. Excluded from the 

scope are natural manganese dioxide 

(NMD) and chemical manganese dioxide 

(CMD). The merchandise subject to the 

order is classified in the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(HTSUS) at subheading 2820.10.00.00. 

While the HTSUS subheading is 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

scope of the order is dispositive. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

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

and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act). For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying our decision, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A 

list of the sections in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is attached in 

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 https://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. 

Preliminary Rescission of the 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review 

As discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum, Commerce 

preliminarily finds that DCL, and its 

U.S. affiliates, did not sell subject 

merchandise to unaffiliated U.S. 

customers during the POR and could 

not trace the POR entry of EMD, which 

was used to manufacture batteries in the 

United States, to particular battery sales 

to unaffiliated U.S. customers.3

Therefore, we are preliminarily 

rescinding this review, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). 

Public Comment 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on the preliminary results of 

this review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may 

submit case briefs no later than 30 days 

after the date of publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register. Rebuttal 

briefs, limited to issues raised in the 

case briefs, may be filed no later than 

seven days after the deadline for filing 

case briefs.4 Parties who submit case or 

rebuttal briefs are requested to submit 

with each brief: (1) A statement of the 

issue, (2) a brief summary of the 

argument, and (3) a table of authorities.5

Executive summaries should be limited 

to five pages total, including footnotes.6

All submissions, with limited 

exceptions, must be filed electronically 

using ACCESS.7 Electronically filed 

documents must be received 

successfully in their entirety by 

Commerce’s electronic records system, 

ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) 

on the due date. Note that Commerce 

has temporarily modified certain of its 

requirements for serving documents 

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8See Temporary Rule. 

1See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Petitions for the 

Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duties: Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from 

India and Russia,’’ dated January 27, 2021 (the 

Petitions). 

2 Id. 

3See Commerce’s Letters, ‘‘Petitions for the 

Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duties on Imports of Granular 

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Resin from India 

and Russia: Supplemental Questions,’’ dated 

January 29, 2021; ‘‘Petition for the Imposition of 

Antidumping Duties on Imports of Granular 

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Resin from India: 

Supplemental Questions,’’ dated February 1, 2021; 

and ‘‘Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping 

Duties on Imports of Granular 

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Resin from Russia: 

Supplemental Questions,’’ dated February 1, 2021. 

4See Petitioner’s Letters, ‘‘Granular 

Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from India and 

Russia: Response to General Issues Questionnaire,’’ 

dated February 2, 2021 (General Issues 

Supplement); ‘‘Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene 

Resin from India: Response to Supplemental 

Questionnaire,’’ dated February 3, 2021 (India AD 

Supplement); and ‘‘Granular 

containing business proprietary 

information, until further notice.8

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), any 

interested party may request a hearing 

within 30 days of the date of publication 

of this notice in the Federal Register. If 

a hearing is requested, Commerce will 

notify interested parties of the hearing 

date and time. 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 within 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. Hearing requests should 

contain: (1) The requestor company’s 

name, address, and telephone number; 

(2) the number of hearing participants 

from the company; and (3) a list of the 

issues the company will discuss in the 

hearing. Issues raised in the hearing will 

be limited to issues covered in the case 

and rebuttal briefs. 

Unless otherwise extended, 

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this review, which will 

include the results of its analysis of 

issues raised in any case and rebuttal 

briefs, no later than 120 days after the 

date these preliminary results of review 

are published in the Federal Register, 

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

Act. 

Assessment Rates 

If Commerce proceeds to a final 

rescission of this administrative review, 

any suspended entries of subject 

merchandise from DCL will be 

liquidated at the rate at which they 

entered, which was the China-wide 

entity rate (i.e., 149.92 percent). If 

Commerce does not proceed to a final 

rescission of this administrative review, 

pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), 

Commerce will calculate importerspecific (or customer-specific) 

assessment rates based on the final 

results of this review. However, 

pursuant to Commerce’s practice in 

non-market economy cases, if 

Commerce does not proceed to a final 

rescission of this administrative review, 

for POR entries of EMD not related to 

sales reported in DCL’s U.S. sales 

database, Commerce will instruct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

liquidate such entries at the China-wide 

entity rate. 

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 

If Commerce proceeds to a final 

rescission of this administrative review, 

DCL’s cash deposit rate will continue to 

be the China-wide entity rate of 149.92 

percent. If Commerce does not proceed 

to a final rescission of this 

administrative review, but calculates a 

dumping margin for DCL, Commerce 

will instruct CBP to collect a cash 

deposit upon publication of the final 

results of review in the Federal 

Register, equal to the dumping margin 

calculated for DCL. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice serves as a preliminary 

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 

Commerce’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

occurred and the subsequent assessment 

of doubled antidumping duties. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: February 16, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Sections in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Preliminary Rescission of the Review 

V. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–899, A–821–829] 

Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin 

From India and the Russian 

Federation: Initiation of Less-ThanFair-Value Investigations 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable February 16, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sergio Balbontin at (202) 482–6478 

(India) or Jaron Moore at (202) 482–3640 

(the Russian Federation (Russia)); AD/ 

CVD Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Petitions 

On January 27, 2021, the Department 

of Commerce (Commerce) received 

antidumping duty (AD) petitions 

concerning imports of granular 

polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin 

from India and Russia, filed in proper 

form on behalf of Daikin America, Inc. 

(the petitioner), a domestic producer of 

granular PTFE resin.1 The Petitions 

were accompanied by countervailing 

duty (CVD) petitions concerning 

imports of granular PTFE resin from 

India and Russia.2

On January 29 and February 1, 2021, 

Commerce requested supplemental 

information pertaining to certain aspects 

of the Petitions.3 The petitioner filed 

responses to these requests on February 

2 and 3, 2021.4