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6See ITC Sunset Review Determination. 

1See Certain Metal Lockers and Parts Thereof 

From the People’s Republic of China: Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Orders, 86 FR 46826 

(August 20, 2021) (Order). 

2See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

To Request Administrative Review and Join Annual 

Inquiry Service List, 87 FR 47187 (August 2, 2022). 

3See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 

61278 (October 11, 2022). (Initiation Notice). 

have been ‘‘worked after rolling’’)—for 

example, products which have been 

beveled or rounded at the edges. Steel 

products that meet the noted physical 

characteristics that are painted, 

varnished or coated with plastic or other 

non-metallic substances are included 

within this scope. Also, specifically 

included in the scope of the Orders is 

high strength, low alloy (HSLA) steels. 

HSLA steels are recognized as steels 

with micro-alloying levels of elements 

such as chromium, copper, niobium, 

titanium, vanadium, and molybdenum. 

Steel products to be included in this 

scope, regardless of Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

definitions, are products in which: (1) 

iron predominates, by weight, over each 

of the other contained elements; (2) the 

carbon content is two percent or less, by 

weight; and (3) none of the elements 

listed below is equal to or exceeds the 

quantity, by weight, respectively 

indicated: 1.80 percent of manganese, or 

1.50 percent of silicon, or 1.00 percent 

of copper, or 0.50 percent of aluminum, 

or 1.25 percent of chromium, or 0.30 

percent of cobalt, or 0.40 percent of 

lead, or 1.25 percent of nickel, or 0.30 

percent of tungsten, or 0.10 percent of 

molybdenum, or 0.10 percent of 

niobium, or 0.41 percent of titanium, or 

0.15 percent of vanadium, or 0.15 

percent zirconium. All products that 

meet the written physical description, 

and in which the chemistry quantities 

do not equal or exceed any one of the 

levels listed above, are within the scope 

of these Orders unless otherwise 

specifically excluded. The following 

products are specifically excluded from 

the Orders: (1) products clad, plated, or 

coated with metal, whether or not 

painted, varnished or coated with 

plastic or other non-metallic substances; 

(2) SAE grades (formerly AISI grades) of 

series 2300 and above; (3) products 

made to ASTM A710 and A736 or their 

proprietary equivalents; (4) abrasionresistant steels (i.e., USS AR 400, USS 

AR 500); (5) products made to ASTM 

A202, A225, A514 grade S, A517 grade 

S, or their proprietary equivalents; (6) 

ball bearing steels; (7) tool steels; and (8) 

silicon manganese steel or silicon 

electric steel. 

The merchandise subject to the 

Orders is currently classifiable in the 

HTSUS under subheadings: 

7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060, 

7208.51.0030, 7208.51.0045, 

7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000, 

7208.53.0000, 7208.90.0000, 

7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 

7211.13.0000, 7211.14.0030, 

7211.14.0045, 7211.90.0000, 

7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 

7212.50.0000, 7225.40.3050, 

7225.40.7000, 7225.50.6000, 

7225.99.0090, 7226.91.5000, 

7226.91.7000, 7226.91.8000, 

7226.99.0000. Although the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the merchandise 

covered by the Orders is dispositive. 

Continuation of the Orders 

As a result of the determinations by 

Commerce and the ITC that revocation 

of the Orders would likely lead to 

continuation or recurrence of dumping, 

countervailable subsidies, and material 

injury to an industry in the United 

States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of 

the Act, Commerce hereby orders the 

continuation of the Orders. U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection will 

continue to collect AD and CVD cash 

deposits at the rates in effect at the time 

of entry for all imports of subject 

merchandise. 

The effective date of the continuation 

of the Orders will be August 28, 2023.6

Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.218(c)(2), Commerce 

intends to initiate the next five-year 

reviews of the Orders not later than 30 

days prior to fifth anniversary of the 

date of the last determination by the 

Commission. 

Administrative Protective Order (APO) 

This notice also serves as a final 

reminder to parties subject to an APO of 

their responsibility concerning the 

return or destruction 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 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 

violation which is subject to sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

These five-year (sunset) reviews and 

this notice are in accordance with 

sections 751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the Act 

and published in accordance with 

section 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.218(f)(4). 

Dated: September 1, 2023. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–133] 

Certain Metal Lockers and Parts 

Thereof From the People’s Republic of 

China: Preliminary Results and Partial 

Rescission of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2021–2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

finds that certain exporters made sales 

of certain metal lockers and parts 

thereof (metal lockers) from the People’s 

Republic of China (China) during the 

period of review (POR), February 11, 

2021, through July 31, 2022. 

Additionally, Commerce is rescinding 

this review with respect to Hangzhou 

Zhuoxu Trading Co. Ltd. (Hangzhou 

Zhuoxu). Interested parties are invited 

to comment on these preliminary 

results. 

DATES: Applicable September 8, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Deborah Cohen or Matthew Palmer, 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) 482–4521 or (202) 482–1678, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 20, 2021, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

antidumping duty order on metal 

lockers from China.1 On August 2, 2022, 

Commerce published in the Federal 

Register a notice of opportunity to 

request administrative reviews of the 

Order.2 On October 11, 2022, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 

351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce published a 

notice of initiation for this 

administrative review in response to 

requests to review by interested parties.3

On March 28, 2023, we extended the 

deadline for these preliminary results, 

in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 


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4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review of Certain Metal Lockers 

and Parts Thereof from the People’s Republic of 

China, 2021–2022,’’ dated concurrently with this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

5See Hangzhou Zhuoxu’s Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of 

Administrative Review Request,’’ dated November 

1, 2022. 

6See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at the 

‘‘Separate Rate Determination’’ section for more 

details. 

7See 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 (November 4, 2013). 

8We preliminarily find that Hangzhou Evernew 

and its producer, Zhejiang Yinghong Metalworks 

Co., Ltd., are affiliated, pursuant to section 

771(33)(F) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.102(b)(3) and 

should be treated as a single entity pursuant to 19 

CFR 351.401(f)(1) for the purposes of these 

preliminary results. See Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum at Section V. ‘‘Single Entity 

Analysis’’ for further discussion of the preliminary 

collapsing determination. 

9See 19 CFR 351.309(c). 

10See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Temporary 

Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due 

to COVID–19, 85 FR 17006, 17007 (March 26, 2020) 

(‘‘To provide adequate time for release of case briefs 

via ACCESS, E&C intends to schedule the due date 

for all rebuttal briefs to be 7 days after case briefs 

are filed (while these modifications remain in 

effect.’’). 

11See, generally, 19 CFR 351.303. 

12See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension 

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

(the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), 

until August 31, 2023. 

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this administrative review, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum.4 A 

list of topics included in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 

included as an 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 found at 

https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the Order 

are metal lockers from China. For a 

complete description of the Order, see 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Partial Rescission of Review 

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

based on the timely withdrawal of the 

sole request for review, we are 

rescinding this administrative review 

with respect to the following company 

named in the Initiation Notice: 

Hangzhou Zhuoxu.5

Separate Rates 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that three non-individually examined 

companies are eligible for separate rates 

in this administrative review.6 The Act 

and Commerce’s regulations do not 

address the establishment of a separate 

rate to be applied to companies not 

selected for individual examination 

when Commerce limits its examination 

in an administrative review pursuant to 

section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, 

Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of 

the Act, which provides instructions for 

calculating the all-others rate in an 

investigation, for guidance when 

calculating the rate for separate-rate 

respondents which Commerce did not 

examine individually in an 

administrative review. Section 

735(c)(5)(A) of the Act states that the allothers rate should be calculated by 

averaging the weighted-average 

dumping margins calculated for 

individually-examined respondents, 

excluding dumping margins that are 

zero, de minimis, or based entirely on 

facts available. For the preliminary 

results of this review, Commerce 

determined the estimated dumping 

margins for ZXM/XMT and Hangzhou 

Evernew to be 76.95 percent and 288.06 

percent, respectively. As explained in 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, 

we are preliminarily assigning a rate of 

94.13 percent to the three non-examined 

respondents: Kunshan Dongchu 

Precision Machinery Co., Ltd., Tianjin 

Jia Mei Metal Furniture Ltd, and 

Zhejiang Focus-On Import & Export Co., 

Ltd., which qualify for a separate rate in 

this review, consistent with Commerce’s 

practice and section 735(c)(5)(A) of the 

Act. 

The China-Wide Entity 

Under Commerce’s policy regarding 

the conditional review of the Chinawide entity,7 the China-wide entity will 

not be under review unless a party 

specifically requests, or Commerce selfinitiates, a review of the entity. Because 

no party requested a review of the 

China-wide entity in this review, the 

entity is not under review, and the 

entity’s rate (i.e., 322.25 percent) is not 

subject to change. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

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

of the Act. Commerce has calculated 

export prices in accordance with section 

772(a) of the Act and constructed export 

prices in accordance with section 772(b) 

of the Act. Because China is a nonmarket economy, within the meaning of 

section 771(18) of the Act, Commerce 

has calculated normal value (NV) in 

accordance with section 773(c) of the 

Act. For a full description of the 

methodology underlying Commerce’s 

preliminary results, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

We preliminarily determine that the 

following estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins exist for the period 

February 11, 2021, through July 31, 

2022: 

Exporter 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Zhejiang Xingyi Metal Products 

Co., Ltd and Xingyi Metalworking Technology (Zhejiang) 

Co., Ltd ................................... 76.95 

Hangzhou Evernew Machinery & 

Equipment Company Limited/ 

Zhejiang Yinghong Metalworks 

Co., Ltd 8 ................................. 239.33 

Kunshan Dongchu Precision Machinery Co., Ltd ....................... 96.31 

Tianjin Jia Mei Metal Furniture 

Ltd ........................................... 96.31 

Zhejiang Focus-On Import & Export Co., Ltd ............................ 96.31 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

We intend to disclose to interested 

parties the calculations performed for 

these preliminary results in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Interested 

parties may submit case briefs no later 

than 30 days after the date of 

publication of these preliminary results 

of review.9 Rebuttal briefs, limited to 

issues raised in case briefs, may be 

submitted no later than seven days after 

the deadline date for case briefs.10

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 

(d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs in this review 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. Executive 

summaries should be limited to five 

pages total, including footnotes. Case 

and rebuttal briefs should be filed using 

ACCESS.11 Note that Commerce has 

modified certain of its requirements for 

serving documents containing business 

proprietary information, until further 

notice.12

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 


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13See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

14See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

15 In these preliminary results, Commerce applied 

the assessment rate calculation method adopted in 

Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the 

Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 

Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 

Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 

(February 14, 2012). 

16See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

17 Id. 

18See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). 

19For a full discussion of this practice, see NonMarket Economy Antidumping Proceedings: 

Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 

(October 24, 2011). 

20See, e.g., Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks from the 

People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of 

the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 

Preliminary Determination of No Shipments: 2014– 

2015, 81 FR 29528 (May 12, 2016), and 

accompanying PDM at 10–11, unchanged in Drawn 

Stainless Steel Sinks from the People’s Republic of 

China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; Final Determination of No 

Shipments; 2014–2015, 81 FR 54042 (August 15, 

2016). 

21See Initiation Notice. See also, e.g., China First 

Pencil Co., Ltd. v. United States, 427 F.Supp.2d. 

1236, 1239–41 (CIT 2006) (sustaining Commerce’s 

decision to continue collapsing companies which 

were found to be collapsed in a previous review, 

where plaintiff ‘‘failed to meet its burden of 

establishing that the facts and circumstances had 

changed sufficiently to warrant a re-examination of 

Commerce’s decision.’’). 

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, filed electronically via 

Commerce’s electric records system, 

ACCESS. An electronically-filed request 

must be received successfully in its 

entirety by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time 

within 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice.13 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.14 Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date and time 

of the hearing two days before the 

scheduled date. 

Unless otherwise extended, we intend 

to issue the final results of this 

administrative review, which will 

include the results of our analysis of the 

issues raised in the case and rebuttal 

briefs, within 120 days of publication of 

these preliminary results in the Federal 

Register, pursuant to section 

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.213(h). 

Assessment Rates 

Upon issuance of the final results, 

Commerce will determine, and CBP 

shall assess, antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries covered by this 

review, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(b)(1). Commerce intends to 

issue assessment instructions to CBP 35 

days after the publication of the final 

results of this review. 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). 

We will calculate importer/customerspecific assessment rates equal to the 

ratio of the total amount of dumping 

calculated for examined sales to a 

particular importer/customer to the total 

entered value of those sales, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).15

Where the respondents reported reliable 

entered values, Commerce intends to 

calculate importer/customer-specific ad 

valorem assessment rates by dividing 

the total amount of dumping calculated 

for all reviewed U.S. sales to the 

importer/customer by the total entered 

value of the merchandise sold to the 

importer/customer.16 Where the 

respondents did not report entered 

values, Commerce will calculate 

importer/customer-specific assessment 

rates by dividing the total amount of 

dumping calculated for all reviewed 

U.S. sales to the importer/customer by 

the total quantity of those sales. 

Commerce will calculate an estimated 

ad valorem importer/customer-specific 

assessment rate to determine whether 

the per-unit assessment rate is de 

minimis; however, Commerce will use 

the per-unit assessment rate where 

entered values were not reported.17

Where an importer/customer-specific ad 

valorem assessment rate is not zero or 

de minimis, Commerce will instruct 

CBP to collect the appropriate duties at 

the time of liquidation. Where either the 

respondents’ ad valorem weightedaverage dumping margin is zero or de 

minimis, or an importer/customerspecific ad valorem assessment rate is 

zero or de minimis,18 Commerce will 

instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate 

entries without regard to ADs. 

Pursuant to Commerce’s refinement to 

its practice, for sales that were not 

reported in the U.S. sales database 

submitted by a respondent individually 

examined during this review, Commerce 

will instruct CBP to liquidate the entry 

of such merchandise at the dumping 

margin assigned to the China-wide 

entity.19 For respondents not 

individually examined in this 

administrative review that qualified for 

a separate rate, the assessment rate will 

be equal to the weighted-average 

dumping margin assigned to the 

respondent in the final results of this 

review.20

In accordance with section 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the final results 

of this review shall be the basis for the 

assessment of ADs on entries of 

merchandise covered by the final results 

of this review and for future deposits of 

estimated ADs, where applicable. 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective upon 

publication of the final results of this 

review for all shipments of the subject 

merchandise from China entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of the notice of the final 

results of administrative review in the 

Federal Register, as provided for by 

section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for 

the companies that have a separate rate, 

the cash deposit rate will be that rate 

established in the final results of this 

review (except, if the rate is de minimis, 

then a cash deposit rate of zero will be 

required); (2) for previously investigated 

or reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese 

exporters for which a review was not 

requested and 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 the rate for the China-wide entity 

(i.e., 322.25 percent); and (4) for all nonChinese exporters of subject 

merchandise that 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 cash deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

In the underlying investigation, we 

determined that ZXM and its affiliate, 

XMT, comprised a single entity 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f). 

Commerce’s practice is to presume that 

companies continue to comprise a 

single entity when that finding has been 

made in a prior segment of the 

proceeding.21 Accordingly, we initiated 

upon and examined the collapsed ZXM/ 

XMT respondent throughout the 

preliminary stage of this proceeding. 

However, as discussed in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum, we 

preliminarily determine that the record 

no longer supports a finding that ZXM 

should be collapsed with XMT 

subsequent to January 13, 2022, as ZXM 


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1See Antidumping Duty Order: Polyethylene 

Retail Carrier Bags from Malaysia, 69 FR 48203 

(August 9, 2004) (Order). 

2See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

To Request Administrative Review and Join Annual 

Inquiry Service List, 87 FR 47187 (August 2, 2022). 

3See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 

61278 (October 11, 2022). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Polyethylene Retail Carrier 

Bags from Malaysia: Extension of Deadline for the 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2019–2020,’’ dated March 

31, 2021. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the 2021–2022 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 

Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from Malaysia,’’ 

dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 

this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

ceased involvement with the production 

and/or exportation of subject 

merchandise prior to the POR, was 

acquired by an unrelated third-party 

ownership a month prior, and all 

indicia of affiliation and/or control 

between the two companies ceased as of 

that date. Accordingly, we continue to 

review the single entity for the February 

11, 2021, through January 13, 2022, 

segment of this review and for the 

purposes of subsequent assessment. 

Therefore, should Commerce continue 

to determine the companies are not a 

single entity and XMT remains the only 

component of the former ZXM/XMT 

entity involved in the exportation of 

subject merchandise in the final results, 

we intend to assign the prospective cash 

deposit rate only to XMT as the 

exporter, and to instruct CBP to 

discontinue the ZXM/XMT combination 

rate. 

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 and/or countervailing 

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 and/or countervailing 

duties occurred and the subsequent 

assessment of double antidumping 

duties, and/or an increase in the amount 

of antidumping duties by the amount of 

the countervailing duties. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing the 

preliminary results of this review in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(l) and 

777(i)(l) of the Act, 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(4), and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: August 31, 2023. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

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. Use of Partial Facts Available With 

Adverse Inferences 

A. Application of Facts Available With 

Adverse Inferences 

B. Selection of the AFA Rate 

V. Single Entity Analysis 

VI. Partial Recission of Administrative 

Review 

VII. Discussion of the Methodology 

A. Non-Market Economy Country 

B. Surrogate Country and Surrogate Value 

Comments 

C. Separate Rates 

D. The China-Wide Entity 

E. Date of Sale 

F. Comparisons to Fair Value 

G. Export Price 

H. Constructed Export Price 

I. Value-Added Tax 

J. Normal Value 

K. Factor Valuation Methodology 

VIII. Currency Conversion 

IX. Adjustment Under Section 777(A)(F) of 

the Act 

X. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–557–813] 

Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags From 

Malaysia: Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2021–2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

finds that Euro SME Sdn Bhd (Euro 

SME) made sales of polyethylene retail 

carrier bags (PRCBs) from Malaysia at 

less than normal value (NV) during the 

period of review (POR), August 1, 2021, 

through July 31, 2022. We invite 

interested parties to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable September 8, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katherine Sliney, 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) 482–2437. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 9, 2004, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

antidumping duty (AD) order on 

polyethylene retail carrier bags from 

Malaysia.1 On August 2, 2022, 

Commerce published in the Federal 

Register a notice of opportunity to 

request an administrative review of the 

Order.2 On October 11, 2022, based on 

timely requests for review and in 

accordance with section 751(a) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) 

and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce 

initiated an administrative review of the 

Order.3 Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) 

of the Act, Commerce extended the 

deadline for the preliminary results 

until August 31, 2021.4

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this review, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.5 A list of topics 

included in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as an 

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 https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by this 

Order is polyethylene retail carrier bags 

from Malaysia, which also may be 

referred to as t-shirt sacks, merchandise 

bags, grocery bags, or checkout bags. For 

a full description of the scope of the 

Order, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with section 751(a) of the 

Act. Export price and constructed 

export price were calculated in 

accordance with section 772 of the Act. 

NV is calculated in accordance with 

section 773 of the Act. For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying these preliminary results, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Preliminary Results of the Review 

We preliminarily determine that the 

following estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin exists for the period 

August 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022: 


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