67240 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 188 / Friday, September 29, 2023 / Notices 

1See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from 

Belgium, Colombia and Thailand: Antidumping 

Duty Orders, 83 FR 35214 (July 25, 2018) (Orders). 

2See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 88 

FR 35832 (June 1, 2023) (Initiation Notice). 

3See Domestic Interested Parties Letters, ‘‘Five 

Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review of the Antidumping Duty 

Order on Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from 

Colombia—Domestic Industry’s Notice of Intent to 

Participate,’’ dated June 15, 2023; and ‘‘Five Year 

(‘‘Sunset’’) Review of the Antidumping Duty Order 

on Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from 

Thailand—Domestic Industry’s Notice of Intent to 

Participate,’’ dated June 15, 2023. 

4 Id. 

5See Domestic Interested Party’s Letters, ‘‘Five 

Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review of the Antidumping Duty 

Order on Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from 

Colombia—Domestic Interested Party’s Substantive 

Response,’’ dated June 30, 2023; and ‘‘Five Year 

(‘‘Sunset’’) Review of the Antidumping Duty Order 

on Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from 

Thailand—Domestic Interested Party’s Substantive 

Response,’’ dated June 30, 2023. 

6See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Sunset Reviews 

Initiated on June 1, 2023,’’ dated July 25, 2023. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Results of the Expedited 

First Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty 

Orders on Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from 

Thailand and Colombia,’’ dated concurrently with, 

and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 

Decision Memorandum). 

1See Brass Rod from India, Israel, and the 

Republic of Korea: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Background 

On June 1, 2023, Commerce published 

the Initiation Notice of the sunset 

reviews of the AD orders on citric acid 

from Thailand and Colombia 1 in the 

Federal Register pursuant to section 

751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act).2 In accordance with 

19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i) and (ii), 

Commerce received notices of intent to 

participate in these sunset reviews from 

Archer Daniels Midland Company, 

Cargill, Incorporated, and Primary 

Products Ingredients Americas LLC 

(collectively, the domestic interested 

parties) within 15 days after the date of 

publication of the Initiation Notice.3

The domestic interested parties claimed 

interested party status under section 

771(9)(C) of the Act as producers of a 

domestic like product in the United 

States.4 Commerce timely-received an 

adequate substantive response to the 

Initiation Notice from the domestic 

interested parties within the 30-day 

period specified in 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(3)(i).5 We did not receive 

substantive responses from any other 

interested parties. On July 25, 2023, 

Commerce notified the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

that it did not receive an adequate 

substantive response from other 

interested parties.6 As a result, in 

accordance with section 751(c)(3)(B) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 

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

conducted expedited, i.e., 120-day 

sunset reviews of the Orders. 

Scope of the Orders 

The merchandise covered by the 

Orders includes all grades and 

granulation sizes of citric acid, sodium 

citrate, and potassium citrate in their 

unblended forms, whether dry or in 

solution, and regardless of packaging 

type. For a full description of the scope 

of the Orders, see the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum.7

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in these sunset 

reviews are addressed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum, including the 

likelihood of continuation or recurrence 

of dumping and the magnitude of the 

margins of dumping likely to prevail if 

the Orders were revoked. A list of topics 

discussed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is included as 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 https://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

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

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Final Results of Sunset Reviews 

Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 

752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, Commerce 

determines that revocation of the Orders 

would be likely to lead to continuation 

or recurrence of dumping and that the 

magnitude of the margins of dumping 

likely to prevail would be at rates up to 

28.48 percent for Colombia and 15.71 

percent for Thailand. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice serves as the only 

reminder to parties subject to an 

administrative protective order (APO) of 

their responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a). 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 

Commerce is issuing and publishing 

these final results and notice in 

accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), 

and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.221(c)(5)(ii). 

Dated: September 22, 2023. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Orders 

IV. History of the Orders 

V. Legal Framework 

VI. Discussion of the Issues 

1. Likelihood of Continuation or 

Recurrence of Dumping 

2. Magnitude of Margin of Dumping Likely 

to Prevail 

VII. Final Results of Expedited Sunset 

Reviews 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–533–916] 

Brass Rod From India: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of brass rod 

from India. The period of investigation 

is April 1, 2022, through March 31, 

2023. Interested parties are invited to 

comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable September 29, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dusten Hom or Mary Kolberg, 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) 482–5075 or (202) 482–1785, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). On May 24, 2023, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

notice of initiation of this investigation.1


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Investigations, 88 FR 33566 (May 24, 2023) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Brass Rod from India, Israel, and the 

Republic of Korea: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinationss of Countervailing Duty 

Investigations, 88 FR 42300 (June 30, 2023). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination of the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Brass Rod from 

India,’’ 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, 87 FR at 3971. 

6 Id. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated concurrently with this notice 

(Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum). 

8See 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. 

9As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce found the following 

company to be cross-owned with Rajhans Metals 

Private Limited (RMPL): Rajhans Alloys Private 

Limited (RAPL). However, effective March 11, 2016, 

RAPL was amalgamated with RMPL, and since 

then, ceased to be a separate entity. 

10See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

11See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension 

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

On June 30, 2023, Commerce postponed 

the preliminary determination of this 

investigation until September 25, 2023.2

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

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is brass rod from India. 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 We received 

comments from several interested 

parties concerning the scope of the 

antidumping duty (AD) and 

countervailing duty (CVD) 

investigations as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice.6 For a summary of the 

product coverage comments and 

rebuttal responses submitted to the 

record for this preliminary 

determination, and accompanying 

discussion and analysis of all comments 

timely received, see the Preliminary 

Scope Decision Memorandum.7

Commerce is preliminarily modifying 

the scope language as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice, see Appendix I. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found to be 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.8

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. This rate shall be an amount 

equal to the weighted average of the 

estimated subsidy rates established for 

those companies individually 

examined, excluding any zero and de 

minimis rates and any rates based 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. 

Commerce calculated an individual 

estimated countervailable subsidy rate 

for Rajhans Metals Pvt Ltd. (RMPL), the 

only individually examined exporter/ 

producer in this investigation. Because 

the only individually calculated rate is 

not zero, de minimis, or based entirely 

under section 776 of the Act, the 

estimated weighted-average rate 

calculated for RMPL is the rate assigned 

to all other producers and exporters, 

pursuant to section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the 

Act. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates exist: 

Company 

Subsidy rate 

(percent ad 

valorem) 

Rajhans Metals Private Limited (RMPL) 9 ..................... 3.03 

All Others .............................. 3.03 

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. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than seven days 

after the date on which the last 

verification report is issued in this 

investigation. 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 Note 

that Commerce has temporarily 

modified certain of its requirements for 

serving documents containing business 

proprietary information, until further 

notice.11 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 a hearing at a time and 

date to be determined. Parties should 


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67242 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 188 / Friday, September 29, 2023 / Notices 

1See Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires 

from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary 

Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review and Partial Rescission of Administrative 

Review; 2020–2021, 88 FR 47107 (July 21, 2023) 

(Preliminary Results), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

2See Preliminary Results, 88 FR at 41708. 

3See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Letter in Lieu of a Case 

Brief,’’ dated August 21, 2023. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Results of the 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of 

Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam; 2020–2021,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 

5See Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires 

from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 

Countervailing Duty Order, 86 FR 38013 (July 19, 

2021) (Order). 

confirm by telephone the date, time, and 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the U.S. 

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 whether imports of brass 

rod from India are materially injuring, 

or threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

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: September 25, 2023. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this investigation 

are brass rod and bar (brass rod), which is 

defined as leaded, low-lead, and no-lead 

solid brass made from alloys such as, but not 

limited to the following alloys classified 

under the Unified Numbering System (UNS) 

as C27450, C27451, C27460, C34500, C35000, 

C35300, C35330, C36000, C36300, C37000, 

C37700, C48500, C67300, C67600, and 

C69300, and their international equivalents. 

The brass rod subject to this investigation 

has an actual cross-section or outside 

diameter greater than 0.25 inches but less 

than or equal to 12 inches. Brass rod crosssections may be round, hexagonal, square, or 

octagonal shapes as well as special profiles 

(e.g., angles, shapes), including hollow 

profiles. 

Standard leaded brass rod covered by the 

scope contains, by weight, 57.0–65.0 percent 

copper; 0.5–3.0 percent lead; no more than 

1.3 percent iron; and at least 15 percent zinc. 

No-lead or low-lead brass rod covered by the 

scope contains by weight 59.0–76.0 percent 

copper; 0–1.5 percent lead; no more than 

0.35 percent iron; and at least 15 percent 

zinc. Brass rod may also include other 

chemical elements (e.g., nickel, phosphorous, 

silicon, tin, etc.). 

Brass rod may be in straight lengths or 

coils. Brass rod covered by this investigation 

may be finished or unfinished, and may or 

may not be heated, extruded, pickled, or 

cold-drawn. Brass rod may be produced in 

accordance with ASTM B16, ASTM B124, 

ASTM B981, ASTM B371, ASTM B453, 

ASTM B21, ASTM B138, and ASTM B927, 

but such conformity to an ASTM standard is 

not required for the merchandise to be 

included within the scope. 

Excluded from the scope of this 

investigation is brass ingot, which is a casting 

of unwrought metal unsuitable for 

conversion into brass rod without remelting, 

that contains, by weight, at least 57.0 percent 

copper and 15.0 percent zinc. 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is currently classifiable under 

subheadings 7407.21.9000, 7407.21.7000, 

and 7407.21.1500 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 

Products subject to the scope may also enter 

under HTSUS subheadings 7403.21.0000, 

7407.21.3000, and 7407.21.5000. The HTSUS 

subheadings and UNS alloy designations are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes. The written description of the 

scope of the 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. Injury Test 

VI. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VII. Benchmarks and Discount Rates 

VIII. Diversification of India’s Economy 

IX. Analysis of Programs 

X. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–552–829] 

Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck 

Tires From the Socialist Republic of 

Vietnam: Final Results of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review; 2020–2021 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

the company subject to this 

countervailing duty administrative 

review of passenger vehicle and light 

truck tires (PVLT tires) from the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) 

received countervailable subsidies 

during the period of review (POR), 

November 10, 2020, through December 

31, 2021. 

DATES: Applicable September 29, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Schauer, 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) 482–0410. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 21, 2023, Commerce 

published the preliminary results of this 

administrative review in the Federal 

Register.1 This review covers one 

respondent, Bridgestone Tire 

Manufacturing Vietnam, LLC 

(Bridgestone). 

We invited interested parties to 

comment on the Preliminary Results.2

On August 21, 2023, we received a 

timely case brief from the United Steel, 

Paper and Forestry, Rubber, 

Manufacturing, Energy, Allied 

Industrial and Service Workers 

International Union, AFL–CIO, CLC (the 

petitioner).3 No party submitted a 

rebuttal brief or requested a hearing. For 

a complete description of the events that 

occurred since the Preliminary Results, 

see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.4

Scope of the Order 5

The products covered by the Order 

are PVLT tires from Vietnam. A full 

description of the scope of the Order is 

contained in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised by interested parties 

in briefs are addressed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum accompanying 

this notice. A list of the issues 

addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is provided 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 https://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

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

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