Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 205 / Wednesday, October 25, 2023 / Notices 73311 

1See Gas Powered Pressure Washers from the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 

Final Affirmative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, 88 FR 59503 (August 29, 2023). 

2See ITC’s Letter, Notification Letter: 

Investigation No. 731–TA–1598 (Final), dated 

October 13, 2023. 

3 Id. 

4See Gas Powered Pressure Washers from the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Preliminary Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, 88 FR 39221 (June 15, 2023) 

(Preliminary Determination). 

This Order, which constitutes the 

final agency action in this matter, is 

effective immediately. 

Matthew S. Axelrod, 

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export 

Enforcement. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–552–008] 

Gas Powered Pressure Washers From 

the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 

Antidumping Duty Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the U.S. Department 

of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC), 

Commerce is issuing an antidumping 

duty order on gas powered pressure 

washers (pressure washers) from the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam 

(Vietnam). 

DATES: Applicable October 25, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laurel LaCivita or Matthew Palmer, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–4243 and (202) 482–1678, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 29, 2023, Commerce 

published its affirmative final 

determination in the less-than-fair-value 

(LTFV) investigation of pressure 

washers from Vietnam.1 On October 13, 

2023, the ITC notified Commerce of its 

final determination, pursuant to section 

735(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act), that an industry in 

the United States is materially injured 

within the meaning of section 

735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of 

LTFV imports of pressure washers from 

Vietnam.2

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by this order 

are gas powered pressure washers from 

Vietnam. For a complete description of 

the scope of this order, see the appendix 

to this notice. 

Antidumping Duty Order 

On October 13, 2023, in accordance 

with section 735(d) of the Act, the ITC 

notified Commerce of its final 

determination in this investigation, in 

which it found that an industry in the 

United States is materially injured by 

reason of imports of pressure washers 

from Vietnam.3 Therefore, in 

accordance with section 735(c)(2) of the 

Act, Commerce is issuing this 

antidumping duty order. Because the 

ITC determined that imports of pressure 

washers from Vietnam materially injure 

a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of 

such merchandise from Vietnam, 

entered or withdrawn from warehouse 

for consumption, are subject to the 

assessment of antidumping duties. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

736(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce will 

direct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further 

instruction by Commerce, antidumping 

duties equal to the amount by which the 

normal value of the merchandise 

exceeds the export price (or constructed 

export price) of the merchandise, for all 

relevant entries of pressure washers 

from Vietnam. Antidumping duties will 

be assessed on unliquidated entries of 

pressure washers from Vietnam entered, 

or withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption, on or after June 15, 2023, 

the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination in the 

Federal Register, except as noted in the 

‘‘Provisional Measures’’ section below.4

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce will 

instruct CBP to continue to suspend 

liquidation on all relevant entries of 

pressure washers from Vietnam, except 

as noted below. These instructions 

suspending liquidation will remain in 

effect until further notice. 

Commerce will also instruct CBP to 

require cash deposits equal to the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin indicated in the table below. 

Accordingly, effective on the date of 

publication in the Federal Register of 

the notice of the ITC’s final affirmative 

injury determination, CBP will require, 

at the same time as importers would 

normally deposit estimated duties on 

subject merchandise, a cash deposit 

equal to the rate listed below. 

Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping 

Margin 

The estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin is as follows: 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Vietnam-Wide Entity ................... 225.86 

Critical Circumstances 

With respect to the ITC’s negative 

critical circumstances determination on 

imports of pressure washers from 

Vietnam, Commerce intends to instruct 

CBP to lift suspension and to refund any 

cash deposits made to secure the 

payment of estimated antidumping 

duties with respect to entries of the 

subject merchandise from Vietnam 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after March 17, 

2023 (i.e., 90 days prior to the date of 

the publication of the Preliminary 

Determination), but before June 15, 2023 

(i.e., the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination). 

Provisional Measures 

Section 733(d) of the Act states that 

suspension of liquidation pursuant to an 

affirmative preliminary determination 

may not remain in effect for more than 

four months, except where exporters 

representing a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise 

request that Commerce extend the fourmonth period to no more than six 

months. None of the exporters of 

pressure washers requested Commerce 

to extend the four-month period to six 

months in this investigation. 

The provisional measures period, 

beginning on the date of publication of 

the Preliminary Determination, ended 

on October 12, 2023. Therefore, in 

accordance with section 733(d) of the 

Act, Commerce will instruct CBP to 

terminate the suspension of liquidation 

and to liquidate, without regard to 

antidumping duties, unliquidated 

entries of pressure washers from 

Vietnam entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption after 

October 12, 2023, the final day on 

which the provisional measures were in 

effect, until and through the day 

preceding the date of publication of the 

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73312 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 205 / Wednesday, October 25, 2023 / Notices 

5See Regulations to Improve Administration and 

Enforcement of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300 (September 20, 2021) 

(Final Rule). 6See Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry 

Service List; and Informational Sessions, 86 FR 

53205 (September 27, 2021) (Procedural Guidance). 

7 Id. 

8This segment will be combined with the 

ACCESS Segment Specific Information (SSI) field 

which will display the month in which the notice 

of the order or suspended investigation was 

published in the Federal Register, also known as 

the anniversary month. For example, for an order 

under case number A–000–000 that was published 

in the Federal Register in January, the relevant 

segment and SSI combination will appear in 

ACCESS as ‘‘AISL-January Anniversary.’’ Note that 

there will be only one annual inquiry service list 

segment per case number, and the anniversary 

month will be pre-populated in ACCESS. 

9See Procedural Guidance. 

10See Final Rule, 86 FR at 52335. 

determinations in the Federal Register. 

Suspension of liquidation and the 

collection of cash deposits will resume 

on the date of publication of the ITC’s 

final determination in the Federal 

Register. 

Establishment of the Annual Inquiry 

Service Lists 

On September 20, 2021, Commerce 

published the final rule titled 

‘‘Regulations to Improve Administration 

and Enforcement of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Laws’’ in the 

Federal Register.5 On September 27, 

2021, Commerce also published the 

notice titled ‘‘Scope Ruling Application; 

Annual Inquiry Service List; and 

Informational Sessions’’ in the Federal 

Register.6 The Final Rule and 

Procedural Guidance provide that 

Commerce will maintain an annual 

inquiry service list for each order or 

suspended investigation, and any 

interested party submitting a scope 

ruling application or request for 

circumvention inquiry shall serve a 

copy of the application or request on the 

persons on the annual inquiry service 

list for that order, as well as any 

companion order covering the same 

merchandise from the same country of 

origin.7

In accordance with the Procedural 

Guidance, for orders published in the 

Federal Register after November 4, 

2021, Commerce will create an annual 

inquiry service list segment in 

Commerce’s online e-filing and 

document management system, 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS), 

available at https://access.trade.gov, 

within five business days of publication 

of the notice of the order. Each annual 

inquiry service list will be saved in 

ACCESS, under each case number, and 

under a specific segment type called 

‘‘AISL-Annual Inquiry Service List.’’ 8

Interested parties who wish to be 

added to the annual inquiry service list 

for an order must submit an entry of 

appearance to the annual inquiry 

service list segment for the order in 

ACCESS within 30 days after the date of 

publication of the order. For ease of 

administration, Commerce requests that 

law firms with more than one attorney 

representing interested parties in an 

order designate a lead attorney to be 

included on the annual inquiry service 

list. Commerce will finalize the annual 

inquiry service list within five business 

days thereafter. As mentioned in the 

Procedural Guidance,9 the new annual 

inquiry service list will be in place until 

the following year, when the 

Opportunity Notice for the anniversary 

month of the order is published. 

Commerce may update an annual 

inquiry service list at any time as 

needed based on interested parties’ 

amendments to their entries of 

appearance to remove or otherwise 

modify their list of members and 

representatives, or to update contact 

information. Any changes or 

announcements pertaining to these 

procedures will be posted to the 

ACCESS website at https://

access.trade.gov. 

Special Instructions for Petitioners and 

Foreign Governments 

In the Final Rule, Commerce stated 

that, ‘‘after an initial request and 

placement on the annual inquiry service 

list, both petitioners and foreign 

governments will automatically be 

placed on the annual inquiry service list 

in the years that follow.’’ 10

Accordingly, as stated above, the 

petitioner and Government of Vietnam 

should submit their initial entries of 

appearance after publication of this 

notice in order to appear in the first 

annual inquiry service lists for this 

order. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.225(n)(3), 

the petitioner and the Government of 

Vietnam will not need to resubmit their 

entries of appearance each year to 

continue to be included on the annual 

inquiry service list. However, the 

petitioner and the Government of 

Vietnam are responsible for making 

amendments to their entries of 

appearance during the annual update to 

the annual inquiry service list in 

accordance with the procedures 

described above. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice constitutes the 

antidumping duty order with respect to 

pressure washers from Vietnam 

pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act. 

Interested parties can find a list of 

antidumping duty orders currently in 

effect at https://enforcement.trade.gov/ 

stats/iastats1.html. 

This antidumping duty order is 

published in accordance with sections 

735(e) and 736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.224(e) and 19 CFR 351.211(b). 

Dated: October 19, 2023. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by this order is 

cold water gas powered pressure washers 

(also commonly known as power washers), 

which are machines that clean surfaces using 

water pressure that are powered by an 

internal combustion engine, air-cooled with 

a power take-off shaft, in combination with 

a positive displacement pump. This 

combination of components (i.e., the internal 

combustion engine, the power take-off shaft, 

and the positive displacement pump) is 

defined as the ‘‘power unit.’’ The scope of 

this order covers cold water gas powered 

pressure washers, whether finished or 

unfinished, whether assembled or 

unassembled, and whether or not containing 

any additional parts or accessories to assist 

in the function of the ‘‘power unit,’’ 

including, but not limited to, spray guns, 

hoses, lances, and nozzles. The scope of this 

order covers cold water gas powered pressure 

washers, whether or not assembled or 

packaged with a frame, cart, or trolley, with 

or without wheels attached. 

For purposes of this order, an unfinished 

and/or unassembled cold water gas powered 

pressure washer consists of, at a minimum, 

the power unit or components of the power 

unit, packaged or imported together. 

Importation of the power unit whether or not 

accompanied by, or attached to, additional 

components including, but not limited to a 

frame, spray guns, hoses, lances, and nozzles 

constitutes an unfinished cold water gas 

powered pressure washer for purposes of this 

scope. The inclusion in a third country of 

any components other than the power unit 

does not remove the cold water gas powered 

pressure washer from the scope. A cold water 

gas powered pressure washer is within the 

scope of this order regardless of the origin of 

its engine. Subject merchandise also includes 

finished and unfinished cold water gas 

powered pressure washers that are further 

processed in a third country or in the United 

States, including, but not limited to, 

assembly or any other processing that would 

not otherwise remove the merchandise from 

the scope of this order if performed in the 

country of manufacture of the in-scope cold 

water gas powered pressure washers. 

The scope excludes hot water gas powered 

pressure washers, which are pressure 

washers that include a heating element used 

to heat the water sprayed from the machine. 

Also specifically excluded from the scope 

of this order is merchandise covered by the 

scope of the antidumping and countervailing 

duty orders on certain vertical shaft engines 

between 99cc and up to 225cc, and parts 


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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 205 / Wednesday, October 25, 2023 / Notices 73313 

1See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Aluminum Lithographic 

Printing Plates from China and Japan—Petition for 

the Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duties,’’ dated September 28, 2023 (Petition). 

2 Id. 

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

Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duties on Imports of Aluminum Lithographic 

Printing Plates from the People’s Republic of China 

and Japan: Supplemental Questions,’’ dated October 

2, 2023 (General Issues Questionnaire); and 

‘‘Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping Duties 

on Imports of Aluminum Lithographic Printing 

Plates from the People’s Republic of China: 

Supplemental Questions,’’ dated October 3, 2023. 

4See Petitioner’s Letters, ‘‘Aluminum 

Lithographic Printing Plates from China and 

Japan—Petitioner’s Supplement to Volume I 

Relating to Request for the Imposition of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duties on Imports 

from China and Japan,’’ dated October 5, 2023 

(General Issues Supplement); and ‘‘Aluminum 

Lithographic Printing Plates from the People’s 

Republic of China—Petitioner’s Supplemental 

Questionnaire Response and Amendment to 

Volume IV Relating to Countervailing Duties,’’ 

dated October 6, 2023. 

5See Petition at Volume I (page 2). 

6See, infra, section on ‘‘Determination of Industry 

Support for the Petition.’’ 

7See General Issues Questionnaire. 

8See General Issues Supplement at 2–7 and 

Attachments 1–3. 

9See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997) (Preamble); see 

also 19 CFR 351.312. 

10See 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) (defining ‘‘factual 

information’’). 

11See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures; 

Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 

39263 (July 6, 2011); see also Enforcement and 

Compliance; Change of Electronic Filing System 

Name, 79 FR 69046 (November 20, 2014), for details 

of Commerce’s electronic filing requirements, 

effective August 5, 2011. Information on using 

ACCESS can be found at: https://access.trade.gov/ 

Continued 

thereof from the People’s Republic of China. 

See Certain Vertical Shaft Engines Between 

99 cc and Up to 225cc, and Parts Thereof 

from the People’s Republic of China: 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Orders, 86 FR 023675 (May 4, 2021). 

The cold water gas powered pressure 

washers subject to this order are classified in 

the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) at subheadings 

8424.30.9000 and 8424.90.9040. Although 

the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope is 

dispositive. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–157] 

Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates 

From the People’s Republic of China: 

Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigation 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable October 18, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Terre Keaton Stefanova, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office IX, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–1280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Petition 

On September 28, 2023, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

received a countervailing duty (CVD) 

petition concerning imports of 

aluminum lithographic printing plates 

(printing plates) from the People’s 

Republic of China (China) filed in 

proper form on behalf of Eastman Kodak 

Company (the petitioner).1 The CVD 

petition was accompanied by 

antidumping duty (AD) petitions 

concerning imports of printing plates 

from China and Japan.2

On October 2 and 3, 2023, Commerce 

requested supplemental information 

pertaining to certain aspects of the 

Petition.3 On October 5 and 6, 2023, the 

petitioner filed timely responses to 

these requests for additional 

information.4

In accordance with section 702(b)(1) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act), the petitioner alleges that the 

Government of China (GOC) is 

providing countervailable subsidies, 

within the meaning of sections 701 and 

771(5) of the Act, to producers of 

printing plates in China, and that such 

imports are materially injuring, or 

threatening material injury to, the 

domestic industry producing printing 

plates in the United States. Consistent 

with section 702(b)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.202(b), for those alleged 

programs on which we are initiating a 

CVD investigation, the Petition is 

supported by information reasonably 

available to the petitioner. 

Commerce finds that the petitioner 

filed the Petition on behalf of the 

domestic industry because the 

petitioner is an interested party, as 

defined in section 771(9)(C) of the Act.5

Commerce also finds that the petitioner 

demonstrated sufficient industry 

support with respect to the initiation of 

the requested CVD investigation.6

Period of Investigation 

Because the Petition was filed on 

September 28, 2023, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.204(b)(2), the period of 

investigation (POI) is January 1, 2022, 

through December 31, 2022. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are printing plates from 

China. For a full description of the 

scope of this investigation, see the 

appendix to this notice. 

Comments on Scope of the Investigation 

On October 2, 2023, Commerce 

requested information and clarification 

from the petitioner regarding the 

proposed scope to ensure that the scope 

language in the Petition is an accurate 

reflection of the products for which the 

domestic industry is seeking relief.7 On 

October 5, 2023, the petitioner revised 

the scope.8 The description of 

merchandise covered by this 

investigation, as described in the 

appendix to this notice, reflects these 

clarifications. 

As discussed in the Preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations, we are setting 

aside a period for parties to raise issues 

regarding product coverage (i.e., scope).9

Commerce will consider all scope 

comments received from interested 

parties and, if necessary, will consult 

with interested parties prior to the 

issuance of the preliminary 

determination. If scope comments 

include factual information, all such 

factual information should be limited to 

public information.10 To facilitate 

preparation of its questionnaires, 

Commerce requests that scope 

comments be submitted by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time (ET) on November 7, 2023, 

which is 20 calendar days from the 

signature date of this notice. Any 

rebuttal comments, which may include 

factual information, must be filed by 

5:00 p.m. ET on November 17, 2023, 

which is ten calendar days from the 

initial comment deadline. 

Commerce requests that any factual 

information that the parties consider 

relevant to the scope of the investigation 

be submitted during that period. 

However, if a party subsequently finds 

that additional factual information 

pertaining to the scope of the 

investigation may be relevant, the party 

must contact Commerce and request 

permission to submit the additional 

information. All such submissions must 

be filed on the record of each of the 

concurrent AD and CVD investigations. 

Filing Requirements 

All submissions to Commerce must be 

filed electronically via Enforcement and 

Compliance’s Antidumping Duty and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS), 

unless an exception applies.11 An 


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