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1See Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings from the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final 

Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, 83 

FR 33205 (July 17, 2018) (Final Determination). 

2See ITC Notification Letter to the Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, referencing ITC Investigation Nos. 

701–TA–583 and 731–TA–1381 (August 20, 2018). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation on Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings from 

the People’s Republic of China: Ministerial Error 

Allegations in the Final Determination,’’ dated 

August 9, 2018. 

Dated: August 24, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is cast iron soil pipe, whether 

finished or unfinished, regardless of industry 

or proprietary specifications, and regardless 

of wall thickness, length, diameter, surface 

finish, end finish, or stenciling. The scope of 

this investigation includes, but is not limited 

to, both hubless and hub and spigot cast iron 

soil pipe. Cast iron soil pipe is nonmalleable 

iron pipe of various designs and sizes. Cast 

iron soil pipe is generally distinguished from 

other types of nonmalleable cast iron pipe by 

the manner in which it is connected to cast 

iron soil pipe fittings. 

Cast iron soil pipe is classified into two 

major types—hubless and hub and spigot. 

Hubless cast iron soil pipe is manufactured 

without a hub, generally in compliance with 

Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute (CISPI) 

specification 301 and/or American Society 

for Testing and Materials (ASTM) 

specification A888, including any revisions 

to those specifications. Hub and spigot pipe 

has one or more hubs into which the spigot 

(plain end) of a fitting is inserted. All pipe 

meeting the physical description set forth 

above is covered by the scope of this 

investigation, whether or not produced 

according to a particular standard. 

The subject imports are currently classified 

in subheading 7303.00.0030 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS): Cast iron soil pipe. The 

HTSUS subheading and specifications are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes only; the written description of the 

scope of this investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Postponement of Final Determination and 

Extension of Provisional Measures 

V. Scope Comments 

VI. Scope of the Investigation 

VII. Discussion of the Methodology 

A. Non-Market Economy Country 

B. Surrogate Country and Surrogate Value 

Comments 

C. Separate Rates 

D. China-Wide Entity 

E. Application of Facts Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

F. Date of Sale 

G. Comparisons to Fair Value 

H. Export Price 

I. Value-Added Tax (VAT) 

J. Normal Value 

K. Factor Valuation Methodology 

VIII. Currency Conversion 

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

the Act 

X. Adjustment for Countervailable Export 

Subsidies 

XI. Verification 

XII. Conclusion 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–062] 

Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings From the 

People’s Republic of China: Amended 

Final Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty 

Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) is amending its final 

determination of sales at less than fair 

value (LTFV) as a result of ministerial 

errors. In addition, based on affirmative 

final determinations by Commerce and 

the International Trade Commission (the 

ITC), Commerce is issuing an 

antidumping duty order on cast iron soil 

pipe fittings (soil pipe fittings) from the 

People’s Republic of China (China). 

DATES: Applicable August 31, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sergio Balbontin at (202) 482–4474 or 

Michael Bowen at (202) 482–0768, 

AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 17, 2018, Commerce 

published its affirmative final 

determination in the LTFV investigation 

of soil pipe fittings from China on July 

17, 2018.1 On July 11, 2018, Commerce 

received ministerial error allegations. 

See the ‘‘Amendment to Final 

Determination’’ section below for 

further discussion. 

On August 22, 2018, the ITC notified 

Commerce of its final determination, 

pursuant to 735(d) of 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 soil pipe 

fittings from China, and of its 

determination that critical 

circumstances do not exist with respect 

to imports of soil pipe fittings from 

China.2

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the 

scope of this order is cast iron soil pipe 

fittings, finished and unfinished, 

regardless of industry or proprietary 

specifications, and regardless of size. 

Cast iron soil pipe fittings are 

nonmalleable iron castings of various 

designs and sizes, including, but not 

limited to, bends, tees, wyes, traps, 

drains (other than drain bodies), and 

other common or special fittings, with 

or without side inlets. 

Cast iron soil pipe fittings are 

classified into two major types—hubless 

and hub and spigot. Hubless cast iron 

soil pipe fittings are manufactured 

without a hub, generally in compliance 

with Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute (CISPI) 

specification 301 and/or American 

Society for Testing and Materials 

(ASTM) specification A888. Hub and 

spigot pipe fittings have hubs into 

which the spigot (plain end) of the pipe 

or fitting is inserted. Cast iron soil pipe 

fittings are generally distinguished from 

other types of nonmalleable cast iron 

fittings by the manner in which they are 

connected to cast iron soil pipe and 

other fittings. 

Excluded from the scope are all drain 

bodies. Drain bodies are normally 

classified in subheading 7326.90.86.88 

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States (HTSUS). 

The cast iron soil pipe fittings subject 

to the scope of this order are normally 

classified in subheading 7307.11.0045 of 

the HTSUS: Cast fittings of 

nonmalleable cast iron for cast iron soil 

pipe. They may also be entered under 

HTSUS 7324.29.0000 and 7307.92.3010. 

The HTSUS subheadings and 

specifications are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes 

only; the written description of the 

scope of this order is dispositive. 

Amendment to Final Determination 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e), 

Commerce is amending the Final 

Determination to correct certain 

ministerial errors.3 Based on these 

corrections, Shanxi Xuanshi Industrial 

Group Co., Ltd.’s (Xuanshi) estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin 

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4See Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings from the People’s 

Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, in Part, Postponement of Final 

Determination and Extension of Provisional 

Measures, 83 FR 7145, 7147 (February 20, 2018) 

(Preliminary Determination) and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. See also 

Section 772(c)(1)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (the 

Act). 

5See Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings from the People’s 

Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment 

of Final Determination with Final Antidumping 

Duty Determination, 82 FR 60178 (December 19, 

2017). See also 19 CFR 351.210(h). 

6See Final Determination at 83 FR 33207 

(‘‘Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation’’). 

7See Final Determination at 83 FR 33428. See 

also Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings from the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination, 83 FR 32075 (July 11, 2018); 

and Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings from the People’s 

Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 

published concurrently with this notice. 

8See Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings from China, 

Investigation Nos. 701–TA–583 and 731–TA–1381 

(Final), Publication 4812, August 2018 (Final ITC 

Report) at I–14 and I–15. 

9 Id. 

10 Id. at I–15. 

11 Id. 

12 Id. 

percent, and Wor-Biz Trading Co., Ltd. 

(Anhui)’s (Wor-Biz) estimated weightedaverage dumping margin increases from 

22.11 percent to 33.67 percent. These 

corrections also increase the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin for 

the non-examined, separate rate 

companies from 24.65 percent to 58.90 

percent. 

In addition, we are amending our 

instructions to U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) with respect to the 

cash deposit rates in effect during 

certain periods of this LTFV 

investigation. Specifically, in the 

Preliminary Determination, we stated 

that should provisional measures in the 

companion countervailing duty (CVD) 

investigation expire, Commerce will 

direct CBP to collect cash deposits at a 

rate equal to the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins calculated in 

the Preliminary Determination, 

unadjusted for passed-through domestic 

subsidies or export subsidies 

determined in the companion CVD 

investigation.4 Provisional measures in 

the companion CVD investigation 

expired on April 18, 2018.5 However, 

the Final Determination (and the cash 

deposit instructions we issued to CBP 

pursuant to that determination) did not 

properly reflect our intention to apply 

the unadjusted cash deposit rates that 

should have been in effect beginning on 

this date.6 Therefore, we will amend our 

instructions to CBP to apply the 

unadjusted cash deposit rates calculated 

in the Preliminary Determination for the 

period of April 18, 2018, through July 

16, 2018 (the date prior to the 

publication of the Final Determination). 

Further, for the period of July 17, 

2018, until the date of expiration of 

provisional measures in this LTFV 

investigation (August 20, 2018), the 

correct cash deposit rates shall be equal 

to the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins calculated in the 

Final Determination, unadjusted for the 

passed-through domestic subsidies or 

for export subsidies. See below for 

further discussion of the expiration of 

provisional measures in this LTFV 

investigation. 

For the purposes of this amended 

final determination and order, we will 

instruct CBP to resume collecting cash 

deposits equal to the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

listed below, adjusted for the export 

subsidy rates imposed in the companion 

CVD investigation, i.e., by 0.09 percent 

for Xuanshi and the China-wide entity, 

0.23 percent for Wor-Biz, and 0.16 

percent for the separate-rate 

companies.7

Antidumping Duty Order 

On August 22, 2018, in accordance 

with section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) and 735(d) 

of the Act, the ITC notified Commerce 

of its final determination in this 

investigation, in which it found that 

imports of cast iron soil pipe fittings are 

materially injuring a U.S. industry. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

735(c)(2) and 736(a) of the Act, we are 

publishing this antidumping duty order. 

In its determination, the ITC found two 

domestic like products covered by the 

scope of the investigation: drain bodies 

and all other soil pipe fittings. The ITC 

made a negative determination with 

respect to drain bodies and an 

affirmative determination with respect 

to all other soil pipe fittings. Because 

the ITC made different injury 

determinations for separate domestic 

like products, Commerce will instruct 

CBP to assess antidumping duties on 

entries of all cast iron soil pipe fittings 

(subject merchandise) other than drain 

bodies (excluded merchandise). 

Drain Bodies 

The ITC found that drain bodies are 

a separate domestic like product. The 

Final ITC Report describes typical drain 

bodies as having only one side that 

connects to a pipe or fitting.8 Further, 

drain bodies are not classified as either 

hubless or hub and spigot.9 Drain bodies 

may be painted in a different manner 

than other cast iron soil pipe fittings, 

which are coated in asphaltic material, 

black paint, or epoxy.10 Drain bodies 

often require assembly with attachments 

(cast iron and non-cast iron) such as 

stainless steel strainers, grates, and bolts 

to be a drain fixture ready for use.11 In 

addition, the purpose of a drain body is 

to collect and carry away liquid or 

water, including wastewater, while the 

purpose of other cast iron soil pipe 

fittings is to connect pipe and fittings.12

Because the ITC made a negative 

determination of material injury with 

respect to drain bodies, Commerce will 

direct CBP to terminate the suspension 

of liquidation for entries of drain bodies 

from China entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, and refund any cash deposit 

with respect to these entries. 

All Soil Pipe Fittings Other Than Drain 

Bodies 

Because the ITC determined that 

imports of all cast iron soil pipe fittings 

other than drain bodies from China are 

materially injuring a U.S. industry, all 

unliquidated entries of subject 

merchandise from China, entered or 

withdrawn from warehouse, are subject 

to the assessment of antidumping 

duties. 

As a result of the ITC’s final 

determination, in accordance with 

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

will direct 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 soil pipe fittings from 

China. Antidumping duties will be 

assessed on unliquidated soil pipe 

fittings from China entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after February 20, 

2018, the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination, but will not 

be assessed on entries occurring after 

the expiration of the provisional 

measures period until the date of 

publication of the ITC’s notice of final 

determination in the Federal Register, 

as discussed further below. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

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

direct CBP to continue to suspend 

liquidation of subject merchandise (i.e., 

all soil pipe fittings other than drain 

bodies) from China, which were 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after February 20, 

2018, the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination. We will also 

instruct CBP to require cash deposits 

equal to the amounts as indicated 

below. These instructions suspending 


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13See Section 736(a)(3) of the Act. 

14See Preliminary Determination. 

15See, e.g., Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel 

Products from India, Italy, the People’s Republic of 

China, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan: 

Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping 

Determination for India and Taiwan, and 

Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390 (July 25, 

2016). 

liquidation will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Accordingly, effective on the date of 

publication of the ITC’s final affirmative 

injury determination, CBP will require, 

at the same time as importers would 

normally deposit estimated duties on 

this subject merchandise, a cash deposit 

equal to the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins listed below.13 The 

‘‘China-wide’’ rate applies to all 

exporters of subject merchandise not 

specifically listed in the table below. 

For the purpose of determining cash 

deposit rates, the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins for imports of 

subject merchandise from China have 

been adjusted, as appropriate, for export 

subsidies found in the final 

determination of the companion 

countervailing duty investigation of this 

merchandise imported from China. 

Provisional Measures 

Section 733(d) of the Act states that 

instructions issued 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 Commerce to extend that fourmonth period to no more than six 

months. At the request of exporters that 

account for a significant proportion of 

soil pipe fittings from China, Commerce 

extended the four-month period to six 

months in this proceeding.14 In the 

underlying investigation, Commerce 

published the preliminary 

determination on February 20, 2018. 

Therefore, the extended period, 

beginning on the date of publication of 

the preliminary determination, ended 

on August 20, 2018. Furthermore, 

section 737(b) of the Act states that 

definitive duties are to begin on the date 

of publication of the ITC’s final 

affirmative injury determination. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

733(d) of the Act and our practice,15 we 

will instruct CBP to terminate the 

suspension of liquidation and to 

liquidate, without regard to 

antidumping duties, unliquidated 

entries of soil pipe fittings from China 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after August 20, 

2018, until the date of publication of the 

ITC’s final affirmative injury 

determination 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. 

Critical Circumstances 

With regard to the ITC’s negative 

critical circumstances determination on 

imports of soil pipe fittings from China 

discussed above, we will 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 soil pipe fittings 

from China, entered or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

November 22, 2017 (i.e., 90 days prior 

to the date of publication of the 

preliminary determination), but before 

February 20, 2018 (i.e., the date of 

publication of the preliminary 

determination for this investigation). 

Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping 

Margins 

The estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins are as follows: 

Producer Exporter 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Cash deposit 

rate 

(adjusted for 

subsidy 

offsets) 

(percent) 

Shanxi Xuanshi Industrial Group Co., Ltd .................... Shanxi Xuanshi Industrial Group Co., Ltd .................... 84.13 84.04 

Guang Zhou Premier & Pinan Foundry Co., Ltd./ 

Botou Chenyuan Foundry Co., Ltd./Wuhu Best Machines Co., Ltd.

Wor-Biz Trading Co., Ltd. (Anhui) ................................ 33.67 33.44 

Shijiazhuang Asia Casting Co., Ltd .............................. Shijiazhuang Asia Casting Co., Ltd .............................. 58.90 58.74 

Qinshui Shunshida Casting Co., Ltd./Xinle Xinye 

Metal Products Co., Ltd.

Shanxi Zhongrui Tianyue Trading Co., Ltd .................. 58.90 58.74 

Qinshui Shunshida Casting Co., Ltd./Xinle Rishuo 

Casting Factory/Shijiazhuang Shunjinguangao 

Trade Co., Ltd./Xinle Tang Rong Fa Lan Pan Co., 

Ltd.

Dalian Lino F.T.Z. Co., Ltd ........................................... 58.90 58.74 

Xinle City Zhile Pipeline Industry Co., Ltd./Qinshui 

Shunshida Casting Co., Ltd./Foshan City Deying 

Metal Products Co., Ltd.

Dinggin Hardware (Dalian) Co., Ltd ............................. 58.90 58.74 

Xinle Rishuo Casting Factory/Qinshui Shunshida 

Casting Co., Ltd.

Dalian Metal I/E Co., Ltd .............................................. 58.90 58.74 

Qinshui County Xinwei Precision Co., Ltd ................... Qinshui Shunshida Casting Co., Ltd ............................ 58.90 58.74 

Shanxi Guruiwei Casting Co., Ltd ................................ Richang Qiaoshan Trade Co., Ltd ............................... 58.90 58.74 

Shijiazhuang Jingruisheng Metal Products Co., Ltd./ 

Qinshui Shunshida Casting Co., Ltd./Xinle City 

Zhile Pipe Co., Ltd.

Hebei Metals & Engineering Products Trading Co., 

Ltd.

58.90 58.74 

China-Wide Entity ......................................................... ....................................................................................... 360.39 360.30 

Notifications to Interested Parties 

This notice constitutes the 

antidumping duty order with respect to 

soil pipe fittings from China pursuant to 

section 736(a) of the Act. Interested 

parties can find a list of antidumping 

duty orders currently in effect at http:// 

enforcement.trade.gov/stats/ 

iastats1.html. 

This amended final determination 

and antidumping duty order are 

published in accordance with sections 

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

351.224(e) and 351.211(b). 


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1See Certain Steel Wheels from the People’s 

Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigation, 83 FR 17794 (April 24, 2018) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Certain Steel Wheels from the People’s 

Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determination in the Countervailing Duty 

Investigation, 83 FR 26257 (June 6, 2018). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination in the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Steel 

Wheels from the People’s Republic of China,’’ 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) 

(Preamble); see also Initiation Notice. 

5See Letter from the petitioners, ‘‘Certain Steel 

Wheels from China (C–570–083)—Petitioner’s 

Request for Alignment of Countervailing Duty 

Investigation Final Determination Deadline with 

Antidumping Investigation Final Determination 

Deadline,’’ dated August 8, 2018. 

6See Steel Wheels From the People’s Republic of 

China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination 

in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 82 FR 

42110 (August 20, 2018). 

7See 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. 

8See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. 

Dated: August 28, 2018. 

Christian Marsh, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–083] 

Certain Steel Wheels From the 

People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination and Alignment of 

Final Determination With Final 

Antidumping Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

certain steel wheels from the People’s 

Republic of China (China) for the period 

of investigation January 1, 2017, through 

December 31, 2017. We invite interested 

parties to comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable August 31, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chien-Min Yang or Myrna Lobo, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office VII, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: 202–482–5484 or 

202–482–2371, 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). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on April 16, 2018.1 On June 6, 2018, 

Commerce postponed the deadline for 

the preliminary determination of the 

investigation to the full 130 days 

permitted under section 703(c)(1)(A) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(2), and 

the revised deadline is now August 24, 

2018.2

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 and is available to all 

parties in the Central Records Unit, 

Room B8024 of the main Department of 

Commerce building. 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. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are certain steel wheels 

from China. For a complete description 

of the scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the Preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations, we set aside a 

period of time in our Initiation Notice 

for parties to raise issues regarding 

product coverage and encouraged all 

parties to submit comments within 20 

calendar days of publication of that 

notice.4 No parties commented on the 

scope of this investigation. 

Alignment 

In accordance with section 705(a)(1) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4), 

and based on the petitioners’ request,5

we are aligning the final CVD 

determination in this investigation with 

the final determination in the 

companion AD investigation of certain 

steel wheels from China. Consequently, 

the final CVD determination will be 

issued on the same date as the final AD 

determination, which is currently 

scheduled to be due no later than 

January 7, 2019, unless postponed.6

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

confers a benefit on the recipient, and 

that the subsidy is specific.7 For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying our preliminary conclusions, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Commerce notes that, in making these 

findings, it relied, in part, on facts 

available and, because it finds that one 

or more respondents did not act to the 

best of their ability to respond to 

Commerce’s requests for information, it 

drew an adverse inference where 

appropriate in selecting from among the 

facts otherwise available.8 For further 

information, see ‘‘Use of Facts 

Otherwise Available and Adverse 

Inferences’’ in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Preliminary Determination and 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

705(c)(1)(B)(i)(I) of the Act, Commerce 

established rates for Xiamen Sunrise 

Wheel Group Co., Ltd. (Xiamen 

Sunrise), Xiamen Sunrise Wheel Co., 

Ltd. (Sunrise Wheel), Xiamen Sunrise 

Metal Co., Ltd. (Sunrise Metal), Xiamen 

Topu Import & Export Co., Ltd. (Topu), 

and Sichuan Sunrise Metal Industry Co., 

Ltd. (Sichuan Sunrise) (collectively, 

Xiamen Sunrise), and applied a rate 

based on adverse facts available to 

Zhejiang Jingu Company Limited and 

Shanghai Yata Industry Company 

Limited (collectively, Zhejiang Jingu). 

In accordance with sections 

705(d)(1)(A) and 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act, 

for companies not individually 

investigated, Commerce applies an ‘‘allothers’’ rate. The all-others rate is 

normally calculated by weight averaging 

the subsidy rates of the individual 

companies selected for individual 

examination with those companies’ 

export sales of the subject merchandise 

to the United States, excluding any zero 

and de minimis rates calculated for the 


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