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15See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Petitioner’s Request for 

Postponement of Final Determination,’’ dated 

November 3, 2023. 

16See Xinguang Vietnam’s Letter, ‘‘Request to 

Extend Final Results,’’ dated November 20, 2023. 

On November 3, 2023, pursuant to 19 

CFR 351.210(e), Edsal Manufacturing 

Co., Inc. (the petitioner), requested that 

Commerce postpone the final 

determination and that provisional 

measures be extended to a period not to 

exceed 135 days.15 On November 20, 

2023, Xinguang Vietnam also requested 

that Commerce postpone the final 

determination and that provisional 

measures be extended to a period not to 

exceed 135 days.16 In accordance with 

section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) the 

preliminary determination is 

affirmative; (2) the requesting exporter 

accounts for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise; and 

(3) no compelling reasons for denial 

exist, Commerce is postponing the final 

determination and extending the 

provisional measures from a four-month 

period to a period not greater than six 

months. Accordingly, Commerce’s final 

determination will be issued no later 

than 135 days after the date of 

publication of this preliminary 

determination. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary determination of sales at 

LTFV. 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 the subject 

merchandise are materially injuring, or 

threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: November 21, 2023. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The scope of this investigation covers 

boltless steel shelving units prepackaged for 

sale, with or without decks (boltless steel 

shelving). The term ‘‘prepackaged for sale’’ 

means that, at a minimum, the steel vertical 

supports (i.e., uprights and posts) and steel 

horizontal supports (i.e., beams, braces) 

necessary to assemble a completed shelving 

unit (with or without decks) are packaged 

together for ultimate purchase by the enduser. The scope also includes add-on kits. 

Add-on kits include, but are not limited to, 

kits that allow the end-user to add an 

extension shelving unit onto an existing 

boltless steel shelving unit such that the 

extension and the original unit will share 

common frame elements (e.g., two posts). 

The term ‘‘boltless’’ refers to steel shelving in 

which the vertical and horizontal supports 

forming the frame are assembled primarily 

without the use of nuts and bolts, or screws. 

The vertical and horizontal support members 

for boltless steel shelving are assembled by 

methods such as, but not limited to, fitting 

a rivet, punched or cut tab, or other similar 

connector on one support into a hole, slot or 

similar receptacle on another support. The 

supports lock together to form the frame for 

the shelving unit and provide the structural 

integrity of the shelving unit separate from 

the inclusion of any decking. The incidental 

use of nuts and bolts, or screws to add 

accessories, wall anchors, tie-bars or shelf 

supports does not remove the product from 

scope. Boltless steel shelving units may also 

come packaged as partially assembled, such 

as when two upright supports are welded 

together with front-to-back supports, or are 

otherwise connected, to form an end unit for 

the frame. The boltless steel shelving covered 

by this investigation may be commonly 

described as rivet shelving, welded frame 

shelving, slot and tab shelving, and punched 

rivet (quasi-rivet) shelving as well as by other 

trade names. The term ‘‘deck’’ refers to the 

shelf that sits on or fits into the horizontal 

supports (beams or braces) to provide the 

horizontal storage surface of the shelving 

unit. 

The scope includes all boltless steel 

shelving meeting the description above, 

regardless of: (1) vertical support or post type 

(including but not limited to open post, 

closed post and tubing); (2) horizontal 

support or beam/brace profile (including but 

not limited to Z-beam, C-beam, L-beam, step 

beam and cargo rack); (3) number of 

supports; (4) surface coating (including but 

not limited to paint, epoxy, powder coating, 

zinc and other metallic coating); (5) number 

of levels; (6) weight capacity; (7) shape 

(including but not limited to rectangular, 

square, and corner units); (8) decking 

material (including but not limited to wire 

decking, particle board, laminated board or 

no deck at all); or (9) the boltless method by 

which vertical and horizontal supports 

connect (including but not limited to keyhole 

and rivet, slot and tab, welded frame, 

punched rivet and clip). 

Specifically excluded from the scope are: 

• Wall-mounted shelving, defined as 

shelving that is hung on the wall and does 

not stand on, or transfer load to, the floor. 

The addition of a wall bracket or other device 

to attach otherwise freestanding subject 

merchandise to a wall does not meet the 

terms of this exclusion; 

• Wire shelving units, which consist of 

shelves made from wire that incorporates 

both a wire deck and wire horizontal 

supports (taking the place of the horizontal 

beams and braces) into a single piece with 

tubular collars that slide over the posts and 

onto plastic sleeves snapped on the posts to 

create the finished shelving unit; 

• Bulk-packed parts or components of 

boltless steel shelving units; and 

• Made-to-order shelving systems. 

Subject boltless steel shelving enters the 

United States through Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

statistical subheading 9403.20.0075. While 

the HTSUS subheading is provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

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. Scope Comments 

V. Scope of the Investigation 

VI. Selection of Respondents 

VII. Discussion of the Methodology 

VIII. Currency Conversion 

IX. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–806] 

Silicon Metal From the People’s 

Republic of China: Continuation of 

Antidumping Duty Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: As a result of the 

determinations by the U.S. Department 

of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

that revocation of the antidumping duty 

(AD) order on silicon metal from the 

People’s Republic of China (China) 

would likely lead to continuation or 

recurrence of dumping and material 

injury to an industry in the United 

States, Commerce is publishing this 

notice of continuation of the AD order. 

DATES: Applicable November 17, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Kebker or Howard Smith, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–2254 or (202) 482–5193, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On June 10, 1991, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 


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1See Antidumping Duty Order: Silicon Metal 

from the People’s Republic of China, 56 FR 26649 

(June 10, 1991) (Order). 

2See Silicon Metal from China; Institution of a 

Five-Year Review, 88 FR 26595 (May 1, 2023). 

3See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 88 

FR 26522 (May 1, 2023). 

4See Silicon Metal from the People’s Republic of 

China: Final Results of the Expedited Fifth Sunset 

Review of the Antidumping Duty Order, 88 FR 

63933 (September 18, 2023), and accompanying 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

5See Silicon Metal From China; Determination, 

88 FR 80335 (November 17, 2023) (ITC Final 

Determination). 6See ITC Final Determination. 

1See Boltless Steel Shelving Units Prepackaged 

for Sale from India, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand 

and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 88 FR 32188 

(May 19, 2023) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Boltless Steel Shelving Units Prepackaged 

for Sales from India, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand 

and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in 

Less-than-Fair-Value Investigations, 88 FR 63063 

(September 14, 2023). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Negative Determination in the LessThan-Fair-Value Investigation of Boltless Steel 

Shelving Units Prepackaged for Sale from India,’’ 

dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 

this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

AD order on silicon metal from China.1

On May 1, 2023, the ITC instituted,2 and 

Commerce initiated,3 the fifth sunset 

review of the Order, pursuant to section 

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

amended (the Act). As a result of its 

review, Commerce determined that 

revocation of the Order would likely 

lead to continuation or recurrence of 

dumping and therefore, notified the ITC 

of the magnitude of the margins of 

dumping likely to prevail should the 

Order be revoked.4

On November 17, 2023, the ITC 

published its determination in the 

Federal Register, pursuant to sections 

751(c) and 752(a) of the Act, that 

revocation of the Order would likely 

lead to continuation or recurrence of 

material injury to an industry in the 

United States within a reasonably 

foreseeable time.5

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the 

Order is silicon metal containing at least 

96.00 percent, but less than 99.99 

percent of silicon by weight. Also 

covered by the Order is silicon metal 

containing between 89.00 and 96.00 

percent silicon by weight but which 

contains a higher aluminum content 

than the silicon metal containing at least 

96.00 percent but less than 99.99 

percent silicon by weight (58 FR 27542, 

May 10, 1993). Silicon metal is 

currently provided for under 

subheadings 2804.69.10 and 2804.69.50 

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States (HTSUS) as a 

chemical product, but is commonly 

referred to as a metal. Semiconductorgrade silicon (silicon metal containing 

by weight not less than 99.99 percent of 

silicon and provided for in subheading 

2804.61.00 of the HTSUS) is not subject 

to this Order. Although the HTSUS 

numbers are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes, the written 

description remains dispositive. 

Continuation of the Order 

As a result of the determinations by 

Commerce and the ITC that revocation 

of the Order would likely lead to 

continuation or recurrence of dumping 

and material injury to an industry in the 

United States, pursuant to section 

751(d)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.218(a), Commerce hereby orders the 

continuation of the Order. U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection will continue to 

collect AD 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 Order is November 17, 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 

review of the Order not later than 30 

days prior to the fifth anniversary of the 

date of the last determination by the ITC 

to continue the Order. 

Administrative Protective Order (APO) 

This notice 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 

This five-year sunset review is in 

accordance with sections 751(c) and 

751(d)(2) of the Act and this notice is 

published pursuant to section 777(i) of 

the Act, and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4). 

Dated: November 22, 2023. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–914] 

Boltless Steel Shelving Units 

Prepackaged for Sale From India: 

Preliminary Negative Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 

Postponement of Final Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that boltless steel shelving 

units prepackaged for sale (boltless steel 

shelving) from India are not being, or 

not likely to be, sold in the United 

States at less than fair value (LTFV). The 

period of investigation (POI) is April 1, 

2022, through March 31, 2023. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable November 29, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Huston, 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) 482–4261. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on May 19, 2023.1 On September 14, 

2023, Commerce postponed the 

preliminary determination of this 

investigation and the revised deadline is 

now November 21, 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 

included 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 https://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

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

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