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1See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from the 

People’s Republic of China: Countervailing Duty 

Order, 84 FR 2157 (February 6, 2019); and Common 

Alloy Aluminum Sheet from the People’s Republic 

of China: Antidumping Duty Order, 84 FR 2813 

(February 8, 2019) (collectively, Orders). 2The individual members of the Aluminum 

Association Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet Trade 

Enforcement Working Group are: Arconic 

Corporation; Commonwealth Rolled Products, Inc.; 

Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC; 

Jupiter Aluminum Corporation; JW Aluminum 

Company; and Novelis Corporation. 

3Commerce previously determined that Henan 

Mingtai and Zhengzhou Mingtai are a single entity. 

See Antidumping Duty Investigation of Common 

Alloy Aluminum Sheet from the People’s Republic 

of China: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of 

Sales at Less-Than-Fair Value, Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, and Postponement of Final 

Determination, 83 FR 29088 (June 2022, 2018), and 

accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

at 19, unchanged at Antidumping Duty 

Investigation of Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet 

from the People’s Republic of China: Affirmative 

Final Determination of Sales at Less-Than-Fair 

Value, 83 FR 57421 (November 15, 2018). 

Accordingly, for the purposes of this circumvention 

inquiry, we considered aluminum plate produced 

by Henan Mingtai and Zhengzhou Mingtai 

(collectively, Mingtai) rather than aluminum plate 

produced by only Henan Mingtai. 

4See Domestic Industry’s Letter, ‘‘Domestic 

Industry Request for Circumvention Ruling 

Pursuant to Section 781(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

As Amended and Scope Ruling Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.225,’’ dated May 23, 2023. 5See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from the 

People’s Republic of China: Initiation of 

Circumvention Inquiry of the Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Orders; Aluminum Sheet 

Further Processed in the Republic of Korea, 88 FR 

44779 (July 13, 2023) (Initiation Notice). 6See Domestic Industry’s Letter, ‘‘Domestic 

Industry’s Withdrawal of Request for 

Circumvention Ruling Pursuant to Section 781(b) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930,’’ dated November 2, 2023 

(Withdrawal Request). 

7See Initiation Notice and accompanying 

Checklist, ‘‘Circumvention Initiation Checklist,’’ 

dated July 7, 2023, at Attachment 1. 

8See Withdrawal Request. 

9See CBP Message 3201402, ‘‘Initiation of 

Circumvention Inquiry—Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Orders on Common Alloy 

Aluminum Sheet from the People’s Republic of 

China (A–570–073, C–570–074),’’ dated July 20, 

2023. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On February 6 and 8, 2019, 

respectively, Commerce published the 

CVD and AD orders on imports of CAAS 

from China.1 On May 23, 2023, the 

Aluminum Association Common Alloy 

Aluminum Sheet Trade Enforcement 

Working Group and its individual 

members (the domestic industry) 2 filed 

a circumvention inquiry request alleging 

that imports of CAAS produced in 

Korea by Gwangyang Aluminum, 

assembled or completed using flat rolled 

aluminum having a thickness greater 

than 6.3 mm (aluminum plate) 

produced by Henan Mingtai 3 in China, 

is circumventing the Orders.4 On July 

13, 2023, Commerce initiated a 

circumvention inquiry regarding the 

above-referenced merchandise.5 On 

November 2, 2023, the domestic 

industry withdrew its circumvention 

inquiry request.6

Scope of the Orders 

The merchandise covered by the 

Orders is common alloy aluminum 

sheet from China. For a complete 

description of the scope of the Orders, 

see the Initiation Checklist.7

Merchandise Subject to the 

Circumvention Inquiry 

The circumvention inquiry covers 

CAAS produced by Gwangyang 

Aluminum in Korea, assembled or 

completed using flat rolled aluminum 

having a thickness greater than 6.3 mm 

produced by Mingtai in China, and 

exported to the United States. 

Rescission of Circumvention Inquiry 

As noted above, the domestic industry 

has withdrawn its request for a 

circumvention inquiry on CAAS 

produced by Gwangyang Aluminum in 

Korea, assembled or completed using 

flat rolled aluminum having a thickness 

greater than 6.3 mm produced by 

Mingtai in China, and exported to the 

United States.8 Therefore, in accordance 

19 CFR 351.226(f)(6)(i), Commerce finds 

that it is appropriate to rescind this 

circumvention inquiry in its entirety. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.226(l)(1), 

Commerce notified U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) of the initiation 

of this circumvention inquiry and 

directed CBP to continue the suspension 

of liquidation of entries of products 

subject to the circumvention inquiry 

that were already subject to the 

suspension of liquidation under the 

Orders and to apply the cash deposit 

rate that would be applicable if the 

products were determined to be covered 

by the scope of the Orders.9 Upon 

publication of this rescission notice, 

Commerce will inform CBP that 

Commerce has rescinded this inquiry 

and that CBP should continue to 

suspend entries of common alloy 

aluminum sheet from China that are 

subject to the Orders at the applicable 

rate(s) in effect on the date of entry until 

specific liquidation instructions are 

issued. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice serves as a final reminder 

to parties subject to an administrative 

protective order (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 the APO materials or conversion to 

judicial protective order is hereby 

requested. Failure to comply with 

regulations and terms of an APO is a 

violation, which is subject to sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice is issued and published in 

accordance with section 781 of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 

CFR 351.226(f)(6). 

Dated: December 5, 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 

[C–570–094] 

Refillable Stainless Steel Kegs From 

the People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Results of Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Review and 

Rescission of Administrative Review, 

in Part; 2021 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

refillable stainless steel kegs (kegs) from 

the People’s Republic of China (China) 

during the period of review (POR) from 

January 1, 2021, through December 31, 

2021. In addition, we are rescinding the 

review with respect to 40 companies. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable December 12, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Theodore Pearson or Jacob Keller, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–2631 or (202) 482–4849, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 16, 2019, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

countervailing duty order on kegs from 


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1See Refillable Stainless Steel Kegs from the 

People’s Republic of China: Countervailing Duty 

Order, 84 FR 68400 (December 16, 2019) (Order). 

2See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review and Join Annual 

Inquiry Service List, 87 FR 73752 (December 1, 

2022). 

3See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

7060 (February 2, 2023) (Initiation Notice) see also 

Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 15642 (March 14, 

2023), correcting Initiation Notice to include an 

additional company. In total, Commerce initiated 

review with regard to 42 companies. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Respondent Selection,’’ 

dated April 7, 2023. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline,’’ 

dated August 14, 2023. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review and Rescission of Review in 

Part, 2021: Refillable Stainless Steel Kegs from the 

People’s Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 

(Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

7See Preliminary 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. 

9See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of Request 

for Administrative Review,’’ dated May 3, 2023. 

10See Ningbo Master’s Letter, ‘‘Request for 

Administrative Review,’’ dated December 23, 2022; 

see also DBT Holdings LLC, dba Deutsche 

Beverage’s Letter, ‘‘Request for Administrative 

Review,’’ dated December 28, 2022. 

11Commerce finds the following companies to be 

cross-owned with Ningbo Master: Ningbo Major 

Draft Beer Equipment Co., Ltd.; and Zhejiang Major 

Technology Co., Ltd. 

China.1 On December 1, 2022, we 

published a notice of opportunity to 

request an administrative review of the 

Order.2 On February 2, 2023, based on 

timely requests for an administrative 

review, Commerce published the notice 

of initiation of an administrative review 

of the Order.3 On April 7, 2023, 

Commerce selected Guangzhou Ulix 

Industrial & Trading Co., Ltd. (Ulix) and 

Ningbo Master International Trade Co., 

Ltd. (Ningbo Master) as the mandatory 

respondents in this administrative 

review.4 On August 14, 2023, Commerce 

extended the deadline for the 

preliminary results of this review until 

December 1, 2023.5

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this review, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.6 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is attached as the 

Appendix I to this notice. The 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a 

public document and is made available 

to the public 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 is available at 

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

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the Order 

are kegs from China. For a complete 

description of the scope of the Order, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.7

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

administrative review in accordance 

with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For 

each subsidy program found 

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 For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying our conclusions, including 

our reliance, in part, on facts otherwise 

available pursuant to sections 776(a) 

and (b) of the Act, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Rescission of Administrative Review, in 

Part 

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

Commerce will rescind an 

administrative review, in whole or in 

part, if the parties that requested a 

review withdraw the request within 90 

days of the date of publication of the 

notice of initiation. Commerce received 

a timely-filed withdrawal request with 

respect to all 42 companies from 

American Keg Company (the 

petitioner).9 Of the 42 companies, 

Ningbo Master and Ulix also had other 

requests for review which were not 

withdrawn.10 Because the withdrawal 

request from the petitioner was timely 

filed, and no other parties requested a 

review of the other 40 companies, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), 

Commerce is rescinding this review of 

the Order with respect to the 40 

companies. For a complete list of the 

companies, see Appendix II to this 

notice. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

We preliminarily find the following 

net countervailable subsidy rates exist 

for the period January 1, 2021, through 

December 31, 2021: 

Producer/exporter 

Subsidy rate 

(percent 

ad valorem) 

Guangzhou Ulix Industrial & 

Trading Co., Ltd ................ 2.48 

Ningbo Master International 

Trade Co., Ltd 11 ............... 2.41 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

In accordance with section 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also 

intends upon publication of the final 

results, to instruct U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) to collect cash 

deposits of the estimated countervailing 

duties in the amounts calculated in the 

final results of this review for the 

respective companies listed above with 

regard to shipments of subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the date of publication of the final 

results of this review. If the rate 

calculated in the final results is zero or 

de minimis, no cash deposit will be 

required on shipments of the subject 

merchandise entered or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the date of publication of the final 

results of this review. 

For all non-reviewed firms, CBP will 

continue to collect cash deposits of 

estimated countervailing duties at the 

all-others rate or the most recent 

company-specific rate applicable to the 

company, as appropriate. These cash 

deposit requirements, when imposed, 

shall remain in effect until further 

notice. 

Assessment Rates 

In accordance with section 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(4)(i), we preliminarily 

determined subsidy rates in the 

amounts shown above for the producer/ 

exporters shown above. Upon 

completion of the administrative 

review, consistent with section 751(a)(1) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), 

Commerce shall determine, and CBP 

shall assess, countervailing duties on all 

appropriate entries covered by this 

review. 

For the companies for which this 

review is rescinded with these 

preliminary results, we will instruct 

CBP to assess countervailing duties on 

all appropriate entries at a rate equal to 

the cash deposit of estimated 

countervailing duties required at the 

time of entry, or withdrawal from 

warehouse, for consumption, during the 

period January 1, 2021, through 

December 31, 2021, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). For the 

companies remaining in the review, we 

intend to issue assessment instructions 

to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the 

date of publication of the final results of 

this review in the Federal Register. 


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12See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

13See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). 

14See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative 

Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 

88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and 

Final Service Rule). 

15See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

16We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

17See APO and Final Service Rule. 

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). 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

performed for these preliminary results 

to interested parties within five days 

after the date of publication of this 

notice.12 Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), 

interested parties may submit case briefs 

to Commerce no later than 30 days after 

the date of publication of these 

preliminary results of review.13 Rebuttal 

briefs, limited to issues raised in the 

case briefs, may be filed not later than 

five days after the date for filing case 

briefs.14 Interested parties who submit 

case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 

proceeding must submit: (1) a table of 

contents listing each issue; and (2) a 

table of authorities.15

As provided under 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 

proceedings we have encouraged 

interested parties to provide an 

executive summary of their brief that 

should be limited to five pages total, 

including footnotes. In this review, we 

instead request that interested parties 

provide at the beginning of their briefs 

a public, executive summary for each 

issue raised in their briefs.16 Further, we 

request that interested parties limit their 

executive summary of each issue to no 

more than 450 words, not including 

citations. We intend to use the executive 

summaries as the basis of the comment 

summaries included in the issues and 

decision memorandum that will 

accompany the final results in this 

administrative review. We request that 

interested parties include footnotes for 

relevant citations in the executive 

summary of each issue. Note that 

Commerce has amended certain of its 

requirements pertaining to the service of 

documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).17

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing must submit a written request to 

the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance, filed electronically via 

ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) 

the party’s name, address, and 

telephone number; (2) the number of 

participants; and (3) a list of issues to be 

discussed. Issues raised in the hearing 

will be limited to those raised in the 

respective case briefs. An electronically 

filed hearing request must be received 

successfully in its entirety by 

Commerce’s electronic records system, 

ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 

30 days after the date of publication of 

this notice. 

Unless 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 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)(1). 

Notification to Interested Parties 

These preliminary results and notice 

are issued and published in accordance 

with sections 751(a) and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act, 19 CFR 351.213 and 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: November 30, 2023. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Partial Rescission of Administrative 

Review 

V. Diversification of China’s Economy 

VI. Use of Faces Otherwise Available and 

Application of Adverse Inferences 

VII. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VIII. Interest Rate, Discount Rate, Input, and 

Electricity Benchmarks 

IX. Analysis of Programs 

X. Recommendation 

Appendix II 

Companies Rescinded From Review 

1. Dalian Yonghseng Metal Structure Co., 

Ltd. d/b/a DYM Brewing Solutions 

2. Equipmentimes (Dalian) E-Commerce Co., 

Ltd. 

3. Guangzhou Jingye Machinery Co., Ltd. 

4. Jinan Chenji International Trade Co., Ltd. 

5. Jinan Chenji Machinery Equipment Co., 

Ltd. 

6. Jinan HaoLu Machinery Equipment Co., 

Ltd. 

7. Jinjiang Jiaxing Import and Export Co., Ltd. 

8. NDL Keg Qingdao Inc. 

9. Ningbo All In Brew Technology Co. 

10. Ningbo Bestfriends Beverage Containers 

Industry Co., Ltd. 

11. Ningbo Chance International Trade Co., 

Ltd 

12. Ningbo Direct Import & Export Co., Ltd. 

13. Ningbo Haishu Direct Import and Export 

Trade Co., Ltd. 

14. Ningbo Haishu Xiangsheng Metal Factory 

15. Ningbo Hefeng Container Manufacturer 

Co., Ltd. 

16. Ningbo Hefeng Kitchen Utensils 

Manufacture Co., Ltd. 

17. Ningbo HGM Food Machinery Co., Ltd. 

18. Ningbo Jiangbei Bei Fu Industry and 

Trade Co., Ltd. 

19. Ningbo Kegco International Trade Co., 

Ltd. 

20. Ningbo Kegstorm Stainless Steel Co., Ltd. 

21. Ningbo Minke Import & Export Co., Ltd. 

22. Ningbo Sanfino Import & Export Co., Ltd. 

23. Ningbo Shimaotong International Co., 

Ltd. 

24. Ningbo Sunburst International Trading 

Co., Ltd. 

25. Orient Equipment (Taizhou) Co., Ltd. 

26. Penglai Jinfu Stainless Steel Products 

27. Pera Industry Shanghai Co., Ltd. 

28. Qingdao Henka Precision Technology 

Co., Ltd. 

29. Qingdao Xinhe Precision Manufacturing 

Co., Ltd. 

30. Rain Star International Trading Dalian 

Co., Ltd. 

31. Shandong Meto Beer Equipment Co., Ltd. 

32. Shandong Tiantai Beer Equipment Co., 

Ltd. 

33. Shandong Tonsen Equipment Co., Ltd. 

34. Shandong Yuesheng Beer Equipment Co., 

Ltd. 

35. Shenzhen Wellbom Technology Co., Ltd. 

36. Sino Dragon Group, Ltd. 

37. Wenzhou Deli Machinery Equipment Co. 

38. Wuxi Taihu Lamps and Lanterns Co., Ltd. 

39. Yantai Toptech Ltd. 

40. Yantai Trano New Material Co., Ltd., 

d/b/a Trano Keg, d/b/a SS Keg 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–878] 

Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel 

Products From the Republic of Korea: 

Final 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) determines that 

Dongkuk Coated Metal Co., Ltd. 

(Dongkuk) and certain companies not 

selected for individual examination 

made sales of subject merchandise in 

the United States at prices below normal 

value (NV) during the period of review 

(POR) July 1, 2021, through June 30, 

2022. In addition, Commerce 

determines that Hyundai Steel Company 

(Hyundai) did not make sales of subject 

merchandise in the United States at 

prices below NV during the POR. 

DATES: Applicable December 12, 2023. 


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