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1See 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane (R–134a) from the 

People’s Republic of China: Antidumping Duty 

Order, 82 FR 18422 (April 19, 2017) (Order). 

2See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review and Join Annual 

Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 19916 (April 4, 2023). 

3See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Request for 

Administrative Review,’’ dated April 28, 2023. 

4See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

38021 (June 12, 2023). 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Release of Customs and 

Border Protection Data,’’ dated July 20, 2023. 

6See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘HFC Coalition’s 

Comments on CBP Data and Respondent Selection,’’ 

dated August 24, 2023. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Notice of Intent to Rescind 

Review, In Part,’’ dated December 14, 2023 (Intent 

to Rescind Memorandum). 

8See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated December 15, 2023. 

9See Order. 

10 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane is sold under a 

number of trade names including Klea 134a and 

Zephex 134a (Mexichem Fluor); Genetron 134a 

(Honeywell); FreonTM 134a, Suva 134a, Dymel 

134a, and Dymel P134a (Chemours); Solkane 134a 

(Solvay); and Forane 134a (Arkema). Generically, 

1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane has been sold as 

Fluorocarbon 134a, R–134a, HFC–134a, HF A–134a, 

Refrigerant 134a, and UN3159. 

11See, e.g., Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cutto Length Plate from the Federal Republic of 

Germany: Recission of Antidumping Administrative 

Review; 2020–2021, 88 FR 4157 (January 24, 2023). 

12See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

13See, e.g., Shanghai Sunbeauty Trading Co. v. 

United States, 380 F. Supp. 3d 1328, 1335–36 (CIT 

2019), at 12 (referring to section 751(a) of the Act, 

the CIT held: ‘‘While the statute does not explicitly 

require that an entry be suspended as a prerequisite 

for establishing entitlement to a review, it does 

explicitly state the determined rate will be used as 

the liquidation rate for the reviewed entries. This 

result can only obtain if the liquidation of entries 

has been suspended. . . . ;’’ see also Certain Frozen 

Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 

Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 

2018–2019, 86 FR 36102, and accompanying Issues 

and Decision Memorandum at Comment 4; and 

Solid Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate from the 

Russian Federation: Notice of Rescission of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 77 FR 

65532 (October 29, 2012) (noting that ‘‘for an 

administrative review to be conducted, there must 

Continued 

with sloping shoulders to a wider base. The 

scope includes glass bottles, whether or not 

clear, whether or not colored, with or 

without a punt (i.e., an indentation on the 

underside of the bottle), and with or without 

design or functional enhancements 

(including, but not limited to, embossing, 

labeling, or etching). In scope merchandise is 

made of non-‘‘free blown’’ glass, i.e., in scope 

merchandise is produced with the use of a 

mold and is distinguished by mold seams, 

joint marks, or parting lines. In scope 

merchandise is unfilled and may be imported 

with or without a closure, including a cork, 

stelvin (screw cap), crown cap, or wire cage 

and cork closure. 

Excluded from the scope of the 

investigation are: (1) glass containers made of 

borosilicate glass, meeting United States 

Pharmacopeia requirements for Type 1 

pharmaceutical containers; and (2) glass 

containers without a ‘‘finish’’ (i.e., the 

section of a container at the opening 

including the lip and ring or collar, threaded 

or otherwise compatible with a type of 

closure, including but not limited to a cork, 

stelvin (screw cap), crown cap, or wire cage 

and cork closure). 

Glass bottles subject to the investigation 

are specified within the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under 

subheading 7010.90.5019. The HTSUS 

subheading is provided for convenience and 

customs purposes only. The written 

description of the scope of the investigation 

is dispositive. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–044] 

1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane (R–134a) 

From the People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Results and Partial 

Rescission of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2022–2023 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that certain companies 

subject to the administrative review of 

the antidumping duty (AD) order on 

1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane (R–134a) from 

the People’s Republic of China (China) 

remain part of the China-wide entity 

during the period of review (POR) April 

1, 2022, through March 31, 2023. In 

addition, Commerce is rescinding this 

review in part with respect to certain 

companies that did not ship subject 

merchandise during the POR. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on these 

preliminary results of review. 

DATES: Applicable January 25, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Conniff, AD/CVD Operations, Office III, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1009. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On April 19, 2017, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

AD order on R–134a from China.1 On 

April 4, 2023, Commerce published in 

the Federal Register a notice of 

opportunity to request an administrative 

review of the Order.2 On April 28, 2023, 

American HFC Coalition and its 

individual members (the petitioner) 

submitted a timely request that 

Commerce conduct an administrative 

review.3 On June 12, 2023, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice of initiation of administrative 

review with respect to imports of R– 

134a from China with respect to 28 

companies/company groupings for the 

POR.4

On July 20, 2023, we placed on the 

record U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) data for entries of R– 

134a from China, and invited interested 

parties to comment.5 On August 24, 

2023, the petitioner submitted 

comments requesting that Commerce 

follow established practice and select 

the two largest exporters for review.6 On 

December 14, 2023, Commerce notified 

interested parties of its intent to rescind 

the review for companies with an 

existing separate rate that did not have 

any suspended entries during the POR.7

Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 

Commerce extended the deadline for the 

preliminary results until January 31, 

2024.8

Scope of the Order 9

The merchandise covered by the 

Order is 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane, R– 

134a, or its chemical equivalent, 

regardless of form, type, or purity level. 

The chemical formula for 1,1,1,2- 

Tetrafluoroethane is CF3–CH2 F, and 

the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) 

registry number is CAS 811–97–2.10

Merchandise subject to the Order is 

currently classified in the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(HTSUS) at subheading 2903.45.1000. 

Although the HTSUS subheading and 

CAS registry number are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope is 

dispositive. 

Rescission of Administrative Review, in 

Part 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is 

Commerce’s practice to rescind an 

administrative review of an 

antidumping duty order where it 

concludes that there were no suspended 

entries of subject merchandise during 

the POR.11 Normally, upon completion 

of an administrative review, the 

suspended entries are liquidated at the 

antidumping duty assessment rate for 

the review period.12 Therefore, for an 

administrative review to be conducted, 

there must be a reviewable, suspended 

entry that Commerce can instruct CBP 

to liquidate at the calculated 

antidumping duty assessment rate for 

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be a reviewable, suspended entry to be liquidated 

at the newly calculated assessment rate’’). 

14See Intent to Rescind Memorandum. 

15See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement 

of Change in Department Practice for Respondent 

Selection in Antidumping Duty Proceedings and 

Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy 

Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 

FR 65963, 65969–70 (November 4, 2013). 

16See Order, 82 FR at 18423. 

17See 19 CFR 351.309(d). 

18See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2) 

19We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 20See Administrative Protective Order, Service, 

and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Final Rule, 88 FR 

67069 (September 29, 2023). 

21See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; and 19 CFR 

351.213(h). 22See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

Commerce notified all interested parties 

of its intent to rescind the instant review 

regarding companies with an existing 

separate rate listed in Appendix I 

because there were no reviewable, 

suspended entries of subject 

merchandise from these companies 

during the POR and invited interested 

parties to comment.14 No interested 

party submitted comments to 

Commerce. Accordingly, in the absence 

of any suspended entries of subject 

merchandise from these companies 

during the POR, we are rescinding this 

administrative review for the companies 

listed in Appendix I in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). 

Preliminary Results of Review 

Commerce considers all other 

companies for which a review was 

requested (see Appendix II), and which 

did not demonstrate separate rate 

eligibility, to be part of the China-wide 

entity. Commerce no longer considers 

the China-wide entity as an exporter 

conditionally subject to administrative 

review.15 Accordingly, the China-wide 

entity will not be under review unless 

Commerce specifically receives a 

request for, or self-initiates, a review of 

the entity. In this administrative review, 

no party requested a review of the 

China-wide entity. Moreover, we have 

not self-initiated a review of the Chinawide entity. Because no review of the 

China-wide entity is being conducted, 

the China-wide entity’s entries are not 

subject to the review, and the weightedaverage dumping margin for the Chinawide entity rate (i.e., 167.02 percent) is 

not subject to change.16

Public Comment 

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 this notice. 

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.17 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.18

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.19 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).20

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 

Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and CVD Centralized 

Electronic Service System (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 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time within 30 days after the 

date of publication of this notice. 

Final Results of Review 

Unless extended, we intend to issue 

the final results of this administrative 

review, which will include the results of 

our analysis of all issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, within 120 days 

of publication of these preliminary 

results in the Federal Register.21

Assessment 

For the companies listed in Appendix 

I for which we are rescinding the 

review, Commerce will instruct CBP to 

assess antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries. Antidumping duties 

shall be assessed at rates equal to the 

cash deposit of estimated antidumping 

duties required at the time of entry, or 

withdrawal from warehouse, for 

consumption, in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends 

to issue assessment instructions to CBP 

no earlier than 35 days after the date of 

publication of this rescission notice in 

the Federal Register. 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). 

For the companies listed in Appendix 

II, upon issuance of the final results of 

this review, Commerce will determine, 

and CBP shall assess, antidumping 

duties on all appropriate entries of 

subject merchandise covered by this 

review.22 We intend to instruct CBP to 

liquidate entries containing subject 

merchandise exported by the companies 

under review that we determine in the 

final results to be part of the China-wide 

entity at the China-wide entity rate of 

167.02 percent. Commerce intends 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. 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). 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Order 

This notice serves as the only 

reminder to parties subject to 

administrative protective order (APO) of 

their responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice is issued and published in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 

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

351.213(d)(4). 


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1See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Certain Glass Wine 

Bottles from the People’s Republic of China, the 

United Mexican States, and Chile: Petitions for the 

Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duties,’’ dated December 29, 2023 (the Petitions). 

The members of the U.S. Glass Producers Coalition 

are Ardagh Glass Inc. (Ardagh) and the United 

Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, 

Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers 

International Union (USW). 

2 Id. 

3See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Supplemental 

Questions,’’ dated January 3, 2024 (General Issues 

Questionnaire); see also Country-Specific 

Supplemental Questionnaires: Chile Supplemental, 

dated January 3, 2024; Country-Specific 

Supplemental Questionnaires: China Supplemental 

and Mexico Supplemental, dated January 4, 2024; 

Memorandum, ‘‘Phone Call,’’ dated January 10, 

2024 (January 10 Memorandum); and 

Memorandum, ‘‘Phone Call,’’ dated January 11, 

2024. 

4See Petitioner’s Letters, ‘‘Response to First 

Supplemental Questions Regarding Common Issues 

and Injury Petition Volume I of the Petitions,’’ 

dated January 8, 2024 (First General Issues 

Supplement); Country-Specific Supplemental 

Responses: Chile Supplemental, Mexico 

Supplemental, and China Supplemental, dated 

January 9 and 10, 2024; Second Chile and Mexico 

Supplemental Responses, dated January 11, 2024; 

‘‘Response to Second Supplemental Scope 

Questions Regarding Common Issues and Injury 

Petition Volume I of the Petition,’’ dated January 12, 

2024 (Second General Issues Supplement); and 

‘‘Second China Supplemental Response,’’ dated 

January 12, 2024. 

5The members of the U.S. Glass Producers 

Coalition (Ardagh and the USW) are interested 

parties as defined under section 771(9)(C) and (D) 

of the Act, respectively. 

6See section on ‘‘Determination of Industry 

Support for the Petitions,’’ infra. 

7See General Issues Questionnaire; see also 

January 10 Memorandum. 

8See First General Issues Supplement at 2–4 and 

Exhibits I-Supp-4 and I-Supp-5; see also Second 

General Issues Supplement at 1–3. 

Dated: January 12, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

1. Jiangsu Bluestar Green Technology Co., 

Ltd 

2. Jiangsu Sanmei Chemicals Co., Ltd. 

3. T.T. International Co., Ltd. 

4. Weitron International Refrigeration 

Equipment (Kunshan) Co. Ltd. (aka 

Weichang Refrigeration Equipment 

(Kunshan) Co., Ltd.) 

5. Zhejiang Sanmei Chemical Industry Co. 

Ltd. 

Appendix II 

1. Bestcool Inc., Ltd. 

2. Electrochemical Factory of Zhejiang Juhua 

Co., Ltd. 

3. Fujian Qingliu Dongying Chemical Ind. 

Co., Ltd. 

4. Hongkong Richmax Ltd. 

5. Huantai Dongyue International Trade Co. 

Ltd. 

6. ICOOL Chemical Co., Ltd. 

7. Jinhua Binglong Chemical Technology Co., 

Ltd. 

8. Jinhua Yonghe Fluorochemical Co., Ltd. 

9. Ningbo FTZ ICOOL Prime International 

10. Puremann, Inc. 

11. Shandong Dongyue Chemical Co., Ltd. 

12. Shandong Huaan New Material Co., Ltd. 

13. Sinochem Environmental Protection 

Chemicals (Taicang) Co., Ltd. 

14. Zhejiang Juhua Co., Ltd. 

15. Zhejiang Morita New Materials Co., Ltd. 

16. Zhejiang Organic Fluor-Chemistry Plant, 

Zhejiang Juhua Co., Ltd. 

17. Zhejiang Quhua Fluor-Chemistry Co., 

Ltd. 

18. Zhejiang Quhua Juxin Fluorochemical 

Industry Co., Ltd. 

19. Zhejiang Quzhou Juxin Fluorine 

Chemical Co., Ltd. 

20. Zhejiang Quzhou Lianzhou Refrigerants 

Co., Ltd. 

21. Zhejiang Yonghe Refrigerant Co., Ltd. 

22. Zhejiang Zhonglan Refrigeration 

Technology Co., Ltd. 

23. Zibo Feiyuan Chemical Co., Ltd. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–337–808, A–570–162, A–201–862] 

Certain Glass Wine Bottles From Chile, 

the People’s Republic of China, and 

Mexico: Initiation of Less-Than-FairValue Investigations 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable January 18, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dusten Hom (Chile) at (202) 482–5075; 

Frank Schmitt (the People’s Republic of 

China (China)) at (202) 482–4880; and 

Elizabeth Bremer (Mexico) at (202) 482– 

4987, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Petitions 

On December 29, 2023, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

received antidumping duty (AD) 

petitions concerning imports of certain 

glass wine bottles (wine bottles) from 

Chile, China, and Mexico filed in proper 

form on behalf of the U.S. Glass 

Producers Coalition (the petitioner).1

These AD Petitions were accompanied 

by a countervailing duty (CVD) petition 

concerning imports of wine bottles from 

China.2

Between January 3 and 11, 2024, 

Commerce requested supplemental 

information pertaining to certain aspects 

of the Petitions in separate 

supplemental questionnaires.3 The 

petitioner filed responses to the 

supplemental questionnaires between 

January 8 and 12, 2024.4

In accordance with section 732(b) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act), the petitioner alleges that imports 

of wine bottles from Chile, China, and 

Mexico are being, or are likely to be, 

sold in the United States at less than fair 

value (LTFV) within the meaning of 

section 731 of the Act, and that imports 

of such products are materially injuring, 

or threatening material injury to, the 

wine bottles industry in the United 

States. Consistent with section 732(b)(1) 

of the Act, the Petitions are 

accompanied by information reasonably 

available to the petitioner supporting its 

allegations. 

Commerce finds that the petitioner 

filed the Petitions on behalf of the 

domestic industry, because the 

petitioner is an interested party, as 

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

Commerce also finds that the petitioner 

demonstrated sufficient industry 

support for the initiation of the 

requested LTFV investigations.6

Periods of Investigation 

Because the Petitions were filed on 

December 29, 2023, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.204(b)(1), the period of 

investigation (POI) for the Chile and 

Mexico LTFV investigations is October 

1, 2022, through September 30, 2023. 

Because China is a non-market economy 

(NME) country, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.204(b)(1), the POI for the China 

LTFV investigation is April 1, 2023, 

through September 30, 2023. 

Scope of the Investigations 

The products covered by these 

investigations are wine bottles from 

Chile, China, and Mexico. For a full 

description of the scope of these 

investigations, see the appendix to this 

notice. 

Comments on the Scope of the 

Investigations 

On January 3 and 10, 2024, Commerce 

requested information and clarification 

from the petitioner regarding the 

proposed scope to ensure that the scope 

language in the Petitions is an accurate 

reflection of the products for which the 

domestic industry is seeking relief.7 On 

January 8 and 12, 2024, the petitioner 

provided clarifications and revised the 

scope.8 The description of merchandise 

covered by these investigations, 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 


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