10034 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 30 / Tuesday, February 13, 2024 / Notices 

1See Truck and Bus Tires from the People’s 

Republic of China: Amended Final Determination 

and Countervailing Duty Order, 84 FR 4434 

(February 15, 2019) (Order). 

2See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

21609 (April 11, 2023). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Respondent Selection,’’ 

dated June 2, 2023. 

4See Bridgestone Companies’ Letter, 

‘‘Withdrawal of Request for Administrative 

Review,’’ dated June 12, 2023. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Second Respondent 

Selection,’’ dated June 20, 2023. 

6See Jiangsu Hankook’s Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of 

Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated July 3, 

2023. 

7See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Second Selection of 

Additional Mandatory Respondent,’’ dated 

September 8, 2023. 

8See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review; 2021,’’ dated September 29, 

2023. 

9See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review and Recission of Review in 

Part; 2022: Truck and Bus Tires from the People’s 

Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

10See Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

accordance with the procedures 

described above. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice constitutes the 

countervailing duty order with respect 

to brass rod from India pursuant to 

section 706(a) of the Act. Interested 

parties can find a list of duty orders 

currently in effect at https:// 

enforcement.trade.gov/stats/ 

iastats1.html. 

This CVD order is published in 

accordance with section 706(a) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b). 

Dated: February 5, 2024. 

Ryan Majerus 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive 

functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by this order are 

brass rod and bar (brass rod), which is 

defined as leaded, low-lead, and no-lead 

solid brass made from alloys such as, but not 

limited to the following alloys classified 

under the Unified Numbering System (UNS) 

as C27450, C27451, C27460, C34500, C35000, 

C35300, C35330, C36000, C36300, C37000, 

C37700, C48500, C67300, C67600, and 

C69300, and their international equivalents. 

The brass rod subject to this order has an 

actual cross-section or outside diameter 

greater than 0.25 inches but less than or 

equal to 12 inches. Brass rod cross-sections 

may be round, hexagonal, square, or 

octagonal shapes as well as special profiles 

(e.g., angles, shapes), including hollow 

profiles. 

Standard leaded brass rod covered by the 

scope contains, by weight, 57.0–65.0 percent 

copper; 0.5–3.0 percent lead; no more than 

1.3 percent iron; and at least 15 percent zinc. 

No-lead or low-lead brass rod covered by the 

scope contains by weight 59.0–76.0 percent 

copper; 0–1.5 percent lead; no more than 

0.35 percent iron; and at least 15 percent 

zinc. Brass rod may also include other 

chemical elements (e.g., nickel, phosphorous, 

silicon, tin, etc.). 

Brass rod may be in straight lengths or 

coils. Brass rod covered by this order may be 

finished or unfinished, and may or may not 

be heated, extruded, pickled, or cold-drawn. 

Brass rod may be produced in accordance 

with ASTM B16, ASTM B124, ASTM B981, 

ASTM B371, ASTM B453, ASTM B21, ASTM 

B138, and ASTM B927, but such conformity 

to an ASTM standard is not required for the 

merchandise to be included within the scope. 

Excluded from the scope of this order is 

brass ingot, which is a casting of unwrought 

metal unsuitable for conversion into brass 

rod without remelting, that contains, by 

weight, at least 57.0 percent copper and 15.0 

percent zinc. 

The merchandise covered by this order is 

currently classifiable under subheadings 

7407.21.9000, 7407.21.7000, and 

7407.21.1500 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 

Products subject to the scope may also enter 

under HTSUS subheadings 7403.21.0000, 

7407.21.3000, and 7407.21.5000. The HTSUS 

subheadings and UNS alloy designations are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes. The written description of the 

scope of the order is dispositive. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–041] 

Truck and Bus Tires From the People’s 

Republic of China: Preliminary Results 

of Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review and Rescission of Review in 

Part, 2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies were provided to producers 

and exporters of truck and bus tires 

from the People’s Republic of China 

(China), during the period of review 

(POR) from January 1, 2022, through 

December 31, 2022. In addition, 

Commerce is rescinding the review, in 

part, with respect to 15 companies. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable February 13, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ted 

Pearson, 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On February 15, 2019, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

countervailing duty order on truck and 

bus tires from China.1 On February 2, 

2023, Commerce published in the 

Federal Register the notice of initiation 

of an administrative review of the 

Order.2 On May 19, 2022, Commerce 

selected Qingdao Ge Rui Da Rubber Co., 

Ltd. and Bridgestone (Shenyang) Tire 

Co., Ltd. (Bridgestone Shenyang) for 

individual examination as the 

mandatory respondents in this 

administrative review.3 On June 12, 

2023, Bridgestone Corporation, 

Bridgestone Tire Co. Ltd. (Bridgestone 

Tire), and Bridgestone Shenyang 

(collectively, Bridgestone Companies) 

withdrew their request for 

administrative review.4 On June 20, 

2023, we selected Jiangsu Hankook Tire 

Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Hankook) for 

individual examination.5 On July 3, 

2023, Jiangsu Hankook withdrew its 

request for review.6 On September 8, 

2023, we selected Jiangsu General 

Science Technology Co., Ltd. (General 

Science) for individual examination and 

requested that the GOC forward the 

initial questionnaire.7 On September 29, 

2023, Commerce extended the deadline 

for the preliminary results of review by 

100 days, until February 8, 2024.8

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this review, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.9 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

I 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. In addition, a complete version of 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

can be accessed directly at https://

access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesList

Layout.aspx. 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the Order 

are truck and bus tires. For a complete 

description of the scope of the Order, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.10


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11See 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. 

12See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 

‘‘Partial Rescission of Administrative Review.’’ 

13As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce has found the following 

companies to be cross-owned with Qingdao Ge Rui 

Da Tire Company: Cooper Tire (China) Investment 

Co. Ltd.; Cooper Tire Asia-Pacific (Shanghai) 

Trading Co., Ltd.; Qingdao Yiyuan Investment Co., 

Ltd.; Goodyear Dalian Tire Company Limited; and 

Goodyear Tire Management Company (Shanghai) 

Ltd. 

14See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 

section ‘‘Application of FA and AFA: Export 

Buyer’s Credits.’’ 

15See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

16See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1). 

17We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

18See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative 

Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in 

Continued 

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, we preliminarily find 

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

government-provided financial 

contribution that gives rise to a benefit 

to the recipient, and that the subsidy is 

specific).11 For a full description of the 

methodology underlying our 

conclusions, including our reliance, in 

part, on adverse facts 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 

timely-filed withdrawal requests with 

respect to 15 companies, pursuant to 19 

CFR 351.213(d)(1).12 Because the 

withdrawal requests were timely filed, 

and no other parties requested a review 

of these companies, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce is 

rescinding this review of the Order with 

respect to these 15 companies. For a 

complete list of companies, see 

Appendix II to this notice. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following net countervailable 

subsidy rates exist for the period 

January 1, 2022, through December 31, 

2022: 

Manufacturer/exporter 

Subsidy rate 

(percent 

ad valorem) 

Jiangsu General Science 

Technology Co., Ltd .......... 124.00 

Qingdao Ge Rui Da Rubber 

Co., Ltd.13 ......................... 10.27 

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 

producers/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. 

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). 

Verification 

While we did not receive a request for 

verification, as provided in section 

782(i)(3) of the Act, Commerce intends 

to verify the part of the information 

relied upon for its final results of 

review. Specifically, Commerce intends 

to verify usage of the export buyer’s 

credit program as discussed in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum.14

Commerce intends to notify parties of 

its verification procedures. 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

We will disclose to parties in this 

review, the calculations performed for 

these preliminary results within five 

days after the date of publication of this 

notice.15 Case briefs or other written 

comments may be submitted to the 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. Commerce will notify 

interested parties of the deadline for the 

submission of case briefs. Rebuttal 

briefs, limited to issues raised in case 

briefs, may be submitted no later than 

five days after the deadline date for case 

briefs unless otherwise modified by 

Commerce.16

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.17 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).18


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Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 

88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023). 

1See GOA’s Letter, ‘‘Request for the U.S. 

Department of Commerce to Initiate a Changed 

Circumstances Review of the Antidumping Duty 

Order on Aluminum Foil from the Republic of 

Armenia,’’ dated December 21, 2023 (CCR Request). 

2See Certain Aluminum Foil from the Republic 

of Armenia: Final Affirmative Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 86 FR 52882 

(September 23, 2021) (Foil from Armenia Final 

Determination). 

3See, e.g., Foil from Armenia Final 

Determination. 

4See section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Act. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, filed electronically using 

ACCESS. An electronically-filed request 

must be received successfully, and in its 

entirety, by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time, within 30 days after the 

date of publication of this notice. 

Hearing requests should contain (1) the 

party’s name, address, and telephone 

number, (2) the number of participants 

and whether any participant is a foreign 

national, and (3) a list of the issues to 

be discussed. If a request for a hearing 

is made, parties will be notified of the 

date and time for the hearing to be 

determined. 

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). 

Notification to Interested Parties 

These preliminary results and notice 

are issued and published in accordance 

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

the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213 and 

351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: February 7, 2024. 

Ryan Majerus, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Negotiations, performing the Non-exclusive 

Functions and Duties of the 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 

VIII. Interest Rate, Discount Rate, Input, 

Electricity, and Land Benchmarks 

IX. Analysis of Programs 

X. Recommendation 

Appendix II—Companies Rescinded 

from Review 

1. Bridgestone (Shenyang) Tire Co., Ltd. 

2. Bridgestone Tire Co. Ltd. 

3. Chongqing Hankook Tire Co., Ltd. 

4. Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co., Ltd 

5. Prinx Chengshan (Shandong) Tire 

Company Ltd. and its cross-owned 

companies: Chengshan Group Co., Ltd.; 

Shanghai Chengzhan Information and 

Technology Center; Prinx Chengshan 

(Qingdao) Industrial Research & Design 

Co., Ltd.; Shandong Prinx Chengshan 

Tire Technology Research Co., Ltd. 

6. Qingdao Fullrun Tyre Corp. Ltd. 

7. Sailun Group (Hong Kong) Co., Limited 

8. Sailun Group Co., Ltd. 

9. Shandong Haohua Tire Co., Ltd. 

10. Shandong Kaixuan Rubber Co., Ltd. 

11. Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd. 

12. Shandong Transtone Tyre Co., Ltd. 

13. Sinotyre International Group Co., Ltd 

14. Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd. 

15. Weifang Shunfuchang Rubber and Plastic 

Products Co., Ltd. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–831–804] 

Aluminum Foil From the Republic of 

Armenia: Initiation of Antidumping 

Duty Changed Circumstances Review 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) is initiating a 

changed circumstances review (CCR) of 

the antidumping duty (AD) order on 

aluminum foil from the Republic of 

Armenia (Armenia) to examine whether 

Armenia remains a non-market 

economy (NME) country for purposes of 

the application of the AD law. 

DATES: Applicable February 13, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Leah Wils-Owens or Chien-Min Yang, 

Office of Policy, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–4203 or (202) 482–5484, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 21, 2023, the 

Government of Armenia (GOA) 

submitted a letter to Commerce 

requesting that Commerce conduct a 

review of Armenia’s status as an NME 

country 1 within the context of a 

changed circumstances review (CCR) of 

the AD order on aluminum foil from 

Armenia.2 In its CCR Request, the GOA 

describes changes that have occurred in 

Armenia in recent years as they relate to 

each of the statutory criteria Commerce 

uses to evaluate a country’s market 

economy (ME) status. Specifically, the 

CCR Request provides information 

about the convertibility of the Armenian 

Dram, how wage rates in Armenia are 

determined by free bargaining between 

labor and management, and the extent 

to which joint ventures and other 

investments by firms from other 

countries are permitted in Armenia. The 

CCR Request also provides information 

on government ownership and control 

over the means of production and the 

allocation of resources in Armenia, as 

well as the government’s influence over 

enterprises’ price and output decisions. 

Finally, the GOA provided its views on 

other factors that could affect its ME 

status, including its persistent fight 

against government corruption and 

various reforms enacted in conjunction 

with its accession to the World Trade 

Organization. 

Initiation of Changed Circumstances 

Review 

Pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the 

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

when Commerce receives information 

concerning, or a request from an 

interested party for a review of, a final 

affirmative determination that resulted 

in an AD or countervailing duty order, 

which shows changed circumstances 

sufficient to warrant a review of such 

determination, Commerce shall conduct 

a review of the determination after 

publishing notice of the review in the 

Federal Register. Commerce finds that 

the GOA has provided sufficient 

evidence to initiate a review of 

Armenia’s NME status. Therefore, in 

response to this request, Commerce is 

initiating this CCR to examine whether 

Armenia is still an NME country for 

purposes of the application of the AD 

law, pursuant to sections 751(b) and 

771(18)(C)(ii) of the Act. Commerce has 

treated Armenia as an NME country in 

all past AD investigations and 

administrative reviews.3 An NME 

designation remains in effect until it is 

revoked by Commerce.4


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