10036 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 30 / Tuesday, February 13, 2024 / Notices 

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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5See Administrative Protective Order, Service, 

and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 

67077 (September 29, 2023). 

1See Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from 

Mexico: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review, Preliminary Determination 

of No Shipments, and Notice of Intent to Rescind, 

in Part; 2021–2022, 88 FR 69907 (October 10, 2023) 

(Preliminary Results), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

2See Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from 

Brazil, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, and Poland: 

Antidumping Duty Orders, 82 FR 42790 (September 

12, 2017) (Order). 

3See Preliminary Results, 88 FR at 69907–08. 

Opportunity for Public Comment and 

Submission of Factual Information 

As part of this inquiry to review 

Armenia’s NME country status, 

Commerce invites public comments on 

Armenia’s economy on the following 

factors enumerated by section 

771(18)(B) of the Act, which Commerce 

must consider in making ME/NME 

determinations: 

(i) the extent to which the currency of 

the foreign country is convertible into 

the currency of other countries; 

(ii) the extent to which wage rates in 

the foreign country are determined by 

free bargaining between labor and 

management; 

(iii) the extent to which joint ventures 

or other investments by firms of other 

foreign countries are permitted in the 

foreign country; 

(iv) the extent of government 

ownership or control over the means of 

production; 

(v) the extent of government control 

over allocation of resources and over 

price and output decisions of 

enterprises; and 

(vi) such factors as the administering 

authority considers appropriate. 

The deadline for the submission of 

comments is not later than 30 days after 

the date of publication of this notice. 

Rebuttal comments, limited to issues 

raised in parties’ affirmative comments, 

may be filed not later than 14 days after 

the date for filing affirmative comments. 

Interested parties must submit 

comments and factual information at the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://

www.Regulations.gov. The identification 

number is ITA–2024–0001. An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully in its entirety by 

5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date 

set forth in this notice.5

Parties may request a hearing in their 

comments. If Commerce determines that 

a hearing is warranted, parties will be 

notified of the date and time for the 

hearing, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.310(d). 

Unless extended, consistent with 19 

CFR 351.216(e), we will issue the final 

results of this CCR no later than 270 

days after the date on which this review 

was initiated. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice is issued and published in 

accordance with sections 771(b)(1) and 

777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b) 

and (c)(3). 

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. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–201–848] 

Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber 

from Mexico: Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review, Final Determination of No 

Shipments, and Partial Rescission; 

2021–2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

Industrias Negromex S.A. de C.V. 

(Negromex) did not make sales of 

emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber (ESB 

rubber) from Mexico at less than normal 

value during the period of review (POR), 

September 1, 2021, through August 31, 

2022. Commerce also determines that 

Dynasol Elastomeros, S.A. de C.V. 

(Dynasol Elastomeros) had no 

shipments during the POR. 

Additionally, we are rescinding this 

review with respect to Dynasol LLC 

(Dynasol). 

DATES: Applicable February 13, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Maciuba, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office V, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–0413. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 10, 2023, Commerce 

published the Preliminary Results and 

invited interested parties to comment.1

No interested party submitted 

comments on the Preliminary Results. 

Accordingly, the final results remain 

unchanged from the Preliminary 

Results. Commerce conducted this 

review in accordance with section 751 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). 

Scope of the Order 2

The merchandise covered by the 

Order is ESB rubber from Mexico. For 

a complete description of the scope of 

the Order, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Rate for Companies Not Selected for 

Individual Examination 

The Act and Commerce’s regulations 

do not address the establishment of a 

rate to be applied to companies not 

selected for individual examination 

when Commerce limits its examination 

in an administrative review pursuant to 

section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, 

Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of 

the Act, which provides instructions for 

calculating the all-others rate in an 

investigation, for guidance when 

calculating the rate for companies 

which were not selected for individual 

examination in an administrative 

review. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act, the all-others rate is normally 

‘‘an amount equal to the weighted 

average of the estimated weighted 

average dumping margins established 

for exporters and producers 

individually investigated, excluding any 

zero or de minimis margins, and any 

margins determined entirely {on the 

basis of facts available}.’’ 

However, pursuant to section 

735(c)(5)(B) of the Act, if the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

established for all exporters and 

producers individually examined are 

zero, de minimis, or determined based 

entirely on facts otherwise available, 

Commerce may use any reasonable 

method to establish the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin for 

all other producers or exporters. 

For these final results, we continue to 

determine that the weighted-average 

dumping margin for Negromex is zero 

percent. Therefore, we are applying a 

rate of zero percent to the companies 

not selected for individual examination 

in accordance with section 735(c)(5)(B) 

of the Act. 

Final Determination of No Shipments 

In the Preliminary Results, Commerce 

determined that Dynasol Elastomeros 

did not have suspended entries of 

subject merchandise during the POR.3

No parties commented on Commerce’s 

preliminary no-shipment determination. 

Therefore, for these final results, we 


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