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1See Antidumping Duty Order; Welded Carbon 

Steel Standard Pipe and Tube Products from 

Turkey, 51 FR 17784 (May 15, 1986) (Standard Pipe 

AD Order); Countervailing Duty Order: Certain 

Welded Carbon Steel Pipe and Tube Products from 

Turkey, 51 FR 7984 (March 7, 1986) (Standard Pipe 

CVD Order); Welded Line Pipe from the Republic 

of Korea and the Republic of Turkey: Antidumping 

Duty Orders, 80 FR 75056 (December 1, 2015) 

(Welded Line Pipe AD Order); Welded Line Pipe 

from the Republic of Turkey: Countervailing Duty 

Order, 80 FR 75054 (December 1, 2015) (Welded 

Line Pipe CVD Order); Certain Oil Country Tubular 

Goods from India, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, 

the Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist Republic 

of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders; and Certain 

Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Socialist 

Republic of Vietnam: Amended Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 79 

FR 53691, 53693 (September 10, 2014) (OCTG AD 

Order); Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from 

India and the Republic of Turkey: Countervailing 

Duty Orders and Amended Affirmative Final 

Countervailing Duty Determination for India, 79 FR 

53688 (September 10, 2014) (OCTG CVD Order); 

Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the Republic of 

Turkey: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping 

Duty Determination and Antidumping Duty Order, 

84 FR 18799 (May 2, 2019) (LDWP AD Order); and 

Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the Republic of 

Turkey: Countervailing Duty Order, 84 FR 18771 

(May 2, 2019) (LDWP CVD Order). 

2See Borusan Boru’s Letter, ‘‘Notification of 

Company Name Change and Request for Changed 

Circumstances Review, If Deemed Necessary: Name 

Change of Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve 

Ticaret A.S. and Boruson Mannesmann Pipe U.S.,’’ 

dated January 8, 2024 (Borusan Boru’s CCR 

Request). In Borusan Boru’s CCR Request, Borusan 

Boru also requested that Commerce conduct a CCR 

to determine if Borusan Mannesmann Pipe U.S. is 

the successor-in-interest to Borusan Pipe U.S. Inc. 

However, because we do not assign cash deposit 

rates to U.S. companies, we do not intend to 

conduct this analysis. 

3 Id. 

4See Standard Pipe AD Order, 51 FR at 17784; 

Standard Pipe CVD Order, 51 FR at 7984; Welded 

Line Pipe AD Order, 80 FR at 75056–57; Welded 

Line Pipe CVD Order, 80 FR at 75054; OCTG AD 

Order, 79 FR at 53691–92; OCTG CVD Order, 79 FR 

at 53689; LDWP AD Order, 84 FR at 18801; and 

LDWP CVD Order, 84 FR at 18773. 

5See Borusan Boru’s CCR Request. 

6See, e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp 

from India: Initiation and Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 

81 FR 75376 (October 31, 2016) (Shrimp from India 

Preliminary Results), unchanged in Certain Frozen 

Warmwater Shrimp from India: Notice of Final 

Results of Antidumping Duty Changed 

Circumstances Review, 81 FR 90774 (December 15, 

2016) (Shrimp from India Final Results). 

7See, e.g., Shrimp from India Preliminary Results, 

81 FR at 75377, unchanged in Shrimp from India 

Final Results, 81 FR at 90774. 

8 Id.; see also Notice of Final Results of Changed 

Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review: Polychloroprene Rubber from Japan, 67 FR 

58, 59 (January 2, 2002); Ball Bearings and Parts 

Thereof from France: Final Results of ChangedCircumstances Review, 75 FR 34688, 34689 (June 

18, 2010); and Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel 

Pipe from the Republic of Korea; Preliminary 

Results of Antidumping Duty Changed 

Circumstances Review, 63 FR 14679 (March 26, 

1998), unchanged in Circular Welded Non-Alloy 

Steel Pipe from Korea; Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 

63 FR 20572 (April 27, 1998), in which Commerce 

found that a company which only changed its name 

and did not change its operations is a successor-ininterest to the company before it changed its name. 

Register AD and CVD orders on 

standard pipe, WLP, OCTG, and LDWP 

from Turkey.1 On January 9, 2024, 

Borusan Boru requested that, pursuant 

to section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act), 19 CFR 

351.216, and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3), 

Commerce conduct expedited CCRs to 

determine that Borusan Boru is the 

successor-in-interest to BMB and 

accordingly to: (1) assign it the cash 

deposit rates currently applicable to 

BMB pursuant to Standard Pipe AD 

Order; Standard Pipe CVD Order; 

Welded Line Pipe AD Order; Welded 

Line Pipe CVD Order; and OCTG CVD 

Order; and (2) exclude it from OCTG AD 

Order; LDWP AD Order; and LDWP CVD 

Order.2 In its submission, Borusan Boru 

stated that in 2023 it changed its name 

from BMB pursuant to the termination 

of its partnership with Salzgitter 

Mannesmann GmbH.3

Scope of the Orders 

The merchandise covered by these 

orders is standard pipe, WLP, OCTG, 

and LDWP from Turkey. For a complete 

description of the scope of each of these 

orders, see Standard Pipe AD Order; 

Standard Pipe CVD Order; Welded Line 

Pipe AD Order; Welded Line Pipe CVD 

Order; OCTG AD Order; OCTG CVD 

Order; LDWP AD Order; and LDWP CVD 

Order.4

Initiation of CCRs 

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

Act and 19 CFR 351.216(d), Commerce 

conducts a CCR upon receipt of 

information concerning, or a request 

from, an interested party for a review of 

an AD or CVD order which shows 

changed circumstances sufficient to 

warrant a review of the order. The 

information submitted by Borusan Boru 

regarding its claim that it is the 

successor-in-interest to BMB 

demonstrates changed circumstances 

sufficient to warrant the initiation of 

such reviews.5 Therefore, in accordance 

with section 751(b)(1)(A) of the Act and 

19 CFR 351.216(d) and (e), we are 

initiating these CCRs. 

In making a successor-in-interest 

determination, Commerce examines 

several factors, including, but not 

limited to, changes in the following: (1) 

management; (2) production facilities; 

(3) supplier relationships; and (4) 

customer base.6 While no single factor 

or combination of factors will 

necessarily provide a dispositive 

indication of a successor-in-interest 

relationship, generally, Commerce will 

consider the new company to be the 

successor to the previous company if 

the new company’s resulting operation 

is not materially dissimilar to that of its 

predecessor.7 Thus, if the record 

evidence demonstrates that, with 

respect to the production and sale of the 

subject merchandise, the new company 

operates as the same business entity as 

the predecessor company, Commerce 

may assign the new company the cash 

deposit rate of its predecessor.8

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii), 

Commerce may combine the notices of 

initiation and preliminary results of a 

CCR into a single notice if it concludes 

that expedited action is warranted. We 

have determined that it is appropriate to 

further consider, and potentially seek 

additional information regarding, 

certain factors noted above that 

Commerce examines in a successor-ininterest determination. Therefore, we 

find that expedited action is not 

warranted. Commerce intends to make 

its preliminary determinations and to 

publish in the Federal Register a notice 

of the preliminary results of these CCRs, 

in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(4) and (c)(3)(i), which will 

set forth Commerce’s preliminary 

factual and legal conclusions. Pursuant 

to 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(ii), interested 

parties will have an opportunity to 

comment on the preliminary results. 

Unless extended, Commerce intends 

to issue the final results of this CCR 

within 270 days after the date of 

initiation, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.216(e). 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing this notice in 

accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 

777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(b) 

and 351.221(b)(1). 

Dated: February 20, 2024. 

James Maeder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03856 Filed 2–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–824] 

Antidumping Duty Order on 

Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, 

Sheet, and Strip From India: 

Preliminary Results of Changed 

Circumstances Review 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 


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1See Notice of Amended Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 

Antidumping Duty Order: Polyethylene 

Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from India, 67 

FR 44175 (July 1, 2002) (Order). 

2The notice of initiation of this CCR referred to 

this company as Garware Hi-Tech. We clarify that 

the full name of the company requesting this CCR 

is Garware Hi-Tech Films Limited, hereafter 

abbreviated as Garware Hi-Tech. See Polyethylene 

Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip from India: 

Initiation of Antidumping Duty Changed 

Circumstances Review; Garware, 88 FR 57090 

(August 22, 2023) (Initiation Notice). 

3 Id. 

4See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Changed 

Circumstances Review of the Antidumping Duty 

Order on Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet 

and Strip (PET Film) from India: Supplemental 

Questionnaire,’’ dated September 12, 2023. 

5See Garware Hi-Tech’s Letter, ‘‘Garware Hi-Tech 

Films Limited’s request for a Changed 

Circumstances Review Response to 1st 

Supplemental Questionnaire,’’ dated September 25, 

2023. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Polyethylene Terephthalate 

Film, Sheet, and Strip from India: Preliminary 

Results of Changed Circumstances Review,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

7See, e.g., Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from 

France: Final Results of Changed-Circumstances 

Review, 75 FR 34688 (June 18, 2010), and 

accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at 

Comment 1. 

8See, e.g., Fresh and Chilled Atlantic Salmon 

from Norway; Final Results of Changed 

Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review, 64 FR 9979, 9979–80 (March 1, 1999). 

9 Id.; see also Brass Sheet and Strip from Canada; 

Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review, 57 FR 20460 (May 13, 1992) at Comment 

1. 

10Commerce is exercising its discretion under 19 

CFR 351.309(c)(1)(i) to alter the time limit for the 

filing of case briefs. 

11See 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 

Service Final Rule). 

12See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

13We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

determines that Garware Hi-Tech Films 

Limited (Garware Hi-Tech) is the 

successor-in-interest to Garware 

Polyester Limited (Garware Polyester) 

for purposes of the antidumping duty 

(AD) order on polyethylene 

terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET 

film) from India. Accordingly, Garware 

Hi-Tech is entitled to Garware 

Polyester’s AD cash deposit rates with 

respect to entries of subject merchandise 

in the above referenced proceedings. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable February 26, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jacqueline Arrowsmith, 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) 482–5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 22, 2023, Commerce 

published the initiation of a changed 

circumstances review (CCR) on the AD 

order 1 of PET film from India for 

Garware Hi-Tech.2 Commerce declined 

to combine the Initiation Notice with 

the preliminary results of the CCR, 

citing the need to issue a supplemental 

questionnaire to Garware Hi-Tech 

regarding its ownership and 

management structure.3 On September 

12, 2023, Commerce issued a 

supplemental questionnaire to Garware 

Hi-Tech seeking clarification about 

ownership and management structure 

and its suppliers.4 On September 25, 

2023, Garware Hi-Tech timely 

submitted its response to this 

questionnaire.5 No other interested 

party submitted comments or factual 

information regarding Garware HiTech’s request. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise subject to the Order 

is PET film. The product is currently 

classifiable under subheading 

3920.62.00.90 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 

Although the HTSUS number is 

provided for convenience and for 

customs purposes, the full written 

product description, available in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum, 

remains dispositive.6

Legal Framework 

In this CCR, pursuant to section 

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

amended (the Act), Commerce 

conducted a successor-in-interest 

analysis. In determining whether one 

company is the successor-in-interest to 

another company as part of an AD 

proceeding, Commerce examines several 

factors including, but not limited to, 

changes in (1) management and 

ownership; (2) production facilities; (3) 

supplier relationships; and (4) customer 

base.7 Although no single, or even 

several, of these factors will necessarily 

provide a dispositive indication of 

succession, generally, Commerce will 

consider a company to be the successorin-interest if its resulting operation is 

not materially dissimilar to that of its 

predecessor.8 Thus, if the ‘‘totality of 

circumstances’’ demonstrate that, with 

respect to the production and sale of the 

subject merchandise, the new company 

operates as essentially the same 

business entity as the prior company, 

Commerce will assign the successor-ininterest the cash deposit rate of its 

predecessor.9

Preliminary Results of Review 

We preliminarily determine that 

Garware Hi-Tech is the successor-ininterest to Garware Polyester. Record 

evidence submitted by Garware Hi-Tech 

indicates that, based on the totality of 

the circumstances under Commerce’s 

successor-in-interest criteria, Garware 

Hi-Tech operates as materially the same 

business entity as Garware Polyester 

with respect to the production and sale 

of subject merchandise. For a complete 

discussion of the information that 

Garware Hi-Tech provided and the 

complete successor-in-interest analysis, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. A list of topics included 

in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as an 

attachment 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/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than 30 days after 

the date of publication of this notice.10

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.11 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.12

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.13 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 


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14See APO and Final Service Rule. 

15See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, 

and Strip from India: Final Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review; 2017–2018, 85 FR 

14883, 14884 (March 16, 2020), as amended by 

Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip 

from India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2017–2018; Correction, 88 

FR 87751 (December 19, 2023). 

1See Certain Quartz Surface Products from the 

People’s Republic of China: Final Scope Ruling on 

Malaysian Processed Quartz Slab and Recission of 

the Circumvention Inquiry, 87 FR 64009, 64010 

(October 21, 2022) (Malaysia Processed Final Scope 

Ruling). 

2 Id. 

3See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

To Request Administrative Review and Join Annual 

Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 42693 (July 3, 2023). 

4See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

62322 (September 11, 2023) (Initiation Notice). 

5See Malaysian Processed Final Scope Ruling, 87 

FR at 64010. 

6See 19 CFR 351.213(e)(1)–(2), which provides 

that ‘‘{w}hile AD/CVD reviews normally are limited 

to 12 months or the calendar year, Commerce has 

the discretion to determine the period under 

review.’’ 

decision memorandum that will 

accompany the final results in this CCR. 

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).14

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, filed electronically via 

ACCESS, within 30 days of publication 

of this notice. Requests should contain 

the following information: (1) the 

party’s name, address, and telephone 

number; (2) the number of participants; 

and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. 

If a request for a hearing is made, 

Commerce will inform parties of the 

time and date for the hearing. 

Final Results of Review 

Consistent with 19 CFR 351.216(e), 

we intend to issue the final results of 

this CCR no later than 270 days after the 

date on which this review was initiated. 

If we continue to find that Garware HiTech is the successor-in-interest to 

Garware Polyester, we will assign 

Garware Hi-Tech the cash deposit rate 

currently assigned to Garware Polyester 

(i.e., 4.45 percent).15

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

preliminary results in accordance with 

sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: February 20, 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 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Successor-in-Interest Determination 

V. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2024–03860 Filed 2–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–084, C–570–085] 

Certain Quartz Surface Products From 

the People’s Republic of China: 

Expansion of the Period of Review and 

Supplemental Opportunity To Request 

Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) is expanding the 

period of review (POR) for the current 

antidumping duty (AD) and 

countervailing duty (CVD) 

administrative reviews of certain quartz 

surface products (quartz surface 

products) from the People’s Republic of 

China (China) to include entries 

suspended by the final scope ruling on 

Malaysian processed quartz slab prior to 

the current POR of the instant reviews. 

Additionally, Commerce is providing a 

supplemental opportunity for interested 

parties to request a review of certain 

companies currently ineligible for the 

scope certification process with 

suspended entries during the expanded 

POR solely for the purposes of 

examining their certification status. 

DATES: Supplemental requests for 

review must be submitted no later than 

March 11, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay 

K. Menon, AD/CVD Operations, Office 

IX, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482–0208. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 21, 2022, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

final scope ruling on Malaysian 

processed quartz slab, finding that 

imports of quartz slab manufactured in 

China and processed in Malaysia are 

covered by the AD and CVD orders on 

quartz surface products from China.1 As 

part of this determination, Commerce 

implemented a certification requirement 

for all imports of quartz surface 

products from Malaysia, effective 

November 4, 2021, and also directed 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) to suspend liquidation and 

require cash deposit for entries subject 

to the scope inquiry retroactive to this 

same date.2

On July 3, 2023, Commerce notified 

interested parties of the opportunity to 

request administrative reviews of the 

AD and CVD orders on quartz surface 

products from China for the periods: (1) 

July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023 for 

the AD administrative review; and (2) 

January 1, 2022, through December 31, 

2022 for the CVD administrative 

review.3 On September 11, 2023, 

Commerce initiated administrative 

reviews of the AD and CVD orders on 

quartz surface products from China for 

these periods.4

Expanding the PORs of the AD and CVD 

Administrative Reviews 

As noted above, in the Malaysia 

Processed Final Scope Ruling published 

on October 21, 2022, Commerce 

imposed a certification requirement and 

also directed CBP to suspend 

liquidation and require cash deposit for 

entries subject to the inquiry effective 

November 4, 2021.5 Therefore, 

consistent with 19 CFR 351.213(e)(1)– 

(2),6 to ensure that Commerce is 

examining all suspended entries which 

were not previously under review, we 

are expanding the ongoing AD and CVD 

administrative reviews to cover the 

following periods: (1) November 1, 

2021, through June 30, 2023 for the AD 

administrative review; and (2) 

November 1, 2021, through December 

31, 2022 for the CVD administrative 

review. 

Supplemental Opportunity To Request 

Administrative Review 

In the Malaysia Processed Final Scope 

Ruling, we determined that the 

following companies were ineligible 

from participating in the scope 

certification process because they did 

not fully participate in the proceeding: 

Bada Industries SDN BHD (Bada 

Industries); Ever Stone World SDN BHD 

(Ever Stone); Karina Stone; MSI 

Building Supply SDN (MSI); Principal 

Safwa (M) SDN (Principal Safwa); 

Resstone Manufacturing (Resstone); 


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