Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 193 / Friday, October 4, 2024 / Notices 80865 

1See Certain High Chrome Cast Iron Grinding 

Media from India: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigation, 89 FR 45640 (May 23, 2024) 

(Initiation Notice). 2See Certain High Chrome Cast Iron Grinding 

Media from India: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determination in the Countervailing Duty 

Investigation, 89 FR 56731 (July 10, 2024). 3See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination of the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain High 

Chrome Cast Iron Grinding Media from India,’’ 

dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 

this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

5See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997) 

(Preamble). 

6See Initiation Notice, 89 FR 45641. 

7See 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. 

8See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Request to Align the 

Final Determinations,’’ dated September 19, 2024. 

9As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce preliminarily finds AIA 

to be cross owned with the following companies: 

(1) Vega; and (2) Welcast. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–533–931] 

Certain High Chrome Cast Iron 

Grinding Media From India: 

Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination, and Alignment of 

Final Determination With Final 

Antidumping Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of certain high 

chrome cast iron grinding media 

(grinding media) from India. The period 

of investigation is April 1, 2023, through 

March 31, 2024. Interested parties are 

invited to comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable October 4, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Crespo or Gorden Struck, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–3693 or (202) 482–8151, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on May 23, 2024.1 On July 10, 2024, 

Commerce postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation.2 On 

July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain 

deadlines in this administrative 

proceeding by seven days.3 The 

deadline for the preliminary 

determination is now September 30, 

2024. 

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.4 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II in 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. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is grinding media from 

India. For a complete description of the 

scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,5 in the 

Initiation Notice Commerce set aside a 

period of time for parties to raise issues 

regarding product coverage, (i.e., 

scope).6 Certain interested parties 

commented on the scope of the 

antidumping duty (AD) and 

countervailing duty (CVD) 

investigations as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. Commerce intends to 

issue its preliminary decision regarding 

the scope of the AD and CVD 

investigations on or before the 

preliminary determination of the 

companion AD investigation. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs 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.7 For a 

full description of the methodology 

underlying our preliminary 

determination, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Alignment 

In accordance with section 705(a)(1) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4), 

Commerce is aligning the final CVD 

determination in this investigation with 

the final determination in the 

concurrent less than fair value (LTFV) 

investigation of grinding media from 

India, based on a request made by the 

petitioner.8 Consequently, the final CVD 

determination will be issued on the 

same date as the final LTFV 

determination, which is currently 

scheduled to be issued no later than 

February 12, 2025, unless postponed. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act provide that in the preliminary 

determination, Commerce shall 

determine an estimated all-others rate 

for companies not individually 

examined. This rate shall be an amount 

equal to the weighted average of the 

estimated subsidy rates established for 

those companies individually 

examined, excluding any zero and de 

minimis rates and any rates based 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. 

In this investigation, Commerce 

preliminarily calculated an individual 

estimated countervailable subsidy rate 

for AIA Engineering Limited (AIA) and 

its affiliates Vega Industries (Middle 

East) F.Z.C (Vega) and Welcast Steels 

Ltd. (Welcast), the only individually 

examined exporter/producer in this 

investigation, which is not zero, de 

minimis, or based entirely on facts 

otherwise available. The countervailable 

subsidy rate calculated for AIA, Vega, 

and Welcast is the rate assigned to allother producers and exporters, pursuant 

to section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates exist: 9

Company 

Subsidy 

rate 

(percent 

ad valorem) 

AIA Engineering Limited; Vega 

Industries (Middle East) 

F.Z.C; Welcast Steels Ltd ..... 3.36 

All Others .................................. 3.36 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 


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10See 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). 

11See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

12We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 13See APO and Service Final Rule. 

interested parties in this preliminary 

determination within five days of its 

public announcement, or if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of this notice in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Consistent with 19 CFR 351.224(e), 

Commerce will analyze and, if 

appropriate, correct any timely 

allegations of significant ministerial 

errors by amending the preliminary 

determination. However, consistent 

with 19 CFR 351.224(d), Commerce will 

not consider incomplete allegations that 

do not address the significance standard 

under 19 CFR 351.224(g) following the 

preliminary determination. Instead, 

Commerce will address such allegations 

in the final determination together with 

issues raised in the case briefs or other 

written comments. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, 

Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) to suspend 

liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise as described in the scope 

of the investigation entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.205(d), Commerce will instruct CBP 

to require a cash deposit equal to the 

rates indicated above. 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than seven days 

after the date on which the last 

verification report is issued in this 

investigation. 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.10 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.11

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 

investigation, we instead request that 

interested parties provide at the 

beginning of their briefs a public, 

executive summary for each issue raised 

in their briefs.12 Further, we request that 

interested parties limit their public 

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 determination in 

this investigation. We request that 

interested parties include footnotes for 

relevant citations in the public 

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).13

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 within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at a time and 

date to be determined. Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date, time, and 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. All submissions, 

including case and rebuttal briefs, as 

well as hearing requests, should be filed 

using ACCESS. An electronically-filed 

document must be received successfully 

in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on the established 

deadline. 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its determination. If the final 

determination is affirmative, the ITC 

will determine before the later of 120 

days after the date of this preliminary 

determination or 45 days after the final 

determination, whether imports of 

grinding media from India are 

materially injuring, or threaten material 

injury to, the U.S. industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.205(c). 

Dated: September 30, 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 

Scope of the Investigation 

The scope of this investigation covers 

chrome cast iron grinding media in spherical 

(ball) or ovoid shape, with an alloy 

composition of seven percent or more (≥ 7 

percent of total mass) chromium (Cr) content 

and produced through the casting method, 

with a nominal diameter of up to 127 

millimeters (mm) and tolerance of plus or 

minus 10 mm. The products covered by the 

scope are currently classified under 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS) subheading 7325.91.0000. 

This HTSUS subheading is provided for 

convenience and U.S. Customs purposes 

only. The written description of the scope is 

dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Injury Test 

IV. Subsidies Valuation 

V. Loan Benchmarks and Interest Rates 

VI. Analysis of Programs 

VII. Recommendation 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–552–842] 

Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled Into 

Modules, From the Socialist Republic 

of Vietnam: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, 

Preliminary Affirmative Critical 

Circumstances Determination, in Part, 

and Alignment of Final Determination 

With Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 


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