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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 227 (Monday, November 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 92901-92906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27494]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-187, C-533-937]

Overhead Door Counterbalance Torsion Springs From the People's 
Republic of China and India: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 
Investigations

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

DATES: Applicable November 18, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Horn (the People's Republic of 
China (China)) and Krisha Hill (India), AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement 
and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-4868 and (202) 482-4037, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Petitions

    On October 29, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
received countervailing duty (CVD) petitions concerning imports of 
overhead door counterbalance torsion springs (overhead door springs) 
from China and India filed in proper form on behalf of IDC Group, Inc., 
Iowa Spring Manufacturing, Inc., and Service Spring Corp. 
(collectively, the petitioners), U.S. producers of overhead door 
springs.\1\ The CVD Petitions were accompanied by antidumping duty (AD) 
petitions concerning imports of overhead door springs from China and 
India.\2\
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    \1\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Petitions for the Imposition of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duties,'' dated October 29, 2024 
(Petitions).
    \2\ Id.
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    Between October 30 and November 15, 2024, Commerce requested 
supplemental information pertaining to certain aspects of the 
Petitions.\3\

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Between November 4 and 15, 2024, the petitioners filed timely responses 
to these requests for additional information.\4\
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    \3\ See Commerce's Letters, ``Supplemental Questions,'' dated 
November 1, 2024 (General Issues Questionnaire), see also Country-
Specific CVD Supplemental Questionnaires: China Supplemental and 
India Supplemental, dated October 30, 2024, and November 4, 2024; 
and Memorandum, ``Phone Call,'' dated November 15, 2024 (November 
15, 2024, Memorandum).
    \4\ See Petitioners' Letters, ``Petitioners' Supplement to 
Volume I of the Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping and 
Countervailing duties on Imports from China and India,'' dated 
November 7, 2024 (General Issues Supplement); see also Country-
Specific CVD Supplemental Responses: China CVD Supplement and India 
CVD Supplement, dated November 4, 2024, and November 7, 2024; and 
Petitioners' Letter, ``Petitioners' Amendment to the Scope of the 
Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties 
on Imports from China and India,'' dated November 15, 2024 (Scope 
Supplement).
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    In accordance with section 702(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), the petitioners allege that the Government of China 
(GOC) and the Government of India (GOI) (collectively, Governments) are 
providing countervailable subsidies, within the meaning of sections 701 
and 771(5) of the Act, to producers of overhead door springs from China 
and India and that such imports are materially injuring, or threatening 
material injury to, the domestic industry producing overhead door 
springs in the United States. Consistent with section 702(b)(1) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.202(b), for those alleged programs on which we are 
initiating CVD investigations, the Petitions were accompanied by 
information reasonably available to the petitioners supporting their 
allegations.
    Commerce finds that the petitioners filed the Petitions on behalf 
of the domestic industry because the petitioners are interested 
parties, as defined in section 771(9)(C) of the Act. Commerce also 
finds that the petitioners demonstrated sufficient industry support 
with respect to the initiation of the requested CVD investigations.\5\
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    \5\ See section on ``Determination of Industry Support for the 
Petitions,'' infra.
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Periods of Investigation

    Because the Petitions were filed on October 29, 2024, the periods 
of investigation for the China and India CVD investigations are January 
1, 2023, through December 31, 2023.\6\
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.204(b)(2).
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Scope of the Investigations

    The products covered by these investigations are overhead door 
springs from China and India. For a full description of the scope of 
these investigations, see the appendix to this notice.

Comments on the Scope of the Investigations

    On November 1 and 15, 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 November 7 and 15, 2024, the petitioners 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.
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    \7\ See General Issues Questionnaire; see also November 15, 
2024, Memorandum.
    \8\ See General Issues Supplement at 3-18; see also Scope 
Supplement at 2 and Attachment.
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    As discussed in the Preamble to Commerce's regulations, we are 
setting aside a period for interested parties to raise issues regarding 
product coverage (i.e., scope).\9\ Commerce will consider all comments 
received from interested parties and, if necessary, will consult with 
interested parties prior to the issuance of the preliminary 
determinations. If scope comments include factual information, all such 
factual information should be limited to public information.\10\ To 
facilitate preparation of its questionnaires, Commerce requests that 
scope comments be submitted by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on December 
9, 2024, which is the next business day after 20 calendar days from the 
signature date of this notice.\11\ Any rebuttal comments, which may 
include factual information, must be filed by 5:00 p.m. ET on December 
19, 2024, which is 10 calendar days from the initial comment deadline.
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    \9\ See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties; Final Rule, 
62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997) (Preamble).
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) (defining ``factual 
information'').
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.303(b)(1). The deadline for scope comments 
falls on December 8, 2024, which is a Sunday. In accordance with 19 
CFR 351.303(b)(1), Commerce will accept comments filed by 5:00 p.m. 
ET on December 9, 2024 (``For both electronically filed and manually 
filed documents, if the applicable due date falls on a non-business 
day, the Secretary will accept documents that are filed on the next 
business day.'').
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    Commerce requests that any factual information that parties 
consider relevant to the scope of the investigations be submitted 
during that time period. However, if a party subsequently finds that 
additional factual information pertaining to the scope of the 
investigations may be relevant, the party must contact Commerce and 
request permission to submit the additional information. All scope 
comments must be filed simultaneously on the records of the concurrent 
AD and CVD investigations.

Filing Requirements

    All submissions to Commerce must be filed electronically via 
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS), unless an exception 
applies.\12\ An electronically filed document must be received 
successfully in its entirety by the time and date it is due.
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    \12\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Electronic Filing Procedures; Administrative Protective Order 
Procedures, 76 FR 39263 (July 6, 2011); see also Enforcement and 
Compliance; Change of Electronic Filing System Name, 79 FR 69046 
(November 20, 2014), for details of Commerce's electronic filing 
requirements, effective August 5, 2011. Information on using ACCESS 
can be found at https://access.trade.gov/help.aspx and a handbook 
can be found at https://access.trade.gov/help/Handbook_on_Electronic_Filing_Procedures.pdf.
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Consultations

    Pursuant to sections 702(b)(4)(A)(i) and (ii) of the Act, Commerce 
notified the Governments of the receipt of the Petitions and provided 
an opportunity for consultations with respect to the Petitions.\13\ The 
GOC and the GOI did not request consultations.
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    \13\ See Commerce's Letters, ``Invitation for Consultation to 
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Determination of Industry Support for the Petitions

    Section 702(b)(1) of the Act requires that a petition be filed on 
behalf of the domestic industry. Section 702(c)(4)(A) of the Act 
provides that a petition meets this requirement if the domestic 
producers or workers who support the petition account for: (i) at least 
25 percent of the total production of the domestic like product; and 
(ii) more than 50 percent of the production of the domestic like 
product produced by that portion of the industry expressing support 
for, or opposition to, the petition. Moreover, section 702(c)(4)(D) of 
the Act provides that, if the petition does not establish support of 
domestic producers or workers accounting for more than 50 percent of 
the total production of the domestic like product, Commerce shall: (i) 
poll the industry or rely on other information in order to determine if 
there is support for the petition, as required by subparagraph (A); or 
(ii) determine industry support using a statistically valid sampling 
method to poll the ``industry.''
    Section 771(4)(A) of the Act defines the ``industry'' as the 
producers as a whole of a domestic like product. Thus, to determine 
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requisite industry support, the statute directs Commerce to look to 
producers and workers who produce the domestic like product. The U.S. 
International Trade Commission (ITC), which is responsible for 
determining whether ``the domestic industry'' has been injured, must 
also determine what constitutes a domestic like product in order to 
define the industry. While both Commerce and the ITC apply the same 
statutory definition regarding the domestic like product,\14\ they do 
so for different purposes and pursuant to a separate and distinct 
authority. In addition, Commerce's determination is subject to 
limitations of time and information. Although this may result in 
different definitions of the like product, such differences do not 
render the decision of either agency contrary to law.\15\
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    \14\ See section 771(10) of the Act.
    \15\ See USEC, Inc. v. United States, 132 F. Supp. 2d 1, 8 (CIT 
2001) (citing Algoma Steel Corp., Ltd. v. United States, 688 F. 
Supp. 639, 644 (CIT 1988), aff'd Algoma Steel Corp., Ltd. v. United 
States, 865 F.2d 240 (Fed. Cir. 1989)).
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    Section 771(10) of the Act defines the domestic like product as ``a 
product which is like, or in the absence of like, most similar in 
characteristics and uses with, the article subject to an investigation 
under this title.'' Thus, the reference point from which the domestic 
like product analysis begins is ``the article subject to an 
investigation'' (i.e., the class or kind of merchandise to be 
investigated, which normally will be the scope as defined in the 
petition).
    With regard to the domestic like product, the petitioners do not 
offer a definition of the domestic like product distinct from the scope 
of the investigations.\16\ Based on our analysis of the information 
submitted on the record, we have determined that overhead door springs, 
as defined in the scope, constitute a single domestic like product, and 
we have analyzed industry support in terms of that domestic like 
product.\17\
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    \16\ For a discussion of the domestic like product analysis as 
applied to these cases and information regarding industry support, 
see Checklists, ``Countervailing Duty Investigation Initiation 
Checklists: Overhead Door Counterbalance Torsion Springs from the 
People's Republic of China and India,'' dated concurrently with, and 
hereby adopted by, this notice (Country-Specific CVD Initiation 
Checklists), at Attachment II, Analysis of Industry Support for the 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions Covering Overhead Door 
Counterbalance Torsion Springs from the People's Republic of China 
and India (Attachment II). These checklists are on file 
electronically via ACCESS.
    \17\ See Attachment II of the Country-Specific CVD Initiation 
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    In determining whether the petitioners have standing under section 
702(c)(4)(A) of the Act, we considered the industry support data 
contained in the Petitions with reference to the domestic like product 
as defined in the ``Scope of the Investigations,'' in the appendix to 
this notice. To establish industry support, the petitioners provided 
their own production of the domestic like product in 2023 and compared 
this to the estimated total 2023 production of the domestic like 
product for the entire industry.\18\ We relied on data provided by the 
petitioners for purposes of measuring industry support.\19\
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    \18\ Id.
    \19\ For further discussion, see Attachment II of the Country-
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    Our review of the data provided in the Petitions, the General 
Issues Supplement, and other information readily available to Commerce 
indicates that the petitioners have established industry support for 
the Petitions.\20\ First, the Petitions established support from 
domestic producers (or workers) accounting for more than 50 percent of 
the total production of the domestic like product and, as such, 
Commerce is not required to take further action in order to evaluate 
industry support (e.g., polling).\21\ Second, the domestic producers 
(or workers) have met the statutory criteria for industry support under 
section 702(c)(4)(A)(i) of the Act because the domestic producers (or 
workers) who support the Petitions account for at least 25 percent of 
the total production of the domestic like product.\22\ Finally, the 
domestic producers (or workers) have met the statutory criteria for 
industry support under section 702(c)(4)(A)(ii) of the Act because the 
domestic producers (or workers) who support the Petitions account for 
more than 50 percent of the production of the domestic like product 
produced by that portion of the industry expressing support for, or 
opposition to, the Petitions.\23\ Accordingly, Commerce determines that 
the Petitions were filed on behalf of the domestic industry within the 
meaning of section 702(b)(1) of the Act.\24\
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    \20\ For further discussion, see Attachment II of the Country-
Specific CVD Initiation Checklists.
    \21\ Id.; see also section 702(c)(4)(D) of the Act.
    \22\ See Attachment II of the Country-Specific CVD Initiation 
Checklists.
    \23\ Id.
    \24\ Id.
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Injury Test

    Because China and India are ``Subsidies Agreement Countries'' 
within the meaning of section 701(b) of the Act, section 701(a)(2) of 
the Act applies to these investigations. Accordingly, the ITC must 
determine whether imports of the subject merchandise from China and/or 
India materially injure, or threaten material injury to, a U.S. 
industry.

Allegations and Evidence of Material Injury and Causation

    The petitioners allege that imports of the subject merchandise are 
benefiting from countervailable subsidies and that such imports are 
causing, or threaten to cause, material injury to the U.S. industry 
producing the domestic like product. In addition, the petitioners 
allege that subject imports from China and India exceed the 
negligibility threshold provided for under section 771(24)(A) of the 
Act.\25\
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    \25\ For further information regarding negligibility and the 
injury allegation, see Country-Specific CVD Initiation Checklists at 
Attachment III, Analysis of Allegations and Evidence of Material 
Injury and Causation for the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Petitions Covering Overhead Door Counterbalance Torsion Springs from 
the People's Republic of China and India (Attachment III).
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    The petitioners contend that the industry's injured condition is 
illustrated by the significant and increasing volume of subject 
imports; reduced market share; underselling and price depression and/or 
suppression; lost sales and revenues; and decline in the domestic 
industry's production, shipments, and financial performance.\26\ We 
assessed the allegations and supporting evidence regarding material 
injury, threat of material injury, causation, cumulation, as well as 
negligibility, and we have determined that these allegations are 
properly supported by adequate evidence and meet the statutory 
requirements for initiation.\27\
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    \26\ See Attachment III of the Country-Specific CVD Initiation 
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    \27\ Id.
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Initiation of CVD Investigations

    Based upon the examination of the Petitions and supplemental 
responses, we find that they meet the requirements of section 702 of 
the Act. Therefore, we are initiating CVD investigations to determine 
whether imports of overhead door springs from China and India benefit 
from countervailable subsidies conferred by the GOC and GOI, 
respectively. In accordance with section 703(b)(1) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.205(b)(1), unless postponed, we will make our preliminary 
determinations no later than 65 days after the date of these 
initiations.

China

    Based on our review of the Petitions, we find that there is 
sufficient information to initiate a CVD investigation on 16 of the 16 
programs alleged by the petitioners. For a full

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discussion of the basis for our decision to initiate on each program, 
see the China CVD Initiation Checklist. A public version of the 
initiation checklist for this investigation is available on ACCESS.

India

    Based on our review of the Petitions, we find that there is 
sufficient information to initiate a CVD investigation on 24 of the 31 
programs alleged by the petitioners. For a full discussion of the basis 
for our decision to initiate on each program, see the India CVD 
Initiation Checklist. A public version of the initiation checklist for 
this investigation is available on ACCESS.

Respondent Selection

China and India

    In the Petitions, the petitioners identified 80 companies in China 
and eight companies in India as producers/exporters of overhead door 
springs.\28\ Commerce intends to follow its standard practice in CVD 
investigations and calculate company-specific subsidy rates in these 
investigations. In the event that Commerce determines that the number 
of companies is large and it cannot individually examine each company 
based on Commerce's resources, Commerce normally selects mandatory 
respondents in CVD investigations using U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) entry data for U.S. imports under the appropriate 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheading(s) 
listed in the ``Scope of the Investigations'' in the appendix. However, 
for these investigations, the main HTSUS subheadings under which the 
subject merchandise would enter (7320.20.5020, 7320.20.5045, and 
7320.20.5060) are not limited to subject merchandise and therefore may 
also cover non-subject merchandise. Therefore, we cannot rely on CBP 
entry data in selecting respondents. Notwithstanding the decision to 
rely on quantity and value (Q&V) questionnaires for respondent 
selection, due to the number of Chinese producers and/or exporters 
identified in the Petitions, Commerce has determined to limit the 
number of Q&V questionnaires that it will issue to Chinese producers 
and/or exporters based on CBP data for overhead door springs from China 
during the POI under the appropriate HTSUS subheadings listed in the 
``Scope of the Investigations,'' in the appendix.\29\ Accordingly, for 
China, Commerce will issue Q&V questionnaires to the largest producers 
and/or exporters that are identified in the CBP entry data for which 
there is complete address information on the record. For India, because 
there are eight companies identified, Commerce will issue Q&V 
questionnaires to each producer and/or exporter in India for which 
there is complete address information on the record.
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    \28\ See Petitions at Volume I (page 30 and Exhibit I-46); see 
also General Issues Supplement at 1 and Exhibit I-46 (Revised).
    \29\ See Memorandum, ``Release of U.S. Customs and Border 
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    Commerce will also post the Q&V questionnaire along with filing 
instructions on Commerce's website at https://www.trade.gov/ec-adcvd-case-announcements. Producers/exporters of overhead door springs from 
China and India that do not receive Q&V questionnaires may still submit 
a response to the Q&V questionnaire and can obtain a copy of the Q&V 
questionnaire from Commerce's website. Responses to the Q&V 
questionnaire must be submitted by the relevant Chinese and Indian 
producers/exporters no later than 5:00 p.m. ET on December 2, 2024, 
which is two weeks from the signature date of this notice.\30\ All Q&V 
questionnaire responses must be filed electronically via ACCESS. An 
electronically filed document must be received successfully, in its 
entirety, by ACCESS no later than 5:00 p.m. ET on the deadline noted 
above.
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    \30\ See 19 CFR 351.303(b)(1).
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    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order (APO) in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305(b). Instructions for filing such applications may be found on 
Commerce's website at https://www.trade.gov/administrative-protective-orders.

Distribution of Copies of the Petitions

    In accordance with section 702(b)(4)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.202(f), a copy of the public version of the Petitions has been 
provided to the GOC and GOI via ACCESS. To the extent practicable, we 
will attempt to provide a copy of the public version of the Petitions 
to each exporter named in the Petitions, as provided under 19 CFR 
351.203(c)(2).

ITC Notification

    Commerce will notify the ITC of its initiation, as required by 
section 702(d) of the Act.

Preliminary Determinations by the ITC

    The ITC will preliminarily determine, within 45 days after the date 
on which the Petitions were filed, whether there is a reasonable 
indication that imports of overhead door springs from China and/or 
India are materially injuring, or threatening material injury to, a 
U.S. industry.\31\ A negative ITC determination for any country will 
result in the investigation being terminated with respect to that 
country.\32\ Otherwise, these CVD investigations will proceed according 
to statutory and regulatory time limits.
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    \31\ See section 703(a)(1) of the Act.
    \32\ Id.
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Submission of Factual Information

    Factual information is defined in 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) as: (i) 
evidence submitted in response to questionnaires; (ii) evidence 
submitted in support of allegations; (iii) publicly available 
information to value factors of production under 19 CFR 351.408(c) or 
to measure the adequacy of remuneration under 19 CFR 351.511(a)(2); 
(iv) evidence placed on the record by Commerce; and (v) evidence other 
than factual information described in (i)-(iv). Section 351.301(b) of 
Commerce's regulations requires any party, when submitting factual 
information, to specify under which subsection of 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) 
the information is being submitted \33\ and, if the information is 
submitted to rebut, clarify, or correct factual information already on 
the record, to provide an explanation identifying the information 
already on the record that the factual information seeks to rebut, 
clarify, or correct.\34\ Time limits for the submission of factual 
information are addressed in 19 CFR 351.301, which provides specific 
time limits based on the type of factual information being submitted. 
Interested parties should review the regulations prior to submitting 
factual information in these investigations.
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    \33\ See 19 CFR 351.301(b).
    \34\ See 19 CFR 351.301(b)(2).
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Extensions of Time Limits

    Parties may request an extension of time limits before the 
expiration of a time limit established under 19 CFR 351.301, or as 
otherwise specified by Commerce. In general, an extension request will 
be considered untimely if it is filed after the expiration of the time 
limit established under 19 CFR 351.301, or as otherwise specified by 
Commerce.\35\ For submissions that are due from multiple parties 
simultaneously, an extension request will be considered untimely if it 
is filed after 10:00 a.m. ET on the due date. Under certain 
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may elect to specify a different time limit by which extension requests 
will be considered untimely for submissions which are due from multiple 
parties simultaneously. In such a case, we will inform parties in a 
letter or memorandum of the deadline (including a specified time) by 
which extension requests must be filed to be considered timely. An 
extension request must be made in a separate, standalone submission; 
under limited circumstances we will grant untimely filed requests for 
the extension of time limits, where we determine, based on 19 CFR 
351.302, that extraordinary circumstances exist. Parties should review 
Commerce's regulations concerning the extension of time limits and the 
Time Limits Final Rule prior to submitting factual information in these 
investigations.\36\
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    \35\ See 19 CFR 351.302.
    \36\ See 19 CFR 351.301; see also Extension of Time Limits; 
Final Rule, 78 FR 57790 (September 20, 2013) (Time Limits Final 
Rule), available at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/2013-22853.htm.
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Certification Requirements

    Any party submitting factual information in an AD or CVD proceeding 
must certify to the accuracy and completeness of that information.\37\ 
Parties must use the certification formats provided in 19 CFR 
351.303(g).\38\ Commerce intends to reject factual submissions if the 
submitting party does not comply with the applicable certification 
requirements.
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    \37\ See section 782(b) of the Act.
    \38\ See Certification of Factual Information to Import 
Administration During Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July 17, 2013) (Final Rule); see also 
frequently asked questions regarding the Final Rule, available at 
https://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf.
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Notification to Interested Parties

    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Parties wishing to participate 
in these investigations should ensure that they meet the requirements 
of 19 CFR 351.103(d) (e.g., by filing the required letters of 
appearance). Note that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements 
pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\39\
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    \39\ See Administrative Protective Order, Service, and Other 
Procedures in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 
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    This notice is issued and published pursuant to sections 702 and 
777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.203(c).

    Dated: November 18, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

Scope of the Investigations

    The merchandise covered by these investigations is helically-
wound, overhead door counterbalance torsion steel springs (overhead 
door counterbalance torsion springs) and any cones, plugs or other 
similar fittings for mounting and creating torque in the spring 
(herein collectively referred to as cones) attached to or entered 
with and invoiced with the subject overhead door counterbalance 
torsion springs. Overhead door counterbalance torsion springs are 
helical steel springs with tightly wound coils that store and 
release mechanical energy by winding and unwinding along the 
spring's axis by an angle, using torque to create a lifting force in 
the counterbalance assembly typically used to raise and lower 
overhead doors, including garage doors, industrial rolling doors, 
warehouse doors, trailer doors, and other overhead doors, gates, 
grates, or similar devices. The merchandise covered by these 
investigations covers all overhead door counterbalance torsion 
springs with a coil inside diameter of 15.8 millimeters (mm) or more 
but not exceeding 304.8 mm (measured across the diameter from inner 
edge to inner edge); a wire diameter of 2.5 mm to 20.4 mm; a length 
of 127 mm or more; and regardless of the following characteristics:
     wire type (including, but not limited to, oil-tempered 
wire, hard-drawn wire, music wire, galvanized or other coated wire);
     wire cross-sectional shape (e.g., round, square, or 
other shapes);
     coating (e.g., uncoated, oil- or water-based coatings, 
lubricant coatings, zinc, aluminum, zinc-aluminum, paint or plastic 
coating, etc.);
     winding orientation (left-hand or right-hand wind 
direction);
     end type (including, but not limited to, looped, double 
looped, clipped, long length, mini warehouse, Barcol, Crawford, 
Kinnear, Wagner, rolling steel or barrel ends); and
     whether the overhead door counterbalance torsion 
springs are fitted with hardware, including but not limited to 
fasteners, clips, and cones (winding or stationary cones).
    For purposes of the diameters referenced above, where the 
nominal and actual measurements vary, a product is within the scope 
if application of either the nominal or actual measurement would 
place it within the scope based on the definitions set forth above.
    The steel torsion springs included in the scope of these 
investigations are produced from steel in which: (1) iron 
predominates, by weight, over each of the other contained elements; 
and (2) the carbon content is 2 percent or less, by weight.
    Subject merchandise includes cones attached to or entered with 
and invoiced with the subject overhead door counterbalance torsion 
springs. Such cones, which are typically cast aluminum, aluminum 
alloy or steel (but may be made from other materials) are made to 
mount the subject springs to the overhead door counterbalance system 
and create and maintain torque in the spring. Cones or other similar 
fittings that are not attached to the subject springs or are not 
entered with and invoiced with the subject springs are not included 
within the scope unless entered as parts of kits as described below.
    Subject merchandise also includes all subject overhead door 
counterbalance torsion springs and cones or other similar fittings 
for mounting and tensioning the spring entered as a part of overhead 
door kits, overhead door mounting or assembly kits, or as a part of 
a spring-operated motor assembly or as a part of a spring winder 
assembly kit for torsion springs. When counterbalance torsion 
springs and cones or other similar fittings for attaching and 
tensioning the torsion spring are entered as a part of such kits, 
only the counterbalance spring and cones or other similar fittings 
in the kit are within scope.
    Subject merchandise also includes overhead door counterbalance 
torsion springs that have been further processed in a third country, 
including but not limited to cutting to length, attachment of 
hardware, cones or end-fittings, inclusion in garage door kits or 
garage door mounting or assembly kits, or any other processing that 
would not remove the merchandise from the scope of these 
investigations if performed in the country of manufacture of the in-
scope overhead door counterbalance torsion springs.
    All products that meet the written physical description are 
within the scope of these investigations unless specifically 
excluded. The following products are specifically excluded from the 
scope of these investigations:
     leaf springs (slender arc-shaped length of spring steel 
of a rectangular cross-section);
     disc springs (conical springs consisting of a convex 
disc with the outer edge working against the center of the disc);
     extension springs (close-wound round helical wire 
springs that store and release energy by resisting the external 
pulling forces applied to the spring's ends in the direction of its 
length);
     compression springs (helical coiled springs with open 
wound active coils (such open winding is also known as pitch) that 
are designed to compress under load or force); and
     spiral springs (torsion springs wound as concentric 
spirals such as a clock spring or mainspring).
    The products subject to these investigations are currently 
classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) subheadings 7320.20.5020, 7320.20.5045 and 7320.20.5060. 
They may also be classified under HTSUS subheading 8412.90.9085 if 
entered as parts of spring-operated motors. They may also be 
classified in HTSUS subheading 8412.80.1000 (spring-operated motors) 
if entered as part of a spring counterweight assembly for an 
overhead door. They may also be classified in HTSUS subheading 
7308.90.9590, a basket category that includes metal garage doors 
entered with mounting accessories or assemblies. Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs

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purposes, the written description of the scope of these 
investigations is dispositive.

[FR Doc. 2024-27494 Filed 11-22-24; 8:45 am]
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