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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 92622-92624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27362]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-084; C-570-085]

Certain Quartz Surface Products From the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results of 2021-2023 Antidumping Duty and 2021-2022 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
certain Malaysian exporters of certain quartz surface products (quartz 
surface products) continue to be ineligible to participate in the scope 
certification process established for the antidumping duty (AD) and 
countervailing duty

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(CVD) orders on quartz surface products from the People's Republic of 
China (China) for all imports of quartz surface products from Malaysia. 
Specifically, we found that these Malaysian exporters did not 
demonstrate that the quartz slab used to produce their exports to the 
United States was sourced from a country other than China.

DATES: Applicable November 22, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay 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

    Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this administrative 
review on August 5, 2024.\1\ For a description of the events that 
occurred since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\2\
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    \1\ See Certain Quartz Surface Products from the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of 2021-2023 Antidumping Duty 
and 2021-2022 Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 
63400 (August 9, 2024).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing 
Administrative Reviews of Certain Quartz Surface Products from the 
People's Republic of China,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby 
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Orders \3\
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    \3\ See Certain Quartz Surface Products from the People's 
Republic of China: Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 84 FR 
33053 (July 11, 2019) (Orders).
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    The products covered by the Orders are quartz surface products from 
China. For a complete description of the scopes of the Orders, see the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\
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    \4\ Commerce normally does not issue administrative reviews 
under section 751 of the Act which cover companion AD and CVD orders 
in the same Federal Register notice because these are different 
segments under different proceedings. However, these reviews were 
conducted for the express purpose of determining if certain 
exporters which cannot currently participate in a certification 
regime established under 19 CFR 351.228 are eligible to certify as a 
result of these reviews and these are companion orders. Similar to 
scope rulings, under 19 CFR 351.225(m)(2), and circumvention 
inquiries, under 19 CFR 351.226(m)(2), Commerce has determined that 
segments conducted to address a parties' certification eligibility 
under 19 CFR 351.228 may be conducted in a single decision 
applicable to both proceedings.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in interested parties' case briefs are addressed 
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of these issues is 
attached as an appendix to this notice. The Issues and 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Final Results

    Commerce conducted these reviews in accordance with section 751 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). We determine that Bada 
Industries, Karina Stone, Unique Stone Sdn. Bhd. (Unique Stone), and 
Universal Quartz have not demonstrated that the quartz slab used to 
produce their Malaysian exports to the United States during the periods 
of review was sourced from a country other than China. As a result, we 
find that Bada Industries, Karina Stone, Unique Stone, and Universal 
Quartz continue to be ineligible to participate in the certification 
process for quartz surface products from Malaysia.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(2), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping and countervailing duties on 
all appropriate entries covered by this review.\5\ For the period 
November 4, 2021, through December 31, 2022, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate any entries for the exporters under review at 371.47 percent, 
the combination of the China-wide rate established in the AD 
investigation and the all-others rate established in the CVD 
investigation.\6\ For the period of January 1, 2023, through June 30, 
2023, we will instruct CBP to liquidate any entries for the exporters 
under review at 326.15 percent, the China-wide rate established in the 
AD investigation.\7\
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
    \6\ See Orders, 84 FR at 33054-33055.
    \7\ Id. at 33054.
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    Commerce intends 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).

Cash Deposit Requirements--AD

    Because Commerce continues to find that the Malaysian exporters 
subject to this review (i.e., Bada Industries, Karina Stone, Unique 
Stone, and Universal Quartz) are ineligible to participate in the 
certification process, the following cash deposit instructions remain 
effective for all shipments of the subject merchandise from China 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
publication date of the final results of this administrative review, as 
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for the Malaysian 
exporters subject to this review (i.e., Bada Industries, Karina Stone, 
Unique Stone, and Universal Quartz), the AD cash deposits continue to 
be equal to the current China-wide rate (i.e., 326.15 percent); (2) for 
previously investigated or reviewed exporter of subject merchandise 
that have a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will continue to be 
the exporter's existing cash deposit rate; (3) for all Chinese 
exporters of subject merchandise that do not have a separate rate, the 
cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the China-wide 
entity, i.e., 326.15 percent; \8\ and (4) for all exporters of subject 
merchandise that are not located in China and that are not eligible for 
a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to 
the Chinese exporter(s) that supplied that non-Chinese exporter. These 
existing cash deposit requirements shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \8\ Id.
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Cash Deposit Requirements--CVD

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, for the 
exporters subject to this review (i.e., Bada Industries, Karina Stone, 
Unique Stone, and Universal Quartz), CBP shall continue to collect cash 
deposits of estimated countervailing duties for the companies subject 
to this review at the all-others rate (i.e., 45.32 percent).\9\ 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 existing cash deposit requirements shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \9\ Id., 84 FR at 33055.
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Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
APO of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of 
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305(a)(3).

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Timely written notification of the return/destruction of APO materials 
or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure 
to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These final results are issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: November 15, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Orders
IV. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Whether AM Stone and Artelye Provided Sufficient 
Information To Establish That Their Imported Quartz Slabs Were 
Produced in Malaysia
    Comment 2: Whether Commerce Applied Adverse Facts Available 
(AFA) to Cooperative Respondents
V. Recommendation

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