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1See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Petitions for the 

Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duties,’’ dated October 29, 2024 (Petitions). 

2 Id. 

3See Commerce’s Letters, ‘‘Supplemental 

Questions,’’ dated November 1, 2024 (General 

Issues Questionnaire); see also Country-Specific AD 

Supplemental Questionnaires: China Supplemental 

and India Supplemental, dated November 1 and 4, 

2024; and Memorandum, ‘‘Phone Call,’’ dated 

November 15, 2024 (November 15, 2024, 

Memorandum). 

4See 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 AD Supplemental Responses: 

China AD Supplement and India AD Supplement, 

dated November 7, 2024; and Petitioners’ Letter, 

Continued 

dumping margin established in the final 

results of this administrative review; (2) 

for previously investigated or reviewed 

Chinese and non-Chinese exporters not 

listed above or in appendix II that 

received a separate rate in a prior 

segment of this proceeding, the cash 

deposit rate will continue to be the 

existing exporter-specific rate published 

for the most recently completed segment 

of this proceeding; (3) for all Chinese 

exporters of subject merchandise that 

have not been found to be entitled to a 

separate rate, the cash deposit rate will 

be the rate for the China-wide entity 

(i.e., 2.42 USD/kg); and (4) for all nonChinese exporters of subject 

merchandise that have not received 

their own separate rate, the cash deposit 

rate will be the rate applicable to the 

Chinese exporter that supplied that nonChinese exporter. These deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice serves as a final reminder 

to importers of their responsibility 

under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a 

certificate regarding the reimbursement 

of antidumping duties prior to 

liquidation of the relevant entries 

during this review period. Failure to 

comply with this requirement could 

result in Commerce’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

has occurred and the subsequent 

assessment of double antidumping 

duties. 

Administrative Protective Order (APO) 

This notice also serves as a final 

reminder to parties subject to an APO of 

their responsibility concerning the 

return or destruction of proprietary 

information disclosed under APO in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), 

which continues to govern business 

proprietary information in this segment 

of the proceeding. Timely written 

notification of the return or 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 

violation subject to sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

final results of administrative review in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 

777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(5) and 351.213(h)(2). 

Dated: November 5, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

V. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Calculation Errors 

Comment 2: Surrogate Country (SC) 

Selection and Factors of Production 

(FOP) 

Comment 3: Surrogate Values (SVs) 

Comment 4: Financial Ratio 

Comment 5: Value-Added Tax (VAT) 

Comment 6: Russian SV Data 

Comment 7: Carbonized Screenings and 

By-Product FOP 

Comment 8: GHC’s Separate Rate 

Comment 9: GHC’s FOP Database 

VI. Recommendation 

Appendix II 

Review-Specific Rate Applicable for NonSelected Companies Under Review 

1. Bengbu Modern Environmental Co., Ltd. 

2. Carbon Activated Tianjin Co., Ltd. 

3. Datong Hongdi Carbon Co., Ltd. 

4. Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 

5. Datong Municipal Yunguang Activated 

Carbon Co., Ltd. 

6. Jacobi Carbons AB; Jacobi Carbons 

Industry (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.; Tianjin 

Jacobi International Trading Co. Ltd.; 

Jacobi Adsorbent Materials 

7. Ningxia Huahui Environmental 

Technology Co., Ltd. 

8. Ningxia Mineral & Chemical Limited 

9. Shanxi Industry Technology Trading Co., 

Ltd. 

10. Shanxi Sincere Industrial Co., Ltd. 

11. Tancarb Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 

12. Tianjin Channel Filters Co., Ltd. 

Companies Considered To Be Part of the 

China-Wide Entity 

1. Beijing Pacific Activated Carbon Products 

Co., Ltd. 

2. Shanxi Dapu International Trade Co., Ltd. 

3. Shanxi DMD Corp. 

4. Shanxi Tianxi Purification Filter Co., Ltd. 

5. Sinoacarbon International Trading Co., 

Ltd. 

6. Tianjin Maijin Industries Co., Ltd. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27580 Filed 11–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–186, A–533–936] 

Overhead Door Counterbalance 

Torsion Springs From the People’s 

Republic of China and India: Initiation 

of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable November 18, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joshua Weiner (the People’s Republic of 

China (China)) and Ajay Menon (India), 

AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–3902 and (202) 482–0208, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Petitions 

On October 29, 2024, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

received antidumping duty (AD) 

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 AD Petitions were accompanied by 

countervailing duty (CVD) petitions 

concerning imports of overhead door 

springs from China and India.2

Between November 1 and 15, 2024, 

Commerce requested supplemental 

information pertaining to certain aspects 

of the Petitions in supplemental 

questionnaires.3 The petitioners 

responded to Commerce’s supplemental 

questionnaires on November 7 and 15, 

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‘‘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). 

5See section on ‘‘Determination of Industry 

Support for the Petitions,’’ infra. 

6See General Issues Questionnaire; see also 

November 15, 2024, Memorandum. 

7See General Issues Supplement at 3–18; see also 

Scope Supplement at 2 and Attachment. 

8See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

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

(Preamble); see also 19 CFR 351.312. 

9See 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) (defining ‘‘factual 

information’’). 

10See 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.’’). 

11See 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. 

12See 19 CFR 351.303(b)(1). The deadline for 

comments on product characteristics 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 

In accordance with section 732(b) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act), the petitioners allege that imports 

of overhead door springs from China 

and India are being, or are likely to be, 

sold in the United States at less than fair 

value (LTFV) within the meaning of 

section 731 of the Act, and that imports 

of such products are materially injuring, 

or threatening material injury to, the 

overhead door springs industry in the 

United States. Consistent with section 

732(b)(1) of the Act, 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 for the initiation of the 

requested LTFV investigations.5

Periods of Investigation 

Because the Petitions were filed on 

October 29, 2024, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.204(b)(1), the period of 

investigation (POI) for the India LTFV 

investigation is October 1, 2023, through 

September 30, 2024. Because China is a 

non-market economy (NME) country, 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.204(b)(1), the 

POI for the China LTFV investigation is 

April 1, 2024, through September 30, 

2024. 

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 petitioners 

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.6 On November 7 and 15, 

2024, the petitioners provided 

clarifications and revised the scope.7

The description of merchandise covered 

by these investigations, as described in 

the appendix to this notice, reflects 

these clarifications. 

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).8 Commerce will consider 

all scope 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,9 all such 

factual information should be limited to 

public information. 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.10 Any rebuttal comments, 

which may include factual information, 

and should also be limited to public 

information, must be filed by 5:00 p.m. 

ET on December 19, 2024, which is 10 

calendar days from the initial comment 

deadline. 

Commerce requests that any factual 

information that parties consider 

relevant to the scope of these 

investigations be submitted during that 

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 LTFV 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.11 An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully in its entirety by 

the time and date it is due. 

Comments on Product Characteristics 

Commerce is providing interested 

parties an opportunity to comment on 

the appropriate physical characteristics 

of overhead door springs to be reported 

in response to Commerce’s AD 

questionnaires. This information will be 

used to identify the key physical 

characteristics of the subject 

merchandise in order to report the 

relevant factors of production (FOP) or 

cost of production (COP) accurately, as 

well as to develop appropriate product 

comparison criteria. 

Interested parties may provide any 

information or comments that they feel 

are relevant to the development of an 

accurate list of physical characteristics. 

Specifically, they may provide 

comments as to which characteristics 

are appropriate to use as: (1) general 

product characteristics; and (2) product 

comparison criteria. We note that it is 

not always appropriate to use all 

product characteristics as product 

comparison criteria. We base product 

comparison criteria on meaningful 

commercial differences among products. 

In other words, although there may be 

some physical product characteristics 

utilized by manufacturers to describe 

overhead door springs, it may be that 

only a select few product characteristics 

take into account commercially 

meaningful physical characteristics. In 

addition, interested parties may 

comment on the order in which the 

physical characteristics should be used 

in matching products. Generally, 

Commerce attempts to list the most 

important physical characteristics first 

and the least important characteristics 

last. 

In order to consider the suggestions of 

interested parties in developing and 

issuing the AD questionnaires, all 

product characteristics comments must 

be filed by 5:00 p.m. ET on December 

9, 2024, which is the next business day 

after 20 calendar days from the 

signature date of this notice.12 Any 


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will accept documents that are filed on the next 

business day.’’). 

13See section 771(10) of the Act. 

14See 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)). 

15For a discussion of the domestic like product 

analysis as applied to these cases and information 

regarding industry support, see Checklists, 

‘‘Antidumping 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 AD 

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. 

16See Attachment II of the Country-Specific AD 

Initiation Checklists. 

17 Id. 

18For further discussion, see Attachment II of the 

Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists. 

19 Id. 

20 Id.; see also section 732(c)(4)(D) of the Act. 

21See Attachment II of the Country-Specific AD 

Initiation Checklists. 

22 Id. 

23 Id. 

24For further information regarding negligibility 

and the injury allegation, see Country-Specific AD 

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). 

25 Id. 

rebuttal comments must be filed by 5:00 

p.m. ET on December 19, 2024, which 

is 10 calendar days from the initial 

comment deadline. All comments and 

submissions to Commerce must be filed 

electronically using ACCESS, as 

explained above, on the record of each 

of the LTFV investigations. 

Determination of Industry Support for 

the Petitions 

Section 732(b)(1) of the Act requires 

that a petition be filed on behalf of the 

domestic industry. Section 732(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 732(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 whether a petition has the 

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,13 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.14

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.15 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.16

In determining whether the 

petitioners have standing under section 

732(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.17 We 

relied on data provided by the 

petitioners for purposes of measuring 

industry support.18

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.19

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).20 Second, the domestic 

producers (or workers) have met the 

statutory criteria for industry support 

under section 732(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.21 Finally, the domestic 

producers (or workers) have met the 

statutory criteria for industry support 

under section 732(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.22 Accordingly, Commerce 

determines that the Petitions were filed 

on behalf of the domestic industry 

within the meaning of section 732(b)(1) 

of the Act.23

Allegations and Evidence of Material 

Injury and Causation 

The petitioners allege that the U.S. 

industry producing the domestic like 

product is being materially injured, or is 

threatened with material injury, by 

reason of the imports of the subject 

merchandise sold at LTFV. 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.24

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.25

We assessed the allegations and 

supporting evidence regarding material 

injury, threat of material injury, 

causation, cumulation, as well as 

negligibility, and we have determined 


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26 Id. 27See Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists. 28See Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists. 29 In accordance with section 773(b)(2) of the Act, 

for the India investigation, Commerce will request 

information necessary to calculate the constructed 

value (CV) and COP to determine whether there are 

reasonable grounds to believe or suspect that sales 

of the foreign like product have been made at prices 

that represent less than the COP of the product. 30See India AD Initiation Checklist. 31 Id. 32 Id. 33See, e.g., Certain Freight Rail Couplers and 

Parts Thereof from the People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value and Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Critical Circumstances, 88 FR 

15372 (March 13, 2023), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 5, 

unchanged in Certain Freight Rail Couplers and 

Parts Thereof from the People’s Republic of China: 

Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at LessThan-Fair Value and Final Affirmative 

Determination of Critical Circumstances, 88 FR 

34485 (May 30, 2023). 

34See China AD Initiation Checklist. 

35 Id. 

36See, e.g., Certain Collated Steel Staples from 

the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; and 

Final Determination of No Shipments; 2021–2022, 

88 FR 85242 (December 7, 2023), and 

accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum 

(IDM) at Comment 2; and Light-Walled Rectangular 

Pipe and Tube from the People’s Republic of China: 

Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review, 88 FR 15671 (March 14, 2023), and 

accompanying IDM at Comment 2. 

37See China AD Initiation Checklist. 

38 Id. 

39See India AD Initiation Checklist. 

40 Id. 

41 Id. 

42 Id. 

43 Id. 

44See Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists. 

that these allegations are properly 

supported by adequate evidence and 

meet the statutory requirements for 

initiation.26

Allegations of Sales at LTFV 

The following is a description of the 

allegations of sales at LTFV upon which 

Commerce based its decision to initiate 

LTFV investigations of imports of 

overhead door springs from China and 

India. The sources of data for the 

deductions and adjustments relating to 

U.S. price and normal value (NV) are 

discussed in greater detail in the 

Country-Specific AD Initiation 

Checklists. 

U.S. Price 

For China and India, the petitioners 

based export price (EP) on pricing 

information for overhead door springs 

sold or offered for sale in the United 

States and exported from each country 

during the POI.27 For each country, the 

petitioners made certain adjustments to 

U.S. price to calculate a net ex-factory 

U.S. price, where applicable.28

Normal Value 29

For India, the petitioners based NV on 

home market pricing information they 

obtained for overhead door springs 

produced in and sold, or offered for 

sale, in India during the applicable time 

period.30 The petitioners provided 

information indicating that the prices 

for overhead door springs sold or 

offered for sale in the Indian market 

were below the COP.31 Therefore, for 

India, the petitioners also based NV on 

constructed value.32 For further 

discussion of CV for India, see the 

section ‘‘Normal Value Based on 

Constructed Value,’’ below. 

Commerce considers China to be an 

NME country.33 In accordance with 

section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Act, any 

determination that a foreign country is 

an NME country shall remain in effect 

until revoked by Commerce. Therefore, 

we continue to treat China as an NME 

country for purposes of the initiation of 

the China LTFV investigation. 

Accordingly, we base NV on FOPs 

valued in a surrogate market economy 

country in accordance with section 

773(c) of the Act. 

The petitioners claim that Malaysia is 

an appropriate surrogate country for 

China because it is a market economy 

that is at a level of economic 

development comparable to that of 

China and is a significant producer of 

comparable merchandise.34 The 

petitioners provided publicly available 

information from Malaysia to value all 

FOPs except labor.35 Consistent with 

Commerce’s recent practice in cases 

involving Malaysia as a surrogate 

country,36 to value labor, the petitioners 

provided data from another surrogate 

country, the Republic of Tu ̈rkiye 

(Tu ̈rkiye). Based on the information 

provided by the petitioners, we believe 

it is appropriate to use Malaysia as a 

surrogate country for China to value all 

FOPs except labor and Tu ̈rkiye to value 

labor for initiation purposes. 

Interested parties will have the 

opportunity to submit comments 

regarding surrogate country selection 

and, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.301(c)(3)(i), will be provided an 

opportunity to submit publicly available 

information to value FOPs within 30 

days before the scheduled date of the 

preliminary determinations. 

Factors of Production 

Because information regarding the 

volume of inputs consumed by Chinese 

producers/exporters was not reasonably 

available, the petitioners used the 

production experience and productspecific consumption rates of a U.S. 

producer of overhead door springs as a 

surrogate to value Chinese 

manufacturers’ FOPs.37 Additionally, 

the petitioners calculated factory 

overhead, selling, general, and 

administrative (SG&A) expenses, and 

profit based on the experience of a 

Malaysian producer of comparable 

merchandise.38

Normal Value Based on Constructed 

Value 

As noted above for India, the 

petitioners provided information 

indicating that the prices for overhead 

door springs sold or offered for sale in 

India were below the COP.39 Therefore, 

for India, the petitioners also calculated 

NV based on CV.40

Pursuant to section 773(e) of the Act, 

the petitioners calculated CV as the sum 

of the cost of manufacturing, SG&A 

expenses, financial expenses, and 

profit.41 For India, in calculating the 

cost of manufacturing, the petitioners 

relied on the production experience and 

product-specific consumption rates of a 

U.S. producer of overhead door springs, 

valued using publicly available 

information applicable India, where 

applicable.42 For India, in calculating 

SG&A expenses, financial expenses, and 

profit ratios, the petitioners relied on 

the fiscal year 2023 financial statements 

of an Indian producer of comparable 

merchandise.43

Fair Value Comparisons 

Based on the data provided by the 

petitioners, there is reason to believe 

that imports of overhead door springs 

from China and India are being, or are 

likely to be, sold in the United States at 

LTFV. Based on comparisons of EP to 

NV in accordance with sections 772 and 

773 of the Act, the estimated dumping 

margins for overhead door springs for 

each of the countries covered by this 

initiation are as follows: (1) China— 

669.36 to 778.31 percent; and (2) 

India—46.75 to 126.14 percent.44

Initiation of LTFV Investigations 

Based upon the examination of the 

Petitions and supplemental responses, 

we find that they meet the requirements 

of section 732 of the Act. Therefore, we 

are initiating LTFV investigations to 

determine whether imports of overhead 

door springs from China and India are 

being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at LTFV. In accordance 

with section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Act and 

19 CFR 351.205(b)(1), unless postponed, 

we will make our preliminary 

determinations no later than 140 days 

after the date of these initiations. 


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45See Petitions at Volume I (page 15 and Exhibit 

GEN–4); see General Issues Supplement at 2–3 and 

Exhibit SUPP–GEN–1. 

46Petitions at Volume I (page 15 and Exhibit 

GEN–4); see General Issues Supplement at 2–3 and 

Exhibit SUPP–GEN–1. 

47See Memorandum, ‘‘Release of U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection Entry Data,’’ dated November 

15, 2024. 

Respondent Selection 

India 

In the Petitions, the petitioners 

identified eight companies in India as 

producers/exporters of overhead door 

springs.45 In the event that Commerce 

determines that the number of 

companies is large, and it cannot 

individually examine each company 

based upon Commerce’s resources, 

where appropriate, Commerce intends 

to select mandatory respondents based 

on quantity and value (Q&V) 

questionnaires issued to potential 

respondents. Following standard 

practice in LTFV investigations 

involving market economy countries, 

Commerce would normally select 

respondents based on U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) entry data for 

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. 

Accordingly, for India, Commerce will 

send Q&V questionnaires to each 

producer and/or exporter for which 

there is complete address information 

on the record. 

Commerce will post the Q&V 

questionnaire along with filing 

instructions on Commerce’s website at 

https://www.trade.gov/ec-adcvd-caseannouncements. Producers/exporters of 

overhead door springs from 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 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. 

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. 

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/administrativeprotective-orders. 

China 

In the Petitions, the petitioners 

identified 80 companies in China as 

producers and/or exporters of overhead 

door springs.46 Our standard practice 

for respondent selection in AD 

investigations involving NME countries 

is to select respondents based on Q&V 

questionnaires in cases where 

Commerce has determined that the 

number of companies is large, and it 

cannot individually examine each 

company based upon its resources. 

Therefore, considering the number of 

producers and/or exporters identified in 

the Petitions, Commerce will solicit 

Q&V information that can serve as a 

basis for selecting exporters for 

individual examination in the event that 

Commerce determines that the number 

is large and decides to limit the number 

of respondents individually examined 

pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the 

Act. Because there are 80 Chinese 

producers and/or exporters identified in 

the Petitions, Commerce has determined 

that it will issue Q&V questionnaires to 

the largest producers and/or exporters 

in China that are identified in the U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection POI 

entry data for which there is complete 

address information on the record.47

Commerce will post the Q&V 

questionnaires along with filing 

instructions on Commerce’s website at 

https://www.trade.gov/ec-adcvd-caseannouncements. Producers/exporters of 

overhead door springs from China 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 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. 

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. 

Interested parties must submit 

applications for disclosure under APO 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(b). 

As stated above, instructions for filing 

such applications may be found on 

Commerce’s website at https://

www.trade.gov/administrativeprotective-orders. 

Separate Rates 

In order to obtain separate rate status 

in an NME investigation, exporters and 

producers must submit a separate rate 

application. The specific requirements 

for submitting a separate rate 

application in an NME investigation are 

outlined in detail in the application 

itself, which is available on Commerce’s 

website at https://access.trade.gov/ 

Resources/nme/nme-sep-rate.html. The 

separate rate application will be due 30 

days after publication of this initiation 

notice. Exporters and producers must 

file a timely separate rate application if 

they want to be considered for 

individual examination. Exporters and 

producers who submit a separate rate 

application and have been selected as 

mandatory respondents will be eligible 

for consideration for separate rate status 

only if they respond to all parts of 

Commerce’s AD questionnaire as 

mandatory respondents. Commerce 

requires that companies from China 

submit a response both to the Q&V 

questionnaire and to the separate rate 

application by the respective deadlines 

to receive consideration for separate rate 

status. Companies not filing a timely 

Q&V questionnaire response will not 

receive separate rate consideration. 

Use of Combination Rates 

Commerce will calculate combination 

rates for certain respondents that are 

eligible for a separate rate in an NME 

investigation. The Separate Rates and 

Combination Rates Bulletin states: 

{w}hile continuing the practice of assigning 

separate rates only to exporters, all separate 

rates that {Commerce} will now assign in its 

NME investigation will be specific to those 

producers that supplied the exporter during 

the period of investigation. Note, however, 

that one rate is calculated for the exporter 

and all of the producers which supplied 

subject merchandise to it during the period 

of investigation. This practice applies both to 

mandatory respondents receiving an 

individually calculated separate rate as well 

as the pool of non-investigated firms 

receiving the {weighted average} of the 

individually calculated rates. This practice is 

referred to as the application of ‘‘combination 

rates’’ because such rates apply to specific 

combinations of exporters and one or more 

producers. The cash-deposit rate assigned to 

an exporter will apply only to merchandise 

both exported by the firm in question and 


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48See Enforcement and Compliance’s Policy 

Bulletin No. 05.1, regarding, ‘‘Separate-Rates 

Practice and Application of Combination Rates in 

Antidumping Investigation involving NME 

Countries,’’ (April 5, 2005) at 6 (emphasis added), 

available on Commerce’s website at https://

access.trade.gov/Resources/policy/bull05-1.pdf. 

49See section 733(a) of the Act. 

50 Id. 

51See 19 CFR 351.301(b). 52See 19 CFR 351.301(b)(2). 

53See 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. 

54See 19 CFR 351.302; see also, e.g., Time Limits 

Final Rule. 

55See section 782(b) of the Act. 

56See Certification of Factual Information to 

Import Administration During Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July 

17, 2013) (Final Rule). Additional information 

regarding the Final Rule is available at https://

access.trade.gov/Resources/filing/index.html. 

produced by a firm that supplied the exporter 

during the period of investigation.48

Distribution of Copies of the Petitions 

In accordance with section 

732(b)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.202(f), copies of the public version 

of the Petitions have been provided to 

the governments of China and India 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 our 

initiation, as required by section 732(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.49 A negative ITC 

determination for any country will 

result in the investigation being 

terminated with respect to that 

country.50 Otherwise, these LTFV 

investigations will proceed according to 

statutory and regulatory time limits. 

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 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 51 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.52 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. 

Particular Market Situation Allegation 

Section 773(e) of the Act addresses 

the concept of particular market 

situation (PMS) for purposes of CV, 

stating that ‘‘if a particular market 

situation exists such that the cost of 

materials and fabrication or other 

processing of any kind does not 

accurately reflect the cost of production 

in the ordinary course of trade, the 

administering authority may use 

another calculation methodology under 

this subtitle or any other calculation 

methodology.’’ When an interested 

party submits a PMS allegation pursuant 

to section 773(e) of the Act (i.e., a costbased PMS allegation), the submission 

must be filed in accordance with the 

requirements of 19 CFR 351.416(b), and 

Commerce will respond to such a 

submission consistent with 19 CFR 

351.301(c)(2)(v). If Commerce finds that 

a cost-based PMS exists under section 

773(e) of the Act, then it will modify its 

dumping calculations appropriately. 

Neither section 773(e) of the Act, nor 

19 CFR 351.301(c)(2)(v), sets a deadline 

for the submission of cost-based PMS 

allegations and supporting factual 

information. However, in order to 

administer section 773(e) of the Act, 

Commerce must receive PMS allegations 

and supporting factual information with 

enough time to consider the submission. 

Thus, should an interested party wish to 

submit a cost-based PMS allegation and 

supporting new factual information 

pursuant to section 773(e) of the Act, it 

must do so no later than 20 days after 

submission of a respondent’s initial 

section D questionnaire response. 

We note that a PMS allegation filed 

pursuant to sections 773(a)(1)(B)(ii)(III) 

or 773(a)(1)(C)(iii) of the Act (i.e., a 

sales-based PMS allegation) must be 

filed within 10 days of submission of a 

respondent’s initial section B 

questionnaire response, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(2)(i) and 19 CFR 

351.404(c)(2). 

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.53 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 circumstances, Commerce 

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.54

Certification Requirements 

Any party submitting factual 

information in an AD or CVD 

proceeding must certify to the accuracy 

and completeness of that information.55

Parties must use the certification 

formats provided in 19 CFR 

351.303(g).56 Commerce intends to 

reject factual submissions if the 

submitting party does not comply with 

the applicable certification 

requirements. 

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 

letter of appearance). Note that 

Commerce has amended certain of its 


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57See Administrative Protective Order, Service, 

and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069 

(September 29, 2023). 

1See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Petitions for the 

Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duties,’’ dated October 29, 2024 (Petitions). 

2 Id. 

3See Commerce’s Letters, ‘‘Supplemental 

Questions,’’ dated November 1, 2024 (General 

Continued 

requirements pertaining to the service of 

documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).57

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to sections 732(c)(2) 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 waterbased coatings, lubricant coatings, zinc, 

aluminum, zinc-aluminum, paint or plastic 

coating, etc.); 

• winding orientation (left-hand or righthand 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 springoperated motors. They may also be classified 

in HTSUS subheading 8412.80.1000 (springoperated 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 

purposes, the written description of the 

scope of these investigations is dispositive. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27495 Filed 11–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

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

Between October 30 and November 

15, 2024, Commerce requested 

supplemental information pertaining to 

certain aspects of the Petitions.3


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