[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 5, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 425-427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-28558]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-093]


Refillable Stainless Steel Kegs From the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review 
and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2019-2020

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that 
certain producers and/or exporters made sales of refillable stainless 
steel kegs (kegs) at less than normal value and that one company had no 
shipments of subject merchandise during the period of review (POR) 
December 13, 2019, through November 30, 2020. Interested parties are 
invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.

DATES: Applicable January 5, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Romani and Konrad Ptaszynski, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0198 or (202) 
482-6187, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 16, 2019, we published in the Federal Register an 
antidumping duty order on kegs from the People's Republic of China 
(China).\1\ On December 2, 2020, we published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 
Order.\2\ On February 4, 2021, based on timely requests for an 
administrative review, Commerce initiated the administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order on kegs.\3\ The administrative review covers 
30 companies, which includes the mandatory respondent, Guangzhou Ulix 
Industrial & Trading Co., Ltd. (Ulix).\4\
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    \1\ See Refillable Stainless Steel Kegs from the Federal 
Republic of Germany and the People's Republic of China: Antidumping 
Duty Orders, 84 FR 68405 (December 2, 2020) (Order).
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 85 FR 77431 (December 2, 2020).
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 8166 (February 4, 2021) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Administrative Review of Refillable 
Stainless Steel Kegs from the People's Republic of China: Respondent 
Selection,'' dated May 12, 2021.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this Order are refillable stainless steel 
kegs. A full description of the scope of the Order is provided in the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\5\
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    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Refillable Stainless Steel Kegs from the 
People's Republic of China: Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary 
Determination of No Shipments; 2019-2020,'' dated concurrently with, 
and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum).
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Preliminary Determination of No Shipments

    One company that received a separate rate in previous segments of 
the proceeding and is subject to this review did not have any exports 
of subject merchandise during the POR.\6\ Based on information on the 
record, we preliminarily determine that Guangzhou Jingye Machinery Co., 
Ltd. (Jingye)'s had no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR. 
Consistent with our practice in non-market economy (NME) cases, we are 
not rescinding this review with respect to these companies but, rather, 
intend to complete the review and issue appropriate instructions to CBP 
based on the final results of the review.\7\ For additional information 
regarding these preliminary determinations, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.
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    \6\ See Memorandum ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
Data Release,'' dated February 19, 2021 at Attachment 1; see also 
Memorandum ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Data 
Release,'' dated May 12, 2021 at Attachment 1.
    \7\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694, 65694-95 (October 24, 2011); see 
also the ``Assessment Rates'' section, below.
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China-Wide Entity

    Under Commerce's policy regarding the conditional review of the 
China-wide entity,\8\ the China-wide entity will not be under review 
unless a party specifically requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a 
review of the entity. Because no party requested a review of the China-
wide entity in this review, the entity is not under review, and the 
entity's rate (i.e., 77.13 percent) is not subject to change.\9\ Aside 
from the no-shipment companies discussed above, Commerce considers all 
other companies for which a review was requested (none of which filed a 
separate rate application) listed in Appendix II to this notice, to be 
part of the China-wide entity.\10\
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    \8\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in 
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty 
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity 
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
    \9\ See Order.
    \10\ See Initiation Notice, 86 FR 8166, 8167 (January 11, 2018) 
(``All firms listed below that wish to qualify for separate rate 
status in the administrative reviews involving NME countries must 
complete, as appropriate, either a separate rate application or 
certification, as described below.''). See Appendix II for the list 
of companies that are subject to this administrative review that are 
considered to be part of the China-wide entity.
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically 
via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 
registered users at https://access.trade.gov. A list of topics 
discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as an 
appendix to this notice. In addition,

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a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be found 
at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Preliminary Results of the Administrative Review

    Commerce preliminarily determines that the following weighted-
average dumping margin exists for the administrative review covering 
the period December 13, 2019, through November 30, 2020:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                         Exporters                             dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Guangzhou Ulix Industrial & Trading Co., Ltd...............        0.00
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose to parties to the proceeding the 
calculations performed for these preliminary results of review within 
five days of the date of publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Public Comment

    Because Commerce intends to request additional information after 
these preliminary results, interested parties will be provided an 
opportunity to submit written comments (case briefs) at a date to be 
determined by Commerce and rebuttal comments (rebuttal briefs) within 
seven days after the time limit for filing case briefs.\11\ Pursuant to 
19 CFR 351.309(d)(2), rebuttal briefs must be limited to issues raised 
in the case briefs.\12\ Commerce modified certain of its requirements 
for serving documents containing business proprietary information until 
further notice.\13\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs 
in this proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A 
statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a 
table of authorities.\14\
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(l)(ii) and 351.309(d)(l). Interested 
parties will be notified through ACCESS regarding the deadline for 
submitting case briefs; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing 
requirements); Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements 
Due to COVID-19, 85 FR 17006 (March 26, 2020); and Temporary Rule 
Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19; Extension of 
Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020)).
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general 
filing requirements).
    \13\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements 
Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 
10, 2020).
    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2) and 19 CFR 351.303 (for 
general filing requirements).
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    Unless the deadline is extended, Commerce intends to issue the 
final results of this review, including the results of its analysis of 
the issues raised in any written briefs, no later than 120 days after 
the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuing the final results, Commerce will determine, and U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on 
all appropriate entries covered by this review.\15\ If the preliminary 
results are unchanged for the final results, we will instruct CBP to 
apply an ad valorem assessment rate of 77.13 percent to all entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR which were exported by the companies 
listed in Appendix II of this notice. If Commerce determines that an 
exporter under review had no shipments of the subject merchandise, any 
suspended entries that entered under that exporter's case number (i.e., 
at that exporter's rate) will be liquidated at the China-wide rate.\16\
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    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \16\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694, 65695 (October 24, 2011).
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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

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this review for shipments of the 
subject merchandise from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by 
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the subject merchandise 
exported by the company listed above that has a separate rate, the cash 
deposit rate will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin 
established in the final results of this administrative review (except, 
if the rate is zero or de minimis, then zero cash deposit will be 
required); (2) for previously investigated or reviewed Chinese and non-
Chinese exporters not listed above 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; (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 that for the 
China-wide entity; and (4) for all non-Chinese exporters of subject 
merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit 
rate will be the rate applicable to the Chinese exporter that supplied 
that non-Chinese exporter. These deposit requirements, when imposed, 
shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a preliminary 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 these PORs. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double 
antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    Commerce is issuing and publishing the preliminary results of this 
review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1)(B), 751(a)(3) and 777(i) 
of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213 and 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: December 29, 2021.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, Performing the 
Non-Exclusive Functions and Duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Adjustment Under Section 777A(f) of the Act
VII. Recommendation

Appendix II

    Companies that are subject to this administrative review that 
are considered to be part of the China-wide entity are:

1. Equipmentimes (Dalian) E-Commerce Co., Ltd.
2. Jinan HaoLu Machinery Equipment Co., Ltd.
3. NDL Keg Qingdao Inc.
4. Ningbo BestFriends Beverage Containers Industry Co., Ltd.
5. Ningbo Chance International Trade Co., Ltd.

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6. Ningbo Direct Import & Export Co., Ltd.
7. Ningbo Haishu Direct Import and Export Trade Co., Ltd.
8. Ningbo Haishu Xiangsheng Metal Factory
9. Ningbo Hefeng Container Manufacturer Co., Ltd.
10. Ningbo Hefeng Kitchen Utensils Manufacture Co., Ltd.
11. Ningbo HGM Food Machinery Co., Ltd.
12. Ningbo Jiangbei Bei Fu Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.
13. Ningbo Kegco International Trade Co., Ltd.
14. Ningbo Minke Import & Export Co., Ltd.
15. Ningbo Sanfino Import & Export Co., Ltd.
16. Ningbo Shimaotong International Co., Ltd.
17. Ningbo Sunburst International Trading Co., Ltd.
18. Orient Equipment (Taizhou) Co., Ltd.
19. Penglai Jinfu Stainless Steel Products
20. Qingdao Henka Precision Technology Co., Ltd
21. Rain Star International Trading Dalian Co., Ltd.
22. Shandong Tiantai Beer Equipment Co., Ltd.
23. Shandong Tonsen Equipment Co., Ltd.
24. Sino Dragon Group, Ltd.
25. Wenzhou Deli Machinery Equipment Co.
26. Wuxi Taihu Lamps and Lanterns Co., Ltd.
27. Yantai Toptech Ltd.
28. Yantai Trano New Material Co., Ltd

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