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1See Pentafluoroethane (R-125) from the People’s 

Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment 

of Final Determination with Final Antidumping 

Duty Determination, 86 FR 33648 (June 25, 2021), 

and accompanying Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Determination in the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of 

Pentafluoroethane (R-125) from the People’s 

Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 

Memorandum). 

3See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

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

4See Pentafluoroethane (R-125) from the People’s 

Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigation, 86 FR 8589 (February 8, 2021) 

(Initiation Notice). 

5See Pentafluoroethane (R-125) from the People’s 

Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, in Part, Postponement of Final 

Determination, and Extension of Provisional 

Measures, 86 FR 45959 (August 17, 2021) (AD 

Preliminary Determination) at 45960; see also 

Memorandum, ‘‘Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated August 10, 2021 (Preliminary 

Scope Decision Memorandum). 

6See Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum 

at 2–3. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Final Scope Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Final Scope 

Decision Memorandum). 

8See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) 

of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of 

the Act regarding specificity. 

9See sections 776(a) and 776(b) of the Act. 

the comments must be received in the 

regional office within 30 days following 

the meeting. Written comments may be 

emailed to Sarah Villanueva at 

svillanueva@usccr.gov. Persons who 

desire additional information may 

contact the Regional Programs Unit at 

(312) 353–8311. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Regional Programs Unit Office, as they 

become available, both before and after 

the meeting. Records of the meeting will 

be available via www.facadatabase.gov 

under the Commission on Civil Rights, 

Georgia Advisory Committee link. 

Persons interested in the work of this 

Committee are directed to the 

Commission’s website, http://

www.usccr.gov, or may contact the 

Regional Programs Unit at the above 

email or street address. 

Agenda 

I. Welcome and Roll Call 

II. Approval of Minutes: December 8, 

2021 

III. Discussion of Civil Asset Forfeiture 

in Georgia 

IV. Discussion of Next Steps 

V. Public Comment 

VI. Adjournment 

Dated: January 4, 2022. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–138] 

Pentafluoroethane (R-125) From the 

People’s Republic of China: Final 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and/or exporters 

of pentafluoroethane (R-125) from the 

People’s Republic of China (China). The 

period of investigation is January 1, 

2020, through December 31, 2020. 

DATES: Applicable January 10, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adam Simons, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–6172. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On June 25, 2021, Commerce 

published the Preliminary 

Determination.1 The petitioner in this 

investigation is Honeywell 

International, Inc. In addition to the 

Government of China, the mandatory 

respondents in this investigation are 

Zhejiang Quzhou Juxin Fluorine 

Chemical Co., Ltd. (Juxin) and Zhejiang 

Sanmei Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd. 

(Sanmei). 

A summary of the events that 

occurred since Commerce published the 

Preliminary Determination and a full 

discussion of the issues raised by parties 

for this final determination are provided 

in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.2 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 http://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. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is R-125 from China. For a 

complete description of the scope of this 

investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,3 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (i.e., scope).4 Certain interested 

parties commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. We addressed these 

comments in the AD Preliminary 

Determination and preliminarily 

modified the scope of this and the 

companion antidumping duty 

investigation.5 We established a period 

of time for parties to address scope 

issues in scope case and rebuttal briefs,6

and we received such comments, which 

we addressed in the Final Scope 

Decision Memorandum.7 After 

analyzing interested parties’ comments, 

we made certain changes to the scope of 

this and the concurrent CVD 

investigation that published in the 

Preliminary Determination. See 

Appendix I to this notice. 

Analysis of Subsidy Programs and 

Comments Received 

The subsidy programs under 

investigation and the issues raised in 

the case and rebuttal briefs by parties in 

this investigation are discussed in the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. A 

list of the issues that parties raised is 

attached to this notice as Appendix II. 

Methodology 

Commerce conducted this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act). For each of the 

subsidy programs found 

countervailable, Commerce determines 

that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.8 For a 

full description of the methodology 

underlying our final determination, see 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

In making this final determination, 

Commerce relied, in part on facts 

otherwise available, and because it 

found that one or more respondents did 

not act to the best of their ability to 

respond to Commerce’s requests for 

information, it drew an adverse 

inference, where appropriate, in 

selecting from among the facts 

available.9 As described in the 

Preliminary Determination, we applied 

an adverse inference in the selection of 

facts available for determining a subsidy 


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10See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 6– 

18. 

11 Id. at ‘‘Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences.’’ 

12See Juxin’s Letter, ‘‘Submission of In-Lieu-ofVerification (ILOV) Questionnaire Response,’’ dated 

September 23, 2021; and Sanmei’s Letter, 

‘‘Submission of In-Lieu-of-Verification (ILOV) 

Questionnaire Response,’’ dated October 8, 2021. 

13See Memorandum, ‘‘Post-Preliminary Analysis 

in the Countervailing Duty Investigation of 

Pentafluoroethane (R-125) from the People’s 

Republic of China,’’ dated September 9, 2021 (PostPreliminary Analysis Memo); see also Issues and 

Decision Memorandum at Appendix II for the 

revised AFA rate calculation. 

14With two respondents under examination, 

Commerce normally calculates: (A) a weightedaverage of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for 

the examined respondents using each company’s 

proprietary U.S. sale quantities for the merchandise 

under consideration; (B) a simple average of the 

estimated subsidy rates calculated for the examined 

respondents; and (C) a weighted-average of the 

estimated subsidy rates calculated for the examined 

respondents using each company’s publicly-ranged 

U.S. sale values for the merchandise under 

consideration. Commerce then compares (B) and (C) 

to (A) and selects the rate closest to (A) as the most 

appropriate rate for all other producers and 

exporters. See, e.g., Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof 

from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United 

Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Reviews, Final Results of ChangedCircumstances Review, and Revocation of an Order 

in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 (September 1, 2010). 

15As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce has found the following 

companies to be cross owned with Juxin: Juhua 

Group Corporation; Zhejiang Juhua Co., Ltd.; 

Ningbo Juhua Chemical & Science Co., Ltd.; 

Zhejiang Quzhou Fluoxin Chemicals Co., Ltd.; and 

Zhejiang Juhua Chemical Mining Co., Ltd. 

16As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce has found the following 

company to be cross owned with Sanmei: Fujian 

Qingliu Dongying Chemical Ind. Co. Ltd. 

Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and 

analysis performed in this final determination to 

interested parties within five days of the date of 

public announcement to parties in this proceeding 

or, if there is no public announcement, within five 

days of publication of this notice in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

rate for the four companies that did not 

respond to Commerce’s quantity and 

value (Q&V) questionnaire: Arkema 

Daikin Advanced Fluorochemicals 

(Changsu) Co., Ltd.; Daikin 

Fluorochemicals (China) Co., Ltd.; 

Hongkong Richmax Ltd.; and Weitron 

International Refrigeration Equipment 

(Kunshan) Co., Ltd.10 For a full 

discussion of our application of adverse 

facts available (AFA), see the 

Preliminary Determination.11

Verification 

Commerce was unable to conduct onsite verification of the information 

relied upon in making its final 

determination in this investigation. 

However, we took additional steps in 

lieu of an on-site verification to verify 

the information relied upon in making 

this final determination, in accordance 

with section 782(i) of the Act.12

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our review and the analysis 

of the comments received from parties 

and our verification findings, we made 

changes to our subsidy rate calculations 

for Juxin and Sanmei. As a result of 

these changes, Commerce also revised 

the all-others rate. Commerce also 

revised the AFA rate applied to the 

companies which did not respond to the 

Q&V questionnaire to include the 

subsidy programs included in the PostPreliminary Analysis Memo.13 For a 

discussion of these changes, see the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

Final Determination 

In accordance with section 

705(c)(1)(B)(i)(I) of the Act, we 

calculated individual estimated subsidy 

rates for Juxin and Sanmei. Section 

705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act states that, for 

companies not individually 

investigated, Commerce will determine 

an all-others rate equal to the weightedaverage countervailable subsidy rates 

established for exporters and/or 

producers individually investigated, 

excluding any zero and de minimis 

countervailable subsidy rates, and any 

rates determined entirely under section 

776 of the Act. Therefore, Commerce 

calculated the all-others rate using a 

weighted average of the individual 

estimated subsidy rates calculated for 

the examined respondents using each 

company’s publicly ranged sales data.14

Commerce determines that the 

following total estimated net 

countervailable subsidy rates exist: 

Company Subsidy rate 

(percent) 

Arkema Daikin Advanced Fluorochemicals (Changsu) Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................... 306.57 

Daikin Fluorochemicals (China) Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................. 306.57 

Hongkong Richmax Ltd ....................................................................................................................................................................... 306.57 

Weitron International Refrigeration Equipment (Kunshan) Co., Ltd .................................................................................................... 306.57 

Zhejiang Quzhou Juxin Fluorine Chemical Co., Ltd15 ........................................................................................................................ 14.66 

Zhejiang Sanmei Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd16 ......................................................................................................................................... 12.75 

All Others ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 14.43 

Disclosure 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

As a result of our Preliminary 

Determination, and pursuant to sections 

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

Commerce instructed U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) to suspend 

liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise as described in the scope 

of the investigation section, that were 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after June 25, 

2021, the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination in the 

Federal Register. In accordance with 

section 703(d) of the Act, we instructed 

CBP to discontinue the suspension of 

liquidation for subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

on or after October 23, 2021. 

If the U.S. International Trade 

Commission (ITC) issues a final 

affirmative injury determination, we 

will issue a countervailing duty (CVD) 

order, reinstate the suspension of 

liquidation under section 706(a) of the 

Act, and require cash deposit of 

estimated countervailing duties for such 

entries of subject merchandise in the 

amounts indicated above. If the ITC 

determines that material injury, or 

threat of material injury, does not exist, 

this proceeding will be terminated, and 

all estimated duties deposited, or 

securities posted as a result of the 

suspension of liquidation will be 

refunded or canceled. 

ITC Notification 

In accordance with section 705(d) of 

the Act, we will notify the ITC of our 

determination. Because the final 

determination in this proceeding is 

affirmative, in accordance with section 

705(b) of the Act, the ITC will make its 

final determination as to whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured, or threatened with 

material injury, by reason of imports of 

R-125 from China no later than 45 days 

after our final determination. 


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17 ‘‘Largest relative component by volume, on an 

actual percentage basis’’ means that the percentage 

of R-125 contained in a blend is larger than the 

individual percentages of all the other components. 

For example, R-125 contained in a blend that does 

not conform to ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 34 and 

which contains 35% R-125 by volume is covered by 

the scope of the investigations if no other 

component part of the blend equals or exceeds 35% 

of the volume of the blend. 

1See Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of 

Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review and Final Determination of 

If the ITC determines that material 

injury or threat of material injury does 

not exist, the proceeding will be 

terminated, and all cash deposits will be 

refunded. If the ITC determines that 

material injury or threat of material 

injury does exist, Commerce will issue 

a CVD order directing CBP to assess, 

upon further instruction by Commerce, 

countervailing duties on all imports of 

the subject merchandise entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the effective 

date of the suspension of liquidation, as 

discussed above in the ‘‘Continuation of 

Suspension of Liquidation’’ section. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Order 

In the event that the ITC issues a final 

negative injury determination, this 

notice will serve as the only reminder 

to parties subject to administrative 

protective order (APO) of their 

responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of return/ 

destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective order is 

hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and the terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice is issued and published in 

accordance with sections 705(d) and 

777(i) of the Act. 

Dated: December 30, 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 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is pentafluoroethane (R-125), or 

its chemical equivalent, regardless of form, 

type or purity level. R-125 has the Chemical 

Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number of 

354–33–6 and the chemical formula C2HF5. 

R-125 is also referred to as 

Pentafluoroethane, Genetron HFC 125, 

Khladon 125, Suva 125, Freon 125, and Fc125. 

R-125 contained in blends that do not 

conform to ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 34 is 

included in the scope of this investigation 

when R-125 constitutes the largest relative 

component by volume, on an actual 

percentage basis, of the blend.17 However, R125 incorporated into a blend that conforms 

to ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 34 is excluded 

from the scope of this investigation. When R125 is blended with other products and 

otherwise falls under the scope of this 

investigation, only the R-125 component of 

the mixture is covered by the scope of this 

investigation. 

Subject merchandise also includes purified 

and unpurified R-125 that is processed in a 

third country or otherwise outside the 

customs territory of the United States, 

including, but not limited to, purifying, 

blending, or any other processing that would 

not otherwise remove the merchandise from 

the scope of this investigation if performed 

in the country of manufacture of the in-scope 

R-125. The scope also includes R-125 that is 

commingled with R-125 from sources not 

subject to this investigation. Only the subject 

component of such commingled products is 

covered by the scope of this investigation. 

Excluded from the scope is merchandise 

covered by the scope of the antidumping 

order on Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the 

People’s Republic of China, including 

merchandise subject to the affirmative anticircumvention determination in 

Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the People’s 

Republic of China: Affirmative Final 

Determination of Circumvention of the 

Antidumping Duty Order; Unfinished R–32/ 

R-125 Blends, 85 FR 15428 (March 18, 2020). 

See Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the 

People’s Republic of China: Antidumping 

Duty Order, 81 FR 55436 (August 19, 2016) 

(the Blends Order). 

R-125 is classified under Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheading 2903.39.2035 and 2903.39.2038. 

Merchandise subject to the scope may also be 

entered under HTSUS subheadings 

2903.39.2045, 3824.78.0020, and 

3824.78.0050. The HTSUS subheadings and 

CAS registry number are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes. The 

written description of the scope of this 

investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memo 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope Comments 

IV. Final Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances 

V. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

VII. Analysis of Programs 

VIII. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Application of Adverse Facts 

Available (AFA) to the Export Buyer’s 

Credit Program (EBCP) 

Comment 2: Application of AFA to the 

Provision of Electricity for Less-ThanAdequate-Renumeration (LTAR) Program 

Comment 3: Application of AFA to Other 

Subsidy Programs 

Comment 4: Ministerial Error in the 

Subsidy Rate Calculation for the 

Electricity for LTAR Program for Sanmei 

Comment 5: Selection of Fluorspar for 

LTAR Benchmark Prices 

Comment 6: Creditworthiness of Juhua 

Group Corporation (Juhua Group) 

Comment 7: Undervaluation of the 

Renminbi (RMB) 

Comment 8: Seasonality in the Critical 

Circumstances Analysis 

IX. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–876] 

Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of 

Korea: Notice of Court Decision Not in 

Harmony With the Results of 

Antidumping Administrative Review; 

Notice of Amended Final Results 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On January 3, 2022, the U.S. 

Court of International Trade (CIT) 

issued its final judgment in Husteel Co., 

Ltd. v. United States, Consol. Court No. 

19–00112, sustaining the Department of 

Commerce (Commerce)’s second 

remand results pertaining to the 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty (AD) order on welded 

line pipe (WLP) from the Republic of 

Korea (Korea) covering the period 

December 1, 2016, through November 

30, 2017. Commerce is notifying the 

public that the CIT’s final judgment is 

not in harmony with Commerce’s final 

results of the administrative review, and 

that Commerce is amending the final 

results with respect to the dumping 

margins assigned to NEXTEEL Co., Ltd. 

(NEXTEEL), SeAH Steel Corporation 

(SeAH), and non-selected respondents. 

DATES: Applicable January 13, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Goldberger, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4136. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On June 14, 2019, Commerce 

published its final results in the 2016– 

2017 AD administrative review of WLP 

from Korea.1 Commerce calculated 


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