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1See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service 

Requirements Due to COVID–19, 85 FR 41363 (July 

10, 2020). 

2See 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii). 

3See Administrative Protective Order, Service, 

and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Final Rule, 88 FR 

67069 (September 29, 2023). 

1See Ceramic Tile from India: Initiation of LessThan-Fair-Value Investigation, 89 FR 42836 (May 

16, 2024) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

regulations regarding format, 

translation, and service of documents. 

These rules, including electronic filing 

requirements via Enforcement and 

Compliance’s Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS), 

can be found at 19 CFR 351.303. 

In accordance with section 782(b) of 

the Act, any party submitting factual 

information in an AD/CVD proceeding 

must certify to the accuracy and 

completeness of that information. 

Parties must use the certification 

formats provided in 19 CFR 351.303(g). 

Commerce intends to reject factual 

submissions if the submitting party does 

not comply with applicable revised 

certification requirements. 

Letters of Appearance and 

Administrative Protective Orders 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.103(d), 

Commerce will maintain and make 

available a public service list for these 

proceedings. Parties wishing to 

participate in any of these five-year 

reviews must file letters of appearance 

as discussed at 19 CFR 351.103(d). To 

facilitate the timely preparation of the 

public service list, it is requested that 

those seeking recognition as interested 

parties to a proceeding submit an entry 

of appearance within 10 days of the 

publication of the Notice of Initiation. 

Because deadlines in Sunset Reviews 

can be very short, we urge interested 

parties who want access to proprietary 

information under administrative 

protective order (APO) to file an APO 

application immediately following 

publication in the Federal Register of 

this notice of initiation. Commerce’s 

regulations on submission of proprietary 

information and eligibility to receive 

access to business proprietary 

information under APO can be found at 

19 CFR 351.304–306. Note that 

Commerce has temporarily modified 

certain of its requirements for serving 

documents containing business 

proprietary information, until further 

notice.1

Information Required From Interested 

Parties 

Domestic interested parties, as 

defined in sections 771(9)(C), (D), (E), 

(F), and (G) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.102(b), wishing to participate in a 

Sunset Review must respond not later 

than 15 days after the date of 

publication in the Federal Register of 

this notice of initiation by filing a notice 

of intent to participate. The required 

contents of the notice of intent to 

participate are set forth at 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(1)(ii). In accordance with 

Commerce’s regulations, if we do not 

receive a notice of intent to participate 

from at least one domestic interested 

party by the 15-day deadline, Commerce 

will automatically revoke the order 

without further review.2

If we receive an order-specific notice 

of intent to participate from a domestic 

interested party, Commerce’s 

regulations provide that all parties 

wishing to participate in a Sunset 

Review must file complete substantive 

responses not later than 30 days after 

the date of publication in the Federal 

Register of this notice of initiation. The 

required contents of a substantive 

response, on an order-specific basis, are 

set forth at 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3). Note 

that certain information requirements 

differ for respondent and domestic 

parties. Also, note that Commerce’s 

information requirements are distinct 

from the ITC ’s information 

requirements. Consult Commerce’s 

regulations for information regarding 

Commerce’s conduct of Sunset Reviews. 

Consult Commerce’s regulations at 19 

CFR part 351 for definitions of terms 

and for other general information 

concerning antidumping and 

countervailing duty proceedings at 

Commerce. 

Note that Commerce has amended 

certain of its requirements pertaining to 

the service of documents in 19 CFR 

351.303(f).3 An electronically filed 

document must be received successfully 

in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on the day on which it is 

due. 

In prior proceedings we have 

encouraged interested parties to provide 

an executive summary of their 

comments, including footnotes. In these 

sunset reviews, we request that 

interested parties provide at the 

beginning of their comments, an 

executive summary for each issue raised 

in their comments. Further, we request 

that interested parties limit their public 

executive summary of each issue to no 

more than 450 words, not including 

citations. We intend to use the public 

executive summaries as the basis of the 

comment summaries included in the 

decision memorandum that will 

accompany the notice to be published in 

the Federal Register. Finally, we request 

that interested parties include footnotes 

for relevant citations in the public 

executive summary of each issue. 

This notice of initiation is being 

published in accordance with section 

751(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(c). 

Dated: November 26, 2024. 

Scot Fullerton, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–928] 

Ceramic Tile From India: Preliminary 

Negative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value and 

Postponement of Final Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that ceramic tile from India 

is not being, or is not likely to be, sold 

in the United States at less than fair 

value (LTFV). The period of 

investigation (POI) is April 1, 2023, 

through March 31, 2024. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable December 2, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred 

Baker or Theodora Mattei, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–2924 or (202) 482–4834, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on May 16, 2024.1 On July 22, 2024, 

Commerce tolled certain deadlines in 

this administrative proceeding by seven 

days.2 On September 19, 2024, 

Commerce postponed the preliminary 


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3See Ceramic Tile from India: Postponement of 

Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-FairValue Investigation, 89 FR 76794 (September 19, 

2024). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination in the 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Ceramic Tile 

from India,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

5See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

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

6See Initiation Notice. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping Duty 

Investigation and Countervailing Duty Investigation 

of Ceramic Tile from India: Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memorandum,’’ dated concurrently with 

this notice (Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum). 

8Commerce preliminarily determines that Antiqa 

Minerals, Antiqa Ceramic Pvt. Ltd., Shivam 

Enterprise, Antiek Vitrified LLP, and Antique Non 

Woven Pvt. Ltd., are a single entity. See Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

9Commerce preliminarily determines that WinTel Ceramics Pvt. Ltd. and Theos Tiles LLP are a 

single entity. See Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

10See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(i); see also 19 CFR 

351.303 (for general filing requirements). 

11See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative 

Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 

88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and 

Service Final Rule). 

12See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

13We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

Continued 

determination of this investigation until 

November 22, 2024.3

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.4 A list of topics 

included in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. 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. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary 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 ceramic tile from India. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of this investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,5 in the 

Initiation Notice, Commerce set aside a 

period of time for parties to raise issues 

regarding product coverage (i.e., scope).6

Certain interested parties commented on 

the scope of the investigation as it 

appeared in the Initiation Notice, as 

well as additional language proposed by 

Commerce. For a summary of the 

product coverage comments and 

rebuttal responses submitted to the 

record for this preliminary 

determination, and accompanying 

discussion and analysis of all comments 

timely received, see the Preliminary 

Scope Decision Memorandum.7

Commerce is not modifying the scope 

language as it appeared in the Initiation 

Notice. In the Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memorandum, Commerce 

established deadlines for parties to 

submit scope case and rebuttal briefs as 

well as a deadline to request a hearing 

on issues raised in the scope briefs. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Commerce calculated 

export price in accordance with section 

772(a) of the Act. Normal value is 

calculated in accordance with section 

773 of the Act. For a full description of 

the methodology underlying the 

preliminary determination, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Determination 

For the period April 1, 2023, through 

March 31, 2024, Commerce 

preliminarily determines that the 

following estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins exist: 

Exporter/producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Antiqa Minerals/Antiqa Ceramic Pvt. 

Ltd./Shivam Enterprise/Antiek Vitrified LLP/Antique Non Woven Pvt. 

Ltd. (collectively, Antiqa Group) 8 ...... 0.00 

Win-Tel Ceramic Pvt.Ltd./Theos Tiles 

LLP (collectively Win-Tel Group) 9 ..... 0.00 

Consistent with section 733(b)(3) of 

the Act, Commerce disregards de 

minimis rates. Accordingly, Commerce 

preliminarily determines that Antiqa 

Group and Win-Tel Group, the two 

individually examined respondents, 

have not made sales of subject 

merchandise at LTFV. 

Consistent with section 733(d) of the 

Act, Commerce has not calculated an 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin for all other producers and 

exporters because it has not made an 

affirmative preliminary determination of 

sales at LTFV. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

Because Commerce has made a 

negative preliminary determination of 

sales at LTFV with regard to subject 

merchandise, Commerce will not direct 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 

suspend liquidation or to require a cash 

deposit of estimated antidumping duties 

for entries of ceramic tile from India. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed in 

connection with this preliminary 

determination to interested parties 

within five days of any public 

announcement or, if there is no public 

announcement, within five days of the 

date of publication of this notice in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Consistent with 19 CFR 351.224(e), 

Commerce will analyze and, if 

appropriate, correct any timely 

allegations of significant ministerial 

errors by amending the preliminary 

determination. However, consistent 

with 19 CFR 351.224(d), Commerce will 

not consider incomplete allegations that 

do not address the significance standard 

under 19 CFR 351.224(g) following the 

preliminary determination. Instead, 

Commerce will address such allegations 

in the final determination together with 

issues raised in the case briefs or other 

written comments. 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination for Antiqa Group 

and Win-Tel Group. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

on non-scope issues may be submitted 

to the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance no later 

than seven days after the date on which 

the last verification report is issued in 

this investigation.10 Rebuttal briefs, 

limited to issues raised in the case 

briefs, may be filed not later than five 

days after the date for filing case 

briefs.11 Interested parties who submit 

case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 

proceeding must submit: (1) a table of 

contents listing each issue; and (2) a 

table of authorities.12

As provided under 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 

proceedings we have encouraged 

interested parties to provide an 

executive summary of their brief that 

should be limited to five pages total, 

including footnotes. In this 

investigation, we instead request that 

interested parties provide at the 

beginning of their briefs a public, 

executive summary for each issue raised 

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in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

14See APO and Service Final Rule. 

15The petitioner is the Coalition for Fair Trade in 

Ceramic Tile. 

16See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Request for 

Postponement of {Commerce}’s Final 

Determinations,’’ dated November 1, 2024. 

interested parties limit their public, 

executive summary of each issue to no 

more than 450 words, not including 

citations. We intend to use the public, 

executive summaries as the basis of the 

comment summaries included in the 

issues and decision memorandum that 

will accompany the final determination 

in this investigation. We request that 

interested parties include footnotes for 

relevant citations in the public, 

executive summary of each issue. Note 

that Commerce has amended certain of 

its requirements pertaining to the 

service of documents in 19 CFR 

351.303(f).14

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

will inform parties of the time and date 

for the hearing. 

Postponement of Final Determination 

Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides 

that a final determination may be 

postponed until not later than 135 days 

after the date of the publication of the 

preliminary determination in the 

Federal Register if, in the event of an 

affirmative preliminary determination, a 

request for such postponement is made 

by exporters who account for a 

significant proportion of exports of the 

subject merchandise, or in the event of 

a negative preliminary determination, a 

request for such postponement is made 

by the petitioner. 

On November 1, 2024, pursuant to 19 

CFR 351.210(e), the petitioner 15

requested that Commerce postpone the 

final determination.16 In accordance 

with section 735(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 

19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(i), because: (1) the 

preliminary determination is negative; 

(2) the petitioner has requested the 

postponement of the final 

determination; and (3) no compelling 

reasons for denial exist, Commerce is 

postponing the final determination. 

Accordingly, Commerce will make its 

final determination no later than 135 

days after the date of publication of this 

preliminary determination. 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary determination. If the 

final determination is affirmative, the 

ITC will determine 75 days after the 

final determination whether these 

imports are materially injuring, or 

threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This preliminary determination is 

issued and published in accordance 

with sections 733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act, and 19 CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: November 22, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is ceramic flooring tile, wall 

tile, paving tile, hearth tile, porcelain tile, 

mosaic tile, flags, decorative tile, finishing 

tile, and the like (hereinafter ceramic tile). 

Ceramic tiles are articles containing a 

mixture of minerals including clay (generally 

hydrous silicates of alumina or magnesium) 

that are fired so the raw materials are fused 

to produce a tile that is less than 3.2 cm in 

thickness, exclusive of decorative features. 

All ceramic tile is subject to the scope 

regardless of end use, surface area, and 

weight, regardless of whether the tile is 

glazed or unglazed, regardless of the water 

absorption coefficient by weight, regardless 

of the extent of vitrification, and regardless 

of whether or not the tile is on a backing. 

Subject merchandise includes ceramic tile 

‘‘slabs’’ or ‘‘panels’’ (tiles that are larger than 

1 meter2 (11 ft2)). 

Subject merchandise includes ceramic tile 

that undergoes minor processing in a third 

country prior to importation into the United 

States. Similarly, subject merchandise 

includes ceramic tile produced that 

undergoes minor processing after importation 

into the United States. Such minor 

processing includes, but is not limited to, one 

or more of the following: beveling, cutting, 

trimming, staining, painting, polishing, 

finishing, additional firing, affixing a 

decorative surface to the tile, or any other 

processing that would otherwise not remove 

the merchandise from the scope of the 

investigation if performed in the country of 

manufacture of the in-scope product. 

Subject merchandise is currently classified 

in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) under the following 

subheadings of heading 6907: 6907.21.1005, 

6907.21.1011, 6907.21.1051, 6907.21.2000, 

6907.21.3000, 6907.21.4000, 6907.21.9011, 

6907.21.9051, 6907.22.1005, 6907.22.1011, 

6907.22.1051, 6907.22.2000, 6907.22.3000, 

6907.22.4000, 6907.22.9011, 6907.22.9051, 

6907.23.1005, 6907.23.1011, 6907.23.1051, 

6907.23.2000, 6907.23.3000, 6907.23.4000, 

6907.23.9011, 6907.23.9051, 6907.30.1005, 

6907.30.1011, 6907.30.1051, 6907.30.2000, 

6907.30.3000, 6907.30.4000, 6907.30.9011, 

6907.30.9051, 6907.40.1005, 6907.40.1011, 

6907.40.1051, 6907.40.2000, 6907.40.3000, 

6907.40.4000, 6907.40.9011, and 

6907.40.9051. Subject merchandise may also 

enter under subheadings of headings 6913, 

6914, and 6905: 6913.90.2000, 6914.10.8000, 

6914.90.8000, 6905.10.0000, and 

6905.90.0050. The HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes only. The written description of the 

scope of the investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Affiliation and Single Entity Treatment 

V. Discussion of the Methodology 

VI. Currency Conversion 

VII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE486] 

Fishing Capacity Reduction Program 

for the Pacific Coast Groundfish 

Fishery 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of fee rate adjustment. 

SUMMARY: NMFS issues this notice to 

decrease the fee rate to 2.25 percent for 

the Pacific Coast Groundfish fee-share 

fishery to repay the $28,428,718.88 

Groundfish sub-loan of the $35,662,471 

reduction loan that financed the Pacific 

Coast Groundfish fishing capacity 

reduction program. 

DATES: The fee rate decrease for the 

Pacific Coast Groundfish fishery will 

begin on landings starting on January 1, 

2025. The first due date for fee 

payments with the decreased rate will 

be February 14, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Send questions about this 

notice to William Fritz, Financial 

Assistance Specialist, Financial Services 

Division, National Marine Fisheries 

Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910–3282. 


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