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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 102104-102105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29599]

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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 242 / Tuesday, December 17, 2024 / 
Notices

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-113]

Certain Collated Steel Staples From the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
countervailable subsidies were provided to Tianjin Hweschun Fasteners 
Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Tianjin Hweschun) a producer and exporter of 
certain collated steel staples (collated staples) from the People's 
Republic of China (China) during the period of review (POR) from 
January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.

DATES: Applicable December 17, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brandon James or Robert Palmer, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7472 or (202) 482-9068, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 12, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results.\1\ 
For a complete description of the events that occurred subsequent to 
the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\ On 
July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative 
proceeding by seven days.\3\ Additionally, on December 9, 2024, 
Commerce tolled the deadline to issue the final results in this 
administrative review by 90 days.\4\ Accordingly, the deadline for 
these final results is now March 10, 2025.
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    \1\ See Certain Collated Steel Staples from the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022, 89 FR 65598 (August 
12, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the 2022 Countervailing Duty Administrative Review 
of Certain Collated Steel Staples from the People's Republic of 
China,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 
(Issues and Decision Memorandum).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
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Scope of the Order 5
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    \5\ See Certain Collated Steel Staples from the People's 
Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 85 FR 43813 (July 20, 
2020) (Order).
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    The merchandise subject to the Order is collated staples from 
China. A full description of the scope of the Order is contained in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised by interested parties in briefs are addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum is provided in the appendix to this 
notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is 
on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 
ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In 
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we made no 
revisions to the countervailable subsidy rate calculations for Tianjin 
Hweschun, the sole mandatory respondent in this review.\6\
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Final Results Calculations for Tianjin 
Hweschun Fasteners Manufacturing Co., Ltd.,'' dated concurrently 
with this notice; see also Preliminary Results, 89 FR at 65598; see 
also Memorandum, ``Post-Preliminary Analysis in the Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Review of Certain Collated Steel Staples from 
the People's Republic of China; 2022,'' dated October 3, 2024 (Post-
Prelim).
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(A) of the Act. For each of the subsidy programs found 
countervailable, we find that there is a subsidy, i.e., a government-
provided financial contribution that gives rise to a benefit to the 
recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\7\ The Issues and Decision 
Memorandum contains a full description of the methodology underlying 
Commerce's conclusions, including any determination that relied upon 
the use of facts otherwise available, including with an adverse 
inference, pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
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    \7\ See 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.
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Final Results of Review

    We find the net countervailable subsidy rate for the mandatory 
respondent under review for the period of January 1, 2022, through 
December 31, 2022, to be as follows:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                   Producer/exporter                       (percent ad
                                                             valorem)
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Tianjin Hweschun Fasteners Manufacturing Co., Ltd......           70.10
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Disclosure

    Because Commerce has not modified its analysis or calculations from 
the Preliminary Results, there are no new calculations to disclose for 
these final results of review in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
Commerce has determined, and U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate entries of 
subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of this review 
for Tianjin Hweschun at the applicable ad valorem assessment rate 
listed above. 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

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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

    In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce intends 
to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing 
duties in the amounts shown for Tianjin Hweschun listed above on 
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final 
results of this administrative review. For all non-reviewed firms 
subject to the Order, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash 
deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the most recent company-
specific or all-others rate applicable to the company, as appropriate. 
These cash deposit requirements, effective upon publication of the 
final results of review, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as a 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 which 
is subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these final results of administrative 
review and notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: December 10, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Diversification of China's Economy
V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse 
Inferences
VI. Subsidies Valuation Information
VII. Benchmarks
VIII. Analysis of Programs
IX. Discussion of the Issue
    Comment: Whether Commerce Should Remove Inland Freight and 
Value-Added Taxes (VAT) From the Wire Rod and Galvanized Steel Wire 
Benchmarks
X. Recommendation

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