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Notices Federal Register

102104 

Vol. 89, No. 242 

Tuesday, December 17, 2024 

1See 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. 

2See 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). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated December 9, 2024. 

5See Certain Collated Steel Staples from the 

People’s Republic of China: Countervailing Duty 

Order, 85 FR 43813 (July 20, 2020) (Order). 

6See 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). 

7See 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. 

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. 

Scope of the Order 5

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

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. 

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: 

Producer/exporter 

Subsidy rate 

(percent ad 

valorem) 

Tianjin Hweschun Fasteners 

Manufacturing Co., Ltd ..... 70.10 

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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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 242 / Tuesday, December 17, 2024 / Notices 102105 

1See Notice of Amended Final Determination of 

Sales at Less than Fair Value and Antidumping 

Duty Orders: Silicomanganese from India, 

Kazakhstan, and Venezuela, 67 FR 36149 (May 23, 

2002) (AD Orders). 

2See Silicomanganese from India, Kazakhstan, 

and Venezuela; Institution of Five-Year Reviews, 89 

FR 35247 (May 1, 2024). 

3See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 

FR 35073 (May 1, 2024). 

4See Silicomanganese from India, Kazakhstan, 

and Venezuela: Final Results of the Expedited 

Fourth Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty 

Orders, 89 FR 67065 (August 19, 2024), and 

accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum 

(IDM). 5See Silicomanganese from India, Kazakhstan, 

and Venezuela Determinations, 89 FR 99281 

(December 10, 2024) (ITC Final Determination). 

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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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–823, A–834–807, A–307–820] 

Silicomanganese From India, 

Kazakhstan, and Venezuela: 

Continuation of Antidumping Duty 

Orders 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: As a result of the 

determinations by the U.S. Department 

of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

that revocation of the antidumping duty 

(AD) orders on silicomanganese from 

India, Kazakhstan, and Venezuela 

would likely lead to the continuation or 

recurrence of dumping and material 

injury to an industry in the United 

States, Commerce is publishing a notice 

of continuation of these AD orders. 

DATES: Applicable December 10, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jacob Waddell, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1369. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 23, 2002, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

AD orders on silicomanganese from 

India, Kazakhstan, and Venezuela.1 On 

May 1, 2024, the ITC instituted,2 and 

Commerce initiated,3 the fourth sunset 

review of the Orders, pursuant to 

section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (the Act). As a result of its 

reviews, Commerce determined that 

revocation of the Orders would likely 

lead to the continuation or recurrence of 

dumping and, therefore, notified the ITC 

of the magnitude of the margins of 

dumping likely to prevail should the 

Orders be revoked.4

On December 10, 2024, the ITC 

published its determination, pursuant to 

sections 751(c) and 752(a) of the Act, 

that revocation of the Orders would 

likely lead to continuation or recurrence 

of material injury to an industry in the 

United States within a reasonably 

foreseeable time.5

Scope of the Orders 

For purposes of these Orders, the 

products covered are all forms, sizes 

and compositions of silicomanganese, 

except low-carbon silicomanganese, 

including silicomanganese briquettes, 

fines and slag. Silicomanganese is a 

ferroalloy composed principally of 

manganese, silicon and iron, and 

normally contains much smaller 

proportions of minor elements, such as 

carbon, phosphorous and sulfur. 

Silicomanganese is sometimes referred 

to as ferrosilicon manganese. 

Silicomanganese is used primarily in 

steel production as a source of both 

silicon and manganese. 

Silicomanganese generally contains by 

weight not less than 4 percent iron, 

more than 30 percent manganese, more 

than 8 percent silicon and not more 

than 3 percent phosphorous. 

Silicomanganese is properly classifiable 

under subheading 7202.30.0000 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS). Some 

silicomanganese may also be classified 

under HTSUS subheading 7202.99.5040. 

The low-carbon silicomanganese 

excluded from this scope is a ferroalloy 

with the following chemical 

specifications: minimum 55 percent 

manganese, minimum 27 percent 

silicon, minimum 4 percent iron, 

maximum 0.10 percent phosphorus, 

maximum 0.10 percent carbon and 

maximum 0.05 percent sulfur. Lowcarbon silicomanganese is used in the 

manufacture of stainless steel and 

special carbon steel grades, such as 

motor lamination grade steel, requiring 

a very low carbon content. It is 

sometimes referred to as 

ferromanganese-silicon. Low-carbon 

silicomanganese is classifiable under 

HTSUS subheading 7202.99.5040. 

This scope covers all 

silicomanganese, regardless of its tariff 


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