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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 106425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31349]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-337-808]

Certain Glass Wine Bottles From Chile: Termination of Less-Than-
Fair-Value Investigation

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

SUMMARY: Based on a withdrawal of the antidumping duty (AD) petition on 
certain glass wine bottles from Chile by the U.S. Glass Producers 
Coalition (the petitioner), we are terminating this less than-fair-
value (LTFV) investigation.

DATES: Applicable December 30, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dusten Hom or Joshua Weiner, 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) 482-5075 or (202) 482-3902, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 29, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
received an AD petition concerning imports of certain glass wine 
bottles from Chile, filed in proper form by the petitioner.\1\ On 
January 25, 2024, Commerce published the notice of initiation of this 
LTFV investigation.\2\ On August 9, 2024, Commerce published its 
preliminary determination in the LTFV investigation of certain glass 
wine bottles from Chile.\3\ On December 10, 2024, the petitioner 
submitted a letter withdrawing the AD Petition with respect to 
Chile.\4\ On December 16, 2024, Saverglass, Inc.; Saverglass S. de R.L. 
de C.V.; Fevisa Comercial S.A. de C.V.; Fevisa Industrial S.A. de C.V; 
Encore Glass; and TricorBraun Inc. (collectively, the interested 
parties) filed opposition to the petitioner's withdrawal of the AD 
Petition with respect to Chile.\5\ On December 18, 2024, the petitioner 
filed a response to the interested parties' opposition.\6\ On December 
20, 2024, interested parties filed additional comments opposing 
termination of the investigation.\7\
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    \1\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Certain Glass Wine Bottles from 
the People's Republic of China, the United Mexican States, and 
Chile: Petitions for the Imposition of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duties,'' dated December 29, 2023 (AD Petition).
    \2\ See Certain Glass Wine Bottles from Chile, the People's 
Republic of China, and Mexico: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigations, 89 FR 4911 (January 25, 2024).
    \3\ See Certain Glass Wine Bottles from Chile: Preliminary 
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 
Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional 
Measures, 89 FR 65325 (August 9, 2024) (Preliminary Determination), 
and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \4\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Petition,'' dated 
December 10, 2024.
    \5\ See Interested Parties' Letter, ``Response to Petitioner's 
Request to Terminate Investigation,'' dated December 16, 2024.
    \6\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Petitioner's Reply to Response to 
Petitioner's Request to Terminate the Investigation,'' dated 
December 18, 2024.
    \7\ See Interested Parties' Letter, ``Response to Petitioner's 
December 18, 2024 Letter,'' dated December 20, 2024.
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Termination of the Investigation

    Section 351.207(b)(1) of Commerce's regulations stipulates that the 
Secretary may terminate an investigation, provided it has concluded 
that termination of the investigation is in the public interest.\8\ 
After considering the information on the record of this proceeding, 
including the petitioner's withdrawal letter, and the comments received 
from interested parties, Commerce has concluded that termination of 
this investigation is in the public interest. Accordingly, pursuant to 
section 734(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended and 19 CFR 
351.207(b)(1), we are terminating the LTFV investigation of certain 
glass wine bottles from Chile.
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    \8\ See GPX Intern. Tire Corp. v. United States, 893 F. Supp. 2d 
1296, 1311 (CIT 2013) (``the trade remedy laws are designed to 
buffer domestic industries from the harm caused by competing with . 
. . subsidized or dumped foreign products . . . This purpose is 
supported by the floor statements that focused on leveling the 
competitive playing field to protect domestic industries, rather 
than the general public'' (citing 158 Cong. Rec. H1166-73 (daily ed. 
Mar. 6, 2012)); see also Federal-Mogul Corp. v. United States, 63 
F.3d 1572, 1575 (Fed. Cir. 1995) (``To protect domestic industries 
from unfair competition by imported products, United States law 
imposes a duty on dumped goods, that is, goods sold in this country 
at a price lower than they sell for in their home market''); and 
Smith-Corona Group v. United States, 713 F.2d 1568, 1576 (Fed. Cir. 
1983) (``Congress sought to afford the domestic manufacturer strong 
protection against dumping'').
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Suspension of Liquidation

    In the Preliminary Determination, Commerce determined weighted-
average dumping margins for exporters of certain glass wine bottles 
from Chile that were above de minimis. Therefore, we instructed U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation of entries 
of certain glass wine bottles from Chile as of August 9, 2024, the date 
of publication of the Preliminary Determination.\9\ Because Commerce is 
terminating this LTFV investigation, we will instruct U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection to terminate suspension of liquidation and refund any 
cash deposits of estimated antidumping duties for entries of certain 
glass wine bottles from Chile.
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    \9\ See Preliminary Determination, 89 FR 65326.
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Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibilities 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 the terms of an APO is a violation that 
is subject to sanction.

    Dated: December 20, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-31349 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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