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Vol. 90, No. 18 

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 

1See Certain Brake Drums from the People’s 

Republic of China and the Republic of Tu ̈rkiye: 

Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 89 

FR 58116 (July 17, 2024) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

3See Certain Brake Drums from the People’s 

Republic of China and the Republic of Tu ̈rkiye: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 89 FR 91675 

(November 20, 2024). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination in the 

Less-Than-Fair Value Investigation of Certain Brake 

Drums from the Republic of Tu ̈rkiye,’’ 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, 89 FR at 58117. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping Duty 

Investigations and Countervailing Duty 

Investigations of Certain Brake Drums from the 

People’s Republic of China and the Republic of 

Tu ̈rkiye: Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated concurrently with this notice 

(Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum). 

8See Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–489–853] 

Certain Brake Drums From the 

Republic of Tu ̈rkiye: Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value, Postponement 

of Final Determination, and Extension 

of Provisional Measures 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that certain brake drums 

from the Republic of Tu ̈rkiye (Tu ̈rkiye) 

are being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(LTFV). The period of investigation is 

April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable January 29, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Hawkins, AD/CVD Operations, Office V, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1988. 

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 

in the Federal Register on July 17, 

2024.1 On July 22, 2024, Commerce 

tolled certain deadlines in this 

administrative proceeding by seven 

days.2 On November 20, 2024, 

Commerce postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation until 

January 23, 2025.3

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.4 A list of topics 

discussed 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 products covered by this 

investigation are certain brake drums 

from Tu ̈rkiye. 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. For a 

summary of the product coverage 

comments and rebuttal responses 

submitted to the record for this 

investigation and accompanying 

discussion and analysis of all comments 

timely received, see the Preliminary 

Scope Decision Memorandum.7 As 

discussed in the Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memorandum, Commerce 

preliminarily modified the scope 

language as it appeared in the Initiation 

Notice. In the Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memorandum, Commerce 

established the deadline for parties to 

submit scope case and rebuttal briefs. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Commerce has 

calculated export prices in accordance 

with section 772(a) of the Act. Normal 

value is calculated in accordance with 

section 773 of the Act. Furthermore, 

pursuant to section 776(a) and (b) of the 

Act, Commerce has preliminarily relied 

upon facts otherwise available, with 

adverse inferences, to assign an 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin to Akkus Dokum San. Ve Tic. 

Ltd. Sti, Buyuk Eker Bijon Sanayi Ve 

Ticaret, and Genk Otomotiv San. Dis 

Tic. Ltd. Sti.8 For a full description of 

the methodology underlying the 

preliminary determination, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 733(d)(1)(A)(ii) and 

735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provide that, in 

the preliminary determination, 

Commerce shall determine an estimated 

all-others rate for all exporters and 

producers not individually examined. 

This rate shall be an amount equal to 

the weighted average of the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

established for exporters and producers 

individually investigated, excluding any 

zero and de minimis margins, and any 

margins determined entirely under 

section 776 of the Act. 

In this investigation, Commerce 

calculated an individual estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin for 

Eku Fren ve Dok. San. A.S. (EKU Fren), 

the only individually-examined 

exporter/producer in this investigation. 

Because the only individually 

calculated dumping margin is not zero, 

de minimis, or based entirely on facts 


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9Case briefs and rebuttal briefs submitted in 

response to this preliminary LTFV determination 

should not include scope-related issues. 

10See 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). 

11See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

12We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

13See APO and Service Final Rule. 

otherwise available, the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin 

calculated for EKU Fren is the margin 

assigned to all other producers and 

exporters, pursuant to section 

735(c)(5)(A) of the Act. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margins exist: 

Producer/exporter 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Eku Fren ve Dok. San. A.S ........ 12.73 

Akkus Dokum San. Ve Tic. Ltd. 

Sti ............................................ * 149.29 

Buyuk Eker Bijon Sanayi Ve 

Ticaret ..................................... * 149.29 

Genk Otomotiv San. Dis Tic. Ltd. 

Sti ............................................ * 149.29 

All Others .................................... 12.73 

* Rate is based on facts available with adverse inferences. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties in this preliminary 

determination 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 the Federal Register 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. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 733(d)(2) 

of the Act, Commerce will direct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

suspend liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise, as described in appendix 

I, entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the date of publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register. Further, pursuant 

to section 733(d)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.205(d), Commerce will instruct 

CBP to require a cash deposit equal to 

the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin or the estimated allothers rate, as follows: (1) the cash 

deposit rate for the respondents listed 

above will be equal to the companyspecific estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin determined in this 

preliminary determination; (2) if the 

exporter is not a respondent identified 

above, but the producer is, then the cash 

deposit rate will be equal to the 

company-specific estimated weightedaverage dumping margin established for 

that producer of the subject 

merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit 

rate for all other producers and 

exporters will be equal to the all-others 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin. These suspension of liquidation 

instructions will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Commerce normally adjusts cash 

deposits for estimated antidumping 

duties by the amount of export subsidies 

countervailed in a companion 

countervailing duty (CVD) proceeding, 

when CVD provisional measures are in 

effect. However, as discussed in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum, 

Commerce has not offset the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin by 

the appropriate CVD rate. 

Verification 

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

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written non-scope 

related comments may be submitted to 

the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance no later than seven 

days after the date on which the final 

verification report is issued in this 

investigation.9 Rebuttal briefs, limited to 

issues raised in case briefs, may be filed 

not later than five days after the date for 

filing case briefs.10 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.11

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 briefs 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 

in their briefs.12 Further, we request that 

interested parties limit their 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).13

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 

intends to hold the hearing at a date and 

time to be determined. Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date, time, and 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. 

Postponement of Final Determination 

and Extension of Provisional Measures 

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 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. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2), 

Commerce requires that requests by 

respondents for postponement of a final 

antidumping duty determination be 

accompanied by a request for extension 

of provisional measures from a fourmonth period to a period not more than 

six months in duration. 


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14See EKU Fren’s Letter, ‘‘EKU Fren’s Final 

Determination Extension Request,’’ dated January 8, 

2025. 

15See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Petitioner’s Request for 

Postponement of Final Determination,’’ dated 

January 10, 2025. 

1See Large Top Mount Combination RefrigeratorFreezers from Thailand: Initiation of Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation, 89 FR 57860 (July 16, 

2024) (Initiation Notice). On July 24, 2024, 

Commerce published a correction to this notice. See 

Large Top Mount Combination Refrigerator-Freezers 

from Thailand: Correction, 89 FR 59894 (July 24, 

2024). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

3See Large Top Mount Combination RefrigeratorFreezers from Thailand: Postponement of 

Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-FairValue Investigation, 89 FR 90668 (November 18, 

2024). 

On January 8, 2025, EKU Fren 

requested that Commerce postpone the 

final determination in the event of an 

affirmative preliminary determination 

and that provisional measures be 

extended to a period not to exceed 135 

days.14 On January 10, 2025, Webb 

Wheel Products, Inc. (the petitioner) 

requested that Commerce postpone the 

final determination in the event of a 

negative preliminary determination.15

In accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) 

of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), 

because: (1) the preliminary 

determination is affirmative; (2) the 

requesting exporter accounts for a 

significant proportion of exports of the 

subject merchandise; and (3) no 

compelling reasons for denial exist, 

Commerce is postponing the final 

determination and extending the 

provisional measures from a four-month 

period to a period not greater than six 

months. Accordingly, Commerce’s final 

determination will be issued no later 

than 135 days after the date of 

publication of this preliminary 

determination in the Federal Register, 

pursuant to section 735(a)(2) of the Act. 

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 before the later of 

120 days after the date of this 

preliminary determination or 45 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 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: January 23, 2025. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is certain brake drums made of 

gray cast iron, whether finished or 

unfinished, with an actual or nominal inside 

diameter of 14.75 inches or more but not over 

16.6 inches, weighing more than 50 pounds. 

Unfinished brake drums are those which 

have undergone some turning or machining 

but are not ready for installation. Subject 

brake drums are included within the scope 

whether imported individually or with nonsubject merchandise (for example, a hub), 

whether assembled or unassembled, or if 

joined with non-subject merchandise. When 

a subject drum is imported together with 

non-subject merchandise, such as, but not 

limited to, a drum-hub assembly, only the 

subject drum is covered by the scope. 

Subject merchandise also includes finished 

and unfinished brake drums that are further 

processed in a third country or in the United 

States, including, but not limited to, 

assembly 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 subject 

brake drums. The inclusion, attachment, 

joining, or assembly of non-subject 

merchandise with subject drums either in the 

country of manufacture of the subject drum 

or in a third country does not remove the 

subject drum from the scope. Specifically 

excluded is merchandise covered by the 

scope of the antidumping and countervailing 

duty orders on certain chassis and 

subassemblies thereof from the People’s 

Republic of China. See Certain Chassis and 

Subassemblies Thereof from the People’s 

Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order, 

86 FR 36093 (July 8, 2021) and Certain 

Chassis and Subassemblies Thereof from the 

People’s Republic of China: Countervailing 

Duty Order and Amended Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, 86 FR 

24844 (May 10, 2021). 

The scope also excludes composite brake 

drums that contain more than 38 percent 

steel by weight. 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is classifiable under 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS) subheading 8708.30.5020. 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation may be classifiable under 

HTSUS subheading 8708.30.5090 when 

entered as part of an assembly. Subject 

merchandise may also enter under HTSUS 

subheading 8716.90.5060. Although the 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the merchandise 

covered by this investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Application of Facts Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

V. Discussion of the Methodology 

VI. Adjustments to Cash Deposit Rates for 

Export Subsidies in the Companion 

Countervailing Duty Investigation 

VII. Currency Conversion 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–549–853] 

Large Top Mount Combination 

Refrigerator-Freezers From Thailand: 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

Postponement of Final Determination, 

and Extension of Provisional Measures 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that large top mount 

combination refrigerator-freezers 

(refrigerators) from Thailand are being, 

or are 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 January 29, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Benito Ballesteros or Lilit Astvatsatrian, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office IX, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–7425 or 

(202) 482–6412, 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 July 16, 2024.1 On July 22, 2024, 

Commerce tolled certain deadlines in 

this administrative proceeding by seven 

days.2 On November 18, 2024, 

Commerce postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation until 

January 22, 2025.3 For a complete 

description of the events that followed 

the initiation of this investigation, see 


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