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6See ITC Final Determination. 

1See Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, 

Finished and Unfinished, from the People’s 

Republic of China: Notice of Court Decision Not in 

Harmony with the Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; Notice of Amended Final 

Results, 89 FR 107106 (December 31, 2024). 

1See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Petition for the 

Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duties,’’ dated December 31, 2024 (Petition). 

scope glycine or precursors of dried 

crystalline glycine. Glycine has the 

Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) 

registry number of 56–40–6. 

Glycine and glycine slurry are 

classified under Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheading 2922.49.43.00. Sodium 

glycinate is classified in the HTSUS 

under 2922.49.80.00. While the HTSUS 

subheadings and CAS registry number 

are provided for convenience and 

customs purposes, the written 

description of the scope of these Orders 

is dispositive. 

Continuation of the Orders 

As a result of the determinations by 

Commerce and the ITC that revocation 

of the Orders would likely lead to 

continuation or recurrence of dumping, 

countervailable subsidies, and material 

injury to an industry in the United 

States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of 

the Act, Commerce hereby orders the 

continuation of the Orders. U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection will 

continue to collect AD and CVD cash 

deposits at the rates in effect at the time 

of entry for all imports of subject 

merchandise. 

The effective date of the continuation 

of the Orders is November 29, 2024.6

Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.218(c)(2), Commerce 

intends to initiate the next five-year 

reviews of the Orders not later than 30 

days prior to fifth anniversary of the 

date of the effective date of this 

continuation 

Administrative Protective Order (APO) 

This notice also serves as a final 

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 

These five-year (sunset) reviews and 

this notice are in accordance with 

sections 751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the Act 

and this notice is published in 

accordance with section 777(i)(1) of the 

Act, and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4). 

Dated: January 22, 2025. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01795 Filed 1–27–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–601] 

Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts 

Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, 

From the People’s Republic of China: 

Notice of Court Decision Not in 

Harmony With the Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; Notice of Amended Final 

Results; Correction 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: On December 31, 2024, the 

U.S. Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) published in the Federal 

Register the amended final results of the 

2018–2019 administrative review of the 

antidumping duty (AD) order on tapered 

roller bearings and parts from the 

People’s Republic of China (China). This 

notice incorrectly stated that for the 

non-selected companies that do not 

have a superseding cash deposit rate, 

Commerce will issue revised cash 

deposit instructions through U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry 

Xiao, AD/CVD Operations, Office II, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2273. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 31, 2024, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

notice of court decision not in harmony 

with the final results and amended final 

results of the 2018–2019 administrative 

review of the AD order on tapered roller 

bearings and parts from China.1 This 

notice incorrectly stated that ‘‘{w}ith 

respect to all the non-selected 

companies that do not have a 

superseding cash deposit rate revised 

cash deposit instructions will be issued 

by Commerce to CBP.’’ We provide the 

correction below. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of December 

31, 2024, in FR Doc 2024–31412, at 89 

FR 107107, in the first and second 

columns, correct the text in the section 

entitled, ‘‘Cash Deposit Requirements’’ 

by replacing the last sentence in the 

section with the following sentence: 

‘‘Because the non-selected companies 

have also received a superseding cash 

deposit rate in a subsequent 

administrative review, we will not issue 

revised cash deposit instructions to 

CBP. This notice will not affect the 

current cash deposit rate with respect to 

these companies.’’ 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice is issued and published in 

accordance with sections 516A(e) and 

777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended. 

Dated: January 22, 2025. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–196] 

Slag Pots From the People’s Republic 

of China: Initiation of Less-Than-FairValue Investigation 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable January 21, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin 

Kearney, Office VI, AD/CVD Operations, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0167. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Petition 

On December 31, 2024, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

received an antidumping duty (AD) 

petition concerning imports of slag pots 

from the People’s Republic of China 

(China) filed in proper form on behalf of 

WHEMCO-Steel Casting, Inc. (the 

petitioner), a U.S. producer of slag 

pots.1 The AD Petition was 


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2 Id. 

3See Commerce’s Letters, ‘‘Supplemental 

Questions,’’ dated January 7, 2025 (General Issues 

Questionnaire); and ‘‘Supplemental Questions,’’ 

dated January 7, 2025; see also Memorandum, 

‘‘Phone Call with Counsel to the Petitioner,’’ dated 

January 14, 2025 (January 14, 2025, Memorandum). 

4See Petitioner’s Letters, ‘‘Response to 

Supplemental Questions Regarding Antidumping 

Volume I of the Petitions,’’ dated January 13, 2025 

(First General Issues Supplement); ‘‘Response to 

Supplemental Questions Regarding Antidumping 

Volume II of the Petitions,’’ dated January 13, 2025; 

‘‘Response to Second Supplemental Questions 

Regarding Volume I of Petitions,’’ dated January 16, 

2025 (Second General Issues Supplement); and 

‘‘Response to Supplemental Questions Regarding 

Volume II of the Antidumping Petition,’’ dated 

January 16, 2025. 

5See section on ‘‘Determination of Industry 

Support for the Petition,’’ infra. 

6See General Issues Questionnaire; see also 

January 14, 2025, Memorandum. 

7See First General Issues Supplement at 1–3 and 

Exhibit I–SUPP–2; see also Second General Issues 

Supplement at 1 and Exhibit I–2Supp-1. 

8See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

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

(Preamble); see also 19 CFR 351.312. 

9See 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) (defining ‘‘factual 

information’’). 

10See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures; 

Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 

39263 (July 6, 2011); see also Enforcement and 

Compliance: Change of Electronic Filing System 

Name, 79 FR 69046 (November 20, 2014) for details 

of Commerce’s electronic filing requirements, 

effective August 5, 2011. Information on using 

ACCESS can be found at https://access.trade.gov/ 

help.aspx and a handbook can be found at https:// 

access.trade.gov/help/Handbook_on_Electronic_

Filing_Procedures.pdf. 

accompanied by a countervailing duty 

(CVD) petition concerning imports of 

slag pots from China.2

On January 7 and 14, 2025, Commerce 

requested supplemental information 

pertaining to certain aspects of the 

Petition in supplemental 

questionnaires.3 On January 13 and 16, 

2025, the petitioner filed timely 

responses to these requests for 

additional information.4

In accordance with section 732(b) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act), the petitioner alleges that imports 

of slag pots from China are being, or are 

likely to be, sold in the United States at 

less than fair value (LTFV) within the 

meaning of section 731 of the Act, and 

that imports of such products are 

materially injuring, or threatening 

material injury to, the slag pots industry 

in the United States. Consistent with 

section 732(b)(1) of the Act, the Petition 

was accompanied by information 

reasonably available to the petitioner 

supporting its allegations. 

Commerce finds that the petitioner 

filed the Petition on behalf of the 

domestic industry, because the 

petitioner is an interested party, as 

defined in section 771(9)(C) of the Act. 

Commerce also finds that the petitioner 

demonstrated sufficient industry 

support for the initiation of the 

requested LTFV investigation.5

Period of Investigation 

Because the Petition was filed on 

December 31, 2024, and because China 

is a non-market economy (NME) 

country, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.204(b)(1), the period of 

investigation (POI) for the LTFV 

investigation is April 1, 2024, through 

September 30, 2024. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are slag pots from China. 

For a full description of the scope of this 

investigation, see the appendix to this 

notice. 

Comments on the Scope of the 

Investigation 

On January 7 and 14, 2025, Commerce 

requested information and clarification 

from the petitioner regarding the 

proposed scope to ensure that the scope 

language in the Petition is an accurate 

reflection of the products for which the 

domestic industry is seeking relief.6 On 

January 13 and 16, 2025, the petitioner 

provided clarifications and revised the 

scope.7 The description of merchandise 

covered by this investigation, as 

described in the appendix to this notice, 

reflects these clarifications. 

As discussed in the Preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations, we are setting 

aside a period for interested parties to 

raise issues regarding product coverage 

(i.e., scope).8 Commerce will consider 

all scope comments received from 

interested parties and, if necessary, will 

consult with interested parties prior to 

the issuance of the preliminary 

determination. If scope comments 

include factual information,9 all such 

factual information should be limited to 

public information. To facilitate 

preparation of its questionnaires, 

Commerce requests that scope 

comments be submitted by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time (ET) on February 10, 2025, 

which 20 calendar days from the 

signature date of this notice. Any 

rebuttal comments, which may include 

factual information, and should also be 

limited to public information, must be 

filed by 5:00 p.m. ET on February 20, 

2025, which is 10 calendar days from 

the initial comment deadline. 

Commerce requests that any factual 

information that parties consider 

relevant to the scope of this 

investigation be submitted during that 

period. However, if a party subsequently 

finds that additional factual information 

pertaining to the scope of the 

investigation may be relevant, the party 

must contact Commerce and request 

permission to submit the additional 

information. All scope comments must 

be filed simultaneously on the records 

of the concurrent LTFV and CVD 

investigations. 

Filing Requirements 

All submissions to Commerce must be 

filed electronically via Enforcement and 

Compliance’s Antidumping Duty and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS), 

unless an exception applies.10 An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully in its entirety by 

the time and date it is due. 

Comments on Product Characteristics 

Commerce is providing interested 

parties an opportunity to comment on 

the appropriate physical characteristics 

of slag pots to be reported in response 

to Commerce’s AD questionnaires. This 

information will be used to identify the 

key physical characteristics of the 

subject merchandise in order to report 

the relevant factors of production (FOP) 

accurately, as well as to develop 

appropriate product comparison 

criteria. 

Interested parties may provide any 

information or comments that they feel 

are relevant to the development of an 

accurate list of physical characteristics. 

In order to consider the suggestions of 

interested parties in developing and 

issuing the AD questionnaires, all 

product characteristics comments must 

be filed by 5:00 p.m. ET on February 10, 

2025, which is 20 calendar days from 

the signature date of this notice. Any 

rebuttal comments must be filed by 5:00 

p.m. ET on February 20, 2025, which is 

10 calendar days from the initial 

comment deadline. All comments and 

submissions to Commerce must be filed 

electronically using ACCESS, as 

explained above, on the record of the 

LTFV investigation. 

Determination of Industry Support for 

the Petition 

Section 732(b)(1) of the Act requires 

that a petition be filed on behalf of the 

domestic industry. Section 732(c)(4)(A) 

of the Act provides that a petition meets 

this requirement if the domestic 

producers or workers who support the 

petition account for: (i) at least 25 

percent of the total production of the 

domestic like product; and (ii) more 

than 50 percent of the production of the 

domestic like product produced by that 

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11See section 771(10) of the Act. 

12See USEC, Inc. v. United States, 132 F. Supp. 

2d 1, 8 (CIT 2001) (citing Algoma Steel Corp., Ltd. 

v. United States, 688 F. Supp. 639, 644 (CIT 1988), 

aff’d Algoma Steel Corp., Ltd. v. United States, 865 

F.2d 240 (Fed. Cir. 1989)). 

13For a discussion of the domestic like product 

analysis as applied to this case and information 

regarding industry support, see Checklist, 

‘‘Antidumping Duty Investigation Initiation 

Checklist: Slag Pots from the People’s Republic of 

China,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (China AD Initiation 

Checklist), at Attachment II, Analysis of Industry 

Support for the Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duty Petitions Covering Slag Pots from the People’s 

Republic of China (Attachment II). This checklist is 

on file electronically via ACCESS. 

14See Attachment II of the China AD Initiation 

Checklist. 

15 Id. 

16For further discussion, see Attachment II of the 

China AD Initiation Checklist. 

17 Id. 

18 Id.; see also section 732(c)(4)(D) of the Act. 

19See Attachment II of the China AD Initiation 

Checklist. 

20 Id. 

21 Id. 

22For further information regarding negligibility 

and the injury allegation, see China AD Initiation 

Checklist at Attachment III, Analysis of Allegations 

and Evidence of Material Injury and Causation for 

the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions 

Covering Slag Pots from the People’s Republic of 

China (Attachment III). 

23See Attachment III of the China AD Initiation 

Checklist. 

24 Id. 

25See China AD Initiation Checklist. 

support for, or opposition to, the 

petition. Moreover, section 732(c)(4)(D) 

of the Act provides that, if the petition 

does not establish support of domestic 

producers or workers accounting for 

more than 50 percent of the total 

production of the domestic like product, 

Commerce shall: (i) poll the industry or 

rely on other information in order to 

determine if there is support for the 

petition, as required by subparagraph 

(A); or (ii) determine industry support 

using a statistically valid sampling 

method to poll the ‘‘industry.’’ 

Section 771(4)(A) of the Act defines 

the ‘‘industry’’ as the producers as a 

whole of a domestic like product. Thus, 

to determine whether a petition has the 

requisite industry support, the statute 

directs Commerce to look to producers 

and workers who produce the domestic 

like product. The U.S. International 

Trade Commission (ITC), which is 

responsible for determining whether 

‘‘the domestic industry’’ has been 

injured, must also determine what 

constitutes a domestic like product in 

order to define the industry. While both 

Commerce and the ITC apply the same 

statutory definition regarding the 

domestic like product,11 they do so for 

different purposes and pursuant to a 

separate and distinct authority. In 

addition, Commerce’s determination is 

subject to limitations of time and 

information. Although this may result in 

different definitions of the like product, 

such differences do not render the 

decision of either agency contrary to 

law.12

Section 771(10) of the Act defines the 

domestic like product as ‘‘a product 

which is like, or in the absence of like, 

most similar in characteristics and uses 

with, the article subject to an 

investigation under this title.’’ Thus, the 

reference point from which the 

domestic like product analysis begins is 

‘‘the article subject to an investigation’’ 

(i.e., the class or kind of merchandise to 

be investigated, which normally will be 

the scope as defined in the petition). 

With regard to the domestic like 

product, the petitioner does not offer a 

definition of the domestic like product 

distinct from the scope of the 

investigation.13 Based on our analysis of 

the information submitted on the 

record, we have determined that slag 

pots, as defined in the scope, constitute 

a single domestic like product, and we 

have analyzed industry support in terms 

of that domestic like product.14

In determining whether the petitioner 

has standing under section 732(c)(4)(A) 

of the Act, we considered the industry 

support data contained in the Petition 

with reference to the domestic like 

product as defined in the ‘‘Scope of the 

Investigation,’’ in the appendix to this 

notice. To establish industry support, 

the petitioner provided its own 

production of the domestic like product 

in 2023 and compared this to the 

estimated total production of the 

domestic like product in 2023 by the 

U.S. slag pots industry.15 We relied on 

data provided by the petitioner for 

purposes of measuring industry 

support.16

Our review of the data provided in the 

Petition, the First General Issues 

Supplement, the Second General Issues 

Supplement, and other information 

readily available to Commerce indicates 

that the petitioner has established 

industry support for the Petition.17 First, 

the Petition established support from 

domestic producers (or workers) 

accounting for more than 50 percent of 

the total production of the domestic like 

product and, as such, Commerce is not 

required to take further action in order 

to evaluate industry support (e.g., 

polling).18 Second, the domestic 

producers (or workers) have met the 

statutory criteria for industry support 

under section 732(c)(4)(A)(i) of the Act 

because the domestic producers (or 

workers) who support the Petition 

account for at least 25 percent of the 

total production of the domestic like 

product.19 Finally, the domestic 

producers (or workers) have met the 

statutory criteria for industry support 

under section 732(c)(4)(A)(ii) of the Act 

because the domestic producers (or 

workers) who support the Petition 

account for more than 50 percent of the 

production of the domestic like product 

produced by that portion of the industry 

expressing support for, or opposition to, 

the Petition.20 Accordingly, Commerce 

determines that the Petition was filed on 

behalf of the domestic industry within 

the meaning of section 732(b)(1) of the 

Act.21

Allegations and Evidence of Material 

Injury and Causation 

The petitioner alleges that the U.S. 

industry producing the domestic like 

product is being materially injured, or is 

threatened with material injury, by 

reason of the imports of the subject 

merchandise sold at LTFV. In addition, 

the petitioner alleges that subject 

imports from China exceed the 

negligibility threshold provided for 

under section 771(24)(A) of the Act.22

The petitioner contends that the 

industry’s injured condition is 

illustrated by the significant volume and 

market share of subject imports; 

underselling and price suppression; lost 

sales and revenues; and declines in the 

domestic industry’s net sales quantities, 

employment variables, and financial 

performance.23 We assessed the 

allegations and supporting evidence 

regarding material injury, threat of 

material injury, causation, cumulation, 

as well as negligibility, and we have 

determined that these allegations are 

properly supported by adequate 

evidence and meet the statutory 

requirements for initiation.24

Allegations of Sales at LTFV 

The following is a description of the 

allegations of sales at LTFV upon which 

Commerce based its decision to initiate 

a LTFV investigation of imports of slag 

pots from China. The sources of data for 

the deductions and adjustments relating 

to U.S. price and normal value (NV) are 

discussed in greater detail in the China 

AD Initiation Checklist. 

U.S. Price 

The petitioner based export price (EP) 

on a transaction-specific average unit 

value (AUV) (i.e., month- and portspecific AUV) derived from official 

import statistics for imports of slag pots 

from China during the period of 

investigation and tied to ship manifest 

data.25 The petitioner conservatively 

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26 Id. 

27See, e.g., Certain Freight Rail Couplers and 

Parts Thereof from the People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value and Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Critical Circumstances, 88 FR 

15372 (March 13, 2023), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 5, 

unchanged in Certain Freight Rail Couplers and 

Parts Thereof from the People’s Republic of China: 

Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at LessThan-Fair Value and Final Affirmative 

Determination of Critical Circumstances, 88 FR 

34485 (May 30, 2023). 

28See China AD Initiation Checklist. 

29 Id. 

30See, e.g., Certain Collated Steel Staples from 

the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; and 

Final Determination of No Shipments; 2021–2022, 

88 FR 85242 (December 7, 2023), and 

accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum 

(IDM) at Comment 2; and Light-Walled Rectangular 

Pipe and Tube from the People’s Republic of China: 

Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review, 88 FR 15671 (March 14, 2023), and 

accompanying IDM at Comment 2. 

31See China AD Initiation Checklist. 

32 Id. 

33 Id. 

34See Petition at Volume I (pages and Exhibit I– 

4); see also First General Issues Supplement at 1. 

35See Regulations Enhancing the Administration 

of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Trade 

Remedy Laws, 89 FR 101694, 101759–60 (December 

16, 2024). 

price to calculate a net ex-factory U.S. 

price.26

Normal Value 

Commerce considers China to be an 

NME country.27 In accordance with 

section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Act, any 

determination that a foreign country is 

an NME country shall remain in effect 

until revoked by Commerce. Therefore, 

we continue to treat China as an NME 

country for purposes of the initiation of 

this LTFV investigation. Accordingly, 

we base NV on FOPs valued in a 

surrogate market economy country in 

accordance with section 773(c) of the 

Act. 

The petitioner claims that Malaysia is 

an appropriate surrogate country for 

China because it is a market economy 

that is at a level of economic 

development comparable to that of 

China and is a significant producer of 

comparable merchandise.28 The 

petitioner provided publicly available 

information from Malaysia to value all 

FOPs except labor.29 Consistent with 

Commerce’s recent practice in cases 

involving Malaysia as a surrogate 

country,30 to value labor, the petitioner 

provided data from another surrogate 

country, Mexico. Based on the 

information provided by the petitioner, 

we believe it is appropriate to use 

Malaysia as a surrogate country for 

China to value all FOPs except labor 

and Mexico to value labor for initiation 

purposes. 

Interested parties will have the 

opportunity to submit comments 

regarding surrogate country selection 

and, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.301(c)(3)(i), will be provided an 

opportunity to submit publicly available 

information to value FOPs within 30 

days before the scheduled date of the 

preliminary determination. 

Factors of Production 

Because information regarding the 

volume of inputs consumed by Chinese 

producers/exporters was not reasonably 

available, the petitioner used its own 

production experience and productspecific consumption rates as a 

surrogate to value Chinese 

manufacturers’ FOPs.31 Additionally, 

the petitioner calculated factory 

overhead, selling, general, and 

administrative expenses, and profit 

based on the experience of a Malaysian 

producer of comparable merchandise.32

Fair Value Comparisons 

Based on the data provided by the 

petitioner, there is reason to believe that 

imports of slag pots from China are 

being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at LTFV. Based on 

comparisons of EP to NV in accordance 

with sections 772 and 773 of the Act, 

the estimated dumping margin for slag 

pots from China covered by this 

initiation is 294.43 percent.33

Initiation of LTFV Investigation 

Based upon the examination of the 

Petition and supplemental responses, 

we find that they meet the requirements 

of section 732 of the Act. Therefore, we 

are initiating a LTFV investigation to 

determine whether imports of slag pots 

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

United States at LTFV. In accordance 

with section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Act and 

19 CFR 351.205(b)(1), unless postponed, 

we will make our preliminary 

determination no later than 140 days 

after the date of this initiation. 

Respondent Selection 

In the Petition, the petitioner 

identified 11 companies in China as 

producers and/or exporters of slag 

pots.34 Our standard practice for 

respondent selection in AD 

investigations involving NME countries 

is to select respondents based on 

quantity and value (Q&V) 

questionnaires in cases where 

Commerce has determined that the 

number of companies is large, and it 

cannot individually examine each 

company based upon its resources. 

Therefore, considering the number of 

producers and/or exporters identified in 

the Petition, Commerce will solicit Q&V 

information that can serve as a basis for 

selecting exporters for individual 

examination in the event that Commerce 

determines that the number is large and 

decides to limit the number of 

respondents individually examined 

pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the 

Act. Because there are 11 Chinese 

producers and/or exporters identified in 

the Petition, Commerce has determined 

that it will issue Q&V questionnaires to 

each potential respondent for which 

there is complete address information 

on the record. 

Commerce will post the Q&V 

questionnaires along with filing 

instructions on Commerce’s website at 

https://www.trade.gov/ec-adcvd-caseannouncements. Producers/exporters of 

slag pots from China that do not receive 

Q&V questionnaires may still submit a 

response to the Q&V questionnaire and 

can obtain a copy of the Q&V 

questionnaire from Commerce’s website. 

Responses to the Q&V questionnaire 

must be submitted by the relevant 

Chinese producers/exporters no later 

than 5:00 p.m. ET on February 4, 2025, 

which is two weeks from the signature 

date of this notice. All Q&V 

questionnaire responses must be filed 

electronically via ACCESS. An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully, in its entirety, by 

ACCESS no later than 5:00 p.m. ET on 

the deadline noted above. 

Interested parties must submit 

applications for disclosure under 

administrative protective order (APO) in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(b). As 

stated above, instructions for filing such 

applications may be found on 

Commerce’s website at https://

www.trade.gov/administrativeprotective-orders. 

Separate Rates 

In order to obtain separate rate status 

in an NME investigation, exporters and 

producers must submit a separate rate 

application. The specific requirements 

for submitting a separate rate 

application in an NME investigation are 

outlined in detail in the application 

itself, which is available on Commerce’s 

website at https://access.trade.gov/ 

Resources/nme/nme-sep-rate.html. Note 

that Commerce recently promulgated 

new regulations pertaining to separate 

rates, including the separate rate 

application deadline and eligibility for 

separate rate status, in 19 CFR 

351.108.35 Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.108(d)(1), the separate rate 

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36See 19 CFR 351.108(d)(1). 

37See 19 CFR 351.108(e). 

38See Enforcement and Compliance’s Policy 

Bulletin No. 05.1, regarding, ‘‘Separate-Rates 

Practice and Application of Combination Rates in 

Antidumping Investigation involving NME 

Countries,’’ (April 5, 2005), at 6 (emphasis added), 

available on Commerce’s website at https://

access.trade.gov/Resources/policy/bull05-1.pdf. 

39See section 733(a) of the Act. 

40 Id. 

41See 19 CFR 351.301(b). 

42See 19 CFR 351.301(b)(2). 

43See 19 CFR 351.301; see also Extension of Time 

Limits; Final Rule, 78 FR 57790 (September 20, 

2013) (Time Limits Final Rule), available at https:// 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/2013- 

22853.htm. 

44See 19 CFR 351.302; see also, e.g., Time Limits 

Final Rule. 

45See section 782(b) of the Act. 

46See Certification of Factual Information to 

Import Administration During Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July 

17, 2013) (Final Rule). Additional information 

regarding the Final Rule is available at https://

access.trade.gov/Resources/filing/index.html. 

publication of this initiation notice.36

Exporters and producers must file a 

timely separate rate application if they 

want to be considered for individual 

examination. In addition, pursuant to 19 

CFR 351.108(e), exporters and 

producers who submit a separate rate 

application and have been selected as 

mandatory respondents will be eligible 

for consideration for separate rate status 

only if they fully respond to all parts of 

Commerce’s AD questionnaire and 

participate in the LTFV proceeding as 

mandatory respondents.37 Commerce 

requires that companies from China 

submit a response both to the Q&V 

questionnaire and to the separate rate 

application by the respective deadlines 

to receive consideration for separate rate 

status. Companies not filing a timely 

Q&V questionnaire response will not 

receive separate rate consideration. 

Use of Combination Rates 

Commerce will calculate combination 

rates for certain respondents that are 

eligible for a separate rate in an NME 

investigation. The Separate Rates and 

Combination Rates Bulletin states: 

{w}hile continuing the practice of assigning 

separate rates only to exporters, all separate 

rates that {Commerce} will now assign in its 

NME investigation will be specific to those 

producers that supplied the exporter during 

the period of investigation. Note, however, 

that one rate is calculated for the exporter 

and all of the producers which supplied 

subject merchandise to it during the period 

of investigation. This practice applies both to 

mandatory respondents receiving an 

individually calculated separate rate as well 

as the pool of non-investigated firms 

receiving the {weighted average} of the 

individually calculated rates. This practice is 

referred to as the application of ‘‘combination 

rates’’ because such rates apply to specific 

combinations of exporters and one or more 

producers. The cash-deposit rate assigned to 

an exporter will apply only to merchandise 

both exported by the firm in question and 

produced by a firm that supplied the exporter 

during the period of investigation.38

Distribution of Copies of the Petition 

In accordance with section 

732(b)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.202(f), copies of the public version 

of the Petition have been provided to 

the Government of China via ACCESS. 

To the extent practicable, we will 

attempt to provide a copy of the public 

version of the Petition to each exporter 

named in the Petition, as provided 

under 19 CFR 351.203(c)(2). 

ITC Notification 

Commerce will notify the ITC of our 

initiation, as required by section 732(d) 

of the Act. 

Preliminary Determination by the ITC 

The ITC will preliminarily determine, 

within 45 days after the date on which 

the Petition was filed, whether there is 

a reasonable indication that imports of 

slag pots from China are materially 

injuring, or threatening material injury 

to, a U.S. industry.39 A negative ITC 

determination will result in the 

investigation being terminated.40

Otherwise, this LTFV investigation will 

proceed according to statutory and 

regulatory time limits. 

Submission of Factual Information 

Factual information is defined in 19 

CFR 351.102(b)(21) as: (i) evidence 

submitted in response to questionnaires; 

(ii) evidence submitted in support of 

allegations; (iii) publicly available 

information to value factors under 19 

CFR 351.408(c) or to measure the 

adequacy of remuneration under 19 CFR 

351.511(a)(2); (iv) evidence placed on 

the record by Commerce; and (v) 

evidence other than factual information 

described in (i)–(iv). Section 351.301(b) 

of Commerce’s regulations requires any 

party, when submitting factual 

information, to specify under which 

subsection of 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) the 

information is being submitted 41 and, if 

the information is submitted to rebut, 

clarify, or correct factual information 

already on the record, to provide an 

explanation identifying the information 

already on the record that the factual 

information seeks to rebut, clarify, or 

correct.42 Time limits for the 

submission of factual information are 

addressed in 19 CFR 351.301, which 

provides specific time limits based on 

the type of factual information being 

submitted. Interested parties should 

review the regulations prior to 

submitting factual information in this 

investigation. 

Extensions of Time Limits 

Parties may request an extension of 

time limits before the expiration of a 

time limit established under 19 CFR 

351.301, or as otherwise specified by 

Commerce. In general, an extension 

request will be considered untimely if it 

is filed after the expiration of the time 

limit established under 19 CFR 351.301, 

or as otherwise specified by 

Commerce.43 For submissions that are 

due from multiple parties 

simultaneously, an extension request 

will be considered untimely if it is filed 

after 10:00 a.m. ET on the due date. 

Under certain circumstances, Commerce 

may elect to specify a different time 

limit by which extension requests will 

be considered untimely for submissions 

which are due from multiple parties 

simultaneously. In such a case, we will 

inform parties in a letter or 

memorandum of the deadline (including 

a specified time) by which extension 

requests must be filed to be considered 

timely. An extension request must be 

made in a separate, standalone 

submission; under limited 

circumstances we will grant untimely 

filed requests for the extension of time 

limits, where we determine, based on 19 

CFR 351.302, that extraordinary 

circumstances exist. Parties should 

review Commerce’s regulations 

concerning the extension of time limits 

and the Time Limits Final Rule prior to 

submitting factual information in this 

investigation.44

Certification Requirements 

Any party submitting factual 

information in an AD or CVD 

proceeding must certify to the accuracy 

and completeness of that information.45

Parties must use the certification 

formats provided in 19 CFR 

351.303(g).46 Commerce intends to 

reject factual submissions if the 

submitting party does not comply with 

the applicable certification 

requirements. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

Interested parties must submit 

applications for disclosure under APO 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 

Parties wishing to participate in this 

investigation should ensure that they 

meet the requirements of 19 CFR 

351.103(d) (e.g., by filing the required 

letter of appearance). Note that 

Commerce has amended certain of its 


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47See Administrative Protective Order, Service, 

and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069 

(September 29, 2023). 

1See Certain Paper Plates from the People’s 

Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, in Part, and Alignment of Final 

Determination With Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination, 89 FR 54432 (July 1, 2024) 

(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination in the Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Certain Paper Plates from the 

People’s Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 

Decision Memorandum). 

4See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; see also section 

771(5)(E) of the Act regarding benefit; and section 

771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity. 

requirements pertaining to the service of 

documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).47

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to sections 732(c)(2) and 777(i) 

of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.203(c). 

Dated: January 21, 2025. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by the 

investigation is slag pots with a nominal 

capacity of 65 cubic feet to 1200 cubic feet 

regardless of shape, form, or finish. 

Slag pots are load bearing devices typically 

formed as a curved shell or bowl-shaped 

container. Slag pots are metallurgical goods 

typically produced either using a casting 

process or a fabrication process (e.g., 

welding) and may include a ceramic 

refractory coating, heat treatment or various 

finishes in order to handle high temperature 

slag. Slag pots may contain integral features 

or attachments including (1) legs (or a stand) 

and (2) pivotal mounting hooks or brackets. 

Legs (or a stand) are a fixed or detachable 

support structure which allows the slag pot 

to be securely positioned upright on a surface 

when not being lifted or transported and may 

also keep the slag pot off the ground and 

allow for air cooling. The pivotal mounting 

hooks and brackets are specialized 

attachment points (such as lifting lugs or 

trunnions) that allow the slag pot to be 

securely lifted and transported by a crane or 

lifting device, or that enable the slag pot to 

swing or rotate while remaining attached to 

the lifting mechanism. The merchandise 

covered by this investigation includes all 

aforementioned attachments of a fully 

assembled slag pot, regardless of whether 

shipped assembled or unassembled. 

Slag pots are included within the scope 

whether finished or unfinished, whether 

imported individually or with other subject 

or non-subject merchandise, or whether 

assembled with attachments or unassembled. 

Finishing includes, but is not limited to, arc 

washing, welding, grinding, shot blasting, 

heat treatment, machining, and assembly of 

various parts. 

The country of origin for slag pots whether 

fully assembled, unfinished or finished, is 

the country where the slag pot was cast or 

forged. Subject merchandise includes slag 

pots that have been further processed or 

further assembled in a third country. Further 

processing and further assembly include, but 

is not limited to, arc washing, welding, 

grinding, shot blasting, heat treatment, 

painting, coating, priming, machining, and 

assembly of attachments. 

Slag pots subject to the investigation are 

specified within the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under 

subheading 7309.00.0090. The slag pot 

attachments covered by the scope of this 

investigation may enter under HTSUS 

subheadings 7316.00.0000, 7325.10.0080, 

7325.99.1000, 7325.99.5000, and 

7326.19.0080. The HTSUS subheading is 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes only. The written description of the 

scope of the investigation is dispositive. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01793 Filed 1–27–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–165] 

Certain Paper Plates From the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination and 

Final Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, in Part 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

certain paper plates (paper plates) from 

the People’s Republic of China (China). 

The period of investigation is January 1, 

2023, through December 31, 2023. 

DATES: Applicable January 28, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sun 

Cho, 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) 482–6458. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 1, 2024, Commerce published 

its Preliminary Determination in the 

Federal Register and invited interested 

parties to comment.1 On July 22, 2024, 

Commerce tolled certain deadlines in 

this administrative proceeding by seven 

days.2 The deadline for the final 

determination is now January 21, 2025. 

A summary of the events that 

occurred since Commerce published the 

Preliminary Determination, as well as a 

full discussion of the issues raised by 

parties for this final determination, may 

be found in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.3 The Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is a public document and 

is made available to the public 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. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are paper plates from 

China. For a complete description of the 

scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

We received no comments from 

interested parties on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Preliminary Determination. Therefore, 

we made no changes to the scope of the 

investigation. 

Analysis of Subsidy Programs and 

Comments Received 

The subsidy programs under 

investigation, and the issues raised in 

the case and rebuttal briefs that were 

submitted by parties in this 

investigation, are discussed in the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum. For a list of 

the issues raised by interested parties 

and addressed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum, see Appendix 

II. 

Methodology 

Commerce conducted this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act). For each of the 

subsidy programs found to be 

countervailable, Commerce determines 

that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.4 For a 

full description of the methodology 

underlying our final determination, see 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

In making this final determination, 

Commerce relied, in part, on facts 

otherwise available, including with an 


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