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1 See Pentafluoroethane (R–125) from the 

People’s Republic of China: Initiation of 

Countervailing Duty Investigation, 86 FR 8589 

(February 8, 2021) (Initiation Notice). 

2 See Pentafluoroethane (R–125) from the 

People’s Republic of China: Postponement of 

Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing 

Duty Investigation, 86 FR 14406 (March 16, 2021). 

3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination of the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of 

Pentafluoroethane (R–125) from the People’s 

Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

4 See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

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

5 See Initiation Notice. 

6 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. 

7 See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. 

8 See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Request to Align Final 

Countervailing Duty Determination with Final 

Antidumping Duty Determination,’’ dated May 21, 

2021. 

Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should 

Adjust Maquilacero’s Costs for NonPrime Products 

Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should 

Use Average Net Price to Value 

Maquilacero’s Non-Prime Product 

Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should 

Adjust the Selling, General, and 

Administrative (SG&A) Cost Calculation 

Maquilacero Provided for Tecnicas de 

Fluidos S.A. de C.V. (TEFLU) 

Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should 

Revise Its Adjustment to Maquilacero’s 

Costs for Coil Obtained From Affiliated 

Parties 

Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should 

Recalculate the Adjustment to 

Maquilacero’s Scrap Offset 

Comment 7: Whether Commerce Should 

Adjust TEFLU’s Further Processing Costs 

Comment 8: Whether Maquilacero’s and 

TEFLU’s Sales Were Made at the Same 

Level of Trade 

Comment 9: Whether Commerce Should 

Collapse Maquilacero and TEFLU 

Comment 10: Whether Commerce Should 

Make Certain Changes to Maquilacero’s 

SAS Programs 

Comment 11: Whether Commerce Should 

Assign Perfiles the Weighted-Average 

Dumping Margin It Received as a 

Mandatory Respondent in the 2013–2014 

Administrative Review 

VI. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–138] 

Pentafluoroethane (R–125) From the 

People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination and Alignment of 

Final Determination With Final 

Antidumping Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

pentafluoroethane (R–125) from the 

People’s Republic of China (China). The 

period of investigation is January 1, 

2020, through December 31, 2020. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable June 25, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joshua Tucker or Adam Simons, 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) 482–2044 or (202) 482–6172, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on February 8, 2021.1 On March 16, 

2021, Commerce postponed the 

preliminary determination of this 

investigation to June 11, 2021.2 For a 

complete description of the events that 

followed the initiation of this 

investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 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 http://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is R–125 from China. For 

a complete description of the scope of 

this investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations, the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage, (i.e., scope).4 Certain 

interested parties commented on the 

scope of the investigation as it appeared 

in the Initiation Notice.5

Commerce intends to issue its 

preliminary decision regarding 

comments concerning the scope of the 

antidumping (AD) and countervailing 

duty (CVD) investigations in the 

preliminary determination of the 

companion AD investigation. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, 

Commerce preliminarily 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.6

Commerce notes that, in making these 

findings, it relied, in part, on facts 

available and, because it finds that one 

or more respondents did not act to the 

best of their ability to respond to 

Commerce’s requests for information, it 

drew an adverse inference where 

appropriate in selecting from among the 

facts otherwise available.7 For further 

information, see ‘‘Use of Facts 

Otherwise Available and Adverse 

Inferences’’ in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Alignment 

As noted in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, in accordance with 

section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(b)(4), Commerce is aligning the 

final CVD determination in this 

investigation with the final 

determination in the companion AD 

investigation of R–125 from China based 

on a request made by the petitioner.8

Consequently, the final CVD 

determination will be issued on the 

same date as the final AD 

determination, which is currently 

scheduled to be issued no later than 

October 25, 2021, unless postponed. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act provide that in the preliminary 

determination, Commerce shall 

determine an estimated all-others rate 

for companies not individually 

examined. This rate shall be an amount 

equal to the weighted average of the 

estimated subsidy rates established for 

those companies individually 

examined, excluding any zero and de 

minimis rates and any rates based 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. 

In this investigation, Commerce 

calculated individual estimated 


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9 With two respondents under examination, 

Commerce normally calculates (A) a weightedaverage of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for 

the examined respondents using each company’s 

proprietary U.S. sale quantities for the merchandise 

under consideration; (B) a simple average of the 

estimated subsidy rates calculated for the examined 

respondents; and (C) a weighted-average of the 

estimated subsidy rates calculated for the examined 

respondents using each company’s publicly-ranged 

U.S. sale values for the merchandise under 

consideration. Commerce then compares (B) and (C) 

to (A) and selects the rate closest to (A) as the most 

appropriate rate for all other producers and 

exporters. See, e.g., Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof 

from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United 

Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Reviews, Final Results of ChangedCircumstances Review, and Revocation of an Order 

in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 (September 1, 2010). 

10 As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce has found the following 

companies to be cross-owned with Juxin: Juhua 

Group Corporation; Zhejiang Juhua Co., Ltd.; 

Ningbo Juhua Chemical & Science Co., Ltd.; 

Zhejiang Quzhou Fluoxin Chemicals Co., Ltd.; and 

Zhejiang Juhua Chemical Mining Co., Ltd. 

11 As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce has found the following 

company to be cross-owned with Sanmei: Fujian 

Qingliu Dongying Chemical Ind. Co. Ltd. 

12 See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

13 See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

countervailable subsidy rates for 

Zhejiang Quzhou Juxin Fluorine 

Chemical Co., Ltd. (Juxin) and Zhejiang 

Sanmei Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd. 

(Sanmei) that are not zero, de minimis, 

or based entirely on facts otherwise 

available. Commerce calculated the allothers rate using a weighted average of 

the individual estimated subsidy rates 

calculated for the examined respondents 

using each company’s publicly ranged 

values for the value of their exports of 

subject merchandise to the United 

States.9

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates exist: 

Company Subsidy rate 

(percent) 

Arkema Daikin Advanced Fluorochemicals (Changsu) Co., Ltd ......................................................................................................... 291.26 

Daikin Fluorochemicals (China) Co., Ltd ............................................................................................................................................. 291.26 

Hongkong Richmax Ltd ....................................................................................................................................................................... 291.26 

Weitron International Refrigeration Equipment (Kunshan) Co., Ltd .................................................................................................... 291.26 

Zhejiang Quzhou Juxin Fluorine Chemical Co., Ltd. 10 ....................................................................................................................... 3.23 

Zhejiang Sanmei Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd. 11 ........................................................................................................................................ 2.31 

All-Others ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 3.12 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with sections 

703(d)(1)(B) and (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 the scope 

of the investigation section entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.205(d), Commerce will instruct CBP 

to require a cash deposit equal to the 

rates indicated above. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties in this preliminary 

determination within five days of its 

public announcement, or if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of this notice in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Verification 

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

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. Normally, 

Commerce verifies information using 

standard procedures, including an onsite examination of original accounting, 

financial, and sales documentation. 

However, due to current travel 

restrictions in response to the global 

COVID–19 pandemic, Commerce is 

unable to conduct on-site verification in 

this investigation. Accordingly, we 

intend to verify the information relied 

upon in making the final determination 

through alternative means in lieu of an 

on-site verification. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

on non-scope issues may be submitted 

to the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

Interested parties will be notified of the 

timeline for the submission of case 

briefs and written comments at a later 

date. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues 

raised in case briefs, may be submitted 

no later than seven days after the 

deadline date for case briefs.12 The 

deadlines for submitting case and 

rebuttal briefs on scope issues will be 

established as part of the preliminary 

determination in the companion AD 

investigation. Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who 

submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in 

this investigation are encouraged to 

submit with each argument: (1) A 

statement of the issue; (2) a brief 

summary of the argument; and (3) a 

table of authorities. 

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, and a list of the 

issues to be discussed. Oral 

presentations at the hearing will be 

limited to issues raised in the briefs. If 

a request for a hearing is made, parties 

will be notified of the time and date for 

the hearing.13

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its 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 pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.205(c). 

Dated: June 11, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is pentafluoroethane (R–125), or 

its chemical equivalent, regardless of form, 


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1See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from the 

People’s Republic of China: Countervailing Duty 

Order, 84 FR 2157 (February 6, 2019) (Order). 2See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 

19730 (April 8, 2020). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews in Response to Operational 

Adjustments Due to COVID–19,’’ dated April 24, 

2020. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews,’’ dated July 21, 2020. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Common Alloy Aluminum 

Sheet from the People’s Republic of China: 

Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 4/23/ 

2018–12/31/2019,’’ dated January 25, 2021. 

6See Texarkana Aluminum, Inc.’s Letter, 

‘‘Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet (CAAS) from 

China, Antidumping (AD) & Countervailing Duty 

(CVD) Administrative Reviews,’’ dated April 9, 

2020; and Domestic Industry’s Letter, ‘‘1st 

Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty 

Order on Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from the 

People’s Republic of China—Domestic Industry’s 

Withdrawal of Certain Requests for Administrative 

Reviews,’’ dated August 19, 2020. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review of Common Alloy 

Aluminum Sheet from the People’s Republic of 

China; 2018–2019,’’ dated concurrently, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

type or purity level. R–125 has the Chemical 

Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number of 

354–33–6 and the chemical formula C2 HF5. 

R–125 is also referred to as 

Pentafluoroethane, Genetron HFC 125, 

Khladon 125, Suva 125, Freon 125, and Fc125. Subject merchandise includes R–125, 

whether or not incorporated into a blend. 

When R–125 is blended with other products, 

only the R–125 component of the mixture is 

covered by the scope of this investigation. 

Subject merchandise also includes R–125 

and unpurified R–125 that is processed in a 

third country or otherwise outside the 

customs territory of the United States, 

including, but not limited to, purifying, 

blending, 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 in-scope 

R–125. The scope also includes R–125 that is 

commingled with R–125 from sources not 

subject to this investigation. Only the subject 

component of such commingled products is 

covered by the scope of this investigation. 

Excluded from the current scope is 

merchandise covered by the scope of the 

antidumping order on hydrofluorocarbon 

blends from the People’s Republic of China. 

See Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the 

People’s Republic of China: Antidumping 

Duty Order, 81 FR 55436 (August 19, 2016). 

R–125 is classified under Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheading 2903.39.2035. Merchandise 

subject to the scope may also be entered 

under HTSUS subheadings 2903.39.2045 and 

3824.78.0020. The HTSUS subheadings and 

CAS registry number are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes. The 

written description of the scope of the 

investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Investigation 

IV. Injury Test 

V. Diversification of China’s Economy 

VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

VII. Subsidies Valuation 

VIII. Benchmarks and Interest Rates 

IX. Analysis of Programs 

X. Conclusion 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–074] 

Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From 

the People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Results of Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Review, 

Rescission of Review, in Part, and 

Intent To Rescind, in Part; 2018–2019 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

common alloy aluminum sheet 

(aluminum sheet) from the People’s 

Republic of China (China). The period 

of review (POR) is April 23, 2018, 

through December 31, 2019. 

DATES: Applicable June 25, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

McGowan or Natasia Harrison, 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) 482–3019 or (202) 482–1240, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On April 8, 2020, Commerce 

published a notice of initiation of an 

administrative review of the 

countervailing duty (CVD) order 1 on 

aluminum sheet from China.2 On April 

24, 2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines 

in administrative reviews by 50 days.3

On July 21, 2020, Commerce tolled all 

deadlines in administrative reviews by 

an additional 60 days.4 On January 25, 

2021, Commerce extended the deadline 

for the preliminary results of this review 

until June 18, 2021.5

Based on timely withdrawal of 

requests for administrative review, 

Commerce intends to partially rescind 

the administrative review of two 

entities.6 Therefore, concurrently with 

these preliminary results, we are 

rescinding the review with respect to 

these companies. 

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this review, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.7 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included at Appendix 

I of 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 System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at http://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the 

Order is aluminum sheet form China. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of the Order, see Appendix II. 

Rescission of Administrative Review, in 

Part 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), 

Commerce will rescind an 

administrative review, in whole or in 

part, if the party or parties that 

requested a review withdraw the request 

within 90 days of the publication date 

of the notice of initiation of the 

requested review. As noted above, all 

requests for administrative review were 

timely withdrawn for certain 

companies. Therefore, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), we are 

rescinding this administrative review 

with respect to: Luoyang Longding 

Aluminium Industries Co., Ltd. and 

Multipanel UK Ltd. 

Intent To Rescind Administrative 

Review, in Part 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), we 

intend to rescind this review following 


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