Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 135 / Monday, July 19, 2021 / Notices 38011 

1See Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires 

from the Republic of Korea: Final Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 86 

FR 28569 (May 27, 2021); Passenger Vehicle and 

Light Truck Tires from Taiwan: Final Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 86 

FR 28563 (May 27, 2021); Passenger Vehicle and 

Light Truck Tires from Taiwan: Final Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value; 

Correction, 86 FR 30916 (June 10, 2021); and 

Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from 

Thailand: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales 

at Less Than Fair Value, 86 FR 28548 (May 27, 

2021) (Thailand Final Determination). 

2See SRT’s Letter, ‘‘Passenger Vehicle and Light 

Truck Tires from Thailand: Ministerial Error 

Comments,’’ dated June 2, 2021 (Ministerial Error 

Allegation). 

3See ITC Notification Letter, Investigation Nos. 

701–TA–647 and 731–TA–1517–1520 (Final), dated 

July 12, 2021 (ITC Notification Letter). 

4See Ministerial Error Allegation. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping Duty 

Investigation of Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck 

Tires from Thailand: Allegation of Ministerial 

Errors in the Final Determination,’’ dated 

concurrently with this Federal Register notice 

(Ministerial Error Memorandum). 

6 Id. 

7See ITC Notification Letter. 

8See Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires 

from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

Postponement of Final Determination, and 

Extension of Provisional Measures, 86 FR 501 

(January 6, 2021); Passenger Vehicle and Light 

Truck Tires from Taiwan: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

Postponement of Final Determination, and 

Extension of Provisional Measures, 86 FR 508 

(January 6, 2021); Passenger Vehicle and Light 

Truck Tires from Taiwan: Amended Preliminary 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 86 

FR 8885 (February 10, 2021); and Passenger Vehicle 

and Light Truck Tires from Thailand: Preliminary 

Continued 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–908, A–583–869, A–549–842] 

Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck 

Tires From the Republic of Korea, 

Taiwan, and Thailand: Antidumping 

Duty Orders and Amended Final 

Affirmative Antidumping Duty 

Determination for Thailand 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) and the 

International Trade Commission (ITC), 

Commerce is issuing antidumping duty 

orders on passenger vehicle and light 

truck tires (passenger tires) from the 

Republic of Korea (Korea), Taiwan, and 

Thailand. In addition, Commerce is 

amending its final determination with 

respect to passenger tires from Thailand 

to correct a ministerial error. 

DATES: Applicable July 19, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elfi 

Blum at (202) 482–0197 (Korea); Lauren 

Caserta at (202) 482–4737 (Taiwan); and 

Leo Ayala at (202) 482–3945 (Thailand) 

AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In accordance with sections 735(d) 

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

amended (the Act), on May 27, 2021, 

Commerce published its affirmative 

final determinations in the less-thanfair-value (LTFV) investigations of 

passenger tires from Korea, Taiwan, and 

Thailand.1 In the investigation of 

passenger tires from Thailand, 

Sumitomo Rubber (Thailand), Ltd. 

(SRT) submitted a timely allegation on 

the record that Commerce made 

ministerial errors in the final AD 

determination.2 We reviewed the 

allegation and determined that we made 

ministerial errors in the final AD 

determination on passenger tires from 

Thailand. See ‘‘Amendment to the Final 

Determination for Thailand’’ section 

below for further discussion. On July 12, 

2021, the ITC notified Commerce of its 

final determinations, pursuant to 

section 735(d) of the Act, that an 

industry in the United States is 

materially injured within the meaning 

of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by 

reason of LTFV imports of passenger 

tires from Korea, Taiwan, and 

Thailand.3

Scope of the Orders 

The products covered by these orders 

are passenger tires from Korea, Taiwan, 

and Thailand. For a complete 

description of the scope of these orders, 

see the appendix to this notice. 

Amendment to the Final Determination 

for Thailand 

On June 2, 2021, Sumitomo Rubber 

(Thailand) Co., Ltd. (SRT) timely alleged 

that Commerce made certain ministerial 

errors in the Thailand Final 

Determination with respect to the duty 

margin assigned to SRT in the passenger 

tires from Thailand investigation.4 No 

other party made an allegation of 

ministerial errors or submitted a rebuttal 

to SRT’s ministerial error allegation 

under 19 CFR 351.224(c)(3). Commerce 

reviewed the record and, on July 12, 

2021, agreed that the errors alleged by 

SRT constituted ministerial errors 

within the meaning of section 735(e) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f).5

Specifically, Commerce found that it 

made inadvertent errors in calculating 

SRT’s variable cost of manufacturing 

and by incorrectly identifying in the 

margin program which data files to use 

in calculating SRT’s final dumping 

margin. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e), 

Commerce is amending the Thailand 

Final Determination to reflect the 

correction of the ministerial errors, as 

described in the Ministerial Error 

Memorandum.6 Based on the 

corrections, SRT’s final dumping margin 

rate changed from 14.62 percent to 

14.59 percent. As a result, we are also 

revising the all-others rate from 17.08 

percent to 17.06 percent. The amended 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins are listed in the ‘‘Estimated 

Weighted-Average Dumping Margins’’ 

section below. 

Antidumping Duty Orders 

On July 12, 2021, in accordance with 

section 735(d) of the Act, the ITC 

notified Commerce of its final 

determinations in these investigations, 

in which it found that an industry in the 

United States is materially injured by 

reason of imports of passenger tires from 

Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand.7

Therefore, in accordance with section 

735(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce is 

issuing these antidumping duty orders. 

Because the ITC determined that 

imports of passenger tires from Korea, 

Taiwan, and Thailand are materially 

injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated 

entries of such merchandise from Korea, 

Taiwan, and Thailand, entered or 

withdrawn from warehouse for 

consumption, are subject to the 

assessment of antidumping duties. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

736(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce will 

direct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further 

instruction by Commerce, antidumping 

duties equal to the amount by which the 

normal value of the merchandise 

exceeds the export price (or constructed 

export price) of the merchandise, for all 

relevant entries of passenger tires from 

Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. With the 

exception of entries occurring after the 

expiration of the provisional measures 

period and before publication of the 

ITC’s final affirmative injury 

determinations, as further described 

below, antidumping duties will be 

assessed on unliquidated entries of 

passenger tires from Korea, Taiwan, and 

Thailand, entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption, on or after 

January 6, 2021, the date of publication 

of the Preliminary Determinations.8


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38012 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 135 / Monday, July 19, 2021 / Notices 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, 

and Extension of Provisional Measures, 86 FR 517 

(January 6, 2021) (collectively, Preliminary 

Determinations). 

9 Id. 

10See, e.g., Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel 

Products from India, India, the People’s Republic of 

China, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan: 

Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping 

Determination for India and Taiwan, and 

Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390, 48392 

(July 25, 2016). 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation and Cash Deposits 

Except as noted in the ‘‘Provisional 

Measures’’ section of this notice, in 

accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of 

the Act, Commerce will instruct CBP to 

continue to suspend liquidation on all 

relevant entries of passenger tires from 

Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. These 

instructions suspending liquidation will 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Commerce will also instruct CBP to 

require cash deposits equal to the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins indicated in the tables below. 

Accordingly, effective on the date of 

publication in the Federal Register of 

the notice of the ITC’s final affirmative 

injury determinations, CBP will require, 

at the same time as importers would 

normally deposit estimated duties on 

subject merchandise, a cash deposit 

equal to the rates listed in the table 

below. The all-others rate applies to all 

producers or exporters not specifically 

listed, as appropriate. 

Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping 

Margins 

The estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins are as follows: 

KOREA

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Hankook Tire & Technology 

Co. Ltd .............................. 27.05 

Nexen Tire Corporation ........ 14.72 

All Others .............................. 21.74 

TAIWAN

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Cheng Shin Rubber Ind. Co. 

Ltd ..................................... 20.04 

Nankang Rubber Tire Corp. 

Ltd ..................................... 101.84 

All Others .............................. 84.75 

THAILAND

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

LLIT (Thailand) Co., Ltd ....... 21.09 

Sumitomo Rubber (Thailand) 

Co., Ltd ............................. 14.59 

All Others .............................. 17.06 

Provisional Measures 

Section 733(d) of the Act states that 

suspension of liquidation pursuant to an 

affirmative preliminary determination 

may not remain in effect for more than 

four months, except where exporters 

representing a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise 

request that Commerce extend the fourmonth period to no more than six 

months. At the request of exporters that 

account for a significant proportion of 

passenger tires from Korea, Taiwan, and 

Thailand, Commerce extended the fourmonth period to six months in each of 

these investigations. Commerce 

published the preliminary 

determinations in these investigations 

on January 6, 2021.9

The extended provisional measures 

period, beginning on the date of 

publication of the Preliminary 

Determinations, ended on July 4, 2021. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

733(d) of the Act and our practice,10

Commerce will instruct CBP to 

terminate the suspension of liquidation 

and to liquidate, without regard to 

antidumping duties, unliquidated 

entries of passenger tires from Korea, 

Taiwan, and Thailand entered or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption after July 4, 2021, the final 

day on which the provisional measures 

were in effect, until and through the day 

preceding the date of publication of the 

ITC’s final affirmative injury 

determinations in the Federal Register. 

Suspension of liquidation and the 

collection of cash deposits will resume 

on the date of publication of the ITC’s 

final determinations in the Federal 

Register. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice constitutes the 

antidumping duty orders with respect to 

passenger tires from Korea, Taiwan, and 

Thailand pursuant to section 736(a) of 

the Act. Interested parties can find a list 

of antidumping duty orders currently in 

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

stats/iastats1.html. 

The amended final determination and 

these antidumping duty orders are 

published in accordance with sections 

735(e) and 736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.224(e) and 19 CFR 351.211(b). 

Dated: July 13, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

Scope of the Orders 

The scope of these orders is passenger 

vehicle and light truck tires. Passenger 

vehicle and light truck tires are new 

pneumatic tires, of rubber, with a passenger 

vehicle or light truck size designation. Tires 

covered by these orders may be tube-type, 

tubeless, radial, or non-radial, and they may 

be intended for sale to original equipment 

manufacturers or the replacement market. 

Subject tires have, at the time of 

importation, the symbol ‘‘DOT’’ on the 

sidewall, certifying that the tire conforms to 

applicable motor vehicle safety standards. 

Subject tires may also have the following 

prefixes or suffix in their tire size 

designation, which also appears on the 

sidewall of the tire: 

Prefix designations: 

P—Identifies a tire intended primarily for 

service on passenger cars. 

LT—Identifies a tire intended primarily for 

service on light trucks. 

Suffix letter designations: 

LT—Identifies light truck tires for service 

on trucks, buses, trailers, and multipurpose 

passenger vehicles used in nominal highway 

service. 

All tires with a ‘‘P’’ or ‘‘LT’’ prefix, and all 

tires with an ‘‘LT’’ suffix in their sidewall 

markings are covered by these orders 

regardless of their intended use. 

In addition, all tires that lack a ‘‘P’’ or ‘‘LT’’ 

prefix or suffix in their sidewall markings, as 

well as all tires that include any other prefix 

or suffix in their sidewall markings, are 

included in the scope, regardless of their 

intended use, as long as the tire is of a size 

that fits passenger cars or light trucks. Sizes 

that fit passenger cars and light trucks 

include, but are not limited to, the numerical 

size designations listed in the passenger car 

section or light truck section of the Tire and 

Rim Association Year Book, as updated 

annually. The scope includes all tires that are 

of a size that fits passenger cars or light 

trucks, unless the tire falls within one of the 

specific exclusions set out below. 

Passenger vehicle and light truck tires, 

whether or not attached to wheels or rims, 

are included in the scope. However, if a 

subject tire is imported attached to a wheel 

or rim, only the tire is covered by the scope. 

Specifically excluded from the scope are 

the following types of tires: 

(1) Racing car tires; such tires do not bear 

the symbol ‘‘DOT’’ on the sidewall and may 

be marked with ‘‘ZR’’ in size designation; 


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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 135 / Monday, July 19, 2021 / Notices 38013 

1See Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires 

from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 86 

FR 28566 (May 27, 2021), and accompanying Issues 

and Decision Memorandum. 

(2) pneumatic tires, of rubber, that are not 

new, including recycled and retreaded tires; 

(3) non-pneumatic tires, such as solid 

rubber tires; 

(4) tires designed and marketed exclusively 

as temporary use spare tires for passenger 

vehicles which, in addition, exhibit each of 

the following physical characteristics: 

(a) The size designation and load index 

combination molded on the tire’s sidewall 

are listed in Table PCT–1R (‘‘T’’ Type Spare 

Tires for Temporary Use on Passenger 

Vehicles) or PCT–1B (‘‘T’’ Type Diagonal 

(Bias) Spare Tires for Temporary Use on 

Passenger Vehicles) of the Tire and Rim 

Association Year Book, 

(b) the designation ‘‘T’’ is molded into the 

tire’s sidewall as part of the size designation, 

and, 

(c) the tire’s speed rating is molded on the 

sidewall, indicating the rated speed in MPH 

or a letter rating as listed by Tire and Rim 

Association Year Book, and the rated speed 

is 81 MPH or a ‘‘M’’ rating; 

(5) tires designed and marketed exclusively 

as temporary use spare tires for light trucks 

which, in addition, exhibit each of the 

following physical characteristics: 

(a) The tires have a 265/70R17, 255/80R17, 

265/70R16, 245/70R17, 245/75R17, 245/ 

70R18, or 265/70R18 size designation; 

(b) ‘‘Temporary Use Only’’ or ‘‘Spare’’ is 

molded into the tire’s sidewall; 

(c) the tread depth of the tire is no greater 

than 6.2 mm; and 

(d) Uniform Tire Quality Grade Standards 

(‘‘UTQG’’) ratings are not molded into the 

tire’s sidewall with the exception of 265/ 

70R17 and 255/80R17 which may have 

UTQG molded on the tire sidewall; 

(6) tires designed and marketed exclusively 

for specialty tire (ST) use which, in addition, 

exhibit each of the following conditions: 

(a) The size designation molded on the 

tire’s sidewall is listed in the ST sections of 

the Tire and Rim Association Year Book, 

(b) the designation ‘‘ST’’ is molded into the 

tire’s sidewall as part of the size designation, 

(c) the tire incorporates a warning, 

prominently molded on the sidewall, that the 

tire is ‘‘For Trailer Service Only’’ or ‘‘For 

Trailer Use Only’’, 

(d) the load index molded on the tire’s 

sidewall meets or exceeds those load indexes 

listed in the Tire and Rim Association Year 

Book for the relevant ST tire size, and 

(e) either 

(i) the tire’s speed rating is molded on the 

sidewall, indicating the rated speed in MPH 

or a letter rating as listed by Tire and Rim 

Association Year Book, and the rated speed 

does not exceed 81 MPH or an ‘‘M’’ rating; 

or 

(ii) the tire’s speed rating molded on the 

sidewall is 87 MPH or an ‘‘N’’ rating, and in 

either case the tire’s maximum pressure and 

maximum load limit are molded on the 

sidewall and either 

(1) both exceed the maximum pressure and 

maximum load limit for any tire of the same 

size designation in either the passenger car 

or light truck section of the Tire and Rim 

Association Year Book; or 

(2) if the maximum cold inflation pressure 

molded on the tire is less than any cold 

inflation pressure listed for that size 

designation in either the passenger car or 

light truck section of the Tire and Rim 

Association Year Book, the maximum load 

limit molded on the tire is higher than the 

maximum load limit listed at that cold 

inflation pressure for that size designation in 

either the passenger car or light truck section 

of the Tire and Rim Association Year Book; 

(7) tires designed and marketed exclusively 

for off-road use and which, in addition, 

exhibit each of the following physical 

characteristics: 

(a) The size designation and load index 

combination molded on the tire’s sidewall 

are listed in the off-the-road, agricultural, 

industrial or ATV section of the Tire and Rim 

Association Year Book, 

(b) in addition to any size designation 

markings, the tire incorporates a warning, 

prominently molded on the sidewall, that the 

tire is ‘‘Not For Highway Service’’ or ‘‘Not for 

Highway Use’’, 

(c) the tire’s speed rating is molded on the 

sidewall, indicating the rated speed in MPH 

or a letter rating as listed by the Tire and Rim 

Association Year Book, and the rated speed 

does not exceed 55 MPH or a ‘‘G’’ rating, and 

(d) the tire features a recognizable off-road 

tread design; 

(8) Tires designed and marketed for offroad use as all-terrain-vehicle (ATV) tires or 

utility-terrain-vehicle (UTV) tires, and which, 

in addition, exhibit each of the following 

characteristics: 

(a) The tire’s speed rating is molded on the 

sidewall, indicating the rated speed in MPH 

or a letter rating as listed by the Tire and Rim 

Association Year Book, and the rated speed 

does not exceed 87 MPH or an ‘‘N’’ rating, 

and 

(b) both of the following physical 

characteristics are satisfied: 

(i) The size designation and load index 

combination molded on the tire’s sidewall 

does not match any of those listed in the 

passenger car or light truck sections of the 

Tire and Rim Association Year Book, and 

(ii) The size designation and load index 

combination molded on the tire’s sidewall 

matches any of the following size designation 

(American standard or metric) and load 

index combinations: 

American standard 

size Metric size Load index 

26x10R12 ............... 254/70R/12 72 

27x10R14 ............... 254/65R/14 73 

28x10R14 ............... 254/70R/14 75 

28x10R14 ............... 254/70R/14 86 

30x10R14 ............... 254/80R/14 79 

30x10R15 ............... 254/75R/15 78 

30x10R14 ............... 254/80R/14 90 

31x10R14 ............... 254/85R/14 81 

32x10R14 ............... 254/90R/14 95 

32x10R15 ............... 254/85R/15 83 

32x10R15 ............... 254/85R/15 94 

33x10R15 ............... 254/90R/15 86 

33x10R15 ............... 254/90R/15 95 

35x9.50R15 ............ 241/105R/15 82 

35x10R15 ............... 254/100R/15 97 

The products covered by these orders are 

currently classified under the following 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS) subheadings: 4011.10.10.10, 

4011.10.10.20, 4011.10.10.30, 4011.10.10.40, 

4011.10.10.50, 4011.10.10.60, 4011.10.10.70, 

4011.10.50.00, 4011.20.10.05, and 

4011.20.50.10. Tires meeting the scope 

description may also enter under the 

following HTSUS subheadings: 

4011.90.10.10, 4011.90.10.50, 4011.90.20.10, 

4011.90.20.50, 4011.90.80.10, 4011.90.80.50, 

8708.70.45.30, 8708.70.45.46, 8708.70.45.48, 

8708.70.45.60, 8708.70.60.30, 8708.70.60.45, 

and 8708.70.60.60. While HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for convenience 

and for customs purposes, the written 

description of the subject merchandise is 

dispositive. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15270 Filed 7–16–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–552–829] 

Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck 

Tires From the Socialist Republic of 

Vietnam: Countervailing Duty Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) and the 

International Trade Commission (ITC), 

Commerce is issuing a countervailing 

duty order on passenger vehicle and 

light truck tires from the Socialist 

Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam). 

DATES: Applicable July 19, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Schauer, 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) 482–0410. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In accordance with sections 705(d) 

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

amended (the Act), on May 27, 2021, 

Commerce published its affirmative 

final determination that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of passenger 

vehicle and light truck tires from 

Vietnam.1 On July 12, 2021, the ITC 

notified Commerce of its affirmative 

final determination that an industry in 

the United States is materially injured 

within the meaning of section 

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