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17See Order, 73 FR at 45405. 

18See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 

FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) (Assessment Policy Notice). 19See Order, 73 FR at 45405. 

1See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 

63081 (October 6, 2020). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Passenger Vehicles 

and Light Truck Tires from the People’s Republic 

of China: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 

Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review; 2019,’’ dated April 14, 2021. 

the ratio of the total amount of dumping 

calculated for the importer’s examined 

sales to the total entered value of those 

same sales in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(b)(1). We will instruct CBP to 

assess antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries covered by this 

review when the importer-specific 

assessment rate calculated in the final 

results of this review is not zero or de 

minimis. If a respondent’s weightedaverage dumping margin is zero or de 

minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 

351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific 

assessment rate is zero or de minimis, 

we will instruct CBP to liquidate the 

appropriate entries without regard to 

antidumping duties. The final results of 

this review shall be the basis for the 

assessment of antidumping duties on 

entries of merchandise covered by this 

review where applicable. 

Regarding entries of subject 

merchandise during the period of 

review that were produced by Perfiles 

and Regiopytsa and for which they did 

not know that the merchandise was 

destined for the United States, we will 

instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at 

the all-others rate of 3.76 percent, as 

established in the LTFV investigation, if 

there is no rate for the intermediate 

company(ies) involved in the 

transaction.17 For a full discussion of 

this matter, see Assessment Policy 

Notice.18

For those companies which were not 

individually examined, we will instruct 

CBP to assess antidumping duties at an 

ad valorem rate equal to each 

company’s weighted-average dumping 

margin as determined in the final results 

of this review. 

Commerce intends to issue 

assessment instructions to CBP no 

earlier than 41 days after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

review in the Federal Register, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 356.8(a). The 

final results of this review shall be the 

basis for the assessment of antidumping 

duties on entries of merchandise 

covered by this review where 

applicable. 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following deposit requirements 

will be effective for all shipments of the 

subject merchandise entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the publication 

date of the final results of this 

administrative review, as provided by 

section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The 

cash deposit rate for each specific 

company listed above will be equal to 

the weighted-average dumping margin 

established in the final results of this 

administrative review, except if the rate 

is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, 

de minimis within the meaning of 19 

CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the 

cash deposit rates will be zero; (2) for 

companies not participating in this 

review, the cash deposit rate will 

continue to be the company-specific rate 

published for the most recently 

completed segment of this proceeding in 

which the producer or exporter 

participated; (3) if the exporter is not a 

firm covered in this review, a prior 

review, or the original LTFV 

investigation but the producer is, the 

cash deposit rate will be the rate 

established for the most recently 

completed segment of this proceeding 

for the producer of the merchandise; 

and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 

producers or exporters will continue to 

be the all-others rate of 3.76 percent.19

These cash deposit requirements, 

when imposed, shall remain in effect 

until further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice also serves as a 

preliminary reminder to importers of 

their responsibility under 19 CFR 

351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 

regarding the reimbursement of 

antidumping duties prior to liquidation 

of the relevant entries during this 

review period. Failure to comply with 

this requirement could result in the 

Commerce’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

occurred and the subsequent assessment 

of double antidumping duties. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing this 

notice in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: August 31, 2021. 

James Maeder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Companies Not Selected for Individual 

Examination 

V. Discussion of the Methodology 

VI. Currency Conversion 

VII. Recommendation 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–017] 

Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light 

Truck Tires From the People’s 

Republic of China: Preliminary Results 

of Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review Rescission in Part, and Intent 

To Rescind in Part; 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/exporters of 

certain passenger vehicle and light truck 

tires (passenger tires) from the People’s 

Republic of China (China) during the 

period of review (POR), January 1, 2019, 

through December 31, 2019. In addition, 

we are rescinding the review with 

respect to 19 companies, and 

announcing our preliminary intent to 

rescind this review with respect to eight 

other companies. Interested parties are 

invited to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable September 7, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Romani or Richard Roberts, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office I, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: 202–482–5075 or 

202–482–2631, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 6, 2020, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

notice of initiation of an administrative 

review of the CVD Order on passenger 

tires from China.1 On April 14, 2021, 

Commerce extended the deadline for the 

preliminary results of this review by 120 

days to August 31, 2021.2


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3See Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck 

Tires from the People’s Republic of China: 

Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty 

Determination and Antidumping Duty Order; and 

Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination and Countervailing Duty Order, 80 

FR 47902 (August 10, 2015). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the 2019 Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Review of Certain Passenger 

Vehicles and Light Truck Tires from the People’s 

Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

5See, e.g., Lightweight Thermal Paper from the 

People’s Republic of China: Notice of Rescission of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2015, 

82 FR 14349 (March 20, 2017); see also Circular 

Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People’s 

Republic of China: Rescission of Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Review; 2017, 84 FR 14650 

(April 11, 2019). 

6See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2). 

7See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). 

8These companies are: Hankook Tire China Co., 

Ltd.; Prinx Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Company 

Ltd.; Qingdao Fullrun Tyre Tech Corp., Ltd.; 

Qingdao Honghuasheng Trade Co., Ltd; Qingdao 

Kapsen Trade Co.; Shandong Habilead Rubber Co., 

Ltd.; Shandong Hongsheng Rubber Technology Co., 

Ltd.; and Shandong Qilun Rubber Co., Ltd. 

9See 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. 

Scope of the Order 3

The products covered by the Order 

are certain passenger vehicle and light 

truck tires from China. For a complete 

description of the scope of the Order, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.4

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 parties that requested a 

review withdraw the request within 90 

days of the date of publication of the 

notice of initiation. Commerce received 

timely-filed withdrawal requests with 

respect to the following companies: Giti 

Radial Tire (Anhui) Company Ltd.; Giti 

Tire Global Trading Pte. Ltd.; Giti Tire 

(Fujian) Company Ltd.; Giti Tire 

(Hualin) Company Ltd.; Haohua Orient 

International Trade Ltd.; Qingdao 

Lakesea Tyre Co., Ltd.; Riversun 

Industry Limited; Safe & Well (HK) 

International Trading Limited; Sailun 

Group (HongKong) Co., Limited., 

formerly known as Sailun Jinyu Group 

(Hong Kong) Co., Limited; Sailun Group 

Co., Ltd., formerly known as Sailun 

Jinyu Group Co., Ltd.; Sailun Tire 

Americas Inc., formerly known as SJI 

North America Inc.; Sailun Tire 

International Corp; Shandong Guofeng 

Rubber Plastics Co., Ltd.; Shandong 

Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd.; Shandong New 

Continent Tire Co., Ltd.; Shandong 

Wanda Boto Tyre Co., Ltd.; Shouguang 

Firemax Tyre Co., Ltd.; Windforce Tyre 

Co., Limited; and Zhaoqing Junhong 

Co., Ltd., pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(1). Because the withdrawal 

requests were timely filed, and no other 

parties requested a review of these 

companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding 

this review of the Order with respect to 

these 19 companies noted above. 

Intent To Rescind Administrative 

Review, in Part 

It is Commerce’s practice is to rescind 

an administrative review of a CVD 

order, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), 

when there are no reviewable entries of 

subject merchandise during the POR for 

which liquidation is suspended.5

Normally, upon completion of an 

administrative review, the suspended 

entries are liquidated at the CVD 

assessment rate calculated for the 

review period.6 Therefore, for an 

administrative review of a company to 

be conducted, there must be a 

reviewable, suspended entry that 

Commerce can instruct U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate 

at the calculated CVD assessment rate 

calculated for the review period.7

According to the CBP import data, 

eight companies subject to this review 

did not have reviewable entries of 

subject merchandise during the POR for 

which liquidation is suspended.8

Accordingly, in the absence of 

reviewable, suspended entries of subject 

merchandise during the POR, we intend 

to rescind this administrative review 

with respect to these eight companies, 

in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(3). 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

administrative review in accordance 

with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For 

each of the subsidy programs found 

countervailable, we preliminarily 

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

financial contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ 

that confers a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.9 For a 

full description of the methodology 

underlying our conclusions, including 

our reliance, in part, on adverse facts 

available pursuant to sections 776(a) 

and (b) of the Act, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

The Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is a public document and 

is on file electronically via Enforcement 

and Compliance’s Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 

ACCESS is available to registered users 

at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a 

complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

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

frn/index.html. A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

I to this notice. 

Preliminary Rate for Non-Selected 

Companies Under Review 

There are three companies for which 

a review was requested and not 

rescinded, and which were not selected 

for individual examination as 

mandatory respondents or found to be 

cross-owned with a mandatory 

respondent. The statute and 

Commerce’s regulations do not directly 

address the establishment of rates to be 

applied to companies not selected for 

individual examination where 

Commerce limits its examination in an 

administrative review pursuant to 

section 777A(e)(2) of the Act. However, 

Commerce normally determines the 

rates for non-selected companies in 

reviews in a manner that is consistent 

with section 705(c)(5) of the Act, which 

provides the basis for calculating the allothers rate in an investigation. 

Section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act 

instructs Commerce, as a general rule, to 

calculate an all-others rate equal to the 

weighted average of the countervailable 

subsidy rates established for exporters 

and/or producers individually 

examined, excluding any rates that are 

zero, de minimis, or based entirely on 

facts available. In this review, only one 

mandatory respondent, Sumitomo 

Rubber (Hunan) Co., Ltd. (Sumitomo 

Rubber), had a rate which was not zero, 

de minimis, or based entirely on facts 

available. Thus, for the companies for 

which a review was requested that were 

not selected as mandatory company 

respondents and for which Commerce is 

not rescinding the review, Commerce is 

basing the subsidy rate on the rate 

calculated for Sumitomo Rubber. 

Preliminary Results of the Review 

We preliminarily determine the 

following net countervailable subsidy 

rates for the period January 1, 2019, 

through December 31, 2019: 

Producer/exporter Subsidy rate 

(percent) 

Sumitomo Rubber (Hunan) 

Co., Ltd. and its crossowned affiliates 10 ............. 25.49 

Triangle Tyre Co., Ltd .......... 124.92 


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10Commerce finds the following companies to be 

cross-owned with Sumitomo Rubber (Hunan) Co., 

Ltd.: Sumitomo Rubber (China) Co., Ltd. and 

Sumitomo Rubber (Changshu) Co. Ltd. 

11This rate is based on the rates for the 

respondents that were selected for individual 

review, excluding rates that are zero, de minimis, 

or based entirely on facts available. See section 

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

12See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

13See 19 CFR 351.309(c). 

14See 19 CFR 351.309(d). 

15See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension 

of Effective Period, 85 FR 29615 (May 18, 2020); 

and Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service 

Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension of 

Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020). 

Producer/exporter Subsidy rate 

(percent) 

Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable 

to the Following Companies 11

Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co., 

Ltd ..................................... 25.49 

Qingdao Landwinner Tyre 

Co., Ltd ............................. 25.49 

Shandong Province Sanli 

Tire Manufacture Co., Ltd 25.49 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

We will disclose to parties in this 

review, the calculations performed for 

these preliminary results within five 

days of the date of publication of this 

notice.12 Interested parties may submit 

case briefs no later than 30 days after 

the date of publication of these 

preliminary results of review.13

Rebuttals to case briefs may be filed no 

later than seven days after the case 

briefs are filed, and all rebuttal 

comments must be limited to comments 

raised in the case briefs.14 Note that 

Commerce has temporarily modified 

certain of its requirements for serving 

documents containing business 

proprietary information until further 

notice.15

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 

(d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs in this review 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, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, parties 

will be notified of the date and time for 

the hearing to be determined. 

Unless extended, we intend to issue 

the final results of this administrative 

review, which will include the results of 

our analysis of the issues raised in the 

case briefs, within 120 days of 

publication of these preliminary results 

in the Federal Register, pursuant to 

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.213(h). 

Assessment Rates 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(4)(i), we preliminarily 

assigned subsidy rates in the amounts 

shown above for the producer/exporters 

shown above. Upon completion of the 

administrative review, consistent with 

section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.212(b)(2), Commerce shall 

determine, and CBP shall assess, 

countervailing duties on all appropriate 

entries covered by this review. For the 

companies for which this review is 

rescinded, Commerce will instruct CBP 

to assess countervailing duties on all 

appropriate entries at a rate equal to the 

cash deposit of estimated countervailing 

duties required at the time of entry, or 

withdrawal from warehouse, for 

consumption, during the period January 

1, 2019, through December 31, 2019, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). 

For the companies remaining in the 

review, Commerce intends to issue 

assessment instructions to CBP no 

earlier than 35 days after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

review in the Federal Register. If a 

timely summons is filed at the U.S. 

Court of International Trade, the 

assessment instructions will direct CBP 

not to liquidate relevant entries until the 

time for parties to file a request for a 

statutory injunction has expired (i.e., 

within 90 days of publication). 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

In accordance with section 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also 

intends to instruct CBP to collect cash 

deposits of estimated countervailing 

duties in the amounts calculated in the 

final results of this review for the 

respective companies listed above with 

regard to shipments of subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the date of publication of the final 

results of this review. For all nonreviewed firms, CBP will continue to 

collect cash deposits of estimated 

countervailing duties at the all-others 

rate or the most recent company-specific 

rate applicable to the company, as 

appropriate. These cash deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

These preliminary results are issued 

and published pursuant to sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: August 31, 2021. 

Ryan Majerus, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Negotiations. 

Appendix I 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Non-Selected Companies Under Review 

V. Diversification of China’s Economy 

VI. Non-Selected Company Rate 

VII. Partial Rescission of the Administrative 

Review 

VIII. Intent to Rescind Administrative 

Review, in Part 

IX. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Application of Adverse Inferences 

X. Interest Rate Benchmarks, Discount Rates, 

Input and Electricity Benchmarks 

XI. Subsidies Valuation 

XII. Analysis of Programs 

XIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–016] 

Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light 

Truck Tires From the People’s 

Republic of China: Preliminary Results 

of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; and Preliminary Determination 

of No Shipments; 2019–2020 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily finds that 

certain producers and exporters of 

passenger vehicle and light truck tires 

(passenger tires) from the People’s 

Republic of China (China) made sales of 

subject merchandise at prices below 

normal value (NV) during the period of 

review (POR), August 1, 2019, through 

July 31, 2020. Commerce also 

preliminarily finds that one company 

did not ship subject merchandise to the 

United States during the POR. We invite 

interested parties to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable September 7, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni 

Page or Peter Shaw, AD/CVD 


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