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1See Certain Quartz Surface Products from India 

and the Republic of Turkey: Countervailing Duty 

Orders, 85 FR 37431 (June 22, 2020) (Order). 

2See DSG and Cosmos Granite West LLC, Cosmos 

Granite (South East), and Cosmos Granite (South 

West)’s Letter, ‘‘Quartz Surface Products India; C– 

533–890; Request for Administrative Review,’’ 

dated June 29, 2021; see also Pokarna (PESL’s 

Letter, ‘‘Quartz Surface Products India; C–533–890; 

Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated June 29, 

2021; Various Indian Producers/Exporters’ Letter, 

‘‘Certain Quartz Surface product from India (C– 

533–890)—Request for Administrative Review of 

Countervailing duty (AR1),’’ dated June 30, 2021 

(Various Indian Producers/Exporters’ Group One 

Review Request); Various Indian Producers/ 

Exporters’ Letter, ‘‘Certain Quartz Surface product 

from India (C–533–890)—Request for 

Administrative Review of Countervailing duty 

(AR1),’’ dated June 30, 2021 (Various Indian 

Producers/Exporters Group Two Review Request); 

Arizona Tile’s Letter, ‘‘Quartz Surface Products 

from India: Arizona Tile, LLC Request for Review— 

2019—2020 Review Period,’’ dated June 30, 2022; 

and MSI’s Letter, ‘‘Quartz Surface Products from 

India: MS International, Inc. Request for Review— 

2019–2020 Review Period,’’ dated June 30, 2021. 

3See Arizona Tile’s Letter, ‘‘Quartz Surface 

Products from India: Arizona Tile, LLC Withdrawal 

of Request for Review—2019–2020 Review Period,’’ 

dated July 26, 2021 (Arizona Tile Withdrawal 

Letter); see also MSI’s Letter, ‘‘Quartz Surface 

Products from India: MS International Withdrawal 

of Request for Review—2019–2020 Review Period,’’ 

dated July 26, 2021 (MSI Withdrawal Letter). 

4See PESL’s Letter, ‘‘Quartz Surface Products 

from India: Withdrawal of Administrative Review 

Request,’’ dated July 28, 2021 (PESL Withdrawal 

Letter). 

5See Various Indian Producers/Exporters’ Letter, 

‘‘Certain Quartz Surface product from India (C– 

533–890)—Withdrawal of Request for 

Administrative Review of Countervailing duty 

(AR1),’’ dated August 3, 2021 (Various Indian 

Producers/Exporters Group One Withdrawal Letter). 

6See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 

41821 (August 3, 2021) (Initiation). We note that 

several interested parties submitted their 

withdrawal of requests for review immediately 

prior to the July 29, 2021 signature date of the 

Initiation, and as a result, Commerce was unable to 

remove certain company names from the published 

version of the Initiation. 

7See Various Indian Producers/Exporters’ Letter, 

‘‘Certain Quartz Surface product from India (C– 

533–890)—Withdrawal of Request for 

Administrative Review of Countervailing duty 

(AR1),’’ dated August 12, 2021 (Various Indian 

Producers/Exporters Group Two Withdrawal 

Letter). 

8See Memorandum, ‘‘Quartz Surface Products 

from India: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 

Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review,’’ dated February 17, 2022. 

9See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the First Administrative 

Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Quartz 

Surface Products from India,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 

(Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

10See 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. 

11See Initiation. 

12See Arizona Tile Withdrawal Letter; see also 

MSI Withdrawal Letter; PESL Withdrawal Letter; 

Various Indian Producers/Exporters Group One 

Withdrawal Letter; and Various Indian Producers/ 

Exporters Group Two Withdrawal Letter. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–533–890] 

Quartz Surface Products From India: 

Preliminary Results and Rescission in 

Part of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review; 2019–2020 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an 

administrative review of the 

countervailing duty (CVD) order on 

quartz surface products (QSP) from 

India for the period October 11, 2019, 

through December 31, 2020. Commerce 

preliminarily determines that 

Divyashakti Granites Ltd. (DSG), the 

sole producer/exporter of QSP from 

India subject to this review, received 

countervailable subsidies. In addition, 

we are also rescinding this review with 

regard to 23 companies for which the 

request for review was timely 

withdrawn by interested parties. 

DATES: Applicable June 15, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jolanta Lawska, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–8362. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On June 22, 2020, Commerce 

published the CVD order on QSP from 

India.1 On June 29 and June 30, 2021, 

Commerce received timely requests for 

administrative reviews of several 

companies from various interested 

parties, in accordance with section 

751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 

351.213(b).2 On July 26, 2021, Arizona 

Tile, LLC’s (Arizona Tile) and M.S. 

International, Inc. (MSI) withdrew their 

respective requests for reviews in their 

entirety.3 On July 28, 2021, Pokarna 

Engineered Stone Limited’s (PESL) 

withdrew its request for a review.4 On 

August 3, 2021, the interested parties 

who submitted the Various Indian 

Producers/Exporters Group One Review 

Request withdrew their request for 

reviews in its entirety.5 On August 9, 

2021, Commerce published in the 

Federal Register a notice of initiation on 

QSP from India covering 24 producers/ 

exporters.6 On August 12, 2021, the 

interested parties who submitted the 

Various Indian Producers/Exporters 

Group Two Review Request withdrew 

their request for reviews in its entirety.7

Due to the withdrawal of review 

requests submitted by various interested 

parties, DSG remains the sole Indian 

producer/exporter of QSP for which an 

administrative review was requested. 

On February 17, 2022, Commerce 

extended the deadline for the 

preliminary results of this 

administrative review until June 30, 

2022.8

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the Initiation of 

this review, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.9 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as an 

appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at https://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

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

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the 

Order is QSP from India. For a complete 

description of the scope of the order, see 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(A) 

of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, we 

preliminarily determine that there is a 

subsidy, i.e., a government financial 

contribution that gives rise to a benefit 

to the recipient, and that the subsidy is 

specific.10 For a full description of the 

methodology underlying our 

conclusions, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 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 that 

requested a review withdraws the 

request within 90 days of the 

publication date of the notice of 

initiation of the requested review. On 

August 9, 2021, Commerce published 

the Initiation.11 The withdrawal 

requests of Arizona Tile, MSI, PESL, 

and groups one and two of the Various 

Indian Producers/Exporters were timely 

submitted.12 Therefore, in accordance 

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

rescinding this administrative review of 

the Order, in part, with respect to the 

following 23 companies: (1) Antique 

Marbonite Private Limited; (2) Argil 


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13See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

14See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1); 

see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing 

requirements). 

15See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 351.309(d)(2). 

16See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

17 Id. 

18See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension 

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

Ceramics; (3) ARO Granite Industries 

Limited; (4) Baba Super Minerals Pvt. 

Ltd.; (5) Camrola Quartz Limited; (6) 

Cuarzo; (7) Esprit Stones Pvt. Ltd.; (8) 

Global Stones Pvt. Ltd.; (9) Hi Elite 

Quartz LLP, India; (10) Keros Stone LLP; 

(11) Mahi Granites Private Limited; (12) 

Malbros Marbles & Granites Industries; 

(13) Pacific Industries Limited; (14) 

Pacific Quartz Surfaces LLP; (15) 

Paradigm Stone India Pvt. Ltd.; (16) 

Pelican Quartz Stone; (17) PESL; (18) 

Rocks Forever; (19) Satya Exports; (20) 

Shivam Enterprises; (21) Southern 

Rocks and Minerals Pvt. Ltd.; (22) 

Sunex Stones Private Limited, India; 

and (23) Tab India Granites Private 

Limited, India. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following countervailable 

subsidy rate exists for DSG for the 

period October 11, 2019, through 

December 31, 2020: 

Company 

Subsidy rate 

2019 

ad valorem 

(percent) 

Subsidy rate 

2020 

ad valorem 

(percent) 

Divyashakti Granites Ltd .......................................................................................................................................... 1.98 1.18 

Assessment Rate 

Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), upon 

issuance of the final results, Commerce 

will determine, and U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 

countervailing duties on all appropriate 

entries covered by this review. For DSG, 

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). 

With respect to the companies for 

which this administrative review is 

rescinded, following the publication of 

this Federal Register notice, we will 

instruct CBP to assess countervailing 

duties on all appropriate entries at rates 

equal to the cash deposit rate required 

at the time of entry, or withdrawal from 

warehouse, for consumption, during the 

period October 11, 2019, through 

December 31, 2020, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). 

Cash Deposit Rate 

In accordance with section 

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

intends to instruct CBP to collect cash 

deposits of estimated CVDs in the 

amount indicated above (i.e., the rate 

calculated for calendar year 2020) 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, Commerce will instruct 

CBP to continue to collect cash deposits 

of estimated CVDs at the most recent 

company-specific or all others rate 

applicable to the company, as 

appropriate. These cash deposit 

instructions, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

We will disclose to parties in this 

proceeding the calculations performed 

in reaching the preliminary results 

within five days of publication of these 

preliminary results in the Federal 

Register.13 Interested parties may 

submit written comments (case briefs) 

on the preliminary results no later than 

30 days from the date of publication of 

this Federal Register notice, and 

rebuttal comments (rebuttal briefs) 

within seven days after the time limit 

for filing case briefs.14 Pursuant to 19 

CFR 351.309(d)(2), rebuttal briefs must 

be limited to issues raised in the case 

briefs. Parties who submit arguments are 

requested to submit with the argument: 

(1) a statement of the issue; (2) a brief 

summary of the argument; and (3) a 

table of authorities.15

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing must submit a written request to 

the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance, filed electronically via 

ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 

30 days after the date of publication of 

this notice.16 Hearing requests should 

contain: (1) the party’s name, address, 

and telephone number; (2) the number 

of participants; and (3) a list of the 

issues to be discussed. Issues addressed 

at the hearing will be limited to those 

raised in the briefs. If a request for a 

hearing is made, Commerce intends to 

hold the hearing at a date and time to 

be determined.17 Parties should confirm 

by telephone the date and time of the 

hearing two days before the scheduled 

date. 

Parties are reminded that all briefs 

and hearing requests are to be filed 

electronically using ACCESS and that 

electronically filed documents must be 

received successfully in their entirety by 

5 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. 

Note that Commerce has temporarily 

modified certain of its requirements for 

serving documents containing business 

proprietary information, until further 

notice.18

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of our analysis of 

the issues raised by the parties in their 

comments, no later than 120 days after 

the date of publication of this notice, 

pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h), unless this 

deadline is extended. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

These preliminary results are issued 

and published in accordance with 

sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act, and 19 CFR 351.213 and 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: June 9, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Review 

IV. Scope of the Order 

V. Partial Rescission of Administrative 

Review 

VI. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VII. Analysis of Programs 

VIII. Recommendation 

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