Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With the Results of 2014-2015 Antidumping Administrative Review; Notice of Amended Final Results Publication: Federal Register Agency: International Trade Administration Byline: Lisa W. Wang Date: 2 June 2023 Subjects: American Government , Tires

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 106 (Friday, June 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36275-36276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11775]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-912]


Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From the People's 
Republic of China: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With the 
Results of 2014-2015 Antidumping Administrative Review; Notice of 
Amended Final Results

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce

SUMMARY: On May 18, 2023, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) 
issued its final judgment in Guizhou Tyre Co., Ltd. & Guizhou Tyre 
Import & Export Co., Ltd., et al. v. United States, Consol. Court No. 
17-00100, Slip Op. 23-79 (CIT 2023) (Remand Order), sustaining the U.S. 
Department of Commerce's (Commerce) second remand results pertaining to 
the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain 
new pneumatic off-the-road tires (OTR Tires) from the People's Republic 
of China (China) covering the period September 1, 2014, through August 
31, 2015. Commerce is notifying the public that the CIT's final 
judgment is not in harmony with Commerce's final results of the 
administrative review, and that Commerce is amending the final results 
with respect to the dumping margin assigned to mandatory respondent, 
Xuzhou Xugong Tyres Co., Ltd., Armour Rubber Co. Ltd., and Xuzhou 
Hanbang Tyre Co., Ltd. (collectively, Xugong), as well as all other 
qualifying separate rate respondents that are plaintiffs in the action 
(i.e., Qingdao Qihang Tyre Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Qihang), Qingdao Free 
Trade Zone Full-World International Trading Co., Ltd. (Full World), 
Trelleborg Wheel Systems (Xingtai) China, Co., Ltd. (Trelleborg), and 
Weihai Zhongwei Rubber Co., Ltd. (Zhongwei)).

DATES: Applicable May 28, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brendan Quinn, Program Manager, 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) 482-5848.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 21, 2017, Commerce published its Final Results in the 
2014-2015 AD administrative review of OTR Tires from China.\1\ After 
correcting ministerial errors contained in the Final Results, on June 
14, 2017, Commerce published the Amended Final Results, and calculated 
a weighted-average dumping margin of 33.14 percent for Xugong, which 
was also used as the separate rate applicable to various respondents 
not individually examined in the administrative review, including 
Qingdao Qihang, Full World, Trelleborg, and Zhongwei.\2\ Further, in 
the Final Results and Amended Final Results, Commerce determined that 
certain companies, including Guizhou Tyre Co Ltd. (GTC) and Guizhou 
Tyre Import and Export Co., Ltd. (GTCIE) (collectively, GTC/GTCIE) and 
Aeolus Tyre Co., Ltd., are part of the China-wide entity.\3\
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    \1\ See Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from the 
People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2014-2015, 82 FR 18733 (April 21, 2017) 
(Final Results), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from the 
People's Republic of China: Amended Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015, 82 FR 27224 (June 14, 2017) 
(Amended Final Results).
    \3\ Id.
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    Aeolus, Full World, GTC/GTCIE, Qingdao Qihang, Trelleborg, Xugong, 
and Zhongwei, appealed Commerce's Final Results/Amended Final Results.

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The CIT remanded the Final Results/Amended Final Results to Commerce 
to: (1) reconsider its separate rate determination as to GTC and 
Aeolus; (2) redetermine Xugong's weighted average dumping margin 
without making deductions for value-added tax (VAT); and (3) apply any 
relief that resulted from the recalculation of Xugong's individually-
determined rate to Full World, Qingdao, Trelleborg, and Zhongwei.\4\ In 
the First Remand Redetermination, issued in September 2019, Commerce: 
(1) recalculated export price (EP) and constructed export price (CEP) 
for Xugong without making deductions for Chinese VAT, resulting in a 
16.78% weighted-average dumping margin for Xugong, which is also 
assigned to all other qualifying separate rate respondents that are 
plaintiffs in the action (i.e., Full World, Qingdao Qihang, Trelleborg, 
and Zhongwei); and (2) reconsidered the record with respect to the 
decision to deny separate rate status to Aeolus and GTC/GTCIE in the 
Final Results and Amended Final Results, but continued to determine 
that both Aeolus and GTC failed to rebut the presumption of government 
control and remained ineligible for a separate rate.\5\
    The CIT sustained, in part, Commerce's determination to recalculate 
EP and CEP for Xugong without making deductions for Chinese VAT, and 
the resulting redetermination of the weighted-average dumping margins 
for Xugong and for all other qualifying separate rate respondents, but 
remanded for a second time the decisions to continue to deny separate-
rate status to Aeolus and GTC/GTCIE.\6\ In its second remand 
redetermination, issued in September 2021, Commerce reconsidered the 
record evidence with respect to each prong of the enumerated de facto 
separate rate criteria in accordance with the Guizhou Tyre II opinion, 
and continued to find that both Aeolus and GTC/GTCIE failed to rebut at 
least one of the four de facto criteria and, thus, continued to be 
ineligible for a separate rate.\7\ On May 18, 2023, the CIT sustained 
Commerce's final redetermination.\8\

Timken Notice

    In its decision in Timken,\9\ as clarified by Diamond 
Sawblades,\10\ the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that, 
pursuant to section 516A(c) and (e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), Commerce must publish a notice of court decision 
that is not ``in harmony'' with a Commerce determination and must 
suspend liquidation of entries pending a ``conclusive'' court decision. 
The CIT's May 18, 2023, judgment constitutes a final decision of the 
CIT that is not in harmony with Commerce's Final Results. Thus, this 
notice is published in fulfillment of the publication requirements of 
Timken.

Amended Final Results

    Because there is now a final court judgment, Commerce is amending 
its Final Results and Amended Final Results with respect to mandatory 
respondent Xugong and all other qualifying separate rate respondents 
that are plaintiffs in the action (i.e., Full World, Qingdao Qihang, 
Trelleborg, and Zhongwei) as follows:

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                                                        Weighted-average
                       Exporter                          dumping margin
                                                           (percent)
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Xuzhou Xugong Tyres Co., Ltd., Armour Rubber Company               16.78
 Ltd., or Xuzhou Hanbang Tyre Co., Ltd...............
Weihai Zhongwei Rubber Co., Ltd......................              16.78
Qingdao Qihang Tyre Co., Ltd.........................              16.78
Qingdao Free Trade Zone Full-World International                   16.78
 Trading Co., Ltd....................................
Trelleborg Wheel Systems (Xingtai) China, Co. Ltd....              16.78
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    Because the AD order on OTR Tires from China was revoked,\11\ 
Commerce will not issue cash deposit instructions as a result of this 
Court decision.
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    \4\ See Guizhou Tyre Co., Ltd. & Guizhou Tyre Import & Export 
Co., Ltd., et al. v. United States, 389 F. Supp. 3d 1350 (CIT 2019) 
(Guizhou Tyre I).
    \5\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court 
Remand, Guizhou Tyre Co., Ltd. & Guizhou Tyre Import & Export Co., 
Ltd., et al. v. United States, Court No. 17-00100, Slip Op. 19-64 
(CIT 2019), dated September 23, 2019 (First Remand Redetermination).
    \6\ See Guizhou Tyre Co., Ltd. & Guizhou Tyre Import & Export 
Co., Ltd., et al. v. United States, 519 F. Supp. 3d 1248 (CIT 2021) 
(Guizhou Tyre II).
    \7\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court 
Remand, Guizhou Tyre Co., Ltd. & Guizhou Tyre Import & Export Co., 
Ltd., et al. v. United States, Court No. 17-00100, Slip Op. 21-60 
(CIT 2021), dated September 24, 2021 (Second Remand 
Redetermination).
    \8\ See Remand Order.
    \9\ See Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir. 
1990) (Timken).
    \10\ See Diamond Sawblades Manufacturers Coalition v. United 
States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (Diamond Sawblades).
    \11\ See Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from the 
People's Republic of China: Final Results of Sunset Reviews and 
Revocation of Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders, 84 FR 
20616 (May 10, 2019).
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Liquidation of Suspended Entries

    In the event the CIT's ruling is not appealed, or, if appealed, 
upheld by a final and conclusive court decision, Commerce intends to 
instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on unliquidated entries of 
subject merchandise exported by the companies listed above in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b). We will instruct CBP to assess 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review 
when the importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is not zero or de 
minimis. Where an import-specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero or 
de minimis,\12\ we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate 
entries without regard to antidumping duties.
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    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
516A(c) and (e) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: May 26, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2023-11775 Filed 6-1-23; 8:45 am]
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