Certain Glass Wine Bottles From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, and Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional Measures

<NOTICE> DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE <SUBAGY>International Trade Administration</SUBAGY> <DEPDOC>[A-570-162]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Certain Glass Wine Bottles From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, and Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional Measures</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain glass wine bottles (wine bottles) from the People's Republic of China (China) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is April 1, 2023, through September 30, 2023. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination. </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Applicable August 9, 2024. </DATES> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Frank Schmitt, Carolyn Adie, or Jacob Waddell, 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) 482-4880, (202) 482-6250, or (202) 482-1369, respectively. </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Background</HD> This preliminary determination is made in accordance with section 733(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Commerce published the notice of initiation of this investigation in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> on January 25, 2024. <SU>1</SU> <FTREF/> On May 15, 2024, Commerce postponed the preliminary determination of this investigation to July 26, 2024. <SU>2</SU> <FTREF/> On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days. <SU>3</SU> <FTREF/> The deadline for the preliminary determination is now August 2, 2024. <FTNT> <SU>1</SU>   <E T="03">See Certain Glass Wine Bottles from Chile, the People's Republic of China, and Mexico: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations,</E> 89 FR 4911 (January 25, 2024) ( <E T="03">Initiation Notice</E> ). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>2</SU>   <E T="03">See Certain Glass Wine Bottles from Chile, the People's Republic of China, and Mexico: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations,</E> 89 FR 42426 (May 15, 2024). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>3</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,” dated July 22, 2024. </FTNT> For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this investigation, <E T="03">see</E> the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <SU>4</SU> <FTREF/> A list of topics included 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 <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov.</E> In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.</E> <FTNT> <SU>4</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Affirmative Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Certain Glass Wine Bottles from the Peoples Republic of China,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Scope of the Investigation</HD> The products covered by this investigation are wine bottles from China. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, <E T="03">see</E> Appendix I. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Scope Comments</HD> In accordance with the preamble to Commerce's regulations, <SU>5</SU> <FTREF/> the <E T="03">Initiation Notice</E> set aside a period of time for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage ( <E T="03">i.e.,</E> scope). <SU>6</SU> <FTREF/> Certain interested parties commented on the scope of the investigation as it appeared in the <E T="03">Initiation Notice.</E> For a summary of the product coverage comments and rebuttal responses submitted to the record for this preliminary determination and accompanying discussion and analysis of all comments timely received, <E T="03">see</E> the Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum. <SU>7</SU> <FTREF/> Commerce is not preliminarily modifying the scope language as it appeared in the <E T="03">Initiation Notice. See</E> the scope in Appendix I to this notice. <FTNT> <SU>5</SU>   <E T="03">See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, Final Rule,</E> 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>6</SU>   <E T="03">See Initiation Notice</E> . </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>7</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum,” dated May 28, 2024 (Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum). </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Methodology</HD> Commerce is conducting this investigation in accordance with section 731 of the Act. Commerce has calculated export prices in accordance with section 772(a) of the Act. Because China is a non-market economy, within the meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, Commerce has calculated normal value (NV) in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act. Furthermore, pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, Commerce preliminarily has relied upon facts otherwise available, with adverse inferences, for the China-wide entity, which includes Aohui Packaging Products Co., Ltd.; Boliva International Ltd.; Easy Factory Limited; Shandong Dingxin Electronic; Shandong Huapeng Glass Co., Ltd.; Wendeng Wensheng Glass Co., Ltd.; Xuzhou Colors Trading Co Ltd.; Xuzhou Huajing Glass Products Co Ltd.; Xuzhou QLT Glass Co.; Yantai Prime Packaging Co., Ltd.; and Zibo Regal Glass Products Co Ltd. For a full description of the methodology underlying Commerce's preliminary determination, <E T="03">see</E> the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part</HD> In accordance with section 733(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.206, Commerce preliminarily determines that critical circumstances exist with respect to imports of wine bottles from China for the China-wide entity, but that critical circumstances do not exist for Qinhuangdao Ruiquan Glassware Co., Ltd. (Ruiquan), Shandong Changyu Glass Co., Ltd. (Shandong Changyu), and the non-selected companies eligible for a separate rate. For a full description of the methodology and results of Commerce's critical circumstances analysis, <E T="03">see</E> the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Combination Rates</HD> In the <E T="03">Initiation Notice,</E> <SU>8</SU> <FTREF/> Commerce stated that it would calculate producer/exporter combination rates for the respondents that are eligible for a separate rate in this investigation. Policy Bulletin 05.1 describes this practice. <SU>9</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>8</SU>   <E T="03">See Initiation Notice,</E> 89 FR at 4915. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>9</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Enforcement and Compliance's Policy Bulletin No. 05.1, regarding, “Separate-Rates Practice and Application of Combination Rates in Antidumping Investigations involving Non-Market Economy Countries,” (April 5, 2005) (Policy Bulletin 05.1), available on Commerce's website at <E T="03">https://enforcement.trade.gov/policy/bull05-1.pdf.</E> </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Preliminary Determination</HD> Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist: <GPOTABLE COLS="4" OPTS="L2,nj,tp0,i1" CDEF="s50,r50,15,15"> <TTITLE> </TTITLE> <CHED H="1">Producer</CHED> <CHED H="1">Exporter</CHED> <CHED H="1"> Weighted-average dumping margin (percent) </CHED> <CHED H="1"> Cash deposit rate (adjusted for subsidy offsets) <ENT I="01">Guangdong Huaxing Glass Co., Ltd</ENT> <ENT>Qinhuangdao Ruiquan Glassware Co., Ltd</ENT> <ENT>27.97</ENT> <ENT>17.34</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Foshan Huaxing Glass Co., Ltd</ENT> <ENT>Qinhuangdao Ruiquan Glassware Co., Ltd</ENT> <ENT>27.97</ENT> <ENT>17.34</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Qinhuangdao Fangyuan Packaging Glass Co., Ltd</ENT> <ENT>Qinhuangdao Ruiquan Glassware Co., Ltd</ENT> <ENT>27.97</ENT> <ENT>17.34</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Qinhuangdao Suokun Glassware Co., Ltd</ENT> <ENT>Qinhuangdao Ruiquan Glassware Co., Ltd</ENT> <ENT>27.97</ENT> <ENT>17.34</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01"> Shandong Changyu Glass Co., Ltd./Yantai Changyu Glass Co., Ltd./Yantai Changyu Glass Printing Co., Ltd <SU>10</SU> </ENT> <ENT>Shandong Changyu Glass Co., Ltd./Yantai Changyu Glass Co., Ltd./Yantai Changyu Glass Printing Co., Ltd</ENT> <ENT>21.77</ENT> <ENT>11.14</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Chongqing Lanya Glass Co., Limited</ENT> <ENT>Chongqing Jewhui Packaging Co., Ltd</ENT> <ENT>22.59</ENT> <ENT>11.96</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Chongqing Hoson Glass Packaging Co., Ltd</ENT> <ENT>Chongqing Hoson Glass Packaging Co., Ltd</ENT> <ENT>22.59</ENT> <ENT>11.96</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Xuzhou Huihe International Trade Co., Ltd</ENT> <ENT>Xuzhou Huihe International Trade Co., Ltd</ENT> <ENT>22.59</ENT> <ENT>11.96</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Shandong Huapeng Shidao Glass Products Co., Ltd</ENT> <ENT>Zibo Creative International Trade Co., Ltd</ENT> <ENT>22.59</ENT> ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 26k characters. 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