Barium Chloride From the People's Republic of China and India: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review and Intent To Revoke the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders

<NOTICE> DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE <SUBAGY>International Trade Administration</SUBAGY> <DEPDOC>[A-570-007, C-533-909]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Barium Chloride From the People's Republic of China and India: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review and Intent To Revoke the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> Based on a request from Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating and issuing preliminary results for changed circumstances reviews (CCRs) of the antidumping duty (AD) order on barium chloride from the People's Republic of China (China) and the countervailing duty (CVD) order on barium chloride from India. We preliminarily determine that the AD order on barium chloride from China and the CVD order on barium chloride from India should be revoked, in their entirety. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Applicable September 18, 2024. </DATES> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Sun Cho, AD/CVD Operations, Office V (China), and Harrison Tanchuck, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance (India), International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6458 and (202) 482-7421, respectively. </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Background</HD> On October 17, 1984, Commerce issued the AD order on barium chloride from China, and on March 7, 2023, issued the CVD order on barium chloride from India. <SU>1</SU> <FTREF/> On August 6 and September 5, 2024, Honeywell, an importer of barium chloride from China and India, requested that Commerce conduct expedited CCRs of the <E T="03">AD Order</E> and the <E T="03">CVD Order,</E> respectively, pursuant to section 751(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.216(b). <SU>2</SU> <FTREF/> Honeywell stated that it qualifies as an interested party pursuant to section 771(9)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.102(b)(29)(ii) as a U.S. importer of barium chloride. <SU>3</SU> <FTREF/> Honeywell submitted a letter from Chemical Products Corporation (CPC), the only domestic producer of the subject merchandise and the petitioner of the underlying <E T="03">Orders,</E> stating that it is ceasing production of the subject merchandise in the United States and has “no objection to Honeywell's changed circumstances review request.”  <SU>4</SU> <FTREF/> In its requests, Honeywell addressed the conditions under which Commerce may revoke an order in whole or in part pursuant to 19 CFR 351.222(g). <FTNT> <SU>1</SU>   <E T="03">See Antidumping Duty Order; Barium Chloride from the People's Republic of China,</E> 49 FR 40635 (October 17, 1984) ( <E T="03">AD Order</E> ); and <E T="03">Barium Chloride from India: Countervailing Duty Order,</E> 88 FR 14120 (March 7, 2023) ( <E T="03">CVD Order</E> ) (collectively, <E T="03">Orders</E> ). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>2</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Honeywell's Letters, “Barium Chloride from the People's Republic of China: Changed Circumstances Review Request,” dated August 6, 2024 (AD CCR Request); and “Barium Chloride from India: Changed Circumstances Review Request,” dated September 5, 2024 (CVD CCR Request). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>3</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> AD CCR Request at 2; <E T="03">see also</E> CVD CCR request at 2. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>4</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> AD CCR Request at 3 and Exhibit 1; <E T="03">see also</E> CVD CCR request at 5 and Exhibit 4. </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Scope of the Orders</HD> The merchandise covered by the <E T="03">Orders</E> is barium chloride, a chemical compound having the formulas BaC12 or BaC12-2H20, currently classifiable under subheading 2827.39.4500 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). <SU>5</SU> <FTREF/> Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope of these <E T="03">Orders</E> is dispositive. <FTNT> <SU>5</SU>  The scope reflects the HTSUS subheading currently in effect. </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Initiation of CCRs</HD> Section 751(b)(1) of the Act states that Commerce shall conduct a CCR upon receipt of a request from an interested party that shows changed circumstances sufficient to warrant a review of the order. Section 751(d)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i) provide that Commerce may revoke an order (in whole or in part) if it determines that producers accounting for substantially all of the production of the domestic like product have expressed a lack of interest in the order, in whole or in part. <SU>6</SU> <FTREF/> Further, 19 CFR 351.222(g)(2) provides that Commerce will conduct a CCR under 19 CFR 351.216, and may revoke an order, in whole or in part, if it determines that revocation is warranted. <FTNT> <SU>6</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> section 782(h) of the Act. </FTNT> In the event that Commerce determines that “substantially all” domestic producers have expressed a lack of interest in an order, both the Act and Commerce's regulations grant Commerce the authority to revoke the order. <SU>7</SU> <FTREF/> Commerce has interpreted “substantially all” to represent producers accounting for at least 85 percent of U.S. production of the domestic like product. <SU>8</SU> <FTREF/> Honeywell's requests indicated that CPC is the sole producer of the domestic like product and, therefore, accounts for at least 85 percent of domestic production. <SU>9</SU> <FTREF/> In accordance with section 751(b)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.216(d), 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3), and 19 CFR 351.222(g), we are initiating these CCRs. <FTNT> <SU>7</SU>   <E T="03">Id.; see also</E> 19 CFR 351.222(g). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>8</SU>   <E T="03">See, e.g., Certain Cased Pencils from the People's Republic of China: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, and Intent to Revoke Order in Part,</E> 77 FR 42276 (July 18, 2012), unchanged in <E T="03">Certain Cased Pencils from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, and Determination To Revoke Order, in Part,</E> 77 FR 53176 (August 31, 2012). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>9</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> AD CCR Request at 2; <E T="03">see also</E> CVD CCR Request at 2-3. </FTNT> Section 751(b)(4)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(c) state that, “in the absence of good cause shown,” Commerce may not review a final determination less than 24 months after the date of publication of the notice of final determination or notice of suspension of an investigation. The final determination in the CVD investigation of barium chloride from India was published on January 6, 2023. <SU>10</SU> <FTREF/> CPC has ceased production of the subject merchandise in the United States and has indicated that it has no interest in the <E T="03">Orders;</E> we find that these facts constitute “good cause” for the conduct of the CCR with respect to the <E T="03">CVD Order</E> . <SU>11</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>10</SU>   <E T="03">See Barium Chloride from India: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination,</E> 88 FR 1044 (January 6, 2023). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>11</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> 19 CFR 351.216(d); <E T="03">see also Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Canada: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Review,</E> 68 FR 62282, 62283-84 (November 3. 2003) (that “no further interest . . . in continuing the order . . . serves as good cause” sufficient to review a determination made less than 24 months after the date of publication an order). </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Preliminary Results of CCRs</HD> If Commerce concludes that expedited action is warranted, it may concurrently publish the notice of initiation and preliminary results of a CCR. <SU>12</SU> <FTREF/> Commerce has combined the notice of initiation and preliminary results in CCRs when sufficient documentation has been provided supporting the request to make a preliminary determination. <SU>13</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>12</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>13</SU>   <E T="03">See, e.g., Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Reviews,</E> 82 FR 9561 (February 7, 2017), unchanged in <E T="03">Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews,</E> 82 FR 14691 (March 22, 2017). </FTNT> In this instance, we determine that there is sufficient information on the record to support preliminary findings of changed circumstances. <SU>14</SU> <FTREF/> Accordingly, we find that expedited action is warranted, and we are combining the notice of initiation and the notice of preliminary results, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii). <FTNT> <SU>14</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> CCR Request at 4. </FTNT> In accordance with 19 CFR 351.222(g), Commerce preliminarily determines that there is a reasonable basis to believe that changed circumstances exist sufficient to warrant revocation of the <E T="03">Orders.</E> Therefore, Commerce is notifying the public of its preliminary intent to revoke the <E T="03">Orders</E> in whole. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Public Comment</HD> Interested parties may submit case briefs not later than 14 days after the date of publication of this notice. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 15k characters. 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