Non-Refillable Steel Cylinders From the People's Republic of China: Final Results and Partial Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023

<NOTICE> DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE <SUBAGY>International Trade Administration</SUBAGY> <DEPDOC>[A-570-126]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Non-Refillable Steel Cylinders From the People's Republic of China: Final Results and Partial Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023</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) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on non-refillable steel cylinders (non-refillable cylinders) from the People's Republic of China (China). We determine that Wuyi Xilinde Machinery Manufacture Co., Ltd. (Wuyi Xilinde) made sales at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023. Additionally, Commerce is rescinding this administrative review with respect to Ningbo Eagle Machinery & Technology Co., Ltd. (Ningbo Eagle). </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Applicable October 17, 2024. </DATES> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Alex Cipolla, 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) 482-4956. </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Background</HD> On June 6, 2024, Commerce published the <E T="03">Preliminary Results</E> of this review in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> and invited interested parties to comment on those results. <SU>1</SU> <FTREF/> On July 8, 2024, we received a case brief from Wuyi Xilinde. <SU>2</SU> <FTREF/> No other party to this proceeding submitted a case or rebuttal brief. On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days. <SU>3</SU> <FTREF/> The deadline for these final results is now October 11, 2024. For a complete description of the events that occurred since the <E T="03">Preliminary Results, see</E> the Issues and Decision Memorandum. <SU>4</SU> <FTREF/> Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). <FTNT> <SU>1</SU>   <E T="03">See Non-Refillable Steel Cylinders from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results, Partial Rescission, and Intent To Rescind, in Part, of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023,</E> 89 FR 48370 (June 6, 2024) ( <E T="03">Preliminary Results</E> ), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>2</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Wuyi Xilinde's Case Brief, “Wuyi Xilinde's Case Brief,” dated July 8, 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> <FTNT> <SU>4</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Administrative Review of Non-Refillable Steel Cylinders from the People's Republic of China; 2022-2023,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1"> Scope of the Order  <E T="03">See Certain Non-Refillable Steel Cylinders from the People's Republic of China: Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination and Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders,</E> 86 FR 25839 (May 11, 2021) ( <E T="03">Order</E> ). </FTNT> The products covered by this <E T="03">Order</E> are non-refillable steel cylinders from China. For a complete description of the scope, <E T="03">see</E> the Issues and Decision Memorandum. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Analysis of Comments Received</HD> The issue raised by Wuyi Xilinde in its case brief is listed in the appendix to this notice and addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. The Issues and 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed at <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.</E> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Changes Since the Preliminary Results</HD> Based on our review and analysis of the comment received from Wuyi Xilinde, we made one change to the <E T="03">Preliminary Results</E> margin calculation for the respondent. <SU>6</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>6</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Analysis for the Final Results of the Administrative Review of Non-Refillable Steel Cylinders from the People's Republic of China,” dated concurrently with this notice. </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Rescission of Review, in Part</HD> In the <E T="03">Preliminary Results,</E> Commerce rescinded the review, in part, with respect to two firms identified in the <E T="03">Initiation Notice:</E>   <SU>7</SU> <FTREF/> Sanjiang Kai Yuan Co. Ltd. (SKY), in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), and Zhejiang Kin-Shine Technology Co., Ltd. (Kin-Shine), in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). For a third firm identified in the <E T="03">Initiation Notice,</E> Ningbo Eagle, the <E T="03">Preliminary Results</E> notified all interested parties of Commerce's preliminary intent to rescind this administrative review for this firm due to the absence of evidence of suspended entries of subject merchandise from Ningbo Eagle during the POR and identified a period for parties to submit comment. No parties provided comment on Commerce's intent to rescind review on Ningbo Eagle. Accordingly, Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to Ningbo Eagle in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). As a result, Wuyi Xilinde is the sole party initiated upon which remains subject to the final results of review. <FTNT> <SU>7</SU>   <E T="03">See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,</E> 88 FR 44262 (July 12, 2023). </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">China-Wide Entity</HD> Under Commerce's policy regarding the conditional review of the China-wide entity, <SU>8</SU> <FTREF/> the China-wide entity will not be under review unless a party specifically requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a review of the entity. Because no party requested a review of the China-wide entity in this review, the entity is not under review, and the entity's rate ( <E T="03">i.e.,</E> 112.21 percent) is not subject to change. <SU>9</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>8</SU>   <E T="03">See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings,</E> 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>9</SU>   <E T="03">See Order,</E> 86 FR 25840. </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Final Results of the Review</HD> Commerce determines the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023: <GPOTABLE COLS="2" OPTS="L2,tp0,i1" CDEF="s50,9C"> <TTITLE> </TTITLE> <CHED H="1">Exporter</CHED> <ENT I="01">Wuyi Xilinde Machinery Manufacture Co., Ltd</ENT> <ENT>150.37</ENT> </ROW> </GPOTABLE> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Disclosure</HD> Commerce intends to disclose to parties to the proceeding the calculations performed for these preliminary results of review within five days of the date of publication of this notice in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). <HD SOURCE="HD1">Assessment Rates</HD> Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), Commerce has determined, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with these final results of review. Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of these final results. 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 ( <E T="03">i.e.,</E> within 90 days of publication). For Wuyi Xilinde, which has a final weighted-average dumping margin that is not zero or <E T="03">de minimis</E> ( <E T="03">i.e.,</E> less than 0.5 percent), we will calculate importer-specific assessment rates for that respondent, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), where the respondent reported the entered value of its U.S. sales, we will calculate importer-specific <E T="03">ad valorem</E> assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value of the sales for which entered value was reported. Where the respondent did not report entered value, we will calculate importer-specific per-unit duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the examined sales to the total quantity of those sales. To determine whether an importer-specific per-unit assessment rate is <E T="03">de minimis</E> in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we will also calculate an importer-specific <E T="03">ad valorem</E> ratio based on estimated entered values. 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