Certain Mobile Access Equipment and Subassemblies Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024

<NOTICE> DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE <SUBAGY>International Trade Administration</SUBAGY> <DEPDOC>[A-570-139]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Certain Mobile Access Equipment and Subassemblies Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024</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 companies under review sold certain mobile access equipment and subassemblies thereof (MAE) at prices below normal value during the period of review April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024. In addition, Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd. (Xuzhou). Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review. </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Applicable August 8, 2025. </DATES> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Christopher Williams, AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5166. </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Background</HD> On April 14, 2022, Commerce published in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> the antidumping duty order on MAE from China. <SU>1</SU> <FTREF/> On April 1, 2024, Commerce published in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the <E T="03">Order</E> for the POR. <SU>2</SU> <FTREF/> On June 12, 2024, based on timely requests for an administrative review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated this administrative review of the <E T="03">Order</E> with respect to five companies. <SU>3</SU> <FTREF/> On July 12, 2024, Commerce received two separate rate certifications (SRCs). On July 22, 2024, Commerce received one SRC and two separate rate applications (SRAs). Because Xuzhou's review request is fully withdrawn, this administrative review now covers four companies, including one mandatory respondent, Zhejiang Dingli Machinery Co., Ltd. (Dingli). <FTNT> <SU>1</SU>   <E T="03">See Certain Mobile Access Equipment and Subassemblies Thereof from the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order,</E> 87 FR 22190 (April 14, 2022) ( <E T="03">Order</E> ). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>2</SU>   <E T="03">See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List,</E> 89 FR 22390, 22391 (April 1, 2024). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>3</SU>   <E T="03">See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,</E> 89 FR 49844 (June 12, 2024). </FTNT> On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this review by seven days. <SU>4</SU> <FTREF/> On November 22, 2024, we extended the deadline for the preliminary results of this review to May 7, 2025. <SU>5</SU> <FTREF/> On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain administrative deadlines in this administrative review by an additional 90 days. <SU>6</SU> <FTREF/> Accordingly, the deadline for these preliminary results is now August 5, 2025. For a complete description of the events that occurred since the initiation of this review, <E T="03">see</E> the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <SU>7</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>4</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,” dated July 22, 2024. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>5</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,” dated November 22, 2024. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>6</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,” dated December 9, 2024. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>7</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Mobile Access Equipment and Subassemblies Thereof from the People's Republic of China; 2023-2024,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1"> Scope of the Order  <E T="51">8</E> 87 FR at 22190. </FTNT> The merchandise covered by the <E T="03">Order</E> is MAE from China. A full description of the scope of the <E T="03">Order</E> is contained in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Partial Rescission of Administrative Review</HD> Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of publication of notice of initiation of the requested review. On July 25, 2024, Xuzhou timely withdrew its request for an administrative review. <SU>9</SU> <FTREF/> Because there are no outstanding review requests for this company, Commerce is rescinding the administrative review of Xuzhou, consistent with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). <FTNT> <SU>9</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Xuzhou's Letter, “Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,” dated July 25, 2024. </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Separate Rates</HD> We preliminarily granted a separate rate to certain companies that we did not select for individual examination. <SU>10</SU> <FTREF/> The Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment of a separate rate to be applied to companies not selected for individual examination when Commerce limits its examination in an administrative review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, which pertains to the calculation of the all-others rate in a market economy investigation, for guidance. Pursuant to section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, normally this rate shall be an amount equal to the weighted-average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for those companies individually examined, excluding zero and <E T="03">de minimis</E> dumping margins, and any dumping margins based entirely under section 776 of the Act. <FTNT> <SU>10</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Preliminary Decision Memorandum for additional details. </FTNT> Commerce calculated an individual estimated weighted-average dumping margin for Dingli that is not zero, <E T="03">de minimis,</E> or based entirely on facts otherwise available. Thus, the weighted-average dumping margin calculated for Dingli is the basis to determine the weighted-average dumping margin for the non-examined, separate rate companies in this administrative review. <SU>11</SU> <FTREF/> <E T="03">See</E> the table below in the “Preliminary Results of Review” section of this notice. <FTNT> <SU>11</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Preliminary Analysis Memorandum,” dated concurrently with this notice. </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">China-Wide Entity</HD> Commerce's policy regarding the conditional review of the China-wide entity applies to this administrative review. <SU>12</SU> <FTREF/> Under this policy, 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 China-wide entity is not under review, and the China-wide entity's rate ( <E T="03">i.e.,</E> 165.14 percent) is not subject to change. <SU>13</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>12</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>13</SU> <E T="03">See Certain Mobile Access Equipment and Subassemblies Thereof from the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,</E> 87 FR 9576 (February 22, 2022). </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Methodology</HD> Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying these preliminary results, <E T="03">see</E> the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as the appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is made available to the public 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> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Preliminary Results of Review</HD> We preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024: <GPOTABLE COLS="2" OPTS="L2,tp0,i1" CDEF="s150,9"> <TTITLE> </TTITLE> <CHED H="1">Exporter</CHED> <ENT I="01">Zhejiang Dingli Machinery Co., Ltd</ENT> <ENT>9.75</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="22">Separate Rate for Non-Examined Companies:</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="03">Hunan Sinoboom Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd</ENT> <ENT>9.75</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="03">Terex (Changzhou) Machinery Co., Ltd</ENT> <ENT>9.75</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 21k characters. 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