Non-Refillable Steel Cylinders From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024

<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: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the 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 Wuyi Xilinde Machinery Manufacture Co., Ltd. (Wuyi Xilinde) made sales of non-refillable steel cylinders (non-refillable cylinders) from the People's Republic of China (China) at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024. Additionally, Commerce intends to rescind the review, in part, with respect to three companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary results of this review. </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Applicable September 11, 2025. </DATES> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Matthew Palmer, 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) 482-1678. </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Background</HD> On May 11, 2021, Commerce published the <E T="03">Order</E> on non-refillable cylinders from China. <SU>1</SU> <FTREF/> On July 5, 2024, pursuant to timely requests for review, Commerce published the notice of initiation of the third administrative review of the <E T="03">Order.</E> <SU>2</SU> <FTREF/> Commerce initiated this administrative review covering the following four exporters of subject merchandise: Ningbo Eagle Machinery & Technology Co., Ltd. (Ningbo Eagle); Sanjiang Kai Yuan Co., Ltd. (Sanjiang Kai Yuan); Wuyi Xilinde Machinery Manufacture Co., Ltd. (Wuyi Xilinde); and Zhejiang Kin-Shine Technology Co., Ltd. (Zhejiang Kin-Shine). <SU>3</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>1</SU>   <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, 86 FR 25839</E> ( <E T="03">May 11, 2021</E> ) ( <E T="03">Order</E> ). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>2</SU>   <E T="03">See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,</E> 89 FR 55567 (July 5, 2024) ( <E T="03">Initiation Notice</E> ). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>3</SU>   <E T="03">Id.,</E> 89 FR 55574. </FTNT> On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days. <SU>4</SU> <FTREF/> On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative review by 90 days. <SU>5</SU> <FTREF/> On April 22, 2025, Commerce extended the deadline for issuing the preliminary results of this administrative review by 61 days. <SU>6</SU> <FTREF/> On June 11, 2025, Commerce issued a second extension of the preliminary deadline by 59 days. <SU>7</SU> <FTREF/> Accordingly, the deadline for these preliminary results of review is now September 5, 2025. <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, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,” dated December 9, 2024. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>6</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,” dated April 22, 2025. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>7</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Second Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,” dated June 11, 2025. </FTNT> For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this administrative review, <E T="03">see</E> the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <SU>8</SU> <FTREF/> A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as an appendix 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 found at <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.</E> <FTNT> <SU>8</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Non-Refillable Steel Cylinders 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</HD> The merchandise covered by this <E T="03">Order</E> is certain seamed (welded or brazed), non-refillable steel cylinders meeting the requirements of, or produced to meet the requirements of, U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Specification 39, TransportCanada Specification 39M, or United Nations pressure receptacle standard ISO 11118. A full description of the scope of the <E T="03">Order</E> is provided in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <SU>9</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>9</SU>   <E T="03">Id.</E> </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Partial Rescission of Review</HD> As noted above, we initiated this review with respect to four companies. <SU>10</SU> <FTREF/> During the course of the review, we selected one mandatory respondent, <E T="03">i.e.,</E> Wuyi Xilinde. Consequently, there are three companies upon which a review was requested, and which were not selected for individual examination. <FTNT> <SU>10</SU>   <E T="03">See Initiation Notice.</E> </FTNT> Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), Commerce will rescind an administrative review when there are no reviewable suspended entries. Based on our analysis of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) information, the three remaining companies listed in the <E T="03">Initiation Notice</E> ( <E T="03">i.e.,</E> Ningbo Eagle, Sanjiang Kai Yuan, and Zhejiang Kin-Shin) had no entries of subject merchandise during the POR. <SU>11</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>11</SU>   <E T="03">Id.,</E> 89 FR at 55574; <E T="03">see also</E> Memorandum, “Release of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Data and Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, in Part,” dated July 12, 2024 (CBP Data Memorandum). </FTNT> On July 12, 2024, Commerce notified interested parties of its intent to rescind the review with respect to the companies which had no reviewable suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR. <SU>12</SU> <FTREF/> Additionally, Sanjiang Kai Yuan notified Commerce that it made no shipments of the subject merchandise to the United States during the POR. <SU>13</SU> <FTREF/> No parties commented on our intent to rescind. <SU>14</SU> <FTREF/> As such, Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to Ningbo Eagle, Sanjiang Kai Yuan, and Zhejiang Kin-Shine in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). <FTNT> <SU>12</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> CBP Data Memorandum. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>13</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Sanjiang Kai Yuan's No Shipment Certification. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>14</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> CBP Data Memorandum. </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">The China-Wide Entity</HD> Under Commerce's policy regarding the conditional review of the China-wide entity, <SU>15</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. <FTNT> <SU>15</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> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Methodology</HD> Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). We calculated export prices in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Because Commerce has determined that China is a non-market economy country within the meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, Commerce calculated NV in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying the preliminary results of this review, <E T="03">see</E> the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Preliminary Results of Review</HD> We preliminarily determine that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024: <GPOTABLE COLS="2" OPTS="L2,nj,tp0,i1" CDEF="s25,9C"> <TTITLE> </TTITLE> <CHED H="1">Exporter</CHED> <CHED H="1">Weighted-average dumping margin (percent)</CHED> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Wuyi Xilinde Machinery Manufacture Co., Ltd </ENT> <ENT>71.89</ENT> </ROW> </GPOTABLE> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Disclosure</HD> Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in connection with these preliminary results to interested parties within five days of any public announcement, or, if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this notice in the <E T="04">Fe ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 22k characters. 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