Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022 Publication: Federal Register Agency: International Trade Administration Byline: Abdelali Elouaradia Date: 6 April 2023 Subjects: American Government , Tires |
[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 66 (Thursday, April 6, 2023)] [Notices] [Pages 20471-20473] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2023-07249] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-533-869] Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022 AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain producers/exporters subject to this administrative review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), March 1, 2021, through February 28, 2022. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review. DATES: Applicable April 6, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caroline Carroll or Lilit Astvatsatrian, AD/CVD Operations, Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4948 or (202) 482-6412, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On March 6, 2017, Commerce published in the Federal Register the order on certain new pneumatic off-the-road (OTR) tires from India.\1\ On May 13, 2022, based on timely requests for review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative review of the Order.\2\ On November 4, 2022, we extended the preliminary results of this review to no later than March 31, 2023.\3\ For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ See Certain Now Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from India: Antidumping Duty Order, 82 FR 12553 (March 6, 2017) (Order). \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 29280 (May 13, 2022). \3\ See Memorandum, ``Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from India: Extension of Deadline for the Preliminary Results of the 2021-2022 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated November 4, 2022. \4\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the 2021-2022 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from India,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope of the Order The merchandise subject to the Order is certain new pneumatic off- the-road tires, which are tires with an off road tires size designation.\5\ The subject merchandise is currently classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings: 4011.20.1025, 4011.20.1035, 4011.20.5030, 4011.20.5050, 4011.70.0010, 4011.62.0000, 4011.80.1010, 4011.80.1020, 4011.90.1050, 4011.70.0050, 4011.80.2010, 4011.80.8010, 4011.80.2020, 4011.80.8020, 8431.49.9038, 8431.49.9090, 8709.90.0020, and 8716.90.1020. Tires meeting the scope description may also enter under the following HTSUS subheadings: 4011.90.2050, 4011.90.8050, 8424.90.9080, 8431.20.0000, 8431.39.0010, 8431.49.1090, 8431.49.9030, 8432.90.0020, 8432.90.0040, 8432.90.0050, 8432.90.0060, 8432.90.0081, 8433.90.5010, 8503.00.9560, 8708.70.0500, 8708.70.2500, 8708.70.4530, 8716.90.5035, 8716.90.5056 and 8716.90.5059. While HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the subject merchandise is dispositive. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \5\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Methodology Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export price and constructed export price are calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. NV is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as Appendix I 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 http://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. [[Page 20472]] Preliminary Results of Review As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the following weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period March 1, 2021, through February 28, 2022: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \6\ Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate is normally ``an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters and producers individually examined, excluding any margins that are zero or de minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely {on the basis of facts available{time} .'' For these preliminary results, we have preliminarily calculated a weighted-average dumping margin for these companies using the calculated rates of the mandatory respondents which are not zero or de minimis, or determined entirely on the basis of facts available. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Weighted- average Producer or exporter dumping margin (percent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ATC Tires Private Limited............................... 1.32 Asian Tire Factory Ltd.................................. 8.91 Companies Not Selected for Individual Review \6\........ 1.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Review-Specific Average Rate for Companies Not Selected for Individual Review The exporters or producers not selected for individual review are listed in Appendix II. Assessment Rates Upon issuing the final results, Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries.\7\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), because both respondents reported the entered value for all of their U.S. sales, we calculated importer-specific ad valorem duty 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 either the respondent's weighted- average dumping margin is zero or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \7\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- For the companies which were not selected for individual review, we will assign an assessment rate based on the weighted average of the cash deposit rates calculated for ATC Tires Private Limited (ATC) and Asian Tire Factory Ltd. (ATF) excluding any which are zero, de minimis, or determined entirely on adverse facts available. The final results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by the final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.\8\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \8\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice will apply to entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by ATC or ATF for which the reviewed companies did not know that the merchandise they sold to the intermediary (e.g., a reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the United States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this review in the Federal Register. 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 (i.e., within 90 days of publication). Cash Deposit Requirements The following deposit requirements will be effective for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the companies listed above will be that established in the final results of this review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for previously investigated or reviewed companies not covered in this review, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit rate published for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the company participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, or the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the manufacturer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent segment for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be zero percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\9\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \9\ See Order, 82 FR at 12554 (the dumping margin of 3.67 percent assigned to all other producers/exporters was adjusted for export subsidies found in the companion countervailing duty investigation). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verification On August 17, 2022, Titan Tire Corporation, the petitioner in this proceeding, requested that Commerce conduct verification of the factual information submitted by the respondents in this administrative review.\10\ Accordingly, as provided in section 782(i)(3) of the Act, Commerce intends to verify the information relied upon in determining its final results. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \10\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Request for Verification,'' dated August 17, 2022. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclosure and Public Comment Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in connection with these preliminary results to interested parties within five days after the date of publication of this notice.\11\ Interested parties may submit case briefs to Commerce no later than seven days after the date on which the last verification report is issued in this administrative review. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than seven days after the time limit for filing case briefs.\12\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) a statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\13\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\14\ Note that Commerce has temporarily modified certain of its requirements for serving documents containing business proprietary information, until further notice.\15\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \11\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b). \12\ Commerce is exercising its discretion, under 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1), to alter the time limit for filing of rebuttal briefs. \13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). \14\ See 19 CFR 351.303. \15\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\16\ Hearing requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Oral [[Page 20473]] presentations at the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties will be notified of the time and date for the hearing.\17\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \16\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c). \17\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Results Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative review, including the results of its analysis raised in any written briefs, not later than 120 days after the publication of these preliminary results in the Federal Register, unless otherwise extended.\18\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \18\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification to Importers This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties, and/or an increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of the countervailing duties. Notification to Interested Parties We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. Dated: March 31, 2023. Abdelali Elouaradia, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Appendix I List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum I. Summary II. Background III. Scope of the Order IV. Discussion of the Methodology V. Recommendation Appendix II Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to Companies Not Selected for Individual Review 1. Apollo Tyres Ltd. 2. Balkrishna Industries Ltd.\19\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \19\ Subject merchandise produced and exported by Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (BKT) was excluded from the Order. See Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from India: Notice of Correction to Antidumping Duty Order, 82 FR 25598 (June 2, 2017). Accordingly, BKT is only covered by this administrative review for subject merchandise produced in India where BKT acted as either the manufacturer or exporter (but not both). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Cavendish Industries Ltd. 4. CEAT Ltd. 5. Celle Tyre Corporation 6. Emerald Resilient Tyre Manufacturer 7. Forech India Private Limited 8. HRI Tires India 9. Innovative Tyres & Tubes Limited 10. JK Tyres and Industries Ltd. 11. K.R.M. Tyres 12. M/S. Caroline Furnishers Pvt. Ltd. 13. Mahansaria Tyres Private Limited 14. MRF Limited 15. MRL Tyres Limited (Malhotra Rubbers Ltd.) 16. OTR Laminated Tyres (I) Pvt. Ltd. 17. Rubberman Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. 18. Speedways Rubber Company 19. Sun Tyres & Wheel Systems 20. Sundaram Industries Private Limited 21. Superking Manufacturers (Tyre) Pvt., Ltd. 22. TVS Srichakra Limited [FR Doc. 2023-07249 Filed 4-5-23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P