Barium Chloride From the People's Republic of China and India: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews and Revocation of the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On October 17, 1984, Commerce issued the AD order on barium chloride from China, and on March 7, 2023, Commerce issued the CVD order on barium chloride from India. On September 18, 2024, Commerce published the initiation and preliminary results of the changed circumstances reviews (CCRs) and revocation of the Orders pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.216(b) and 19 CFR 351.222. We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. Honeywell International Inc (Honeywell) submitted comments agreeing with the Preliminary Results and stating that Commerce's general practice in these cases is to liquidate without regard to antidumping and/or countervailing duties, and to refund any estimated antidumping and/or countervailing duties, on all unliquidated entries of the merchandise covered by a revocation that are not covered by the final results of an administrative review or automatic liquidation instructions. Honeywell, therefore, requested that Commerce revoke the AD Order with an effective date of October 1, 2023, and revoke the CVD Order with an effective date of June 17, 2022. We did not receive comments from any other interested party.

Scope of the Orders

The merchandise covered by the Orders 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). Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope of these Orders is dispositive.

Final Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews and Revocation of the Orders

Because no party submitted comments objecting to the Preliminary Results of these CCRs, and the record contains no further information or evidence that weighs against the proposed revocations, Commerce determines, pursuant to sections 751(d)(1) and 782(h) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.222(g), that there are changed circumstances that warrant revocation of the Orders. Specifically, in light of Chemical Products Corporation's (the petitioner) lack of objection to these CCRs, the petitioner's indication that it does not have an interest in the Orders, and the absence of comments from any interested party opposing the Initiation and Preliminary Results, we find that producers accounting for substantially all of the production of the domestic like product to which the Orders pertain lack interest in the relief provided by the Orders. Accordingly, we are revoking the Orders.

Application of the Final Results of the CCRs

Section 751(d)(3) of the Act provides that “{a} determination under this section to revoke an order . . . shall apply with respect to unliquidated entries of subject merchandise which are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date determined by the administering authority.” Commerce's general practice is to instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate without regard to antidumping or countervailing duties, and to refund any estimated antidumping or countervailing duties on, all unliquidated entries of the merchandise covered by a revocation that are not covered by the final results of an administrative review or automatic liquidation instruction. Consistent with our practice, we are applying the final results of these CCRs to all unliquidated entries of the merchandise covered by the AD Order which have been entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after October 1, 2023, i.e., the day following the last day of the period covered by the most recently-completed administrative review of the AD Order, and that are not already subject to automatic liquidation instructions; and to all unliquidated entries covered by the CVD Order which have been entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after January 1, 2024, i.e., the day following the last day of the period covered by the most recently-completed administrative review of the CVD Order, and that are not already subject to automatic liquidation instructions.

Instructions to CBP

Because we determine that there are changed circumstances that warrant revocation of the Orders, we will instruct CBP to discontinue the suspension of liquidation and the collection of cash deposits of estimated antidumping and countervailing duties, to liquidate all unliquidated entries that were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, on or after October 1, 2023 ( AD Order) or January 1, 2024 ( CVD Order), without regard to antidumping and countervailing duties, respectively, and to refund all antidumping duty and countervailing duty cash deposits on all such merchandise.

Commerce intends to issue instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of these final results and revocation 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).

Administrative Protective Order

This notice serves as the final reminder to parties subject to an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance with sections 751(a)(1), 751(b), and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4), 19 CFR 351.216, and 19 CFR 351.222.

[FR Doc. 2024-25613 Filed 11-4-24; 8:45 am]

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