Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Rescission, in Part; 2017-2018

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-570-016] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain producers and exporters of passenger vehicle and light truck tires (passenger tires) from the People's Republic of China (China) did not make sales of subject merchandise at prices below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) August 1, 2017 through July 31, 2018. DATES: Applicable October 18, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni Page, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1398. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On August 10, 2015, Commerce issued an antidumping duty (AD) order on passenger tires from China. [ 1 ] Several ( printed page 55910) interested parties requested that Commerce conduct an administrative review of the AD Order, and on October 4, 2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the AD Order for 42 producers/exporters for the POR. [ 2 ] On January 28, 2019, Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines by 40 days to account for the shutdown of the Federal government from December 22, 2018 through the resumption of operations on January 29, 2019. [ 3 ] On June 10, 2019…