Truck and Bus Tires From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, Rescission of Review in Part, and Intent To Rescind in Part; 2021

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 [C-570-041] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain exporters/producers of truck and bus tires from the People's Republic of China (China) received countervailable subsidies during the period of review (POR) from January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021. In addition, we are rescinding the review with respect to 12 companies and announcing our preliminary intent to rescind this review with respect to three other companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. DATES: Applicable March 3, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theodore Pearson, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2631. Background On February 15, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register the countervailing duty (CVD) order on truck and bus tires from China. [ 1 ] On April 12, 2022, Commerce published the notice of initiation of an administrative review of the Order for the period January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021. [ 2 ] On May 19, 2022, Commerce selected Qingdao Ge Rui Da Rubber Co., Ltd as the sole mandatory respondent in this administrative review. [ 3 ] On October 14, 2022, Commerce exercised its discretion to ext…