Certain Quartz Surface Products From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of 2021-2023 Antidumping Duty and 2021-2022 Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews

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-570-084; C-570-085] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain Malaysian exporters of certain quartz surface products (quartz surface products) continue to be ineligible to participate in the scope certification process established for the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on quartz surface products from the People's Republic of China (China) for all imports of quartz surface products from Malaysia. Specifically, we find that these Malaysian exporters did not demonstrate that the quartz slab used to produce their exports to the United States was sourced from a country other than China. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review. DATES: Applicable August 5, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay Menon, 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) 482-0208. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On July 11, 2019, Commerce published the Orders on quartz surface products from China. [ 1 ] On September 11, 2023, we initiated AD and CVD administrative reviews of the Orders. [ 2 ] On March 18, 2024, we extended the preliminary results of these reviews to no later than July …