2023-28856. Gas Powered Pressure Washers From China; Supplemental Schedule for Final Phase of Countervailing Duty and Antidumping Duty Investigations

AGENCY:

United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION:

Notice.

DATES:

December 21, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nitin Joshi ((202) 708–1669), Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on 202–205–1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact the Office of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. General information concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its internet server ( https://www.usitc.gov). The public record for these investigations may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Effective June 8, 2023, the Commission established a general schedule for the conduct of the final phase of its countervailing duty and antidumping duty investigations on gas powered pressure washers from China and Vietnam (88 FR 40865, June 22, 2023), following preliminary determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) that imports of gas powered pressure washers from China were being subsidized by the government of China (88 FR 36531, June 5, 2023) and that imports of gas powered pressure washers from Vietnam are being sold in the United States at less than fair value (88 FR 39221, June 15, 2023). Subsequently, on August 3, 2023, Commerce issued a preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determination with respect to gas powered pressure washers from China (88 FR 51279). Notice of the scheduling of the final phase of the Commission's investigations and of a public hearing held in connection therewith was given by posting copies of the notice in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, Washington, DC, and by publishing the notice in the Federal Register on June 22, 2023 (88 FR 40865). All persons who requested the opportunity were permitted to participate.

Commerce issued a final affirmative antidumping duty determination with respect to gas powered pressure washers from Vietnam (88 FR 59503, August 29, 2023). The Commission subsequently issued its final determination that an industry in the United States was materially injured by reason of imports of gas powered pressure washers from Vietnam provided for in subheadings 8424.30.90 and 8424.90.90 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (“HTSUS”) that have been found by Commerce to be sold in the United States at less than fair value (88 FR 71885, October 18, 2023).

Commerce has issued a final affirmative antidumping duty determination (88 FR 88365, December 21, 2023) and a final affirmative countervailing duty determination (88 FR 88578, December 22, 2023) with respect to gas powered pressure washers from China. Accordingly, the Commission currently is issuing a supplemental schedule for its countervailing duty and antidumping duty investigations on imports of gas powered pressure washers from China.

This supplemental schedule is as follows: the deadline for filing supplemental party comments on Commerce's final countervailing duty and antidumping duty determinations is 5:15 p.m. on January 5, 2024. Supplemental party comments may address only Commerce's final countervailing duty and antidumping duty determinations regarding imports of gas powered pressure washers from China. These supplemental final comments may not contain new factual information and may not exceed five (5) pages in length. The supplemental staff report in the final phase of the current investigations will be placed in the nonpublic record on January 17, 2024, and a public version will be issued thereafter.

For further information concerning this proceeding see the Commission's notice cited above and the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, part 201, subparts A and B (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, subparts A and C (19 CFR part 207).

Additional written submissions to the Commission, including requests pursuant to section 201.12 of the Commission's rules, shall not be accepted unless good cause is shown for accepting such submissions, or unless the submission is pursuant to a specific request by a Commissioner or Commission staff.

In accordance with sections 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the Commission's rules, each document filed by a party to the investigations must be served on all other parties to the investigations (as identified by either the public or BPI service list), and a certificate of service must be timely filed. The Secretary will not accept a document for filing without a certificate of service.

Please note the Secretary's Office will accept only electronic filings during this time. Filings must be made through the Commission's Electronic Document Information System (EDIS, https://edis.usitc.gov.) No in-person paper-based filings or paper copies of any electronic filings will be accepted until further notice.

Authority: This proceeding is being conducted under authority of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published pursuant to section 207.21 of the Commission's rules.

By order of the Commission.

Issued: December 27, 2023.

Katherine Hiner,

Supervisory Attorney.