• Period of Review: Oct 01, 2018 to Mar 31, 2019

1. This message supplements message 9325305, dated 11/21/2019, to reflect corrections to the underlying preliminary determination, as addressed in paragraph 4 of that message.

2. On 11/14/2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register (84 FR 61877) its preliminary determination of sales at less than fair value and the postponement of the final determination in the antidumping duty investigation of ceramic tile from the People's Republic of China (China). Message 9325305, dated 11/21/2019 reflects that determination. On 12/13/2019, Commerce published a notice of correction to the preliminary affirmative determination (84 FR 68114) in the Federal Register. The corrections listed in the preliminary determination are discussed below in paragraph 5.

3. The products covered by this investigation are described in message 9148307, dated 05/28/2019.

4. This proceeding has been assigned case number A-570-108.

5.
A. In the amended preliminary determination (84 FR 68114, 12/13/2019) Commerce made clear that Beilitai (Tianjin) Tile Co., Ltd. is a part of the single entity that includes Belite Ceramics (Anyang) Co., Ltd. and Tianjin Honghui Creative Technology Co., Ltd. Therefore, effective 11/14/2019, entries from Belite Ceramics (Anyang) Co., Ltd.; Beilitai (Tianjin) Tile Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Honghui Creative Technology Co., Ltd. should be made under case number A-570-108-001. In addition, we deactivated the individual case numbers for Belite Ceramics (Anyang) Co., Ltd. (A-570-108-029), Beilitai (Tianjin) Tile Co., Ltd. (A-570-108-030), and Tianjin Honghui Creative Technology Co., Ltd. (A-570-108-031). Effective 11/14/2019, CBP shall require, for entries of ceramic tile from China from the single entity exporter/producer combination listed below, a cash deposit equal to the antidumping duty cash deposit shown below:

Exporter: Belite Ceramics (Anyang) Co., Ltd.; Beilitai (Tianjin) Tile Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Honghui Creative Technology Co., Ltd.
Producer: Belite Ceramics (Anyang) Co., Ltd.; Beilitai (Tianjin) Tile Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Honghui Creative Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number: A-570-108-001
Cash deposit rate: 233.72%

B. In the preliminary determination (84 FR 61877, 11/14/2019) Commerce inadvertently excluded several exporter/producer combinations. These exporter/producer combinations are listed in the amended preliminary determination (84 FR 68114, 12/13/2019). For imports of ceramic tile from China, CBP shall suspend liquidation of such shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 11/14/2019. Effective11/14/2019, CBP shall require, for entries of ceramic tile from China from the exporter/producer combinations listed below, a cash deposit equal to the antidumping duty cash deposits shown below:

Exporter: Avangarde Ceramiche
Producer: Fujian Nan'an Xinglong Ceramics Co., Ltd
Creative Technology Co., Ltd.
Case number: A-570-108-467
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Avangarde Ceramiche
Producer: Guangdong Jiajun Ceramics Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-473
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Beijing Shiji Mingtai Inc
Producer: Jinjiang Guoxing Ceramics Building Materials Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-468
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Beijing Shiji Mingtai Inc
Producer: Fujian Honghua Group Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-474
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Beijing Shiji Mingtai Inc
Producer: Fujian Zhangzhou Jianhua Ceramics Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-475
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Beijing Shiji Mingtai Inc
Producer: Foshan Dongpeng Ceramics Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-476
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Beijing Shiji Mingtai Inc
Producer: Fujian Huatai Group Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-477
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Beijing Shiji Mingtai Inc
Producer: Quanzhou Zhiran Ceramics Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-478
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Beijing Shiji Mingtai Inc
Producer: Quanzhou Yuanlong Building Materials Development Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-479
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Beijing Shiji Mingtai Inc
Producer: Fujian Xindezhou Ceramics Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-480
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Beijing Shiji Mingtai Inc
Producer: Jinjiang Juntao Ceramics Industry Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-481
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Bestview (Fuzhou) Import & Export Co. Ltd
Producer: Foshan Lanyu Building Material Co. Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-469
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Bestview (Fuzhou) Import & Export Co. Ltd
Producer: Tianjin Belite Ceramics Co., Ltd Foshan Branch
Case number: A-570-108-482
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Bestview (Fuzhou) Import & Export Co. Ltd
Producer: Jingdezhen Leixi Building Material Factory
Case number: A-570-108-483
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Bestview (Fuzhou) Import & Export Co. Ltd
Producer: Foshan Nanhai District Energy Building Material Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-484
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Buddy Mosaic
Producer: Foshan Tanhua Building Material Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-470
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Everstone Industry (Qingdao) Co., Ltd
Producer: Everstone Industry (Qingdao) Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-471
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Foshan Junjing Industrial Co., Ltd
Producer: Guangdong Jialian Enterprise Ceramics Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-472
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Foshan Junjing Industrial Co., Ltd
Producer: Foshan Jinhong Ceramics Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-485
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Foshan Junjing Industrial Co., Ltd
Producer: Foshan Jinyi Ceramics Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-486
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Foshan Junjing Industrial Co., Ltd
Producer: Foshan Nanhai Longpeng Vitrified Brick Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-487
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Foshan Junjing Industrial Co., Ltd
Producer: Jiangxi Shiwan Global Ceramics Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-488
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Foshan Junjing Industrial Co., Ltd
Producer: Xinxing County Jinmaili Ceramics Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-489
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Foshan Junjing Industrial Co., Ltd
Producer: Foshan Lailida Building Material Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-490
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Foshan Junjing Industrial Co., Ltd
Producer: Fujian Mingsheng Ceramic Development Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-491
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Foshan Junjing Industrial Co., Ltd
Producer: Foshan Qiangshengda Building Material Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-492
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Foshan Junjing Industrial Co., Ltd
Producer: Guangdong Shenghui Ceramics Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-493
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Foshan Junjing Industrial Co., Ltd
Producer: Guangdong Xiejin Ceramics Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-494
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Foshan Junjing Industrial Co., Ltd
Producer: Qingyuan Xinjinshan Ceramics Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-495
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Foshan Junjing Industrial Co., Ltd
Producer: Sihui Quanquan Ceramics Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-496
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Foshan Junjing Industrial Co., Ltd
Producer: Enping Xiangda Ceramics Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-497
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Foshan Junjing Industrial Co., Ltd
Producer: Foshan Xinhenglong Polishing Brick Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-498
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Foshan Junjing Industrial Co., Ltd
Producer: Enping Xinjincheng Ceramics Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-499
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Foshan Junjing Industrial Co., Ltd
Producer: Guangdong Xinruncheng Ceramics Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-500
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Foshan Junjing Industrial Co., Ltd
Producer: Foshan Shiwan Yulong Ceramics Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-501
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Foshan Junjing Industrial Co., Ltd
Producer: Jiangmen Xinxingwei Building Material Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-502
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Foshan Junjing Industrial Co., Ltd
Producer: Jinjiang Zhongrong Ceramic Building Material Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-503
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Foshan Rainbow Color Export & Import Co., Ltd
Producer: Foshan Baleno Ceramic Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-504
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: Zhuhai Xuri Star Trading Co. Ltd
Producer: Zhuhai City Doumen District Xuri Pottery and Porcelain Company Limited
Case number: A-570-108-505
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

C. The preliminary determination (, 84 FR 61877, 11/14/2019) contains misspelled producer/exporter combinations. These exporter/producer combinations are corrected in the amended preliminary determination (84 FR 68114, 12/13/2019). For imports of ceramic tile from China, CBP shall suspend liquidation of such shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 11/14/2019. Effective11/14/2019, CBP shall require, for entries of ceramic tile from China from the exporter/producer combinations listed below, a cash deposit equal to the antidumping duty cash deposits shown below:

Exporter: Foshan Rainbow Color Export & Import Co., Ltd
Producer: Foshan Ligaote Ceramic Co., Ltd
Case number: A-570-108-170
Cash deposit rate: 167.66%

Exporter: McMarmocer Ceramics Limited
Producer: Guangdong Overland Ceramics Co., Ltd.
Case number: A-570-108-348
Cash deposit: 167.66%

6. For all other entries of ceramic tile from China, the following cash deposit instructions apply:

A. For all the Chinese exporters of ceramic tile from China which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the China-wide rate.

B. For all non-Chinese exporters of ceramic tile from China which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the exporter/producer combinations that supplied that non-Chinese exporter.

7. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, at (202) 482-0984. CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only. (This message was generated by OVI: HL.)

8. There are no restrictions on the release of this information.

Alexander Amdur