Preliminary affirmative determination of critical circumstances in the countervailing duty investigation of aluminum lithographic printing plates from the People's Republic of China (C-570-157)

1. On 03/01/2024, Commerce issued its preliminary determination in the countervailing investigation of aluminum lithographic printing plates from the People's Republic of China on (89 FR 15134). On 04/08/2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register (89 FR 24433) its affirmative preliminary determination of critical circumstances in the countervailing duty investigation of aluminum lithographic printing plates from the People's Republic of China (subject merchandise). 2. The merchandise covered by this investigation is described in message 3299404, dated 10/26/2023. This proceeding has been assigned case number C-570-157. 3a. Commerce has determined that critical circumstances exist for imports of subject merchandise from the producers and/or exporters identified below. Accordingly, for imports of such merchandise, CBP shall suspend liquidation of such shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 12/02/2023 (90 days prior to the date of FR publication of the preliminary determination), and shall require, for such entries, a cash deposit equal to the percentage of entered value for the producers and/or exporters listed below. Producer and/or Exporter: Fujifilm Printing Plate (China) Co., Ltd. and its cross-owned company Fujifilm (China) Investment Co., Ltd. Case Number: C-570-157-001 Cash Deposit: 38.50 percent Producer and/or Exporter: Shanghai National Ink Co. Ltd. Case Number: C-570-157-002 Cash Deposit: 231.98 percent 3b. Commerce did not find critical circumstances for the producers and/or exporters identified below. Accordingly, CBP shall continue to suspend liquidation of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 03/01/2024 (the date of publication of the preliminary determination) for the producers and/or exporters listed below, according to message 4066404, dated 03/06/2024. Producer and/or Exporter: All Others Case Number: C-570-157-000 Cash Deposit Rate: 38.50 percent 4. 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 OIX: AE.) 5. There are no restrictions on the release of this information. Alexander Amdur