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11. On August 29, 2024, Win-Tel submitted its response to Section A of the Initial questionnaire on behalf of itself, Theos Tiles LLP(“ Theos”) and Neelson Porselano LLP(“ Neelson”).
12. On September 11, 2024, Commerce rejected Antiqa’ s reporting exclusion request for its third affiliate, Affiliate A. Commerce reasoned that it was still reviewing Antiqa’ s affiliation information, and therefore, affiliation and collapsing determinations will not be made until it“ more thoroughly” reviews Antiqa’ s affiliation information.
13. Throughout the course of the investigation, Commerce continued to receive initial questionnaire responses from both mandatory respondents, Antiqa and Win-Tel. Both respondents reported affiliations with other companies involved in the sale and / or production of ceramic tile and inputs used in the production of ceramic tile.
14. In comments, Plaintiff identified various deficiencies in the mandatory respondents’ initial questionnaire responses, including, among other things, concerns with reported affiliations, home market sales, U. S. sales, and reported costs of production.
15. Commerce issued additional rounds of supplemental questionnaires to the mandatory respondents, and the mandatory respondents subsequently filed supplemental questionnaire responses.
16. On December 2, 2024, Commerce published its preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigation finding a 0.00 percent dumping margin for both mandatory respondents. See Ceramic Tile from India: Preliminary Negative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination, 89 Fed. Reg. 95,182( Dep’ t of Commerce Dec. 2, 2024)(“ Preliminary Determination”) and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum( November 22, 2024).
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