International Trade Administration February 2, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Teh Fong Min International Co., Ltd., also known as Teh Fong Ming International Co., Ltd. (TFM), the sole producer and/or exporter subject to this administrative review, made sales of stilbenic optical brightening agents (OBAs) at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) May 1, 2022, through November 26, 2022. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on sodium gluconate, gluconic acid, and derivative products (sodium gluconate) from the People's Republic of China (China) would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Sunset Review'' section of this notice.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce), in coordination with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), is announcing a new functionality in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) for importers entering merchandise that is the subject of an antidumping and/or countervailing duty (AD/CVD) certification. Specifically, the capability will exist for importers to identify in the ACE entries that are the subject of an AD/CVD certification. Commerce intends to instruct parties to use this new functionality on a case-by-case basis. This new identification mechanism will facilitate Commerce's and CBP's administration of the AD/CVD laws by making such entry summaries more readily identifiable to Commerce and CBP.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that prestressed concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) from Thailand was not sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results of review.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies were provided to Bharat Forge Limited, the sole producer and exporter of forged steel fluid end blocks (fluid end blocks) from India subject to this administrative review, during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.