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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–583–848]
Certain Stilbenic Optical Brightening
Agents From Taiwan: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2018–2019
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On May 8, 2020, the
Department of Commerce (Commerce)
published the preliminary results of the
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain
stilbenic optical brightening agents
(stilbenic OBAs) from Taiwan. The
period of review (POR) is May 1, 2018
through April 30, 2019. For the final
results of this review, we continue to
find that Teh Fong Ming International
Co., Ltd. (TFM) has made sales of
subject merchandise at less than normal
value during the POR.
DATES: Applicable July 14, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bryan Hansen, AD/CVD Operations,
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3683.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On May 8, 2020, Commerce published
the Preliminary Results of the
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on stilbenic
OBAs from Taiwan.1 The administrative
review covers one producer/exporter of
the subject merchandise, TFM. We gave
interested parties an opportunity to
1 See Stilbenic Optical Brightening Agents from
Taiwan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2018–2019, 85 FR 27361
(May 8, 2020) (Preliminary Results).
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comment on the Preliminary Results.
We received no comments. Hence, these
final results are unchanged from the
Preliminary Results. Commerce
conducted this review in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
On January 14, 2020, we extended the
due date for the preliminary results of
this review from January 31, 2020 to
May 22, 2020. On April 24, 2020,
Commerce tolled all deadlines in
administrative reviews by 50 days. As a
result of Commerce’s tolling of
deadlines, the deadline for the
preliminary results of this review was
revised to July 13, 2020, and the current
deadline for the final results of this
review is now October 13, 2020.2
Scope of the Order
The stilbenic OBAs covered by this
order are all forms (whether free acid or
salt) of compounds known as
triazinylaminostilbenes (i.e., all
derivatives of 4,4′-bis [1,3,5-triazin-2yl] 3 amino- 2,2′-stilbenedisulfonic acid),
except for compounds listed in the
following paragraph. The stilbenic
OBAs covered by this order include
final stilbenic OBA products, as well as
intermediate products that are
themselves triazinylaminostilbenes
produced during the synthesis of
stilbenic OBA products.
Excluded from this order are all forms
of 4,4′-bis[4-anilino-6-morpholino-1,3,5triazin-2-yl] 4 amino-2,2′stilbenedisulfonic acid,
C40H40N12O8S2 (‘‘Fluorescent
Brightener 71’’). This order covers the
above-described compounds in any state
(including but not limited to powder,
slurry, or solution), of any
concentrations of active stilbenic OBA
ingredient, as well as any compositions
regardless of additives (i.e., mixtures or
blends, whether of stilbenic OBAs with
each other, or of stilbenic OBAs with
additives that are not stilbenic OBAs),
and in any type of packaging.
These stilbenic OBAs are classifiable
under subheading 3204.20.8000 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews in Response to Operational
Adjustments Due to COVID–19,’’ dated April 24,
2020. All deadlines in this segment of the
proceeding have been extended by 50 days.
Commerce’s practice dictates that, where a deadline
falls on a weekend or federal holiday, the
appropriate deadline is the next business day (in
this instance, October 13, 2020). See Notice of
Clarification: Application of ‘‘Next Business Day’’
Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines
Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70
FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
3 The brackets in this sentence are part of the
chemical formula.
4 Id.
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United States (HTSUS), but they may
also enter under subheadings
2933.69.6050, 2921.59.4000 and
2921.59.8090. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the merchandise
is dispositive.
Final Results of the Administrative
Review
As a result of this administrative
review, we determine that a weightedaverage dumping margin exists for the
POR.
Producer/exporter
Teh Fong Min International Co.,
Ltd .........................................
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
4.61
Assessment
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), Commerce
has determined, and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise in
accordance with the final results of this
review. For TFM, we calculated
importer-specific assessment rates on
the basis of the ratio of the total amount
of antidumping duties calculated for
each importer’s examined sales and the
total entered value of the sales in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).5
For entries of subject merchandise
during the period of review produced by
TFM for which it did not know its
merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate unreviewed entries at the allothers rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate companies involved in the
transaction. We intend to issue
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days
after the date of publication of the final
results of review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements for estimated antidumping
duties will be effective upon publication
of the notice of final results of this
review for all shipments of stilbenic
OBAs from Taiwan entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of
publication as provided by section
5 In these final results, Commerce applied the
assessment rate calculation method adopted in
Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the
Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101
(February 14, 2012).
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751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit
rate for TFM will be 4.61 percent, the
weighted-average dumping margin
established in the final results of this
administrative review; (2) for
merchandise exported by companies not
covered in this review but covered in a
prior segment of this proceeding, the
cash deposit rate will continue to be the
company-specific rate published for the
most recent period; (3) if the exporter is
not a firm covered in this review, a prior
review, or the original investigation but
the producer is, then the cash deposit
rate will be the rate established for the
most recently completed segment for the
producer of the merchandise; (4) the
cash deposit rate for all other producers
or exporters will continue to be 6.19
percent, the all-others rate established
in the less-than-fair-value investigation,
adjusted for the export-subsidy rate in
the companion countervailing duty
investigation. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final reminder
to importers of their responsibility
under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a
certificate regarding the reimbursement
of antidumping duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries
during this period of review. Failure to
comply with this requirement could
result in Commerce’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of double antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of the return or
destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is
hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the regulations and terms of an
APO is a violation subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing
these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: July 8, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–523–812]
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel
Pipe From Oman: Partial Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2018–2019
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) is partially rescinding the
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on circular
welded carbon-quality steel pipe from
Oman for the period of review (POR)
December 1, 2018 through November
30, 2019.
DATES: Applicable July 14, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dennis McClure or Robert Palmer, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VIII,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–5973 or
(202) 482–9068, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On December 6, 2019, Commerce
published a notice of opportunity to
request an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on circular
welded carbon-quality steel pipe from
Oman.1 Pursuant to requests from
interested parties, Commerce initiated
an administrative review with respect to
four companies, in accordance with
section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act).2 Subsequent to
the initiation of the administrative
review, the domestic interested parties 3
timely withdrew their request for an
administrative review of three
companies, as discussed below. No
other party requested an administrative
review of these companies.
Partial Rescission of Administrative
Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),
Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in
part, if the party that requested a review
1 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
to Request Administrative Review, 84 FR 66880
(December 6, 2019).
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 85 FR
6896 (February 6, 2020) (Initiation Notice).
3 Collectively, the domestic interested parties are
Nucor Tubular Products Inc., Wheatland Tube
Company, and Bull Moose Tube.
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withdraws its request within 90 days of
the date of publication of the notice of
initiation.4 The request for an
administrative review was withdrawn
by the established deadline for the
following companies: Al Samna Metal
Manufacturing & Trading Company
LLC; Bollore Logistics (Oman) LLC; and
Transworld Shipping Trading &
Logistics Services LLC.5 As a result,
Commerce is rescinding this review
with respect to these three companies,
in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1). The review will continue
with respect to Al Jazeera Steel Products
Co. SAOG.6
Assessment
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries. For the companies for which
this review is rescinded, antidumping
duties shall be assessed at rates equal to
the cash deposit of estimated
antidumping duties required at the time
of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse
for consumption, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). Commerce intends
to issue appropriate assessment
instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of this notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final reminder
to importers of their responsibility
under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a
certificate regarding the reimbursement
of antidumping duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries
during this review period. Failure to
comply with this requirement could
result in the presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of doubled antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the return or
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues
4 On April 24, 2020, Commerce decided to toll all
deadlines in administrative reviews by 50 days. See
Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews in Response to Operational
Adjustments Due to COVID–19,’’ dated April 24,
2020. Therefore, Commerce tolled the deadline for
the withdrawal of the request for this administrative
review until June 25, 2020.
5 See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter,
‘‘Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from
Oman: Partial Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review,’’ dated June 25, 2020.
6 See Initiation Notice, 85 FR at 6898.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-583-848]
Certain Stilbenic Optical Brightening Agents From Taiwan: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On May 8, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce)
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain stilbenic optical brightening agents
(stilbenic OBAs) from Taiwan. The period of review (POR) is May 1, 2018
through April 30, 2019. For the final results of this review, we
continue to find that Teh Fong Ming International Co., Ltd. (TFM) has
made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the
POR.
DATES: Applicable July 14, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Hansen, AD/CVD Operations,
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3683.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 8, 2020, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of the
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stilbenic OBAs
from Taiwan.\1\ The administrative review covers one producer/exporter
of the subject merchandise, TFM. We gave interested parties an
opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results. We received no
comments. Hence, these final results are unchanged from the Preliminary
Results. Commerce conducted this review in accordance with sections
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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\1\ See Stilbenic Optical Brightening Agents from Taiwan:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-
2019, 85 FR 27361 (May 8, 2020) (Preliminary Results).
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On January 14, 2020, we extended the due date for the preliminary
results of this review from January 31, 2020 to May 22, 2020. On April
24, 2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative reviews by 50
days. As a result of Commerce's tolling of deadlines, the deadline for
the preliminary results of this review was revised to July 13, 2020,
and the current deadline for the final results of this review is now
October 13, 2020.\2\
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\2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews in Response to
Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19,'' dated April 24, 2020. All
deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been extended by 50
days. Commerce's practice dictates that, where a deadline falls on a
weekend or federal holiday, the appropriate deadline is the next
business day (in this instance, October 13, 2020). See Notice of
Clarification: Application of ``Next Business Day'' Rule for
Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act of
1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
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Scope of the Order
The stilbenic OBAs covered by this order are all forms (whether
free acid or salt) of compounds known as triazinylaminostilbenes (i.e.,
all derivatives of 4,4'-bis [1,3,5-triazin-2-yl] \3\ amino- 2,2'-
stilbenedisulfonic acid), except for compounds listed in the following
paragraph. The stilbenic OBAs covered by this order include final
stilbenic OBA products, as well as intermediate products that are
themselves triazinylaminostilbenes produced during the synthesis of
stilbenic OBA products.
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\3\ The brackets in this sentence are part of the chemical
formula.
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Excluded from this order are all forms of 4,4'-bis[4-anilino-6-
morpholino-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl] \4\ amino-2,2'-stilbenedisulfonic acid,
C40H40N12O8S2 (``Fluorescent Brightener 71''). This order covers the
above-described compounds in any state (including but not limited to
powder, slurry, or solution), of any concentrations of active stilbenic
OBA ingredient, as well as any compositions regardless of additives
(i.e., mixtures or blends, whether of stilbenic OBAs with each other,
or of stilbenic OBAs with additives that are not stilbenic OBAs), and
in any type of packaging.
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These stilbenic OBAs are classifiable under subheading 3204.20.8000
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), but
they may also enter under subheadings 2933.69.6050, 2921.59.4000 and
2921.59.8090. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the
merchandise is dispositive.
Final Results of the Administrative Review
As a result of this administrative review, we determine that a
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the POR.
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Teh Fong Min International Co., Ltd........................ 4.61
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Assessment
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b),
Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject
merchandise in accordance with the final results of this review. For
TFM, we calculated importer-specific assessment rates on the basis of
the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for each
importer's examined sales and the total entered value of the sales in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\5\
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\5\ In these final results, Commerce applied the assessment rate
calculation method adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation
of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in
Certain Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101
(February 14, 2012).
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For entries of subject merchandise during the period of review
produced by TFM for which it did not know its merchandise was destined
for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed
entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate
companies involved in the transaction. We intend to issue assessment
instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of the final
results of review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements for estimated antidumping
duties will be effective upon publication of the notice of final
results of this review for all shipments of stilbenic OBAs from Taiwan
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
date of publication as provided by section
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751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for TFM will be 4.61
percent, the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final
results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by
companies not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of
this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter
is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original
investigation but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be
the rate established for the most recently completed segment for the
producer of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other
producers or exporters will continue to be 6.19 percent, the all-others
rate established in the less-than-fair-value investigation, adjusted
for the export-subsidy rate in the companion countervailing duty
investigation. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this period of review. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation subject
to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: July 8, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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