Stilbenic Optical Brightening Agents From the People's Republic of China: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024, 79524-79525 [2024-22281]
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766.25.2 BIS has not received a written
submission from Acosta-Carbajal.
Based upon my review of the record
and consultations with BIS’s Office of
Exporter Services, including its
Director, and the facts available to BIS,
I have decided to deny Acosta-Carbajal’s
export privileges under the Regulations
for a period of 10 years from the date of
Acosta-Carbajal’s conviction. The Office
of Exporter Services has also decided to
revoke any BIS-issued licenses in which
Acosta-Carbajal had an interest at the
time of his conviction.3
Accordingly, it is hereby ordered:
First, from the date of this Order until
June 15, 2032, Cerbando AcostaCarbajal, with a last known address of
Inmate Number: 82716–051, FCI
Bastrop, Federal Correctional
Institution, P.O. Box 1010, Bastrop, TX
78602, and when acting for or on his
behalf, his successors, assigns,
employees, agents or representatives
(‘‘the Denied Person’’), may not directly
or indirectly participate in any way in
any transaction involving any
commodity, software or technology
(hereinafter collectively referred to as
‘‘item’’) exported or to be exported from
the United States that is subject to the
Regulations, including, but not limited
to:
A. Applying for, obtaining, or using
any license, license exception, or export
control document;
B. Carrying on negotiations
concerning, or ordering, buying,
receiving, using, selling, delivering,
storing, disposing of, forwarding,
transporting, financing, or otherwise
servicing in any way, any transaction
involving any item exported or to be
exported from the United States that is
subject to the Regulations, or engaging
in any other activity subject to the
Regulations; or
C. Benefitting in any way from any
transaction involving any item exported
or to be exported from the United States
that is subject to the Regulations, or
from any other activity subject to the
Regulations.
Second, no person may, directly or
indirectly, do any of the following:
A. Export, reexport, or transfer (incountry) to or on behalf of the Denied
Person any item subject to the
Regulations;
B. Take any action that facilitates the
acquisition or attempted acquisition by
the Denied Person of the ownership,
2 The Regulations are currently codified in the
Code of Federal Regulations at 15 CFR parts 730–
774 (2024).
3 The Director, Office of Export Enforcement, is
the authorizing official for issuance of denial orders
pursuant to amendments to the Regulations (85 FR
73411, November 18, 2020).
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possession, or control of any item
subject to the Regulations that has been
or will be exported from the United
States, including financing or other
support activities related to a
transaction whereby the Denied Person
acquires or attempts to acquire such
ownership, possession or control;
C. Take any action to acquire from or
to facilitate the acquisition or attempted
acquisition from the Denied Person of
any item subject to the Regulations that
has been exported from the United
States;
D. Obtain from the Denied Person in
the United States any item subject to the
Regulations with knowledge or reason
to know that the item will be, or is
intended to be, exported from the
United States; or
E. Engage in any transaction to service
any item subject to the Regulations that
has been or will be exported from the
United States and which is owned,
possessed or controlled by the Denied
Person, or service any item, of whatever
origin, that is owned, possessed or
controlled by the Denied Person if such
service involves the use of any item
subject to the Regulations that has been
or will be exported from the United
States. For purposes of this paragraph,
servicing means installation,
maintenance, repair, modification or
testing.
Third, pursuant to section 1760(e) of
ECRA and sections 766.23 and 766.25 of
the Regulations, any other person, firm,
corporation, or business organization
related to Acosta-Carbajal by ownership,
control, position of responsibility,
affiliation, or other connection in the
conduct of trade or business may also be
made subject to the provisions of this
Order in order to prevent evasion of this
Order.
Fourth, in accordance with part 756 of
the Regulations, Acosta-Carbajal may
file an appeal of this Order with the
Under Secretary of Commerce for
Industry and Security. The appeal must
be filed within 45 days from the date of
this Order and must comply with the
provisions of part 756 of the
Regulations.
Fifth, a copy of this Order shall be
delivered to Acosta-Carbajal and shall
be published in the Federal Register.
Sixth, this Order is effective
immediately and shall remain in effect
until June 15, 2032.
John Sonderman,
Director, Office of Export Enforcement.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–972]
Stilbenic Optical Brightening Agents
From the People’s Republic of China:
Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2023–2024
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the
administrative review of the
antidumping order on stilbenic optical
brightening agents (OBAs) from the
People’s Republic of China (China),
covering the period of review (POR)
May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024,
because, as explained below, there are
no reviewable entries for the companies
that are subject to review.
DATES: Applicable September 30, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephanie Trejo AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4390.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On May 10, 2012, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty order on OBAs from
China.1 On May 2, 2023, Commerce
published in the Federal Register a
notice of opportunity to request an
administrative review of the Order.2 On
May 31, 2024, Commerce received a
timely request from a U.S. producer of
the domestic like product, Archroma,
U.S., Inc. (Archroma), in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1), to conduct
an administrative review of the Order
for five companies.3 We received no
other requests for review.
On July 5, 2024, in accordance with
section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act), Commerce
published in the Federal Register a
notice of initiation of the administrative
review with respect to the five
companies for which Archroma
requested a review: (1) Beijing Odyssey
1 See Certain Stilbenic Optical Brightening Agents
from the People’s Republic of China: Amended
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value and Antidumping Duty Order, 77 FR 27423
(May 10, 2012).
2 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
To Request Administrative Review and Join Annual
Inquiry Service List, 89 FR 35778 (May 2, 2024).
3 See Archroma’s Letter, ‘‘Request for
Administrative Review,’’ dated May 31, 2024.
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Chemical Ind. Co. Ltd, (2) Hebei
Dianchang Chemicals Co. Ltd., (3) Jinan
Subang Fine Chemical Co., Ltd., (4)
Zhejiang Hongda Chemicals Co., Ltd.,
and (5) Zhejiang Transfar Whyyon
Chemical Co., Ltd.4 On July 10, 2024,
Commerce placed U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) entry data for
U.S. imports of the subject merchandise
during the POR on the record for
respondent selection purposes.5 On July
17, 2024, Archroma submitted
comments on the CBP data.6 On, August
2, 2024, we re-released the CBP data
because our first CBP data release
inadvertently did not include all of the
possible company names
combinations.7 On August 9, 2024,
Archroma submitted comments on the
re-release of the CBP data.8
On September 6, 2024, Commerce
notified all interested parties of its
intent to rescind the instant review in
full because there were no reviewable,
suspended entries of subject
merchandise by any of the five
companies listed in the Initiation Notice
during the POR and invited parties to
comment.9 No parties submitted
comments in response to this notice.
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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-2yl] 10 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-6morpholino-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl] amino2,2′-stilbenedisulfonic acid, C40 H40 N12
O8 S2 (‘‘Fluorescent Brightener 71’’).
This Order covers the above-described
compounds in any state (including but
4 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 89 FR
55567 (July 5, 2024) (Initiation Notice).
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Release of Customs Data
from U.S. Customs and Border Protection,’’ dated
July 10, 2024.
6 See Archroma’s Letter, ‘‘Comments on Customs
and Border Protection Data,’’ dated July 17, 2024.
7 See Memorandum, ‘‘Re-Release of Customs Data
from U.S. Customs and Border Protection,’’ dated
August 2, 2024.
8 See Archroma’s Letter, ‘‘Comments on ReReleased Customs and Border Protection Data,’’
dated August 9, 2024.
9 See Memorandum, ‘‘Notice of Intent to Rescind
Review,’’ dated September 6, 2024.
10 The brackets in this sentence are part of the
chemical formula.
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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
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.
Rescission of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is
Commerce’s practice to rescind an
administrative review of an
antidumping duty order where it
concludes that there were no reviewable
entries of subject merchandise during
the POR.11 Normally, upon completion
of an administrative review, the
suspended entries are liquidated at the
antidumping duty assessment rate for
the review period.12 Therefore, for an
administrative review to be conducted,
there must be a reviewable, suspended
entry that Commerce can instruct CBP
to liquidate at the calculated
antidumping duty assessment rate for
the review period.13 As noted above, the
CBP data results confirmed that there
were no entries of subject merchandise
during the POR with respect to all of the
companies subject to this review.
Accordingly, in the absence of
reviewable, suspended entries of subject
merchandise during the POR, we are
rescinding this administrative review, in
its entirety, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(3).
Cash Deposit Requirements
e.g., Dioctyl Terephthalate from the
Republic of Korea: Rescission of Antidumping
Administrative Review; 2021–2022, 88 FR 24758
(April 24, 2023); see also Certain Carbon and Alloy
Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from the Federal Republic
of Germany: Recission of Antidumping
Administrative Review; 2020–2021, 88 FR 4154
(January 24, 2023).
12 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2).
13 See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3)
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Assessment Rates
Commerce will instruct CBP to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries. Because Commerce is
rescinding this review in its entirety, the
entries to which this administrative
review pertained 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)(1)(i). Commerce intends to
issue appropriate assessment
instructions to CBP 35 days after the
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Order
This notice also serves as a final
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(a)(3),
which continues to govern business
proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of the return or destruction
of the APO materials, or conversion to
judicial protective order, is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with
regulations and terms of an APO is a
violation, which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(d)(4).
Dated: September 24, 2024.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
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As Commerce has proceeded to a final
rescission of this administrative review,
no cash deposit rates will change.
Accordingly, the current cash deposit
requirements shall remain in effect until
further notice.
11 See,
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Technology
Information Security and Privacy
Advisory Board
National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST)’s
Information Security and Privacy
Advisory Board (ISPAB) will hold an
open meeting on Wednesday, November
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-972]
Stilbenic Optical Brightening Agents From the People's Republic
of China: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-
2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the
administrative review of the antidumping order on stilbenic optical
brightening agents (OBAs) from the People's Republic of China (China),
covering the period of review (POR) May 1, 2023, through April 30,
2024, because, as explained below, there are no reviewable entries for
the companies that are subject to review.
DATES: Applicable September 30, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Trejo AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4390.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 10, 2012, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty order on OBAs from China.\1\ On May 2, 2023, Commerce
published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an
administrative review of the Order.\2\ On May 31, 2024, Commerce
received a timely request from a U.S. producer of the domestic like
product, Archroma, U.S., Inc. (Archroma), in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(b)(1), to conduct an administrative review of the Order for
five companies.\3\ We received no other requests for review.
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\1\ See Certain Stilbenic Optical Brightening Agents from the
People's Republic of China: Amended Final Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order, 77 FR 27423 (May
10, 2012).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 89 FR 35778 (May 2,
2024).
\3\ See Archroma's Letter, ``Request for Administrative
Review,'' dated May 31, 2024.
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On July 5, 2024, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), Commerce published in the Federal
Register a notice of initiation of the administrative review with
respect to the five companies for which Archroma requested a review:
(1) Beijing Odyssey
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Chemical Ind. Co. Ltd, (2) Hebei Dianchang Chemicals Co. Ltd., (3)
Jinan Subang Fine Chemical Co., Ltd., (4) Zhejiang Hongda Chemicals
Co., Ltd., and (5) Zhejiang Transfar Whyyon Chemical Co., Ltd.\4\ On
July 10, 2024, Commerce placed U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
entry data for U.S. imports of the subject merchandise during the POR
on the record for respondent selection purposes.\5\ On July 17, 2024,
Archroma submitted comments on the CBP data.\6\ On, August 2, 2024, we
re-released the CBP data because our first CBP data release
inadvertently did not include all of the possible company names
combinations.\7\ On August 9, 2024, Archroma submitted comments on the
re-release of the CBP data.\8\
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\4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 55567 (July 5, 2024) (Initiation
Notice).
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Release of Customs Data from U.S. Customs
and Border Protection,'' dated July 10, 2024.
\6\ See Archroma's Letter, ``Comments on Customs and Border
Protection Data,'' dated July 17, 2024.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Re-Release of Customs Data from U.S.
Customs and Border Protection,'' dated August 2, 2024.
\8\ See Archroma's Letter, ``Comments on Re-Released Customs and
Border Protection Data,'' dated August 9, 2024.
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On September 6, 2024, Commerce notified all interested parties of
its intent to rescind the instant review in full because there were no
reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise by any of the five
companies listed in the Initiation Notice during the POR and invited
parties to comment.\9\ No parties submitted comments in response to
this notice.
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\9\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review,''
dated September 6, 2024.
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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] \10\ 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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Excluded from this Order are all forms of 4,4'-bis[4-anilino-6-
morpholino-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl] amino-2,2'-stilbenedisulfonic acid,
C40 H40 N12 O8
S2 (``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 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.
Rescission of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to
rescind an administrative review of an antidumping duty order where it
concludes that there were no reviewable entries of subject merchandise
during the POR.\11\ Normally, upon completion of an administrative
review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the antidumping duty
assessment rate for the review period.\12\ Therefore, for an
administrative review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable,
suspended entry that Commerce can instruct CBP to liquidate at the
calculated antidumping duty assessment rate for the review period.\13\
As noted above, the CBP data results confirmed that there were no
entries of subject merchandise during the POR with respect to all of
the companies subject to this review. Accordingly, in the absence of
reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR, we
are rescinding this administrative review, in its entirety, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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\11\ See, e.g., Dioctyl Terephthalate from the Republic of
Korea: Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2021-2022,
88 FR 24758 (April 24, 2023); see also Certain Carbon and Alloy
Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany:
Recission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR
4154 (January 24, 2023).
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2).
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3)
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Cash Deposit Requirements
As Commerce has proceeded to a final rescission of this
administrative review, no cash deposit rates will change. Accordingly,
the current cash deposit requirements shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Assessment Rates
Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries. Because Commerce is rescinding this review in its
entirety, the entries to which this administrative review pertained
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)(1)(i).
Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions to CBP 35
days after the publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a final 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(a)(3), which
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or
destruction of the APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective
order, is hereby requested. Failure to comply with regulations and
terms of an APO is a violation, which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: September 24, 2024.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
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