Notice2023-16825
Acetone From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022
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Published
August 7, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that Kumho P&B Chemicals, Inc. (KPB) and LG Chem, Ltd. (LG Chem) did not make sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) March 1, 2021, through February 28, 2022.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 150 (Monday, August 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52115-52116]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16825]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-899]
Acetone From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that Kumho
P&B Chemicals, Inc. (KPB) and LG Chem, Ltd. (LG Chem) did not make
sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the
period of review (POR) March 1, 2021, through February 28, 2022.
DATES: Applicable August 7, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sean Carey, AD/CVD Operations, Office
VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3964.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 5, 2023, Commerce published the preliminary results of the
2021-2022 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on
acetone from the Republic of Korea.\1\ We invited interested parties to
comment on the Preliminary Results.\2\ No interested parties submitted
comments. Accordingly, Commerce made no changes to the Preliminary
Results. Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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\1\ See Acetone from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 88 FR 20122
(April 5, 2023) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ Id., 88 FR at 20123.
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Scope of the Order <SUP>3</SUP>
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\3\ See Acetone from Belgium, the Republic of South Africa, and
the Republic of Korea: Antidumping Duty Orders, 85 FR 17866 (March
31, 2020) (Order).
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The merchandise subject to the Order is acetone from Korea. The
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number for acetone is 67-64-
1. The merchandise covered by the Order is currently classifiable under
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings
2914.11.1000 and 2914.11.5000. Combinations or mixtures of acetone may
enter under subheadings in Chapter 38 of the HTSUS, including, but not
limited to, those under subheadings 3814.00.1000, 3814.00.2000,
3814.00.5010, and 3814.00.5090. The list of items found under these
HTSUS subheadings is non-exhaustive. Although these HTSUS subheadings
and CAS registry number are provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the scope of this Order is
dispositive.
A full description of the scope of the Order is provided in the
Preliminary Results.\4\
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\4\ See Preliminary Results PDM at 3-4.
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Final Results of Review
We determine the following weighted-average dumping margins for the
period March 1, 2021, through February 28, 2022.
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Weighted-
average
Exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Kumho P&B Chemicals, Inc.................................... 0.00
LG Chem, Ltd................................................ 0.00
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Disclosure
Because Commerce received no comments on the Preliminary Results,
we have not modified our analysis and no decision memorandum
accompanies this Federal Register notice. We are adopting the
Preliminary Results as the final results of this review. Consequently,
there are no new calculations to disclose in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b) for these final results.
Assessment Rates
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. Where
the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis
within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), then Commerce will instruct
CBP to liquidate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\5\
Accordingly, because the final weighted-average dumping margin for KPB
and LG Chem is zero percent, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
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\5\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14,
2012).
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For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by
either KPB or LG Chem for which it did not know that the merchandise it
sold to the intermediary (e.g., reseller, trading company, or exporter)
was destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate
such entries at the all-others rate (i.e., 33.10 percent) \6\ if there
is no
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rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\7\
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\6\ See Order, 85 FR at 17866.
\7\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of these final results in
the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of
International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to
liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request
for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of
publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final
results of this administrative review, as provided for by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the company-specific cash deposit rate for
KPB and LG Chem will be zero; (2) for companies not covered in this
review but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published
for the most recently-completed segment of this proceeding in which
they were reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this
review or a prior segment of the proceeding but the producer is, then
the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most
recently completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of the
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or
exporters will continue to be 33.10 percent, the all-others rate
established in the less-than-fair-value investigation.\8\ These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\8\ See Order, 85 FR at 17866.
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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 Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under the 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 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 which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing the final results of this review
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: August 1, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2023-16825 Filed 8-4-23; 8:45 am]
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