Notice2025-03711
Acetone From Belgium, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, the Republic of South Africa, and Spain: Final Results of the First Expedited Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders
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Published
March 7, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
As a result of these expedited sunset reviews, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) orders on acetone from Belgium, the Republic of Korea (Korea), Singapore, the Republic of South Africa (South Africa), and Spain would be likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping at the dumping margins identified in the "Final Results of Sunset Reviews" section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 44 (Friday, March 7, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11510-11511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03711]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-423-814, A-580-899, A-559-808, A-791-824, A-469-819]
Acetone From Belgium, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, the
Republic of South Africa, and Spain: Final Results of the First
Expedited Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of these expedited sunset reviews, the U.S.
Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the
antidumping duty (AD) orders on acetone from Belgium, the Republic of
Korea (Korea), Singapore, the Republic of South Africa (South Africa),
and Spain would be likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of
dumping at the dumping margins identified in the ``Final Results of
Sunset Reviews'' section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable March 7, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dawn Shackleford, Trade Agreements
Policy and Negotiations, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5758.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 20, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register
the AD orders on acetone from Singapore and Spain.\1\ On March 31,
2020, Commerce published the AD orders on acetone from Belgium, South
Africa, and Korea.\2\ On November 4, 2024, Commerce published the
Initiation Notice of the first sunset reviews of the Orders, pursuant
to section 751(c)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act).\3\ On November 14, 2024, Commerce received notices of intent to
participate in these sunset reviews from the domestic interested party
within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\4\ The
domestic interested party stated that it is an interested party under
sections 771(9)(E) and (F) of the Act as an ad hoc association of
producers of the domestic like product in the United States.\5\ On
November 25, 2024, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade
Commission (ITC) that it received notices of intent to participate from
the domestic interested party.\6\
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\1\ See Acetone from Singapore and Spain: Antidumping Duty
Orders, 84 FR 70146 (December 20, 2019) (Singapore Order and Spain
Order).
\2\ See Acetone from Belgium, the Republic of South Africa, and
the Republic of Korea: Antidumping Duty Orders, 85 FR 17866 (March
31, 2020) (Belgium Order, South Africa Order, and Korea Order),
(collectively with Singapore Order and Spain Order, Orders).
\3\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 FR 87543
(November 4, 2024) (Initiation Notice).
\4\ See Domestic Interested Party's Letter, ``Five-Year
(``Sunset'') Review of the Antidumping Duty Order On Acetone From
Belgium, Korea, Singapore, South Africa, and Spain: Domestic
Industry's Notice of Intent to Participate,'' dated November 13,
2024
\5\ Id. at 2.
\6\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on
November 4, 2024,'' dated November 25, 2024.
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Commerce received complete substantive responses from the domestic
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interested party within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(3)(i).\7\ We received no substantive responses from any
respondent interested party. On December 26, 2024, Commerce notified
the ITC that it did not receive substantive responses from any
respondent interested parties.\8\ As a result, pursuant to section
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(l)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce
conducted expedited (120-day) sunset reviews of the Orders.
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\7\ See Domestic Interested Party's Letters, ``First Five-Year
(``Sunset'') Review of Antidumping Duty Order On Acetone From
Belgium: Domestic Industry's Substantive Response,'' dated November
22, 2024; ``First Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of Antidumping Duty
Order On Acetone From Korea: Domestic Industry's Substantive
Response,'' dated November 22, 2024; ``First Five-Year (``Sunset'')
Review of Antidumping Duty Order On Acetone From Singapore: Domestic
Industry's Substantive Response,'' dated November 22, 2024; ``First
Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of Antidumping Duty Order On Acetone
From South Africa: Domestic Industry's Substantive Response,'' dated
November 22, 2024; ``First Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of
Antidumping Duty Order On Acetone From Spain: Domestic Industry's
Substantive Response,'' dated November 22, 2024.
\8\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on
November 4, 2024,'' dated December 26, 2024.
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Scope of the Orders
The products covered by these Orders are acetone from Belgium,
Korea, Singapore, South Africa, and Spain. For a full description of
the scope of the Orders, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\9\
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\9\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Reviews of the
Antidumping Duty Orders on Acetone from Belgium, the Republic of
Korea, Singapore, the Republic of South Africa, and Spain,'' dated
concurrently with, and herby adopted by, this notice (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
A complete discussion of all issues raised in these sunset reviews
is contained in the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.\10\ A
list of topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is
included as an appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be directly accessed
at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\10\ Id.
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Final Results of Sunset Review
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act,
Commerce determines that revocation of the Orders would likely lead to
the continuation or recurrence of dumping and that the magnitude of the
dumping margins likely to prevail would be weighted-average dumping
margins up to 28.10 percent for Belgium, 47.86 percent for Korea,
131.75 percent for Singapore, 414.92 percent for South Africa, and
171.81 percent for Spain.\11\
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\11\ See Orders.
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Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only reminder to interested parties
subject to an administrative protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the return/destruction or conversion to
judicial protective order of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely 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
We are issuing and publishing these final results and notice in
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.221(c)(5)(ii).
Dated: March 3, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Orders
IV. History of the Orders
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of Dumping
2. Magnitude of the Margin of Dumping Likely to Prevail
VII. Final Results of Sunset Reviews
VIII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2025-03711 Filed 3-6-25; 8:45 am]
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