Notice2025-07131

Certain Alkyl Phosphate Esters From the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value

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April 25, 2025

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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration

Abstract

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain alkyl phosphate esters (alkyl phosphate esters) from the People's Republic of China (China) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV) during the period of investigation (POI) October 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 79 (Friday, April 25, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17404-17406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07131]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-168]


Certain Alkyl Phosphate Esters From the People's Republic of 
China: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
certain alkyl phosphate esters (alkyl phosphate esters) from the 
People's Republic of China (China) are being, or are likely to be, sold 
in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV) during the period 
of investigation (POI) October 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.

DATES: Applicable April 25, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure, or Matthew Lipka, 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) 
482-7976, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On December 4, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary 
Determination in the Federal Register and invited interested parties to 
comment.\1\ For a complete description of the events that followed the 
Preliminary Determination, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\
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    \1\ See Certain Alkyl Phosphate Esters from the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination and 
Extension of Provisional Measures, 89 FR 96223 (December 4, 2024) 
(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Affirmative Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigation of Certain Alkyl Phosphate Esters from the People's 
Republic of China,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 
this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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    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="http://access.trade.gov">http://access.trade.gov</a>. In 
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.

Scope of the Investigation

    The products covered by this investigation are alkyl phosphate 
esters from China. For a complete description of the scope of this 
investigation, see Appendix I.

Scope Comments

    We received no comments from interested parties on the scope of the 
investigation as it appeared in the Preliminary Determination. 
Therefore, we made no changes to the scope of the investigation.

Verification

    As provided in section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), between December 2 and 12, 2024, Commerce conducted 
verification of the sales and factors of production information 
submitted by Zhejiang Wansheng Co., Ltd. (Zhejiang Wansheng) and Anhui 
RunYue Technology Co., Ltd. (Anhui RunYue).\3\ We used standard 
verification procedures, including an examination of relevant 
accounting records and original source documents provided by Zhejiang 
Wansheng and Anhui RunYue.
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    \3\ See Memoranda, ``Verification of the Questionnaire Responses 
of Zhejiang Wansheng Co., Ltd.,'' dated January 16, 2025; and 
``Verification of the Questionnaire Responses of Anhui RunYue 
Technology Co., Ltd.,'' dated January 31, 2025.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    The issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by the parties in 
this investigation are discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 
For a list of the issues raised by interested parties and addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum, see Appendix II.

Changes Since the Preliminary Determination

    Based on our review and analysis of the information received during 
verification and comments received from interested parties for this 
final determination, we made certain changes to the estimated weighted-
average dumping margins for Zhejiang Wansheng and Anhui RunYue. For a 
discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Use of Adverse Facts Available (AFA)

    Consistent with the Preliminary Determination,\4\ Commerce 
continues to find, pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, that 
the use of facts otherwise available, with adverse inferences, is 
warranted in determining the dumping rate for the China-wide entity. In 
the Preliminary Determination, Commerce applied Anhui RunYue's highest 
transaction-specific dumping margin to the China-wide entity as AFA.\5\ 
There is no new information on the record that would cause us to 
reconsider our decision in the Preliminary Determination. Thus, we made 
no changes to our analysis for the China-wide entity. We are assigning 
a rate of 269.02 percent,\6\ which is the highest calculated individual 
dumping margin of any respondent in the investigation for this final 
determination, to the China-wide entity.\7\ For a full description of 
the methodology underlying Commerce's final determination, see the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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    \4\ See Preliminary Determination PDM at 17-20.
    \5\ Id.
    \6\ Without adjustment for subsidy offsets.
    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Analysis for Anhui RunYue Technology Co., 
Ltd. for the Final Determination of the Investigation of Certain 
Alkyl Phosphate Esters from the People's Republic of China,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice; see also 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Separate Rates

    No interested parties commented on Commerce's preliminary separate 
rate determinations,\8\ and we have no basis to reconsider the 
determinations. Accordingly, we continue to find that Zhejiang 
Wansheng, Anhui RunYue, and certain non-individually examined companies 
that are listed in the rate table below, are eligible for a separate 
rate.
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    \8\ See Preliminary Determination PDM at 11-16.
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Combination Rates

    Consistent with the Preliminary Determination, and Policy Bulletin 
05.1,\9\ Commerce calculated exporter/producer combination rates for 
the respondents that are eligible for a separate rate.
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    \9\ See Enforcement and Compliance's Policy Bulletin No. 05.1, 
regarding, ``Separate-Rates Practice and Application of Combination 
Rates in Antidumping Investigations involving Non-Market Economy 
Countries,'' (April 5, 2005) (Policy Bulletin 05.1), available at 
<a href="https://access.trade.gov/Resources/policy/bull05-1.pdf">https://access.trade.gov/Resources/policy/bull05-1.pdf</a>.
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Final Determination

    Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average 
dumping margins exist for the period October 1, 2023, through March 31, 
2024:

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                                                                                                   Cash deposit
                                                                                     Weighted-    rate (adjusted
                   Exporter                                 Producer                  average       for subsidy
                                                                                  dumping margin     offsets)
                                                                                     (percent)    (percent) \10\
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Anhui RunYue Technology Co., Ltd..............  Anhui RunYue Technology Co., Ltd          254.60          167.46
Zhejiang Wansheng Co., Ltd....................  Zhejiang Wansheng Co., Ltd......          152.38          126.45
ACETO (SHANGHAI) LTD..........................  Xinji Hongzheng Chemical Co.,             174.40          135.28
                                                 Ltd.
Anhui Shengli Import and Export Co., Ltd......  Anhui Shengli Pesticide &                 174.40          135.28
                                                 Chemistry Co., Ltd.
Anhui Shengli Import and Export Co., Ltd......  Ningguo Long Day Chemical Co.,            174.40          135.28
                                                 Ltd.
Fujian Wynca Technology Co., Ltd..............  Fujian Wynca Technology Co., Ltd          174.40          135.28
Fujian Wynca Technology Co., Ltd..............  Anhui RunYue Technology Co., Ltd          174.40          135.28
Fujian Wynca Technology Co., Ltd..............  Shandong Yarong Chemical Co.,             174.40          135.28
                                                 Ltd.
Shandong Yarong Chemical Co., Ltd.............  Shandong Yarong Chemical Co.,             174.40          135.28
                                                 Ltd.
Shanghai Iroyal Chemical Co., Ltd.............  Futong Chemical Co., Ltd........          174.40          135.28
Shanghai Iroyal Chemical Co., Ltd.............  Fujian Wynca Technology Co., Ltd          174.40          135.28
Shanghai Iroyal Chemical Co., Ltd.............  Zhejiang Hong Hao Technology              174.40          135.28
                                                 Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Iroyal Chemical Co., Ltd.............  Shandong Yarong Chemical Co.,             174.40          135.28
                                                 Ltd.
Shanghai Iroyal Chemical Co., Ltd.............  Xuancheng City Trooyawn Refined           174.40          135.28
                                                 Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Yongxiangshun International Trade      Hebei Zhenxing Chemical and               174.40          135.28
 Co., Ltd.                                       Rubber Co., Ltd.
Xuancheng City Trooyawn Refined Chemical        Xuancheng City Trooyawn Refined           174.40          135.28
 Industry Co., Ltd.                              Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
Yoke Chemicals and New Materials (Shanghai)     Jiangsu Yoke Technology Co., Ltd          174.40          135.28
 Co. Ltd.
Zhangjiagang Fortune Chemical Co., Ltd........  Nantong Jiangshan Agrochemical &          174.40          135.28
                                                 Chemicals Limited Liability
                                                 Co., Ltd.
Zhangjiagnag Fortune Chemical Co., Ltd........  Shandong Yarong Chemical Co.,             174.40          135.28
                                                 Ltd.
China Wide-Entity.............................  ................................        * 269.02          243.09
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* This rate is based on facts available with adverse inferences.

Disclosure
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    \10\ See Memorandum, ``Final Analysis of Double Remedy,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice.
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    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in 
connection with this final determination within five days of any public 
announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days 
of the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will 
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to 
suspend liquidation of all appropriate entries of subject merchandise, 
as described in Appendix I of this notice, which were entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after December 4, 2024, 
the date of publication in the Federal Register of the Preliminary 
Determination.
    Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.210(d), upon the publication of this notice, Commerce will instruct 
CBP to require a cash deposit for estimated antidumping duties for 
appropriate entries. To determine the antidumping duty cash deposit 
rate, Commerce normally adjusts the estimated weighted-average dumping 
margin by the amount of domestic subsidy pass-through and export 
subsidies determined in a companion countervailing duty (CVD) 
proceeding. As Commerce made an affirmative determination for domestic 
subsidy pass-through, we have offset the calculated estimated weighted-
average dumping margins in the above table by the appropriate subsidy 
rates to calculate the applicable cash deposit rates. In the companion 
CVD final determination, Commerce determined no export subsidy rates 
exist for Anhui RunYue or Zhejiang Wansheng.\11\ Thus, because the 
mandatory respondents and all-other companies in the companion CVD 
investigation had no export subsidy rates, Commerce is not offsetting 
the mandatory respondents' or the all-others estimated weighted-average 
dumping margins for export subsidies.
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    \11\ See unpublished Federal Register notice, ``Certain Alkyl 
Phosphate Esters from the People's Republic of China: Final 
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination,'' dated concurrently 
with this notice.
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    Commerce will instruct CBP to require the following cash deposits 
for estimated antidumping duties for all appropriate entries: (1) for 
the producer/exporter combinations listed in the table above, the 
applicable cash deposit rate is listed in the table for that 
combination; (2) for all combinations of Chinese producers/exporters of 
the merchandise under consideration that have not established 
eligibility for a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be equal to 
the cash deposit rate listed for the China-wide entity in the table 
above; and (3) for all third-country exporters of the merchandise under 
consideration that are not listed in the table above, the cash deposit 
rate is the cash deposit rate applicable to the Chinese producer/
exporter combination or the China-wide entity that supplied that third-
country exporter. These suspension of liquidation instructions will 
remain in effect until further notice.

U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)

    In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, we will notify the 
ITC of this final affirmative determination of sales at LTFV. Because 
the final determination in this investigation is affirmative, in 
accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the Act, the ITC will make its 
final determination as to whether the domestic industry in the United 
States is materially injured, or threatened with material injury, by 
reason of imports of alkyl phosphate esters no later than 45 days after 
this final determination. If the ITC determines that material injury or 
threat of material injury does not exist, the proceeding will be 
terminated and all cash deposits will be refunded or canceled, and 
suspension of liquidation

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will be lifted. If the ITC determines that such injury does exist, 
Commerce will issue an antidumping duty order directing CBP to assess, 
upon further instructions by Commerce, antidumping duties on all 
imports of the subject merchandise that are entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the effective date of the 
suspension of liquidation, as discussed above in the ``Continuation of 
Suspension of Liquidation'' section above.

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an 
APO of their responsibility concerning the disposition 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 sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This determination and this notice are issued and published 
pursuant to sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.210(c).

    Dated: April 18, 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 I

Scope of the Investigation

    The products covered by this investigation are alkyl phosphate 
esters, which are halogenated and non-halogenated phosphorus-based 
esters with a phosphorus content of at least 6.5 percent (per 
weight) and a viscosity between 1 and 2000 mPa.s (at 20-25 [deg]C).
    Merchandise subject to this investigation primarily includes 
Tris (2-chloroisopropyl) phosphate (TCPP), Tris(1,3-
dichloroisopropyl) phosphate (TDCP), and Triethyl Phosphate (TEP).
    TCPP is also known as Tris (1-chloro-2-propyl) phosphate, Tris 
(1-chloropropan-2-yl) phosphate, Tris (monochloroisopropyl) 
phosphate (TMCP), and Tris (2-chloroisopropyl) phosphate (TCIP). 
TCPP has the chemical formula C9H18Cl3O4P and the Chemical Abstracts 
Service (CAS) Nos. 1244733-77-4 and 13674-84-5. It may also be 
identified as CAS No. 6145-73-9.
    TDCP is also known as Tris (1,3-dichloroisopropyl) phosphate, 
Tris (1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate, Chlorinated tris, tris {2- 
chloro-1-(chloromethyl ethyl){time}  phosphate, TDCPP, and TDCIPP. 
TDCP has the chemical formula C9H15Cl6O4P and the CAS No. 13674-87-
8.
    TEP is also known as Phosphoric acid triethyl ester, phosphoric 
ester, flame retardant TEP, Tris(ethyl) phosphate, 
Triethoxyphosphine oxide, and Ethyl phosphate (neutral). TEP has the 
chemical formula (C2H5O)3PO and the CAS No. 78-40-0.
    Imported alkyl phosphate esters are not excluded from the scope 
of this investigation even if the imported alkyl phosphate ester 
consists of a single isomer or combination of isomers in proportions 
different from the isomers ordinarily provided in the market.
    Also included in this investigation are blends including one or 
more alkyl phosphate esters, with or without other substances, where 
the alkyl phosphate esters account for 20 percent or more of the 
blend by weight.
    Alkyl phosphate esters are classified under subheading 
2919.90.5050, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS). Imports may also be classified under subheadings 
2919.90.5010 and 3824.99.5000, HTSUS. The HTSUS subheadings and CAS 
registry numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes. 
The written description of the scope is dispositive.

Appendix II

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Adjustments Under Section 777A(f) of the Act
IV. Separate Rates
V. Changes Since the Preliminary Determination
VI. Application of Facts Available and Use of Adverse Inference
VII. Discussion of the Issues
    General Comments
    Comment 1: Whether Commerce Selected the Proper Surrogate 
Country
    Comment 2: Whether Commerce Selected Proper Surrogate Financial 
Statements
    Comment 3: How to Calculate the Double Remedies Offsets 
Applicable to Separate Rate Companies
    Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should Consider Public Policy
    Comment 5: Whether to Include Wastewater Treatment Inputs as 
Overhead or as Factors of Production
    Anhui RunYue
    Comment 6: Whether to Apply Adverse Facts Available to Certain 
Packing Material
    Comment 7: Whether Commerce Should Allow a By-Product Offset
    Zhejiang Wansheng
    Comment 8: Whether Commerce Correctly Converted the Surrogate 
Value Used in the Surrogate Value Calculation for a Raw Material 
Input
VIII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2025-07131 Filed 4-24-25; 8:45 am]
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