Notice2025-13564
Hexamethylenetetramine From the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination
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Published
July 18, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of hexamethylenetetramine (hexamine) from the People's Republic of China (China). The period of investigation is January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 136 (Friday, July 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33923-33925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13564]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-181]
Hexamethylenetetramine From the People's Republic of China: Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters
of hexamethylenetetramine (hexamine) from the People's Republic of
China (China). The period of investigation is January 1, 2023, through
December 31, 2023.
DATES: Applicable July 18, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eliza DeLong, AD/CVD Operations,
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3878.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 7, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register its
Preliminary Determination in the countervailing duty (CVD)
investigation hexamine from China and invited interested parties to
comment.\1\ In the Preliminary Determination, and in accordance with
section 705(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and
19 CFR 351.210(b)(4), Commerce aligned the final CVD determination with
the final determination in the less-than-fair-value investigation of
hexamine from China.\2\
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\1\ See Hexamethylenetetramine from the People's Republic of
China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and
Alignment of Final Determination with Final Antidumping Duty
Determination, 90 FR 11508 (March 7, 2025) (Preliminary
Determination), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum
(PDM).
\2\ See Preliminary Determination, 90 FR at 11509.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
Preliminary
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Determination, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\3\ 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 accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final
Affirmative Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation
of Hexamethylenetetramine from the People's Republic of China,''
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues
and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Investigation
The product covered by this investigation is hexamine 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
Because the non-responsive companies did not participate in this
investigation and because the Government of China (GOC) did not provide
information Commerce requested, Commerce did not conduct a verification
in this investigation.
Analysis of Subsidy Programs and Comments Received
The subsidy programs under investigation, and the issues raised in
the case brief by the GOC 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 to
this notice.
Methodology
Commerce conducted this investigation in accordance with section
701 the Act. For each of the subsidy programs found to be
countervailable, Commerce determines that there is a subsidy, i.e., a
financial contribution by an ``authority'' that gives rise to a benefit
to the recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\4\ For a full
description of the methodology underlying our final determination, see
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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\4\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding
financial contribution; see also section 771(5)(E) of the Act
regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding
specificity.
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In making this final determination, Commerce relied on facts
otherwise available and, because it finds that certain respondents and
the Government of China did not act to the best of their ability to
respond to Commerce's requests for information, Commerce drew an
adverse inference, where appropriate, in selecting among the facts
otherwise available.\5\ For a full discussion of our application of
adverse facts available (AFA), see the Preliminary Determination,\6\
and the Issues and Decision Memorandum section entitled ``Use of Facts
Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse Inferences.''
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\5\ See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
\6\ See Preliminary Determination PDM at 3-5.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Determination
Based on our review and analysis of the comments submitted in case
briefs, we made no methodological changes to our determination.\7\
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\7\ Although we made no methodological changes to our
Preliminary Determination, we updated our selection of the AFA rate
for grant programs to reflect a more recent rate for the ``Equipment
Grant'' from Cabinets from China. See Wooden Cabinets and Vanities
and Components Thereof from the People's Republic of China: Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 85 FR 11962 (February
28, 2020) (Cabinets from China), and accompanying Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
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All-Others Rate
As discussed in the Preliminary Determination, Commerce based the
selection of the all-others rate on the countervailable subsidy rate
established for the mandatory respondents in accordance with section
705(c)(5)(A)(ii) of the Act.\8\ We made no changes to the selection of
this rate for this final determination.
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\8\ See Preliminary Determination.
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Final Determination
Commerce determines that the following estimated countervailable
subsidy rates exist for the period January 1, 2023, through December
31, 2023:
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
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Changzhou Highassay Chemical Co......................... * 420.73
China Bluestar International Chemical Co., Ltd.......... * 420.73
Fengchen Group Co., Ltd................................. * 420.73
Hutubi Ruiyuantong Chemicals Co., Ltd................... * 420.73
Jiangsu Guotai Guomian Trading.......................... * 420.73
Jiaozuo Runhua Chemical Industry Co..................... * 420.73
Qingdao Sun Chemical Corp. Ltd.......................... * 420.73
Runhua Chemical Industry................................ * 420.73
Shandong Aojin Chemical Technology Co., Ltd............. * 420.73
All Others.............................................. 420.73
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* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Disclosure
Normally, Commerce discloses its calculations performed in
connection with the final determination to interested parties within
five days of its public announcement, or if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this
notice, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because Commerce
applied facts available with adverse inferences in the calculation of
the benefit for the non-responsive companies, and the applied AFA rates
are based on rates calculated in prior proceedings, there are no
calculations to disclose.
Suspension of Liquidation
As a result of our Preliminary Determination, and pursuant to
sections 703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, Commerce instructed U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to collect cash deposits and
suspend liquidation of entries of subject merchandise from China that
were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after
March 7, 2025, the date of publication of the Preliminary Determination
in the Federal Register.\9\ In accordance with section 703(d) of the
Act, we instructed CBP to discontinue the suspension of liquidation of
all entries of subject merchandise entered or withdrawn from warehouse,
on or after July 5, 2025, but to continue the suspension of liquidation
of all entries of subject merchandise from March 7, 2025, through July
4, 2025.
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\9\ See Preliminary Determination, 90 FR at 11509.
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If the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issues a final
affirmative injury determination, we will issue a CVD order, reinstate
the suspension of liquidation under section 706(a) of the Act, and
require a cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties for entries
of subject merchandise in the amounts indicated above. If the ITC
determines that material injury, or threat of material injury, does not
exist, this proceeding will be terminated, and
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all estimated duties deposited, or securities posted as a result of the
suspension of liquidation will be refunded or canceled.
ITC Notification
In accordance with section 705(d) of the Act, we will notify the
ITC of our final affirmative determination that countervailable
subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of hexamine
from China. As Commerce's final determination is affirmative, in
accordance with section 705(b) of the Act, the ITC will determine,
within 45 days, whether the domestic industry in the United States is
materially injured, or threatened with material injury, by reason of
imports of hexamine from China. In addition, we are making available to
the ITC all non-privileged and non-proprietary information in our
files, provided the ITC confirms that it will not disclose such
information, either publicly or under administrative protective order
(APO), without the written consent of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
If the ITC determines that material injury or threat of material
injury does not exist, this proceeding will be terminated, and all cash
deposits will be refunded. If the ITC determines that such injury does
exist, Commerce will issue a CVD order directing CBP to assess, upon
further instruction by Commerce, countervailing 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 ``Suspension of
Liquidation'' section.
Administrative Protective Order
In the event that the ITC issues a final negative injury
determination, this notice will serve as the only reminder to parties
subject to the 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/
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 results in accordance with
sections 705(d) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.210(c).
Dated: July 14, 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 scope of this investigation covers hexamine in granular
form, with a particle size of 5 millimeters or less, whether
stabilized or unstabilized, whether or not blended, mixed,
pulverized, or grounded with other products, containing 50 percent
or more hexamine by weight.
Hexamine is the common name for hexamethylene tetramine
(Chemical Abstract Service #100-97-0), and is also referred to as
1,3,5,7-tetraazaadamantanemethenamine; HMT; HMTA; 1,3,5,7-
tetraazatricyclo {3.3.1.13,7{time} decane; 1,3,5,7-tetraaza
adamantane; hexamethylenamine. Hexamine has the chemical formula C6
H12 N4.
Granular hexamine that has been blended with other product(s) is
included in this scope when the resulting mix contains 50 percent or
more of hexamine by weight, regardless of whether it is blended with
inert additives, co-reactants, or any additives that undergo self-
condensation.
Subject merchandise includes merchandise matching the above
description that has been processed in a third country, including by
commingling, diluting, adding or removing additives, or performing
any other processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise
from the scope of the investigation if performed in the subject
country.
Merchandise covered by the scope of this investigation can be
classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTSUS) of the United
States under the subheading 2933.69.5000. The HTSUS subheading and
Chemical Abstracts Service registry number are provided for
convenience and customs purposes only; however, 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. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
IV. Analysis of Programs
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should Find Non-Use or Provision of
Labor for Less than Adequate Remuneration (LTAR)
Comment 2: Countervailability of Labor for LTAR
VI. Recommendation
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