Notice2025-17525
Hexamethylenetetramine From the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Order and Countervailing Duty Order
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September 11, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
Based on affirmative final determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on hexamethylenetetramine (hexamine) from the People's Republic of China (China).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 174 (Thursday, September 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44024-44026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17525]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-180, C-570-181]
Hexamethylenetetramine From the People's Republic of China:
Antidumping Order and Countervailing Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the U.S.
Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade
Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing antidumping duty (AD) and
countervailing duty (CVD) orders on hexamethylenetetramine (hexamine)
from the People's Republic of China (China).
DATES: Applicable September 11, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Cloyd (AD) or Eliza DeLong
(CVD), AD/CVD Operations, Offices VII and V, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482-1246 and (202) 482-3878, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with sections 705(d), 735(d), and 777(i) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), on July 18, 2025, Commerce
published its affirmative final determinations of sales at less than
fair value (LTFV) of hexamine from China,\1\ and its affirmative final
determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to
producers and exporters of hexamine from China.\2\
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\1\ See Hexamethylenetetramine from the People's Republic of
China: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less-Than-Fair-
Value, 90 FR 33922 (July 18, 2025) (LTFV Final Determination).
\2\ See Hexamethylenetetramine from the People's Republic of
China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Final
Affirmative Determination, 90 FR 33923 (July 18, 2025).
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On September 3, 2025 pursuant to sections 705(d) and 735(d) of the
Act, the ITC notified Commerce of its final affirmative determinations
that an industry in the United States is materially injured by reason
of dumped imports of hexamine from China, and subsidized imports of
hexamine from China, within the meaning of sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and
735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act.\3\
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\3\ See ITC's Letter, ``Notification of ITC Final
Determinations,'' dated September 3, 2025 (ITC Notification Letter).
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Scope of the Orders
The product covered by these orders is hexamine from China. For a
complete description of the scope of the orders, see the Appendix to
this notice.
AD Order
On September 3, 2025, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act,
the ITC notified Commerce of its final determination that an industry
in the United States is materially injured within the meaning of
section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of imports of hexamine
from China that are sold in the United States at LTFV.\4\ Therefore, in
accordance with section 735(c)(2) and 736 of the Act, Commerce is
issuing this AD order. Because the ITC determined that imports of
hexamine from China are materially injuring a U.S. industry,
unliquidated entries of such merchandise from China, entered or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, are subject to the assessment
of antidumping duties.
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\4\ Id.
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Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act,
Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties equal
to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the
export price (or constructed export price) of the merchandise on all
relevant entries of hexamine from China. Antidumping duties will be
assessed on unliquidated entries of hexamine entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after May 6, 2025, the date of
publication of the LTFV Preliminary Determination,\5\ but will not
include entries occurring after the expiration of the provisional
measures period and before publication of the ITC's final injury
determination, as further described below.
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\5\ See Hexamethylenetetramine from the People's Republic of
China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value 90 FR 19182 (May 6, 2025) (LTFV Preliminary
Determination).
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposits--AD
Except as noted in the ``Provisional Measures--AD'' section of this
notice, Commerce intends to instruct CBP to continue to suspend
liquidation on all relevant entries of hexamine from China, in
accordance with section 736 of the Act. These instructions suspending
liquidation will remain in effect until further notice.
Commerce also intends to instruct CBP to require cash deposits
equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping margin indicated in the
table below, adjusted by the relevant subsidy offsets. Accordingly,
effective on the date of publication in the Federal Register of the
notice of the ITC's final affirmative injury determination, CBP must
require, at the same time as importers would normally deposit estimated
customs duties on subject merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the
rates listed in the table below.
Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins
The estimated weighted-average dumping margin is as follows:
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Cash deposit rate
Weighted-average (adjusted for
Exporter/producer dumping margin subsidy offsets)
(percent) (percent) \6\
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China-wide Entity................. * 405.19 394.65
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This rate is based on adverse facts available (AFA).
Provisional Measures--AD
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\6\ See LTFV Final Determination.
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Section 733(d) of the Act states that suspension of liquidation
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in
effect for more than four months, except where exporters representing a
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request
that Commerce extend the four-month period to no more than six months.
In the underlying investigation, Commerce published the LTFV
Preliminary Determination on May 6, 2025. Therefore, the four-month
period beginning on the date of the publication of the LTFV Preliminary
Determination ended on September 2, 2025. Pursuant to section 737(b) of
the Act, the collection of cash deposits at the rates listed above will
begin on the date of publication of the ITC's final injury
determinations.
Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act, Commerce
will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to
liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, unliquidated entries
of hexamine from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after September 3, 2025, the first day provisional
measures were no longer in effect, until and through the day preceding
the date of publication of the ITC's final injury determination in the
Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation and the collection of cash
deposits will resume on the date of publication of the ITC's final
determination in the Federal Register.
CVD Order
As stated above, based on the ITC's final determination that an
industry in the United States is materially injured within the meaning
of section 705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of subsidized imports
of hexamine from China,\7\ in accordance with section 705(c)(2) of the
Act, Commerce is issuing this CVD order. Moreover, because the ITC
determined that imports of hexamine from China are materially injuring
a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of subject merchandise from China
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, are subject to
the assessment of countervailing duties.
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\7\ See ITC Notification Letter.
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Therefore, in accordance with section 706(a) of the Act, Commerce
intends to direct CBP to assess, upon further instructions by Commerce,
countervailing duties on all relevant entries of hexamine from China,
which are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after March 7, 2025, the date of publication of the CVD Preliminary
Determination, but will not include entries occurring after the
expiration of the provisional measures period and before the
publication of the ITC's final injury determination under section
705(b) of the Act, as further described in the ``Provisional Measures--
CVD'' section of this notice.\8\
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\8\ 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) (CVD Preliminary
Determination).
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Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposits--CVD
In accordance with section 706 of the Act, Commerce intends to
instruct CBP to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation of hexamine
from China, effective on the date of publication of the ITC's final
affirmative injury determination in the Federal Register, and to
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, pursuant to section
706(a)(1) of the Act, countervailing duties on each entry of subject
merchandise in an amount based on the net countervailable subsidy rates
below. These instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect
until further notice.
Commerce also intends, pursuant to section 706(a)(1) of the Act, to
instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to the amounts as indicated
below. Accordingly, effective on the date of publication of the ITC's
final injury determination in the Federal Register, CBP must require,
at the same time as importers would normally deposit estimated customs
duties on this merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the rates listed in
the table below. The all-others rate applies to all producers or
exporters not specifically listed below, as appropriate.
Estimated Countervailing Duty Subsidy Rates
The estimated countervailing duty subsidy rates are as follows:
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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
All Others................................................ 420.73
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* This rate is based on AFA.
Provisional Measures--CVD
Section 703(d) of the Act states that the suspension of liquidation
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in
effect for more than four months. Commerce published the CVD
Preliminary Determination on March 7, 2025.\9\ As such, the four-month
period beginning on the date of the publication of the CVD Preliminary
Determination ended on July 4, 2025.
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\9\ Id.
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In accordance with section 703(d) of the Act, we instructed CBP to
terminate the suspension of liquidation and to liquidate, without
regard to countervailing duties, unliquidated entries of hexamine from
China or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, on or after July 5,
2024, the date on which the provisional measures expired, until and
through the day preceding the date of publication of the ITC's final
injury determination in the Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation
and the collection of cash deposits will resume on the date of
publication of the ITC's affirmative final injury determination in the
Federal Register.
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Establishment of the Annual Inquiry Service Lists
On September 20, 2021, Commerce published the Final Rule in the
Federal Register.\10\ On September 27, 2021, Commerce also published
the Procedural Guidance in the Federal Register.\11\ The Final Rule and
Procedural Guidance provide that Commerce will maintain an annual
inquiry service list for each order or suspended investigation, and any
interested party submitting a scope ruling application or request for
circumvention inquiry shall serve a copy of the application or request
on the persons on the annual inquiry service list for that order, as
well as any companion order covering the same merchandise from the same
country of origin.
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\10\ See Regulations to Improve Administration and Enforcement
of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300 (September
20, 2021) (Final Rule).
\11\ See Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry Service List;
and Informational Sessions, 86 FR 53205 (September 27, 2021)
(Procedural Guidance).
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In accordance with the Procedural Guidance, for orders published in
the Federal Register after November 4, 2021, Commerce will create an
annual inquiry service list segment in Commerce's online e-filing and
document management system, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Electronic Service System (ACCESS), available at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>, within five business days of publication of the
notice of the order. Each annual inquiry service list will be saved in
ACCESS, under each case number, and under a specific segment type
called ``AISL-Annual Inquiry Service List.'' \12\
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\12\ This segment will be combined with the ACCESS Segment
Specific Information (SSI) field which will display the month in
which the notice of the order or suspended investigation was
published in the Federal Register, also known as the anniversary
month. For example, for an order under case number A-000-000 that
was published in the Federal Register in January, the relevant
segment and SSI combination will appear in ACCESS as ``AISL-January
Anniversary.'' Note that there will be only one annual inquiry
service list segment per case number, and the anniversary month will
be pre-populated in ACCESS.
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Interested parties who wish to be added to the annual inquiry
service list for an order must submit an entry of appearance to the
annual inquiry service list segment for the order in ACCESS within 30
days after the date of publication of the order. For ease of
administration, Commerce requests that law firms with more than one
attorney representing interested parties in an order designate a lead
attorney to be included on the annual inquiry service list. Commerce
will finalize the annual inquiry service list within five business days
thereafter. As mentioned in the Procedural Guidance,\13\ the new annual
inquiry service list will be in place until the following year, when
the Opportunity Notice for the anniversary month of the order is
published.
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\13\ See Procedural Guidance, 86 FR at 53206.
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Commerce may update an annual inquiry service list at any time as
needed based on interested parties' amendments to their entries of
appearance to remove or otherwise modify their list of members and
representatives, or to update contact information. Any changes or
announcements pertaining to these procedures will be posted to the
ACCESS website.
Special Instructions for Petitioner and Foreign Governments
In the Final Rule, Commerce stated that, ``after an initial request
and placement on the annual inquiry service list, both petitioners and
foreign governments will automatically be placed on the annual inquiry
service list in the years that follow.'' \14\ Accordingly, as stated
above, the petitioner and the Government of China (GOC) should submit
their initial entries of appearance after publication of this notice in
order to appear in the first annual inquiry service lists for these
orders. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.225(n)(3), the petitioner and the GOC
will not need to resubmit their entries of appearance each year to
continue to be included on the annual inquiry service list. However,
the petitioner and the GOC are responsible for making amendments to
their entries of appearance during the annual update to the annual
inquiry service list in accordance with the procedures described above.
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\14\ See Final Rule, 86 FR at 52335.
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the AD order with respect to hexamine from
China and the CVD order with respect to hexamine from China, pursuant
to sections 706(a) and 736(a) of the Act. Interested parties can find a
list of AD and CVD orders currently in effect at <a href="https://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html">https://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html</a>.
These orders are published in accordance with sections 706(a) and
736(a) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: September 8, 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
Scope of the Orders
The scope of these orders 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
C6H12N4.
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 Orders if performed in the subject country.
Merchandise covered by the scope of these orders 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.
[FR Doc. 2025-17525 Filed 9-10-25; 8:45 am]
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