Notice2025-20733
Acetone From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
November 24, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that Kumho P&B Chemicals, Inc. (KPB), a producer/exporter subject to this administrative review, did not make sales of acetone from the Republic of Korea (Korea) at less than normal value. The period of review (POR) is March 1, 2023, through February 29, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 224 (Monday, November 24, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52914-52916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20733]
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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; 2023-2024
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), a producer/exporter subject to this
administrative review, did not make sales of acetone from the Republic
of Korea (Korea) at less than normal value. The period of review (POR)
is March 1, 2023, through February 29, 2024.
DATES: Applicable November 24, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni Page, 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) 482-1398.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 11, 2025, Commerce published the Preliminary Results in the
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Federal Register and invited comments from interested parties.\1\ On
August 1, 2025, KPB timely submitted a case brief.\2\ No other party
filed a case or rebuttal brief.
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\1\ See Acetone from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results
and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2023-2024, 90 FR 30847 (July 11, 2025) (Preliminary Results), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\2\ See KPB's Letter, ``Case Brief of Kumho P&B Chemicals,
Inc.,'' dated August 1, 2025).
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For a complete description of the events that have occurred since
Commerce published the Preliminary Results, as well as a full
discussion of the issues raised by parties for these final results, see
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\3\ Commerce conducted this review
in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act).
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of
Acetone from the Republic of Korea; 2023-2024,'' dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
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Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown,
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by 47 days.\4\ Accordingly, the deadline for these final
results is now December 26, 2025.\5\
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\5\ Because the tolled deadline for these final results falls on
the Christmas holiday (i.e., December 25, 2025), the deadline became
the next business day (i.e., December 26, 2025). See Notice of
Clarification: Application of ``Next Business Day'' Rule for
Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act of
1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case brief are addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues that KPB raised and to which
we responded in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached 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 accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Scope of the Order <SUP>6</SUP>
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\6\ 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 product covered by the Order is acetone from Korea. For a
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record and comments received from KPB
regarding the Preliminary Results, we made certain changes to the
preliminary weighted-average dumping margin calculated for KPB. For a
detailed discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Final Results of Review
We determine the following weighted-average dumping margin exists
for the period March 1, 2023, through February 29, 2024:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Kumho P&B Chemicals, Inc.................................... 0.00
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in
connection with these final results of review to interested parties
within five days after public announcement of the final results or, if
there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of
publication of the notice of final results in the Federal Register, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), 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.\7\ Accordingly, because the final weighted-average
dumping margin for KPB is zero percent, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
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\7\ 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 KPB
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) \8\ if there is no
rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\9\
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\8\ See Order, 85 FR at 17866.
\9\ 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 liquidation instructions to CBP no
earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results
of this review 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 deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for KPB listed above
will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the
final results of this administrative review, except if the rate is less
than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19
CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rates will be zero;
(2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies not participating
in this review, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recently completed segment of this
proceeding in which the producer or exporter participated; (3) if the
exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the
original investigation but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will
be the rate established for the most recently completed segment of this
proceeding for the producer of the subject merchandise; and (4) the
cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to
be the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value
investigation (i.e., 33.10
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percent).\10\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\10\ See Order, 85 FR at 17866.
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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), which continues to govern business proprietary
information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to
judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with
the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
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.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(5).
Dated: November 19, 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 Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issue
VI. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2025-20733 Filed 11-21-25; 8:45 am]
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