Notice2026-02877
Acetone From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results and Recission, In Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025
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Published
February 13, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that Kumho P&B Chemicals, Inc. (KPB) made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) March 1, 2024, through February 28, 2025. In addition, Commerce is rescinding the review with respect to LG Chem, Ltd. (LG Chem). Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 30 (Friday, February 13, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6813-6815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-02877]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-899]
Acetone From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results and
Recission, In Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-
2025
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds
that Kumho P&B Chemicals, Inc. (KPB) made sales of subject merchandise
at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) March
1, 2024, through February 28, 2025. In addition, Commerce is rescinding
the review with respect to LG Chem, Ltd. (LG Chem). Interested parties
are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable February 13, 2026.
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 March 31, 2020, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty (AD) order on acetone from the Republic of Korea
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(Korea).\1\ On March 4, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal
Register a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of
the Order for the period of review (POR).\2\ On April 28, 2025, based
on timely request for a review, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative review of the Order
with respect to KPB and LG Chem.\3\
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\1\ See Acetone from Belgium, the Republic of South Africa, and
the Republic of Korea: Antidumping Duty Orders, 85 FR 17866 (March
31, 2020) (Order).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 90 FR 11155 (March 4,
2025).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 17568 (April 28, 2025).
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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\ Additionally, due to a backlog of documents
that were electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government shutdown, on November 24,
2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an
additional 21 days.\5\ Accordingly, the deadline for these preliminary
results is now February 9, 2026.
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
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For a complete description of events that occurred since the
Initiation Notice, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\ A list
of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
attached as an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a public document and is made available to the public via
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 Preliminary
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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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Acetone from Korea; 2024-2025,'' dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by the Order is acetone from Korea. For a
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Rescission of Administrative Review, In Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review when there are no entries of subject merchandise
during the POR for which liquidation is suspended.\7\ Normally, upon
completion of an administrative review, the suspended entries are
liquidated at the antidumping duty assessment rate calculated for the
review period.\8\ Therefore, for an administrative review of a company
to be conducted, there must be a suspended entry that Commerce can
instruct U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate at the AD
assessment rate calculated for the POR.
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\7\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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Because LG Chem had no suspended entries in the POR, on January 13,
2026, Commerce notified interest parties that we intended to rescind
this administrative review with respect to LG Chem and invited parties
to comment.\9\ No interested party commented on our intent to rescind.
As a result, we are rescinding this review with respect to LG Chem,
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3) and (4).
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\9\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In
Part,'' dated January 13, 2026 at 3.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(2) of the Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export price is
calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value is
calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full
description of the methodology underlying these preliminary results,
see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine that the following estimated weighted-
average dumping margin exists for the period March 1, 2024, through
February 28, 2025:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
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Kumho P&B Chemicals, Inc................................... 1.43
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties for these preliminary results within
five days after public announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days after the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.\10\ Pursuant to 19
CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested
parties to submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 days
after the date of the publication of this notice.\11\ Rebuttal briefs,
limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than
five days after the date for filing case briefs.\12\ Interested parties
who submit case or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1)
a statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3)
a table of authorities.\13\
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for
general filing requirements).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Final Service Rule).
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we
request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their
briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their
briefs.\14\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their
executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not
including citations. We intend to use the executive summaries as the
basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision
memorandum that will accompany the final results of this review. We
request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant
citations in the executive summary of each issue.
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\14\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce via ACCESS by
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of
this notice in the Federal Register. Hearing requests should contain:
(1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of
participants and whether any participant is a foreign national; and (3)
a list of issues to be discussed. Oral presentations at the hearing
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limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs. If a request
for a hearing is made, parties will be notified of the date, time, and
location of the hearing.\15\ Parties should confirm the date, time, and
location of the hearing two days before the scheduled hearing date.
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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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All submissions, including case and rebuttal briefs, as well as
hearing requests, should be filed via ACCESS.\16\ An electronically
filed document must be received successfully in its entirety in ACCESS
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline. Note that
Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\17\
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\16\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\17\ See APO and Service Final Rule, 88 FR at 67069.
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the administrative review, Commerce will
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review.\18\ Commerce intends to issue assessment instruction to CBP no
earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results
in the Federal Register.
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\18\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), for KPB, whose weighted-average
dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50
percent), we intend to calculate importer-specific ad valorem AD
assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the importer's examined sales to the total entered value
of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). If the
respondent has not reported entered values, we will calculate a per-
unit assessment rate for each importer by dividing the total amount of
dumping calculated for the examined sales made to that importer by the
total quantity associated with those sales. To determine whether an
importer-specific, per-unit assessment rate is de minimis, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we also will calculate an
importer-specific ad valorem ratio based on estimated entered values.
For LG Chem, for which this review is being rescinded, antidumping
duties shall be assessed on entries at rates equal to the cash deposit
of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to
CBP for LG Chem no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication
of this notice in the Federal Register.
Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice will apply to entries
of subject merchandise during the POR produced by KPB for which it did
not know that the merchandise it sold to an intermediary (e.g., a
reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the United
States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate those
entries at the all-others rate (i.e., 33.10 percent),\19\ if there is
no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the
transaction.\20\
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\19\ See Order, 86 FR at 66286.
\20\ 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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The final results of this administrative review shall be the basis
for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise
covered by the final results of this review and for future deposits of
estimated duties, where applicable.\21\ Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions regarding KPB 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).
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\21\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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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 each specific
company 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
percent).\22\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\22\ See Order, 85 FR at 17866.
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Final Results of Review
Unless the deadline is extended, Commerce intends to issue the
final results of this administrative review, including the results of
its analysis of issues raised in written briefs, no later than 120 days
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register,
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding
the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the
relevant entries during the 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 double
antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing the preliminary results of this
review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act,
and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4) and 19 CFR 351.213d(4).
Dated: February 9, 2026.
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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
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