Notice2026-04766
Certain Monomers and Oligomers From Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Order and Countervailing Duty Order
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Published
March 11, 2026
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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 certain monomers and oligomers (monomers and oligomers) from Taiwan.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 11, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11951-11954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04766]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-583-879, C-583-880]
Certain Monomers and Oligomers From Taiwan: Antidumping Duty
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 certain monomers and oligomers
(monomers and oligomers) from Taiwan.
DATES: Applicable March 11, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaron Moore (AD) or Suresh Maniam
(CVD), AD/CVD Operations, Offices I and VIII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482-3640 or (202) 482-0176, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with sections 705(d) and 735(d) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), on February 3, 2026, Commerce published its
affirmative final determination of sales at less than fair value (LTFV)
of monomers and oligomers from Taiwan,\1\ and on January 26, 2026,
Commerce published its affirmative final determination that
countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters
of monomers and oligomers from Taiwan.\2\ On March 4, 2026, in
accordance with 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
monomers and oligomers from Taiwan, and subsidized imports of monomers
and oligomers from Taiwan, within the meaning of sections
705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, respectively.\3\
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\1\ See Certain Monomers and Oligomers from Taiwan: Final
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final
Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determination, 91 FR 4866
(February 3, 2026) (LTFV Final Determination).
\2\ See Certain Monomers and Oligomers from Taiwan: Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Final Affirmative
Critical Circumstances Determination, 91 FR 3114 (January 26, 2026)
(CVD Final Determination).
\3\ See ITC's Letter, ``Notification of ITC Final
Determinations,'' dated March 4, 2026 (ITC Notification Letter).
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Scope of the Orders
The products covered by these orders are monomers and oligomers
from Taiwan. For a complete description of the scope of the orders, see
the appendix to this notice.
AD Order
On March 4, 2026, in accordance with 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 monomers and
oligomers from Taiwan that are sold in the United States at LTFV.\4\
Therefore, in accordance with sections 735(c)(2) and 736 of the Act,
Commerce is issuing this AD order. Because the ITC determined that
imports of monomers and oligomers are materially injuring a U.S.
industry, unliquidated entries of such merchandise from Taiwan, entered
or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after September 9,
2025, are subject to the assessment of antidumping duties.
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\4\ Id.
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Therefore, in accordance with sections 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 monomers and oligomers from Taiwan. Antidumping
duties will be assessed on unliquidated
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entries of monomers and oligomers entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after September 9, 2025, the date of the
publication of the LTFV 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 735(b) of the Act, as further described in
the ``Provisional Measures--AD'' section of this notice.\5\
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\5\ See Certain Monomers and Oligomers from Taiwan: Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, 90
FR 43409 (September 9, 2025) (LTFV Preliminary Determination).
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Critical Circumstances--AD
In addition, the ITC found that critical circumstances do not exist
with respect to imports of monomers and oligomers from Taiwan. As a
result, we intend to instruct CBP to lift the suspension of liquidation
and to refund all cash deposits for estimated antidumping duties with
respect to entries of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after June 11, 2025, (i.e., 90 days
prior to the date of publication of the affirmative LTFV Preliminary
Determination), but before September 9, 2025 (i.e., the date of
publication of the LTFV Preliminary Determination).
Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposits--AD
In accordance with section 736 of the Act, Commerce intends to
instruct CBP to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation of monomers
and oligomers from Taiwan, effective on the date of publication of the
ITC's final affirmative injury determination in the Federal Register.
Commerce also intends to instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to
the estimated weighted-average dumping margins listed in the LTFV Final
Determination. The all-others rate applies to all producers or
exporters not specifically listed. These instructions suspending
liquidation and cash deposit requirements will remain in effect until
further notice.
Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins
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Weighted
average
Producer or exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Eternal Materials Co., Ltd.................................. * 130.23
Qualipoly Chemical Corporation.............................. * 130.23
Synth-Edge Advanced Material Co., Ltd....................... * 130.23
All Others.................................................. 130.23
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* Rate is based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Provisional Measures--AD
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 September 9, 2025. Therefore, the four-
month period beginning on the date of publication ended on January 6,
2026. Pursuant to section 737(b) of the Act, the collection of cash
deposits 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 monomers and oligomers from Taiwan entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after January 7, 2026, 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, on March 4, 2026, the ITC notified Commerce of its
final determination that an industry is materially injured within the
meaning of section 705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of subsidized
imports of monomers and oligomers from Taiwan.\6\ Therefore, in
accordance with sections 705(c)(2) and 706(a) of the Act, Commerce is
issuing this CVD order. Moreover, because the ITC determined that
imports of monomers and oligomers from Taiwan are materially injuring a
U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of such merchandise from Taiwan,
entered or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, on or after
August 29, 2025, are subject to the assessment of countervailing
duties.
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\6\ 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 instruction by Commerce,
countervailing duties on unliquidated entries of monomers and oligomers
from Taiwan entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after August 29, 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''
section of this notice.\7\
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\7\ See Certain Monomers and Oligomers from Taiwan: Preliminary
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 90 FR 42184 (August
29, 2025) (CVD Preliminary Determination).
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Critical Circumstances--CVD
In addition, the ITC found that critical circumstances do not exist
with respect to imports of monomers and oligomers from Taiwan. As a
result, we intend to instruct CBP to lift suspension and to refund any
cash deposits made to secure the payment of estimated countervailing
duties with respect to entries of the subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after May 31, 2025
(i.e., 90 days prior to the date of the publication of the CVD
Preliminary Determination), but before August 29, 2025 (i.e., the date
of publication of the CVD Preliminary Determination).\8\
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\8\ See CVD Preliminary Determination; see also See Certain
Monomers and Oligomers from Taiwan: Preliminary Affirmative Critical
Circumstances Determination in Countervailing Duty Investigation, 90
FR 45370 (September 22, 2025).
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Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposits--CVD
In accordance with section 706 of the Act, we will instruct CBP to
reinstitute suspension of liquidation on all relevant entries of
monomers and oligomers from Taiwan, 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 listed in the CVD Final Determination.\9\
These instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until
further notice.
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\9\ See CVD Final Determination, 91 FR at 3115.
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Commerce will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits.
Accordingly, effective on the date of publication of the ITC's final
affirmative injury determination in the Federal Register, CBP will
require, at the same time as importers would normally deposit estimated
duties on the subject merchandise, a cash deposit for each entry of
subject merchandise equal to the subsidy rates listed in the Final
Determination.\10\ The all-others rate applies to all producers or
exporters not specifically listed.
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\10\ Id.; see also section 706(a)(3) of the Act.
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Estimated Countervailable Subsidy Rates
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
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Eternal Materials Co., Ltd.............................. * 103.43
Qualipoly Chemical Corporation.......................... * 103.43
All Others.............................................. 103.43
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* Rate is based on facts available with adverse inferences.
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 Preliminary
Determination on August 29, 2025.\11\ As such, the four-month period
beginning on the date of the publication of the Preliminary
Determination ended on December 26, 2025. Therefore, entries of
monomers and oligomers from Taiwan made on or after December 27, 2025,
and prior to the date of publication of the ITC's final injury
determination in the Federal Register, are not subject to the
assessment of countervailing duties due to Commerce's discontinuation
of the suspension of liquidation.
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\11\ See CVD Preliminary Determination.
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On December 29, 2025, 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 monomers and oligomers from Taiwan entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption, on or after December 27, 2025, 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.
Establishment of the Annual Inquiry Service Lists
Commerce published the Final Rule and the Procedural Guidance in
the Federal Register on September 20, 2021, and September 27, 2021,
respectively.\12\ 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.\13\
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\12\ See Regulations to Improve Administration and Enforcement
on Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300 (September
20, 2021) (Final Rule); and Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry
Service List; and Informational Sessions, 86 FR 53205 (September 27,
2021) (Procedural Guidance).
\13\ Id.
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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.'' \14\
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\14\ 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 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,\15\ 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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\15\ See Procedural Guidance, 86 FR at 53206.
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Commerce may update an annual 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.'' \16\ Accordingly, as stated
above, the petitioner and the Taiwan Authorities (TA) 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 for which they qualify as interested parties. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.225(n)(3), the petitioner and the TA 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 TA 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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\16\ See Final Rule, 86 FR at 52335.
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the AD and CVD orders with respect to
monomers and oligomers from Taiwan pursuant to sections 706(a) and
736(a) of the Act. Interested parties can find a list of AD and CVD
order 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).
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Dated: March 6, 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
Scope of the Orders
The products covered by the Orders are certain multifunctional
acrylate and methacrylate monomers, and acrylated bisphenol-A epoxy
based oligomers (collectively, certain monomers and oligomers or
CMOs) that are derived from chemical reactions involving the use of
acrylic or methacrylic acid. Products within the scope are listed
below and have the following Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
numbers:
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CAS No. Description Molecular formula
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109-16-0.................. Triethylene glycol C14H22O6
dimethacrylate (TEGDMA).
13048-33-4................ 1,6-hexanediol C12H18O4
diacrylate (HDDA).
42978-66-5................ Tripropylene glycol C15H24O6
diacrylate (TPGDA).
3290-92-4................. Trimethylolpropane C18H26O6
trimethacrylate
(TMPTMA).
15625-89-5................ Trimethylolpropane C15H20O6
triacrylate (TMPTA).
28961-43-5................ Ethoxylated trimethylol- (C2H4O)n(C2H4O)n(C
propane triacrylate 2H4O)nC15H20O6
(EOTMPTA).
57472-68-1................ Dipropylene glycol C12H18O5
diacrylate (DPGDA).
55818-57-0................ Bisphenol-A- (C15H16O2.C3H5ClO)
epichlorohydrin x.xC3H4O2
copolymer acrylate
(EPOXY ACRYLATE).
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The monomers are generally known as multifunctional acrylates
(MFAs) or multifunctional methacrylates (MFMAs) depending on whether
the functional groups are acrylate or methacrylate. The monomers
generally contain stabilizers/inhibitors, which include but are not
limited to Hydroquinone, Methyl Hydroquinone, and Butylated Hydroxy
Toluene. The monomers are either difunctional or trifunctional
(having 2 or 3 functional groups/molecule), have viscosities of 9 to
15 centipoise (cPs) at 25 degrees Celsius (if difunctional) or 44 to
110 cPs at 25 degrees Celsius (if trifunctional), have
(meth)acrylate equivalent weights (molecular weight per number of
functional groups) between 99 and 158 and molecular weights between
226 and 472 grams per mol.
The acrylated bisphenol-A epoxy based oligomer is commonly
referred to as epoxy acrylate or acrylated epoxy. In contrast to
epoxy resin, the main characteristic of the epoxy acrylate oligomer
is that it contains acrylate functional groups which make them
curable by free-radical polymerization. The epoxy acrylate has a
molecular weight between 508 to 536 grams per mol and a viscosity of
2400 to 3600 cPs at 65 degrees Celsius. The epoxy acrylate generally
contains stabilizers/inhibitors, which include but are not limited
to Hydroquinone, Methyl Hydroquinone, and Butylated Hydroxy Toluene.
Certain monomers and oligomers are subject to the scope even if
an in-scope monomer or oligomer is blended or mixed with one or more
other in-scope monomers or oligomers.
Certain monomers and oligomers in any blend or mixture are also
subject to the scope, so long as the blend or mixture contains no
less than 20 percent by weight of in-scope CMOs.
The scope includes merchandise matching the above description
that has been processed in a third country, including by
commingling, diluting, introducing, or removing ingredients, or
performing any other processing that would not otherwise remove the
merchandise from the scope of the investigation if performed in the
subject country.
The scope also includes CMOs that are commingled, mixed or
blended with in-scope product from sources not subject to the Order.
Only the subject component(s) of such blends, mixtures or
commingled products described above is covered by the scope of the
Orders. Subject merchandise contained in a blended, mixed or
commingled product described above will not have undergone a
chemical reaction as a result of being blended, mixed or commingled.
Notwithstanding the above, specifically excluded from the scope
are downstream products, including but not limited to, inks,
coatings and overprint varnishes. For purposes of this exclusion,
the downstream product requires only the application of energy to be
cured, e.g., inks or varnish applied to packaging, coatings applied
to wood flooring, etc. The energy source required to cure the
downstream product to its substrate can be thermal, ultraviolet
radiation, visible light, electron beam radiation, or infrared
radiation.
This merchandise is currently classifiable under Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings
2916.12.5050, 2916.14.2050, 3824.99.2900, 3907.29.0000, and
3907.30.0000. Subject merchandise may also be entered under
subheadings 2916.12.1000 and 3824.99.9397. The HTSUS subheadings and
CAS registry numbers are provided for convenience and customs
purposes only; the written description of the scope is dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2026-04766 Filed 3-10-26; 8:45 am]
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