Notice2026-07979
Certain Activated Carbon From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
April 23, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain exporters under review sold certain activated carbon (activated carbon) from the People's Republic of China (China) in the United States at prices below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 78 (Thursday, April 23, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21796-21798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-07979]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-904]
Certain Activated Carbon From the People's Republic of China:
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) determines that
certain exporters under review sold certain activated carbon (activated
carbon) from the People's Republic of China (China) in the United
States at prices below normal value (NV) during the period of review
(POR) April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.
DATES: Applicable April 23, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Hart or Nathan Araya, AD/CVD
Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1058 or (202) 482-3401,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 15, 2025, Commerce published the Preliminary Results in
the Federal Register and invited interested parties to comment.\1\
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\1\ See Certain Activated Carbon from the People's Republic of
China: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024, 90 FR 39378 (August 15,
2025), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM)
(Preliminary Results).
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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.\2\ Additionally, due to the 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 the deadlines in administrative
proceedings by an additional 21 days.\3\ On February 9, 2026, Commerce
extended the deadline for the final results by an additional 53
days.\4\ Accordingly, the deadline for these final results is now April
20, 2026.
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\2\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 25, 2025.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
2023-2024 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated February
9, 2026.
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For a summary of the events that occurred since he Preliminary
Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\5\ The Issues and
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically
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 Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Certain Activated Carbon from the People's Republic of
China; 2023-2024,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by,
this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order <SUP>6</SUP>
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\6\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Activated
Carbon from the People's Republic of China, 72 FR 20988 (April 27,
2007) (Order).
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The merchandise covered by the Order is activated carbon. For a
full description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
We addressed all the issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues that
parties raised, and to which we responded in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum is provided in Appendix I to this notice.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record and comments received from
interested parties regarding the Preliminary Results, and for the
reasons explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, Commerce made
certain changes to the preliminary weighted-average dumping margin
calculations for Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. (DJAC) and
Ningxia Huahui Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. (Ningxia Huahui) for
the final results of this review.\7\ As a result of the changes to DJAC
and Ningxia Huahui's weighted-average dumping margins, we also revised
the calculation of the rate assigned to the non-selected companies
granted a
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separate rate in this administrative review.
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\7\ See the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Separate Rates
No parties commented on Commerce's preliminary results to grant a
separate rate to certain companies. We continue to grant both mandatory
respondents and the companies listed in Appendix II a separate rate.
China-Wide Entity
As noted in the Preliminary Results, in accordance with Commerce's
policy, the China-wide entity is not under review because no party
specifically requested, and Commerce did not self-initiate, a review of
the China-wide entity.\8\ Thus, the China-wide entity's dumping margin,
i.e., 2.42 U.S. dollars per kilogram (USD/kg),\9\ is not subject to
change. Because each of the companies listed in Appendix III failed to
timely file a separate rate application or separate rate certification
in this proceeding, we continue to find that each company is ineligible
for a separate rate and is considered part of the China-wide entity.
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\8\ See Preliminary Results 90 FR at 39379.
\9\ See Certain Activated Carbon from the People's Republic of
China: Final Results and Partial Rescission of Second Antidumping
Duty Administrative Order, 75 FR 70208 (November 17, 2010) (Carbon
from China AR2).
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Final Results of Review
We have determined the following weighted-average dumping margins
for the companies listed below for the period April 1, 2023, through
March 31, 2024:
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\10\ In the second administrative review of the Order, Commerce
determined that it would calculate per-unit weighted-average dumping
margins and assessment amounts for all future reviews. See Carbon
from China AR2, 75 FR at 70209, 70211.
\11\ See Appendix II.
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Weighted-
average
Exporter dumping
margin (USD/
kg) \10\
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Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd................... 0.00
Ningxia Huahui Environmental Technology Co., Ltd........... 0.56
Separate Rate for Non-Examined Companies \11\.............. 0.56
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations and analysis
performed for these final results of review within five days of any
public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five
days of the date of publication of this notice 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),
Commerce will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject
merchandise covered by the final results of this review.
For the individually-examined respondent in this review which has a
final weighted-average dumping margin that is not zero or de minimis
(i.e., less than 0.5 percent), we will calculate importer- (or
customer-) specific per-unit duty assessment rates based on the ratio
of the total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's (or
customer's) examined sales to the total sales quantity associated with
those sales, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\12\ We will also
calculate (estimated) ad valorem importer-specific assessment rates
with which to determine whether the per-unit assessment rates are de
minimis.\13\ Where either a respondent's weighted-average dumping
margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer- (or customer-) specific
assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping
duties.\14\
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\12\ We applied the assessment rate calculation method adopted
in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average
Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1)(i).
\14\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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For DJAC and Ningxia Huahui, Commerce will calculate importer-
specific assessment rates for antidumping duties, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(b)(1). For entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales
database submitted by each mandatory respondent individually examined
during this review, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate such
entries at the China-wide entity per-unit assessment rate (i.e., 2.42
USD/kg).\15\ For the respondents that were not selected for individual
examination in this administrative review but qualified for a separate
rate, the per unit assessment rate will be the rate established for
these companies in these final results of review. For the five
companies identified in Appendix III as part of the China-wide entity,
we will instruct CBP to apply the China-wide per-unit assessment rate
to all entries of subject merchandise during the POR which were
exported by those companies.
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\15\ See Carbon from China AR2, 75 FR at 70209.
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Commerce intends to issue assessment 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 Instructions
The following cash deposit requirements will be in effect for all
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on, or after, the date of publication of this notice in
the Federal Register, as provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the companies identified above in
the ``Final Results of Review'' section will be equal to the company-
specific dumping margin established in the final results of this
administrative review; (2) for a previously examined exporter of
subject merchandise not under review that has a separate rate, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the exporter's existing cash deposit
rate; (3) for all China exporters of subject merchandise that do not
have a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the
weighted-average dumping margin assigned to the China-wide entity,
which is 2.42 USD/kg; and (4) for all non-China exporters of subject
merchandise that do not have their own separate rate, the cash deposit
rate will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin applicable to
the China exporter that supplied that non-China exporter. These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Notifications to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties
This notice also serves as a final 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 POR. 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.
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.
Timely written notification of the return or destruction
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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 sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
These final results and this notice are issued and published
pursuant to sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(2) and 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: April 20, 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 I
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 Issues
Comment 1: Whether to Revise our Calculation and Application of
Certain Movement Expenses
Comment 2: Whether to Revise the Selection of Surrogate Values
(SVs) Used to Value Certain Factors of Production (FOPs)
Comment 3: Whether to Use Rani Transport Data to Value Freight
Comment 4: Whether to Use Century Chemicals Financial Statements
for the Calculation of Surrogate Financial Ratios
Comment 5: Whether a By-Product Offset was Included in DJAC's
SAS Program
VI. Recommendation
Appendix II
Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination
1. Beijing Pacific Activated Carbon Products Co., Ltd.
2. Bengbu Modern Environmental Co. Ltd.
3. Carbon Activated Tianjin Co., Ltd.
4. Ningxia Mineral & Chemical Limited
5. Shanxi Industry Technology Trading Co., Ltd.
6. Shanxi Sincere Industrial Co., Ltd.
7. Tancarb Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Appendix III
Companies Determined To Be Part of the China-Wide Entity
1. Shanxi Dapu International Trade Co., Ltd.
2. Shanxi DMD Corp.
3. Shanxi Tianxi Purification Filter Co., Ltd.
4. Sinoacarbon International Trading Co., Ltd.
5. Tianjin Maijin Industries Co., Ltd.
[FR Doc. 2026-07979 Filed 4-22-26; 8:45 am]
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