Notice2026-09831

Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 95 (Monday, May 18, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28559-28562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09831]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-231]


Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane From the People's Republic of 
China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.


DATES: Applicable May 11, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shane Subler, Office VIII, AD/CVD 
Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6241.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Petition

    On April 21, 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
received a countervailing duty (CVD) petition concerning imports of 
Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (Tris) from the People's Republic of 
China (China), filed in proper form on behalf of Advancion Corporation 
(the petitioner), a domestic producer of Tris.\1\ The CVD Petition was 
accompanied by an antidumping duty (AD) petition concerning imports of 
Tris from China.\2\
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    \1\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Petition for the Imposition of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duties,'' dated April 21, 2026 
(Petition).
    \2\ Id.
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    Between April 27 and May 5, 2026, Commerce requested supplemental 
information pertaining to certain aspects of the Petition in 
supplemental questionnaires.\3\ Between April 30 and May 6, 2026, the 
petitioner filed timely responses to these requests for additional 
information.\4\
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    \3\ See Commerce's Letters, ``General Issues Supplemental 
Questions,'' dated April 27, 2026 (First General Issues 
Questionnaire); ``Supplemental Questions,'' dated April 27, 2026 
(First China CVD Supplemental Questionnaire); ``Second General 
Issues Supplemental Questions,'' dated May 1, 2026 (Second General 
Issues Questionnaire); and ``Third General Issues Supplemental 
Questions,'' dated May 5, 2026 (Third General Issues Questionnaire).
    \4\ See Petitioner's Letters, ``Petitioner's First Supplement to 
Volume I Relating to Request for the Imposition of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duties on Imports from China,'' dated April 30, 2026 
(First General Issues Supplement); ``Petitioner's Supplement to 
Volume III of the Petition Requesting the Imposition of 
Countervailing Duties,'' dated April 30, 2026 (First China CVD 
Supplement); ``Petitioner's Second Supplement to Volume I Relating 
to Request for the Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duties on Imports from China,'' dated May 4, 2026 (Second General 
Issues Supplement); and ``Petitioner's Third Supplement to Volume I 
Relating to Request for the Imposition of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duties on Imports from China,'' dated May 6, 2026 
(Third General Issues Supplement).
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    In accordance with section 702(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), the petitioner alleges that the Government of the 
People's Republic of China (GOC) is providing countervailable 
subsidies, within the meaning of sections 701 and 771(5) of the Act, to 
producers of Tris from China, and that such imports are materially 
injuring, or threatening material injury to, the domestic industry 
producing Tris in the United States. Consistent with section 702(b)(1) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.202(b), for those alleged programs on which 
we are initiating a CVD investigation, the Petition was accompanied by 
information reasonably available to the petitioner supporting its 
allegations.
    Commerce finds that the petitioner filed the Petition on behalf of 
the domestic industry, because the petitioner is an interested party, 
as defined in section 771(9)(C) of the Act. Commerce also finds that 
the petitioner demonstrated sufficient industry support with respect to 
the initiation of the requested CVD investigation.\5\
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    \5\ See section on ``Determination of Industry Support for the 
Petition,'' infra.
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Period of Investigation (POI)

    Because the Petition was filed on April 21, 2026, the POI is 
January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025.\6\
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.204(b)(2).
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Scope of the Investigation

    The product covered by this investigation is Tris from China. For a 
full description of the scope of this investigation, see the appendix 
to this notice.

Comments on the Scope of the Investigation

    Between April 27 and May 5, 2026, Commerce requested information 
and clarification from the petitioner regarding the proposed scope to 
ensure that the scope language in the Petition is an accurate 
reflection of the products for which the domestic industry is seeking 
relief.\7\ Between April 30 and May 6, 2026, the petitioner provided 
clarifications and revised the scope.\8\ The description of merchandise 
covered by this investigation, as described in the appendix to this 
notice, reflects these clarifications.
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    \7\ See First General Issues Questionnaire; see also Second 
General Issues Questionnaire; and Third General Issues 
Questionnaire.
    \8\ See First General Issues Supplement at 3-5; see also Second 
General Issues Supplement at 2-3; and Third General Issues 
Supplement at 2-3 and Exhibit GEN-SUPP3-1.
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    As discussed in the Preamble to Commerce's regulations, we are 
setting aside a period for interested parties to raise issues regarding 
product coverage (i.e., scope).\9\ Commerce will consider all scope 
comments received from interested parties and, if necessary, will 
consult with interested parties prior to the issuance of the 
preliminary determination. If scope comments include factual 
information, all such factual information should be limited to public 
information.\10\ Commerce requests that interested parties provide at 
the beginning of their scope comments a public executive summary for 
each comment or issue raised in their submission. Commerce further 
requests that interested parties limit their public executive summary 
of each comment or issue to no more than 450 words, not including 
citations. Commerce intends to use the public

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executive summaries as the basis of the comment summaries included in 
the analysis of scope comments. To facilitate preparation of its 
questionnaires, Commerce requests that scope comments be submitted by 
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on June 1, 2026, which is the next business 
day after 20 calendar days from the signature date of this notice.\11\ 
Any rebuttal comments, which may include factual information, and 
should also be limited to public information, must be filed by 5:00 
p.m. ET on June 11, 2026, which is 10 calendar days from the initial 
comment deadline.
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    \9\ See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, Final Rule, 
62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997) (Preamble); see also 19 CFR 
351.312.
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) (defining ``factual 
information'').
    \11\ The deadline for scope comments falls on May 31, 2026, 
which is a Sunday. Commerce's practice dictates that where a 
deadline falls on a weekend or federal holiday, the appropriate 
deadline is the next business day (in this instance, June 1, 2026). 
See 19 CFR 351.303(b)(1) (``For both electronically filed and 
manually filed documents, if the applicable due date falls on a non-
business day, the Secretary will accept documents that are filed on 
the next business day.'').
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    Commerce requests that any factual information that parties 
consider relevant to the scope of this investigation be submitted 
during that period. However, if a party subsequently finds that 
additional factual information pertaining to the scope of the 
investigation may be relevant, the party must contact Commerce and 
request permission to submit the additional information. All scope 
comments must be filed simultaneously on the records of the concurrent 
AD and CVD investigations.

Filing Requirements

    All submissions to Commerce must be filed electronically via 
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS), unless an exception 
applies.\12\ An electronically filed document must be received 
successfully in its entirety by the time and date it is due.
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    \12\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Electronic Filing Procedures; Administrative Protective Order 
Procedures, 76 FR 39263 (July 6, 2011); see also Enforcement and 
Compliance; Change of Electronic Filing System Name, 79 FR 69046 
(November 20, 2014), for details of Commerce's electronic filing 
requirements, effective August 5, 2011. Information on using ACCESS 
can be found at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/help">https://access.trade.gov/help</a> and a handbook can be 
found at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/help/Handbook_on_Electronic_Filing_Procedures_March2026.pdf">https://access.trade.gov/help/Handbook_on_Electronic_Filing_Procedures_March2026.pdf</a>.
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Consultations

    Pursuant to sections 702(b)(4)(A)(i) and (ii) of the Act, Commerce 
notified the GOC of the receipt of the Petition and provided an 
opportunity for consultations with respect to the Petition.\13\ The GOC 
did not request consultations.
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    \13\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Invitation for Consultations to 
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Determination of Industry Support for the Petition

    Section 702(b)(1) of the Act requires that a petition be filed on 
behalf of the domestic industry. Section 702(c)(4)(A) of the Act 
provides that a petition meets this requirement if the domestic 
producers or workers who support the petition account for: (i) at least 
25 percent of the total production of the domestic like product; and 
(ii) more than 50 percent of the production of the domestic like 
product produced by that portion of the industry expressing support 
for, or opposition to, the petition. Moreover, section 702(c)(4)(D) of 
the Act provides that, if the petition does not establish support of 
domestic producers or workers accounting for more than 50 percent of 
the total production of the domestic like product, Commerce shall: (i) 
poll the industry or rely on other information in order to determine if 
there is support for the petition, as required by subparagraph (A); or 
(ii) determine industry support using a statistically valid sampling 
method to poll the ``industry.''
    Section 771(4)(A) of the Act defines the ``industry'' as the 
producers as a whole of a domestic like product. Thus, to determine 
whether a petition has the requisite industry support, the statute 
directs Commerce to look to producers and workers who produce the 
domestic like product. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), 
which is responsible for determining whether ``the domestic industry'' 
has been injured, must also determine what constitutes a domestic like 
product in order to define the industry. While both Commerce and the 
ITC apply the same statutory definition regarding the domestic like 
product,\14\ they do so for different purposes and pursuant to a 
separate and distinct authority. In addition, Commerce's determination 
is subject to limitations of time and information. Although this may 
result in different definitions of the like product, such differences 
do not render the decision of either agency contrary to law.\15\
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    \14\ See section 771(10) of the Act.
    \15\ See USEC, Inc. v. United States, 132 F. Supp. 2d 1, 8 (CIT 
2001) (citing Algoma Steel Corp., Ltd. v. United States, 688 F. 
Supp. 639, 644 (CIT 1988), aff'd Algoma Steel Corp., Ltd. v. United 
States, 865 F.2d 240 (Fed. Cir. 1989)).
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    Section 771(10) of the Act defines the domestic like product as ``a 
product which is like, or in the absence of like, most similar in 
characteristics and uses with, the article subject to an investigation 
under this title.'' Thus, the reference point from which the domestic 
like product analysis begins is ``the article subject to an 
investigation'' (i.e., the class or kind of merchandise to be 
investigated, which normally will be the scope as defined in the 
petition).
    With regard to the domestic like product, the petitioner does not 
offer a definition of the domestic like product distinct from the scope 
of the investigation.\16\ Based on our analysis of the information 
submitted on the record, we have determined that Tris, as defined in 
the scope, constitutes a single domestic like product, and we have 
analyzed industry support in terms of that domestic like product.\17\
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    \16\ For a discussion of the domestic like product analysis as 
applied to this case and information regarding industry support, see 
Checklist, ``Countervailing Duty Investigation Initiation Checklist: 
Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane from the People's Republic of 
China,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 
(China CVD Initiation Checklist), at Attachment II, Analysis of 
Industry Support for the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Petitions Covering Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane from the People's 
Republic of China (Attachment II). This checklist is on file 
electronically via ACCESS.
    \17\ For further discussion, see Attachment II of the China CVD 
Initiation Checklist.
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    In determining whether the petitioner has standing under section 
702(c)(4)(A) of the Act, we considered the industry support data 
contained in the Petition with reference to the domestic like product 
as defined in the ``Scope of the Investigation,'' in the appendix to 
this notice. To establish industry support, the petitioner provided its 
own production of the domestic like product in 2025 and compared this 
to the estimated total production for the domestic like product by the 
U.S. Tris industry.\18\
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    \18\ Id.
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    On May 4, 2026, we received timely filed comments on industry 
support from Suzhou Yacoo Science Co., Ltd. (Yacoo), a Chinese producer 
of Tris.\19\ On May 5, 2026, the petitioner responded to the comments 
from Yacoo in a timely filed rebuttal submission.\20\
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    \19\ See Yacoo's Letter, ``Petition Sufficiency Comments,'' 
dated May 4, 2026.
    \20\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Petitioner's Response to Suzhou 
Yacoo Science Co., Ltd.'s Comments on Petition Sufficiency,'' dated 
May 5, 2026 (Petitioner's Response).
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    Our review of the data provided in the Petition, the First General 
Issues Supplement, Petitioner's Response, and other information readily 
available to Commerce indicates that the petitioner has established 
industry support for the Petition.\21\ First, the Petition established

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support from domestic producers (or workers) accounting for more than 
50 percent of the total production of the domestic like product and, as 
such, Commerce is not required to take further action in order to 
evaluate industry support (e.g., polling).\22\ Second, the domestic 
producers (or workers) have met the statutory criteria for industry 
support under section 702(c)(4)(A)(i) of the Act because the domestic 
producers (or workers) who support the Petition account for at least 25 
percent of the total production of the domestic like product.\23\ 
Finally, the domestic producers (or workers) have met the statutory 
criteria for industry support under section 702(c)(4)(A)(ii) of the Act 
because the domestic producers (or workers) who support the Petition 
account for more than 50 percent of the production of the domestic like 
product produced by that portion of the industry expressing support 
for, or opposition to, the Petition.\24\ Accordingly, Commerce 
determines that the Petition was filed on behalf of the domestic 
industry within the meaning of section 702(b)(1) of the Act.\25\
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    \21\ See Attachment II of the China CVD Initiation Checklist.
    \22\ Id.; see also section 702(c)(4)(D) of the Act.
    \23\ See Attachment II of the China CVD Initiation Checklist.
    \24\ Id.
    \25\ Id.
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Injury Test

    Because China is a ``Subsidies Agreement Country'' within the 
meaning of section 701(b) of the Act, section 701(a)(2) of the Act 
applies to this investigation. Accordingly, the ITC must determine 
whether imports of the subject merchandise from China materially 
injure, or threaten material injury to, a U.S. industry.

Allegations and Evidence of Material Injury and Causation

    The petitioner alleges that imports of the subject merchandise are 
benefiting from countervailable subsidies and that such imports are 
causing, or threaten to cause, material injury to the U.S. industry 
producing the domestic like product. In addition, the petitioner 
alleges that subject imports from China exceed the negligibility 
threshold provided for under section 771(24)(A) of the Act.\26\
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    \26\ See Petitions at Volume I (page 11 and Exhibit GEN-8).
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    The petitioner contends that the industry's injured condition is 
illustrated by a significant increase in the volume of subject imports; 
reduced market share; lost sales and revenues; underselling and price 
depression and suppression; decline in production and capacity 
utilization; and negative impact on financial performance.\27\ We 
assessed the allegations and supporting evidence regarding material 
injury, threat of material injury, causation, as well as negligibility, 
and we have determined that these allegations are properly supported by 
adequate evidence, and meet the statutory requirements for 
initiation.\28\
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    \27\ For further discussion, see China AD Initiation Checklist 
at Attachment III, Analysis of Allegations and Evidence of Material 
Injury and Causation for the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Petitions Covering Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane from the People's 
Republic of China.
    \28\ Id.
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Initiation of CVD Investigation

    Based upon the examination of the Petition and supplemental 
responses, we find that they meet the requirements of section 702 of 
the Act. Therefore, we are initiating a CVD investigation to determine 
whether imports of Tris from China benefit from countervailable 
subsidies conferred by the GOC. In accordance with section 703(b)(1) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(1), unless postponed, we will make our 
preliminary determination no later than 65 days after the date of this 
initiation.
    Based on our review of the Petition, we find that there is 
sufficient information to initiate a CVD investigation on all programs 
alleged by the petitioner. For a full discussion of the basis for our 
decision to initiate on each program, see the China CVD Initiation 
Checklist. A public version of the initiation checklist for this 
investigation is available on ACCESS.

Respondent Selection

    In the Petition, the petitioner identified 16 companies in 
China.\29\ Commerce intends to follow its standard practice in CVD 
investigations and calculate company-specific subsidy rates in the 
investigation. Following standard practice in CVD investigations, in 
the event Commerce determines that the number of companies is large, 
and it cannot individually examine each company based upon Commerce's 
resources, where appropriate, Commerce intends to select mandatory 
respondents based on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data for 
imports under the appropriate Harmonized tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTSUS) subheading listed in the ``Scope of the Investigation,'' 
in the appendix.
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    \29\ See Petition at Volume I (page 8 and Exhibit GEN-4); see 
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    On May 8, 2026, Commerce released CBP data on imports of Tris from 
China under administrative protective order (APO) to all parties with 
access to information protected by APO and indicated that interested 
parties wishing to comment on CBP data and/or respondent selection must 
do so within three days of the publication date of the notice of 
initiation of this investigation.\30\ Comments must be filed 
electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be 
received successfully in its entirety via ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. ET on the 
specified deadline. Commerce will not accept rebuttal comments 
regarding the CBP data or respondent selection.
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    \30\ See Memorandum, ``Release of U.S. Customs and Border 
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    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(b). Instructions for filing such 
applications may be found on Commerce's website at <a href="https://www.trade.gov/administrative-protective-orders">https://www.trade.gov/administrative-protective-orders</a>.

Distribution of a Copy of the Petition

    In accordance with section 702(b)(4)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.202(f), a copy of the public version of the Petition has been 
provided to the GOC via ACCESS. To the extent practicable, we will 
attempt to provide a copy of the public version of the Petition to each 
exporter named in the Petition, as provided under 19 CFR 351.203(c)(2).

ITC Notification

    Commerce will notify the ITC of its initiation, as required by 
section 702(d) of the Act.

Preliminary Determination by the ITC

    The ITC will preliminarily determine, within 45 days after the date 
on which the Petition was filed, whether there is a reasonable 
indication that imports of Tris from China are materially injuring, or 
threatening material injury to, a U.S. industry.\31\ A negative ITC 
determination will result in the investigation being terminated.\32\ 
Otherwise, this CVD investigation will proceed according to statutory 
and regulatory time limits.
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    \31\ See section 703(a)(1) of the Act.
    \32\ Id.
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Submission of Factual Information

    Factual information is defined in 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) as: (i) 
evidence submitted in response to questionnaires; (ii) evidence 
submitted in support of allegations; (iii) publicly available 
information to value factors of production under 19 CFR 351.408(c) or 
to measure the adequacy of remuneration under 19 CFR 351.511(a)(2); 
(iv) evidence placed on the record by Commerce; and (v)

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evidence other than factual information described in (i)-(iv). Section 
351.301(b) of Commerce's regulations requires any party, when 
submitting factual information, to specify under which subsection of 19 
CFR 351.102(b)(21) the information is being submitted \33\ and, if the 
information is submitted to rebut, clarify, or correct factual 
information already on the record, to provide an explanation 
identifying the information already on the record that the factual 
information seeks to rebut, clarify, or correct.\34\ Time limits for 
the submission of factual information are addressed in 19 CFR 351.301, 
which provides specific time limits based on the type of factual 
information being submitted. Interested parties should review the 
regulations prior to submitting factual information in this 
investigation.
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    \33\ See 19 CFR 351.301(b).
    \34\ See 19 CFR 351.301(b)(2).
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Extensions of Time Limits

    Parties may request an extension of time limits before the 
expiration of a time limit established under 19 CFR 351.301, or as 
otherwise specified by Commerce. In general, an extension request will 
be considered untimely if it is filed after the expiration of the time 
limit established under 19 CFR 351.301, or as otherwise specified by 
Commerce.\35\ For submissions that are due from multiple parties 
simultaneously, an extension request will be considered untimely if it 
is filed after 10:00 a.m. ET on the due date. Under certain 
circumstances, Commerce may elect to specify a different time limit by 
which extension requests will be considered untimely for submissions 
which are due from multiple parties simultaneously. In such a case, we 
will inform parties in a letter or memorandum of the deadline 
(including a specified time) by which extension requests must be filed 
to be considered timely. An extension request must be made in a 
separate, standalone submission; under limited circumstances we will 
grant untimely filed requests for the extension of time limits, where 
we determine, based on 19 CFR 351.302, that extraordinary circumstances 
exist. Parties should review Commerce's regulations concerning the 
extension of time limits and the Time Limits Final Rule prior to 
submitting factual information in this investigation.\36\
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    \35\ See 19 CFR 351.302.
    \36\ See 19 CFR 351.301; see also Extension of Time Limits; 
Final Rule, 78 FR 57790 (September 20, 2013) (Time Limits Final 
Rule), available at <a href="https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/2013-22853.htm">https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/2013-22853.htm</a>.
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Certification Requirements

    Any party submitting factual information in an AD or CVD proceeding 
must certify to the accuracy and completeness of that information.\37\ 
Parties must use the certification formats provided in 19 CFR 
351.303(g).\38\ Commerce intends to reject factual submissions if the 
submitting party does not comply with the applicable certification 
requirements.
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    \37\ See section 782(b) of the Act.
    \38\ See Certification of Factual Information to Import 
Administration During Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July 17, 2013) (Final Rule); see also 
frequently asked questions regarding the Final Rule, available at 
<a href="https://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf">https://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf</a>.
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Notification to Interested Parties

    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Parties wishing to participate 
in this investigation should ensure that they meet the requirements of 
19 CFR 351.103(d) (e.g., by filing the required letters of appearance). 
Note that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining 
to the service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\39\
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    \39\ See Administrative Protective Order, Service, and Other 
Procedures in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 
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    This notice is issued and published pursuant to sections 702 and 
777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.203(c).

    Dated: May 11, 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 Investigation

    The merchandise subject to this investigation is 
tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (Tris), also commonly referred to as 
tromethamine or THAM, and its derivative, 
tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane hydrochloride (Tris HCl), also 
commonly referred to as Tris hydrochloride or tromethamine HCl. Tris 
and Tris HCl are organic compounds with molecular compositions of 
C<INF>4</INF>H<INF>11</INF>NO<INF>3</INF> and 
C<INF>4</INF>H<INF>11</INF>NO<INF>3</INF>[middot]ClH, respectively. 
The scope includes all grades, purities, and forms of Tris and Tris 
HCl, which vary based on the raw materials (nitromethane and 
formaldehyde) used in the production process and the end use 
application required. Tris and Tris HCl are packaged and sold in 
different forms and sizes; however, all Tris and Tris HCl are 
covered regardless of form or packaging. The Tris and Tris HCl 
covered by this investigation are chemical compounds with the 
Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) numbers 77-86-1 and 1185-53-1, 
respectively. The country of origin of the subject merchandise in 
this investigation is based on the country where the Tris molecule 
is manufactured. As a result, Tris HCl manufactured in a third 
country using Tris produced in China is subject to the 
investigation. In addition, reprocessing Tris or Tris HCl in a third 
country by, for example, recrystallizing, retesting, or repackaging 
the merchandise does not remove the product from the scope of this 
investigation. Tris and Tris HCl covered by the scope of this 
investigation are currently classified under Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheading 2922.19.9690. 
Although the HTSUS subheading and CAS numbers are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the 
scope is dispositive.

[FR Doc. 2026-09831 Filed 5-15-26; 8:45 am]
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