Notice2026-10940
Certain Activated Carbon From the People's Republic of China: Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
June 2, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is amending its final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain activated carbon from the People's Republic of China (China) to correct ministerial errors. The period of review (POR), April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 2, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32935-32937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10940]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-904]
Certain Activated Carbon From the People's Republic of China:
Amended 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) is amending its
final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD)
order on certain activated carbon from the People's Republic of China
(China) to correct ministerial errors. The period of review (POR),
April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.
DATES: Applicable June 2, 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 April 23, 2026, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
final results of the 2023-2024 administrative review of the antidumping
duty order on activated
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carbon from China.\1\ On May 6, 2026, we received timely submitted
ministerial error allegations from Calgon Carbon Corporation and Norit
Americas, Inc. (the petitioners), and the mandatory respondents, Datong
Juqiang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. (DJAC), and Ningxia Huahui
Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. (Ningxia Huahui).\2\ We received no
other ministerial error comments from interested parties. Commerce is
amending the Final Results to correct the ministerial errors.
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\1\ See Certain Activated Carbon from the People's Republic of
China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2023-2024, 91 FR 21796 (April 23, 2026) (Final Results), and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum (IDM).
\2\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Petitioners' Comments on
Ministerial Errors in DJAC's Final Results Margin Calculations,''
dated May 6, 2026 (Petitioners' Ministerial Error Allegations); see
also DJAC's Letter, ``DJAC's Ministerial Error Allegations,'' dated
May 6, 2026 (DJAC's Ministerial Error Allegations); and Ningxia
Huahui's Letter, ``Ministerial Error Allegations,'' dated May 6,
2026 (Ningxia Huahui's Ministerial Error Allegations).
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Legal Framework
Section 751(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
defines a ``ministerial error'' as including ``errors in addition,
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical errors resulting
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other
unintentional error which the administering authority considers
ministerial.'' \3\ With respect to final results of administrative
reviews, 19 CFR 351.224(e) provides that Commerce ``will analyze any
comments received and, if appropriate, correct any . . . ministerial
error by amending the final results of review . . .''
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\3\ See 19 CFR 351.224(f).
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Ministerial Error
Commerce reviewed the record, and we agree that some of the errors
alleged by the mandatory respondents constitute ministerial errors
within the meaning of section 735(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.224(f).\4\ Specifically, with regard
to DJAC, we find that we made inadvertent errors related to the
exclusion of a by-product offset, the calculation of its electricity
surrogate value, and the calculation of packing expenses.\5\ With
regards to Ningxia Huahui, we find that we inadvertently utilized both
Malaysian imports and exports while calculating Ningxia Huahui's by-
product average unit value and inadvertently mislabeled a unit of
measure in its final surrogate value excel sheet.\6\ Additionally,
consistent with our adjustment to Century Chemicals Works Sedirian
Berhad's (Century) selling, general and administrative expenses ratio,
Commerce is adjusting Century's profit ratio by including the
corresponding capped interest income figures.\7\
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Analysis of Ministerial Error
Allegation,'' dated concurrently with this Federal Register notice
(Ministerial Error Memorandum).
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Analysis of Ministerial Error Allegations;
2023-2024,'' dated concurrently with this notice.
\6\ Id. at 4.
\7\ Id. at 4-5.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e), Commerce is amending the Final
Results to reflect the correction of the ministerial errors, as
described in the Ministerial Error Memorandum.\8\ Based on the
corrections, DJAC's final dumping margin remains unchanged at 0.00
dollars per kilogram and Ningxia Huahui's final dumping margin changed
from 0.56 dollars per kilogram to 0.04 dollars per kilogram. As a
result, we are also revising the rate assigned to the non-individually
examined separate rate companies from 0.56 dollars per kilogram to 0.04
dollars per kilogram. The amended estimated weighted-average dumping
margins are listed in the ``Amended Final Results'' section below.
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\8\ Id.
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For a complete discussion of the ministerial error allegation, as
well as Commerce's analysis, see the accompanying Ministerial Error
Memorandum.\9\ The Ministerial Error Memorandum is on file
electronically via ACCESS. ACCESS is available to registered users at
<a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>.
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\9\ Id.
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Amended Final Results
As a result of correcting these ministerial errors described above,
Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average
dumping margins exist 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 Certain
Activated Carbon from the People's Republic of China: Final Results
and Partial Rescission of Second Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 75 FR 70208, 70211 (November 17, 2010).
\11\ See Appendix.
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Weighted-
average
Exporter dumping margin
(USD per kg)
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Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd................ 0.00
Ningxia Huahui Environmental Technology Co., Ltd........ 0.04
Separate Rate Applicable For Non-Selected Companies 0.04
Under Review \11\......................................
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in
connection with these amended final results of review to interested
parties 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)(A) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the amended final
results of this review. The amended final results of this review shall
be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of
merchandise covered by the amended final results of this review and for
future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.\12\
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\12\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Where an importer (or customer) specific ad valorem or per-unit
rate is zero or de minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). For Ningxia Huahui, Commerce will calculate
importer-specific assessment rates for antidumping duties, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1)(ii). For entries that were not
reported in the U.S. sales database by the exporter individually-
examined during this review, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate
such entries at the China-wide rate.\13\ 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 amended final results
of review.
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\13\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-Market
Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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For the six companies identified in the appendix to this notice as
part of the China-wide entity, we will instruct CBP
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to apply the China-wide per-unit assessment rate to all entries of
subject merchandise made during the POR which were exported by those
companies.
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of the amended 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 amended cash deposit requirements will be effective
upon the publication of the Final Results of this review for shipments
of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the amended cash deposit rate for DJAC and
Ningxia Huahui and the other companies not individually examined in
this review will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin that
is established in the amended final results of this 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
rate will be zero; (2) for previously investigated or reviewed Chinese
and non-Chinese exporters not listed above or in Appendix I that
received a separate rate in a prior segment of this proceeding, the
cash deposit rate will continue to be the existing exporter-specific
rate published for the most recently completed segment of this
proceeding; (3) for all Chinese exporters of subject merchandise that
have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit
rate will be the rate for the China-wide entity (i.e., 2.42 USD/kg);
and (4) for all non-Chinese exporters of subject merchandise that have
not received their own separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the
rate applicable to the Chinese exporter that supplied that non-Chinese
exporter. These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in
effect until further notice.
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 double antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the final reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (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 regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these amended final results of
administrative review in accordance with sections 751(h) and 777(i) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e).
Dated: May 27, 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
Non-Selected Companies Under Review Receiving a Separate Rate
1. Bengbu Modern Environmental Co., Ltd.
2. Carbon Activated Tianjin Co., Ltd.
3. Datong Hongdi Carbon Co., Ltd.
4. Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
5. Datong Municipal Yunguang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
6. Jacobi Carbons AB; Jacobi Carbons Industry (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.;
Tianjin Jacobi International Trading Co. Ltd.; Jacobi Adsorbent
Materials
7. Ningxia Huahui Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.
8. Ningxia Mineral & Chemical Limited
9. Shanxi Industry Technology Trading Co., Ltd.
10. Shanxi Sincere Industrial Co., Ltd.
11. Tancarb Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
12. Tianjin Channel Filters Co., Ltd.
[FR Doc. 2026-10940 Filed 6-1-26; 8:45 am]
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