Certain Corrosion Inhibitors From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2024

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Abstract

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that countervailable subsidies were provided to certain producers/exporters of certain corrosion inhibitors (corrosion inhibitors) from the People's Republic of China (China) during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 191 (Monday, October 5, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63260-63261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-20282]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-123]


Certain Corrosion Inhibitors From the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2024

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
countervailable subsidies were provided to certain producers/exporters 
of certain corrosion inhibitors (corrosion inhibitors) from the 
People's Republic of China (China) during the period of review (POR) 
January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.

DATES: Applicable October 2, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Kolberg, AD/CVD Operations, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-1785.

Background

    On May 26, 2026, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
Preliminary Results of this administrative review and invited comments 
from interested parties.\1\ This review covers five producers/exporters 
of corrosion inhibitors during the POR, including mandatory 
respondents, Anhui Trust Chem Co., Ltd. (ATC) and Nantong Botao 
Chemical Co., Ltd. (Botao).\2\
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    \1\ See Certain Corrosion Inhibitors from the People's Republic 
of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of 
Countervailing Duty Administration Review; 2024, 91 FR 30616 (May 
26, 2026) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Corrosion Inhibitors from the 
People's Republic of China: Respondent Selection,'' dated May 29, 
2025.
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    For a complete description of the events that occurred since the 
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\3\ The 
Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file 
electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS), 
which 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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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Countervailing 
Duty Order on Certain Corrosion Inhibitors from the People's 
Republic of China; 2024,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby 
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the Order are corrosion inhibitors from 
China. For a full description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum.\4\
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    \4\ See Certain Corrosion Inhibitors from the People's Republic 
of China: Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders, 86 FR 
14869 (March 19, 2021) (Order).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised by interested parties in case briefs are 
addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. The topics discussed 
and the issue raised by parties to which we responded in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum are listed in the appendix to this notice.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on comments received by an interested party, we made certain 
changes to the calculations for ATC. For a discussion of these changes, 
see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Methodology

    Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 
For each of the subsidy programs found to be countervailable, we 
determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided 
financial contribution that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 
and that the subsidy is specific.\5\ For a full description of the 
methodology underlying Commerce's conclusions, see the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
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    \5\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding 
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding 
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Companies Not Selected for Individual Review

    The statute does not address the establishment of a rate to be 
applied to companies not selected for individual examination when 
Commerce limits its examination in an administrative review pursuant to 
section 777A(e)(2) of the Act. However, Commerce's regulation at 19 CFR 
351.109(g) states that Commerce will determine the rate for non-
selected companies by applying the methodology in 19 CFR 351.109(f)(1)-
(2), which generally parallels the process for determining the all-
others rate in an investigation under section 705(c)(5) of the Act. 
Section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.109(f)(1) instruct 
Commerce, as a general rule, to calculate the all-others rate equal to 
the weighted average of the countervailable subsidy rates established 
for exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding any 
zero or de minimis countervailable subsidy rates, and any rates 
determined entirely on the basis of facts available.
    In this administrative review, we are assigning to the companies 
under review that were not selected for individual examination, a 
countervailable subsidy rate equal to the weighted average of the 
countervailable subsidy rates calculated for ATC and Botao, weighted by 
the mandatory respondents' publicly ranged sales values for the 
merchandise under consideration, consistent with 19 CFR 351.109(f) and 
(g).\6\
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    \6\ With two respondents under examination, Commerce normally 
calculates: (A) a weighted-average of the estimated subsidy rates 
calculated for the examined respondents; (B) a simple average of the 
estimated subsidy rates calculated for the examined respondents; and 
(C) a weighted-average of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for 
the examined respondents using each company's publicly-ranged U.S. 
sales values for the merchandise under consideration. Commerce then 
compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects the rate closest to (A) as 
the most appropriate rate for all other producers and exporters. See 
19 CFR 351.109(f)(2)(ii); see also Memorandum, ``Calculation of the 
Weighted-Average Subsidy Rate for the Companies Not Selected for 
Individual Examination,'' dated concurrently with this notice.

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Final Results of Review

    We find the following net countervailable subsidy rates exist for 
the period January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024:
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    \7\ As discussed in the Preliminary Results, Commerce finds the 
following companies to be cross-owned with ATC: Nanjing Trust Chem 
Co., Ltd.; and Jiangsu Trust Chem Co., Ltd. See Preliminary Results 
PDM at 10-11.
    \8\ As discussed in the Preliminary Results, Commerce finds the 
following companies to be cross-owned with Botao: Rugao Connect 
Chemical Co., Ltd.; Rugao Jinling Chemical Co., Ltd.; and Nantong 
Yutu Group Co., Ltd. See Preliminary Results PDM at 11.
    \9\ Formerly known as Nantong Kanghua Chemical Co., Ltd. See 
Certain Corrosion Inhibitors from the People's Republic of China: 
Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances 
Review, 88 FR 1357 (January 10, 2023).

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                         Company                            (percent ad
                                                             valorem)
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Anhui Trust Chem Co., Ltd.\7\...........................           18.64
Nantong Botao Chemical Co., Ltd.\8\.....................           48.45
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   Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies
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Connect Chemicals GMBH..................................           36.40
Gold Chemical Limited...................................           36.40
Kanghua Chemical Co., Ltd.\9\...........................           36.40
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations and analysis 
performed in connection with these final results of review to 
interested parties within five days after the public announcement of 
the final results or, if there is no public announcement, within five 
days of the date of publication of this notice of final results in the 
Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce has determined, and U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties 
on all appropriate entries covered by this review, for the above-listed 
companies at the applicable ad valorem rates. Commerce intends to issue 
assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after 
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 Requirements

    In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce also 
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated 
countervailing duties in the amounts shown for the companies listed 
above for shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the 
final results of this administrative review. For all non-reviewed 
firms, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits of 
estimated countervailing duties at the all-others rate or the most 
recent company-specific rate applicable to the company, as appropriate. 
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as a final 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(a)(3). Timely written notification of the return or destruction 
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 violation subject to sanction.

Notification of Interested Parties

    The final results are issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: September 23, 2026.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Subsidies Valuation
V. Analysis of Programs
VI. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
VII. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Whether to Adjust Nanjing Trust Chem Co., Ltd.'s 
(NTC) Subsidy Rates Using the Export Trading Company Ratio
    Comment 2: Whether the Benefits Were Incorrectly Calculated for 
Certain Less Than Adequate Remuneration (LTAR) Programs
VIII. Recommendation
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