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1See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 

53411 (October 7, 2019) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Notification from Hanwha 

Chemical Corp. Regarding Decision to Not 

Participate in the 2018–2019 Administrative 

Review of Dioctyl Terephthalate from the Republic 

of Korea,’’ dated January 6, 2020. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Dioctyl Terephthalate from 

the Republic of Korea: Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of the 2018–2019 Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated April 21, 2020. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews in Response to Operational 

Adjustments Due to COVID–19,’’ dated April 24, 

2020. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews,’’ dated July 21, 2020. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the 2018–2019 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Dioctyl 

Terephthalate from the Republic of Korea,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

Zhanjiang Longwei Aquatic Products 

Industry Co., Ltd. 

Zhanjiang Newpro Foods Co., Ltd. 

Zhanjiang Universal Seafood Corp. 

Zhaoan Yangli Aquatic Co., Ltd. 

Zhejiang Xinwang Foodstuffs Co., Ltd. 

Zhoushan Genho Food Co., Ltd. 

Zhoushan Green Food Co., Ltd. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–889] 

Dioctyl Terephthalate From the 

Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results 

of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2018–2019 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that Hanwha Chemical Corporation 

(Hanwha Chemical) made sales of 

subject merchandise at less than normal 

value (NV) during the August 1, 2018 

through July 31, 2019 period of review 

(POR). Commerce preliminarily 

determines that sales of subject 

merchandise have not been made below 

NV by Aekyung Petrochemical Co., Ltd. 

(AKP) and LG Chem Ltd. (LG Chem) 

during the POR. Interested parties are 

invited to comment on these 

preliminary results of review. 

DATES: Applicable December 23, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laurel LaCivita or Patrick Barton, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–4243 or (202) 482–0012, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 7, 2019, based on timely 

requests for review, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce 

initiated an administrative review of the 

antidumping duty (AD) order on dioctyl 

terephthalate (DOTP) from the Republic 

of Korea (Korea), covering three 

companies: AKP, Hanwha Chemical, 

and LG Chem.1 Hanwha Chemical 

informed Commerce that it would not 

be participating in the review on 

January 3, 2020.2

On April 21, 2020, in accordance with 

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act), Commerce 

extended the preliminary results 

deadline by 118 days.3 On April 24, 

2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines in 

administrative reviews by 50 days.4 On 

July 21, 2020, Commerce tolled all 

deadlines in administrative reviews by 

an additional 60 days.5 The deadline for 

these preliminary results is now 

December 16, 2020. 

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this review, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.6

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by this 

order is DOTP, regardless of form. DOTP 

that has been blended with other 

products is included within this scope 

when such blends include constituent 

parts that have not been chemically 

reacted with each other to produce a 

different product. For such blends, only 

the DOTP component of the mixture is 

covered by the scope of this order. 

Subject merchandise is currently 

classified under subheading 

2917.39.2000 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 

Subject merchandise may also enter 

under subheadings 2917.39.7000 or 

3812.20.1000 of the HTSUS. While the 

Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) 

registry number and HTSUS 

classification are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope of this 

order is dispositive. See the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum for a full 

description of the scope of the order. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with sections 751(a)(1)(B) 

and (2) of the Act. We calculated export 

price and constructed export price in 

accordance with section 772 of the Act. 

We calculated NV in accordance with 

section 773 of the Act. For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying our calculations, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

The Preliminary 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). 

ACCESS is available to registered users 

at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a 

complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/ 

frn/. The signed and electronic versions 

of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

A list of the topics discussed in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 

attached as the Appendix to this notice. 

Application of Facts Available with 

Adverse Inferences 

Pursuant to section 776(a) of the Act, 

Commerce is preliminarily relying upon 

facts otherwise available to determine a 

weighted-average dumping margin for 

Hanwha Chemical in this review. 

Commerce preliminarily finds that 

necessary information is not available 

on the record, and that Hanwha 

Chemical withheld information 

requested by Commerce, failed to 

provide the requested information in the 

form and manner requested, and 

significantly impeded the proceeding, 

warranting a determination on the basis 

of the facts available under section 

776(a) of the Act. Further, Commerce 

preliminarily determines that Hanwha 

Chemical failed to cooperate to the best 

of its ability, and thus, Commerce is 

applying facts available with adverse 

inferences (AFA) to Hanwha Chemical, 

in accordance with section 776(b) of the 

Act. For a full description of the 

methodology underlying our 

conclusions regarding the application of 

AFA, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Preliminary Results of the Review 

As a result of this review, we 

preliminarily determine the following 

weighted-average dumping margins for 

the period August 1, 2018 through July 

31, 2019: 

Exporter or producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Aekyung Petrochemical Co., Ltd 0.00 


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7 In these preliminary results, Commerce applied 

the assessment rate calculation methodology 

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). 

8See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 

FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). 

9See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act. 

10See Dioctyl Terephthalate from the Republic of 

Korea: Antidumping Duty Order, 82 FR 39410 

(August 18, 2017). 

11See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

12See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). 

13See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1); see also Temporary 

Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due 

to COVID–19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 

41363 (July 10, 2020) (Temporary Rule). 

14See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

15See 19 CFR 351.303. 

16See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

17 Id. 

18See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. 

Exporter or producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Hanwha Chemical Corporation .. 22.97 

LG Chem, Ltd ............................. 0.00 

Assessment Rates 

Upon completion of the 

administrative review, Commerce shall 

determine, and U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 

antidumping duties on all appropriate 

entries covered by this review. 

For any individually examined 

respondents whose weighted-average 

dumping margin is not zero or de 

minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent) or 

not based entirely on AFA, we will 

calculate importer-specific ad valorem 

duty assessment rates based on the ratio 

of the total amount of dumping 

calculated for the importer’s examined 

sales to the total entered value of those 

same sales in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(b)(1).7 We will instruct CBP to 

assess antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries covered by this 

review when the importer-specific 

assessment rate calculated in the final 

results of this review is not zero or de 

minimis. If a respondent’s weightedaverage dumping margin is zero or de 

minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 

351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific 

rate is zero or de minimis, we will 

instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate 

entries without regard to antidumping 

duties. In accordance with our practice, 

for entries of subject merchandise 

during the POR for which a respondent 

did not know that the merchandise was 

destined for the United States, we will 

instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at 

the all-others rate if there is no rate for 

the intermediate company(ies) involved 

in the transaction.8 Further, because 

Hanwha Chemical withdrew its 

participation from this review, we will 

instruct CBP to apply an assessment rate 

equal to the dumping margin of 22.97 

percent, as indicated above, to all 

entries produced and/or exported by 

Hanwha Chemical. The final results of 

this review shall be the basis for the 

assessment of antidumping duties on 

entries of merchandise covered by the 

final results of this review and for future 

deposits of estimated duties, where 

applicable.9

We intend to issue liquidation 

instructions to CBP 15 days after 

publication of the final results of this 

review. 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following deposit requirements 

will be effective for all shipments of the 

subject merchandise entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the publication 

date of the final results of this 

administrative review, as provided by 

section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The 

cash deposit rate for each specific 

company listed above will be that 

established in the 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 companies not 

participating in this review, the cash 

deposit will continue to be the 

company-specific rate published for the 

most recently completed segment of this 

proceeding in which the company 

participated; (3) if the exporter is not a 

firm covered in this or a previously 

completed review, or in the original 

less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 

investigation, but the producer is, the 

cash deposit rate will be the rate 

established for the most recent segment 

for the producer of the merchandise; 

and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 

producers or exporters will continue to 

be 3.69 percent, the all-others rate 

established in the LTFV investigation.10

These cash deposit requirements, 

when imposed, shall remain in effect 

until further notice. 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

Commerce intends to disclose the 

calculations performed in connection 

with these preliminary results to 

interested parties within five days after 

the date of publication of this notice.11

Interested parties may submit case briefs 

no later than 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice.12 Rebuttal 

briefs, limited to issues raised in the 

case briefs, may be filed no later than 

seven days after the time limit for filing 

case briefs.13 Parties who submit case 

briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 

proceeding are encouraged to submit 

with each argument: (1) A statement of 

the issue; (2) a brief summary of the 

argument; and (3) a table of 

authorities.14 Case and rebuttal briefs 

should be filed using ACCESS.15

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing must submit a written request to 

the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance, filed electronically via 

ACCESS. An electronically-filed 

document must be received successfully 

in its entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m. 

Eastern Time within 30 days after the 

date of publication of this notice.16

Hearing requests should contain: (1) The 

party’s name, address, and telephone 

number; (2) the number of participants; 

and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. 

Issues raised in the hearing will be 

limited to issues raised in the briefs. If 

a request for a hearing is made, 

Commerce intends to hold the hearing 

at a time and date to be determined.17

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of its analysis 

raised in any written briefs, not later 

than 120 days after the publication of 

these preliminary results in the Federal 

Register, unless otherwise extended.18

Notification to Importers 

This notice also serves as a 

preliminary 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 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. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: December 16, 2020. 

Jeffrey I. Kessler, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 


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III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Application of Facts Available and Use of 

Adverse Inferences 

V. Discussion of the Methodology 

VI. Currency Conversion 

VII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA732] 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Ecosystem Subcommittee 

of the Pacific Fishery Management 

Council’s (Pacific Council’s) Scientific 

and Statistical Committee (SSC) will 

hold an online meeting to consult with 

the NMFS California Current Integrated 

Ecosystem Assessment (CCIEA) team on 

how COVID–19 impacts may affect its 

annual Ecosystem Status Report to the 

Pacific Council. The meeting is open to 

the public. 

DATES: The SSC Ecosystem 

Subcommittee’s online meeting will be 

held Tuesday, January 12, 2021, 

beginning at 9 a.m. Pacific Standard 

Time and continuing until 1 p.m. or 

until business for the day has been 

completed. 

ADDRESSES: The SSC Ecosystem 

Subcommittee meeting will be an online 

meeting. Specific meeting information, 

including directions on how to join the 

meeting and system requirements will 

be provided in the meeting 

announcement on the Pacific Council’s 

website (see www.pcouncil.org). You 

may send an email to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov) or contact him at (503) 820– 

2412 for technical assistance. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

John DeVore, Staff Officer, Pacific 

Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (503) 820–2413. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the SSC Ecosystem 

Subcommittee meeting is to discuss 

impacts of the COVID–19 pandemic 

with the CCIEA team and how such 

impacts might affect its annual 

Ecosystem Status Report to the Pacific 

Council. The topics to be discussed are: 

• Adjustments to forage time series 

analyses to ensure consistency with 

previous years’ data; 

• Environmental driver: Biological 

response thresholds analysis; and 

• Groundfish distribution, port 

availability shifts, and impacts to catch 

portfolios. 

The SSC Ecosystem Subcommittee 

members’ role will be development of 

recommendations and reports for 

consideration by the SSC and the Pacific 

Council at the March 2021 Pacific 

Council meeting. 

Although nonemergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agendas may 

be discussed, those issues may not be 

the subject of formal action during this 

meeting. Action will be restricted to 

those issues specifically listed in this 

notice and any issues arising after 

publication of this notice that require 

emergency action under Section 305(c) 

of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

provided the public has been notified of 

the intent of the SSC Ecosystem 

Subcommittee to take final action to 

address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt, (503) 820–2412, at least 

10 days prior to the meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: December 17, 2020. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA734] 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meetings and Hearings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of reports; 

public meetings, and hearings. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Pacific Council) 

has begun its annual preseason 

management process for the 2021 ocean 

salmon fisheries. This document 

announces the availability of Pacific 

Council documents, as well as the 

anticipated dates and locations of 

upcoming Pacific Council meetings and 

public hearings hosted by the Pacific 

Council. These documents and events 

comprise the Pacific Council’s complete 

schedule for determining the annual 

proposed and final modifications to 

ocean salmon fishery management 

measures. The agendas for the March 

and April 2021 Pacific Council meetings 

will be published in subsequent Federal 

Register documents prior to the actual 

meetings. 

DATES: Written comments on the salmon 

management alternatives must be 

submitted through the Pacific Council’s 

e-portal (https://pfmc.psmfc.org.) and 

received by the public comment 

deadline prior to the April 2021 Council 

meeting. Information will be available 

on the Pacific Council’s website (http:// 

www.pcouncil.org.) as the date for the 

April Council meeting approaches. 

ADDRESSES: Documents will be available 

upon request from the Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384; telephone: (503) 820– 

2280 (voice) or (503) 820–2299 (fax). 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Robin Ehlke, telephone: (503) 820–2280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Tentative Schedule for Document 

Completion and Availability 

February 16, 2021: ‘‘Review of 2020 

Ocean Salmon Fisheries, Stock 

Assessment and Fishery Evaluation 

Document for the Pacific Coast Salmon 

Fishery Management Plan’’ is scheduled 

to be posted on the Pacific Council 

website at http://www.pcouncil.org. 

March 1, 2021: ‘‘Preseason Report I— 

Stock Abundance Analysis and 

Environmental Assessment Part 1 for 

2021 Ocean Salmon Fishery 

Regulations’’ is scheduled to be posted 

on the Pacific Council website at http:// 

www.pcouncil.org. 

March 22, 2021: ‘‘Preseason Report 

II—Proposed Alternatives and 

Environmental Assessment Part 2 for 

2021 Ocean Salmon Fishery 

Regulations.’’ The report will include a 

description of the adopted salmon 

management alternatives and a 

summary of their biological and 

economic impacts. The public hearings 

schedule will also be included on the 

inside cover of the report and will be 


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