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6See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Results of the Expedited 

Fifth Sunset Review: Silicon Metal from the 

People’s Republic of China’’ (Issues and Decision 

Memorandum), dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice. 

1See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled into Modules, from the 

People’s Republic of China: Amended Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

and Antidumping Duty Order, 77 FR 73018 

(December 7, 2012); see also Crystalline Silicon 

Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled into 

Modules, from the People’s Republic of China: 

Countervailing Duty Order, 77 FR 73017 (December 

7, 2012) (collectively, Orders). 

2See SOURCE Global’s Letter, ‘‘Request for 

Changed Circumstances Review on Certain Off-Grid 

Small Portable Panels,’’ dated June 13, 2023 (CCR 

Request). 

3 Id. at Exhibit 15. 

4See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, From the 

People’s Republic of China: Notice of Initiation of 

Changed Circumstances Reviews, and 

Consideration of Revocation of the Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Orders, in Part, 88 FR 

49448 (July 31, 2023) (Initiation Notice). 

5 Id., 88 FR at 49450. 

96.00 percent but less than 99.99 

percent silicon by weight (58 FR 27542, 

May 10, 1993). Silicon metal is 

currently provided for under 

subheadings 2804.69.10 and 2804.69.50 

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

(HTSUS) as a chemical product, but is 

commonly referred to as a metal. 

Semiconductor-grade silicon (silicon 

metal containing by weight not less than 

99.99 percent of silicon and provided 

for in subheading 2804.61.00 of the 

HTSUS) is not subject to this Order. 

Although the HTSUS numbers are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description 

remains dispositive. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

A complete discussion of all issues 

raised in this sunset review, specifically 

the likelihood of continuation or 

recurrence of dumping and the 

magnitude of the dumping margins 

likely to prevail if the Order were 

revoked, is provided in the 

accompanying Issues and Decision 

Memorandum, which is hereby adopted 

by this notice.6 A list of topics 

discussed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is included as an 

appendix to this notice. 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). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at http://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Final Results of Sunset Review 

Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 

752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, Commerce 

determines that revocation of the Order 

would likely lead to continuation or 

recurrence of dumping, and that the 

magnitude of the dumping margins 

likely to prevail are weighted-average 

dumping margins up to 139.49 percent. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Orders 

This notice serves as the only 

reminder to parties subject to an 

administrative protective order (APO) of 

their responsibility concerning the 

return or destruction of proprietary 

information disclosed under APO in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 

Timely notification of the return or 

destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective orders 

is hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and terms of an 

APO is a violation which is subject to 

sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing the 

final results of this sunset review in 

accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), 

and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2) and 19 CFR 

351.221(c)(5)(ii). 

Dated: August 24, 2023. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. History of the Order 

V. Legal Framework 

VI. Discussion of the Issues 

VII. Final Results of Sunset Review 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–979, C–570–980] 

Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled Into 

Modules, From the People’s Republic 

of China: Preliminary Results of 

Changed Circumstances Reviews, and 

Intent To Revoke the Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Orders, in Part 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On June 13, 2023, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

received a request for revocation, in 

part, of the antidumping duty (AD) and 

countervailing duty (CVD) orders on 

crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, 

whether or not assembled into modules 

(solar cells), from the People’s Republic 

of China (China) from SOURCE Global, 

PBC (SOURCE Global) with respect to 

certain off-grid small portable 

crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) 

panels as described below. We 

preliminary determine to revoke, in 

part, the solar cells AD and CVD orders 

with respect to these products. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable September 18, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jose 

Rivera, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0842. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 7, 2012, Commerce 

published the AD and CVD orders on 

solar cells from China.1 On June 13, 

2023, SOURCE Global, an importer of 

the subject merchandise, requested, 

through changed circumstances reviews 

(CCR), revocation of the Orders, in part, 

with respect to certain off-grid small 

portable CSPV panels, pursuant to 

section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 

351.216(b).2 Within SOURCE Global’s 

CCR request, SOURCE Global included 

a letter from the American Alliance for 

Solar Manufacturing (the Alliance), a 

U.S. producer of the domestic like 

product and a petitioner in the 

underlying investigations, in which the 

Alliance stated that it did not oppose 

the partial revocation of the Orders 

proposed by SOURCE Global.3 On July 

31, 2023, we published the notice of 

initiation of the requested CCRs.4 In the 

Initiation Notice, we invited interested 

parties to provide comments and/or 

factual information regarding these 

CCRs, including comments on industry 

support and the proposed partial 

revocation language.5 We received no 

comments or factual information. 

Scope of the Orders 

The merchandise covered by these 

Orders is crystalline silicon 

photovoltaic cells, and modules, 


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6See Orders. 

laminates, and panels, consisting of 

crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, 

whether or not partially or fully 

assembled into other products, 

including, but not limited to, modules, 

laminates, panels and building 

integrated materials. 

These Orders cover crystalline silicon 

photovoltaic cells of thickness equal to 

or greater than 20 micrometers, having 

a p/n junction formed by any means, 

whether or not the cell has undergone 

other processing, including, but not 

limited to, cleaning, etching, coating, 

and/or addition of materials (including, 

but not limited to, metallization and 

conductor patterns) to collect and 

forward the electricity that is generated 

by the cell. 

Merchandise under consideration 

may be described at the time of 

importation as parts for final finished 

products that are assembled after 

importation, including, but not limited 

to, modules, laminates, panels, 

building-integrated modules, buildingintegrated panels, or other finished 

goods kits. Such parts that otherwise 

meet the definition of merchandise 

under consideration are included in the 

scope of the Orders. 

Excluded from the scope of the Orders 

are thin film photovoltaic products 

produced from amorphous silicon (a-Si), 

cadmium telluride (CdTe), or copper 

indium gallium selenide (CIGS). 

Also excluded from the scope of the 

Orders are crystalline silicon 

photovoltaic cells, not exceeding 

10,000mm2 in surface area, that are 

permanently integrated into a consumer 

good whose function is other than 

power generation and that consumes the 

electricity generated by the integrated 

crystalline silicon photovoltaic cell. 

Where more than one cell is 

permanently integrated into a consumer 

good, the surface area for purposes of 

this exclusion shall be the total 

combined surface area of all cells that 

are integrated into the consumer good. 

Additionally, excluded from the 

scope of the Orders are panels with 

surface area from 3,450 mm2 to 33,782 

mm2 with one black wire and one red 

wire (each of type 22 AWG or 24 AWG 

not more than 206 mm in length when 

measured from panel extrusion), and 

not exceeding 2.9 volts, 1.1 amps, and 

3.19 watts. For the purposes of this 

exclusion, no panel shall contain an 

internal battery or external computer 

peripheral ports. 

Also excluded from the scope of the 

Orders are: 

1. Off grid CSPV panels in rigid form 

with a glass cover, with the following 

characteristics: 

(A) a total power output of 100 watts 

or less per panel; 

(B) a maximum surface area of 8,000 

cm2 per panel; 

(C) do not include a built-in inverter; 

(D) must include a permanently 

connected wire that terminates in either 

an 8mm male barrel connector, or a twoport rectangular connector with two 

pins in square housings of different 

colors; 

(E) must include visible parallel grid 

collector metallic wire lines every 1–4 

millimeters across each solar cell; and 

(F) must be in individual retail 

packaging (for purposes of this 

provision, retail packaging typically 

includes graphics, the product name, its 

description and/or features, and foam 

for transport); and 

2. Off grid CSPV panels without a 

glass cover, with the following 

characteristics: 

(A) a total power output of 100 watts 

or less per panel; 

(B) a maximum surface area of 8,000 

cm2 per panel; 

(C) do not include a built-in inverter; 

(D) must include visible parallel grid 

collector metallic wire lines every 1–4 

millimeters across each solar cell; and 

(E) each panel is 

1. permanently integrated into a 

consumer good; 

2. encased in a laminated material 

without stitching, or 

3. has all of the following 

characteristics: (i) the panel is encased 

in sewn fabric with visible stitching, (ii) 

includes a mesh zippered storage 

pocket, and (iii) includes a permanently 

attached wire that terminates in a 

female USB–A connector. 

In addition, the following CSPV 

panels are excluded from the scope of 

the Orders: Off-grid CSPV panels in 

rigid form with a glass cover, with each 

of the following physical characteristics, 

whether or not assembled into a fully 

completed off-grid hydropanel whose 

function is conversion of water vapor 

into liquid water: 

(A) A total power output of no more 

than 80 watts per panel; 

(B) A surface area of less than 5,000 

cm2 per panel; 

(C) Do not include a built-in inverter; 

(D) Do not have a frame around the 

edges of the panel; 

(E) Include a clear glass back panel; 

and 

(F) Must include a permanently 

connected wire that terminates in a twoport rectangular connector. 

Modules, laminates, and panels 

produced in a third country from cells 

produced in China are covered by the 

Orders; however, modules, laminates, 

and panels produced in China from 

cells produced in a third country are not 

covered by the Orders. 

Additionally excluded from the scope 

of these Orders are off-grid small 

portable crystalline silicon photovoltaic 

panels, with or without a glass cover, 

with the following characteristics: (1) a 

total power output of 200 watts or less 

per panel; (2) a maximum surface area 

of 16,000 cm2 per panel; (3) no built-in 

inverter; (4) an integrated handle or a 

handle attached to the package for ease 

of carry; (5) one or more integrated 

kickstands for easy installation or angle 

adjustment; and (6) a wire of not less 

than 3 meters either permanently 

connected or attached to the package 

that terminates in an 8mm diameter 

male barrel connector. 

Merchandise covered by the Orders is 

currently classified in the Harmonized 

Tariff System of the United States 

(HTSUS) under subheadings 

8501.61.0000, 8507.20.80, 8541.40.6020, 

8541.40.6030, and 8501.31.8000. These 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes; the 

written description of the scope of the 

Orders is dispositive.6

Scope of the CCRs 

SOURCE Global requests that 

Commerce revoke the Orders, in part, to 

exclude from the scope off-grid 

crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels 

in rigid form with a glass cover, with 

each of the following physical 

characteristics, whether or not 

assembled into a fully completed offgrid hydropanel whose function is 

conversion of water vapor into liquid 

water: 

(A) A total power output of no more 

than 180 watts per panel at 155 degrees 

Celsius; 

(B) A surface area of less than 16,000 

square centimeters (cm2) per panel; 

(C) Include a keep-out area of 

approximately 1,200 cm2 around the 

edges of the panel that does not contain 

solar cells; 

(D) Do not include a built-in inverter; 

(E) Do not have a frame around the 

edges of the panel; 

(F) Include a clear glass back panel; 

(G) Must include a permanently 

connected wire that terminates in a twoport rounded rectangular, sealed 

connector; 

(H) Include a thermistor installed into 

the permanently connected wire before 

the two-port connector; and 

(I) Include exposed positive and 

negative terminals at opposite ends of 

the panel, not enclosed in a junction 

box. 


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7See section 782(h) of the Act; and 19 CFR 

351.222(g). 8See, e.g., Honey from Argentina; Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances 

Reviews; Preliminary Intent to Revoke Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Orders, 77 FR 67790, 

67791 (November 14, 2012), unchanged in Honey 

from Argentina; Final Results of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances 

Reviews; Revocation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Orders, 77 FR 77029 

(December 31, 2012). 

9See CCR Request at Exhibit 15. 

10 Id.; see also Initiation Notice. 

11See Initiation Notice. 

12See, e.g., Aluminum Extrusions from the 

People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of 

Changed Circumstances Reviews, and Intent to 

Revoke Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Orders in Part, 78 FR 66895 (November 7, 2013); 

and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(3)(v). 

13See 19 CFR 351.309(d); 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, generally, 19 CFR 351.303. 

15See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension 

of Effective Period, 85 FR 29615 (May 18, 2020); 

and Temporary Rule. 

16See 19 CFR 351.216(e). 

Preliminary Results of CCRs and Intent 

To Revoke the Orders, in Part 

Pursuant to section 751(d)(1) of the 

Act, and 19 CFR 351.222(g), Commerce 

may revoke an AD or CVD order, in 

whole or in part, based on a review 

under section 751(b) of the Act (i.e., a 

CCR). Section 751(b)(1) of the Act 

requires a CCR to be conducted upon 

receipt of a request which shows 

changed circumstances sufficient to 

warrant a review. Section 782(h)(2) of 

the Act gives Commerce the authority to 

revoke an order if producers accounting 

for substantially all of the production of 

the domestic like product have 

expressed a lack of interest in the order. 

Section 351.222(g) of Commerce’s 

regulations provides that Commerce 

will conduct a CCR of an AD or CVD 

order under 19 CFR 351.216, and may 

revoke an order (in whole or in part), if 

it concludes that: (i) producers 

accounting for substantially all of the 

production of the domestic like product 

to which the order pertains have 

expressed a lack of interest in the relief 

provided by the order, in whole or in 

part; or (ii) if other changed 

circumstances sufficient to warrant 

revocation exist. Thus, both the Act and 

Commerce’s regulations require that 

‘‘substantially all’’ domestic producers 

express a lack of interest in the order for 

Commerce to revoke the order, in whole 

or in part.7 In its administrative 

practice, Commerce has interpreted 

‘‘substantially all’’ to represent 

producers accounting for at least 85 

percent of U.S. production of the 

domestic like product.8

SOURCE Global submitted a letter 

from the Alliance, a coalition of U.S. 

producers of the domestic like product, 

which stated that the Alliance did not 

oppose the changed circumstances 

reviews or the specific exclusion 

language proposed by SOURCE Global.9

In that letter, the Alliance did not 

indicate its share of production of the 

domestic like product.10 Thus, 

Commerce was unable to determine, at 

the time that it initiated these CCRs, 

whether producers accounting for 

substantially all of the U.S. production 

of the domestic like product lacked 

interest in the Orders with respect to the 

off-grid small portable CSPV panels 

under consideration here. As a result, 

Commerce did not issue a combined 

notice of initiation and preliminary 

results in these CCRs.11 Instead, as 

stated above, in the Initiation Notice, 

Commerce invited interested parties to 

provide comments and/or factual 

information regarding these CCRs, 

including comments on industry 

support and the proposed partial 

revocation language. No party submitted 

comments. Accordingly, we find that 

the domestic industry has expressed no 

opposition with respect to the proposed 

revocation, in part, of the Orders. 

In light of the Alliance’s statement of 

lack of interest in maintaining the 

Orders with respect to the off-grid small 

portable CSPV panels described by 

SOURCE Global, and in the absence of 

any other interested party comments 

addressing the issue of domestic 

industry support, we preliminarily 

conclude that producers accounting for 

substantially all of the production of the 

domestic like product to which the 

Orders pertain lack interest in the relief 

provided by the Orders with respect to 

the off-grid small portable CSPV panels 

that are the subject of SOURCE Global’s 

CCR request. Thus, we preliminarily 

determine that changed circumstances 

warrant revocation of the Orders, in 

part, with respect to such panels. 

Accordingly, we are notifying the public 

of our intent to revoke the Orders, in 

part, with respect to the off-grid small 

portable CSPV panels described in the 

‘‘Scope of the CCRs’’ section above. 

If we make a final determination to 

revoke the Orders in part, then 

Commerce will apply this determination 

to each order as follows. Because we 

have completed administrative reviews 

of the Orders, the partial revocation will 

be retroactively applied to unliquidated 

entries of merchandise subject to the 

CCRs that were entered or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption, on or 

after the day following the last day of 

the period covered by the most recently 

completed administrative reviews of the 

Orders, and which are not covered by 

automatic liquidation. 

We will consider comments from 

interested parties on these preliminary 

results before issuing the final results of 

these CCRs.12

Public Comment 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results of 

CCRs in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(1)(ii). Written comments may 

be submitted no later than 14 days after 

the date of publication of these 

preliminary results in the Federal 

Register. Rebuttal comments, limited to 

issues raised in written comments, may 

be filed no later than seven days after 

the due date for initial comments.13 All 

submissions must be filed electronically 

using Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS).14 ACCESS is available to 

registered users at https://

access.trade.gov. An electronically filed 

document must be successfully received 

in its entirety by ACCESS, by 5 p.m. 

Eastern Time on the deadlines set forth 

in this notice. Note that Commerce has 

temporarily modified certain of its 

requirements for serving documents 

containing business proprietary 

information, until further notice.15

Final Results of the CCRs 

Commerce will issue the final results 

of these CCRs, which will include its 

analysis of any written comments, no 

later than 270 days after the date on 

which these reviews were initiated.16 If, 

in the final results of these reviews, 

Commerce continues to determine that 

changed circumstances warrant the 

revocation of the Orders, in part, we 

will instruct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to liquidate without 

regard to ADs or CVDs, and to refund 

any estimated ADs and CVDs deposited 

on all unliquidated entries of the 

merchandise covered by the revocation 

that are not covered by the final results 

of an administrative review or an 

automatic liquidation instruction to 

CBP. The current requirement for cash 

deposits of estimated ADs and CVDs on 

all entries of subject merchandise will 

continue unless they are modified 

pursuant to the final results of these 

changed CCRs. 

These preliminary results of these 

reviews and this notice are published in 

accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 

777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216, 

and 19 CFR 351.222. 


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1See Dioctyl Terephthalate from the Republic of 

Korea: Notice of Initiation and Preliminary Results 

of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances 

Review, 88 FR 45140 (July 14, 2023) (Initiation and 

Preliminary Results), and accompanying 

Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed 

Circumstances Review: Dioctyl Terephthalate from 

the Republic of Korea,’’ dated July 7, 2023 (PDM). 

2 Id. 

3See AKC’s Letter, ‘‘Aekyung Chemical Co., 

Ltd.’s Letter in Lieu of Case Brief,’’ dated July 28, 

2023 (AKC’s Letter in Lieu of Case Brief). 

4 Id. at 2 (citing Initiation and Preliminary Results 

PDM at 4–7). 

5 Id. (citing Initiation and Preliminary Results 

PDM at 3). 

6 Id. 

7See AKC’s Letter in Lieu of Case Brief at 2. 

8See Dioctyl Terephthalate from the Republic of 

Korea: Antidumping Duty Order, 82 FR 39409 

(August 18, 2017) (Order). 9See Initiation and Preliminary Results. 

Dated: September 11, 2023. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–889] 

Dioctyl Terephthalate From the 

Republic of Korea: Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Changed 

Circumstances Review 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On July 14, 2023, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

published the notice of initiation and 

preliminary results of the changed 

circumstances review (CCR) of the 

antidumping duty (AD) order on dioctyl 

terephthalate (DOTP) from the Republic 

of Korea (Korea). Commerce 

preliminarily determined that Aekyung 

Chemical Co., Ltd. (AKC) is the 

successor-in-interest to Aekyung 

Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (AKP) and, as a 

result, should be accorded the same AD 

cash deposit rate as AKP with respect to 

subject merchandise. For these final 

results, Commerce continues to find that 

AKC is the successor-in-interest to AKP 

and is entitled to the same cash deposit 

rate as AKP under the AD order on 

DOTP from Korea. 

DATES: Applicable September 18, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laurel LaCivita, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4243. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 14, 2023, Commerce 

published the initiation and preliminary 

results 1 of this CCR, in which 

Commerce preliminarily found that 

AKC is the successor-in-interest to AKP 

and, as such, that AKC is entitled to 

AKP’s AD cash deposit rate with respect 

to entries of subject merchandise.2 In 

the Initiation and Preliminary Results, 

we provided all interested parties with 

an opportunity to comment on our 

determination and to request a public 

hearing. AKC submitted a letter in lieu 

of a case brief on July 28, 2023,3

agreeing with Commerce’s conclusion 

that AKC’s DOTP operations are 

materially similar to those of AKP under 

Commerce’s successor-in-interest 

criteria; 4 that AKC provided sufficient 

information to support its request for a 

CCR such that combining the notice of 

initiation and the notice of preliminary 

results was warranted; 5 that AKC 

provided sufficient information for 

Commerce to determine that AKC is the 

successor-in-interest to AKP; 6 and that 

the facts on the record of this 

proceeding are clear and unambiguous.7

No other party submitted a case or 

rebuttal brief, requested a hearing, or 

otherwise provided comments on the 

Initiation and Preliminary Results. 

Scope of the Order 8

The merchandise covered by this 

Order is dioctyl terephthalate (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. 

DOTP that is otherwise subject to this 

Order is not excluded when 

commingled with DOTP from sources 

not subject to this Order. Commingled 

refers to the mixing of subject and nonsubject DOTP. Only the subject 

component of such commingled 

products is covered by the scope of the 

Order. 

DOTP has the general chemical 

formulation C6H4(C8H17COO)2 and a 

chemical name of ‘‘bis (2-ethylhexyl) 

terephthalate’’ and has a Chemical 

Abstract Service (CAS) registry number 

of 6422–86–2. Regardless of the label, 

all DOTP is covered by 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 

CAS registry number and HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope of this 

Order is dispositive. 

Final Results of Changed 

Circumstances Review 

Having received no comments from 

interested parties and finding no 

information or evidence on the record 

that calls into question the preliminary 

results, we continue to find that AKC is 

the successor-in-interest to AKP and, 

that AKC is entitled to AKP’s AD cash 

deposit rate with respect to entries of 

subject merchandise for the reasons 

stated in the Initiation and Preliminary 

Results.9 As there are no changes from 

the Initiation and Preliminary Results, 

there is no decision memorandum 

accompanying this notice and the 

determination in the Initiation and 

Preliminary Results, is hereby adopted 

as the final results of this CCR. 

As a result of this determination and 

consistent with established practice, we 

find that AKC should receive the AD 

cash deposit rate previously assigned to 

AKP. Consequently, Commerce will 

instruct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection to suspend liquidation of all 

shipments of subject merchandise 

produced and/or exported by AKC and 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the 

publication date of this notice in the 

Federal Register at the AD cash deposit 

rate in effect for AKP. This cash deposit 

requirement shall remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice serves as a 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). Timely 

written notification of the return/ 

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 sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice is published in 

accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 

777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended, and 19 CFR 351.216(e). 


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