[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 187 (Thursday, September 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66810-66811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21199]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-904]


Certain Activated Carbon From the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results of Expedited Third Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty 
Order

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that 
revocation of the antidumping duty order on certain activated carbon 
from the People's Republic of China (China) would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels indicated in the 
``Final Results of Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable September 28, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Palmer, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-9068.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 1, 2023, Commerce initiated the third sunset review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain activated carbon from China, pursuant 
to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 
19 CFR 351.218(c)(2).\1\ On June 9, 2023, Commerce received a timely 
notice of intent to participate from Calgon Carbon Corporation, Norit 
Americas, Inc., and ADA Carbon Solutions LLC (collectively, the 
domestic interested parties) within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(1)(i).\2\ The domestic interested parties claimed interested 
party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act, as manufacturers of a 
domestic like product in the United States.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Review, 88 FR 35832 
(June 1, 2023); see also Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain 
Activated Carbon from the People's Republic of China, 72 FR 20988 
(April 27, 2007) (Order).
    \2\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Five-Year 
(``Sunset'') Review of the Antidumping Order on Certain Activated 
Carbon from the People's Republic of China--Domestic Interested 
Parties' Notice of Intent to Participate,'' dated June 9, 2023.
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    We received a complete substantive response from the domestic 
interested parties within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(3)(i).\3\ We received no responses from respondent 
interested parties. As a result, Commerce conducted an expedited sunset 
review of the Order, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).
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    \3\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Five-Year 
(``Sunset'') Review of the Antidumping Order on Certain Activated 
Carbon from the People's Republic of China--Domestic Industry's 
Substantive Response,'' dated June 30, 2023.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the Order is certain activated carbon. 
For a complete description of the scope of this

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Order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Expedited Third Sunset Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Activated Carbon from the People's 
Republic of China,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 
this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this review are addressed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum. The issues discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum include the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of 
dumping and the magnitude of the dumping margin likely to prevail if 
the Order was to be revoked. 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 https://access.trade.gov. In 
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can 
be access directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Final Results of Review

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, we 
determine that revocation of the antidumping duty order on certain 
activated carbon from China would likely lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping and that the magnitude of the dumping margin 
likely to prevail would be weighted-average dumping margins up to 
228.11 percent.

Notification to Interested Parties

    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 order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is 
subject to sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing these results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.218.

    Dated: September 22, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
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
    1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of Dumping
    2. Magnitude of the Dumping Margin Likely To Prevail
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2023-21199 Filed 9-27-23; 8:45 am]
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