Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 188 / Friday, September 29, 2023 / Notices 67233 

1See Brass Rod from India, Israel, and the 

Republic of Korea: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigations, 88 FR 33566 (May 24, 2023) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Brass Rod from India, Israel, and the 

Republic of Korea: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations in the Countervailing Duty 

Investigations, 88 FR 42300 (June 30, 2023). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination of the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Brass Rod from 

the Republic of Korea,’’ dated concurrently with, 

and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

5See Initiation Notice. 

statistical reporting numbers are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the merchandise is 

dispositive. 

Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed 

in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Investigation 

IV. Scope Comments 

V. Injury Test 

VI. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VII. Diversification of India’s Economy 

VIII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

IX. Analysis of Programs 

X. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Advisory Committee on Supply Chain 

Competitiveness: Notice of Public 

Meeting 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed topics of 

discussion for the upcoming public 

meeting of the Advisory Committee on 

Supply Chain Competitiveness 

(Committee). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

October 25, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 

p.m., eastern standard time (EST). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Research 

Library (Room 1894), Washington, DC 

20230. The meeting will also be held via 

Zoom. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Boll, Designated Federal 

Officer, Office of Supply Chain, 

Professional & Business Services, 

International Trade Administration at 

Email: richard.boll@trade.gov, phone 

571–331–0098. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The Committee was 

established under the discretionary 

authority of the Secretary of Commerce 

and in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app.). 

It provides advice to the Secretary of 

Commerce on the necessary elements of 

a comprehensive policy approach to 

supply chain competitiveness and on 

regulatory policies and programs and 

investment priorities that affect the 

competitiveness of U.S. supply chains. 

For more information about the 

Committee visit: https://www.trade.gov/ 

acscc. 

Matters To Be Considered: Committee 

members are expected to continue 

discussing the major competitivenessrelated topics raised at the previous 

Committee meetings, including supply 

chain resilience and congestion; trade 

and competitiveness; freight movement 

and policy; trade innovation; regulatory 

issues; finance and infrastructure; and 

workforce development. The 

Committee’s subcommittees will report 

on the status of their work regarding 

these topics. The agenda may change to 

accommodate other Committee 

business. The Office of Supply Chain, 

Professional, and Business Services will 

post the final detailed agenda on its 

website, https://www.trade.gov/acscc. 

The video with closed captioning of the 

meeting will also be posted on the 

Committee website. 

The meeting is open to the public and 

press on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Space is limited. Please contact Richard 

Boll, Designated Federal Officer, at 

richard.boll@trade.gov, for participation 

information. 

Dated: September 25, 2023. 

Heather Sykes, 

Director, Office of Supply Chain, Professional, 

and Business Services. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–580–917] 

Brass Rod From the Republic of 

Korea: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination and 

Alignment of Final Determination With 

Final Antidumping Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of brass rod 

from the Republic of Korea (Korea). The 

period of investigation is January 1, 

2022, through December 31, 2022. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable September 29, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni 

Page or Lingjun Wang, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office OVII, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–1398 or (202) 482–2316, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). On May 24, 2023, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

notice of initiation of this investigation.1

On June 30, 2023, Commerce postponed 

the preliminary determination of this 

investigation until September 25, 2023.2

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. 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 https://access.trade.gov/public/

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Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is brass rod from Korea. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of this investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (i.e., scope).5 We received 

comments from several interested 

parties concerning the scope of the 

antidumping duty (AD) and 


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