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4See 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). 

1See section 771(5)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended. 

Order, see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.4

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 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Subsidy Programs Provided by 

Countries Exporting Softwood Lumber 

and Softwood Lumber Products to the 

United States; Request for Comment 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) seeks public 

comment on any subsidies, including 

stumpage subsidies, provided by certain 

countries exporting softwood lumber or 

softwood lumber products to the United 

States during the period January 1, 

2023, through June 30, 2023. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

within 30 days after publication of this 

notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristen Johnson, AD/CVD Operations, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4793. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Pursuant to section 805 of title VIII of 

the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Softwood 

Lumber Act of 2008), the Secretary of 

Commerce is mandated to submit to the 

appropriate Congressional committees a 

report every 180 days on any subsidy 

provided by countries exporting 

softwood lumber or softwood lumber 

products to the United States, including 

stumpage subsidies. Commerce 

submitted its last subsidy report to the 

Congress on June 20, 2023. 

Request for Comments 

Given the large number of countries 

that export softwood lumber and 

softwood lumber products to the United 

States, we are soliciting public comment 

only on subsidies provided by countries 

which had exports accounting for at 

least one percent of total U.S. imports of 

softwood lumber by quantity, as 

classified under Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

codes 4407.1100, 4407.1200, 4407.1300, 

4407.1400, and 4407.1900, during the 

period January 1, 2023, through June 30, 

2023. Official U.S. import data, 

published by the United States 

International Trade Commission’s 

DataWeb, indicate that six countries 

(Austria, Brazil, Canada, Germany, 

Romania, and Sweden) exported 

softwood lumber to the United States 

during that time period in amounts 

sufficient to account for at least one 

percent of U.S. imports of softwood 

lumber products. We intend to rely on 

similar six-month periods to identify the 

countries subject to future reports on 

softwood lumber subsidies. For 

example, we intend to rely on U.S. 

imports of softwood lumber and 

softwood lumber products during the 

period July 1, 2023, through December 

31, 2023, to select the countries subject 

for the next report. 

Under U.S. trade law, a subsidy exists 

where an authority: (i) provides a 

financial contribution; (ii) provides any 

form of income or price support within 

the meaning of article XVI of the GATT 

1994; or (iii) makes a payment to a 

funding mechanism to provide a 

financial contribution to a person, or 

entrusts or directs a private entity to 

make a financial contribution, if 

providing the contribution would 

normally be vested in the government 

and the practice does not differ in 

substance from practices normally 

followed by governments, and a benefit 

is thereby conferred.1

Parties should include in their 

comments: (1) the country which 

provided the subsidy; (2) the name of 

the subsidy program; (3) a brief 

description (no more than 3–4 

sentences) of the subsidy program; and 

(4) the government body or authority 

that provided the subsidy. 

Submission of Comments 

As specified above, to be assured of 

consideration, comments must be 

received no later than 30 days after the 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. All comments must be 

submitted through the Federal 


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eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov, Docket No. ITA– 

2023–0009. The materials in the docket 

will not be edited to remove identifying 

or contact information, and Commerce 

cautions against including any 

information in an electronic submission 

that the submitter does not want 

publicly disclosed. Attachments to 

electronic comments will be accepted in 

Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF 

formats only. 

All comments should be addressed to 

Abdelali Elouaradia, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, at U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230. 

Dated: September 22, 2023. 

James Maeder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Announcement of Approved 

International Trade Administration 

Trade Mission 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The United States Department 

of Commerce, International Trade 

Administration (ITA), is announcing 

one upcoming trade mission that will be 

recruited, organized, and implemented 

by ITA. This mission is: Global 

Diversity Export Initiative (GDEI) 

Education Trade Mission to South 

India—February 12–20, 2024. A 

summary of the mission is found below. 

Application information and more 

detailed mission information, including 

the commercial setting and sector 

information, can be found at the trade 

mission website: https://www.trade.gov/ 

trade-missions. For each mission, 

recruitment will be conducted in an 

open and public manner, including 

publication in the Federal Register, 

posting on the Commerce Department 

trade mission calendar (https://

www.trade.gov/trade-missionsschedule) and other internet websites, 

press releases to general and trade 

media, direct mail, broadcast fax, 

notices by industry trade associations 

and other multiplier groups, and 

publicity at industry meetings, 

symposia, conferences, and trade shows. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Odum, Events Management Task 

Force, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–6397 or email Jeffrey.Odum@

trade.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Following Conditions for 

Participation Will Be Used for the 

Mission 

Applicants must submit a completed 

and signed mission application and 

supplemental application materials, 

including adequate information on their 

products and/or services, primary 

market objectives, and goals for 

participation. If the Department of 

Commerce receives an incomplete 

application, the Department may either: 

reject the application, request additional 

information/clarification, or take the 

lack of information into account when 

evaluating the application. If the 

requisite minimum number of 

participants is not selected for a 

particular mission by the recruitment 

deadline, the mission may be canceled. 

Each applicant must also certify that 

programs and services it seeks to export 

through the mission are either produced 

in the United States, or, if not, are 

marketed under the name of a U.S. 

institution and have at least 51% U.S. 

content by value. In the case of a trade 

association or organization, the 

applicant must certify that, for each 

institution or service provider to be 

represented by the association/ 

organization, the products and/or 

services the represented institution or 

service provider seeks to export are 

either produced in the United States or, 

if not, marketed under the name of a 

U.S. institution and have at least 51% 

U.S. content by value. 

A Study State Consortia or other 

government education stakeholder 

applicant must certify to the above for 

all of the institutions it seeks to 

represent on the mission. 

In addition, each applicant must: 

• Certify that the products and 

services that it wishes to market through 

the mission would be in compliance 

with U.S. export controls and 

regulations. 

• Certify that it has identified any 

matter pending before any bureau or 

office in the Department of Commerce. 

• Certify that it has identified any 

pending litigation (including any 

administrative proceedings) to which it 

is a party that involves the Department 

of Commerce; and 

• Sign and submit an agreement that 

it and its affiliates (1) have not and will 

not engage in the bribery of foreign 

officials in connection with an 

institution’s/participant’s involvement 

in this mission, and (2) maintain and 

enforce a policy that prohibits the 

bribery of foreign officials. 

In the case of a Study State Consortia 

or other government education 

stakeholder, the applicant must certify 

that each institution or service provider 

to be represented by the association/ 

organization can make the above 

certifications. 

The Following Selection Criteria Will 

Be Used for the Mission 

Targeted mission participants are 

appropriately accredited U.S. 

educational institutions, services 

providers, Study State Consortia, and 

other government education 

stakeholders providing or promoting 

U.S. programs and services that have an 

interest in entering or expanding their 

business in the mission’s destination 

country. The following criteria will be 

evaluated in selecting participants: 

• Suitability of the applicant’s (or in 

the case of a Study State Consortia or 

other government education 

stakeholder, represented institution’s or 

service provider’s) programs or services 

to these markets. 

• The applicant’s (or in the case of a 

Study State Consortia or other 

government education stakeholder, 

represented institution’s or service 

provider’s) potential for business in the 

markets, including the likelihood of 

exports resulting from the mission; and 

• Consistency of the applicant’s (or in 

the case of a Study State Consortia or 

other government education 

stakeholder, represented institution’s or 

service provider’s) goals and objectives 

with the stated scope of the mission. 

Balance of institution size and 

location may also be considered during 

the review process. 

Referrals from a political party or 

partisan political group or any 

information, including on the 

application, containing references to 

political contributions or other partisan 

political activities will be excluded from 

the application and will not be 

considered during the selection process. 

The sender will be notified of these 

exclusions. 

Mission List: (additional information 

about trade missions can be found at 

https://www.trade.gov/trade-missions). 

GDEI Education Trade Mission to South 

India—February 12–20, 2024 

Summary 

The U.S. Department of Commerce, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Commercial Service in India, in 

collaboration with the U. S. Department 

of State, EducationUSA Chennai 


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