330 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 2 / Wednesday, January 3, 2024 / Notices 

1See Large Power Transformers from the 

Republic of Korea: Antidumping Duty Order, 77 FR 

53177 (August 31, 2012) (Order). 

2See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 88 

FR 60438 (September 1, 2023). 

3See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter, ‘‘Large 

Power Transformers from Korea—Domestic 

Interested Parties’ Notice of Intent to Participate,’’ 

dated September 14, 2023. 

4See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter, ‘‘Large 

Power Transformers from the Republic of Korea— 

Five-Year (Sunset) Review of Antidumping Duty 

Order—Domestic Interested Parties’ Substantive 

Response to Notice of Initiation,’’ dated September 

29, 2023. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Expedited Second Sunset 

Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Large 

Power Transformers from the Republic of Korea,’’ 

dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 

this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 

of the proceeding. 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 the terms of an APO is a 

sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

final results in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.221(b)(5) and 19 CFR 

351.213(h)(2). 

Dated: December 27, 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. Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

V. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should 

Apply Total Adverse Facts Available 

(AFA) to KSB for Failing to Fully 

Disclose its Affiliations 

Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should 

Rely on Annual or Quarterly WeightedAverage Costs for KSB 

Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should 

Allow KSB’s Reported Scrap Offset 

Comment 4: Whether Certain of KSB’s 

Home Market Sales Are Fictitious 

Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should 

Compare KSB’s Reported Home and U.S. 

Market Sales Using the Full 90/60 Day 

Window Period 

Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should 

Reject the Petitioners’ Case Brief 

VI. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–867] 

Large Power Transformers From the 

Republic of Korea: Final Results of the 

Expedited Second Sunset Review of 

the Antidumping Duty Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: As a result of this sunset 

review, the U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) finds that 

revocation of the antidumping duty 

(AD) order on large power transformers 

(LPTs) from the Republic of Korea 

(Korea) would be likely to lead to 

continuation or recurrence of dumping 

at the levels indicated in the ‘‘Final 

Results of Sunset Reviews’’ section of 

this notice. 

DATES: Applicable January 3, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Natasia Harrison or Peter Farrell, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–1240 or (202) 482–2104, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 1, 2023, Commerce 

published the notice of initiation of the 

second sunset review of the AD Order 1

on LPTs from Korea, pursuant to section 

751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act).2 On September 14, 

2023, Commerce received a notice of 

intent to participate from Hitachi Energy 

USA, Inc., Prolec-GE Waukesha, Inc., 

Delta Star Inc., and Pennsylvania 

Transformer Technology, Inc. 

(collectively, the domestic interested 

parties), within the deadline specified 

in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).3 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. 

On September 29, 2023, we received 

a complete substantive response for this 

review from the domestic interested 

parties within the 30-day deadline 

specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).4

We received no substantive responses 

from respondent interested parties. As a 

result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce 

conducted an expedited (120-day) 

sunset review of the Order on LPTs from 

Korea. 

Scope of the Order 

The scope of this Order covers large 

liquid dielectric power transformers 

(LPTs) having a top power handling 

capacity greater than or equal to 60,000 

kilovolt amperes (60 megavolt amperes), 

whether assembled or unassembled, 

complete or incomplete. For a complete 

description of the scope of the Order, 

see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.5

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in this review, 

including the likelihood of continuation 

or recurrence of dumping in the event 

of revocation and the magnitude of the 

margins likely to prevail if the Order 

were revoked, are addressed in the 

accompanying Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 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. A complete 

version of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

on the internet 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 AD 

Order on LPTs from Korea would be 

likely to lead to continuation or 

recurrence of dumping, and that the 

magnitude of the dumping margins 

likely to prevail would be weightedaverage dumping margins up to 29.04 

percent. 

Administrative Protective Orders 

This notice also serves as a final 

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 subject to sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results in accordance with sections 

751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, 

and 19 CFR 351.218. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 2 / Wednesday, January 3, 2024 / Notices 331 

1See Certain Paper Shopping Bags from 

Cambodia, the People’s Republic of China, 

Colombia, India, Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, the 

Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist Republic of 

Vietnam: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations, 88 FR 41589 (June 27, 2023) 

(Initiation Notice). 2See Certain Paper Shopping Bags from 

Cambodia, the People’s Republic of China, 

Colombia, India, Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, the 

Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist Republic of 

Vietnam: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations, 88 FR 68097 (October 3, 2023). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination in the 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Certain Paper 

Shopping Bags from Taiwan,’’ 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, 88 FR at 41590. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated concurrently with this notice 

(Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum). 

Dated: December 27, 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 

1. Likelihood of Continuation or 

Recurrence of Dumping 

2. Magnitude of the 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 

[A–583–872] 

Certain Paper Shopping Bags From 

Taiwan: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, Postponement of Final 

Determination, and Extension of 

Provisional Measures 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that that certain paper 

shopping bags (paper bags) from Taiwan 

are being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(LTFV). The period of investigation is 

April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable January 3, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nathan James, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–5305. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

in the Federal Register on June 27, 

2023.1 On October 3, 2023, Commerce 

postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation until 

December 27, 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/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are certain paper shopping 

bags from Taiwan. 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 in the 

Initiation Notice, Commerce set aside a 

period of time for parties to raise issues 

regarding product coverage (i.e., scope).5

Certain interested parties commented on 

the scope of the investigation as it 

appeared in the Initiation Notice. For a 

summary of the product coverage 

comments and rebuttal responses 

submitted to the record for this 

investigation and accompanying 

discussion and analysis of all comments 

timely received, see the Preliminary 

Scope Decision Memorandum.6 As 

discussed in the Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memorandum, Commerce 

preliminarily modified the scope 

language as it appeared in the Initiation 

Notice. In the Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memorandum, Commerce 

established the deadline for parties to 

submit scope case and rebuttal briefs. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Commerce has 

calculated export prices for Haurtyi 

Paper Bag Co. (Haurtyi) in accordance 

with section 772(a) of the Act. Normal 

value for Haurtyi is calculated in 

accordance with section 773 of the Act. 

Furthermore, pursuant to sections 

776(a) and (b) of the Act, Commerce has 

preliminarily relied on facts otherwise 

available, with adverse inferences 

(AFA), for Juang Jia Guoo Co., Ltd. (JJG). 

For a full description of the 

methodology underlying the 

preliminary determination, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination 

of Critical Circumstances 

In accordance with section 733(e) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.206(c), 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that critical circumstances exist with 

respect to imports of paper bags from 

Taiwan for JJG and for all other 

producers and exporters. For a full 

description of the methodology and 

results of Commerce’s critical 

circumstances analysis, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 733(d)(1)(A)(ii) and 

735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provide that, in 

a preliminary determination, Commerce 

shall determine an estimated all-others 

rate for all exporters and producers not 

individually examined. This rate shall 

be an amount equal to the weighted 

average of the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins established 

for exporters and producers 

individually investigated, excluding any 

zero and de minimis margins, and any 

margins determined entirely under 

section 776 of the Act. 

Where the rates for individually 

investigated companies are all zero or 

de minimis, or determined entirely 

using facts otherwise available, section 

735(c)(5)(B) of the Act instructs 

Commerce to rely on ‘‘any reasonable 

method to establish the estimated allothers rate for exporters and producers 

not individually investigated, including 

averaging the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins determined 


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