7370 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 23 / Friday, February 2, 2024 / Notices 

1See Sodium Gluconate, Gluconic Acid and 

Derivative Products from the People’s Republic of 

China: Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Orders, 83 FR 56299 (November 13, 2018) (Order). 

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

FR 67729 (October 2, 2023). 

3The domestic interested party is PMP 

Fermentation Products, Inc. 

4See Domestic Interested Party’s Letter, ‘‘Sodium 

Gluconate, Gluconic Acid and Derivative Products 

from the People’s Republic of China—Domestic 

Interested Parties’ Notice of Intent to Participate,’’ 

dated October 12, 2023. 

5See Domestic Interested Party’s Letter, ‘‘Sodium 

Gluconate, Gluconic Acid and Derivative Products 

from the People’s Republic of China’’—Domestic 

Interested Parties’ Substantive Response,’’ dated 

November 1, 2023. 

6 Id. 

7See Commerce’s Letter ‘‘Sunset Reviews 

Initiated on October 2, 2023,’’ dated November 17, 

2023. 

8See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Results of the Expedited 

First Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order 

on Sodium Gluconate, Gluconic Acid, and 

Derivative Products from the People’s Republic of 

China,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 

Memorandum). 9 Id. 

10 Id. at 9. 

1See Notice of Amended Final Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping 

revocation of the antidumping duty 

(AD) order on sodium gluconate, 

gluconic acid, and derivative products 

(sodium gluconate) from the People’s 

Republic of China (China) would likely 

lead to continuation or recurrence of 

dumping at the levels indicated in the 

‘‘Final Results of Sunset Review’’ 

section of this notice. 

DATES: Applicable February 2, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie Trejo, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4390. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 13, 2018, Commerce 

published the AD order on sodium 

gluconate from China.1 On October 2, 

2023, Commerce initiated the first 

sunset review of the Order, pursuant to 

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

as amended (the Act),2 and 

subsequently, a domestic interested 

party 3 timely submitted its complete 

notice of intent to participate 4 and 

adequate substantive response regarding 

this review.5 The domestic interested 

party claimed interested party status 

under section 771(9)(C) of the Act as a 

producer of the domestic like product in 

the United States.6 Commerce did not 

receive a substantive response from any 

respondent interested party, nor was a 

hearing requested. On November 17, 

2023, Commerce notified the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

that it did not receive adequate 

substantive responses from respondent 

interested parties.7 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. 

Scope of the Order 

The product covered by the Order is 

sodium gluconate from China. For a 

complete description of the scope of the 

Order, see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.8

Analysis of Comments Received 

A complete discussion of all issues 

raised in this review, including 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 

Issues and Decision Memorandum.9 A 

list of the topics in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum is in the 

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 accessed directly at https://

access.trade.gov/public/FRNotices

ListLayout.aspx. 

Final Results of Sunset Review 

Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1), 

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 margin likely 

to prevail would be up to 213.15 

percent.10

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice serves as the only 

reminder to interested parties subject to 

an administrative protective order 

(APO) of their responsibility concerning 

the return/destruction of proprietary 

information disclosed under APO in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 

Timely written 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. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

final results of sunset reviews 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: January 29, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

Sections 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 of Dumping 

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–549–820] 

Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire 

Strand From Thailand: Preliminary 

Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

finds that prestressed concrete steel 

wire strand (PC strand) from Thailand 

was not sold in the United States at less 

than normal value (NV) during the 

period of review (POR) January 1, 2022, 

through December 31, 2022. We invite 

interested parties to comment on these 

preliminary results of review. 

DATES: Applicable February 2, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Samantha Kinney, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2285. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On January 28, 2004, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

antidumping (AD) duty order on PC 

strand from Thailand.1 On January 3, 


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Duty Order: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand 

from Thailand, 69 FR 4111 (January 28, 2004) 

(Order). 

2See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review and Join Annual 

Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 45 (January 3, 2023). 

3See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

15642 (May 14, 2023). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated September 12, 2023. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review: Prestressed Concrete Steel 

Wire Strand from Thailand; 2022,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

6See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 7See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing 

requirements). 

8See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative 

Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 

88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and 

Final Service Rule). 

9See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

10We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

11See APO and Final Service Rule. 

12See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

13See 19 CFR 351.303. 

14See APO and Final Service Rule. 

15See 19 CFR 351.212(b). 

2023, Commerce published in the 

Federal Register a notice of opportunity 

to request an administrative review of 

the Order for the POR.2 On March 14, 

2023, based on timely requests for 

review, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an AD 

administrative review of the Order, 

covering one producer/exporter, The 

Siam Industrial Wire Co., Ltd. (SIW).3

Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 

on September 12, 2023, Commerce 

extended the deadline for the 

preliminary results of this review until 

January 31, 2024.4 For a complete 

description of the events that followed 

the initiation of this review, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum.5

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the 

Order is PC strand from Thailand. For 

a complete description of the scope of 

the Order, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

administrative review in accordance 

with section 751(a) of the Act. 

Constructed export price is calculated in 

accordance with section 772 of the Act. 

NV is calculated in accordance with 

section 773 of the Act. 

For a full description of the 

methodology underlying these 

preliminary results, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is attached as an 

appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is available 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/FRNotices

ListLayout.aspx. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

We preliminarily determine the 

following weighted-average dumping 

margin exists for the period January 1, 

2022, through December 31, 2022: 

Exporter/producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

The Siam Industrial Wire Co., 

Ltd ........................................... 0.00 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

Commerce intends to disclose the 

calculations performed for these 

preliminary results to interested parties 

within five days after public 

announcement, or if there is no public 

announcement, within five days of the 

date of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register.6 Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.309(c), interested parties may 

submit case briefs to Commerce no later 

than 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice.7 Rebuttal 

briefs, limited to issues raised in the 

case briefs, may be filed no later than 

five days after the date for filing case 

briefs.8 Interested parties who submit 

case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 

proceeding must submit: (1) a table of 

contents listing each issue; and (2) a 

table of authorities.9

As provided under 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 

proceedings we have encouraged 

interested parties to provide an 

executive summary of their brief that 

should be limited to five pages total, 

including footnotes. In this review, we 

instead request that interested parties 

provide at the beginning of their briefs 

a public, executive summary for each 

issue raised in their briefs.10 Further, we 

request that interested parties limit their 

executive summary of each issue to no 

more than 450 words, not including 

citations. We intend to use the executive 

summaries as the basis of the comment 

summaries included in the issues and 

decision memorandum that will 

accompany the final results in this 

administrative review. We request that 

interested parties include footnotes for 

relevant citations in the executive 

summary of each issue. Note that 

Commerce has amended certain of its 

requirements pertaining to the service of 

documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).11

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing must submit a written request to 

the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance, filed electronically via 

ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) 

the party’s name, address, and 

telephone number; (2) the number of 

participants; and (3) a list of issues to be 

discussed. Issues raised in the hearing 

will be limited to those raised in the 

respective case briefs. An electronically 

filed hearing request must be received 

successfully in its entirety by 

Commerce’s electronic records system, 

ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time 

within 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice. If a request 

for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold a hearing at a time and 

date to be determined.12 Parties should 

confirm the date, time, and location of 

the hearing two days before the 

scheduled date. 

All submissions, including case and 

rebuttal briefs, as well as hearing 

requests, should be filed using 

ACCESS.13 An electronically-filed 

document must be received successfully 

in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on the established 

deadline. Note that Commerce has 

amended certain of its requirements 

pertaining to the service of documents 

in 19 CFR 351.303(f).14

Assessment Rates 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the 

Act, upon completion of the final results 

of this administrative review, Commerce 

shall determine, and U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 

ADs on all appropriate entries of subject 

merchandise covered by this review.15 If 

the weighted-average dumping margin 

for SIW is not zero or de minimis (i.e., 

less than 0.5 percent) in the final results 

of this review, and because SIW 

reported entered values for all of its 

sales, Commerce intends to calculate 

importer-specific ad valorem 

assessment rates based on the ratio of 

the total amount of dumping calculated 

for each importer’s examined sales to 

the total entered value of those sales, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 


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16See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also 

Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the 

Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 

Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 

Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 

(February 14, 2012). 

17See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act. 

18See Order, 69 FR at 4111. 

19For a full discussion of this practice, see 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 

Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 

(May 6, 2003). 

20See Order, 69 FR at 4111. 

21See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; see also 19 

CFR 351.213(h). 

We intend to instruct CBP to assess ADs 

on all appropriate entries covered by 

this review when the importer-specific 

assessment rate calculated in the final 

results of this review is above de 

minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent). If SIW’s 

overall weighted-average dumping 

margin is zero or de minimis or where 

an importer-specific ad valorem 

assessment rate is zero or de minimis in 

the final results of review, we intend to 

instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate 

entries without regard to ADs.16 The 

final results of this administrative 

review shall be the basis for the 

assessment of ADs on entries of 

merchandise covered by the final results 

of this review and for future deposits of 

estimated duties, where applicable.17

For entries of subject merchandise 

during the POR produced by SIW for 

which it did not know that the 

merchandise was destined for the 

United States, we intend to instruct CBP 

to liquidate unreviewed entries at the 

all-others rate (i.e., 12.91 percent) in the 

original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 

investigation 18 if there is no rate for the 

intermediate company(ies) involved in 

the transaction.19

Commerce intends to issue 

assessment instructions to CBP no 

earlier than 35 days after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

administrative review in the Federal 

Register. If a timely summons is filed at 

the U.S. Court of International Trade, 

the assessment instructions will direct 

CBP not to liquidate relevant entries 

until the time for parties to file a request 

for a statutory injunction has expired 

(i.e., within 90 days of publication). 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective upon 

publication in the Federal Register of 

the notice of final results of this 

administrative review for all shipments 

of the subject merchandise entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication, as provided by section 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash 

deposit rate for SIW will be equal to the 

weighted-average dumping margin 

established in the final results of this 

administrative review, except if the rate 

is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, 

de minimis within the meaning of 19 

CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the 

cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for 

merchandise exported by a company not 

covered in this review but covered in a 

prior segment of the proceeding, the 

cash deposit rate will continue to be the 

company-specific cash deposit rate 

published in the completed segment for 

the most recent period; (3) if the 

exporter is not a firm covered in this 

review, or a previous segment, but the 

producer is, then the cash deposit rate 

will be the rate established in the 

completed segment for the most recent 

period for the producer of the 

merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit 

rate for all other producers or exporters 

will continue to be 12.91 percent, the 

all-others rate established in the LTFV 

investigation.20 These cash deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Final Results of Review 

Unless the deadline is otherwise 

extended, Commerce intends to issue 

the final results of this administrative 

review, including the results of its 

analysis of issues raised by interested 

parties in the written comments, within 

120 days of publication of these 

preliminary results in the Federal 

Register.21

Notification to Importers 

This notice serves as a preliminary 

reminder to importers of their 

responsibility under 19 CFR 

351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 

regarding the reimbursement of ADs 

prior to liquidation of the relevant 

entries during this POR. Failure to 

comply with this requirement could 

result in Commerce’s presumption that 

reimbursement of ADs occurred and the 

subsequent assessment of doubled ADs. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

preliminary results in accordance with 

sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act, and 19 CFR 351.213 and 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: January 29, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Discussion of the Methodology 

V. Currency Conversion 

VI. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[Docket Number: 231208–0290] 

RIN 0625–XZ100 

Announcing an Importer’s Additional 

Declaration in the Automated 

Commercial Environment Specific to 

Antidumping/Countervailing Duty 

Certifications 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: General notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce), in coordination 

with U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP), is announcing a new 

functionality in the Automated 

Commercial Environment (ACE) for 

importers entering merchandise that is 

the subject of an antidumping and/or 

countervailing duty (AD/CVD) 

certification. Specifically, the capability 

will exist for importers to identify in the 

ACE entries that are the subject of an 

AD/CVD certification. Commerce 

intends to instruct parties to use this 

new functionality on a case-by-case 

basis. This new identification 

mechanism will facilitate Commerce’s 

and CBP’s administration of the AD/ 

CVD laws by making such entry 

summaries more readily identifiable to 

Commerce and CBP. 

DATES: This new functionality will be 

effective May 2, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical questions related to ACE, 

contact your assigned CBP client 

representative. Interested parties 

without an assigned CBP client 

representative should direct their 

questions to: gmb.clientrepoutreach@

cbp.dhs.gov. For general questions 

related to the new declaration 

capability, contact Michael Walsh or 

Yasmin Bordas, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; email: 

Michael.Walsh@trade.gov or 

Yasmin.Bordas@trade.gov, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces functionality in ACE 

for an Importer’s Additional Declaration 


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