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8See Regulations to Improve Administration and 

Enforcement of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300 (September 20, 2021) 

(Final Rule). 

9See Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry 

Service List; and Informational Sessions, 86 FR 

53205 (September 27, 2021) (Procedural Guidance). 

10 Id. 

11This segment has been combined with the 

ACCESS Segment Specific Information (SSI) field 

which will display the month in which the notice 

of the order or suspended investigation was 

published in the Federal Register, also known as 

the anniversary month. For example, for an order 

under case number A–000–000 that was published 

in the Federal Register in January, the relevant 

segment and SSI combination will appear in 

ACCESS as ‘‘AISL-January Anniversary.’’ Note that 

there will be only one annual inquiry service list 

segment per case number, and the anniversary 

month will be pre-populated in ACCESS. 

12See Procedural Guidance, 86 FR 53206. 

13See Final Rule, 86 FR 52335. 14 Id. 

antidumping or countervailing duties 

required on those entries at the time of 

entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, 

for consumption and to continue to 

collect the cash deposit previously 

ordered. 

For the first administrative review of 

any order, there will be no assessment 

of antidumping or countervailing duties 

on entries of subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption during the relevant 

provisional-measures ‘‘gap’’ period of 

the order, if such a gap period is 

applicable to the period of review. 

Establishment of and Updates to the 

Annual Inquiry Service List 

On September 20, 2021, Commerce 

published the final rule titled 

‘‘Regulations to Improve Administration 

and Enforcement of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Laws’’ in the 

Federal Register.8 On September 27, 

2021, Commerce also published the 

notice entitled ‘‘Scope Ruling 

Application; Annual Inquiry Service 

List; and Informational Sessions’’ in the 

Federal Register.9 The Final Rule and 

Procedural Guidance provide that 

Commerce will maintain an annual 

inquiry service list for each order or 

suspended investigation, and any 

interested party submitting a scope 

ruling application or request for 

circumvention inquiry shall serve a 

copy of the application or request on the 

persons on the annual inquiry service 

list for that order, as well as any 

companion order covering the same 

merchandise from the same country of 

origin.10

In accordance with the Procedural 

Guidance, for orders published in the 

Federal Register before November 4, 

2021, Commerce created an annual 

inquiry service list segment for each 

order and suspended investigation. 

Interested parties who wished to be 

added to the annual inquiry service list 

for an order submitted an entry of 

appearance to the annual inquiry 

service list segment for the order in 

ACCESS, and on November 4, 2021, 

Commerce finalized the initial annual 

inquiry service lists for each order and 

suspended investigation. Each annual 

inquiry service list has been saved as a 

public service list in ACCESS, under 

each case number, and under a specific 

segment type called ‘‘AISL-Annual 

Inquiry Service List.’’ 11

As mentioned in the Procedural 

Guidance, beginning in January 2022, 

Commerce will update these annual 

inquiry service lists on an annual basis 

when the Opportunity Notice for the 

anniversary month of the order or 

suspended investigation is published in 

the Federal Register.12 Accordingly, 

Commerce will update the annual 

inquiry service lists for the above-listed 

antidumping and countervailing duty 

proceedings. All interested parties 

wishing to appear on the updated 

annual inquiry service list must take 

one of the two following actions: (1) 

new interested parties who did not 

previously submit an entry of 

appearance must submit a new entry of 

appearance at this time; or (2) interested 

parties who were included in the 

preceding annual inquiry service list 

must submit an amended entry of 

appearance to be included in the next 

year’s annual inquiry service list. For 

these interested parties, Commerce will 

change the entry of appearance status 

from ‘‘Active’’ to ‘‘Needs Amendment’’ 

for the annual inquiry service lists 

corresponding to the above-listed 

proceedings. This will allow those 

interested parties to make any necessary 

amendments and resubmit their entries 

of appearance. If no amendments need 

to be made, the interested party should 

indicate in the area on the ACCESS form 

requesting an explanation for the 

amendment that it is resubmitting its 

entry of appearance for inclusion in the 

annual inquiry service list for the 

following year. As mentioned in the 

Final Rule,13 once the petitioners and 

foreign governments have submitted an 

entry of appearance for the first time, 

they will automatically be added to the 

updated annual inquiry service list each 

year. 

Interested parties have 30 days after 

the date of this notice to submit new or 

amended entries of appearance. 

Commerce will then finalize the annual 

inquiry service lists five business days 

thereafter. For ease of administration, 

please note that Commerce requests that 

law firms with more than one attorney 

representing interested parties in a 

proceeding designate a lead attorney to 

be included on the annual inquiry 

service list. 

Commerce may update an annual 

inquiry service list at any time as 

needed based on interested parties’ 

amendments to their entries of 

appearance to remove or otherwise 

modify their list of members and 

representatives, or to update contact 

information. Any changes or 

announcements pertaining to these 

procedures will be posted to the 

ACCESS website at https://access.trade.

gov. 

Special Instructions for Petitioners and 

Foreign Governments 

In the Final Rule, Commerce stated 

that, ‘‘after an initial request and 

placement on the annual inquiry service 

list, both petitioners and foreign 

governments will automatically be 

placed on the annual inquiry service list 

in the years that follow.’’ 14

Accordingly, as stated above and 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.225(n)(3), the 

petitioners and foreign governments 

will not need to resubmit their entries 

of appearance each year to continue to 

be included on the annual inquiry 

service list. However, the petitioners 

and foreign governments are responsible 

for making amendments to their entries 

of appearance during the annual update 

to the annual inquiry service list in 

accordance with the procedures 

described above. 

This notice is not required by statute 

but is published as a service to the 

international trading community. 

Dated: January 29, 2024. 

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 

[A–570–071] 

Sodium Gluconate, Gluconic Acid, and 

Derivative Products From the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Results of 

Expedited First 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 


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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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