Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 23 / Friday, February 2, 2024 / Notices 7361 

1See Certain Stilbenic Optical Brightening Agents 

from Taiwan: Amended Final Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping 

Duty Order, 77 FR 27419 (May 10, 2012) (Order). 2See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review and Join Annual 

Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 27445, 27447 (May 2, 

2023). 3See Archroma’s Letter, ‘‘Request for 

Administrative,’’ dated May 31, 2023. 4See TFM’s Letter, ‘‘Certain Stilbenic Optical 

Brightening Agents (CSOBA) from Taiwan,’’ dated 

May 30, 2023. 5See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

44262, 44268 (July 12, 2023). 6See Stilbenic Optical Brightening Agents from 

People’s Republic of China and Taiwan: Final 

Results of Sunset Reviews and Revocation of Order, 

87 FR 80162 (December 29, 2022) (Revocation 

Notice). 7 Id. 87 FR at 80163. 8 Id. 

9See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review of Certain Stilbenic Optical 

Brightening Agents from Taiwan; 2022,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

10See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

shall state that the nominee is willing to 

serve as a Committee member and carry 

out the affiliated duties. A nomination 

package should include the following 

information for each nominee: 

1. A letter of nomination stating the 

name, affiliation, and contact 

information for the nominee, the basis 

for the nomination (i.e., what specific 

attributes recommend the nominee for 

service in this capacity), and the 

nominee’s field(s) of expertise; 

2. A biographical sketch of the 

nominee; 

3. A copy of the nominee’s 

curriculum vitae; and 

4. The name, return address, email 

address, and daytime telephone number 

at which the nominator can be 

contacted. 

The Committee aims to have a 

balanced representation among its 

members, considering such factors as 

geography, age, sex, race, ethnicity, 

technical expertise, community 

involvement, and knowledge of 

programs and/or activities related to 

FESAC. Individuals will be selected 

based on their expertise in or 

representation of specific areas as 

needed by FESAC. 

All nomination information should be 

provided in a single, complete package. 

Interested applicants should send their 

nomination packages to Gianna 

Marrone, Committee Management 

Official, at Gianna.Marrone@bea.gov 

(subject line ‘‘FESAC Nomination’’). 

Authority: Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 

U.S.C. app. 

Dated: January 30, 2024. 

Sabrina L. Montes, 

Designated Federal Official, Federal 

Economic Statistics Advisory Committee, 

Bureau of Economic Analysis. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–583–848] 

Stilbenic Optical Brightening Agents 

From Taiwan: 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 

determines that Teh Fong Min 

International Co., Ltd., also known as 

Teh Fong Ming International Co., Ltd. 

(TFM), the sole producer and/or 

exporter subject to this administrative 

review, made sales of stilbenic optical 

brightening agents (OBAs) at less than 

normal value during the period of 

review (POR) May 1, 2022, through 

November 26, 2022. We invite 

interested parties to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable February 2, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joshua Weiner, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3902. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 10, 2012, we published in the 

Federal Register the antidumping duty 

(AD) order on OBAs from Taiwan.1 On 

May 2, 2023, we published in the 

Federal Register a notice of opportunity 

to request an administrative review of 

the Order for the POR.2 In May 2023, 

Archroma, U.S., Inc. (Archroma), a U.S. 

producer of OBAs, timely requested an 

administrative review of TFM.3

Additionally, TFM and its affiliated U.S. 

importer TFM North America, Inc 

requested a review of TFM.4 On July 12, 

2023, we initiated this administrative 

review with respect to TFM.5

On December 29, 2022, Commerce 

revoked the Order effective November 

27, 2022.6 Because only entries of 

subject merchandise ‘‘prior to the 

effective date of revocation will 

continue to be subject to suspension of 

liquidation and AD deposit 

requirements,’’ 7 the POR for this 

administrative review is abbreviated 

(i.e., May 1, 2022, through November 

26, 2022).8

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this administrative review, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum.9

The Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

is a public document and is made 

available to the public 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 is available at 

https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. A list of the 

topics discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is attached as an 

Appendix to this notice. 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the Order 

are OBAs. A full description of the 

scope of the Order is contained in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with section 751(a) of the 

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

Export price and constructed export 

price are calculated in accordance with 

section 772 of the Act. Normal value 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. 

Preliminary Results of the 

Administrative Review 

As a result of this review, we 

preliminarily determine that the 

following estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin exists for the POR May 

1, 2022, through November 26, 2022: 

Producer and/or exporter 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Teh Fong Min International Co., 

Ltd/Teh Fong Ming International Co., Ltd ...................... 1.04 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

performed in connection with these 

preliminary results to interested parties 

within five days after public 

announcement of these preliminary 

results.10


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11See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); see also 19 CFR 

351.303 (for general filing requirements). 

12See 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 

Service Final Rule). 

13See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

14We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

15See APO and Service Final Rule. 

16See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

17See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of 

the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 

Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty 

Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 

(February 14, 2012). 

18 Id. at 8102–03; see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). 

19See Order, 77 FR at 27420. 

20See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 

FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). 21See Revocation Notice, 87 FR at 80163. 

Interested parties may submit case 

briefs to the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance no later 

than 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice.11 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.12 Interested parties who submit 

case or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding 

must submit: (1) a table of contents 

listing each issues; and (2) a table of 

authorities.13

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.14 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 of this 

review. We request that interested 

parties include footnotes for relevant 

citations in the executive summary of 

each issue. Note that Commerce has 

amended certain requirements 

pertaining to the service of documents 

in 19 CFR 351.303(f).15

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; (3) whether any 

participant is a foreign national; and (4) 

a list of the issues to be discussed. 

Issues raised in the hearing will be 

limited to those raised in the respective 

case and rebuttal 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 the hearing at a time and 

date to be determined.16 Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date, time, and 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. 

Final Results of Review 

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of its analysis of 

the issues raised in any written briefs, 

no later than 120 days after the date of 

publication of these preliminary results 

in the Federal Register, unless 

extended, pursuant to section 

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.213(h)(1). 

Assessment Rates 

Upon completion of the final results, 

Commerce shall determine, and U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

shall assess, antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries. If the weightedaverage dumping margin for TFM is not 

zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 

percent) in the final results of this 

review, we intend to calculate an 

importer-specific assessment rate based 

on the ratio of the total amount of 

dumping calculated for each importer’s 

examined sales and the total entered 

value of those same sales in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).17 If TFM’s 

weighted-average dumping margin or an 

importer-specific assessment rate is zero 

or de minimis in the final results of 

review, we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate appropriate entries without 

regard to antidumping duties.18

For entries of subject merchandise 

during the POR produced by TFM for 

which it did not know its merchandise 

was destined for the United States, we 

will instruct CBP to liquidate such 

entries at the all-others rate (i.e., 6.19 

percent) 19 if there is no rate for the 

intermediate company(ies) involved in 

the transaction.20

Commerce intends to issue 

assessment instructions to CBP no 

earlier than 35 days after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

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 

In the Revocation Notice, Commerce 

stated that it intends to issue 

instructions to CBP to terminate the 

suspension of liquidation and to 

discontinue the collection of cash 

deposits on entries of subject 

merchandise, entered or withdrawn 

from the warehouse, on or after 

November 27, 2022.21 Furthermore, 

because the Order has been revoked, 

Commerce will not issue cash deposit 

instructions at the conclusion of this 

administrative review. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice also 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 

antidumping duties 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 

antidumping duties occurred and the 

subsequent assessment of double 

antidumping duties. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

Commerce is issuing and publishing 

these preliminary results in accordance 

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

Act 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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