74896 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 178 / Friday, September 13, 2024 / Notices 

1See Certain Epoxy Resins from the People’s 

Republic of China, India, the Republic of Korea, 

and Taiwan: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigations, 89 FR 33319 (April 29, 2024) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Certain Epoxy Resins From the People’s 

Republic of China, India, the Republic of Korea, 

and Taiwan: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations in the Countervailing Duty 

Investigations, 89 FR 46061 (May 28, 2024). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination of the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Epoxy 

Resins from Taiwan,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

5See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

6See Initiation Notice. 

7See Certain Epoxy Resins from the People’s 

Republic of China, India, the Republic of Korea, 

Taiwan, and Thailand: Postponement of 

Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-FairValue Investigations, 89 FR 65583 (August 12, 

2024). 

8The deadline for interested parties to submit 

scope case and rebuttal briefs will be established in 

the preliminary scope decision memorandum. 

9See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) 

of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of 

the Act regarding specificity. 

10See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Petitioner’s Request to 

Align Countervailing Duty Investigation Final 

Determination with Antidumping Duty 

Investigation Final Determination,’’ dated August 

15, 2024. 

11With two respondents under examination, 

Commerce normally calculates: (A) a weightedaverage of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for 

the examined respondents; (B) a simple average of 

the estimated subsidy rates calculated for the 

examined respondents; and (C) a weighted-average 

of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for the 

examined respondents using each company’s 

publicly-ranged U.S. sale values for the 

merchandise under consideration. Commerce then 

compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects the rate 

closest to (A) as the most appropriate rate for all 

other producers and exporters. See, e.g., Ball 

Bearings and Parts Thereof from France, Germany, 

Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–583–877] 

Certain Epoxy Resins From Taiwan: 

Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination, and Alignment of 

Final Determination With Final 

Antidumping Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of certain 

epoxy resins (epoxy resins) from Taiwan 

for the period of investigation (POI) 

January 1, 2023, through December 31, 

2023. Interested parties are invited to 

comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable September 13, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ian 

Riggs, AD/CVD Operations, Office IX, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3810. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this countervailing 

duty (CVD) investigation on April 29, 

2024.1 On May 28, 2024, Commerce 

postponed the preliminary 

determination until September 3, 2024.2

On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled 

certain deadlines in this administrative 

proceeding by seven days.3 The 

deadline for the preliminary 

determination is now September 9, 

2024. 

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.4 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/FRNotices

ListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are epoxy resins. For a 

complete description of the scope of this 

investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,5 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage, (i.e., scope).6 We received 

several comments concerning the scope 

of this investigation, as well as in the 

companion less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 

and CVD investigations of epoxy resins, 

as it appeared in the Initiation Notice. 

We are currently evaluating the scope 

comments filed by the interested 

parties. We intend to issue our 

preliminary decision regarding the 

scope of the LTFV and CVD 

investigations in the preliminary 

determinations of the companion LTFV 

investigations, the deadline for which is 

November 6, 2024.7 We will incorporate 

the scope decisions from the LTFV 

investigations into the scope of the final 

CVD determination for this investigation 

after considering any relevant comments 

submitted in scope case and rebuttal 

briefs.8

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.9

Alignment 

As noted in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, in accordance with 

section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(b)(4), Commerce is aligning the 

final CVD determination in this 

investigation with the final 

determination in the companion LTFV 

investigation of epoxy resins from 

Taiwan based on a request made by the 

petitioner.10 Consequently, the final 

CVD determination will be issued on 

the same date as the final LTFV 

determination, which is currently 

scheduled to be issued no later than 

January 21, 2025, unless postponed. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act provide that in the preliminary 

determination, Commerce shall 

determine an estimated all-others rate 

for companies not individually 

examined. This rate shall be an amount 

equal to the weighted average of the 

estimated subsidy rates established for 

those companies individually 

examined, excluding any zero and de 

minimis rates and any rates based 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. 

In this investigation, Commerce 

calculated individual estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates for Chang 

Chun Plastics Co. Ltd. (CCPC) and Nan 

Ya Plastics Corp. (Nan Ya) that are not 

zero, de minimis, or based entirely on 

facts otherwise available. Commerce 

calculated the all-others rate using a 

weighted average of the individual 

estimated subsidy rates calculated for 

the examined respondents using each 

company’s publicly-ranged values for 

the merchandise under consideration.11


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of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Final 

Results of Changed-Circumstances Review, and 

Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53662 

(September 1, 2010), and accompanying Issues and 

Decision Memorandum at Comment 1. As complete 

publicly ranged sales data were available, 

Commerce based the all-others rate on the publicly 

ranged sales data of the mandatory respondents. For 

a complete analysis of the data, see Memorandum, 

‘‘Calculation of the Subsidy Rate for All Other 

Companies,’’ dated concurrently with this notice. 

12As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce has found the following 

companies to be cross-owned with Chang Chun 

Plastics Co. Ltd.: Chang Chun Petrochemical Co., 

Ltd.; Dairen Chemical Corporation; Jinzhou 

Technology Co., Ltd.; and Taiwan Prosperity 

Chemical Corporation. 

13See 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). 

14See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

15We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 16See APO and Service Final Rule. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates exist: 

Company 

Subsidy rate 

(percent ad 

valorem) 

Chang Chun Plastics Co. 

Ltd.12 ................................. 3.32 

Nan Ya Plastics Corp. .......... 1.32 

All Others .............................. 2.33 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, 

Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) to suspend 

liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise as described in the scope 

of the investigation section entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.205(d), Commerce will instruct CBP 

to require a cash deposit equal to the 

rates indicated above. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties in this preliminary 

determination within five days of its 

public announcement, or if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of this notice in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Consistent with 19 CFR 351.224(e), 

Commerce will analyze and, if 

appropriate, correct any timely 

allegations of significant ministerial 

errors by amending the preliminary 

determination. However, consistent 

with 19 CFR 351.224(d), Commerce will 

not consider incomplete allegations that 

do not address the significance standard 

under 19 CFR 351.224(g) following the 

preliminary determination. Instead, 

Commerce will address such allegations 

in the final determination together with 

issues raised in the case briefs or other 

written comments. 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. 

Public Comment 

All interested parties will have the 

opportunity to submit scope case and 

rebuttal briefs on the preliminary 

decision regarding the scope of the 

LTFV and CVD investigations. The 

deadlines to submit scope case and 

rebuttal briefs will be provided in the 

preliminary scope decision 

memorandum. For all scope case and 

rebuttal briefs, parties must file 

identical documents simultaneously on 

the records of the ongoing LTFV and 

CVD epoxy resins investigations. No 

new factual information or business 

proprietary information may be 

included in either scope case or rebuttal 

briefs. 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than seven days 

after the date on which the last 

verification report is issued in this 

investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to 

issues raised in the case briefs, may be 

filed not later than five days after the 

date for filing case briefs.13 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.14

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 

investigation, we instead request that 

interested parties provide at the 

beginning of their briefs a public, 

executive summary for each issue raised 

in their briefs.15 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 determination in this investigation. 

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).16

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at a time and 

date to be determined. Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date, time, and 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its determination. If the final 

determination is affirmative, the ITC 

will determine before the later of 120 

days after the date of this preliminary 

determination or 45 days after the final 

determination whether imports of epoxy 

resins from Taiwan are materially 

injuring, or threaten material injury to, 

the U.S. industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.205(c). 

Dated: September 9, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation is fully or partially uncured 

epoxy resins, also known as epoxide resins, 

polyepoxides, oxirane resins, ethoxyline 

resins, diglycidyl ether of bisphenol, 

(chloromethyl)oxirane, or aromatic 

diglycidyl, which are polymers or 

prepolymers containing epoxy groups (i.e., 

three-membered ring structures comprised of 

two carbon atoms and one oxygen atom). 

Epoxy resins range in physical form from low 

viscosity liquids to solids. All epoxy resins 

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74898 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 178 / Friday, September 13, 2024 / Notices 

1See Glycine from India and the People’s 

Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Orders, 84 

FR 29173 (June 21, 2019) (collectively, the Orders). 

2See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 

FR 35073 (May 1, 2024). 

3See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter, ‘‘Notice 

of Intent to Participate,’’ dated May 13, 2024. 

4See the Domestic Interested Parties’ Letters, 

‘‘Sunset Review (1st Review) of the Countervailing 

Duty Order on Glycine from India; Substantive 

Response to the Notice of Initiation,’’ dated May 20, 

2024; and ‘‘Sunset Review (1st Review) of the 

Countervailing Duty Order on Glycine from the 

People’s Republic of China: Substantive Response 

to the Notice of Initiation,’’ dated May 20, 2024. 

5See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Sunset Reviews 

Initiated on May 1, 2024,’’ dated June 21, 2024. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset 

Reviews of the Countervailing Duty Orders on 

irrespective of physical form, viscosity, 

grade, purity, molecular weight, or molecular 

structure, and packaging. 

Epoxy resins may contain modifiers or 

additives, such as hardeners, curatives, 

colorants, pigments, diluents, solvents, 

thickeners, fillers, plasticizers, softeners, 

flame retardants, toughening agents, 

catalysts, Bisphenol F, and ultraviolet light 

inhibitors, so long as the modifier or additive 

has not chemically reacted so as to cure the 

epoxy resin or convert it into a different 

product no longer containing epoxy groups. 

Such epoxy resins with modifiers or 

additives are included in the scope where the 

epoxy resin component comprises no less 

than 30 percent of the total weight of the 

product. The scope also includes blends of 

epoxy resins with different types of epoxy 

resins, with or without the inclusion of 

modifiers and additives, so long as the 

combined epoxy resin component comprises 

at least 30 percent of the total weight of the 

blend. 

Epoxy resins that enter as part of a system 

or kit with separately packaged co-reactants, 

such as hardeners or curing agents, are 

within the scope. The scope does not include 

any separately packaged co-reactants that 

would not fall within the scope if entered on 

their own. 

The scope includes merchandise matching 

the above description that has been 

processed in a third country, including by 

commingling, diluting, introducing, or 

removing modifiers or additives, or 

performing any other processing that would 

not otherwise remove the merchandise from 

the scope of the investigation if performed in 

the subject country. 

The scope also includes epoxy resin that is 

commingled or blended with epoxy resin 

from sources not subject to this investigation. 

Only the subject component of such 

commingled products is covered by the scope 

of this investigation. 

Excluded from the scope are phenoxy 

resins, which are polymers with a weight 

greater than 11,000 Daltons, a Melt Flow 

Index (MFI) at 200 °C (392 °F) no less than 4 

grams and no greater than 70 grams per 10 

min, Glass-Transition Temperatures (Tg) no 

less than 80 °C (176 °F) and no greater than 

100 °C (212 °F), and which contain no epoxy 

groups other than at the terminal ends of the 

molecule. 

Excluded from the scope are certain paint 

and coating products, which are blends, 

mixtures, or other formulations of epoxy 

resin, curing agent, and pigment, in any form, 

packaged in one or more containers, wherein 

(1) the pigment represents a minimum of 10 

percent of the total weight of the product, (2) 

the epoxy resin represents a maximum of 80 

percent of the total weight of the product, 

and (3) the curing agent represents 5 to 40 

percent of the total weight of the product. 

Excluded from the scope are 

preimpregnated fabrics or fibers, often 

referred to as ‘‘pre-pregs,’’ which are 

composite materials consisting of fabrics or 

fibers (typically carbon or glass) impregnated 

with epoxy resin. 

This merchandise is currently classifiable 

under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) subheading 

3907.30.0000. Subject merchandise may also 

be entered under subheadings 3907.29.0000, 

3824.99.9397, 3214.10.0020, 2910.90.9100, 

2910.90.9000, 2910.90.2000, and 

1518.00.4000. The HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes only; the written description of the 

scope is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Injury Test 

IV. Subsidies Valuation 

V. Analysis of Programs 

VI. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–533–884, C–570–081] 

Glycine From India and the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Results of the 

Expedited First Sunset Reviews of the 

Countervailing Duty Orders 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) finds that 

revocation of the countervailing duty 

orders on glycine from India and the 

People’s Republic of China (China) 

would be likely to lead to continuation 

or recurrence of countervailable 

subsidies at the levels as indicated in 

the ‘‘Final Results of Sunset Reviews’’ 

section of this notice. 

DATES: Applicable September 13, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Theodora Mattei or Tyler Weinhold, 

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) 482–4834 

and (202) 482–3362 respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On June 21, 2019, Commerce 

published the Orders in the Federal 

Register.1 On May 1, 2024, Commerce 

published the notice of initiation of the 

first sunset reviews of the Orders, 

pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).2 On 

May 13, 2024, Commerce received a 

timely notice of intent to participate in 

the sunset reviews of both Orders from 

Deer Park Glycine and Chattem 

Chemicals, Inc. (collectively, domestic 

interested parties) within the 15-day 

deadline specified in 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(1)(i).3 Each claimed 

interested party status under section 

771(9)(C) of the Act as a domestic 

producer engaged in the production in 

the United States of glycine. 

On May 20, 2024, Commerce received 

adequate substantive responses from the 

domestic interested parties within the 

30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(3)(i).4 Commerce did not 

receive a substantive response from any 

other interested party in these 

proceedings, and no party requested a 

hearing. In accordance with section 

751(c)(3)(B) of the Act, because 

Commerce did not receive a substantive 

response from any respondent party, 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B) 

and (e)(1)(ii)(C), respectively, 

respectively, we determined that the 

respondent interested parties did not 

provide an adequate response to the 

Initiation Notice. Therefore, on July 21, 

2024, Commerce notified the U.S. 

International Trade Commission that it 

did not receive an adequate substantive 

response from respondent interested 

parties at that it would conduct 

expedited (120-day) sunset reviews of 

the Orders, pursuant to section 

751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).5 On July 22, 

2024, Commerce tolled certain 

deadlines in these administrative 

proceedings by seven days.6 The 

deadline for the final results of these 

sunset reviews is now September 5, 

2024. 

Scope of the Orders 

The product covered by these Orders 

is glycine at any purity level or grade 

from India and China. For a complete 

description of the scope of these Orders, 

see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.7


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