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15See 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). 16See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 17We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

18See APO and Service Final Rule. 

19See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

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 

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. A timeline for the 

submission of case briefs and written 

comments will be notified to interested 

parties at a later date. 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.15 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.16

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.17 Further, we request that 

interested parties limit their public 

executive summary of each issue to no 

more than 450 words, not including 

citations. We intend to use the public 

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).18

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 via ACCESS 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 and 

whether any participant is a foreign 

national, and a list of the issues to be 

discussed. Oral presentations at the 

hearing will be limited to issues raised 

in the briefs. If a request for a hearing 

is made, parties will be notified of the 

time and date for the hearing.19 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 2, 4– 

D from India 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)(1) 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 covered by this 

investigation is 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic 

acid (2,4-D) and its derivative products, 

including salt and ester forms of 2,4-D. 2,4- 

D has the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) 

registry number of 94–75–7 and the chemical 

formula C8H6 Cl2O3. 

Salt and ester forms of 2,4-D include 2,4- 

D sodium salt (CAS 2702–72–9), 2,4-D 

diethanolamine salt (CAS 5742–19–8), 2,4-D 

dimethyl amine salt (CAS 2008–39–1), 2,4-D 

isopropylamine salt (CAS 5742–17–6), 2,4-D 

tri-isopropanolamine salt (CAS 3234180–3), 

2,4-D choline salt (CAS 1048373–72–3), 2,4- 

D butoxyethyl ester (CAS 1929–733), 2,4-D 2- 

ethylhexylester (CAS 1928–43–4), and 2,4-D 

isopropylester (CAS 94–11–1). All 2,4-D, as 

well as the salt and ester forms of 2,4-D, is 

covered by the scope irrespective of purity, 

particle size, or physical form. 

The conversion of a 2,4-D salt or ester from 

2,4-D acid, or the formulation of nonsubject 

merchandise with the subject 2,4-D, its salts, 

and its esters in the country of manufacture 

or in a third country does not remove the 

subject 2,4-D, its salts, or its esters from the 

scope. For any such formulations, only the 

2,4-D, 2,4-D salt, and 2,4-D ester components 

of the mixture is covered by the scope of the 

investigation. Formulations of 2,4-D are 

products that are registered for end-use 

applications with the Environmental 

Protection Agency and contain a dispersion 

agent. 

The country of origin of any 2,4-D 

derivative salt or ester is determined by the 

country in which the underlying 2,4-D acid 

is produced. 2,4-D, its salts, and its esters are 

classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

of the United States (HTSUS) subheading 

2918.99.2010. Subject merchandise, 

including the abovementioned formulations, 

may also be classified under HTSUS 

subheadings 2922.12.0001, 2921.11.0000, 

2921.19.6195, 2922.19.9690, 3808.93.0500, 

and 3808.93.1500. The HTSUS subheadings 

and CAS registry numbers are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes. The 

written description of the scope of the 

investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Injury Test 

IV. Diversification of India’s Economy 

V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

VI. Subsidies Valuation 

VII. Benchmarks and Interest Rates 

VIII. Analysis of Programs 

IX. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–557–820] 

Silicon Metal From Malaysia: 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review, 2022– 

2023 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 


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1See Silicon Metal from Malaysia: Antidumping 

Duty Order, 86 FR 46677 (August 19, 2021) (Order). 

2See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; 

Opportunity to Request Administrative Review and 

Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 50840 

(August 2, 2023). 

3See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

71829 (October 18, 2023) (Initiation Notice). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated April 8, 2024. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the Administrative 

Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Silicon 

Metal from Malaysia; 2022–2023,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

7See 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). 

8See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

9We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

10See APO and Service Final Rule. 

11See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that sales of silicon metal 

from Malaysia were not sold in the 

United States at less than normal value 

(NV) during the period of review (POR), 

August 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable September 13, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kabir Archuletta, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: 202–482–2593. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 19, 2021, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register an 

antidumping duty order on silicon 

metal from Malaysia.1 On August 2, 

2023, we published in the Federal 

Register a notice of opportunity to 

request an administrative review of the 

Order.2 On October 18, 2023, based on 

a timely request for an administrative 

review, Commerce initiated an 

administrative review with respect to 

PMB Silicon Sdn. Bhd (PMB Silicon).3

On April 8, 2024, Commerce extended 

the deadline for completing the 

preliminary results of this review until 

August 30, 2024.4 On July 22, 2024, 

Commerce tolled certain deadlines in 

this administrative proceeding by seven 

days.5 The deadline for the preliminary 

results is now September 6, 2024. For a 

complete description of the events 

between the initiation of this review and 

these preliminary results, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum.6

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the 

scope of this Order is silicon metal from 

Malaysia. For a complete description of 

the scope of the Order, see 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 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. for a complete 

list of topics discussed in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum see 

the appendix to this notice. 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 can be accessed 

directly at https://access.trade.gov/ 

public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Preliminary Results of the Review 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margin exists during 

the period August 1, 2022, through July 

31, 2023: 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weighted-average 

dumping margin 

(percent) 

PMB Silicon Sdn. Bhd .... 0.00 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties for these preliminary 

results within five days of any public 

announcement or, if there is no public 

announcement, within five days of the 

date of publication of this notice in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

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. 

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.7 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.8

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 briefs 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.9 Further, we 

request that interested parties limit their 

public executive summary of each issue 

to no more than 450 words, not 

including citations. We intend to use 

the public 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).10

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 p.m. Eastern Time within 

30 days after the date of publication of 

this notice. 

Assessment Rates 

Upon issuance of the final results of 

this administrative review, Commerce 

shall determine, and U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 

antidumping duties on all appropriate 

entries covered by this review.11 If PMB 

Silicon’s weighted-average dumping 

margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., 

less than 0.5 percent) in the final results 

of this review, we will calculate 

importer-specific assessment rates based 

on the ratio of the total amount of 

dumping calculated for the importer’s 


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12See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act. 

13See Order, 86 FR at 46678. 

14For a full description of this practice, see 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 

Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 

(May 6, 2003). 15See Order, 86 FR at 46678. 

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 46016 (May 28, 2024). 

examined sales to the total entered 

value of those same sales in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). We intend to 

instruct CBP to assess antidumping 

duties on all appropriate entries covered 

by this review when the importerspecific assessment rate calculated in 

the final results of this review is not 

zero or de minimis. Where either PMB 

Silicon’s weighted-average dumping 

margin is zero or de minimis within the 

meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c), or an 

importer-specific assessment rate is zero 

or de minimis in the final results of this 

review, we intend to instruct CBP to 

liquidate the appropriate entries 

without regard to antidumping duties in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). 

The final results of this review shall be 

the basis for the assessment of 

antidumping duties on entries of 

merchandise covered by this review and 

for future deposits of estimated duties, 

where applicable.12

In accordance with Commerce’s 

‘‘automatic assessment’’ practice, for 

entries of subject merchandise during 

the POR produced by PMB Silicon for 

which PMB Silicon did not know that 

the merchandise was destined for the 

United States, we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate those entries at the all-others 

rate established in the original less-thanfair-value (LTFV) investigation (i.e., 

12.27 percent),13 if there is no rate for 

the intermediate company(ies) involved 

in the transaction.14

Commerce intends to issue 

instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 

days after the publication date 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 

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 PMB Silicon will be 

equal to the weighted-average dumping 

margin established in the final results of 

this administrative review; (2) for 

merchandise exported by producers or 

exporters 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 rate 

published for the most recentlycompleted segment of this proceeding in 

which they were reviewed; (3) if the 

exporter is not a firm covered in this 

review, or the original investigation, but 

the producer is, then the cash deposit 

rate will be the rate established for the 

most recently-completed segment of this 

proceeding for the producer of the 

merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate 

for all other producers or exporters will 

continue to be 12.27 percent, the allothers rate established in the LTFV 

investigation.15 The cash deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Final Results of Review 

Unless extended, 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, not later than 120 

days after the date of publication of this 

notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1). 

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 

antidumping duties prior to liquidation 

of the relevant entries during the 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 results in accordance with 

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

Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: September 6, 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 

[C–580–920] 

Certain Epoxy Resins From the 

Republic of Korea: Preliminary 

Negative Countervailing Duty 

Determination, Preliminary Negative 

Critical Circumstances 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 not being provided to 

producers and exporters of Certain 

Epoxy Resins (epoxy resins) from the 

Republic of Korea (Korea). The period of 

investigation is 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: 

Thomas Martin or Benjamin Blythe, 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) 482–3936 or (202) 482–3457, 

respectively. 

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 


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