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3See Administrative Protective Order, Service, 

and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Final Rule, 88 FR 

67069 (September 29, 2023). 

1See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Petitions for the 

Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duties,’’ dated September 30, 2024 (Petitions). 

2 Id. 

3See Commerce’s Letters, ‘‘Supplemental 

Questions,’’ dated October 2, 2024 (First General 

Issues Questionnaire); see also Country-Specific AD 

Supplemental Questionnaires: China Supplemental, 

Germany Supplemental, India Supplemental, and 

Saudi Arabia Supplemental, dated October 3, 2024; 

Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Second Supplemental 

Questions,’’ dated October 11, 2024 (Second 

General Issues Questionnaire); Country-Specific 

Second AD Supplemental Questionnaires: China 

Second Supplemental, India Second Supplemental, 

and Saudi Arabia Second Supplemental; and 

Memorandum, ‘‘Phone Call,’’ dated October 15, 

2024 (October 15, 2024, Memorandum). 

4See Petitioner’s Letters, ‘‘Response to 

Supplemental Questions,’’ dated October 7, 2024 

(First General Issues Supplement); see also 

Country-Specific AD Supplemental Responses: 

China AD Supplement, Germany AD Supplement, 

India AD Supplement, and Saudi Arabia AD 

Supplement, dated October 8, 2024; Petitioners’ 

Letters, ‘‘Petitioner’s Response to Second 

Supplemental Questions,’’ dated October 16, 2024 

(Second General Issues Supplement); CountrySpecific Second AD Supplemental Responses: 

Second China AD Supplement, Second India AD 

Supplement, and Second Saudi Arabia AD 

Supplement, dated October 16, 2024; and 

Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Erratum to Response to 

Supplemental Questions,’’ dated October 18, 2024 

(Second General Issues Errata). 

5See section on ‘‘Determination of Industry 

Support for the Petitions,’’ infra. 

6See First General Issues Questionnaire; see also 

Second General Issues Questionnaire; and October 

15, 2024, Memorandum. 

7See First General Issues Supplement at 3–5; see 

also Second General Issues Supplement at 1–3 and 

Second General Issues Errata. 

8See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

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

(Preamble); see also 19 CFR 351.312. 

the service of documents in 19 CFR 

351.303(f).3 An electronically filed 

document must be received successfully 

in its entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m. 

Eastern Time on the day on which it is 

due. 

In prior proceedings we have 

encouraged interested parties to provide 

an executive summary of their 

comments, including footnotes. In these 

sunset reviews, we request that 

interested parties provide at the 

beginning of their comments, an 

executive summary for each issue raised 

in their comments. 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 

decision memorandum that will 

accompany the notice to be published in 

the Federal Register. Finally, we request 

that interested parties include footnotes 

for relevant citations in the public 

executive summary of each issue. 

This notice of initiation is being 

published in accordance with section 

751(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(c). 

Dated: October 21, 2024. 

Scot Fullerton, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25610 Filed 11–1–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–180, A–428–854, A–533–932, A–517– 

807] 

Hexamethylenetetramine From the 

People’s Republic of China, Germany, 

India, and Saudi Arabia: Initiation of 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable October 21, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Cloyd at 202–482–1246 (the 

People’s Republic of China (China)), 

Ajay Menon at 202–482–0208 

(Germany), Dakota Potts at 202–482– 

0223 (India), and Andrew Hat at 202– 

482–1058 (Saudi Arabia), AD/CVD 

Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Petitions 

On September 30, 2024, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

received antidumping duty (AD) 

petitions concerning imports of 

hexamethylenetetramine (hexamine) 

from China, Germany, India, and Saudi 

Arabia filed in proper form on behalf of 

Bakelite LLC (the petitioner).1 The AD 

Petitions were accompanied by 

countervailing duty (CVD) petitions 

concerning imports of hexamine from 

China and India.2

Between October 2 and 11, 2024, 

Commerce requested supplemental 

information pertaining to certain aspects 

of the Petitions in supplemental 

questionnaires.3 The petitioner 

responded to Commerce’s supplemental 

questionnaires between October 7 and 

18, 2024.4

In accordance with section 732(b) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act), the petitioner alleges that imports 

of hexamine from China, Germany, 

India, and Saudi Arabia are being, or are 

likely to be, sold in the United States at 

less than fair value (LTFV) within the 

meaning of section 731 of the Act, and 

that imports of such products are 

materially injuring, or threatening 

material injury to, the hexamine 

industry in the United States. Consistent 

with section 732(b)(1) of the Act, the 

Petitions were accompanied by 

information reasonably available to the 

petitioner supporting its allegations. 

Commerce finds that the petitioner 

filed the Petitions on behalf of the 

domestic industry, because the 

petitioner is an interested party, as 

defined in section 771(9)(C) of the Act. 

Commerce also finds that the petitioner 

demonstrated sufficient industry 

support for the initiation of the 

requested LTFV investigations.5

Periods of Investigation 

Because the Petitions were filed on 

September 30, 2024, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.204(b)(1), the period of 

investigation (POI) for the Germany, 

India, and Saudi Arabia LTFV 

investigations is July 1, 2023, through 

June 30, 2024. Because China is a nonmarket economy (NME) country, 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.204(b)(1), the 

POI for the China LTFV investigation is 

January 1, 2024, through June 30, 2024. 

Scope of the Investigations 

The product covered by these 

investigations is hexamine from China, 

Germany, India, and Saudi Arabia. For 

a full description of the scope of these 

investigations, see the appendix to this 

notice. 

Comments on the Scope of the 

Investigations 

On October 2 and 11, 2024, 

Commerce requested information and 

clarification from the petitioner 

regarding the proposed scope to ensure 

that the scope language in the Petitions 

is an accurate reflection of the products 

for which the domestic industry is 

seeking relief.6 On October 7 and 18, 

2024, the petitioner provided 

clarifications and revised the scope.7

The description of merchandise covered 

by these investigations, as described in 

the appendix to this notice, reflects 

these clarifications. 

As discussed in the Preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations, we are setting 

aside a period for interested parties to 

raise issues regarding product coverage 

(i.e., scope).8 Commerce will consider 

all scope comments received from 

interested parties and, if necessary, will 

consult with interested parties prior to 

the issuance of the preliminary 

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9See 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) (defining ‘‘factual 

information’’). 10See 19 CFR 351.303(b)(1). The deadline for 

scope comments falls on November 10, 2024, which 

is a Sunday. Monday, November 11, 2024 is a 

federal holiday. In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.303(b)(1), Commerce will accept comments 

filed by 5:00 p.m. ET on November 12, 2024 (‘‘For 

both electronically filed and manually filed 

documents, if the applicable due date falls on a 

non-business day, the Secretary will accept 

documents that are filed on the next business 

day.’’). 

11See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures; 

Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 

39263 (July 6, 2011); see also Enforcement and 

Compliance: Change of Electronic Filing System 

Name, 79 FR 69046 (November 20, 2014) for details 

of Commerce’s electronic filing requirements, 

effective August 5, 2011. Information on using 

ACCESS can be found at https://access.trade.gov/ 

help.aspx and a handbook can be found at https:// 

access.trade.gov/help/Handbook_on_Electronic_

Filing_Procedures.pdf. 

12See 19 CFR 351.303(b)(1). The deadline for 

comments on product characteristics falls on 

November 10, 2024, which is a Sunday. Monday, 

November 11, 2024 is a federal holiday. In 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(b)(1), Commerce 

will accept comments filed by 5:00 p.m. ET on 

November 12, 2024 (‘‘For both electronically filed 

and manually filed documents, if the applicable 

due date falls on a non-business day, the Secretary 

will accept documents that are filed on the next 

business day.’’). 

13See section 771(10) of the Act. 

14See USEC, Inc. v. United States, 132 F. Supp. 

2d 1, 8 (CIT 2001) (citing Algoma Steel Corp., Ltd. 

v. United States, 688 F. Supp. 639, 644 (CIT 1988), 

aff’d Algoma Steel Corp., Ltd. v. United States, 865 

F.2d 240 (Fed. Cir. 1989)). 

include factual information,9 all such 

factual information should be limited to 

public information. To facilitate 

preparation of its questionnaires, 

Commerce requests that scope 

comments be submitted by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time (ET) on November 12, 

2024, which is the next business day 

after 20 calendar days from the 

signature date of this notice.10 Any 

rebuttal comments, which may include 

factual information, and should also be 

limited to public information, must be 

filed by 5:00 p.m. ET on November 22, 

2024, which is 10 calendar days from 

the initial comment deadline. 

Commerce requests that any factual 

information that parties consider 

relevant to the scope of these 

investigations be submitted during that 

period. However, if a party subsequently 

finds that additional factual information 

pertaining to the scope of the 

investigations may be relevant, the party 

must contact Commerce and request 

permission to submit the additional 

information. All scope comments must 

be filed simultaneously on the records 

of the concurrent LTFV and CVD 

investigations. 

Filing Requirements 

All submissions to Commerce must be 

filed electronically via Enforcement and 

Compliance’s Antidumping Duty and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS), 

unless an exception applies.11 An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully in its entirety by 

the time and date it is due. 

Comments on Product Characteristics 

Commerce is providing interested 

parties an opportunity to comment on 

the appropriate physical characteristics 

of hexamine to be reported in response 

to Commerce’s AD questionnaires. This 

information will be used to identify the 

key physical characteristics of the 

subject merchandise in order to report 

the relevant factors of production (FOP) 

or cost of production (COP) accurately, 

as well as to develop appropriate 

product comparison criteria. 

Interested parties may provide any 

information or comments that they feel 

are relevant to the development of an 

accurate list of physical characteristics. 

Specifically, they may provide 

comments as to which characteristics 

are appropriate to use as: (1) general 

product characteristics; and (2) product 

comparison criteria. We note that it is 

not always appropriate to use all 

product characteristics as product 

comparison criteria. We base product 

comparison criteria on meaningful 

commercial differences among products. 

In other words, although there may be 

some physical product characteristics 

utilized by manufacturers to describe 

hexamine, it may be that only a select 

few product characteristics take into 

account commercially meaningful 

physical characteristics. In addition, 

interested parties may comment on the 

order in which the physical 

characteristics should be used in 

matching products. Generally, 

Commerce attempts to list the most 

important physical characteristics first 

and the least important characteristics 

last. 

In order to consider the suggestions of 

interested parties in developing and 

issuing the AD questionnaires, all 

product characteristics comments must 

be filed by 5:00 p.m. ET on November 

12, 2024, which is the next business day 

after 20 calendar days from the 

signature date of this notice.12 Any 

rebuttal comments must be filed by 5:00 

p.m. ET on November 22, 2024, which 

is 10 calendar days from the initial 

comment deadline. All comments and 

submissions to Commerce must be filed 

electronically using ACCESS, as 

explained above, on the record of each 

of the LTFV investigations. 

Determination of Industry Support for 

the Petitions 

Section 732(b)(1) of the Act requires 

that a petition be filed on behalf of the 

domestic industry. Section 732(c)(4)(A) 

of the Act provides that a petition meets 

this requirement if the domestic 

producers or workers who support the 

petition account for: (i) at least 25 

percent of the total production of the 

domestic like product; and (ii) more 

than 50 percent of the production of the 

domestic like product produced by that 

portion of the industry expressing 

support for, or opposition to, the 

petition. Moreover, section 732(c)(4)(D) 

of the Act provides that, if the petition 

does not establish support of domestic 

producers or workers accounting for 

more than 50 percent of the total 

production of the domestic like product, 

Commerce shall: (i) poll the industry or 

rely on other information in order to 

determine if there is support for the 

petition, as required by subparagraph 

(A); or (ii) determine industry support 

using a statistically valid sampling 

method to poll the ‘‘industry.’’ 

Section 771(4)(A) of the Act defines 

the ‘‘industry’’ as the producers as a 

whole of a domestic like product. Thus, 

to determine whether a petition has the 

requisite industry support, the statute 

directs Commerce to look to producers 

and workers who produce the domestic 

like product. The U.S. International 

Trade Commission (ITC), which is 

responsible for determining whether 

‘‘the domestic industry’’ has been 

injured, must also determine what 

constitutes a domestic like product in 

order to define the industry. While both 

Commerce and the ITC apply the same 

statutory definition regarding the 

domestic like product,13 they do so for 

different purposes and pursuant to a 

separate and distinct authority. In 

addition, Commerce’s determination is 

subject to limitations of time and 

information. Although this may result in 

different definitions of the like product, 

such differences do not render the 

decision of either agency contrary to 

law.14

Section 771(10) of the Act defines the 

domestic like product as ‘‘a product 

which is like, or in the absence of like, 

most similar in characteristics and uses 

with, the article subject to an 

investigation under this title.’’ Thus, the 

reference point from which the 

domestic like product analysis begins is 

‘‘the article subject to an investigation’’ 

(i.e., the class or kind of merchandise to 

be investigated, which normally will be 

the scope as defined in the petition). 

With regard to the domestic like 

product, the petitioner does not offer a 

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15For a discussion of the domestic like product 

analysis as applied to these cases and information 

regarding industry support, see Checklists, 

‘‘Antidumping Duty Investigation Initiation 

Checklists: Hexamethylenetetramine from the 

People’s Republic of China, Germany, India, and 

Saudi Arabia,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Country-Specific AD 

Initiation Checklists), at Attachment II, Analysis of 

Industry Support for the Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Petitions Covering 

Hexamethylenetetramine from the People’s 

Republic of China, Germany, India, and Saudi 

Arabia (Attachment II). These checklists are on file 

electronically via ACCESS. 

16See Attachment II of the Country-Specific AD 

Initiation Checklists. 

17 Id. 

18 Id. 

19For further discussion, see Attachment II of the 

Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists. 

20 Id. 

21 Id.; see also section 732(c)(4)(D) of the Act. 

22See Attachment II of the Country-Specific AD 

Initiation Checklists. 

23 Id. 

24 Id. 

25For further information regarding negligibility 

and the injury allegation, see Country-Specific AD 

Initiation Checklists at Attachment III, Analysis of 

Allegations and Evidence of Material Injury and 

Causation for the Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duty Petitions Covering Hexamethylenetetramine 

from the People’s Republic of China, Germany, 

India, and Saudi Arabia (Attachment III). 

26 Id. 

27 Id. 

28See Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists. 

29See India AD Initiation Checklist. 

30See Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists. 

31 In accordance with section 773(b)(2) of the Act, 

for the India investigations, Commerce will request 

information necessary to calculate the constructed 

value (CV) and COP to determine whether there are 

reasonable grounds to believe or suspect that sales 

of the foreign like product have been made at prices 

that represent less than the COP of the product. 

32See Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists. 

33 Id. 

34See Saudi Arabia AD Initiation Checklist. 

35 Id. 

36See, e.g., Certain Freight Rail Couplers and 

Parts Thereof from the People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value and Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Critical Circumstances, 88 FR 

15372 (March 13, 2023), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 5, 

unchanged in Certain Freight Rail Couplers and 

Parts Thereof from the People’s Republic of China: 

Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at LessThan-Fair Value and Final Affirmative 

Continued 

distinct from the scope of the 

investigations.15 Based on our analysis 

of the information submitted on the 

record, we have determined that 

hexamine, as defined in the scope, 

constitutes a single domestic like 

product, and we have analyzed industry 

support in terms of that domestic like 

product.16

In determining whether the petitioner 

has standing under section 732(c)(4)(A) 

of the Act, we considered the industry 

support data contained in the Petitions 

with reference to the domestic like 

product as defined in the ‘‘Scope of the 

Investigations,’’ in the appendix to this 

notice. To establish industry support, 

the petitioner provided its own 

production of the domestic like product 

in 2023.17 The petitioner stated that 

there are no other known producers of 

hexamine in the United States; 

therefore, the Petitions are supported by 

100 percent of the U.S. industry.18 We 

relied on data provided by the petitioner 

for purposes of measuring industry 

support.19

Our review of the data provided in the 

Petitions, the First General Issues 

Supplement, and other information 

readily available to Commerce indicates 

that the petitioner has established 

industry support for the Petitions.20

First, the Petitions established support 

from domestic producers (or workers) 

accounting for more than 50 percent of 

the total production of the domestic like 

product and, as such, Commerce is not 

required to take further action in order 

to evaluate industry support (e.g., 

polling).21 Second, the domestic 

producers (or workers) have met the 

statutory criteria for industry support 

under section 732(c)(4)(A)(i) of the Act 

because the domestic producers (or 

workers) who support the Petitions 

account for at least 25 percent of the 

total production of the domestic like 

product.22 Finally, the domestic 

producers (or workers) have met the 

statutory criteria for industry support 

under section 732(c)(4)(A)(ii) of the Act 

because the domestic producers (or 

workers) who support the Petitions 

account for more than 50 percent of the 

production of the domestic like product 

produced by that portion of the industry 

expressing support for, or opposition to, 

the Petitions.23 Accordingly, Commerce 

determines that the Petitions were filed 

on behalf of the domestic industry 

within the meaning of section 732(b)(1) 

of the Act.24

Allegations and Evidence of Material 

Injury and Causation 

The petitioner alleges that the U.S. 

industry producing the domestic like 

product is being materially injured, or is 

threatened with material injury, by 

reason of the imports of the subject 

merchandise sold at LTFV. In addition, 

the petitioner alleges that subject 

imports exceed the negligibility 

threshold provided for under section 

771(24)(A) of the Act.25

The petitioner contends that the 

industry’s injured condition is 

illustrated by the significant volume and 

market share of subject imports; 

underselling and price depression and/ 

or suppression; lost sales and revenues; 

and adverse impact on the domestic 

industry’s production, capacity 

utilization, U.S. shipments, employment 

variables, capital expenditures, and 

sales and profitability.26 We assessed 

the allegations and supporting evidence 

regarding material injury, threat of 

material injury, causation, cumulation, 

as well as negligibility, and we have 

determined that these allegations are 

properly supported by adequate 

evidence and meet the statutory 

requirements for initiation.27

Allegations of Sales at LTFV 

The following is a description of the 

allegations of sales at LTFV upon which 

Commerce based its decision to initiate 

LTFV investigations of imports of 

hexamine from China, Germany, India, 

and Saudi Arabia. The sources of data 

for the deductions and adjustments 

relating to U.S. price and normal value 

(NV) are discussed in greater detail in 

the Country-Specific AD Initiation 

Checklists. 

U.S. Price 

For China, Germany, and Saudi 

Arabia, the petitioner based export price 

(EP) on the POI average unit values 

(AUVs) derived from official U.S. 

import statistics for imports of 

hexamine produced in and exported 

from each country.28 For India, the 

petitioner based EP on a transactionspecific AUV (i.e., month- and portspecific AUV) derived from official 

import statistics and tied to ship 

manifest data.29 For each country, the 

petitioner made certain adjustments to 

U.S. price to calculate a net ex-factory 

U.S. price, where applicable.30

Normal Value 31

For Germany and India, the petitioner 

based NV on home market pricing 

information obtained for hexamine 

produced in and sold, or offered for 

sale, in the respective countries during 

the applicable time period.32 For India, 

the petitioner provided information 

indicating that the prices for hexamine 

sold or offered for sale in India were 

below the COP. Therefore, for India, the 

petitioner based NV on constructed 

value.33 For Saudi Arabia, the petitioner 

stated that it was unable to obtain home 

market or third country pricing 

information for hexamine to use as a 

basis for NV.34 Therefore, for Saudi 

Arabia, the petitioner calculated NV 

based on CV.35 For further discussion of 

CV for India and Saudi Arabia, see the 

section ‘‘Normal Value Based on 

Constructed Value,’’ below. 

Commerce considers China to be an 

NME country.36 In accordance with 


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37See China AD Initiation Checklist. 

38 Id. 

39 Id. 

40 Id. 

41See Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists. 

42 Id. 

43 Id. 

44 Id. 

45 Id. 

46 Id. 

47See Petitions at Volume I (pages 10–11 and 

Exhibit I–8); see also First General Issues 

Supplement at 1–3 and Exhibit I–S1. 

48See Petitions at Volume I (pages 10–11 and 

Exhibit I–8); see also First General Issues 

Supplement at 1–3 and Exhibit I–S1. 

section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Act, any 

determination that a foreign country is 

an NME country shall remain in effect 

until revoked by Commerce. Therefore, 

we continue to treat China as an NME 

country for purposes of the initiation of 

the China LTFV investigation. 

Accordingly, we base NV on FOPs 

valued in a surrogate market economy 

country in accordance with section 

773(c) of the Act. 

The petitioner claims that the 

Republic of Tu ̈rkiye (Tu ̈rkiye) is an 

appropriate surrogate country for China 

because it is a market economy that is 

at a level of economic development 

comparable to that of China and is a 

significant producer of comparable 

merchandise.37 The petitioner provided 

publicly available information from 

Tu ̈rkiye to value all FOPs.38 Based on 

the information provided by the 

petitioner, we believe it is appropriate 

to use Tu ̈rkiye as a surrogate country for 

China to value all FOPs for initiation 

purposes. 

Interested parties will have the 

opportunity to submit comments 

regarding surrogate country selection 

and, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.301(c)(3)(i), will be provided an 

opportunity to submit publicly available 

information to value FOPs within 30 

days before the scheduled date of the 

preliminary determination. 

Factors of Production 

Because information regarding the 

volume of inputs consumed by Chinese 

producers/exporters was not reasonably 

available, the petitioner used its own 

production experience and productspecific consumption rates as a 

surrogate to value Chinese 

manufacturers’ FOPs.39 Additionally, 

the petitioner calculated factory 

overhead, selling, general, and 

administrative (SG&A) expenses, and 

profit based on the experience of a 

Turkish producer of comparable 

merchandise.40

Normal Value Based on Constructed 

Value 

As noted above for India, the 

petitioner provided information 

indicating that the prices for hexamine 

sold or offered for sale in India were 

below the COP. Also as noted above, for 

Saudi Arabia, the petitioner stated that 

it was unable to obtain home market or 

third-country prices for hexamine to use 

as a basis for NV. Therefore, for India 

and Saudi Arabia, the petitioner 

calculated NV based on CV.41

Pursuant to section 773(e) of the Act, 

the petitioner calculated CV as the sum 

of the cost of manufacturing, SG&A 

expenses, financial expenses, and 

profit.42 For India and Saudi Arabia, in 

calculating the cost of manufacturing, 

the petitioner relied on its own 

production experience and productspecific consumption rates, valued 

using publicly available information 

applicable to the respective countries, 

where applicable.43 For India, in 

calculating SG&A expenses, financial 

expenses, and profit ratios, the 

petitioner relied on the fiscal year 2023 

financial statements of a producer of 

identical merchandise domiciled in 

India.44 For Saudi Arabia, in calculating 

SG&A expenses, financial expenses, and 

profit ratios, the petitioner relied on the 

fiscal year 2022 financial statements of 

a producer of identical merchandise 

domiciled in Saudi Arabia.45

Fair Value Comparisons 

Based on the data provided by the 

petitioner, there is reason to believe that 

imports of hexamine from China, 

Germany, India, and Saudi Arabia are 

being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at LTFV. Based on 

comparisons of EP to NV in accordance 

with sections 772 and 773 of the Act, 

the estimated dumping margins for 

hexamine for each of the countries 

covered by this initiation are as follows: 

(1) China—405.19 percent; (2) 

Germany—104.72 to 111.24 percent; (3) 

India—105.76 percent; (4) Saudi 

Arabia—292.32 percent.46

Initiation of LTFV Investigations 

Based upon the examination of the 

Petitions and supplemental responses, 

we find that they meet the requirements 

of section 732 of the Act. Therefore, we 

are initiating LTFV investigations to 

determine whether imports of hexamine 

from China, Germany, India, and Saudi 

Arabia are being, or are likely to be, sold 

in the United States at LTFV. In 

accordance with section 733(b)(1)(A) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(1), 

unless postponed, we will make our 

preliminary determinations no later 

than 140 days after the date of these 

initiations. 

Respondent Selection 

Germany and Saudi Arabia 

In the Petitions, the petitioner 

identified two companies in Germany 

(Prefere Paraform GmbH & Co Kg and 

Fiberpipe GFK Vertriebsgesellschaft), 

and two companies in Saudi Arabia 

(Methanol Chemicals Company and The 

Factory of Methanol Chemicals) as 

producers/exporters of hexamine.47 We 

currently know of no additional 

producers/exporters of hexamine from 

Germany and Saudi Arabia. 

Accordingly, Commerce intends to 

individually examine all known 

producers/exporters in the 

investigations from these countries (i.e., 

the companies cited above). 

India 

In the Petitions, the petitioner 

identified four companies in India.48 In 

the event that Commerce determines 

that the number of companies is large, 

and it cannot individually examine each 

company based upon Commerce’s 

resources, where appropriate, 

Commerce intends to select mandatory 

respondents based on quantity and 

value (Q&V) questionnaires issued to 

potential respondents. Following 

standard practice in LTFV 

investigations involving market 

economy countries, Commerce would 

normally select respondents based on 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

entry data for imports under the 

appropriate Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheading(s) listed in the ‘‘Scope of the 

Investigations’’ in the Appendix. 

However, for these investigations, the 

main HTSUS subheading under which 

the subject merchandise would enter 

(2933.69.5000) is not limited to subject 

merchandise and therefore may also 

cover non-subject merchandise. 

Therefore, we cannot rely on CBP entry 

data in selecting respondents. 

Accordingly, for India, Commerce will 

send Q&V questionnaires to each 

producer and/or exporter for which 

there is complete address information 

on the record. 

Commerce will post the Q&V 

questionnaire along with filing 

instructions on Commerce’s website at 

https://www.trade.gov/ec-adcvd-caseannouncements. Producers/exporters of 

hexamine from India that do not receive 

Q&V questionnaires may still submit a 

response to the Q&V questionnaire and 


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49See Petitions at Volume I (pages 10–11 and 

Exhibit I–8); see also First General Issues 

Supplement at 1. 

50See Enforcement and Compliance’s Policy 

Bulletin No. 05.1, regarding, ‘‘Separate-Rates 

Practice and Application of Combination Rates in 

Antidumping Investigation involving NME 

Countries,’’ (April 5, 2005) at 6 (emphasis added), 

available on Commerce’s website at https://

access.trade.gov/Resources/policy/bull05-1.pdf. 

51See section 733(a) of the Act. 

52 Id. 

can obtain a copy of the Q&V 

questionnaire from Commerce’s website. 

Responses to the Q&V questionnaire 

must be submitted by the relevant 

Indian producers/exporters no later than 

5:00 p.m. ET on November 4, 2024, 

which is two weeks from the signature 

date of this notice. All Q&V 

questionnaire responses must be filed 

electronically via ACCESS. An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully, in its entirety, by 

ACCESS no later than 5:00 p.m. ET on 

the deadline noted above. 

Interested parties must submit 

applications for disclosure under APO 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(b). 

Instructions for filing such applications 

may be found on Commerce’s website at 

https://www.trade.gov/administrativeprotective-orders. 

China 

In the Petitions, the petitioner 

identified 10 companies in China as 

producers and/or exporters of 

hexamine.49 Our standard practice for 

respondent selection in AD 

investigations involving NME countries 

is to select respondents based on Q&V 

questionnaires in cases where 

Commerce has determined that the 

number of companies is large, and it 

cannot individually examine each 

company based upon its resources. 

Therefore, considering the number of 

producers and/or exporters identified in 

the Petitions, Commerce will solicit 

Q&V information that can serve as a 

basis for selecting exporters for 

individual examination in the event that 

Commerce determines that the number 

is large and decides to limit the number 

of respondents individually examined 

pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the 

Act. Because there are 10 Chinese 

producers and/or exporters identified in 

the Petitions, Commerce has determined 

that it will issue Q&V questionnaires to 

each potential respondent for which 

there is complete address information 

on the record. 

Commerce will post the Q&V 

questionnaires along with filing 

instructions on Commerce’s website at 

https://www.trade.gov/ec-adcvd-caseannouncements. Producers/exporters of 

hexamine from China that do not 

receive Q&V questionnaires may still 

submit a response to the Q&V 

questionnaire and can obtain a copy of 

the Q&V questionnaire from 

Commerce’s website. Responses to the 

Q&V questionnaire must be submitted 

by the relevant Chinese producers/ 

exporters no later than 5:00 p.m. ET on 

November 4, 2024, which is two weeks 

from the signature date of this notice. 

All Q&V questionnaire responses must 

be filed electronically via ACCESS. An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully, in its entirety, by 

ACCESS no later than 5:00 p.m. ET on 

the deadline noted above. 

Interested parties must submit 

applications for disclosure under APO 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(b). 

As stated above, instructions for filing 

such applications may be found on 

Commerce’s website at https://

www.trade.gov/administrativeprotective-orders. 

Separate Rates 

In order to obtain separate rate status 

in an NME investigation, exporters and 

producers must submit a separate rate 

application. The specific requirements 

for submitting a separate rate 

application in an NME investigation are 

outlined in detail in the application 

itself, which is available on Commerce’s 

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

Resources/nme/nme-sep-rate.html. The 

separate rate application will be due 30 

days after publication of this initiation 

notice. Exporters and producers must 

file a timely separate rate application if 

they want to be considered for 

individual examination. Exporters and 

producers who submit a separate rate 

application and have been selected as 

mandatory respondents will be eligible 

for consideration for separate rate status 

only if they respond to all parts of 

Commerce’s AD questionnaire as 

mandatory respondents. Commerce 

requires that companies from China 

submit a response both to the Q&V 

questionnaire and to the separate rate 

application by the respective deadlines 

to receive consideration for separate rate 

status. Companies not filing a timely 

Q&V questionnaire response will not 

receive separate rate consideration. 

Use of Combination Rates 

Commerce will calculate combination 

rates for certain respondents that are 

eligible for a separate rate in an NME 

investigation. The Separate Rates and 

Combination Rates Bulletin states: 

{w}hile continuing the practice of assigning 

separate rates only to exporters, all separate 

rates that {Commerce} will now assign in its 

NME investigation will be specific to those 

producers that supplied the exporter during 

the period of investigation. Note, however, 

that one rate is calculated for the exporter 

and all of the producers which supplied 

subject merchandise to it during the period 

of investigation. This practice applies both to 

mandatory respondents receiving an 

individually calculated separate rate as well 

as the pool of non-investigated firms 

receiving the {weighted average} of the 

individually calculated rates. This practice is 

referred to as the application of ‘‘combination 

rates’’ because such rates apply to specific 

combinations of exporters and one or more 

producers. The cash-deposit rate assigned to 

an exporter will apply only to merchandise 

both exported by the firm in question and 

produced by a firm that supplied the exporter 

during the period of investigation.50

Distribution of Copies of the Petitions 

In accordance with section 

732(b)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.202(f), copies of the public version 

of the Petitions have been provided to 

the governments of China, Germany, 

India, and Saudi Arabia via ACCESS. To 

the extent practicable, we will attempt 

to provide a copy of the public version 

of the Petitions to each exporter named 

in the Petitions, as provided under 19 

CFR 351.203(c)(2). 

ITC Notification 

Commerce will notify the ITC of our 

initiation, as required by section 732(d) 

of the Act. 

Preliminary Determinations by the ITC 

The ITC will preliminarily determine, 

within 45 days after the date on which 

the Petitions were filed, whether there 

is a reasonable indication that imports 

of hexamine from China, Germany, 

India, and/or Saudi Arabia are 

materially injuring, or threatening 

material injury to, a U.S. industry.51 A 

negative ITC determination for any 

country will result in the investigation 

being terminated with respect to that 

country.52 Otherwise, these LTFV 

investigations will proceed according to 

statutory and regulatory time limits. 

Submission of Factual Information 

Factual information is defined in 19 

CFR 351.102(b)(21) as: (i) evidence 

submitted in response to questionnaires; 

(ii) evidence submitted in support of 

allegations; (iii) publicly available 

information to value factors under 19 

CFR 351.408(c) or to measure the 

adequacy of remuneration under 19 CFR 

351.511(a)(2); (iv) evidence placed on 

the record by Commerce; and (v) 

evidence other than factual information 

described in (i)–(iv). Section 351.301(b) 

of Commerce’s regulations requires any 

party, when submitting factual 

information, to specify under which 

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53See 19 CFR 351.301(b). 

54See 19 CFR 351.301(b)(2). 

55See 19 CFR 351.301; see also Extension of Time 

Limits; Final Rule, 78 FR 57790 (September 20, 

2013) (Time Limits Final Rule), available at https:// 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/2013- 

22853.htm. 

56See 19 CFR 351.302; see also, e.g., Time Limits 

Final Rule. 

57See section 782(b) of the Act. 

58See Certification of Factual Information to 

Import Administration During Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July 

17, 2013) (Final Rule). Additional information 

regarding the Final Rule is available at https://

access.trade.gov/Resources/filing/index.html. 

59See Administrative Protective Order, Service, 

and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069 

(September 29, 2023). 

information is being submitted 53 and, if 

the information is submitted to rebut, 

clarify, or correct factual information 

already on the record, to provide an 

explanation identifying the information 

already on the record that the factual 

information seeks to rebut, clarify, or 

correct.54 Time limits for the 

submission of factual information are 

addressed in 19 CFR 351.301, which 

provides specific time limits based on 

the type of factual information being 

submitted. Interested parties should 

review the regulations prior to 

submitting factual information in these 

investigations. 

Particular Market Situation Allegation 

Section 773(e) of the Act addresses 

the concept of particular market 

situation (PMS) for purposes of CV, 

stating that ‘‘if a particular market 

situation exists such that the cost of 

materials and fabrication or other 

processing of any kind does not 

accurately reflect the cost of production 

in the ordinary course of trade, the 

administering authority may use 

another calculation methodology under 

this subtitle or any other calculation 

methodology.’’ When an interested 

party submits a PMS allegation pursuant 

to section 773(e) of the Act (i.e., a costbased PMS allegation), the submission 

must be filed in accordance with the 

requirements of 19 CFR 351.416(b), and 

Commerce will respond to such a 

submission consistent with 19 CFR 

351.301(c)(2)(v). If Commerce finds that 

a cost-based PMS exists under section 

773(e) of the Act, then it will modify its 

dumping calculations appropriately. 

Neither section 773(e) of the Act, nor 

19 CFR 351.301(c)(2)(v), sets a deadline 

for the submission of cost-based PMS 

allegations and supporting factual 

information. However, in order to 

administer section 773(e) of the Act, 

Commerce must receive PMS allegations 

and supporting factual information with 

enough time to consider the submission. 

Thus, should an interested party wish to 

submit a cost-based PMS allegation and 

supporting new factual information 

pursuant to section 773(e) of the Act, it 

must do so no later than 20 days after 

submission of a respondent’s initial 

section D questionnaire response. 

We note that a PMS allegation filed 

pursuant to sections 773(a)(1)(B)(ii)(III) 

or 773(a)(1)(C)(iii) of the Act (i.e., a 

sales-based PMS allegation) must be 

filed within 10 days of submission of a 

respondent’s initial section B 

questionnaire response, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(2)(i) and 19 CFR 

351.404(c)(2). 

Extensions of Time Limits 

Parties may request an extension of 

time limits before the expiration of a 

time limit established under 19 CFR 

351.301, or as otherwise specified by 

Commerce. In general, an extension 

request will be considered untimely if it 

is filed after the expiration of the time 

limit established under 19 CFR 351.301, 

or as otherwise specified by 

Commerce.55 For submissions that are 

due from multiple parties 

simultaneously, an extension request 

will be considered untimely if it is filed 

after 10:00 a.m. ET on the due date. 

Under certain circumstances, Commerce 

may elect to specify a different time 

limit by which extension requests will 

be considered untimely for submissions 

which are due from multiple parties 

simultaneously. In such a case, we will 

inform parties in a letter or 

memorandum of the deadline (including 

a specified time) by which extension 

requests must be filed to be considered 

timely. An extension request must be 

made in a separate, standalone 

submission; under limited 

circumstances we will grant untimely 

filed requests for the extension of time 

limits, where we determine, based on 19 

CFR 351.302, that extraordinary 

circumstances exist. Parties should 

review Commerce’s regulations 

concerning the extension of time limits 

and the Time Limits Final Rule prior to 

submitting factual information in these 

investigations.56

Certification Requirements 

Any party submitting factual 

information in an AD or CVD 

proceeding must certify to the accuracy 

and completeness of that information.57

Parties must use the certification 

formats provided in 19 CFR 

351.303(g).58 Commerce intends to 

reject factual submissions if the 

submitting party does not comply with 

the applicable certification 

requirements. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

Interested parties must submit 

applications for disclosure under APO 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 

Parties wishing to participate in these 

investigations should ensure that they 

meet the requirements of 19 CFR 

351.103(d) (e.g., by filing the required 

letter of appearance). Note that 

Commerce has amended certain of its 

requirements pertaining to the service of 

documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).59

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to sections 732(c)(2) and 777(i) 

of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.203(c). 

Dated: October 21, 2024. 

Ryan Majerus, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive 

functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigations 

The scope of the investigations covers 

hexamine in granular form, with a particle 

size of 5 millimeters or less, whether 

stabilized or unstabilized, whether or not 

blended, mixed, pulverized, or grounded 

with other products, containing 50 percent or 

more hexamine by weight. 

Hexamine is the common name for 

hexamethylene tetramine (Chemical Abstract 

Service #100–97–0), and is also referred to as 

1,3,5,7-tetraazaadamantanemethenamine; 

HMT; HMTA; 1,3,5,7-tetraazatricyclo 

{3.3.1.13,7} decane; 1,3,5,7-tetraaza 

adamantane; hexamethylenamine. Hexamine 

has the chemical formula C6H12N4. 

Granular hexamine that has been blended 

with other product(s) is included in this 

scope when the resulting mix contains 50 

percent or more of hexamine by weight, 

regardless of whether it is blended with inert 

additives, co-reactants, or any additives that 

undergo self-condensation. 

Subject merchandise includes merchandise 

matching the above description that has been 

processed in a third country, including by 

commingling, diluting, adding or removing 

additives, or performing any other processing 

that would not otherwise remove the 

merchandise from the scope of the 

investigations if performed in the subject 

country. 

Merchandise covered by the scope of the 

investigations can be classified in the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTSUS) of the 

United States under the subheading 

2933.69.5000. The HTSUS subheading and 

Chemical Abstracts Service registry number 

are provided for convenience and customs 

purposes only; however, the written 

description of the scope is dispositive. 

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