Document Headings

                    Document headings vary by document type but may contain                    the following:                  
                -                       the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document                    
                -                       the number of the CFR title and the number of each part                      the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly                      related to                    
                -                       the agency docket number / agency internal file number                    
                -                       the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in                      the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory                      Actions                    

                    See the                                          Document Drafting Handbook                                        for more details.                  

###### Department of Commerce

###### International Trade Administration

          - [A-570-972, A-583-848]

# AGENCY:

Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department Commerce.

# SUMMARY:

As a result of these expedited sunset reviews, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on stilbenic optical brightening agents (OBAs) from the People's Republic of China (China) and Taiwan would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels indicated in the “Final Results of Expedited Sunset Reviews” section of this notice.

# DATES:

Applicable November 8, 2024.

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joshua Weiner, AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3902.

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

## Background

                    In 2012, Commerce published in the                     **Federal Register**                     the orders with respect to OBAs from the China and Taiwan.[1]                                          On July 1, 2024, Commerce published in the                     **Federal Register**                     the initiation of the second sunset reviews of the                     *Orders*                     on OBAs from China and Taiwan, in accordance with section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).[2] 

                    On July 15, 2024, we received a timely notice of intent to participate in these sunset reviews from Archroma U.S. Inc. (Archroma), a domestic interested party, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).[3]                                          Archroma claimed interested party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act as a manufacturer of a domestic like product in the United States. On July 23, 2024, Archroma provided complete substantive responses for these reviews within the 30-day deadline as specified in 19 CFR 351.2218(d)(3)(i).[4]                                          Commerce did not receive substantive responses from respondent interested parties. On August 21, 2024, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that it did not receive an adequate substantive response from other interested parties.[5]                                          As a result, in accordance with section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce conducted expedited,                     *i.e.,*                     120-day, sunset reviews of the                     *Orders.*                     On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days.[6]                                          The deadline for these final results is November 5, 2024.                

## Scope of the Orders

                    The product covered by the                     *Orders*                     are OBAs. For a full description of the scope of the                     *Orders, see*                     the Issues and Decision Memorandum.[7] 

## Analysis of the Comments Received

                    All issues raised in these sunset reviews, including the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping in the event of revocation of the                     *Orders*                     and the magnitude of the margins of dumping likely to prevail if the                     *Orders*                     were to be revoked, are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is included as an appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at                     *https://access.trade.gov.*                     In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at                     *https://access.trade.gov/​public/​FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.*

## Final Results of Sunset Reviews

                    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, Commerce determines that revocation of the                     *Orders*                     would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and that the magnitude of the margins of dumping likely to prevail would be margins up to 106.17 percent for China and up to 6.19 percent for Taiwan.                

## Administrative Protective Order

This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely written notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.

## Notification to Interested Parties

We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2) and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(5)(ii).

      ( print page 88730)    
Dated: November 5, 2024.

Abdelali Elouaradia,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

## Appendix

## List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary

II. Background

                        III. Scope of the                         *Orders*

                        IV. History of the                         *Orders*

V. Legal Framework

VI. Discussion of the Issues

1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of Dumping

2. Magnitude of the Margins of Dumping Likely to Prevail

VII. Final Results of Expedited Sunset Reviews

VIII. Recommendation

# Footnotes

1.                                                     *See Certain Stilbenic Optical Brightening Agents from the People's Republic of China: Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order,*77 FR 27423 (May 10, 2012); and                         *Certain Stilbenic Optical Brightening Agents from Taiwan: Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order,*77 FR 27419 (May 10, 2012) (collectively,                         *Orders*).                    
        Back to Citation      

2.                                                     *See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews,*89 FR 54435 (July 1, 2024) (Initiation Notice).                    
        Back to Citation      

3.                                                     *See*                         Archroma's Letters, “Notice of Intent to Participate,” dated July 15, 2024.                    
        Back to Citation      

4.                                                     *See*                         Archroma's Letters, “Substantive Response,” dated July 23, 2024.                    
        Back to Citation      

5.                                                     *See*                         Commerce's Letter, “Sunset Reviews for July 2024,” dated August 21, 2024.                    
        Back to Citation      

6.                                                     *See*                         Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,” dated July 22, 2024.                    
        Back to Citation      

7.                                                     *See*                         Memorandum, “Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders on Stilbenic Optical Brightening Agents from the People's Republic of China and Taiwan,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).                    
        Back to Citation      

[FR Doc. 2024-26020 Filed 11-7-24; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P