89608 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 219 / Wednesday, November 13, 2024 / Notices 

1See Certain Epoxy Resins from the People’s 

Republic of China, India, the Republic of Korea, 

Taiwan, and Thailand: Initiation of Less-Than-FairValue Investigations, 89 FR 33324 (April 29, 2024) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See 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). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination in the Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation of Certain Epoxy Resins 

from Thailand,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

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

(Preamble). 

5See Initiation Notice, 89 FR at 33328. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Less-Than-Fair-Value and 

Countervailing Duty Investigations of Certain Epoxy 

Resins from the People’s Republic of China, India, 

the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand: 

Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum,’’ dated 

concurrently with this preliminary determination 

(Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum). 

7 Id. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–549–850] 

Certain Epoxy Resins From Thailand: 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

Preliminary Negative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, Postponement 

of Final Determination, and Extension 

of Provisional Measures 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that certain epoxy resins 

(epoxy resins) from Thailand are being, 

or are likely to be, sold in the United 

States at less than fair value (LTFV). The 

period of investigation is April 1, 2023, 

through March 31, 2024. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable November 13, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rachel Jennings or John Frye, 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) 482–1110 or (202) 482–3035, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on April 29, 2024.1 On August 12, 2024, 

Commerce postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation and 

the revised deadline is now November 

6, 2024.2 For a complete description of 

the events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

included 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/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are epoxy resins from 

Thailand. For a complete description of 

the scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the Preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (i.e., scope).5 Certain interested 

parties commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice, as well as additional 

language proposed by Commerce. For a 

summary of the product coverage 

comments and rebuttal responses 

submitted to the record for this 

preliminary determination, and 

accompanying discussion and analysis 

of all comments timely received, see the 

Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum.6 Commerce is 

preliminarily not to modifying the scope 

language as it appeared in the Initiation 

Notice. See the scope in Appendix I to 

this notice. Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2), interested parties may 

submit additional comments on the 

scope of this investigation in scope case 

briefs, which may be submitted no later 

than 30 days after the issuance of the 

Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum.7

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Commerce has 

calculated export prices in accordance 

with section 772(a) of the Act. 

Constructed export prices have been 

calculated in accordance with section 

772(b) of the Act. Normal value is 

calculated in accordance with section 

773 of the Act. For a full description of 

the methodology underlying the 

preliminary determination, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Negative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances 

In accordance with section 733(e) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.206, Commerce 

preliminarily finds that critical 

circumstances do not exist for Aditya 

Birla Chemicals (Thailand) Limited 

(Aditya Thai), and all other exporters 

and producers of the subject 

merchandise. For a full description of 

the methodology and results of 

Commerce’s critical circumstances 

analysis, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 733(d)(1)(ii) and 735(c)(5)(A) 

of the Act provide that in the 

preliminary determination Commerce 

shall determine an estimated all-others 

rate for all exporters and producers not 

individually examined. This rate shall 

be an amount equal to the weighted 

average of the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins established 

for exporters and producers 

individually investigated, excluding any 

rates that are zero, de minimis, or 

determined entirely under section 776 

of the Act. 

In this investigation, Commerce 

calculated an individual estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin for 

Aditya Thai, the only individually 

examined exporter/producer in this 

investigation. Because the only 

individually calculated dumping margin 

is not zero, de minimis, or based 

entirely on facts otherwise available, the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin calculated for Aditya Thai is the 

margin assigned to all other producers 

and exporters, pursuant to section 

735(c)(5)(A) of the Act. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margins exist: 


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8See 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). 

9See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

10We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

11See APO and Service Final Rule. 

12See Aditya Thai’s Letter, ‘‘Request for 

Extension of Final Determination,’’ dated 

September 25, 2024. 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin 

(percent) 

Cash deposit rate 

(adjusted for subsidy 

offset(s)) 

(percent) 

Aditya Birla Chemicals (Thailand) Limited .............................................................. 5.59 Not Applicable. 

All Others ................................................................................................................ 5.59 Not Applicable. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 733(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 Appendix 

I, entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the date of publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register. Further, pursuant 

to section 733(d)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.205(d), Commerce will instruct 

CBP to require a cash deposit equal to 

the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin or the estimated allothers rate, as follows: (1) the cash 

deposit rate for the respondent listed 

above will be equal to the companyspecific estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins determined in this 

preliminary determination; (2) if the 

exporter is not a respondent identified 

above, but the producer is, then the cash 

deposit rate will be equal to the 

company-specific estimated weightedaverage dumping margin established for 

that producer of the subject 

merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit 

rate for all other producers and 

exporters will be equal to the all-others 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties in this preliminary 

determination 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). 

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. 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.8 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.9

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 

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.10 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).11

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 and 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. 

Postponement of Final Determination 

and Extension of Provisional Measures 

Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides 

that a final determination may be 

postponed until not later than 135 days 

after the date of the publication of the 

preliminary determination if, in the 

event of an affirmative preliminary 

determination, a request for such 

postponement is made by exporters who 

account for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise, or in 

the event of a negative preliminary 

determination, a request for such 

postponement is made by the petitioner. 

Section 351.210(e)(2) of Commerce’s 

regulations requires that a request by 

exporters for postponement of the final 

determination be accompanied by a 

request for extension of provisional 

measures from a four-month period to a 

period not more than six months in 

duration. 

On September 25, 2024, pursuant to 

19 CFR 351.210(e), Aditya Thai 

requested that Commerce postpone the 

final determination and that provisional 

measures be extended to a period not to 

exceed six months.12 In accordance with 

section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) the 

preliminary determination is 

affirmative; (2) the requesting exporter 

accounts for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise; and 

(3) no compelling reasons for denial 


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89610 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 219 / Wednesday, November 13, 2024 / Notices 

1See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from 

Brazil and the Republic of Korea: Amended Final 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determinations 

and Countervailing Duty Orders, 81 FR 67960 

(October 3, 2016) (Order). 

2See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

84784 (December 6, 2023) (Initiation Notice). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Respondent Selection,’’ 

dated January 18, 2024. 

exist, Commerce is postponing the final 

determination and extending the 

provisional measures from a four-month 

period to a period not greater than six 

months. Accordingly, Commerce will 

make its final determination no later 

than 135 days after the date of 

publication of this preliminary 

determination. 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary 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 

these imports are materially injuring, or 

threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: November 6, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I—Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation are 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 

are covered by the scope of this investigation 

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. Period of Investigation 

IV. Discussion of the Methodology 

V. Preliminary Negative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances 

VI. Currency Conversion 

VII. Recommendation 

VIII. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–580–884] 

Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products 

From the Republic of Korea: 

Preliminary Results and Partial 

Rescission of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review; 2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies were provided to producers 

and exporters of certain hot-rolled steel 

flat products (hot-rolled steel) from the 

Republic of Korea (Korea). The period of 

review (POR) is January 1, 2022, 

through December 31, 2022. 

Additionally, Commerce is rescinding 

the review, in part, with respect to 13 

companies which had no entries. We 

invite interested parties to comment on 

these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable November 13, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelsie Hohenberger or Nathan James, 

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) 482–2517 or 

(202) 482–5305, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In October 2023, Commerce received 

requests for an administrative review of 

the countervailing duty (CVD) order on 

hot-rolled steel from Korea.1 On 

December 6, 2023, Commerce published 

a notice of initiation of administrative 

review of the Order.2 On January 18, 

2024, Commerce selected Hyundai Steel 

Company (Hyundai Steel) and POSCO 

as mandatory respondents in this 

administrative review.3 On June 25, 

2024, Commerce extended the deadline 

for the preliminary results of this 


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