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12We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

13See APO and Service Final Rule. 

1See Certain Epoxy Resins from the Republic of 

Korea: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary Negative 

Critical Circumstances Determination, 

Postponement of Final Determination, and 

Extension of Provisional Measures, 89 FR 89605 

(November 13, 2024) (Preliminary Determination), 

and accompanying Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum (PDM). 

2See Kumho P&B’s Letter, ‘‘Kumho P&B’s 

Ministerial Error Allegation,’’ dated November 18, 

2024. 

3See section 735(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act); see also 19 CFR 351.224(f). 

instead request that interested parties 

provide at the beginning of their briefs 

a public, executive summary for each 

issue raised in their briefs.12 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 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).13

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 Rate 

Upon completion of this 

administrative review, consistent with 

section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.212(b)(2), Commerce shall 

determine, and CBP shall assess, 

countervailing duties on all appropriate 

entries covered by this review. 

Commerce intends to issue 

assessment instructions to CBP no 

earlier than 35 days after the date of 

publication 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 

In accordance with section 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce 

intends, upon publication of the final 

results, to instruct CBP to collect cash 

deposits of the estimated countervailing 

duties in the amounts calculated in the 

final results of this review for the 

company listed above with regard to 

shipments of subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

review. For all non-reviewed firms, CBP 

will continue to collect cash deposits of 

estimated countervailing duties at the 

all-others rate. These cash deposit 

instructions, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Final Results of Review 

Unless the deadline is extended, 

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

which will include the results of 

Commerce’s analysis of the issues raised 

in the case briefs, within 120 days of 

publication of these preliminary results 

in the Federal Register, pursuant to 

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.213(h)(1). 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This administrative review and notice 

are issued and published in accordance 

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

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

Dated: December 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. Subsidies Valuation Information 

V. Analysis of Programs 

VI. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–919] 

Certain Epoxy Resins From the 

Republic of Korea: Amended 

Preliminary Determination of LessThan-Fair-Value Investigation 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) is amending its 

preliminary affirmative determination 

in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 

investigation of certain epoxy resins 

(epoxy resins) from the Republic of 

Korea (Korea) to correct for a significant 

ministerial error. The period of 

investigation (POI) is April 1, 2023, 

through March 31, 2024. 

DATES: Applicable December 13, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joy 

Zhang or Laura Delgado, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office III, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–1168 or (202) 482–1468, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 13, 2024, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register its 

preliminary affirmative determination 

in the LTFV investigation of epoxy 

resins from Korea.1 On November 18, 

2024, a mandatory respondent, Kumho 

P&B Chemicals (Kumho P&B), timely 

alleged that Commerce made a 

significant ministerial error in 

calculating its estimated weightedaverage dumping margin.2

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are epoxy resins from 

Korea. For a complete description of the 

scope of this investigation, see the 

Appendix. 

Legal Framework 

A ministerial error is defined as 

including ‘‘errors in addition, 

subtraction, or other arithmetic 

function, clerical error resulting from 

inaccurate copying, duplication, or the 

like, and any other similar type of 

unintentional error which {Commerce} 

considers ministerial.’’ 3 A ministerial 

error is considered to be ‘‘significant’’ if 

its correction, either singly or in 

combination with other errors, would 

result in: (1) a change of at least five 

absolute percentage points in, but not 

less than 25 percent of, the weightedaverage dumping margin calculated in 

the preliminary determination; or (2) a 

difference between a weighted-average 

dumping margin of zero (or de minimis) 

and a weighted-average dumping 


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4See 19 CFR 351.224(g). 

5See Preliminary Determination, 89 FR at 89605 

(‘‘{The all-others rate} shall be an amount equal to 

the weighted average of the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins established for exporters 

and producers individually investigated’’). 

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

Investigation of Epoxy Resins from the Republic of 

Korea: Ministerial Error Allegations Regarding the 

Preliminary Determination,’’ dated concurrently 

with this notice (Ministerial Error Memorandum) at 

2–3. 7Commerce will normally adjust cash deposits 

for estimated antidumping duties by the amount of 

export subsidies countervailed in a companion 

countervailing duty (CVD) proceeding. However, 

because Commerce made a preliminary negative 

finding in the companion CVD proceeding, no such 

adjustment is warranted. See 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, 89 FR 74912, 

(September 13, 2024), and accompanying PDM at 6– 

7. 

8See Memorandum, ‘‘Amended Preliminary 

Determination Analysis Memorandum for Kumho 

P&B,’’ dated concurrently with this notice. 

9See Memorandum, ‘‘Amended All-Others Rate 

Calculation,’’ dated concurrently with this notice. 

margin of greater than de minimis or 

vice versa.4 Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.224(e), Commerce ‘‘will analyze any 

comments received and, if appropriate, 

correct any significant ministerial error 

by amending the preliminary 

determination.’’ 

Analysis of Significant Ministerial 

Error 

In the Preliminary Determination, 

Commerce made a significant 

ministerial error within the meaning of 

section 735(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.224(f) and (g)(1) in calculating the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin for Kumho P&B. Accordingly, 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e), 

Commerce is amending its Preliminary 

Determination to correct for this 

significant ministerial error by revising 

the weighted-average dumping margins 

for Kumho P&B and all other producers 

and/or exporters.5 For a detailed 

discussion of the alleged ministerial 

error, as well as Commerce’s analysis, 

see the Ministerial Error Memorandum.6

Amended Preliminary Determination 

As a result of correcting the 

significant ministerial error, Commerce 

determines the following estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

exist: 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weighted-average 

dumping margin 

(percent) 7

Cash deposit rate 

(adjusted for 

subsidy offset(s)) 

(percent) 

Kukdo Chemical Co., Ltd./Kukdo Finechem ............................................................................................... 24.65 Not Applicable. 

Kumho P&B Chemicals, Inc.8 ..................................................................................................................... 7.19 Not Applicable. 

All Others 9 .................................................................................................................................................. 18.39 Not Applicable. 

Disclosure 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

performed for this amended preliminary 

determination to parties within five 

days after 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). 

Amended Cash Deposits and 

Suspension of Liquidation 

The collection of cash deposits and 

suspension of liquidation will be 

revised according to the rates calculated 

in this amended preliminary 

determination, in accordance with 

section 733(d) of the Act. Because the 

amended rate for Kumho P&B and all 

other producers and/or exporters result 

in decreased cash deposit rates, they 

will be effective retroactively to 

November 13, 2024, the date of 

publication of the Preliminary 

Determination. We will also instruct 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 

issue instructions for requesting a 

refund of the difference between the 

amount of cash deposits paid as a result 

of the application of the Preliminary 

Determination rates and the amount due 

as a result of the amended preliminary 

determination rates. 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

(ITC) Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the ITC 

of our amended preliminary 

determination. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This amended preliminary 

determination is issued and published 

in accordance with sections 733(d) and 

777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.224(e). 

Dated: December 9, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix—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 


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1See Chlorinated Isocyanurates from the People’s 

Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 79 

FR 67424 (November 13, 2014) (Order). 

2See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

90168 (December 29, 2023). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated July 2, 2024. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review of Chlorinated 

Isocyanurates from the People’s Republic of China; 

2022,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Notice of Intent to Rescind 

Review, in Part,’’ dated February 14, 2024; and 

Memorandum, ‘‘Correction to Intent to Rescind 

Memorandum,’’ dated November 4, 2024 

(Correction to Intent to Rescind Memorandum). 

7See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

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

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

the Act regarding specificity. 

8See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. 

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. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–991] 

Chlorinated Isocyanurates From the 

People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Results of the 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review and Partial Rescission; 2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

finds that countervailable subsidies are 

being provided to producers and 

exporters of chlorinated isocyanurates 

(chlorinated isos) from the People’s 

Republic of China (China) during the 

period of review (POR), January 1, 2022, 

through December 31, 2022. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable December 13, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sun 

Cho, 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) 482–6458. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 13, 2014, Commerce 

published the countervailing duty order 

on chlorinated isos from China in the 

Federal Register.1 On December 29, 

2023, Commerce published a notice of 

initiation of an administrative review of 

the Order.2 On July 2, 2024, Commerce 

extended the time period for issuing 

these preliminary results by 120 days, 

until November 29, 2024, in accordance 

with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).3 On 

July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain 

deadlines in this administrative review 

by seven days.4 The deadline for these 

preliminary results is now December 6, 

2024. 

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this review, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.5 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as an 

appendix 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 Order 

The products covered by the Order 

are chlorinated isos from China. For a 

complete description of the scope of the 

Order, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Partial Rescission of Administrative 

Review 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), 

Commerce will rescind an 

administrative review when there are no 

reviewable suspended entries. Based on 

our analysis of U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) information, we 

preliminarily determine that: (1) Hebei 

Fuhui Water Treatment Co., Ltd.; (2) 

Henan Sinowin Chemical Industry Co., 

Ltd.; (3) Linhai Limin Chemicals Co., 

Ltd.; (4) Puyang Cleanway Chemicals 

Ltd.; (5) Qingdao Fortune Logistics Co., 

Ltd.; (6) Shandong Dongyue Chemical 

Co., Ltd.; (7) Shandong Taihe Chemicals 

Co., Ltd.; (8) Shanghai Special Logistics 

Co., Ltd.; (9) Shanghai Tianxiang 

Logistics Co., Ltd.; and (10) Topdan 

Industries Co., Limited had no entries of 

subject merchandise during the POR. 

On February 14, 2024, we notified 

parties that we intended to rescind this 

administrative review with respect to 

these companies.6 No parties 

commented on the notification of intent 

to rescind the review, in part. We are, 

therefore, rescinding the administrative 

review of these companies. For 

additional information regarding this 

determination, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(A) 

of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, we 

preliminarily find that there is a 

subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution 

that gives rise to a benefit to the 

recipient, and that the subsidy is 

specific.7

Commerce notes that, in making these 

findings, it relied, in part, on facts 

available and, because it finds that the 

Government of China did not act to the 

best of its ability to respond to 

Commerce’s requests for information, 

we drew an adverse inference where 

appropriate in selecting from among the 

facts otherwise available.8 For further 

information, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum at the section 

titled, ‘‘Use of Facts Otherwise 

Available and Adverse Inferences.’’ 


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