[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 112 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26949-26950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12476]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-904]


Certain Activated Carbon From the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results of Expedited Second Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty 
Order

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of 
the antidumping duty order on certain activated carbon from the 
People's Republic of China (China) would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels indicated in the 
``Final Results of Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable June 11, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Palmer, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-9068.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 1, 2018, Commerce initiated the second sunset review of 
the antidumping duty order on certain activated carbon from China, 
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act) and 19 CFR 351.218(c)(2).\1\ The Department received a notice of 
intent to participate from Calgon Carbon Corporation, Norit Americas, 
Inc., and ADA Carbon Solutions LLC (collectively, the domestic 
interested parties) within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(1)(i).\2\ The domestic interested parties claimed interested 
party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act, as manufacturers of a 
domestic like product in the United States.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Review, 83 FR 4641 
(February 1, 2018); see also Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: 
Certain Activated Carbon from the People's Republic of China, 72 FR 
20988 (April 27, 2007) (Order).
    \2\ See Letter from domestic interested parties, re: ``Five-Year 
(``Sunset'') Review of the Antidumping Order on Certain Activated 
Carbon from the People's Republic of China--Domestic Interested 
Parties' Intent to Participate,'' dated February 14, 2018.
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    We received a complete substantive response from the domestic 
interested parties within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(3)(i).\3\ We received no responses from respondent 
interested parties. As a result, the Department conducted an expedited 
sunset review of the Order, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).
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    \3\ See Letter from domestic interested parties, re: ``Five-Year 
(``Sunset'') Review of the Antidumping Order on Certain Activated 
Carbon from the People's Republic of China--Domestic Industry's 
Substantive Response,'' dated March 5, 2018.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the Order is certain activated carbon. 
For a complete description of the scope of this Order, see the 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Expedited Second Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on 
Certain Activated Carbon from the People's Republic of China'' 
(Issues and Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with, and 
hereby adopted by, this notice.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this review are addressed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum. The issues discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum include the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of 
dumping and the magnitude of the dumping margin likely to prevail if 
the Order was to be revoked. Parties may find a complete discussion of 
all issues raised in the review and the corresponding recommendations 
in this public memorandum which is on file electronically via 
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Services System (ACCESS). Access to ACCESS is 
available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov, and to all 
parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department 
of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum can be access directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn. The signed and electronic versions of the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Final Results of Review

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, we 
determine that revocation of the antidumping duty order on certain 
activated carbon from China would likely lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping and that the magnitude of the dumping margins 
likely to prevail would be weighted-average dumping margins up to 
228.11 percent.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely 
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.
    We are issuing and publishing these results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.218.

    Dated: June 1, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
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 Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework

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VI. Discussion of the Issues
    1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of Dumping
    2. Magnitude of the Dumping Margin Likely to Prevail
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation

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