[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73286-73287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26021]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-351-849; A-580-890; A-201-848; A-455-805]


Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber From Brazil, the Republic of 
Korea, Mexico, and Poland: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset 
Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders

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

SUMMARY: As a result of these expedited sunset reviews, the U.S. 
Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the 
antidumping duty (AD) orders on emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber (ESB 
rubber) from Brazil, the Republic of Korea (Korea), Mexico, and Poland 
would be likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping at 
the levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Sunset Review'' section 
of this notice.

DATES: Applicable November 29, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caroline Carroll or Thomas Martin, AD/
CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4948 and (202) 
482-3936, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On August 1, 2022, Commerce published the notice of initiation of 
the first sunset reviews of the Orders,\1\ pursuant to section 751(c) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\2\ Commerce received a 
notice of intent to participate from a domestic interested party \3\ 
within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\4\ The 
domestic interested party claimed interested party status under section 
771(9)(C) of the Act, as a producer of a domestic like product in the 
United States.
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    \1\ See Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from Brazil, the 
Republic of Korea, Mexico, and Poland: Antidumping Duty Orders, 82 
FR 42790 (September 12, 2017) (Orders).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 87 FR 46943 
(August 1, 2022).
    \3\ The domestic interested party is Lion Elastomers LLC (Lion).
    \4\ See Domestic Interested Party's Letter, ``Emulsion Styrene-
Butadiene Rubber from Brazil, Korea, Mexico, and Poland: Notice of 
Intent to Participate in Sunset Reviews,'' dated August 8, 2022.
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    Commerce received adequate substantive responses from the domestic 
interested party within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(3)(i).\5\ We did not receive a substantive response from any 
other interested party in these proceedings.
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    \5\ See Domestic Interested Party's Letters, ``Emulsion Styrene-
Butadiene Rubber from Korea: Substantive Response to the Notice of 
Initiation of Sunset Reviews,'' dated August 16, 2022; ``Emulsion 
Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from Poland: Substantive Response to the 
Notice of Initiation of Sunset Reviews,'' dated August 16, 2022; 
Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from Mexico: Substantive Response 
to the Notice of Initiation of Sunset Reviews,'' dated August 16, 
2022; ``Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from Brazil: Substantive 
Response to the Notice of Initiation of Sunset Reviews,'' dated 
August 16, 2022; (collectively, Substantive Responses).
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    On September 30, 2022, Commerce notified the U.S. International 
Trade Commission that it did not receive an adequate substantive 
response from respondent interested parties.\6\ As a result, pursuant 
to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), 
Commerce conducted expedited (120-day) sunset reviews of the Orders.
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    \6\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on August 
1, 2022,'' dated September 30, 2022.
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Scope of the Orders

    The products covered by the Orders are cold-polymerized emulsion 
styrene-butadiene rubber. For a complete description of the scope of 
these Orders, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\7\
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    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Expedited Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Orders on Emulsion 
Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from Brazil, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, 
and Poland,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in these sunset reviews are addressed in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum, including the likelihood of 
continuation or recurrence of dumping and the magnitude of the margins 
of dumping likely to prevail if the Orders were revoked.\8\ 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 Services 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.
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    \8\ Id.
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Final Results of Sunset Reviews

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c) of the Act, Commerce 
determines that revocation of the Orders would be likely to lead to the 
continuation or recurrence of dumping, and that the magnitude of the 
margins of dumping likely to prevail would be weighted-average margins 
up to the following percentages:

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                         Country                              dumping
                                                              margin
                                                             (percent)
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Brazil..................................................           19.61
Korea...................................................           44.30
Mexico..................................................           19.52
Poland..................................................           25.43
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Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an 
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 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 this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(5)(ii).


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    Dated: November 22, 2022.
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 Margin of Dumping Likely to Prevail
VII. Final Results of Sunset Reviews
VIII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2022-26021 Filed 11-28-22; 8:45 am]
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