Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber From Brazil: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020

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-351-849] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) has preliminarily assigned ARLANXEO Brasil S.A. (ARLANXEO Brasil), the sole respondent subject to this antidumping duty (AD) administrative review, an AD margin based on the application of adverse facts available (AFA). We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results. DATES: Applicable June 8, 2021. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Drew Jackson, 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) 482-4406. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ( printed page 30402) Background On October 30, 2020, Commerce published in the Federal Register the notice of initiation of an antidumping duty administrative review on emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber (ESB rubber) from Brazil, covering ARLANXEO Brasil for the period of review (POR) September 1, 2019, through August 31, 2020. [ 1 ] On November 19, 2020, Commerce issued the AD questionnaire to the sole mandatory respondent, ARLANXEO Brasil. [ 2 ] ARLANXEO Brasil did not respond to the AD questionnaire. For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. [ 3 ] The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public …