Stilbenic Optical Brightening Agents From Taiwan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024

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-583-848] ( printed page 42739) AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Teh Fong Min International Co., Ltd., also known as Teh Fong Ming International Co., Ltd. (TFM), the sole producer and/or exporter subject to this administrative review, made sales of stilbenic optical brightening agents (stilbenic OBAs) at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) May 1, 2023 through April 30, 2024. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination. DATES: Applicable September 4, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gemma Larsen, AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-8125. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On May 10, 2012, Commerce published in the Federal Register the antidumping duty (AD) order on stilbenic OBAs from Taiwan. [ 1 ] On May 31, 2024, Archroma, U.S., Inc. (Archroma), a U.S. producer of stilbenic OBAs, timely requested an administrative review of the Order covering one producer/exporter of the subject merchandise, TFM. [ 2 ] On July 5, 2024, Commerce published the notice of initiation of an administrative review of the Order covering the sole mandatory respondent, TFM. [ 3 ] On Ju…