Certain Monomers and Oligomers From Taiwan: Preliminary Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determination in Countervailing Duty Investigation

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 [C-583-880] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that critical circumstances exist with respect to imports of certain monomers and oligomers (monomers and oligomers) from Taiwan. The period of investigation is January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination of critical circumstances. DATES: Applicable September 22, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suresh Maniam, 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) 482-0176. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On April 23, 2025, Commerce published the notice of initiation of this countervailing duty (CVD) investigation in the Federal Register . [ 1 ] On August 29, 2025, Commerce published its Preliminary Determination. [ 2 ] In the Preliminary Determination, Commerce applied adverse facts available (AFA) to Eternal Materials Co., Ltd. (Eternal Materials), Qualipoly Chemical Corporation (Qualipoly), the two mandatory respondents, and the Taiwan Authority (TA). [ 3 ] On August 18, 2025, Arkema Inc. (the petitioner) filed a timely critical circumstances allegation, pursuant to section 703(e)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.206 ,…