# Chlorinated Isocyanurates From Spain: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
**AGENCY:**
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
**SUMMARY:**
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that sales of chlorinated isocyanurates from Spain were not sold in the United States at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024. Additionally, Commerce is rescinding this administrative review with respect to two companies under review. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
**DATES:**
Applicable October 3, 2025.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Trinity Johnson, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0114.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**Background**
Based on a timely request for review, and in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce initiated this administrative review of the antidumping duty order on chlorinated isocyanurates from Spain covering three companies: 1) Ercros S.A. (Ercros); 2) Industrias Químicas Tamar S.L. (Industrias Quimicas Tamar); and 3) Electroquímica de Hernani, S.A. (EHER). [^1] On September 9, 2024, we limited the number of respondents for individual examination in this administrative review to Ercros, as EHER and Industrias Quimicas Tamar did not have entries of subject merchandise during the POR. [^2] On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by 90 days. [^3] On April 28, 2025 and June 12, 2025, Commerce extended the deadline for these preliminary results by a total of 120 days. [^4] The current deadline for the preliminary results is September 29, 2025. For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, *see* the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. [^5]
[^1]*See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,* 89 FR 60871 (July 29, 2024).
[^2]*See* Memorandum, “Customs Entries from June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2024,” dated September 9, 2024.
[^3]*See* Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,” dated December 9, 2024.
[^4]*See* Memoranda, “Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,” dated April 28, 2025; and “Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,” dated June 12, 2025.
[^5]*See* Memorandum, “Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Chlorinated Isocyanurates from Spain; 2023-2024,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
**Scope of the Order
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[^6]*See Chlorinated Isocyanurates from Spain: Notice of Antidumping Duty Order,* 70 FR 36562 (June 24, 2005) ( *Order* ).
The products covered by the *Order* are chlorinated isocyanurates, which are derivatives of cyanuric acid, described as chlorinated s-triazine triones. For a full description of the scope of the *Order, see* the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
**Partial Rescission of Administrative Review**
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to rescind an administrative review of an AD order where it determines that there were no suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR. Thus, normally, upon completion of an administrative review, suspended entries of subject merchandise are liquidated at the AD assessment rate calculated for the review period. [^7] Therefore, for an administrative review to be conducted, there must be a suspended entry that Commerce can instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate at the calculated AD assessment rate for the review period. [^8] Commerce may rescind an administrative review if it concludes that, during the period covered by the review, there were no entries, exports, or sales of subject merchandise, as the case may be. [^9]
[^7]*See* 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
[^8]*See, e.g., Shanghai Sunbeauty Trading Co.* v. *United States,* 380 F.Supp.3d 1328, 1335-36 (CIT 2019) (referring to section 741(a) of the Act, the CIT held that: “While the statute does not explicitly require that an entry be suspended as a prerequisite for establishing entitlement to a review, it does explicitly state the determined rate will be used as the liquidated rate for the review entries. This result can only obtain if the liquidation of entries has been suspended”); *see also Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review And Final Determination of No Shipments;* 2018-2019, 86 FR 36102 (July 8, 2021), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 4; and *Solid Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate from the Russian Federation: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,* 77 FR 65532 (October 29, 2012) (noting that “for an administrative review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry to be liquidated at the newly calculated assessment rate”).
[^9]*See, e.g., Dioctyl Terephthalate from the Republic of Korea: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022,* 88 FR 24758 (April 24, 2023); *see also Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to Length Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: Recission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2020-2021,* 88 FR 4157 (January 24, 2023).
The entry data that Commerce obtained from CBP showed no suspended entries of subject merchandise from Industrias Quimicas Tamar and EHER. On October 3, 2024, Commerce notified interested parties of our intent to rescind this administrative review with respect to these two companies. [^10] No interested party commented on our intent to rescind this administrative review with respect to Industrias Quimicas Tamar and EHER. Therefore, in the absence of any suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR Industrias Quimicas Tamar and EHER, Commerce is rescinding this administrative review with respect to these two companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3) and (4).
[^10]*See* Memorandum, “Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In Part,” dated October 3, 2025.
**Methodology**
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export price is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act.
For a full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, *see* the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at *https://access.trade.gov.* In addition, the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at *https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.*
**Preliminary Results of Review**
As a result of our review, we preliminarily determine the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins for the period June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024:
| Producer/exporter | Weighted- |
| --- | --- |
| Ercros S.A | 0.00 |
**Disclosure**
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations used in our analysis to parties in this review within five days of the date of publication of this notice in the *Federal Register* , in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
**Public Comment**
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. [^11] Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties to submit case briefs to Commerce no later than 21 days after the date of the publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing case briefs. [^12] Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities. [^13]
[^11]*See* 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); *see also* 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
[^12]*See* 19 CFR 351.309(d); *see also Administrative Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,* 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) ( *APO and Service Final Rule* ).
[^13]*See* 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2)
As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs. [^14] Further, we request that interested parties limit their executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the executive summary of each issue. Note that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f). [^15]
[^14] We use the term “issue” here to describe an argument that Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
[^15]*See APO and Service Final Rule.*
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case briefs. An electronically filed hearing request must be received successfully in its entirety by Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.
**Assessment Rates**
Upon completion of the administrative review, Commerce shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review. [^16] If the weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or *de minimis* ( *i.e.,* less than 0.5 percent), then Commerce will calculate importer-specific *ad valorem* antidumping duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales to the total entered value of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). If the weighted-average dumping margin is zero or *de minimis* in the final results, or if an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or *de minimis* in the final results, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
[^16]*See* 19 CFR 351.212(b).
In accordance with Commerce's “automatic assessment” practice, for entries of subject merchandise that entered the United States during the POR that were produced by the respondent for which it did not know that its merchandise was destined to the United States, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate, if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. [^17]
[^17] For a full discussion of this practice, *see Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,* 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this review in the *Federal Register* . If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT), the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired ( *i.e.,* within 90 days of publication).
For EHER and Industrias Quimicas Tamar for which Commerce is rescinding this review, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the POR in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). Commerce intends to issue rescission instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the publication of these preliminary results in the *Federal Register* .
**Cash Deposit Requirements**
The following deposit requirements will be effective for all shipments of chlorinated isocyanurates from Spain entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of this administrative review, as provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the company under review will be the rate established in the final results of this review (except, if the rate is zero or *de minimis,* no cash deposit will be required); (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the less-than-fair-value investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 24.83 percent, the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value investigation. [^18] These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
[^18]*See Order.*
**Final Results of Review**
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative review, including the results of our analysis of issues raised by the parties in the written comments, within 120 days of publication of these preliminary results in the *Federal Register* , pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
**Notification to Importers**
This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.
**Notification to Interested Parties**
These preliminary results of administrative review are issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: September 29, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
**Appendix**
**List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum**
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the *Order*
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation