Notice of preliminary determination and critical circumstances, in part, for emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber from the Republic of Korea (A-580-890)

1. On 02/24/2017, Commerce published in the Federal Register its affirmative preliminary determination of sales at less than fair value and postponement of the final determination in the antidumping duty investigation of emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber from the Republic of Korea (82 FR 11536). 2. The products covered by this investigation are described in message 6232306, dated 08/19/2016. 3. This investigation has been assigned investigation number A-580-890. 4. Because Commerce determined that critical circumstances exist for imports of emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber from the Republic of Korea from the producers and/or exporters listed below, CBP shall suspend liquidation of all appropriate entries of emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber from the Republic of Korea that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 11/26/2016 which is 90 days before the date of publication of the preliminary determination in the Federal Register. Effective 11/26/2016, for entries of emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber from the Republic of Korea from the producers and/or exporters listed below, CBP shall require a cash deposit equal to the following dumping margins: Producer and/or Exporter: Daewoo International Corporation Case number: A-580-890-002 Cash deposit rate: 44.30% Producer and/or Exporter: Kumho Petrochemical Co, Ltd Case number: A-580-890-003 Cash deposit rate: 44.30% 5. Commerce found that critical circumstances do not exist for imports of emulsion styrene-butadiene from Korea from the producers and/or exporters listed below. For imports of emulsion styrene-butadiene from Korea from the producers and/or exporters listed below CBP shall suspend liquidation of such entries which were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 02/24/2017. Effective 02/24/2017, for entries of emulsion styrene-butadiene from Korea from the producers and/or exporters listed below, CBP shall require a cash deposit equal to the following dumping margins: Producer and/or Exporter: LG Chem, Ltd. Case number: A-580-890-001 Cash deposit rate: 11.63% All Others Case Number: A-580-890-000 Cash Deposit Rate: 11.63% 6. If any entries of this merchandise are exported by a firm other than the producer, then the following instructions apply: A. If the exporter of the subject merchandise does not have its own rate but the producer has its own rate, the cash deposit or bonding rate will be the producer's rate. B. Where neither the exporter nor the producer has its own rate or the producer is unknown, use the all-others rate of 11.63 percent to establish the cash deposit. 7. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, at (202) 482-0984. CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only. (This message was generated by OV:CMB.) 8. There are no restrictions on the release of this information. Alexander Amdur