Fatty Acids from Indonesia and Malaysia - Preliminary Injury Determination

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On the basis of the record (1) developed in the subject investigations, the United States International Trade Commission (“Commission”) determines, pursuant
to the Tariff Act of 1930 (“the Act”), that there is a reasonable indication that an industry in the United States is materially
injured by reason of imports of fatty acids from Indonesia and Malaysia, provided for in subheadings 2915.70.01, 2915.90.10,
2916.15.10, 2916.15.51, 3823.11.00, 3823.12.00, 3823.19.20, and 3823.19.40 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States, that are alleged to be sold in the United States at less than fair value (“LTFV”) and imports of the subject merchandise
from Indonesia and Malaysia that are alleged to be subsidized by the governments of Indonesia and Malaysia. (2)

Commencement of Final Phase Investigations

Pursuant to section 207.18 of the Commission's rules, the Commission also gives notice of the commencement of the final phase
of its investigations. The Commission will issue a final phase notice of scheduling, which will be published in the
Federal Register
as provided in § 207.21 of the Commission's rules, upon notice from the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) of affirmative
preliminary determinations in the investigations under §§ 703(b) or 733(b) of the Act, or, if the preliminary determinations
are negative, upon notice of affirmative final determinations in those investigations under §§ 705(a) or 735(a) of the Act.
Parties that filed entries of appearance in the preliminary phase of the investigations need not enter a separate appearance
for the final phase of the investigations. Any other party may file an entry of appearance for the final phase of the investigations
after publication of the final phase notice of scheduling. Industrial users, and, if the merchandise under investigation is
sold at the retail level, representative consumer organizations have the right to appear as parties in Commission antidumping
and countervailing duty investigations. The Secretary will prepare a public service list containing the names and addresses
of all persons, or their representatives, who are parties to the investigations. As provided in section 207.20 of the Commission's
rules, the Director of the Office of Investigations will circulate draft questionnaires for the final phase of the investigations
to parties to the investigations, placing copies on the Commission's Electronic Document Information System (EDIS, https://edis.usitc.gov), for comment.

Background

On January 28, 2026, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Inc., Deerfield, Illinois, filed petitions with the Commission and Commerce,
alleging that an industry in the United States is materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of subsidized
imports of fatty acids from Indonesia and Malaysia and LTFV imports of fatty acids from Indonesia and Malaysia. Accordingly,
effective January 28, 2026, the Commission instituted countervailing duty investigation Nos. 701-TA-785-786 and antidumping
duty investigation Nos. 731-TA-1773-1774 (Preliminary).

Notice of the institution of the Commission's investigations and of a public conference to be held in connection therewith
was given by posting copies of the notice in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, Washington,
DC, and by publishing the notice in the
Federal Register
of February 2, 2026 (91 FR 4616). (3) The Commission conducted its conference on February 18, 2026. All persons who requested the opportunity were permitted to
participate.

The Commission made these determinations pursuant to §§ 703(a) and 733(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1671b(a) and 1673b(a)). It
completed and filed its determinations in these investigations on April 3, 2026. The views of the Commission are contained
in USITC Publication 5723 (April 2026), entitled Fatty Acids from Indonesia and Malaysia: Investigation Nos. 701-TA-785-786 and 731-TA-1773-1774 (Preliminary).

By order of the Commission.

Issued: April 3, 2026. Lisa Barton, Secretary to the Commission. [FR Doc. 2026-06741 Filed 4-7-26; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7020-02-P

Footnotes

(1) The record is defined in § 207.2(f) of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 207.2(f)).

(2) 91 FR 12342 and 91 FR 12353 (March 13, 2026).

(3) The Commission published a revised schedule on February 17, 2026 (91 FR 7301) to conform with Commerce's new schedule after
Commerce extended the deadline for its initiation determinations from February 17, 2026 to March 9, 2026 (91 FR 6192, February
11, 2026).

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