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their own rate, the cash deposit rate will
be the rate applicable to the PRC
exporter(s) that supplied that non-PRC
exporter. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final reminder
to importers of their responsibility
under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a
certificate regarding the reimbursement
of antidumping and/or countervailing
duties prior to liquidation of the
relevant entries during this review
period. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in the
Secretary’s presumption that
reimbursement of the antidumping and/
or countervailing duties occurred and
the subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the return or
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under the APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business
proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of the return/destruction of
APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested.
Failure to comply with the regulations
and terms of an APO is a violation
which is subject to sanction.
We are issuing and publishing these
amended final results of administrative
review in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: June 7, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
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Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts
From the People’s Republic of China:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review and Final
Determination of No Shipments; 2015–
2016
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) published the
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Effective June 14, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Krisha Hill, Office IV, Enforcement &
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–4037.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 8, 2017, the Department
published the Preliminary Results.1 We
invited interested parties to submit
comments on the Preliminary Results,
but we received no comments.
Scope of the Order
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AGENCY:
Preliminary Results of the seventh
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on citric acid
and certain citrate salts (citric acid) from
the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on
February 8, 2017. The period of review
(POR) for the administrative review is
May 1, 2015, through April 30, 2016.
The review was initiated with respect to
twenty companies. After rescinding the
review with respect to RZBC Co., Ltd.,
RZBC Import & Export Co., Ltd., and
RZBC (Juxian) Co., Ltd. (collectively,
RZBC) at the Preliminary Results,
seventeen companies remain under
review. The Department finds that
fifteen companies, including mandatory
respondent Laiwu Taihe Biochemistry
Co., Ltd. (Taihe), are part of the PRCwide entity, and two companies had no
shipments of subject merchandise
during the POR. We gave interested
parties an opportunity to comment on
the Preliminary Results. No parties
commented. Our final results remain
unchanged from the Preliminary
Results.
The products covered by the order
include the hydrous and anhydrous
forms of citric acid, the dihydrate and
anhydrous forms of sodium citrate,
otherwise known as citric acid sodium
salt, and the monohydrate and
monopotassium forms of potassium
citrate. Sodium citrate also includes
both trisodium citrate and monosodium
citrate, which are also known as citric
acid trisodium salt and citric acid
monosodium salt, respectively. Citric
acid and sodium citrate are classifiable
under 2918.14.0000 and 2918.15.1000 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS), respectively.
1 See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From
the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments, and
Preliminary Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2015–2016, 82 FR 9722
(February 8, 2017) (Preliminary Results).
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Potassium citrate and crude calcium
citrate are classifiable under
2918.15.5000 and 3824.90.9290 of the
HTSUS, respectively. Blends that
include citric acid, sodium citrate, and
potassium citrate are classifiable under
3824.90.9290 of the HTSUS. Although
the HTSUS subheadings are provided
for convenience and customs purposes,
the written description of the
merchandise is dispositive.2
Final Determination of No Shipments
In the Preliminary Results, the
Department determined Niran
(Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Niran) and Niran
Biochemical Limited (Niran
Biochemical) had no reviewable
transactions during the POR.3 We
received no comments concerning our
finding of no shipments by Niran and
Niran Biochemical. In these final results
of review, we continue to find that
Niran and Niran Biochemical had no
shipments of subject merchandise
during the POR.
Separate Rates
The Department considers fifteen
companies listed in the Initiation
Notice, including Taihe, to be part of the
PRC-wide entity. Because Taihe did not
respond to the Department’s original
questionnaire and did not provide
separate rate information, Taihe has not
established its eligibility for separate
rate status. Furthermore, the remaining
fourteen companies failed to provide
separate rate applications or separate
rate certifications necessary to establish
their eligibility for a separate rate.4
Therefore, the Department determines
that these fifteen companies, including
Taihe, are not eligible for a separate rate
and are part of the PRC-wide entity.
Accordingly, the Department
determined a rate consistent with the
Department’s current practice regarding
conditional review of the PRC-wide
entity.5
2 See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from
Canada and the People’s Republic of China:
Antidumping Duty Orders, 74 FR 25703 (May 29,
2009) for a full description of the scope of the order.
3 See Preliminary Results, 82 FR at 9722.
4 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 81 FR
44260, 44265 (July 7, 2016) (Initiation Notice).
5 See Preliminary Results and accompanying
Decision Memorandum at 4. See also Antidumping
Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in
Antidumping Duty Proceedings and Conditional
Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity in NME
Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963,
65970 (November 4, 2013). Under this practice, the
PRC-wide entity will not be under review unless a
party specifically requests, or the Department selfinitiates, a review of the entity. Because no party
requested a review of the PRC-wide entity, the
entity is not under review and the entity’s rate is
not subject to change.
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Final Results of Review
The Department determines that the
following companies are part of the
PRC-wide entity: (1) Taihe, (2) Anhui
BBCA International Co., Ltd., (3) BCH
Chemical International Limited, (4)
China Chem Source (HK) Co., Ltd., (5)
COFCO Biochemical AnHui Co., Ltd.,
(6) Jiangsu Guoxin Union Energy Co.,
Ltd., (7) Kaifeng Chemical Co., Ltd., (8)
Qingdao Chongzhi International, (9)
Qingdao Samin Chemical Co., Ltd., (10)
Shanghai Fenhe International Co., Ltd.,
(11) Sunshine Biotech International Co.,
Ltd., (12) Tianjin Kaifeng Chemical Co.,
Ltd., (13) TTCA Co., Ltd., (14) Weifang
Ensign Industry Co., Ltd., and (15)
Yixing-Union Biochemical Co., Ltd.
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Assessment
The Department will determine, and
CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on
all appropriate entries covered by this
review.6 The Department intends to
issue assessment instructions to CBP 15
days after the publication date of the
final results of this review. The
Department intends to instruct CBP to
liquidate entries of subject merchandise
from the PRC-wide entity, including
entries of subject merchandise from
Taihe, at 156.87 percent (the PRC-wide
rate).7 For Niran and Niran Biochemical,
which the Department determined had
no shipments during the POR, all
suspended entries will be liquidated at
the assessment rate for the PRC-wide
entity.8
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this
AR for all shipments of the subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the publication date of the final
results of review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act): (1) For previously
investigated or reviewed exporters of
merchandise from the PRC which are
not under review in this segment of the
proceeding but which have separate
rates, the cash deposit rate will continue
to be the exporter-specific rate
published for the most recently
completed segment of this proceeding;
(2) for all PRC exporters of subject
merchandise that have not been found
to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash
deposit rate will be the rate for the PRC-
wide entity, 156.87 percent; and (3) for
all non-PRC exporters of subject
merchandise which have not received
their own rate, the cash deposit rate will
be the rate applicable to the exporter(s)
of merchandise from the PRC that
supplied that non-PRC exporter. These
deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Notification to Importers Regarding the
Reimbursement of Duties
This notice serves as a final reminder
to importers of their responsibility
under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a
certificate regarding the reimbursement
of antidumping duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries
during this POR. Failure to comply with
this requirement could result in the
Department’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
has occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping
duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to the administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
notification of the destruction of APO
materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested.
Failure to comply with the regulations
and the terms of an APO is a
sanctionable violation.
We are issuing and publishing these
results and this notice in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d) and
351.221(b)(5).
Dated: June 8, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
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AGENCY:
6 See
19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
7 For a full discussion of this practice, see NonMarket Economy Antidumping Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694
(October 24, 2011).
8 Id.
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Under the EU-U.S. Privacy
Shield Framework, the U.S. Department
of Commerce (DOC) and the European
Commission have committed to
implement an arbitration mechanism to
provide European individuals with the
ability to invoke binding arbitration to
determine, for residual claims, whether
an organization has violated its
obligations under the Privacy Shield
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including by jointly developing a list of
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DATES: Applications should be received
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by fax at: 202–482–5522. More
information on the arbitration
mechanism may be found at https://
www.privacyshield.gov/
article?id=ANNEX-I-introduction.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nasreen Djouini, International Trade
Administration, 202–482–6259 or
Nasreen.Djouini@trade.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EUU.S. Privacy Shield Framework was
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-937]
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From the People's Republic
of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and
Final Determination of No Shipments; 2015-2016
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) published the
Preliminary Results of the seventh administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on citric acid and certain citrate salts (citric
acid) from the People's Republic of China (PRC) on February 8, 2017.
The period of review (POR) for the administrative review is May 1,
2015, through April 30, 2016. The review was initiated with respect to
twenty companies. After rescinding the review with respect to RZBC Co.,
Ltd., RZBC Import & Export Co., Ltd., and RZBC (Juxian) Co., Ltd.
(collectively, RZBC) at the Preliminary Results, seventeen companies
remain under review. The Department finds that fifteen companies,
including mandatory respondent Laiwu Taihe Biochemistry Co., Ltd.
(Taihe), are part of the PRC-wide entity, and two companies had no
shipments of subject merchandise during the POR. We gave interested
parties an opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results. No
parties commented. Our final results remain unchanged from the
Preliminary Results.
DATES: Effective June 14, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Krisha Hill, Office IV, Enforcement &
Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce,
1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482-4037.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 8, 2017, the Department published the Preliminary
Results.\1\ We invited interested parties to submit comments on the
Preliminary Results, but we received no comments.
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\1\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From the People's
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, Preliminary Determination of No Shipments,
and Preliminary Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2015-2016, 82 FR 9722 (February 8, 2017)
(Preliminary Results).
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order include the hydrous and anhydrous
forms of citric acid, the dihydrate and anhydrous forms of sodium
citrate, otherwise known as citric acid sodium salt, and the
monohydrate and monopotassium forms of potassium citrate. Sodium
citrate also includes both trisodium citrate and monosodium citrate,
which are also known as citric acid trisodium salt and citric acid
monosodium salt, respectively. Citric acid and sodium citrate are
classifiable under 2918.14.0000 and 2918.15.1000 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), respectively. Potassium
citrate and crude calcium citrate are classifiable under 2918.15.5000
and 3824.90.9290 of the HTSUS, respectively. Blends that include citric
acid, sodium citrate, and potassium citrate are classifiable under
3824.90.9290 of the HTSUS. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided
for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the
merchandise is dispositive.\2\
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\2\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Canada and
the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders, 74 FR 25703
(May 29, 2009) for a full description of the scope of the order.
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Final Determination of No Shipments
In the Preliminary Results, the Department determined Niran
(Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Niran) and Niran Biochemical Limited (Niran
Biochemical) had no reviewable transactions during the POR.\3\ We
received no comments concerning our finding of no shipments by Niran
and Niran Biochemical. In these final results of review, we continue to
find that Niran and Niran Biochemical had no shipments of subject
merchandise during the POR.
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\3\ See Preliminary Results, 82 FR at 9722.
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Separate Rates
The Department considers fifteen companies listed in the Initiation
Notice, including Taihe, to be part of the PRC-wide entity. Because
Taihe did not respond to the Department's original questionnaire and
did not provide separate rate information, Taihe has not established
its eligibility for separate rate status. Furthermore, the remaining
fourteen companies failed to provide separate rate applications or
separate rate certifications necessary to establish their eligibility
for a separate rate.\4\ Therefore, the Department determines that these
fifteen companies, including Taihe, are not eligible for a separate
rate and are part of the PRC-wide entity. Accordingly, the Department
determined a rate consistent with the Department's current practice
regarding conditional review of the PRC-wide entity.\5\
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\4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 81 FR 44260, 44265 (July 7, 2016)
(Initiation Notice).
\5\ See Preliminary Results and accompanying Decision Memorandum
at 4. See also Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963, 65970 (November 4,
2013). Under this practice, the PRC-wide entity will not be under
review unless a party specifically requests, or the Department self-
initiates, a review of the entity. Because no party requested a
review of the PRC-wide entity, the entity is not under review and
the entity's rate is not subject to change.
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Final Results of Review
The Department determines that the following companies are part of
the PRC-wide entity: (1) Taihe, (2) Anhui BBCA International Co., Ltd.,
(3) BCH Chemical International Limited, (4) China Chem Source (HK) Co.,
Ltd., (5) COFCO Biochemical AnHui Co., Ltd., (6) Jiangsu Guoxin Union
Energy Co., Ltd., (7) Kaifeng Chemical Co., Ltd., (8) Qingdao Chongzhi
International, (9) Qingdao Samin Chemical Co., Ltd., (10) Shanghai
Fenhe International Co., Ltd., (11) Sunshine Biotech International Co.,
Ltd., (12) Tianjin Kaifeng Chemical Co., Ltd., (13) TTCA Co., Ltd.,
(14) Weifang Ensign Industry Co., Ltd., and (15) Yixing-Union
Biochemical Co., Ltd.
Assessment
The Department will determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.\6\ The
Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days
after the publication date of the final results of this review. The
Department intends to instruct CBP to liquidate entries of subject
merchandise from the PRC-wide entity, including entries of subject
merchandise from Taihe, at 156.87 percent (the PRC-wide rate).\7\ For
Niran and Niran Biochemical, which the Department determined had no
shipments during the POR, all suspended entries will be liquidated at
the assessment rate for the PRC-wide entity.\8\
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\6\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\7\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-Market
Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
\8\ Id.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this AR for all shipments of the
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication date of the final results of
review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act): (1) For previously investigated or reviewed
exporters of merchandise from the PRC which are not under review in
this segment of the proceeding but which have separate rates, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate published
for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding; (2) for all
PRC exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be
entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate for
the PRC-wide entity, 156.87 percent; and (3) for all non-PRC exporters
of subject merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash
deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the exporter(s) of
merchandise from the PRC that supplied that non-PRC exporter. These
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Notification to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties
This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in the Department's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties has occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to the
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely notification of the
destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order
is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the
terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
We are issuing and publishing these results and this notice in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(d) and 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: June 8, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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