Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From Mexico: Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 44095-44099 [E7-15324]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• International Trade Administration

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 7, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44095-44099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15324]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-201-834)


Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From Mexico: Notice of 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to a request from Quimica Amtex S.A. de C.V. 
(Amtex), the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on purified 
carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from Mexico. The review covers exports of 
the subject merchandise to the United States produced and exported by 
Amtex.
    We preliminarily find that Amtex made sales at less than fair value 
during the POR. If these preliminary results are adopted in our final 
results of this review, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping duties based on differences 
between the export price (EP) or constructed export price (CEP) and 
normal value (NV).
    Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary 
results. Parties who submit arguments in this proceeding are requested 
to submit with the arguments: (1) a statement of the issues, (2) a 
brief summary of the arguments (no longer than five pages, including 
footnotes) and (3) a table of authorities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 7, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Flessner or Robert James, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
6312 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department published the antidumping duty order on CMC from 
Mexico on July 11, 2005. See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: 
Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland, Mexico, the Netherlands, 
and Sweden, 70 FR 39734 (July 11, 2005). On July 3, 2006, the 
Department published the notice of opportunity to request 
administrative review of CMC from Mexico for the period December 27, 
2004, through June 30, 2006. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 
Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request 
Administrative Review, 71 FR 37890 (July 3, 2006).
    On July 17, 2006, Amtex requested a review of its sales of CMC for 
the period December 27, 2004, through June 30, 2006 (the POR). On 
August 30, 2006, the Department published in the Federal Register a 
notice of initiation of this antidumping duty administrative review. 
See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 71 FR 51573 
(August 30, 2006).
    On September 11, 2006, the Department issued its standard

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antidumping duty questionnaire to Amtex. Amtex submitted its response 
to section A of the Department's antidumping duty questionnaire on 
October 10, 2006 (Amtex Section A Response). Amtex submitted its 
response to sections B and C of the Department's questionnaire on 
November 13, 2006 (Amtex Sections B and C Response).
    On March 16, 2007, the Department issued a supplemental 
questionnaire for sections A, B, and C, to which Amtex responded on 
April 13, 2007 (Amtex Supplemental Response).
    Because it was not practicable to complete this review within the 
normal time frame, on April 5, 2007, the Department published in the 
Federal Register a notice of the extension for the preliminary results 
of this review. See Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland, 
Sweden, the Netherlands, and Mexico: Extension of Time Limits for 
Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, 
72 FR 16767 (April 5, 2007). This extension established the deadline 
for these preliminary results as July 31, 2007.
    Because the Department requires additional information from Amtex, 
a letter was sent out specifying the required data. See Letter from 
Robert M. James to Jeffrey S. Neeley entitled, ``Purified 
Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from Mexico: Section A and B Data 
Reporting,'' dated July 30, 2007.

Period of Review

    The period of review (POR) is December 27, 2004, through June 30, 
2006.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order is all purified 
carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), sometimes also referred to as purified 
sodium CMC, polyanionic cellulose, or cellulose gum, which is a white 
to off-white, non-toxic, odorless, biodegradable powder, comprising 
sodium CMC that has been refined and purified to a minimum assay of 90 
percent. Purified CMC does not include unpurified or crude CMC, CMC 
Fluidized Polymer Suspensions, and CMC that is cross-linked through 
heat treatment. Purified CMC is CMC that has undergone one or more 
purification operations which, at a minimum, reduce the remaining salt 
and other by-product portion of the product to less than ten percent. 
The merchandise subject to this order is classified in the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States at subheading 3912.31.00. This 
tariff classification is provided for convenience and customs purposes; 
however, the written description of the scope of the order is 
dispositive.

Date of Sale

    The Department's regulations state that it will normally use the 
date of invoice, as recorded in the exporter's or producer's records 
kept in the ordinary course of business, as the date of sale. See 19 
CFR 351.401(i). If the Department can establish ``a different date that 
better reflects the date on which the exporter or producer establishes 
the material terms of sale,'' the Department may choose a different 
date. Id. As further discussed below, the Department preliminarily 
determines that the invoice date is the date of sale provided the 
invoice is issued on or before the shipment date; and that the shipment 
date is the date of sale where the invoice is issued after the shipment 
date.
    In both the home and U.S. markets, Amtex bills some of its sales 
via ``delayed invoices.'' See Amtex Supplemental Response at 16. 
Delivery is made to the customer and a pro forma invoice is issued, but 
the subject merchandise remains in storage and continues to be the 
property of Amtex until withdrawn for consumption by the customer 
(usually at the end of a regular, monthly billing cycle), at which time 
a final and definitive invoice is issued. In Amtex's normal books and 
records this final invoice date, not the pro forma invoice date, is 
recorded as the date of sale. Id., at 24-26.
    Therefore, for these preliminary results, the Department will use 
the earlier of either (a) the invoice date or (b) shipment date as the 
date of sale for Amtex's NV, EP, and CEP sales. See Analysis Memorandum 
for the Preliminary Results of the Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Carboxymethylcellulose from Mexico dated July 
31, 2007 (Analysis Memorandum), for further discussion of date of sale. 
A public version of this memorandum is on file in the Department's 
Central Records Unit (CRU) located in Room B-099 of the main Department 
of Commerce Building, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.

Fair Value Comparisons

    To determine whether sales of CMC in the United States were made at 
less than fair value, we compared U.S. price to normal value (NV), as 
described in the ``Export price,'' ``Constructed Export Price,'' and 
``Normal Value'' sections of this notice. In accordance with section 
777A(d)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), we 
calculated monthly weighted-average NVs and compared these to 
individual U.S. transactions. Because we determined Amtex made both EP 
and CEP sales during the POR, we used both EP and CEP as the basis for 
U.S. price in our comparisons.

Product Comparisons

    In accordance with section 771(16) of the Act, we considered all 
products produced by Amtex covered by the description in the ``Scope of 
the Order'' section, above, and sold in the home market during the POR, 
to be foreign like products for purposes of determining appropriate 
product comparisons to U.S. sales. We relied on five characteristics to 
match U.S. sales of subject merchandise to comparison sales of the 
foreign like product (listed in order of priority): 1) grade; 2) 
viscosity; 3) degree of substitution; 4) particle size; and 5) solution 
gel characteristics. Where there were no sales of identical merchandise 
in the home market to compare to U.S. sales, we compared U.S. sales to 
the next most similar foreign like product on the basis of these 
product characteristics and the reporting instructions listed in the 
Department's September 11, 2005 questionnaire. Because there were 
contemporaneous sales of identical or similar merchandise in the home 
market suitable for comparison to all U.S. sales, we did not compare 
any U.S. sales to constructed value (CV). See the CV section below.

Export Price (EP)

    Section 772(a) of the Act defines EP as ``the price at which the 
subject merchandise is first sold (or agreed to be sold) before the 
date of importation by the producer or exporter of subject merchandise 
outside of the United States to an unaffiliated purchaser in the United 
States or to an unaffiliated purchaser for exportation to the United 
States. . .,'' as adjusted under section 772(c) of the Act. In 
accordance with section 772(a) of the Act, we used EP for a number of 
Amtex's U.S. sales. We preliminarily find that these sales are properly 
classified as EP sales because these sales were made before the date of 
importation and were sales directly to unaffiliated customers in the 
United States, and because CEP methodology was not otherwise indicated.
    We based EP on the packed, delivered duty paid, cost and freight 
(C&F) or free on board (FOB) prices to unaffiliated customers in the 
United States. Amtex reported no price or billing adjustments, and no 
discounts. We made deductions for movement expenses in accordance

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with section 772(c)(2)(A) of the Act, which included, where 
appropriate, foreign inland freight from the mill to the U.S. border, 
inland freight from the border to the customer or warehouse, and U.S. 
brokerage and handling. We made adjustment for direct expenses (credit 
expenses) in accordance with section 772(c)(2)(A) of the Act.

Constructed Export Price (CEP)

    In accordance with section 772(b) of the Act, CEP is the price at 
which the subject merchandise is first sold (or agreed to be sold) in 
the United States before or after the date of importation by or for the 
account of the producer or exporter of such merchandise, or by a seller 
affiliated with the producer or exporter, to a purchaser not affiliated 
with the producer or exporter, as adjusted under sections 772(c) and 
(d) of the Act. In accordance with section 772(b) of the Act, we used 
CEP for a number of Amtex's U.S. sales because Amtex sold merchandise 
to its affiliate in the United States, Amtex Chemicals LLC (Amtex 
Chemicals or ACUS), which, in turn, sold subject merchandise to 
unaffiliated U.S. customers. See, e.g., Amtex Section A Response at 10-
11. We preliminarily find these U.S. sales are properly classified as 
CEP sales because they occurred in the United States and were made 
through Amtex's U.S. affiliate, Amtex Chemicals, to unaffiliated U.S. 
customers.
    We based CEP on the packed, delivered duty paid or FOB warehouse 
prices to unaffiliated purchasers in the United States. Amtex reported 
no price or billing adjustments, and no discounts or rebates. We made 
deductions for movement expenses in accordance with section 
772(c)(2)(A) of the Act, which included, where appropriate, foreign 
inland freight to the border, foreign brokerage and handling, customs 
duties, U.S. brokerage, U.S. inland freight, and U.S. warehousing 
expenses. In accordance with section 772(d)(1) of the Act, we deducted 
those selling expenses associated with economic activities occurring in 
the United States, including direct selling expenses (credit costs), 
inventory carrying costs, and indirect selling expenses.
    However, no adjustment for CEP profit was made for the reasons set 
forth in the Analysis Memorandum. See Analysis Memorandum at 14.

Normal Value

A. Selection of Comparison Market
    In order to determine whether there was a sufficient volume of 
sales in the home market to serve as a viable basis for calculating NV 
(i.e., the aggregate volume of home market sales of the foreign like 
product was equal to or greater than five percent of the aggregate 
volume of U.S. sales), we compared the respondent's volume of home 
market sales of the foreign like product to the volume of U.S. sales of 
the subject merchandise, in accordance with section 773(a)(1) of the 
Act. Because Amtex's aggregate volume of home market sales of the 
foreign like product was greater than five percent of its aggregate 
volume of U.S. sales of the subject merchandise, we determined the home 
market was viable. Therefore, we have based NV on home market sales in 
the usual commercial quantities and in the ordinary course of trade.
B. Price-to-Price Comparisons
    We calculated NV based on prices to unaffiliated customers. Amtex 
reported no billing adjustments, discounts or rebates in the home 
market. We made deductions for movement expenses including, where 
appropriate, foreign inland freight and insurance, pursuant to section 
773(a)(6)(B) of the Act. In addition, when comparing sales of similar 
merchandise, we made adjustments for differences in cost attributable 
to differences in physical characteristics of the merchandise (i.e., 
DIFMER) pursuant to section 773(a)(6)(C)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.411. We also made adjustments for differences in circumstances of 
sale (COS) in accordance with section 773(a)(6)(C)(iii) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.410. We made COS adjustments for imputed credit expenses. 
Finally, we deducted home market packing costs and added U.S. packing 
costs in accordance with sections 773(a)(6)(A) and (B) of the Act.
C. Constructed Value (CV)
    In accordance with section 773(a)(4) of the Act, we base NV on CV 
if we are unable to find a contemporaneous comparison market match of 
such or similar merchandise for the U.S. sale. Section 773(e) of the 
Act provides that CV shall be based on the sum of the cost of materials 
and fabrication employed in making the subject merchandise, SG&A 
expenses, profit, and U.S. packing costs. Since there was no cost 
allegation in this administrative review, no section D questionnaire 
was issued to Amtex. Therefore, we relied upon the costs of materials 
and fabrication as reported by Amtex in its sections A, B, and C 
responses and supplemental response to calculate CV. However, Amtex's 
responses did not provide all the data necessary for us to compute a CV 
profit. Therefore we calculated a CV profit using Amtex's 2001-2002 
audited financial statements, as submitted in the most recent segment 
of these proceedings. See Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice from Brazil: 
Final Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 66 FR 51008 (October 5, 2001) and the accompanying Issues and 
Decision Memorandum at Comment 3. For details of this calculation, see 
Analysis Memorandum. For these preliminary results, we did not base NV 
on CV.

Level of Trade and CEP

    In accordance with section 773(a)(1)(B) of the Act, to the extent 
practicable, we base NV on sales made in the comparison market at the 
same level of trade (LOT) as the export transaction. The NV LOT is 
based on the starting price of sales in the home market or, when NV is 
based on constructed value (CV), that of the sales from which selling, 
general, and administrative (SG&A) expenses and profit are derived. 
With respect to CEP transactions in the U.S. market, the CEP LOT is 
defined as the level of the constructed sale from the exporter to the 
importer. See section 773(a)(7)(A) of the Act.
    To determine whether NV sales are at a different LOT than CEP 
sales, we examine stages in the marketing process and selling functions 
along the chain of distribution between the producer and the customer. 
See 19 CFR 351.412(c)(2). If the comparison-market sales are at a 
different LOT, and the difference affects price comparability, as 
manifested in a pattern of consistent price differences between the 
sales on which NV is based and comparison-market sales at the LOT of 
the export transaction, we make a LOT adjustment under section 
773(a)(7)(A) of the Act. For CEP sales, if the NV level is more remote 
from the factory than the CEP level and there is no basis for 
determining whether the difference in the levels between NV and CEP 
affects price comparability, we adjust NV under section 773(a)(7)(B) of 
the Act (the CEP offset provision). See, e.g., Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-
Rolled Carbon Quality Steel Products from Brazil; Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 70 FR 17406, 17410 (April 6, 
2005), results unchanged in Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon Quality 
Steel Products from Brazil, 70 FR 58683 (October 7, 2005); see also 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Greenhouse 
Tomatoes From Canada, 67 FR 8781 (February 26, 2002) and accompanying 
Issues and Decisions

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Memorandum at Comment 8. For CEP sales, we consider only the selling 
activities reflected in the price after the deduction of expenses and 
CEP profit under section 772(d) of the Act. See Micron Technology, Inc. 
v. United States, 243 F.3d 1301, 1314-1315 (Fed. Cir. 2001). We expect 
that if the claimed LOTs are the same, the functions and activities of 
the seller should be similar. Conversely, if a party claims that the 
LOTs are different for different groups of sales, the functions and 
activities of the seller should be dissimilar. See Porcelain-on-Steel 
Cookware from Mexico: Final Results of Administrative Review, 65 FR 
30068 (May 10, 2000) and accompanying Issues and Decisions Memorandum 
at Comment 6.
    Amtex reported that it had sold CMC to end-users and distributors 
in the home market and to end-users and distributors in the United 
States. For the home market, Amtex identified two channels of 
distribution: end users (channel 1) and distributors (channel 2). See 
Amtex's Section A Response at 8 and 9 and Exhibit A-6; see also Amtex 
Sections B and C Response at B-20. Amtex claimed a single level of 
trade in the home market, stating that it performs essentially the same 
selling functions to either category of customer.
    We obtained information from Amtex regarding the marketing stages 
involved in making its reported home market and U.S. sales. Amtex 
provided a table listing all selling activities it performs, and 
comparing the levels of trade among each channel of distribution in 
each market. See Amtex Supplemental Response at Exhibit A-6. We 
reviewed Amtex's claims concerning the intensity to which all selling 
functions were performed for each home market channel of distribution 
and customer category. For virtually all selling functions, the selling 
activities of Amtex were identical in both channels, including sales 
forecasting, personnel training, sales promotion, direct sales 
personnel, technical assistance, warranty service, after-sales service 
and arranging delivery. Id. In fact, Amtex described the level of 
performance as identical across its home market end-user and 
distributor channels of distribution. See Amtex Sections B and C 
Response at B-20; see also Amtex Supplemental Response at 19 and at 
Exhibit 6.
    While we find some differences in the selling functions performed 
between the home market end-user and distributor channels of 
distribution, such differences are minor in that they are not the 
principal selling functions but rather particularized toward a few 
customers and rarely performed. See Amtex Supplemental Response at 
Exhibit 6. Based on our analysis of all Amtex's home market selling 
functions, we agree with Amtex's characterization of all its home 
market sales as being made at the same level of trade, the NV LOT.
    In the U.S. market, Amtex reported two levels of trade (i.e., EP 
and CEP sales) through two channels of distribution (i.e., end-users 
and distributors). We examined the record with respect to Amtex's EP 
sales and find that for all EP sales, Amtex performed such selling 
functions as sales forecasting, sales promotion, direct sales 
personnel, technical assistance, warranties, after-sales services and 
arranging delivery. Id. In terms of the number and intensity of selling 
functions performed on EP sales, these were indistinguishable between 
sales from Amtex to end users and to distributors. Id. Accordingly, we 
preliminarily determine that all EP sales were made at the same LOT.
    We compared Amtex's EP level of trade to the single NV level of 
trade found in the home market. While we find differences in the levels 
of intensity performed for some of these functions between the home 
market NV level of trade and the EP level of trade, such differences 
are minor (particularized toward a few customers and rarely performed) 
and do not establish distinct levels of trade within the home market. 
Based on our analysis of all of Amtex's home market and EP selling 
functions, we find these sales were made at the same level of trade.
    For CEP sales, however, we find that, consistent with Amtex's 
section B response, the CEP LOT is more advanced than the NV LOT. Id. 
The information conveyed in the Selling Functions Chart indicates that 
the number and intensity of selling functions performed by Amtex in 
making its sales to Amtex Chemicals are lower than the number and 
intensity of selling functions Amtex performed for its EP sales. 
However, Amtex's responses with regard to the home market in section B 
indicate that Amtex's CEP sales are at a more advanced marketing stage 
than are its home market sales. Amtex states directly that CEP sales 
are at a more advanced stage than home market sales. See Amtex 
Supplemental response at 49. Further, Amtex reports that for its CEP 
sales most of the principal selling functions in both markets are 
carried out by a single employee in the Mexico office who devotes a 
vastly disproportional amount of time to these CEP principal selling 
functions. See Amtex Supplemental Response at 38; see also Amtex 
Supplemental Exhibit 12. Contrary to what the section A response 
indicates, the record evidence submitted by Amtex itself establishes 
that the CEP LOT (that is, sales from Amtex to its U.S. affiliate) 
involves a much more intense level of activity and therefore 
constitutes a more advanced stage of distribution than its NV LOT.
    Because we found the home market and U.S. CEP sales were made at 
different LOTs, as Amtex claimed, we examined whether a LOT adjustment 
or a CEP offset may be appropriate in this review. As we found only one 
LOT in the home market, it was not possible to make a LOT adjustment to 
home market sales prices, because such an adjustment is dependent on 
our ability to identify a pattern of consistent price differences 
between the home market sales on which NV is based and home market 
sales at the CEP LOT. See 19 CFR 351.412(d)(1)(ii). Furthermore, 
because the CEP LOT is at a more advanced stage of distribution than 
the NV LOT, it is not possible to make a CEP offset to NV in accordance 
with section 773(a)(7)(B) of the Act.

Currency Conversions

    Amtex reported certain home market and U.S. sales prices and 
adjustments in both U.S. dollars and Mexican pesos. Therefore, we made 
peso-U.S. dollar currency conversions, where appropriate, based on the 
exchange rates in effect on the date of the sale, as certified by the 
Federal Reserve Board, in accordance with section 773A(a) of the Act.

Preliminary Results of Review

    As a result of our review, we preliminarily find the following 
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period December 27, 2004 
through June 30, 2005:

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                                                                                       Weighted-Average Margin
                      Producer                                     POR                        (percent)
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Quimica Amtex, S.A. de C.V..........................           12/27/04 - 06/30/06                          2.26
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    The Department will disclose calculations performed within five 
days of the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.224(b). An interested party may request a hearing within thirty 
days of publication. See 19 CFR 351.310(c). Any hearing, if requested, 
will be held 37 days after the date of publication, or the first 
business day thereafter, unless the Department alters the date pursuant 
to 19 CFR 351.310(d). Interested parties may submit case briefs no 
later than 30 days after the date of publication of these preliminary 
results of review. See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). Rebuttal briefs, 
limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than 
35 days after the date of publication of this notice. See 19 CFR 
351.309(d)(1). Parties who submit arguments in these proceedings are 
requested to submit with the argument: 1) a statement of the issue; 2) 
a brief summary of the argument; and 3) a table of authorities. 
Further, parties submitting written comments must provide the 
Department with an additional copy of the public version of any such 
comments on diskette. The Department will issue final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of our analysis of the 
issues in any such written comments or at a hearing, within 120 days of 
publication of these preliminary results.
    The Department shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries. Upon completion of this 
administrative review, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b), the Department 
will calculate an assessment rate on all appropriate entries. Amtex has 
reported entered values for all of its sales of subject merchandise to 
the U.S. during the POR. Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), we will calculate importer-specific duty assessment 
rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of antidumping 
duties calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value of 
the examined sales of that importer. These rates will be assessed 
uniformly on all entries the respective importers made during the POR 
if these preliminary results are adopted in the final results of 
review. Where the assessment rate is above de minimis, we will instruct 
CBP to assess duties on all entries of subject merchandise by that 
importer. In accordance with 19 CFR 356.8(a), the Department intends to 
issue appropriate appraisement instructions directly to CBP on or after 
41 days following the publication of the final results of review.
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003. See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). This 
clarification will apply to entries of subject merchandise during the 
POR produced by the company included in these preliminary results that 
the company did not know were destined for the United States. In such 
instances we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the 
All Others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company or 
companies involved in the transaction.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    Furthermore, the following cash deposit requirements will be 
effective for all shipments of CMC from Mexico entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(1) of the Act: 1) the cash deposit rate for Amtex will be the 
rate established in the final results of review, unless that rate is 
less than or equal to 0.50 percent (de minimis within the meaning of 19 
CFR 351.106(c)(1)), in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; 
2) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review or the less-
than-fair-value (LTFV) 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 3) if neither the exporter 
nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or any previous review 
conducted by the Department, the cash deposit rate will be the ``all 
others'' rate of 12.61 percent from the LTFV investigation. See Notice 
of Anitdumping Duty Orders: Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from 
Finland, Mexico, and the Netherlands and Sweden, 70 FR 39734 (July 11, 
2005).
    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 the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: July 31, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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