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Saccharin from the People’s Republic
of China: Notice of Initiation of
Changed Circumstances Review
AGENCY: Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘Department’’) has received
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information sufficient to warrant
initiation of a changed circumstances
review of the antidumping duty order
on saccharin from the People’s Republic
of China (‘‘PRC’’). Based upon a request
filed by PMC Specialties Group, Inc.
(‘‘PMCSG’’), the Department is initiating
a changed circumstances review to
determine whether the domestic
industry is in fact no longer interested
in this order and to potentially revoke
the antidumping duty order in this
proceeding.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
July 23, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Giselle Cubillos or Charles Riggle, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 8, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–1778 and (202)
482–0650, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 9, 2003, the Department
published in the Federal Register an
antidumping duty order on saccharin
from the PRC.1 On June 8, 2009, the
Department published the continuation
of antidumping duty order on saccharin
from the PRC.2 On June 4, 2009, the
Department received a request on behalf
of PMCSG for a changed circumstances
review to revoke the antidumping duty
order on saccharin from the PRC. As
part of its submission, PMCSG
requested that the Department combine
the notice of initiation with a
preliminary determination to revoke the
Saccharin Order. On July 9, 2009, the
Department received a letter opposing
the request for a changed circumstances
review from Kinetic Industries
(‘‘Kinetic’’).3 Kinetic claimed that it
produces saccharin through a third
party toller in the United States and that
both parties, Kinetic and its toll
producer, are interested parties as
domestic producers of saccharin. Both
Kinetic and its toll producer requested
that the Department not issue an
expedited preliminary determination in
this changed circumstances review.
1 See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order:
Saccharin from the People’s Republic of China, 68
FR 40906 (June 9, 2003) (‘‘Saccharin Order’’).
2 See Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order on
Saccharin from the People’s Republicof China, 74
FR 27089 (June 8, 2009).
3 Although Kinetic filed a letter opposing
PMCSG’s request for changed circumstances review
on July 2, 2009, the Department rejected that letter
because it did not contain the appropriate
certifications. The Department requested that
Kinetic re-file its submission by July 10, 2009. On
July 9, 2009, Kinetic refiled its submission with the
appropriate certifications.
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by this
antidumping duty order is saccharin.
Saccharin is defined as a non–nutritive
sweetener used in beverages and foods,
personal care products such as
toothpaste, table top sweeteners, and
animal feeds. It is also used in
metalworking fluids. There are four
primary chemical compositions of
saccharin: (1) Sodium saccharin
(American Chemical Society Chemical
Abstract Service (‘‘CAS’’) Registry 128–
44–9); (2) calcium saccharin (CAS
Registry 6485–34–3); (3) acid (or
insoluble) saccharin (CAS Registry 81–
07–2); and (4) research grade saccharin.
Most of the U.S.-produced and imported
grades of saccharin from the PRC are
sodium and calcium saccharin, which
are available in granular, powder,
spray–dried powder, and liquid forms.
The merchandise subject to this order is
currently classifiable under subheading
2925.11.00 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States
(‘‘HTSUS’’) and includes all types of
saccharin imported under this HTSUS
subheading, including research and
specialized grades. Although the
HTSUS subheading is provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
Department’s written description of the
scope of this order remains dispositive.
Initiation of Changed Circumstances
Review
Pursuant to section 751(d) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
‘‘Act’’), the Department may revoke an
antidumping or countervailing duty
order, in whole or in part, based on a
review under section 751(b) of the Act
(i.e., a changed circumstances review)
where the Department determines that
producers accounting for substantially
all of the production of the domestic
like product have expressed a lack of
interest in the continuance of an order.
Section 751(b)(1) of the Act requires a
changed circumstances review to be
conducted upon receipt of information
concerning, or a request from an
interested party for a review of, an
antidumping duty order, which shows
changed circumstances sufficient to
warrant a review of the order.
Additionally, section 751(b)(4) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.216(c) state that the
Department shall not conduct a review
less than 24 months after the date of
publication of notice of the final
determination in the original
investigation. As noted above, PMCSG
filed its request for a changed
circumstances review on June 4, 2009,
well over 24 months after the
publication of the final determination
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and order. See Saccharin Order. The
Department has determined that the
request submitted by PMCSG is
sufficient to warrant a changed
circumstances review.
In accordance with sections 751(d)(1)
and 782(h)(2) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.216 and 351.222(g), a domestic
producer of the like product, PMCSG,
claims changed circumstances exist and
has made an affirmative statement that
no further interest exists in continuing
the order on saccharin. PMCSG further
alleges that it represents 100 percent of
the domestic industry and that it
accounts for all of the production of the
domestic like product to which the
order pertains. Based upon the
statement of no interest by PMCSG, the
Department has determined that there is
sufficient information to conduct a
changed circumstances review.
However, in light of the opposition to
the potential revocation, and Kinetic’s
claim to be a domestic producer of the
like product, the Department does not
have sufficient information on the
record of this changed circumstances
review to determine that PMCSG
accounts for substantially all (i.e., at
least 85 percent) of the production of
the domestic like product. Accordingly,
we are initiating a changed
circumstances review, but will not
conduct an expedited changed
circumstances review and preliminary
determination, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.221(c)(3)(ii). The Department
intends to issue questionnaires to
Kinetic, the third party toller of
Kinetic’s saccharin, and PMCSG to
solicit relevant information and fully
evaluate the request to revoke the
antidumping duty order on saccharin
from the PRC as well as the arguments
against this revocation.
The Department will issue
questionnaires requesting additional
information for the review and will
publish in the Federal Register a notice
of the preliminary results of the
antidumping duty changed
circumstances review, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(2) and (4), and
19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(i). That notice will
set forth a description of any action
proposed. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4)(ii), interested parties will
have an opportunity to comment on the
preliminary results of review. In
accordance with 19 CFR 351.216(e), the
Department intends to issue the final
results of its antidumping duty changed
circumstances review not later than 270
days after the date on which this review
is initiated.
This notice is published in
accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and
777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216.
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Dated: July 15, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–901]
Certain Lined Paper Products from the
People’s Republic of China: Notice of
Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 23, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joy
Zhang or Victoria Cho, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 3, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–1168, or (202)
482–5075, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 28, 2006, the
Department of Commerce (the
Department) published in the Federal
Register an antidumping duty order on
certain lined paper products (CLPP)
from the People’s Republic of China
(PRC).1 On September 2, 2008, the
Department published a notice of
opportunity to request an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order
on CLPP from China. See Antidumping
or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding,
or Suspended Investigation;
Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review, 73 FR 51272 (September 2,
2008). On September 30, 2008, the
Association of American School Paper
Suppliers (Petitioner) requested that the
Department conduct an administrative
review of (1) Shanghai Lian Li Paper
Products Co., Ltd. (Lian Li), and (2) the
Watanabe Group, which consists of
Watanabe Paper Products (Shanghai)
Co., Ltd., Watanabe Paper Products
(Lingqing) Co., Ltd., and Hotrock
1 See Notice of Amended Final Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Lined Paper
Products from the People’s Republic of China;
Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Lined
Paper Products from India, Indonesia and the
People’s Republic of China; and Notice of
Countervailing Duty Orders: Certain Lined Paper
Products from India and Indonesia, 71 FR 56949
(September 28, 2006).
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Stationery (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
(collectively, the Watanabe Group) for
the period of review (POR) of September
1, 2007 through August 31, 2008.
On October 29, 2008, the Department
initiated this review with respect to
both requested companies. See
Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews and Deferral of Administrative
Review, 73 FR 64305 (October 29, 2008).
On November 13, 2008, Lian Li
submitted a letter certifying that it did
not have any shipments of subject
merchandise during the POR. The
Department conducted an internal U. S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
data query on November 13, 2008, to
investigate Lian Li’s claim, and found
that Lian Li had made shipments to the
United States during the POR, which
were entered under the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) numbers for subject
merchandise. See Memorandum to File
from Joy Zhang titled ‘‘Internal Customs
Data Query,’’ dated December 2, 2008.
Therefore, on December 2, 2008, the
Department issued a questionnaire to
Lian Li.
On January 9, Petitioner filed
comments on Lian Li’s no shipment
claim, asking the Department to request
product samples from Lian Li. On
January 29, 2009, Lian Li submitted
product samples of the merchandise it
exported to the United States during the
POR, which Lian Li claimed were non–
subject merchandise. On March 4, 2009,
counsel for Petitioner inspected Lian
Li’s product samples. See Memorandum
to the File from Joy Zhang titled
‘‘Inspecting the Product Samples by
Counsel for the Association of American
School Paper Supplies,’’ dated March 4,
2009.
On June 4, 2009, the Department
published a notice extending the
deadline for the preliminary results
from for 120 days to September 30,
2009. In this notice the Department also
published its intent to rescind this
administrative review in part with
respect to Lian Li because the
Department preliminarily determined
that the product samples submitted by
Lian Li and the Customs data
demonstrated that Lian Li did not
export subject merchandise to the
United States during the POR. See
Certain Lined Paper Products From the
People’s Republic of China: Notice of
Intent to Rescind, In Part, Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review and
Extension of Time Limits for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR
26840, 26841 (June 4, 2009) (Notice of
Intend to Rescind). We invited
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-878]
Saccharin from the People's Republic of China: Notice of
Initiation of Changed Circumstances Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') has received
information sufficient to warrant initiation of a changed circumstances
review of the antidumping duty order on saccharin from the People's
Republic of China (``PRC''). Based upon a request filed by PMC
Specialties Group, Inc. (``PMCSG''), the Department is initiating a
changed circumstances review to determine whether the domestic industry
is in fact no longer interested in this order and to potentially revoke
the antidumping duty order in this proceeding.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 23, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Giselle Cubillos or Charles Riggle,
AD/CVD Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1778 and (202) 482-0650, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 9, 2003, the Department published in the Federal Register
an antidumping duty order on saccharin from the PRC.\1\ On June 8,
2009, the Department published the continuation of antidumping duty
order on saccharin from the PRC.\2\ On June 4, 2009, the Department
received a request on behalf of PMCSG for a changed circumstances
review to revoke the antidumping duty order on saccharin from the PRC.
As part of its submission, PMCSG requested that the Department combine
the notice of initiation with a preliminary determination to revoke the
Saccharin Order. On July 9, 2009, the Department received a letter
opposing the request for a changed circumstances review from Kinetic
Industries (``Kinetic'').\3\ Kinetic claimed that it produces saccharin
through a third party toller in the United States and that both
parties, Kinetic and its toll producer, are interested parties as
domestic producers of saccharin. Both Kinetic and its toll producer
requested that the Department not issue an expedited preliminary
determination in this changed circumstances review.
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\1\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Saccharin from the
People's Republic of China, 68 FR 40906 (June 9, 2003) (``Saccharin
Order'').
\2\ See Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order on Saccharin from
the People's Republicof China, 74 FR 27089 (June 8, 2009).
\3\ Although Kinetic filed a letter opposing PMCSG's request for
changed circumstances review on July 2, 2009, the Department
rejected that letter because it did not contain the appropriate
certifications. The Department requested that Kinetic re-file its
submission by July 10, 2009. On July 9, 2009, Kinetic refiled its
submission with the appropriate certifications.
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by this antidumping duty order is saccharin.
Saccharin is defined as a non-nutritive sweetener used in beverages and
foods, personal care products such as toothpaste, table top sweeteners,
and animal feeds. It is also used in metalworking fluids. There are
four primary chemical compositions of saccharin: (1) Sodium saccharin
(American Chemical Society Chemical Abstract Service (``CAS'') Registry
128-44-9); (2) calcium saccharin (CAS Registry 6485-34-3); (3) acid (or
insoluble) saccharin (CAS Registry 81-07-2); and (4) research grade
saccharin. Most of the U.S.-produced and imported grades of saccharin
from the PRC are sodium and calcium saccharin, which are available in
granular, powder, spray-dried powder, and liquid forms. The merchandise
subject to this order is currently classifiable under subheading
2925.11.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(``HTSUS'') and includes all types of saccharin imported under this
HTSUS subheading, including research and specialized grades. Although
the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes,
the Department's written description of the scope of this order remains
dispositive.
Initiation of Changed Circumstances Review
Pursuant to section 751(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the ``Act''), the Department may revoke an antidumping or
countervailing duty order, in whole or in part, based on a review under
section 751(b) of the Act (i.e., a changed circumstances review) where
the Department determines that producers accounting for substantially
all of the production of the domestic like product have expressed a
lack of interest in the continuance of an order. Section 751(b)(1) of
the Act requires a changed circumstances review to be conducted upon
receipt of information concerning, or a request from an interested
party for a review of, an antidumping duty order, which shows changed
circumstances sufficient to warrant a review of the order.
Additionally, section 751(b)(4) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(c) state
that the Department shall not conduct a review less than 24 months
after the date of publication of notice of the final determination in
the original investigation. As noted above, PMCSG filed its request for
a changed circumstances review on June 4, 2009, well over 24 months
after the publication of the final determination
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and order. See Saccharin Order. The Department has determined that the
request submitted by PMCSG is sufficient to warrant a changed
circumstances review.
In accordance with sections 751(d)(1) and 782(h)(2) of the Act, and
19 CFR 351.216 and 351.222(g), a domestic producer of the like product,
PMCSG, claims changed circumstances exist and has made an affirmative
statement that no further interest exists in continuing the order on
saccharin. PMCSG further alleges that it represents 100 percent of the
domestic industry and that it accounts for all of the production of the
domestic like product to which the order pertains. Based upon the
statement of no interest by PMCSG, the Department has determined that
there is sufficient information to conduct a changed circumstances
review. However, in light of the opposition to the potential
revocation, and Kinetic's claim to be a domestic producer of the like
product, the Department does not have sufficient information on the
record of this changed circumstances review to determine that PMCSG
accounts for substantially all (i.e., at least 85 percent) of the
production of the domestic like product. Accordingly, we are initiating
a changed circumstances review, but will not conduct an expedited
changed circumstances review and preliminary determination, pursuant to
19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii). The Department intends to issue
questionnaires to Kinetic, the third party toller of Kinetic's
saccharin, and PMCSG to solicit relevant information and fully evaluate
the request to revoke the antidumping duty order on saccharin from the
PRC as well as the arguments against this revocation.
The Department will issue questionnaires requesting additional
information for the review and will publish in the Federal Register a
notice of the preliminary results of the antidumping duty changed
circumstances review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(2) and (4),
and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(i). That notice will set forth a description
of any action proposed. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(ii),
interested parties will have an opportunity to comment on the
preliminary results of review. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.216(e),
the Department intends to issue the final results of its antidumping
duty changed circumstances review not later than 270 days after the
date on which this review is initiated.
This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and
777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216.
Dated: July 15, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
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