Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2010-2011, 74171-74172 [2012-29977]
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semiconductor devices, controllers,
circuit breakers and protectors,
conductors, junction boxes, lamps/
lighting equipment, sound signaling
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tachometers, shock absorbers, and
optical lenses (duty rate range: free—
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will be admitted in domestic (duty-paid)
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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; 2010–2011
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘Department’’) published its
Preliminary Results of administrative
review of the antidumping duty order
on citric acid and certain citrate salts
from the People’s Republic of China
(‘‘PRC’’) on June 6, 2012.1 The period of
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1 See Preliminary Results of the Second
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order; and Partial Rescission of Administrative
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review (‘‘POR’’) is May 1, 2010, through
April 30, 2011. Further, the Department
released the results of its PostPreliminary analysis on October 23,
2012,2 in which we determined that the
antidumping margin calculation
methodology shall remain unchanged
from the Preliminary Results. We gave
interested parties an opportunity to
comment on the Preliminary Results
and Post-Preliminary Results. Based on
our analysis of the comments received,
the final results do not differ from the
Preliminary Results. The final dumping
margin for this review is listed in the
‘‘Final Results of Review’’ section
below.
DATES:
Effective Date: December 13,
2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Krisha Hill or Robert Bolling, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 4, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–4037 or (202) 482–
3434, respectively.
Background
On June 6, 2012, the Department
published its Preliminary Results. On
July 6, 2012, RZBC Co., Ltd., RZBC Imp.
& Exp. Co., Ltd., RZBC (Juxian) Co., Ltd.
(collectively ‘‘RZBC’’) submitted a case
brief for this administrative review.3 On
July 11, 2012, the Department received
a rebuttal brief from Archer Daniels
Midland Company, Cargill,
Incorporated, and Tate & Lyle
Ingredients Americas LLC
(‘‘Petitioners’’).4 No other party
submitted comments.
We have conducted this
administrative review in accordance
with section 751 of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’), 19 CFR
351.213, and 19 CFR 351.221.
Review, 77 FR 33399 (June 6, 2012) (‘‘Preliminary
Results’’).
2 See Memorandum from Abdelali Elouaradia to
Paul Piquado, regarding ‘‘Second Antidumping
Administrative Review of Citric Acid and Certain
Citrate Salts from the People’s Republic of China:
Post-Preliminary Analysis Memo,’’ dated October
22, 2012 (‘‘Post-Preliminary Results’’).
3 See Letter from RZBC to the Department,
regarding ‘‘Citric Acid and Citrate Salt from the
People’s Republic of China: Case Brief,’’ dated July
6, 2012. The Department also considered RZBC’s
pre-preliminary comments for the final results. See
Letter from RZBC to the Department, regarding
‘‘Citric Acid and Citrate Salt from People’s Republic
of China: Pre-preliminary Results Comments,’’
dated May 8, 2012.
4 See Letter from Petitioners to the Department,
regarding ‘‘Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts
From The People’s Republic of China: Rebuttal
Brief,’’ dated July 11, 2012.
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Scope of the Order
The scope of the order includes 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.5 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.6
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and
rebuttal briefs and additional comments
received by parties in this review are
addressed in the memorandum from
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, to
Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant
Secretary for Import Administration,
‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for
the Second Administrative Review of
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts
from the People’s Republic of China’’
(dated concurrently with this notice)
(‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum’’),
which is hereby adopted by this notice.
A list of the issues that parties raised
and to which we responded in the
Issues and Decision Memorandum is
attached to this notice as an appendix.
The Issues and Decision Memorandum
is a public document and is on file
electronically via Import
Administration’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (‘‘IA
ACCESS’’). Access to IA ACCESS is
available to registered users at https://
iaaccess.trade.gov and in the CRU, room
7046 of the main Department of
Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Issues and
5 See Issues and Decision Memorandum issued
concurrently with this notice for a complete
description of the Scope of the Order.
6 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).
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Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly on the Internet at https://
www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Issues
and Decision Memorandum and the
electronic versions of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on an analysis of the comments
received, the Department has not made
any changes in the margin calculation
since the Preliminary Results.
Final Results of Review
We determine that the dumping
margins for the POR are as follows:
Exporter
Weighted-average
margin
(percent)
RZBC Co., Ltd./RZBC
Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd./
RZBC (Juxian) Co., Ltd
0.00
Assessment
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), the
Department will determine, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of subject
merchandise in accordance with the
final results of this review. The
Department intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP 15 days after the
publication date of the final results of
this review. For any individually
examined respondents whose weightedaverage dumping margin is zero or de
minimis, or an importer- (or customer)
specific assessment rate is de minimis
under 19 CFR 351.106(c) (i.e., less than
0.50 percent), the Department will
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate
entries without regard to antidumping
duties.7
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this
administrative review for all shipments
of the subject merchandise from the PRC
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the
publication date, as provided for by
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For
RZBC, because the rate is zero, no cash
deposit will be required; (2) for
previously investigated or reviewed PRC
and non-PRC exporters not listed above
7 In
these final results, the Department applied
the assessment rate calculation method adopted in
Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the
Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101
(February 14, 2012).
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that have separate rates, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the
exporter-specific rate published for the
most recent period; (3) for all PRC
exporters of subject merchandise which
have not been found to be entitled to a
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will
be the PRC-wide rate established in the
final determination of the less than fair
value investigation (i.e., 156.87 percent);
and (4) 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
PRC exporters that supplied that nonPRC exporter. These deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Interested Parties
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 the review period. Pursuant to 19
CFR 351.402(f)(3), failure to comply
with this requirement could result in
the Department’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of doubled antidumping duties.
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (‘‘APO’’) of their
responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO as explained in
the administrative protective order
itself. 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 the terms of an
APO is a sanctionable violation.
This notice of the final results of these
reviews is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i) of the Act.
Dated: December 4, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
Appendix—List of Comments and
Issues in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum
Comment 1: Whether the Department Should
Exclude Water from the Margin Calculation
Comment 2: Surrogate Value for Water
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–533–844]
Certain Lined Paper From India: Notice
of Partial Rescission of Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: December 13,
2012.
AGENCY:
John
Conniff, 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) 482–1009.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Background
On September 4, 2012, the
Department of Commerce (the
Department) published a notice of
opportunity to request an administrative
review of the countervailing duty order
on certain lined paper from India.1
Pursuant to requests from interested
parties, the Department published in the
Federal Register the notice of initiation
of this countervailing duty
administrative review with respect to 82
companies for the period January 1,
2011, through December 31, 2011.2 On
November 27, 2012, petitioners 3
withdrew their review request.4
Partial Rescission of the 2011
Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the
Secretary will rescind an administrative
review, in whole or in part, if the parties
that requested a review withdraw the
request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation of
the requested review. The Department
initiated the instant review on October
31, 2012.5 The petitioners’ withdrawal
request was submitted within the 90day period and, thus, is timely.
Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1), and consistent with our
practice, we are rescinding this review
1 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, Or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
to Request Administrative Review, 77 FR 53863
(September 4, 2012).
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and
Request for Revocation in Part, 77 FR 65858
(October 31, 2012) (Initiation).
3 Petitioners are the Association of American
School Paper Suppliers.
4 See petitioners’ November 27, 2012, Withdrawal
of Request for Administrative Review.
5 See Initiation.
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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;
2010-2011
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') published its
Preliminary Results of administrative review of the antidumping duty
order on citric acid and certain citrate salts from the People's
Republic of China (``PRC'') on June 6, 2012.\1\ The period of review
(``POR'') is May 1, 2010, through April 30, 2011. Further, the
Department released the results of its Post-Preliminary analysis on
October 23, 2012,\2\ in which we determined that the antidumping margin
calculation methodology shall remain unchanged from the Preliminary
Results. We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the
Preliminary Results and Post-Preliminary Results. Based on our analysis
of the comments received, the final results do not differ from the
Preliminary Results. The final dumping margin for this review is listed
in the ``Final Results of Review'' section below.
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\1\ See Preliminary Results of the Second Administrative Review
of the Antidumping Duty Order; and Partial Rescission of
Administrative Review, 77 FR 33399 (June 6, 2012) (``Preliminary
Results'').
\2\ See Memorandum from Abdelali Elouaradia to Paul Piquado,
regarding ``Second Antidumping Administrative Review of Citric Acid
and Certain Citrate Salts from the People's Republic of China: Post-
Preliminary Analysis Memo,'' dated October 22, 2012 (``Post-
Preliminary Results'').
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DATES: Effective Date: December 13, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Krisha Hill or Robert Bolling, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4037 or (202) 482-3434, respectively.
Background
On June 6, 2012, the Department published its Preliminary Results.
On July 6, 2012, RZBC Co., Ltd., RZBC Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd., RZBC
(Juxian) Co., Ltd. (collectively ``RZBC'') submitted a case brief for
this administrative review.\3\ On July 11, 2012, the Department
received a rebuttal brief from Archer Daniels Midland Company, Cargill,
Incorporated, and Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas LLC
(``Petitioners'').\4\ No other party submitted comments.
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\3\ See Letter from RZBC to the Department, regarding ``Citric
Acid and Citrate Salt from the People's Republic of China: Case
Brief,'' dated July 6, 2012. The Department also considered RZBC's
pre-preliminary comments for the final results. See Letter from RZBC
to the Department, regarding ``Citric Acid and Citrate Salt from
People's Republic of China: Pre-preliminary Results Comments,''
dated May 8, 2012.
\4\ See Letter from Petitioners to the Department, regarding
``Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From The People's Republic
of China: Rebuttal Brief,'' dated July 11, 2012.
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We have conducted this administrative review in accordance with
section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), 19 CFR
351.213, and 19 CFR 351.221.
Scope of the Order
The scope of the order includes 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.\5\ 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.\6\
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\5\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum issued concurrently with
this notice for a complete description of the Scope of the Order.
\6\ 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).
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs and additional
comments received by parties in this review are addressed in the
memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, ``Issues and
Decision Memorandum for the Second Administrative Review of Citric Acid
and Certain Citrate Salts from the People's Republic of China'' (dated
concurrently with this notice) (``Issues and Decision Memorandum''),
which is hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the issues that
parties raised and to which we responded in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum is attached to this notice as an appendix. The Issues and
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically
via Import Administration's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System (``IA ACCESS''). Access to IA
ACCESS is available to registered users at https://iaaccess.trade.gov
and in the CRU, room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce building.
In addition, a complete version of the Issues and
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Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at https://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and the
electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical
in content.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on an analysis of the comments received, the Department has
not made any changes in the margin calculation since the Preliminary
Results.
Final Results of Review
We determine that the dumping margins for the POR are as follows:
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Weighted-average
Exporter margin (percent)
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RZBC Co., Ltd./RZBC Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd./RZBC 0.00
(Juxian) Co., Ltd..................................
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Assessment
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b),
the Department will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(``CBP'') shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries
of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of this
review. The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP
15 days after the publication date of the final results of this review.
For any individually examined respondents whose weighted-average
dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer- (or customer)
specific assessment rate is de minimis under 19 CFR 351.106(c) (i.e.,
less than 0.50 percent), the Department will instruct CBP to liquidate
the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\7\
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\7\ In these final results, the Department applied the
assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping
Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings: Final
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all
shipments of the subject merchandise from the PRC entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For RZBC, because
the rate is zero, no cash deposit will be required; (2) for previously
investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not listed above
that have separate rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the
exporter-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) for
all PRC exporters of subject merchandise which have not been found to
be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the PRC-
wide rate established in the final determination of the less than fair
value investigation (i.e., 156.87 percent); and (4) 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 PRC
exporters that supplied that non-PRC exporter. These deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Notification to Interested Parties
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 the review period. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.402(f)(3), failure to comply with this requirement could result in
the Department's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO as explained in the administrative protective order itself. 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 the terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
This notice of the final results of these reviews is issued and
published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: December 4, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
Appendix--List of Comments and Issues in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum
Comment 1: Whether the Department Should Exclude Water from the
Margin Calculation
Comment 2: Surrogate Value for Water
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