1-Hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-Diphosphonic Acid From India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-2012; and Intent to Revoke Order (in Part), 25699-25701 [2013-10404]
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Dated: April 26, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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Proposed Production Activity; Bauer
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Customs duties also could possibly be
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Components and materials sourced
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pumps (duty rates range from free to
5.0%). The request indicates that all
foreign steel products subject to an
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CVD) order will be admitted to the zone
in domestic (duty-paid) status (19 CFR
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Avenue NW., Washington, DC, 20230;
telephone (202) 482–1823 or (202) 482–
4136, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this
order includes all grades of aqueous,
acidic (non-neutralized) concentrations
of 1-hydroxyethylidene-1, 1diphosphonic acid.1 The product is
currently classified in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) at item numbers 2931.90.9043
and 2811.19.6090.2 Although the HTS
numbers are provided for convenience
and customs purposes, the full written
scope description, as published in the
antidumping order 3 and described in
the memorandum entitled ‘‘Decision
Memorandum for Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review: 1-Hydroxyethylidene-1, 1Diphosphonic Acid (HEDP) from India’’
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum),
remains dispositive.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Methodology
International Trade Administration
The Department has conducted this
review in accordance with Section
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). Export price and
constructed export price are calculated
in accordance with section 772 of the
Act. Normal value is calculated in
accordance with section 773 of the Act.
To determine the appropriate
comparison method, the Department
applied a ‘‘differential pricing’’ analysis
and has preliminarily determined to use
the average-to-average method in
making comparisons of export price or
constructed export price and normal
value for Aquapharm. We have also
determined that Aquapharm qualifies
for revocation from the order and, thus,
we preliminarily intend to revoke the
antidumping duty order, in part, with
respect to HEDP produced and exported
by Aquapharm.4 For a full description
of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see Preliminary Decision
Memorandum, which is hereby adopted
by this notice. The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a public document and
is on file electronically via Import
Administration’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
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1-Hydroxyethylidene-1, 1Diphosphonic Acid From India:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2011—
2012; and Intent to Revoke Order (in
Part)
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on 1hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-diphosphonic
acid (HEDP) from India. The period of
review (POR) is April 1, 2011, through
March 31, 2012. The review covers one
producer and exporter of the subject
merchandise, Aquapharm Chemicals
Pvt., Ltd. (Aquapharm). We have
preliminarily determined that sales of
subject merchandise have not been
made at prices below normal value by
Aquapharm. In addition, we determine
that Aquapharm qualifies for revocation
and, thus, we preliminarily intend to
revoke the antidumping duty order, in
part, with respect to HEDP produced
and exported by Aquapharm.
DATES: Effective May 2, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brandon Custard or David Goldberger,
AD/CVD Operations, Office 2, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
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2H8O7P2 or C(CH3)(OH)(PO3H2)2.
2 We have revised the HTSUS item numbers
for
the merchandise subject to this order to reflect the
current HTSUS schedule available on the
International Trade Commission’s Web site at
https://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/bychapter/index.htm.
3 1-Hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-Diphosphonic Acid
from India and the People’s Republic of China:
Antidumping Duty Orders, 74 FR 19197 (April 28,
2009).
4 See 19 CFR 351.222(b)(2).
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Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS).
IA ACCESS is available to registered
users at https://iaaccess.trade.gov and in
the Central Records Unit (CRU), room
7046 of the main Department of
Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly on the Internet at https://
www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed
Preliminary Decision Memorandum and
the electronic version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
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Preliminary Results of the Review
As a result of this review, we
preliminarily determine that a
weighted-average dumping margin of
0.00 percent exists for Aquapharm for
the period April 1, 2011, through March
31, 2012.
Disclosure and Public Comment
The Department will disclose to
parties the calculations performed in
connection with these preliminary
results within five days of the date of
publication of this notice.5 Interested
parties may submit case briefs not later
than 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice.6 Rebuttal
briefs, limited to issues raised in the
case briefs, may be filed not later than
five days after the date for filing case
briefs.7 Parties who submit case briefs or
rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are
encouraged to submit with each
argument: (1) A statement of the issue;
(2) a brief summary of the argument;
and (3) a table of authorities.8 Case and
rebuttal briefs should be filed using IA
ACCESS.9
Interested parties who wish to request
a hearing, or to participate if one is
requested, must submit a written
request to the Assistant Secretary for
Import Administration, filed
electronically via IA ACCESS.10 An
electronically filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety by
the Department’s electronic records
system, IA ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time within 30 days after the
date of publication of this notice.11
Requests should contain: (1) The party’s
name, address, and telephone number;
(2) the number of participants; and (3)
a list of issues to be discussed. Issues
raised in the hearing will be limited to
those raised in the respective case
briefs. The Department will issue the
5 See
19 CFR 351.224(b).
19 CFR 351.309(c).
7 See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
8 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
9 See 19 CFR 351.303.
10 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
11 See id.
6 See
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final results of this administrative
review, including the results of its
analysis of issues raised in any written
briefs, not later than 120 days after the
date of publication of this notice,
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act.
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the
administrative review, the Department
shall determine, and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1).12 We intend to issue
instructions to CBP 15 days after the
date of publication of the final results of
this review.
Where Aquapharm reported entered
value for its U.S. sales, we will calculate
importer-specific ad valorem duty
assessment rates based on the ratio of
the total amount of antidumping duties
calculated for the examined sales to the
total entered value of the examined
sales for that importer. Where
Aquapharm did not report entered value
for its U.S. sales, we will calculate
importer-specific per-unit duty
assessment rates by aggregating the total
amount of antidumping duties
calculated for the examined sales and
dividing this amount by the total
quantity of those sales. To determine
whether the duty assessment rates are
de minimis, in accordance with the
requirement set forth in 19 CFR
351.106(c)(2), we will calculate
importer-specific ad valorem ratios
based on the estimated entered value.
We will instruct CBP to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review if any
importer-specific assessment rate
calculated in the final results of this
review is above de minimis. Where
either the respondent’s weightedaverage dumping margin is zero or de
minimis, or an importer-specific
assessment rate is zero or de minimis,
we will instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.13
The final results of this review shall
be the basis for the assessment of
antidumping duties on entries of
merchandise covered by the final results
of this review and for future deposits of
estimated duties, where applicable.14
12 In these preliminary 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).
13 See id. at 8103.
14 See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Therefore, if we continue to calculate a
zero margin for Aquapharm in the final
results of this review, we will instruct
CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.
Conversely, if we calculate an
antidumping duty margin for
Aquapharm in the final results which is
above de minimis, we will instruct CBP
to assess antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this
review as discussed below.
The Department clarified its
‘‘automatic assessment’’ regulation on
May 6, 2003. This clarification will
apply to entries of subject merchandise
during the POR produced by
Aquapharm for which it did not know
its merchandise was 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(ies)
involved in the transaction. For a full
discussion of this clarification, see
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Assessment of
Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May
6, 2003).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective 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
this administrative review, as provided
by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1)
The cash deposit rate for Aquapharm
will be the rate established in the final
results of this review, except if the rate
is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore,
de minimis within the meaning of 19
CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case no
cash deposit will apply to Aquapharm,
consistent with our intention to rescind
the order with respect to Aquapharm as
discussed above; (2) for previously
reviewed or investigated companies not
participating in this review, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the
company-specific rate published for the
most recent period; (3) if the exporter is
not a firm covered in this review, a prior
review, or the original 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 (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other manufacturers
or exporters will continue to be 3.10
percent, the all-others rate established
in 1-Hydroxyethylidene-1, 1Diphosphonic Acid from India: Notice
of Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value, 74 FR 10543, 10544
(March 11, 2009). These requirements,
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when imposed, shall remain in effect
until further notice.
Notification to Importers
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 these
results in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: April 25, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Notice of Intent To Revoke Order In Part
5. Fair Value Comparisons
A. Determination of Comparison Method
B. Results of the Differential Pricing
Analysis
6. Product Comparisons
7. Export Price and Constructed Export Price
8. Normal Value
A. Home Market Viability and Selection of
Comparison Market
B. Level of Trade
C. Calculation of Normal Value Based on
Comparison-Market Prices
9. Currency Conversion
10. Verification
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Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat
Products From India: Notice of Second
Amended Final Results of
Administrative Review Pursuant to
Court Decision
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On April 9, 2013, the United
States Court of International Trade (CIT)
sustained the Department of
Commerce’s (the Department) January
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2013 remand results.1 The January 2013
remand results explained how the
Department corroborated, to the extent
practicable, the adverse facts available
(AFA) rate assigned to Essar Steel
Limited (Essar) in connection with the
State Government of Chhattisgarh
Industrial Policy (CIP) in the
countervailing duty (CVD)
administrative review of certain hotrolled carbon steel flat products from
India for the 2007 review period (the
fifth review period or fifth
administrative review).2 Consistent with
the decision of the United States Court
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
(CAFC) in Timken,3 as clarified by
Diamond Sawblades,4 the Department is
notifying the public that the final CIT
judgment in this case is not in harmony
with the Department’s Amended Final
Results 5 and is, therefore, amending the
Amended Final Results.
DATES: Effective Date: April 19, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Copyak, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 8, Import Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, C129, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202–
482–2209.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 6,
2009, the Department published its
Final Results.6 In the Final Results,
pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), the Department applied AFA to
find that the subprograms under the CIP
1 See Essar Steel Limited v. United States, Slip
Op. 13–48, Court No. 09–197 (Ct. Int’l Trade April
9, 2013) (Essar V); Results of Redetermination
Pursuant to Court Remand, Essar Steel Limited v.
United States, Court Number 09–00197, Slip Op.
12–132 (CIT October 15, 2012) filed with the CIT
on January 11, 2013 (January 2013 remand results).
2 See Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat
Products from India: Final Results and Partial
Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review, 74 FR 20,923 (May 6, 2009) (Final Results),
and the accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum (I&D Memorandum). The
administrative review covering the 2007 period is
the fifth administrative review of the countervailing
duty order on HRCS from India. The administrative
review covering the 2006 period is the ‘‘fourth’’
administrative review. See Final Results, and the
accompanying I&D Memorandum at ‘‘Sale of HighGrade Iron Ore for LTAR’’ section (referring to the
2006 administrative review as the fourth
administrative review).
3 See Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337
(Fed. Cir. 1990) (Timken).
4 See Diamond Sawblades Mfrs. Coalition v.
United States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010)
(Diamond Sawblades).
5 See Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat
Products From India: Notice of Court Decision Not
in Harmony With Final Results of Administrative
Review and Notice of Amended Final Results of
Administrative Review Pursuant to Court Decision,
76 FR 7810 (February 11, 2011) (Amended Final
Results).
6 See Final Results.
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constituted financial contributions that
were specific and that Essar used and
benefited from the subprograms under
the CIP.7 The Department attempted to
calculate an individual rate for Essar
based on the benefit received from the
CIP programs but, because it was unable
to obtain the necessary information from
Essar, it relied on secondary information
to determine a rate.8 Specifically, the
Department used the highest above de
minimis subsidy rate calculated for
similar programs (from prior segments
of this proceeding) involving grants, the
provision of goods for less than
adequate remuneration (LTAR), and
indirect taxes.9
In Essar I, the CIT remanded
Commerce’s AFA determination that
Essar benefited from the CIP.10 The CIT
explained that the Department’s
conclusions in its July 2010 remand
redetermination regarding the fourth
administrative review in this
proceeding, in which the Department
found that Essar did not benefit from the
CIP based on documents on the fourth
administrative review remand record,
cast ‘‘grave doubt’’ upon the
Department’s findings that Essar
benefited from the CIP during the fifth
review period.11 Thus, the CIT ordered
the Department to reopen and place on
the administrative record of the fifth
administrative review certain
documents from the fourth
administrative review remand
proceeding, and to consider those
documents in its reassessment of
whether Essar benefited from the CIP.12
On October 28, 2010, the Department
issued its final results of
redetermination pursuant to Essar I. The
remand redetermination explained that,
in accordance with the CIT’s order, and
under respectful protest, the Department
placed certain documents from the
fourth administrative review remand
proceeding on the record of the fifth
administrative review. In light of certain
statements by the CIT in Essar I and
those documents that the CIT ordered
the Department to place on the
administrative record, the Department
reassessed whether Essar benefited from
the CIP during the fifth review period
7 See Final Results, and the accompanying I&D
Memorandum at 3–7 and Comment 2.
8 Id. at 22–26.
9 Id.
10 Essar Steel Limited v. United States, 721 F.
Supp. 2d 1285, 1301 (CIT 2010) (Essar I).
11 Id. at 1300; see also Final Results of
Redetermination Pursuant to Court Remand, United
States Steel Corp. v. United States, CIT No., 08–239
(Department of Commerce July 15, 2010) (Fourth
Administrative Review Redetermination) at 5–6, 22–
23.
12 Essar I at 1301.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-847]
1-Hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-Diphosphonic Acid From India:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011--
2012; and Intent to Revoke Order (in Part)
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 1-
hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-diphosphonic acid (HEDP) from India. The period
of review (POR) is April 1, 2011, through March 31, 2012. The review
covers one producer and exporter of the subject merchandise, Aquapharm
Chemicals Pvt., Ltd. (Aquapharm). We have preliminarily determined that
sales of subject merchandise have not been made at prices below normal
value by Aquapharm. In addition, we determine that Aquapharm qualifies
for revocation and, thus, we preliminarily intend to revoke the
antidumping duty order, in part, with respect to HEDP produced and
exported by Aquapharm.
DATES: Effective May 2, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brandon Custard or David Goldberger,
AD/CVD Operations, Office 2, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC, 20230; telephone (202) 482-
1823 or (202) 482-4136, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this order includes all grades of
aqueous, acidic (non-neutralized) concentrations of 1-
hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-diphosphonic acid.\1\ The product is currently
classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) at item numbers 2931.90.9043 and 2811.19.6090.\2\ Although the
HTS numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the full
written scope description, as published in the antidumping order \3\
and described in the memorandum entitled ``Decision Memorandum for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 1-
Hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-Diphosphonic Acid (HEDP) from India''
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum), remains dispositive.
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\1\ C2H8O7P2 or
C(CH3)(OH)(PO3H2)2.
\2\ We have revised the HTSUS item numbers for the merchandise
subject to this order to reflect the current HTSUS schedule
available on the International Trade Commission's Web site at https://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/bychapter/index.htm.
\3\ 1-Hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-Diphosphonic Acid from India and
the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders, 74 FR 19197
(April 28, 2009).
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Methodology
The Department has conducted this review in accordance with Section
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export price
and constructed export price are calculated in accordance with section
772 of the Act. Normal value is calculated in accordance with section
773 of the Act. To determine the appropriate comparison method, the
Department applied a ``differential pricing'' analysis and has
preliminarily determined to use the average-to-average method in making
comparisons of export price or constructed export price and normal
value for Aquapharm. We have also determined that Aquapharm qualifies
for revocation from the order and, thus, we preliminarily intend to
revoke the antidumping duty order, in part, with respect to HEDP
produced and exported by Aquapharm.\4\ For a full description of the
methodology underlying our conclusions, see Preliminary Decision
Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this notice. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically
via Import Administration's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized
[[Page 25700]]
Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). IA ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://iaaccess.trade.gov and in the Central
Records Unit (CRU), room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce
building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at https://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the
electronic version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical
in content.
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Preliminary Results of the Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that a
weighted-average dumping margin of 0.00 percent exists for Aquapharm
for the period April 1, 2011, through March 31, 2012.
Disclosure and Public Comment
The Department will disclose to parties the calculations performed
in connection with these preliminary results within five days of the
date of publication of this notice.\5\ Interested parties may submit
case briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication of
this notice.\6\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case
briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing
case briefs.\7\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in
this proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A
statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a
table of authorities.\8\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using
IA ACCESS.\9\
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\5\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
\6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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Interested parties who wish to request a hearing, or to participate
if one is requested, must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Import Administration, filed electronically via IA
ACCESS.\10\ An electronically filed document must be received
successfully in its entirety by the Department's electronic records
system, IA ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time within 30 days after
the date of publication of this notice.\11\ Requests should contain:
(1) The party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of
participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised
in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case
briefs. The Department will issue the final results of this
administrative review, including the results of its analysis of issues
raised in any written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of
publication of this notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act.
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\11\ See id.
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the administrative review, the Department shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(b)(1).\12\ We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days
after the date of publication of the final results of this review.
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\12\ In these preliminary 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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Where Aquapharm reported entered value for its U.S. sales, we will
calculate importer-specific ad valorem duty assessment rates based on
the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the
examined sales to the total entered value of the examined sales for
that importer. Where Aquapharm did not report entered value for its
U.S. sales, we will calculate importer-specific per-unit duty
assessment rates by aggregating the total amount of antidumping duties
calculated for the examined sales and dividing this amount by the total
quantity of those sales. To determine whether the duty assessment rates
are de minimis, in accordance with the requirement set forth in 19 CFR
351.106(c)(2), we will calculate importer-specific ad valorem ratios
based on the estimated entered value.
We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this review if any importer-specific
assessment rate calculated in the final results of this review is above
de minimis. Where either the respondent's weighted-average dumping
margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer-specific assessment rate
is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\13\
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\13\ See id. at 8103.
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The final results of this review shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by
the final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated
duties, where applicable.\14\ Therefore, if we continue to calculate a
zero margin for Aquapharm in the final results of this review, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties. Conversely, if we calculate an antidumping duty
margin for Aquapharm in the final results which is above de minimis, we
will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review as discussed below.
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The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on
May 6, 2003. This clarification will apply to entries of subject
merchandise during the POR produced by Aquapharm for which it did not
know its merchandise was 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(ies)
involved in the transaction. For a full discussion of this
clarification, see Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective 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 this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Aquapharm will
be the rate established in the final results of this review, except if
the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de minimis within
the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case no cash deposit will
apply to Aquapharm, consistent with our intention to rescind the order
with respect to Aquapharm as discussed above; (2) for previously
reviewed or investigated companies not participating in this review,
the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate
published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm
covered in this review, a prior review, or the original 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 (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers
or exporters will continue to be 3.10 percent, the all-others rate
established in 1-Hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-Diphosphonic Acid from India:
Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 74 FR
10543, 10544 (March 11, 2009). These requirements,
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when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers
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 these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: April 25, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Notice of Intent To Revoke Order In Part
5. Fair Value Comparisons
A. Determination of Comparison Method
B. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
6. Product Comparisons
7. Export Price and Constructed Export Price
8. Normal Value
A. Home Market Viability and Selection of Comparison Market
B. Level of Trade
C. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison-Market Prices
9. Currency Conversion
10. Verification
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