Monosodium Glutamate From the People's Republic of China: Amended Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value of the Antidumping Duty Investigation, 33907-33909 [2014-13893]
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notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A)
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liquidate unreviewed entries at the allothers rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction.
Consistent with the Assessment Policy
Notice, if we continue to find that Nan
Ya had no shipments of subject
merchandise to the United States in the
final results of this review, we intend to
instruct CBP to liquidate any existing
entries of merchandise produced by Nan
Ya and exported by other parties at the
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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. If FENC’s weighted-average
dumping margin is not zero or de
minimis in the final results of this
review, we will calculate importerspecific assessment rates on the basis of
the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for an importer’s examined
sales and the total entered value of such
sales in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1). If FENC’s weightedaverage dumping margin is zero or de
minimis in the final results of review,
we will instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties in accordance with
the Final Modification for Reviews, i.e.,
‘‘{w}here the weighted-average margin
of dumping for the exporter is
determined to be zero or de minimis, no
antidumping duties will be assessed.’’ 6
If an importer-specific assessment rate is
zero or de minimis, then the Department
will instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties in accordance with
19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
The Department clarified its
‘‘automatic assessment’’ regulation on
May 6, 2003.7 This clarification will
apply to entries of subject merchandise
during the POR produced by FENC for
which it did not know its merchandise
was destined for the United States. In
such instances, we will instruct CBP to
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of final results
of administrative review for all
shipments of PSF from Taiwan entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of
publication as provided by section
751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit
rate for FENC will be equal to the
weighted-average dumping margin
established in the final results of this
administrative review; (2) for
merchandise exported by manufacturers
or exporters not covered in this review
but covered in a prior segment of the
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific rate
published for the most recent period for
which there is a completed segment of
this proceeding; (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 which there is a
completed segment for the manufacturer
of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit
rate for all other manufacturers or
exporters will continue to be 7.31
percent.8 These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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5 See
19 CFR 351.310(c).
Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of
the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102
(February 14, 2012) (Final Modification for
Reviews).
7 For a full discussion of this clarification, see
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954
(May 6, 2003) (Assessment Policy Notice).
6 See
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary
reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR
351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of
antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this
8 The all-others rate established in the Notice of
Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value: Certain Polyester Staple Fiber
From the Republic of Korea and Antidumping Duty
Orders: Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From the
Republic of Korea and Taiwan, 65 FR 33807 (May
25, 2000).
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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.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
results in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: June 9, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
A. Summary
B. Background
C. Scope of the Order
D. Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
E. Discussion of the Methodology
1. Fair Value Comparisons
2. Product Comparisons
3. Determination of Comparison Method
4. Results of the Differential Pricing
Analysis
5. Date of Sale
6. Export Price
7. Normal Value
a. Home Market Viability as Comparison
Market
b. Level of Trade
c. Cost of Production
(1) Calculation of Cost of Production
(2) Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
(3) Results of the Cost of Production Test
d. Calculation of Normal Value Based on
Comparison Market Prices
8. Currency Conversion
F. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–992]
Monosodium Glutamate From the
People’s Republic of China: Amended
Preliminary Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value of the
Antidumping Duty Investigation
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘the Department’’) is amending the
preliminary determination of the lessthan-fair-value investigation of
monosodium glutamate (‘‘MSG’’) from
the People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’)
AGENCY:
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to correct certain ministerial errors.1
The period of investigation (‘‘POI’’) is
January 1, 2013, through June 30, 2013.
DATES: Effective Date: June 13, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Milton Koch, or Jun Jack Zhao, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–2584, or (202)
482–1396, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 7, 2014, the Department
disclosed to interested parties its
calculations for the Preliminary
Determination. On May 13, 2014, we
received ministerial error comments
from Ajinomoto North America Inc.
(‘‘Petitioner’’); and Langfang Meihua
Bio-Technology Co., Ltd., Meihua
Holdings Group Co., Ltd., and Tongliao
Meihua Biological SCI–TECH Co., Ltd.
(collectively, the Meihua Group),
alleging that the Department made
ministerial errors in the calculation of
the Meihua Group’s weighted-average
dumping margin.2
Scope of the Investigation
The scope of this investigation covers
MSG, whether or not blended or in
solution with other products.
Specifically, MSG that has been blended
or is in solution with other product(s) is
included in this scope when the
resulting mix contains 15 percent or
more of MSG by dry weight. For a full
description of the products covered by
the less-than-fair-value investigation,
see the Memorandum to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary, Enforcement and
Compliance, from Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary,
‘‘Preliminary Determination of the LessThan-Fair-Value Investigation of
Monosodium Glutamate from the
People’s Republic of China: Ministerial
Error Allegations Memorandum,’’ dated
concurrently with and hereby adopted
by this notice (‘‘Ministerial Error
Memo’’). The Ministerial Error Memo is
on file electronically via Enforcement
and Compliance’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 is available to all
parties in the Central Records Unit,
which is in room 7046 of the main
Department of Commerce building. A
list of the issues discussed in the
Ministerial Error Memo is attached to
this notice an appendix.
Ministerial Errors
Ministerial errors are defined in 19
CFR 351.224(f) as an error ‘‘in addition,
subtraction, or other arithmetic
function, clerical error resulting from
inaccurate copying, duplication, or the
like, and any similar type of
unintentional error which the Secretary
considers ministerial.’’ 19 CFR
351.224(e) provides that the Department
‘‘will analyze any comments received
and, if appropriate, correct any
significant ministerial error by
amending the preliminary
determination.’’ A significant
ministerial error is defined as a
ministerial error, the correction of
which, singly or in combination with
other errors, would result in: (1) A
change of at least five absolute
percentage points in, but not less than
25 percent of, the weighted-average
dumping margin calculated in the
original (erroneous) preliminary
determination; or (2) a difference
between a weighted-average dumping
margin of zero or de minimis and a
weighted-average dumping margin of
greater than de minimis or vice versa.3
After analyzing the ministerial error
comments, we determine, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.224(e), that we made
the following ministerial errors in our
calculations for the Preliminary
Determination: We inadvertently
miscalculated the Meihua Group’s
organic bacteria protein by-product,
high protein scrap by-product, foreign
inland freight distance, home country
distances and freight charges, 20-foot
container weight for brokerage and
handling expenses, and certain inputs
for the production of MSG. Moreover,
we determine that these errors in
combination constitute a ‘‘significant
ministerial error’’ as defined in 19 CFR
351.224(g)(1). Accordingly, we corrected
these errors. As a result of correcting
these errors in the calculation of the
Meihua Group’s weighted-average
dumping margin, the weighted-average
dumping margin for the companies
granted separate-rate status must also be
revised because the rate for those
companies was derived from the
Meihua Group’s rate.4 The weightedaverage dumping margin for the PRCwide entity also must be revised
because it was based on the Meihua
Group’s highest transaction-specific
dumping margin.5 For a detailed
discussion of these ministerial errors, as
well as the Department’s analysis, see
the Ministerial Error Memo.
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(e), we are amending the
Preliminary Determination of the lessthan-fair-value investigation of MSG
from the PRC. The revised weightedaverage dumping margins are detailed
below.
Amended Preliminary Determination
As a result of the correction of the
ministerial error, the amended
weighted-average dumping margins for
the preliminary determination are as
follows:
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Producer
Langfang Meihua Bio-Technology Co., Ltd./
Meihua Group International Trading (Hong
Kong) Limited.
Fujian Province Jianyang Wuyi MSG Co., Ltd ....
Neimenggu Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd ......
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Exporter
Tongliao Meihua Biological SCI–TECH Co., Ltd./Meihua Holdings Group Co.,
Ltd., Bazhou Branch.
157.55
Fujian Province Jianyang Wuyi MSG Co., Ltd .......................................................
Neimenggu Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd .........................................................
157.55
157.55
1 Monosodium Glutamate from the People’s
Republic of China: Preliminary Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, and Postponement of Final
Determination, 79 FR 26408 (May 8, 2014)
(‘‘Preliminary Determination’’).
2 See Letter from Petitioner, ‘‘Antidumping Duty
Investigation on Monosodium Glutamate from
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China: Ministerial Error Comments,’’ dated May 13,
2014; and letter from the Meihua Group:
‘‘Monosodium Glutamate from the People’s
Republic of China: Ministerial Error Comments,’’
dated May 13, 2014.
3 See 19 CFR 351.224(g).
4 See Memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance,
‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
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Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Critical
Circumstances, and Postponement of Final
Determination of the Antidumping Duty
Investigation of Monosodium Glutamate from the
People’s Republic of China (May 1, 2014), at 12.
5 Id. at 14.
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Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Exporter
Producer
Baoji Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd ................
PRC-wide Entity* ..................................................
Baoji Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd ...................................................................
.................................................................................................................................
157.55
157.59
* The PRC-wide entity includes Shandong Linghua Monosodium Glutamate Incorporated Company, a mandatory respondent in this
investigation.
Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 733(d) of
the Act, we will instruct CBP to require
a cash deposit for all suspended entries,
on or after the date of the publication of
this notice in the Federal Register, at an
ad valorem rate equal to the weightedaverage dumping margins, as indicated
in the chart above. These suspension of
liquidation instructions will remain in
effect until further notice.
International Trade Commission (ITC)
Notification
In accordance with section 733(f) of
the Act, we have notified the ITC of our
amended preliminary affirmative
determination of sales at LTFV. Section
735(b)(2) of the Act requires the ITC to
make its final determination as to
whether the domestic industry in the
United States is materially injured, or
threatened with material injury, by
reason of imports of MSG, or sales (or
the likelihood of sales) for importation,
of the merchandise under consideration
within 45 days of our final
determination.
Notification to Interested Parties
The Department will disclose
calculations performed in connection
with this amended preliminary
determination within five days of the
date of publication of this notice in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
This amended preliminary
determination is issued and published
in accordance with sections 733(f) and
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.224(e).
Dated: June 9, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Ministerial
Error Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Scope of the Investigation
3. Legal Authority
4. Analysis of Alleged Ministerial Errors
a. Foreign Inland Freight Distance from
Factory to Port of Exportation
b. Sulfur Dioxide
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c. Labor and Energy Costs Allocated to
Corn Co-Products
d. Brokerage and Handling, Inland Freight
Surrogate Value
e. Sodium Hydroxide in Aqueous Solution
f. Distances and Freight Charges for Certain
Meihua Factors of Production
g. Organic Bacterial Protein By-Product
h. High Protein Scrap By-Product
5. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RIN 0648–XD332]
Pacific Island Fisheries; Western
Pacific Stock Assessment Review;
Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Western Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) and
NMFS will convene a Western Pacific
Stock Assessment Review (WPSAR)
meeting for Pacific Island coral reef
ecosystem fisheries.
DATES: The meeting will be held on June
30 through July 3, 2014, starting at 9
a.m. each day. The meeting will
conclude each day at 5 p.m., or when
business for the day has been
completed. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for the daily meeting
agenda.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the NMFS Honolulu Service Center at
Pier 38, 1129 North Nimitz Hwy., Suite
220, Honolulu, HI 96817.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director,
telephone: (808) 522–8220.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of this meeting is to review a
Bayesian modeling approach that
generates maximum sustainable yield
(MSY) estimates for Pacific coral reef
ecosystem resources using available
catch time series, a measure of
SUMMARY:
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population growth, carrying capacity,
and biomass from NMFS underwater
fish census surveys. At this meeting, a
team of reviewers provided by the
Center for Independent Experts
(www.ciereviews.org) will review the
model methods, input data and
parameters, including the adequacy of
the model and model outputs, and
suggest research priorities to improve
understanding of essential population
and fishery dynamics necessary to
formulate best management practices.
The MSY estimates generated by the
model will be the foundation upon
which the Council and NMFS will base
management decisions for Pacific Island
coral reef fisheries, including
establishment of annual catch limits
(ACL) starting in 2015.
The Council and NMFS established
the WPSAR process pursuant to Section
302(g)(1)(E), which provides that the
Secretary of Commerce and each
regional fishery management council
may establish a peer review process for
scientific information used to advise the
Council about fisheries conservation
and management. The Council and
NMFS emphasize constituent and
stakeholder participation in the WPSAR
process and ensuring rigorous and
independent review of information.
Meeting Agenda for WPSAR Review
Monday, June 30, 2014
1. Opening remarks and introductions
2. Overview of the Review Process
a. Review of Scope of Work
b. Review process mechanics
3. Background presentations
a. MSRA requirements for Annual
Catch Limits
b. Initial ACL specification and the
need to improve
4. Presentation on the data preparation
for the model-based approach
5. Presentation on the Biomass
Augmented Catch-MSY model
6. Questions to presenters Review Panel
7. Public Comment
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
8. Presentation on the P* Analysis
9. Discussion and questions for
presenters
10. Review panel deliberations and
report writing (closed)
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-992]
Monosodium Glutamate From the People's Republic of China: Amended
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value of the
Antidumping Duty Investigation
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is amending
the preliminary determination of the less-than-fair-value investigation
of monosodium glutamate (``MSG'') from the People's Republic of China
(``PRC'')
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to correct certain ministerial errors.\1\ The period of investigation
(``POI'') is January 1, 2013, through June 30, 2013.
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\1\ Monosodium Glutamate from the People's Republic of China:
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, and
Postponement of Final Determination, 79 FR 26408 (May 8, 2014)
(``Preliminary Determination'').
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DATES: Effective Date: June 13, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Milton Koch, or Jun Jack Zhao, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
2584, or (202) 482-1396, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 7, 2014, the Department disclosed to interested parties its
calculations for the Preliminary Determination. On May 13, 2014, we
received ministerial error comments from Ajinomoto North America Inc.
(``Petitioner''); and Langfang Meihua Bio-Technology Co., Ltd., Meihua
Holdings Group Co., Ltd., and Tongliao Meihua Biological SCI-TECH Co.,
Ltd. (collectively, the Meihua Group), alleging that the Department
made ministerial errors in the calculation of the Meihua Group's
weighted-average dumping margin.\2\
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\2\ See Letter from Petitioner, ``Antidumping Duty Investigation
on Monosodium Glutamate from China: Ministerial Error Comments,''
dated May 13, 2014; and letter from the Meihua Group: ``Monosodium
Glutamate from the People's Republic of China: Ministerial Error
Comments,'' dated May 13, 2014.
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Scope of the Investigation
The scope of this investigation covers MSG, whether or not blended
or in solution with other products. Specifically, MSG that has been
blended or is in solution with other product(s) is included in this
scope when the resulting mix contains 15 percent or more of MSG by dry
weight. For a full description of the products covered by the less-
than-fair-value investigation, see the Memorandum to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary, Enforcement and Compliance, from Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, ``Preliminary Determination of the Less-
Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Monosodium Glutamate from the People's
Republic of China: Ministerial Error Allegations Memorandum,'' dated
concurrently with and hereby adopted by this notice (``Ministerial
Error Memo''). The Ministerial Error Memo is on file electronically via
Enforcement and Compliance'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 is available to all parties in the Central Records Unit, which is
in room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce building. A list of the
issues discussed in the Ministerial Error Memo is attached to this
notice an appendix.
Ministerial Errors
Ministerial errors are defined in 19 CFR 351.224(f) as an error
``in addition, subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical
error resulting from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and
any similar type of unintentional error which the Secretary considers
ministerial.'' 19 CFR 351.224(e) provides that the Department ``will
analyze any comments received and, if appropriate, correct any
significant ministerial error by amending the preliminary
determination.'' A significant ministerial error is defined as a
ministerial error, the correction of which, singly or in combination
with other errors, would result in: (1) A change of at least five
absolute percentage points in, but not less than 25 percent of, the
weighted-average dumping margin calculated in the original (erroneous)
preliminary determination; or (2) a difference between a weighted-
average dumping margin of zero or de minimis and a weighted-average
dumping margin of greater than de minimis or vice versa.\3\
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\3\ See 19 CFR 351.224(g).
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After analyzing the ministerial error comments, we determine, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(e), that we made the following
ministerial errors in our calculations for the Preliminary
Determination: We inadvertently miscalculated the Meihua Group's
organic bacteria protein by-product, high protein scrap by-product,
foreign inland freight distance, home country distances and freight
charges, 20-foot container weight for brokerage and handling expenses,
and certain inputs for the production of MSG. Moreover, we determine
that these errors in combination constitute a ``significant ministerial
error'' as defined in 19 CFR 351.224(g)(1). Accordingly, we corrected
these errors. As a result of correcting these errors in the calculation
of the Meihua Group's weighted-average dumping margin, the weighted-
average dumping margin for the companies granted separate-rate status
must also be revised because the rate for those companies was derived
from the Meihua Group's rate.\4\ The weighted-average dumping margin
for the PRC-wide entity also must be revised because it was based on
the Meihua Group's highest transaction-specific dumping margin.\5\ For
a detailed discussion of these ministerial errors, as well as the
Department's analysis, see the Ministerial Error Memo.
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\4\ See Memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, ``Decision Memorandum for the
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Critical Circumstances, and
Postponement of Final Determination of the Antidumping Duty
Investigation of Monosodium Glutamate from the People's Republic of
China (May 1, 2014), at 12.
\5\ Id. at 14.
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In accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(e), we are amending the
Preliminary Determination of the less-than-fair-value investigation of
MSG from the PRC. The revised weighted-average dumping margins are
detailed below.
Amended Preliminary Determination
As a result of the correction of the ministerial error, the amended
weighted-average dumping margins for the preliminary determination are
as follows:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter Producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Langfang Meihua Bio-Technology Tongliao Meihua 157.55
Co., Ltd./Meihua Group Biological SCI-TECH Co.,
International Trading (Hong Ltd./Meihua Holdings
Kong) Limited. Group Co., Ltd., Bazhou
Branch.
Fujian Province Jianyang Wuyi MSG Fujian Province Jianyang 157.55
Co., Ltd. Wuyi MSG Co., Ltd.
Neimenggu Fufeng Biotechnologies Neimenggu Fufeng 157.55
Co., Ltd. Biotechnologies Co., Ltd.
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Baoji Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Baoji Fufeng 157.55
Ltd. Biotechnologies Co., Ltd.
PRC-wide Entity*................. ......................... 157.59
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* The PRC-wide entity includes Shandong Linghua Monosodium Glutamate
Incorporated Company, a mandatory respondent in this investigation.
Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 733(d) of the Act, we will instruct CBP
to require a cash deposit for all suspended entries, on or after the
date of the publication of this notice in the Federal Register, at an
ad valorem rate equal to the weighted-average dumping margins, as
indicated in the chart above. These suspension of liquidation
instructions will remain in effect until further notice.
International Trade Commission (ITC) Notification
In accordance with section 733(f) of the Act, we have notified the
ITC of our amended preliminary affirmative determination of sales at
LTFV. Section 735(b)(2) of the Act requires the ITC to make its final
determination as to whether the domestic industry in the United States
is materially injured, or threatened with material injury, by reason of
imports of MSG, or sales (or the likelihood of sales) for importation,
of the merchandise under consideration within 45 days of our final
determination.
Notification to Interested Parties
The Department will disclose calculations performed in connection
with this amended preliminary determination within five days of the
date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b).
This amended preliminary determination is issued and published in
accordance with sections 733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.224(e).
Dated: June 9, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Ministerial Error Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Scope of the Investigation
3. Legal Authority
4. Analysis of Alleged Ministerial Errors
a. Foreign Inland Freight Distance from Factory to Port of
Exportation
b. Sulfur Dioxide
c. Labor and Energy Costs Allocated to Corn Co-Products
d. Brokerage and Handling, Inland Freight Surrogate Value
e. Sodium Hydroxide in Aqueous Solution
f. Distances and Freight Charges for Certain Meihua Factors of
Production
g. Organic Bacterial Protein By-Product
h. High Protein Scrap By-Product
5. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2014-13893 Filed 6-12-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
