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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Fiber Materials, Inc., 5 Morin Street,
Biddeford, ME 04005, Respondent;
Order Waiving Remainder of Denial
Order Period
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On March 12, 2007, BIS issued an
order denying the export privileges of
Fiber Materials, Inc. (‘‘FMI’’), of
Biddeford, Maine, until November 18,
2015, pursuant to Section 11(h) of the
Export Administration Act of 1979, as
amended (‘‘Act’’), and Section 766.25 of
the Export Administration Regulations
(‘‘Regulations’’), based on FMI’s
criminal conviction for violating the Act
by knowingly exporting and causing to
be exported from the United States to
India a component, accessory and
controls for a hot isostatic press without
having obtained the required export
license from BIS.1 The March 12, 2007
Order provided a standard denial of
export privileges that prohibited FMI
from participating in any way in any
transaction involving the export from
the United States of any item subject to
the Regulations or in any other activity
subject to the Regulations.
Subsequent to the issuance of the
March 12, 2007 Order, ownership and
management control of FMI changed.
Ultimately, by letter dated February 10,
2014, GrafTech International Ltd.
(‘‘GrafTech’’) submitted a request on
behalf of FMI, GrafTech’s wholly-owned
subsidiary, seeking to terminate the
denial order. The request seeks relief on
various grounds, including due to a
strong compliance program that has
been put into place and updated by
FMI/GrafTech. BIS has reviewed the
compliance program, including through
an Office of Export Enforcement site
visit at FMI. Upon consideration of the
compliance program and the totality of
the circumstances found here,
It is therefore ordered:
1. That the remainder of the denial
order period imposed on Fiber
Materials, Inc., 5 Morin Street,
1 The Regulations are currently codified in the
Code of Federal Regulations at 15 CFR parts 730–
774 (2014). The underlying criminal conduct
occurred in April 1988, for which FMI was tried
criminally in 1995, and for which ultimately a
judgment of conviction issued against FMI
following its sentencing on November 18, 2005. See
March 12, 2007 Order; U.S. v. Lachman, 521 F.3d
12 (1st Cir. 2008). Since August 21, 2001, the Act
(50 U.S.C. app. §§ 2401–2420 (2000)) has been in
lapse and the President, through Executive Order
13222 of August 17, 2001 (3 CFR, 2001 Comp. 783
(2002)), which has been extended by successive
Presidential Notices, the most recent being that of
August 7, 2014 (79 FR 46959 (Aug. 11, 2014)), has
continued the Regulations in effect under the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1701, et seq.) (2006 & Supp. IV 2010).
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Biddeford, ME 04005, its successors or
assigns, and, when acting for or on
behalf of FMI, its officers,
representatives, agents or employees,
under the March 12, 2007 Order is
hereby waived upon the effective date of
this Order; and
2. That this Order shall be effective
upon publication in the Federal
Register.
Issued this 19th day of December, 2014.
Karen Nies-Vogel,
Director, Office of Exporter Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–421–811]
Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From
the Netherlands: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2012–2013
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On August 21, 2014, the
Department of Commerce (the
Department) published the preliminary
results of the administrative review of
the antidumping duty (AD) order on
purified carboxymethylcellulose (CMC)
from the Netherlands.1 We invited
interested parties to comment on the
Preliminary Results. We received no
comments or requests for a hearing.
Therefore, for the final results, we
continue to find that sales of subject
merchandise by Akzo Nobel Functional
Chemicals, B.V. (Akzo Nobel) were not
made at less than normal value during
the period of review (POR).
DATES: Effective Date: December 30,
2014.
AGENCY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ericka Ukrow or Angelica Mendoza,
AD/CVD Operations, Office VI,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482–0405, and (202) 482–3019,
respectively.
Background
On August 21, 2014, the Department
published the Preliminary Results. The
POR is July 1, 2012 through June 30,
1 See Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From the
Netherlands: Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2012–2013, 79 FR
49494 (August 21, 2014) (Preliminary Results).
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2013. We invited interested parties to
comment on the Preliminary Results.
We received no comments or requests
for a hearing. The Department
conducted this administrative review in
accordance with section 751(a)(2) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order
The product covered by the order is
all purified CMC, sometimes also
referred to as purified sodium CMC,
polyanionic cellulose, or cellulose gum,
which is a white to off-white, non-toxic,
odorless, biodegradable powder,
comprising sodium CMC that has been
refined and purified to a minimum
assay of 90 percent. Purified CMC does
not include unpurified or crude CMC,
CMC Fluidized Polymer Suspensions,
and CMC that is cross-linked through
heat treatment. Purified CMC is CMC
that has undergone one or more
purification operations, which, at a
minimum, reduce the remaining salt
and other by-product portion of the
product to less than ten percent.
The merchandise subject to the order
is currently classified in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States at subheading 3912.31.00.
This tariff classification is provided for
convenience and Customs purposes;
however, the written description of the
scope of the order is dispositive.
Final Results of Review
As noted above, the Department
received no comments concerning the
Preliminary Results on the record of this
segment of the proceeding. As there are
no changes from, or comments upon,
the Preliminary Results, the Department
finds that there is no reason to modify
its analysis. Thus, we continue to find
that sales of subject merchandise by
Akzo Nobel were not made at less than
normal value during the POR.
Accordingly, no decision memorandum
accompanies this Federal Register
notice. For further details of the issues
addressed in this proceeding, see the
Preliminary Results and the
accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.2 The final weightedaverage dumping margin for the period
July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013 for
Akzo Nobel is as follows:
2 See ‘‘Decision Memorandum for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative:
Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from the
Netherlands,’’ from Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K.
Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, dated August 14,
2014 (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), which
can be accessed directly at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
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Producer/Exporter
Weightedaverage
margin
(percentage)
Akzo Nobel Functional
Chemicals B.V. .................
0.00
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Assessment Rates
The Department will determine, and
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties
on all appropriate entries in this review,
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b).
The Department intends to issue
assessment instructions directly to CBP
15 days after publication of these final
results of review. Because we have
calculated a zero margin for Akzo Nobel
in the final results of this review, we
will instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.
The Department clarified its
‘‘automatic assessment’’ regulation on
May 6, 2003.3 This clarification applies
to entries of subject merchandise during
the POR produced and exported by
Akzo Nobel for which it did not know
that the merchandise was destined for
the United States. In such instances, we
will instruct CBP to liquidate
unreviewed entries at the all-others rate
effective during the POR if there is no
rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction.4
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 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) The cash
deposit rate for Akzo Nobel will be the
rate established in the final results of
this review; (2) for previously reviewed
or investigated companies not covered
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 or any previous review or in the
less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation
but the manufacturer is, the cashdeposit rate will be the rate established
for the most recent period for the
manufacturer of the merchandise; and
(4) if neither the exporter nor the
manufacturer is a firm covered in this or
any previous review or the
3 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) (Assessment Policy Notice).
4 See Assessment Policy Notice for a full
discussion of this clarification.
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investigation, the cash-deposit rate will
continue to be the all-others rate of
14.57 percent, which is the all-others
rate established by the Department in
the LTFV investigation.5 These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Reimbursement of Duties
This notice also 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 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.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the return or
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business
proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. 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 terms of an APO is a violation,
which is subject to sanction.
We are issuing and publishing this
notice in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: December 18, 2014.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–520–804]
Certain Steel Nails from the United
Arab Emirates: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2011–2013
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
5 See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders:
Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland,
Mexico, the Netherlands and Sweden, 70 FR 39734,
39735 (July 11, 2005).
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On June 24, 2014, the
Department of Commerce (the
Department) published the preliminary
results of the administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on certain
steel nails from the United Arab
Emirates (UAE). The period of review
(POR) is November 3, 2011, through
April 30, 2013. The review covers two
producers/exporters of the subject
merchandise, Dubai Wire FZE (Dubai
Wire) and Precision Fasteners, L.L.C.
(Precision). For these final results, we
continue to find subject merchandise
has been sold in the United States at
less than normal value.
DATES: Effective Date: December 30,
2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bryan Hansen or Michael Romani, AD/
CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–3683 or (202) 482–
0198, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
On June 24, 2014, the Department
published the preliminary results of the
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain steel
nails from the United Arab Emirates.1
On September 30, 2014, we extended
the due date for the final results to
December 22, 2014.2 On October 16,
2014, we issued a post-preliminary
analysis finding that: (i) Dubai Wire’s
affiliated 3 importer, Itochu Building
Products Inc., and affiliated 4
distributor, PrimeSource Building
Products Inc., (collectively, IBP)
employed an acceptable constructed
export price (CEP) sales reporting
methodology; (ii) certain submissions by
Dubai Wire accompanied by
certifications signed by a representative
of IBP meet the requirements of 19 CFR
351.303(g); (iii) it was appropriate to
rely on facts available without an
1 See Certain Steel Nails From the United Arab
Emirates: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2011–2013, 79 FR 35721
(June 24, 2014) (Preliminary Results).
2 See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations ‘‘Certain Steel
Nails from the United Arab Emirates: Extension of
Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2011–2013’’ dated
September 30, 2014.
3 For details on our affiliation determination, see
Memorandum to Thomas Gilgunn, Office Director,
AD/CVD Operations, Office I, ‘‘Certain Steel Nails
from the United Arab Emirates—Affiliation
Memorandum for Dubai Wire FZE’’ dated May 28,
2014.
4 Id.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-421-811]
Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From the Netherlands: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On August 21, 2014, the Department of Commerce (the
Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative
review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on purified
carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from the Netherlands.\1\ We invited
interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. We received
no comments or requests for a hearing. Therefore, for the final
results, we continue to find that sales of subject merchandise by Akzo
Nobel Functional Chemicals, B.V. (Akzo Nobel) were not made at less
than normal value during the period of review (POR).
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\1\ See Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From the Netherlands:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-
2013, 79 FR 49494 (August 21, 2014) (Preliminary Results).
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DATES: Effective Date: December 30, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ericka Ukrow or Angelica Mendoza, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0405, and (202) 482-3019, respectively.
Background
On August 21, 2014, the Department published the Preliminary
Results. The POR is July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013. We invited
interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. We received
no comments or requests for a hearing. The Department conducted this
administrative review in accordance with section 751(a)(2) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order
The product covered by the order is all purified CMC, sometimes
also referred to as purified sodium CMC, polyanionic cellulose, or
cellulose gum, which is a white to off-white, non-toxic, odorless,
biodegradable powder, comprising sodium CMC that has been refined and
purified to a minimum assay of 90 percent. Purified CMC does not
include unpurified or crude CMC, CMC Fluidized Polymer Suspensions, and
CMC that is cross-linked through heat treatment. Purified CMC is CMC
that has undergone one or more purification operations, which, at a
minimum, reduce the remaining salt and other by-product portion of the
product to less than ten percent.
The merchandise subject to the order is currently classified in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States at subheading
3912.31.00. This tariff classification is provided for convenience and
Customs purposes; however, the written description of the scope of the
order is dispositive.
Final Results of Review
As noted above, the Department received no comments concerning the
Preliminary Results on the record of this segment of the proceeding. As
there are no changes from, or comments upon, the Preliminary Results,
the Department finds that there is no reason to modify its analysis.
Thus, we continue to find that sales of subject merchandise by Akzo
Nobel were not made at less than normal value during the POR.
Accordingly, no decision memorandum accompanies this Federal Register
notice. For further details of the issues addressed in this proceeding,
see the Preliminary Results and the accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\2\ The final weighted-average dumping margin for the period
July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013 for Akzo Nobel is as follows:
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\2\ See ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative: Purified Carboxymethylcellulose
from the Netherlands,'' from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to
Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, dated August 14, 2014 (Preliminary Decision Memorandum),
which can be accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
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Weighted-
Producer/Exporter average margin
(percentage)
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Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals B.V..................... 0.00
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Assessment Rates
The Department will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries in this review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b). The
Department intends to issue assessment instructions directly to CBP 15
days after publication of these final results of review. Because we
have calculated a zero margin for Akzo Nobel in the final results of
this review, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.
The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on
May 6, 2003.\3\ This clarification applies to entries of subject
merchandise during the POR produced and exported by Akzo Nobel for
which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the United
States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed
entries at the all-others rate effective during the POR if there is no
rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\4\
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\3\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003)
(Assessment Policy Notice).
\4\ See Assessment Policy Notice for a full discussion of this
clarification.
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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 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) The cash deposit
rate for Akzo Nobel will be the rate established in the final results
of this review; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies
not covered 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 or any previous review or in
the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation but the manufacturer is,
the cash-deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent
period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) if neither the
exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or any previous
review or the investigation, the cash-deposit rate will continue to be
the all-others rate of 14.57 percent, which is the all-others rate
established by the Department in the LTFV investigation.\5\ These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\5\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Purified
Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland, Mexico, the Netherlands and
Sweden, 70 FR 39734, 39735 (July 11, 2005).
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Reimbursement of Duties
This notice also 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 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.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of
the proceeding. 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 terms of an APO
is a violation, which is subject to sanction.
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: December 18, 2014.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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