Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013-2014, 32353-32355 [2015-13953]
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Dezhou Kaihang. The analysis
memorandum for Dezhou Kaihang
contains further explanation of the
margin calculations utilized in the final
results.8
Final Results of Review
The weighted average dumping
margin for the final results of this
review for the period February 1, 2013
through February 28, 2014 and for the
following exporter/producer
combination is as follows:
Exporter
Producer
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Dezhou Kaihang Agricultural Science Technology Co., Ltd ......
Shandong Fengyu Edible Fungus Co., Ltd ...............................
0.00
Disclosure
The Department intends to disclose
calculations performed for these final
results to the parties within five days of
the date of publication of this notice, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Tariff Act of 1930 as amended (the Act)
and 19 CFR 351.212(b), the Department
will determine, and CBP shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise covered
by this review. The Department intends
to issue assessment instructions to CBP
15 days after the date of publication of
these final results of review.
For assessment purposes, because
Dezhou Kaihang’s margin is zero, we
will instruct CBP to liquidate the entry
covered in this new shipper review
without regard to antidumping duties.
On October 24, 2011, the Department
announced a refinement to its
assessment practice in non-market
economy cases. 9 Pursuant to this
refinement in practice, for entries that
were not reported in the U.S. sales
databases submitted by Dezhou Kaihang
during this review, the Department will
instruct CBP to liquidate at the PRCwide rate.
for subject merchandise exported by
Dezhou Kaihang but not produced by
Shandong Fengyu Edible Fungus Co.,
Ltd., the cash deposit rate will be that
for the PRC-wide entity (i.e., 308.33
percent); and (3) for subject
merchandise produced by Shandong
Fengyu Edible Fungus Co., Ltd. but not
exported by Dezhou Kaihang, the cash
deposit rate will be the rate applicable
to that exporter. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers
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 this POR. Failure to comply with
this requirement could result in the
Department’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of double antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Order
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this
new shipper review for shipments of the
subject merchandise from the PRC
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the
publication date, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For subject
merchandise produced by Shandong
Fengyu Edible Fungus Co., Ltd. and
exported by Dezhou Kaihang, no cash
deposit rate will be required since the
rate established in the Final Results of
Review section of this notice is zero; (2)
This notice also serves as the only
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 or 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
sanctionable violation.
We are issuing and publishing these
results and this notice in accordance
with sections 751(a)(2)(B) and 777(i) of
the Act.
8 See Memorandum to the File from Michael J.
Heaney ‘‘Analysis of Data Submitted by Dezhou
Kaihang Agricultural Science Technology Co., Ltd
(Dezhou Kaihang) in the Final Results of New
Shipper Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on
Certain Preserved Mushrooms from the People’s
Republic of China (PRC)’’ dated June 1, 2015
(Dezhou Kaihang Final Analysis Memorandum).
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Dated: June 1, 2015.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
List of Topics Discussed in the
Accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum
Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Discussion Of Issues
Comment 1 Metal Cans
Comment 2 Coal
Comment 3 Labor Cost
Comment 4 Surrogate Financial Ratios
Recommendation
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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:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2013–
2014
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘the Department’’) is conducting the
fifth administrative review (‘‘AR’’) of the
antidumping duty order on citric acid
and certain citrate salts (‘‘citric acid’’)
from the People’s Republic of China
(‘‘PRC’’). The review covers three
companies, RZBC Co., Ltd., RZBC
Import & Export Co., Ltd., and RZBC
(Juxian) Co., Ltd. (collectively, ‘‘RZBC’’),
Laiwu Taihe Biochemistry Co., Ltd.
(‘‘Taihe’’), and Yixing Union
Biochemical Ltd. (‘‘Yixing Union’’). The
period of review (‘‘POR’’) for the AR is
May 1, 2013, through April 30, 2014.
We preliminarily determine that Yixing
AGENCY:
9 See Non-Market Economy Antidumping
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76
FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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Union did not have any reviewable
transactions during the POR. For RZBC
and Taihe, because of outstanding
issues pertaining to the selection of the
surrogate country, we have
preliminarily assigned to each its cash
deposit rate currently in effect.
DATES: Effective Date: June 8, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Krisha Hill or Maisha Cryor, AD/CVD
Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–4037 or (202) 482–
5831, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this
order is citric acid and certain citrate
salts from the PRC. The product is
currently classified under subheadings
2918.14.0000, 2918.15.1000,
2918.15.5000, and 3824.90.9290 of the
Harmonized Tariff System of the United
States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of merchandise
subject to the scope is dispositive. For
a full description of the scope of the
order, see Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.1
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Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
Yixing Union reported it made no
shipments of subject merchandise to the
United States during the POR.2 On
November 20, 2014, the Department
placed information from a U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) data
query related to potential POR entries of
subject merchandise from Yixing
Union.3 Based on Yixing Union’s no
shipments certification, and because
CBP had no findings of reviewable
1 See ‘‘Decision Memorandum for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review: Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from
the People’s Republic of China’’ from Christian
Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K.
Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, issued concurrently
with this notice (‘‘Preliminary Decision
Memorandum’’), for a complete description of the
Scope of the Order.
2 See Letter from Yixing Union to the Department,
regarding ‘‘Yixing-Union Biochemical Co., Ltd.
Statement of No Shipments during the POR:
Antidumping Administrative Review of Citric Acid
and Certain Citrate Salts from the People’s Republic
of China,’’ dated July 8, 2014.
3 See Memorandum to the File Regarding
‘‘Release of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Information Relating to No Shipment Claims Made
in the 2013–2014 Administrative Review of Citric
Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from the People’s
Republic of China,’’ dated November 20, 2014.
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transactions, we preliminarily
determine that Yixing Union did not
have any reviewable transactions during
the POR.
In addition, consistent with our
practice, the Department is not
rescinding this review, in part, but
intends to complete the review with
respect to Yixing Union for which it has
preliminarily found no shipments and
issue appropriate instructions to CBP
based on the final results of the review.
Methodology
The Department is conducting this
review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (‘‘the Act’’). The Department
normally calculates export prices in
accordance with section 772 of the Act,
and because the PRC is a non-market
economy within the meaning of section
771(18) of the Act, the Department
normally calculates normal value in
accordance with section 773(c) of the
Act. However, we are unable to
determine normal value in accordance
with section 773(c) for these
Preliminary Results because parties did
not submit appropriate surrogate value
data in accordance with our normal
requirements, and we did not have
sufficient time to obtain and analyze
additional data prior to the Preliminary
Results. Accordingly, we are applying
neutral facts available under section
776(a) of the Act and preliminarily
assigning RZBC and Taihe their current
cash deposit rates. As indicated below
and in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum, we intend to seek
additional data following the
Preliminary Results and intend to select
an appropriate surrogate country based
on the results of further inquiry and
analysis.
For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum, which is hereby
adopted by this notice. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance’s
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System
(‘‘ACCESS’’). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://
access.trade.gov and in the Central
Records Unit, Room 7046 of the main
Department of Commerce building. In
addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly at https://
www.trade.gov/enforcement/. The
signed Preliminary Decision
Memorandum and the electronic
versions of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
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A list of the topics discussed in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum, is
attached as the Appendix to this notice.
Preliminary Results of Review
The following weighted-average
dumping margins exist for the period
May 1, 2013, through April 30, 2014.
Exporter
RZBC Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.
Laiwu Taihe Biochemistry
Co., Ltd .............................
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent) 4
0.00
3.08
Public Comment
We request that interested parties
submit surrogate country and surrogate
value data from a country or countries
identified in the Surrogate Country
Memo 5 by close of business on June 15,
2015. Rebuttal comments and rebuttal
surrogate value data will be due by close
of business on June 22, 2015. In the
event that no interested party provides
surrogate country and surrogate value
data within this time period, then the
Department will conduct its own
research in an effort to obtain such data.
We intend to issue post-preliminary
results after we receive and analyze the
surrogate country and surrogate value
data submitted after the preliminary
results. We will provide interested
parties an opportunity to comment on
such post-preliminary results.
All submissions, with limited
exceptions, must be filed electronically
using ACCESS. An electronically filed
document must be received successfully
in its entirety by 5 p.m. Eastern Time
(‘‘ET’’) on the due date. Documents
excepted from the electronic submission
requirements must be filed manually
(i.e., in paper form) with the
APO/Dockets Unit in Room 18022 and
stamped with the date and time of
receipt by 5 p.m. ET on the due date.6
4 See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From
the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012–
2013, 79 FR 65182 (November 3, 2014) (Taihe); see
also Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From the
People’s Republic of China; Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011–
2012, 79 FR 101 (January 2, 2014) (RZBC).
5 See Letter from the Department to All Interested
Parties, regarding ‘‘2013–2014 Administrative
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Citric
Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from the People’s
Republic of China: Request for Surrogate Country
and Surrogate Value Comments and Information,’’
dated January 9, 2015 (‘‘Surrogate Country Memo’’).
6 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures;
Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR
39263 (July 6, 2011).
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The Department will issue the final
results of this AR, which will include
the results of its analysis of issues raised
in any briefs received, within 120 days
of publication of these preliminary
results, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A)
of the Act, unless that time is extended.
Assessment Rates
Upon issuing the final results of this
review, the Department will determine,
and CBP shall assess, antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries.7 The
Department intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP 15 days after the
publication date of the final results of
this review.
For each individually examined
respondent in this review whose
weighted-average dumping margin is
above de minimis (i.e., 0.5 percent) in
the final results of this review, the
Department will calculate importerspecific assessment rates on the basis of
the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the importer’s examined
sales to the total entered value of those
sales, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1).8 Where an importer- (or
customer-) specific ad valorem rate is
greater than de minimis, the Department
will instruct CBP to collect the
appropriate duties at the time of
liquidation.9 Where either a
respondent’s weighted average dumping
margin is zero or de minimis, or an
importer- (or customer-) specific ad
valorem dumping margin is zero or de
minimis, the Department will instruct
CBP to liquidate appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.10
For entries that were not reported in
the U.S. sales database submitted by an
exporter individually examined during
this review, the Department will
instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at
the PRC-wide rate. Additionally, if the
Department determines that an exporter
under review had no shipments of the
subject merchandise, any suspended
entries that entered under that
exporter’s case number will be
liquidated at the PRC-wide rate.
Cash Deposit Requirements
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The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this
review for shipments of the subject
7 See
19 CFR 351.212(b).
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).
9 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
10 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
8 In
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merchandise from the PRC entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication
date, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C)
of the Act: (1) For the companies listed
above that have a separate rate, the cash
deposit rate will be that rate established
in the final results of these reviews
(except, if the rate is zero or de minimis,
then a zero cash deposit will be
required); (2) for previously investigated
or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters
listed above that received a separate rate
in a prior segment of this proceeding,
the cash deposit rate will continue to be
the existing exporter-specific rate; (3) for
all PRC exporters of subject
merchandise that have not been found
to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash
deposit rate will be the rate for the PRCwide entity; 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 exporter that
supplied that non-PRC exporter.
These deposit requirements, 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)(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
Department’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 and 19
CFR 351.213.
Dated: June 1, 2015.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Discussion of the Methodology
Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
Non-Market Economy Country Status
Separate Rates
Surrogate Country
Use of Facts Otherwise Available
Conclusion
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–851]
Certain Preserved Mushrooms From
the People’s Republic of China: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2013–2014; and
Partial Rescission of Review
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: June 8, 2015.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) published the
Preliminary Results of the 2013/2014
administrative review on December 3,
2014.1 We gave interested parties an
opportunity to comment on the
Preliminary Results. Based upon our
analysis of the comments received, we
made changes to the margin calculations
for these final results. The final
dumping margins are listed below in the
‘‘Final Results of Review’’ section of this
notice. The period of review (POR) is
February 1, 2013 through January 31,
2014. The review covers two mandatory
respondents, Zhangzhou Gangchang
Canned Foods Co., Ltd. (Gangchang)
and Linyi City Kangfa Foodstuff
Drinkable Co., Ltd. (Kangfa).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael J. Heaney or Robert James, 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) 482–4475 or (202) 482–
0649, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
The Department published the
Preliminary Results on December 3,
2014.2 On March 13, 2015, the
Department extended the deadline for
issuing the final results by 60 days, until
June 1, 2015.3 On January 9, 2015,
Gangchang and Kangfa submitted a joint
case brief.4 On January 21, 2015,
1 See Certain Preserved Mushrooms From the
People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013/
2014, 79 FR 71746 (December 3, 2014) (Preliminary
Results).
2 See Preliminary Results.
3 See Memorandum dated March 13, 2015 from
Michael J. Heaney to Christian Marsh Re: Certain
Preserved Mushrooms from the People’s Republic
of China: Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 2013–
2014.
4 See January 9, 2015 letter from Gangchang and
Kangfa to Secretary of Commerce Re: Certain
Preserved Mushrooms from the People’s Republic
Continued
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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: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2013-2014
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is conducting
the fifth administrative review (``AR'') of the antidumping duty order
on citric acid and certain citrate salts (``citric acid'') from the
People's Republic of China (``PRC''). The review covers three
companies, RZBC Co., Ltd., RZBC Import & Export Co., Ltd., and RZBC
(Juxian) Co., Ltd. (collectively, ``RZBC''), Laiwu Taihe Biochemistry
Co., Ltd. (``Taihe''), and Yixing Union Biochemical Ltd. (``Yixing
Union''). The period of review (``POR'') for the AR is May 1, 2013,
through April 30, 2014. We preliminarily determine that Yixing
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Union did not have any reviewable transactions during the POR. For RZBC
and Taihe, because of outstanding issues pertaining to the selection of
the surrogate country, we have preliminarily assigned to each its cash
deposit rate currently in effect.
DATES: Effective Date: June 8, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Krisha Hill or Maisha Cryor, AD/CVD
Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4037 or (202)
482-5831, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this order is citric acid and certain
citrate salts from the PRC. The product is currently classified under
subheadings 2918.14.0000, 2918.15.1000, 2918.15.5000, and 3824.90.9290
of the Harmonized Tariff System of the United States (HTSUS). Although
the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of merchandise subject to the scope
is dispositive. For a full description of the scope of the order, see
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\1\
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\1\ See ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Citric Acid and Certain
Citrate Salts from the People's Republic of China'' from Christian
Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations, to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary
for Enforcement and Compliance, issued concurrently with this notice
(``Preliminary Decision Memorandum''), for a complete description of
the Scope of the Order.
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Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
Yixing Union reported it made no shipments of subject merchandise
to the United States during the POR.\2\ On November 20, 2014, the
Department placed information from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(``CBP'') data query related to potential POR entries of subject
merchandise from Yixing Union.\3\ Based on Yixing Union's no shipments
certification, and because CBP had no findings of reviewable
transactions, we preliminarily determine that Yixing Union did not have
any reviewable transactions during the POR.
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\2\ See Letter from Yixing Union to the Department, regarding
``Yixing-Union Biochemical Co., Ltd. Statement of No Shipments
during the POR: Antidumping Administrative Review of Citric Acid and
Certain Citrate Salts from the People's Republic of China,'' dated
July 8, 2014.
\3\ See Memorandum to the File Regarding ``Release of U.S.
Customs and Border Protection Information Relating to No Shipment
Claims Made in the 2013-2014 Administrative Review of Citric Acid
and Certain Citrate Salts from the People's Republic of China,''
dated November 20, 2014.
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In addition, consistent with our practice, the Department is not
rescinding this review, in part, but intends to complete the review
with respect to Yixing Union for which it has preliminarily found no
shipments and issue appropriate instructions to CBP based on the final
results of the review.
Methodology
The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). The
Department normally calculates export prices in accordance with section
772 of the Act, and because the PRC is a non-market economy within the
meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, the Department normally
calculates normal value in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act.
However, we are unable to determine normal value in accordance with
section 773(c) for these Preliminary Results because parties did not
submit appropriate surrogate value data in accordance with our normal
requirements, and we did not have sufficient time to obtain and analyze
additional data prior to the Preliminary Results. Accordingly, we are
applying neutral facts available under section 776(a) of the Act and
preliminarily assigning RZBC and Taihe their current cash deposit
rates. As indicated below and in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum,
we intend to seek additional data following the Preliminary Results and
intend to select an appropriate surrogate country based on the results
of further inquiry and analysis.
For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, which is hereby
adopted by this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (``ACCESS''). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov and in the Central Records Unit, Room 7046 of the main
Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://www.trade.gov/enforcement/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum
and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
identical in content. A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum, is attached as the Appendix to this notice.
Preliminary Results of Review
The following weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period
May 1, 2013, through April 30, 2014.
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Weighted-
average
Exporter dumping margin
(percent) \4\
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RZBC Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd............................... 0.00
Laiwu Taihe Biochemistry Co., Ltd....................... 3.08
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Public Comment
We request that interested parties submit surrogate country and
surrogate value data from a country or countries identified in the
Surrogate Country Memo \5\ by close of business on June 15, 2015.
Rebuttal comments and rebuttal surrogate value data will be due by
close of business on June 22, 2015. In the event that no interested
party provides surrogate country and surrogate value data within this
time period, then the Department will conduct its own research in an
effort to obtain such data. We intend to issue post-preliminary results
after we receive and analyze the surrogate country and surrogate value
data submitted after the preliminary results. We will provide
interested parties an opportunity to comment on such post-preliminary
results.
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\4\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From the People's
Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2012-2013, 79 FR 65182 (November 3, 2014) (Taihe); see also
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From the People's Republic of
China; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2011-2012, 79 FR 101 (January 2, 2014) (RZBC).
\5\ See Letter from the Department to All Interested Parties,
regarding ``2013-2014 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from the People's
Republic of China: Request for Surrogate Country and Surrogate Value
Comments and Information,'' dated January 9, 2015 (``Surrogate
Country Memo'').
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All submissions, with limited exceptions, must be filed
electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety by 5 p.m. Eastern Time (``ET'')
on the due date. Documents excepted from the electronic submission
requirements must be filed manually (i.e., in paper form) with the APO/
Dockets Unit in Room 18022 and stamped with the date and time of
receipt by 5 p.m. ET on the due date.\6\
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\6\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Electronic Filing Procedures; Administrative Protective Order
Procedures, 76 FR 39263 (July 6, 2011).
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The Department will issue the final results of this AR, which will
include the results of its analysis of issues raised in any briefs
received, within 120 days of publication of these preliminary results,
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, unless that time is
extended.
Assessment Rates
Upon issuing the final results of this review, the Department will
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries.\7\ The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to
CBP 15 days after the publication date of the final results of this
review.
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\7\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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For each individually examined respondent in this review whose
weighted-average dumping margin is above de minimis (i.e., 0.5 percent)
in the final results of this review, the Department will calculate
importer-specific assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the
total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales to
the total entered value of those sales, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1).\8\ Where an importer- (or customer-) specific ad valorem
rate is greater than de minimis, the Department will instruct CBP to
collect the appropriate duties at the time of liquidation.\9\ Where
either a respondent's weighted average dumping margin is zero or de
minimis, or an importer- (or customer-) specific ad valorem dumping
margin is zero or de minimis, the Department will instruct CBP to
liquidate appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\10\
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\8\ 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).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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For entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales database
submitted by an exporter individually examined during this review, the
Department will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the PRC-wide
rate. Additionally, if the Department determines that an exporter under
review had no shipments of the subject merchandise, any suspended
entries that entered under that exporter's case number will be
liquidated at the PRC-wide rate.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this review for shipments of the
subject merchandise from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the companies listed above
that have a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be that rate
established in the final results of these reviews (except, if the rate
is zero or de minimis, then a zero cash deposit will be required); (2)
for previously investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters
listed above that received a separate rate in a prior segment of this
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the existing
exporter-specific rate; (3) for all PRC exporters of subject
merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate,
the cash deposit rate will be the rate for the PRC-wide entity; 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 exporter that supplied that non-PRC exporter.
These deposit requirements, 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)(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 Department'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 and 19 CFR 351.213.
Dated: June 1, 2015.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Discussion of the Methodology
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
Non-Market Economy Country Status
Separate Rates
Surrogate Country
Use of Facts Otherwise Available
Conclusion
[FR Doc. 2015-13953 Filed 6-5-15; 8:45 am]
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