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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 Akzo Nobel will be
that established in the final results of
this administrative review (except, if the
rate is zero or de minimis, no cash
deposit will be required); (2) for
previously reviewed or investigated
companies not listed above, 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 in the less-than-fair-value
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 the allothers rate of 14.57 percent, which is
the all-others rate established in the
investigation.15 These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a 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 this
notice in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Dated: May 29, 2015.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
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Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Affiliation and Treatment as a Single
Entity
4. Scope of the Order
5. Discussion of the Methodology
A. Comparisons to Normal Value
1. Determination of Comparison Method
2. Results of the Differential Pricing
Analysis
15 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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B. Product Comparisons
C. Date of Sale
D. Constructed Export Price
E. Normal Value
1. Home Market Viability as Comparison
Market
2. Level of Trade
3. Cost of Production
a. Calculation of Cost of Production
b. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
c. Results of the Cost of Production Test
4. Calculation of Normal Value Based on
Comparison Market Prices
6. Currency Conversion
7. Recommendation
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–122–853]
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts
From Canada: 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 an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on citric acid
and certain citrate salts (citric acid) from
Canada.1 The period of review (POR) is
May 1, 2013, through April 30, 2014.
The review covers one producer/
exporter of the subject merchandise,
Jungbunzlauer Canada Inc. (JBL
Canada). We preliminarily determine
that sales of subject merchandise by JBL
Canada have not been made at prices
below normal value (NV). We invite
interested parties to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Effective Date: June 8, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rebecca Trainor or Katherine Johnson,
AD/CVD Operations, Office II,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202)
482–4007 or (202) 482–4929,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this
order is citric acid and certain citrate
salts from Canada. The product is
currently classified under subheadings
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 79 FR
36462 (June 27, 2014) (Initiation Notice).
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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.2
Methodology
The Department is conducting this
review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act). Constructed
export price is calculated in accordance
with section 772 of the Act. NV is
calculated in accordance with section
773 of the Act. 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 to all parties 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 at
https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The
signed Preliminary Decision
Memorandum and the electronic
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
A list of the topics discussed in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
attached as an Appendix to this notice.
Preliminary Results of the Review
As a result of this review, the
Department preliminarily determines
that a weighted-average dumping
margin of 0.00 percent exists for JBL
Canada for the period May 1, 2013,
through April 30, 2014.
Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose to interested
parties the calculations performed in
connection with these preliminary
results within five days of the date of
2 A full description of the scope of the order is
contained in the memorandum to Ronald K.
Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, from Christian
Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations, ‘‘Decision
Memorandum for Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Citric
Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Canada’’
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated
concurrently with these results and hereby adopted
by this notice.
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publication of this notice in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Interested parties may submit case
briefs not later than 30 days after the
date of publication of this notice.3
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.4 Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), 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.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
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
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S.
Department of Commerce, filed
electronically via ACCESS. An
electronically filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety by
ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard
Time, within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice.5 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. If a request for
a hearing is made, the Department
intends to hold the hearing at the U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th Street
and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230, at a time and
date to be determined. Issues raised in
the hearing will be limited to those
raised in the respective case and
rebuttal briefs. Parties should confirm
by telephone the date, time, and
location of the hearing two days before
the scheduled date.
The Department intends to 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, unless
the deadline is extended.6
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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 covered by this review.7
We calculated importer-specific ad
valorem duty assessment rates based on
3 See
19 CFR 351.309(c).
19 CFR 351.309(d).
5 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
6 See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(h).
7 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
4 See
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the ratio of the total amount of
antidumping duties calculated for the
examined sales to the total entered
value of the examined sales to that
importer. We will instruct CBP to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review when the
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 the importer-specific
assessment rate is zero or de minimis,
we will instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.8
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 JBL
Canada 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.9
We intend to issue instructions to
CBP 41 days after the date of
publication of the final results of this
review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following 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 JBL Canada will be
the rate established in the final results
of this review, except if the rate is de
minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR
351.106(c)(1) (i.e., less than 0.50
percent), in which case the cash deposit
rate will be zero; (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
8 See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of
the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103
(February 14, 2012); see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
9 For a full discussion of this clarification, see
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954
(May 6, 2003).
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of the merchandise; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other manufacturers
or exporters will continue to be 23.21
percent, the all-others rate established
in the less-than-fair-value
investigation.10 These 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
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 and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: June 1, 2015.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
A. Fair Value Comparisons
1. Determination of Comparison Method
2. Results of the Differential Pricing
Analysis
B. Product Comparisons
C. Constructed Export Price
D. Normal Value
1. Home Market Viability and Selection of
Comparison Market
2. Level of Trade (LOT)
E. Cost of Production (COP) Analysis
1. Calculation of COP
2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
3. Results of the COP Test
F. Calculation of NV Based on Comparison
Market Prices
G. Duty Absorption
H. Currency Conversion
V. Recommendation
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10 See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from
Canada and the People’s Republic of China:
Antidumping Duty Orders, 74 FR 25703 (May 29,
2009).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-122-853]
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From Canada: 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 an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on citric acid and
certain citrate salts (citric acid) from Canada.\1\ The period of
review (POR) is May 1, 2013, through April 30, 2014. The review covers
one producer/exporter of the subject merchandise, Jungbunzlauer Canada
Inc. (JBL Canada). We preliminarily determine that sales of subject
merchandise by JBL Canada have not been made at prices below normal
value (NV). We invite interested parties to comment on these
preliminary results.
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 79 FR 36462 (June 27, 2014) (Initiation
Notice).
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DATES: Effective Date: June 8, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Trainor or Katherine Johnson,
AD/CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-4007
or (202) 482-4929, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this order is citric acid and certain
citrate salts from Canada. 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.\2\
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\2\ A full description of the scope of the order is contained in
the memorandum to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary
for Enforcement and Compliance, from Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Citric Acid and Certain
Citrate Salts from Canada'' (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated
concurrently with these results and hereby adopted by this notice.
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Methodology
The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Constructed export price is calculated in accordance with section 772
of the Act. NV is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act.
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 to all parties 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
at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision
Memorandum and the electronic version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content. A list of the topics discussed in
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an Appendix to this
notice.
Preliminary Results of the Review
As a result of this review, the Department preliminarily determines
that a weighted-average dumping margin of 0.00 percent exists for JBL
Canada for the period May 1, 2013, through April 30, 2014.
Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose to interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with these preliminary results within five days
of the date of
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publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Interested parties may submit case briefs not later than 30 days
after the date of publication of this notice.\3\ 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.\4\ Pursuant to 19
CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), 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.
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\3\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
\4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 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 Enforcement and
Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, filed electronically via
ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully
in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, within 30
days after the date of publication of this notice.\5\ 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. If a
request for a hearing is made, the Department intends to hold the
hearing at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a time and date to be
determined. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those
raised in the respective case and rebuttal briefs. Parties should
confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing two
days before the scheduled date.
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\5\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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The Department intends to 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, unless the deadline is extended.\6\
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\6\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
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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 covered by this
review.\7\
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\7\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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We calculated 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
to that importer. We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on
all appropriate entries covered by this review when the 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 the importer-specific
assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping
duties.\8\
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\8\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14,
2012); see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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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 JBL Canada 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.\9\
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\9\ For a full discussion of this clarification, see Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping
Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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We intend to issue instructions to CBP 41 days after the date of
publication of the final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following 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 JBL Canada will
be the rate established in the final results of this review, except if
the rate is de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1)
(i.e., less than 0.50 percent), in which case the cash deposit rate
will be zero; (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 23.21 percent, the
all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value
investigation.\10\ These requirements, when imposed, shall remain in
effect until further notice.
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\10\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Canada and
the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders, 74 FR 25703
(May 29, 2009).
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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 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 and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: June 1, 2015.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
A. Fair Value Comparisons
1. Determination of Comparison Method
2. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
B. Product Comparisons
C. Constructed Export Price
D. Normal Value
1. Home Market Viability and Selection of Comparison Market
2. Level of Trade (LOT)
E. Cost of Production (COP) Analysis
1. Calculation of COP
2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
3. Results of the COP Test
F. Calculation of NV Based on Comparison Market Prices
G. Duty Absorption
H. Currency Conversion
V. Recommendation
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