Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From Finland: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review and Consideration of Revocation of the Antidumping Duty Order, 39058-39059 [2015-16722]
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Ashland’s CCR request should be the
revocation of the AD order on CMC from
Finland, due to the lack of interest in
continuation of the Order.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–405–803]
Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From
Finland: Initiation and Preliminary
Results of Changed Circumstances
Review and Consideration of
Revocation of the Antidumping Duty
Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to a request by
Ashland Specialty Ingredients, G.P.
(Ashland), and pursuant to section
782(h)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), 19 CFR
351.222(g)(1)(i) and 19 CFR
351.221(c)(3)(ii), the Department of
Commerce (the Department) is initiating
a changed circumstances review (CCR)
of the antidumping duty (AD) order on
purified carboxymethylcellulose (CMC)
from Finland. Based on the information
received, we preliminarily intend to
revoke the Order.1 Interested parties are
invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Effective Date: July 8, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Victoria Cho, 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) 482–5075 or (202) 482–
0649, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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AGENCY:
Background
On July 11, 2005, the Department
published in the Federal Register the
AD order on CMC from Finland.2 On
May 15, 2015, in accordance with
sections 751(b) and 751(d)(1) of the Act,
19 CFR 351.216(b), and 19 CFR
351.222(g)(1), Ashland, the petitioner
and sole domestic producer of CMC,
requested revocation of the Order with
respect to Finland as part of a CCR.
Ashland requested that the Department
conduct the CCR on an expedited basis
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii). On
June 8, 2015, CP Kelco Oy and its U.S.
affiliate, CP Kelco U.S. Inc.,
(collectively, CP Kelco), interested
parties as a U.S. importer of CMC and
sole manufacturer of CMC in Finland,
also requested that the outcome of
1 See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders:
Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland,
Mexico, the Netherlands and Sweden, 70 FR 39734
(July 11, 2005) (the Order).
2 Id.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by these
orders 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 this order
is 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.
Finland to determine whether
revocation of the Order is warranted
with respect to this product. In addition,
we determine that expedited action is
warranted. In accordance with 19 CFR
351.222(g)(1), we find that the
petitioner’s affirmative statement of no
interest constitutes good cause to
conduct this review. Additionally, our
decision to expedite this review by
combining the notice of initiation and
the preliminary results in a single notice
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii),
stems from the domestic industry’s lack
of interest in applying the Order. If the
final results of this changed
circumstances review result in the
revocation of the Order, the Department
intends that such revocation will be
effective the first day of the most recent
period not subject to administrative
review, which is currently July 1, 2014.
Initiation and Preliminary Results of
Changed Circumstances Review
Section 782(h)(2) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i) provide that the
Department may revoke an order (in
whole or in part) if it determines that
producers accounting for substantially
all of the production of the domestic
like product have no further interest in
the order, in whole or in part. In
addition, in the event the Department
determines that expedited action is
warranted, 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii)
permits the Department to combine the
notices of initiation and preliminary
results.
On May 15, 2015, Ashland requested
that the Department conduct the CCR on
an expedited basis. On June 8, 2015, CP
Kelco filed a letter in support of
Ashland’s CCR request. Ashland stated
that, as the sole U.S. producer of CMC,
it accounts for substantially all of the
production of the domestic like product.
Ashland also stated that it has no
interest in the continuation of the
Order.3
Therefore, at the request of Ashland
and in accordance with sections
751(b)(1) and 751(d)(1) of the Act, 19
CFR 351.216, 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1), and
19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii), we are
initiating this CCR on CMC from
Public Comment
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), any
interested party may request a hearing
within 14 days of publication of this
notice.4 Parties will be notified of the
time and date of any hearing if
requested. Interested parties may submit
case briefs and/or written comments not
later than 14 days after the publication
of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, and
rebuttals to written comments, which
must be limited to issues raised in such
briefs or comments, may be filed not
later than 21 days after the date of
publication of this notice. Parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in
this changed circumstance review are
requested to submit with each
argument: (1) A statement of the issue;
and (2) a brief summary of the
argument; and (3) a table of authorities.
Interested parties who wish to comment
on the preliminary results must file
briefs electronically using Enforcement
and Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov. An
electronically-filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety by
ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the
date the document is due.
If final revocation occurs, we will
instruct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection to end the suspension of
liquidation for the merchandise covered
by the revocation on the effective date
of the notice of revocation and to release
any cash deposit or bond. The current
requirement for a cash deposit of
estimated AD duties on all subject
merchandise will continue unless and
3 See Ashland’s May 15, 2015, submission to the
Department.
4 See 19 CFR 351.303 for general filing
requirements.
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until it is modified pursuant to the final
results of this changed circumstances
review.
This initiation and preliminary results
of review notice is published in
accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216,
351.221(b)(1), (4), and 351.222(g).
Dated: July 1, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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[Docket No. 150416372–5569–02]
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Information on Assertions Raised
About State-Owned Airlines in Qatar
and the UAE
International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce; Bureau of Economic and
Business Affairs, U.S. Department of
State; Office of Aviation and
International Affairs, U.S. Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Supplemental notice.
AGENCY:
This notice supplements the
Federal Register notice published on
May 5, 2015 by the Departments of
Commerce, State, and Transportation
announcing their interest in obtaining
information and views on assertions
that three foreign airlines—Emirates
Airline, Etihad Airways, and Qatar
Airways—have received and are
benefitting from subsidies from their
respective governments that are
distorting the global aviation market.
This notice establishes deadlines for
submission of information and provides
additional guidance for submission of
information that the submitter believes
to be exempt from disclosure under the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
(hereafter ‘‘Confidential Information’’)
(such as trade secrets and commercial or
financial information obtained from a
person that is privileged or
confidential).
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SUMMARY:
The Departments request that
information provided in response to the
Departments’ May 5, 2015 Federal
Register notice be submitted to the
dockets by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight
Time (EDT) on August 3, 2015. The
Departments further request that
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additional materials commenting on
information submitted to the dockets be
submitted by 11:59 p.m. EDT on August
24, 2015. The Departments may, at their
discretion, establish additional
deadlines for submission of further
materials to the dockets.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
regarding these assertions by one of the
following methods:
• Electronic Submission: Submit all
electronic comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov. The materials in
the dockets will not be edited to remove
identifying or contact information, and
the Departments caution against
including any information in an
electronic submission that the submitter
does not want publicly disclosed. You
may submit comments in any (or all) of
the three docket numbers open for
comment:
• DOT–OST–2015–0082
• DOS–2015–0016
• DOC–2015–0001
• Hard copy submission for
Confidential Information: Any
submissions containing Confidential
Information must be delivered to each of
the three Departments in the following
manner:
Æ Deliver the submission in a sealed
envelope marked ‘‘confidential
treatment requested’’;
Æ Provide an index listing the
document(s) or information that the
submitter would like the Departments to
withhold. The index should include
information such as numbers used to
identify the relevant document(s) or
information, document title and
description, and relevant pages numbers
and/or section numbers within a
document; and
Æ Provide a statement explaining the
submitter’s grounds for objecting to
disclosure of the information to the
public.
The Departments also request that
submitters of Confidential Information,
including those who have previously
submitted Confidential Information,
include a non-confidential version
(either redacted or summarized) of those
confidential submissions in the public
dockets. In the event that the submitter
cannot provide a non-confidential
version of its submission, the
Departments request that the submitter
post a notice in the dockets stating that
it has provided the Departments with
Confidential Information. Should a
submitter fail to docket either a nonconfidential version of its submission or
to post a notice that Confidential
Information has been provided, the
Departments will note the receipt of the
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submission on the dockets, including
for submissions already received, with
the submitter’s organization or name (to
the degree permitted by law) and the
date of submission.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eugene Alford, Office of Supply Chain,
Professional & Business Services,
International Trade Administration
(Phone: (202) 482–5071 or Email:
airservices@trade.gov). Robert
Newsome, Transportation Affairs,
Bureau of Economic and Business
Affairs, U.S. Department of State
(Phone: (202) 647–7540 or Email:
newsomerc@state.gov). Claire McKenna,
Office of Operations, Office of the
General Counsel, U.S. Department of
Transportation (Phone: (202) 366–0365
or Email: Claire.McKenna@dot.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The U.S. Departments of Commerce,
State, and Transportation are reviewing
assertions that three foreign airlines—
Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways, and
Qatar Airways—have received and are
benefitting from subsidies from their
respective governments of the United
Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar that are
distorting the global aviation market.
The three Departments announced by
Federal Register notice on May 5, 2015
(80 FR 25671), the establishment of an
open forum by which any interested
stakeholder may submit information
regarding its views on this subject and
have access to such information
submitted by other interested
stakeholders. The Departments are
publishing this supplemental notice to
establish deadlines for the submission
of information to the dockets and to
provide additional guidance for
submission of Confidential Information.
See the deadlines listed in the DATES
section, and procedures listed in the
ADDRESSES section above. To ensure that
their views are considered, stakeholders
should provide a written submission to
the Departments.
In reviewing Freedom of Information
Act (FOIA) requests submitted to the
Departments for information related to
this matter that may include
Confidential Information, the
Departments are applying the FOIA, 5
U.S.C. 552, and their respective FOIA
regulations, including the submitter
notice process outlined in Executive
Order 12,600. The Departments also are
supplementing the Questions &
Answers for Information Docket posted
at https://www.regulations.gov to further
clarify the procedures and policies the
Departments are applying regarding
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-405-803]
Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From Finland: Initiation and
Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review and Consideration
of Revocation of the Antidumping Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to a request by Ashland Specialty Ingredients,
G.P. (Ashland), and pursuant to section 782(h)(2) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i) and 19 CFR
351.221(c)(3)(ii), the Department of Commerce (the Department) is
initiating a changed circumstances review (CCR) of the antidumping duty
(AD) order on purified carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from Finland. Based
on the information received, we preliminarily intend to revoke the
Order.\1\ Interested parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
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\1\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Purified
Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland, Mexico, the Netherlands and
Sweden, 70 FR 39734 (July 11, 2005) (the Order).
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DATES: Effective Date: July 8, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Cho, 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-
5075 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 11, 2005, the Department published in the Federal Register
the AD order on CMC from Finland.\2\ On May 15, 2015, in accordance
with sections 751(b) and 751(d)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.216(b), and
19 CFR 351.222(g)(1), Ashland, the petitioner and sole domestic
producer of CMC, requested revocation of the Order with respect to
Finland as part of a CCR. Ashland requested that the Department conduct
the CCR on an expedited basis pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii). On
June 8, 2015, CP Kelco Oy and its U.S. affiliate, CP Kelco U.S. Inc.,
(collectively, CP Kelco), interested parties as a U.S. importer of CMC
and sole manufacturer of CMC in Finland, also requested that the
outcome of Ashland's CCR request should be the revocation of the AD
order on CMC from Finland, due to the lack of interest in continuation
of the Order.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by these orders 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 this order is 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.
Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review
Section 782(h)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i) provide
that the Department may revoke an order (in whole or in part) if it
determines that producers accounting for substantially all of the
production of the domestic like product have no further interest in the
order, in whole or in part. In addition, in the event the Department
determines that expedited action is warranted, 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii)
permits the Department to combine the notices of initiation and
preliminary results.
On May 15, 2015, Ashland requested that the Department conduct the
CCR on an expedited basis. On June 8, 2015, CP Kelco filed a letter in
support of Ashland's CCR request. Ashland stated that, as the sole U.S.
producer of CMC, it accounts for substantially all of the production of
the domestic like product. Ashland also stated that it has no interest
in the continuation of the Order.\3\
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Therefore, at the request of Ashland and in accordance with
sections 751(b)(1) and 751(d)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.216, 19 CFR
351.222(g)(1), and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii), we are initiating this CCR
on CMC from Finland to determine whether revocation of the Order is
warranted with respect to this product. In addition, we determine that
expedited action is warranted. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1),
we find that the petitioner's affirmative statement of no interest
constitutes good cause to conduct this review. Additionally, our
decision to expedite this review by combining the notice of initiation
and the preliminary results in a single notice pursuant to 19 CFR
351.221(c)(3)(ii), stems from the domestic industry's lack of interest
in applying the Order. If the final results of this changed
circumstances review result in the revocation of the Order, the
Department intends that such revocation will be effective the first day
of the most recent period not subject to administrative review, which
is currently July 1, 2014.
Public Comment
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), any interested party may request a
hearing within 14 days of publication of this notice.\4\ Parties will
be notified of the time and date of any hearing if requested.
Interested parties may submit case briefs and/or written comments not
later than 14 days after the publication of this notice. Rebuttal
briefs, and rebuttals to written comments, which must be limited to
issues raised in such briefs or comments, may be filed not later than
21 days after the date of publication of this notice. Parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this changed circumstance
review are requested to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of
the issue; and (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of
authorities. Interested parties who wish to comment on the preliminary
results must file briefs electronically using Enforcement and
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic
Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at
https://access.trade.gov. An electronically-filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on the date the document is due.
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If final revocation occurs, we will instruct U.S. Customs and
Border Protection to end the suspension of liquidation for the
merchandise covered by the revocation on the effective date of the
notice of revocation and to release any cash deposit or bond. The
current requirement for a cash deposit of estimated AD duties on all
subject merchandise will continue unless and
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until it is modified pursuant to the final results of this changed
circumstances review.
This initiation and preliminary results of review notice is
published in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.216, 351.221(b)(1), (4), and 351.222(g).
Dated: July 1, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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