Xanthan Gum From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review, 52031-52032 [2015-21250]
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before the later of 120 days after the date
of this preliminary determination or 45
days after our final determination
whether these imports are materially
injuring, or threaten material injury to,
the U.S. industry.
This determination is issued and
published in accordance with sections
733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.205(c).
Dated: August 19, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix I
The merchandise covered by this
investigation includes uncoated paper in
sheet form; weighing at least 40 grams per
square meter but not more than 150 grams
per square meter; that either is a white paper
with a GE brightness level of 85 or higher or
is a colored paper; whether or not surfacedecorated, printed (except as described
below), embossed, perforated, or punched;
irrespective of the smoothness of the surface;
and irrespective of dimensions (Certain
Uncoated Paper).
Certain Uncoated Paper includes (a)
uncoated free sheet paper that meets this
scope definition; (b) uncoated ground wood
paper produced from bleached chemithermo-mechanical pulp (‘‘BCTMP’’) that
meets this scope definition; and (c) any other
uncoated paper that meets this scope
definition regardless of the type of pulp used
to produce the paper.
Specifically excluded from the scope are
(1) paper printed with final content of
printed text or graphics and (2) lined paper
products, typically school supplies,
composed of paper that incorporates straight
horizontal and/or vertical lines that would
make the paper unsuitable for copying or
printing purposes.
Imports of the subject merchandise are
provided for under Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (‘‘HTSUS’’)
categories 4802.56.1000, 4802.56.2000,
4802.56.3000, 4802.56.4000, 4802.56.6000,
4802.56.7020, 4802.56.7040, 4802.57.1000,
4802.57.2000, 4802.57.3000, and
4802.57.4000. Some imports of subject
merchandise may also be classified under
4802.62.1000, 4802.62.2000, 4802.62.3000,
4802.62.5000, 4802.62.6020, 4802.62.6040,
4802.69.1000, 4802.69.2000, 4802.69.3000,
4811.90.8050 and 4811.90.9080. While
HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of the
investigation is dispositive.
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Appendix II
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Period of Investigation
4. Postponement of Final Determination and
Extension of Provision Measures
5. Scope Comments
6. Affiliation Determinations
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7. All Others Rate
8. Discussion of the Methodology
A. Determination of the Comparison
Method
B. Results of Differential Pricing Analysis
9. Date of Sale
10. Product Comparisons
11. Treatment of Re-Export Sales
12. Export Price
13. Constructed Export Price
14. Normal Value
A. Home Market Viability
B. Affiliated Party Transactions and Arm’sLength Test
C. Level of Trade
D. Cost of Production Analysis
1. Calculation of COP
2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
3. Results of the COP Test
4. Constructed Value
E. Calculation of Normal Value Based on
Comparison Market Prices
15. Currency Conversion
16. Verification
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–985]
Xanthan Gum From the People’s
Republic of China: Initiation of
Antidumping Duty New Shipper
Review
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: August 27, 2015.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘Department’’) is initiating a new
shipper review of the antidumping duty
order on xanthan gum from the People’s
Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) with respect
to Inner Mongolia Jianlong Biochemical
Co., Ltd. (‘‘Inner Mongolia Jianlong’’).
The period of review (‘‘POR’’) for the
new shipper review is July 1, 2014,
through June 30, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brandon Farlander, AD/CVD
Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–0182.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
The Department published the
antidumping duty order on xanthan
gum from the PRC on July 19, 2013.1 On
1 See Xanthan Gum From the People’s Republic
of China: Amended Final Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order,
78 FR 43143 (July 19, 2013) (‘‘Order’’).
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July 31, 2015, pursuant to section
751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the ‘‘Act’’), and 19 CFR
351.214(c), the Department received a
timely request for a new shipper review
from Inner Mongolia Jianlong.2 On
August 11, 2015, the Department
received entry data from U.S Customs
and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) relating
to this request for a new shipper
review.3 In addition, the Department
requested that CBP provide entry
documents pertaining to the entry that
is subject to Inner Mongolia Jianlong’s
request to confirm certain information
reported in the Initiation Request.4 The
continuation of the new shipper review
will be contingent upon confirmation of
the relevant information reported in the
Initiation Request.
Inner Mongolia Jianlong reported that
it was the producer and exporter for the
sale of subject merchandise upon which
the request for the new shipper review
is based.5
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i),
Inner Mongolia Jianlong certified that it
did not export xanthan gum to the
United States during the period of
investigation (‘‘POI’’).6 In addition,
pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A),
Inner Mongolia Jianlong certified that,
since the initiation of the investigation,
it has never been affiliated with an
exporter or producer that exported
xanthan gum to the United States during
the POI, including those not
individually examined during the
investigation.7 As required by 19 CFR
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), Inner Mongolia
Jianlong also certified that its export
activities were not controlled by the
government of the PRC.8
In addition, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.214(b)(2)(iv), Inner Mongolia
Jianlong submitted documentation
concerning the following: (1) The date
2 See Letter to the Secretary of Commerce ‘‘Re:
Xanthan Gum from the People’s Republic of
China—Request for New Shipper Review,’’ dated
July 31, 2015 (‘‘Initiation Request’’).
3 See Memorandum to the File from Howard
Smith, Program Manager, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV regarding ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border
Protection Data; Customs Query Results for Inner
Mongolia Jianlong Biochemical Co., Ltd.,’’ dated
August 18, 2015.
4 See Memorandum to Sherri L. Hoffman,
Director, AD/CVD/Revenue Policy & Programs,
Office of International Trade, U.S. Customs and
Border Protection, from Abdelali Elouaradia,
Director Office IV, AD/CVD Operations,
Enforcement and Compliance, ‘‘Request for U.S.
Entry Documents—Xanthan Gum from the People’s
Republic of China (A–570–985),’’ dated August 18,
2015.
5 See Initiation Request at 1.
6 Id. at 2.
7 Id.
8 Id.
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on which it first shipped xanthan gum
for export to the United States and the
date on which the xanthan gum was
first entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption; (2) the
volume of its first shipment; and (3) the
date of its first sale to an unaffiliated
customer in the United States.9
The Department conducted a CBP
database query and confirmed by
examining the results of the CBP data
query that Inner Mongolia Jianlong’s
subject merchandise entered the United
States during the POR specified by the
Department’s regulations.10
Period of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.214(g)(1)(i)(A), the POR for the new
shipper review of Inner Mongolia
Jianlong is July 1, 2014, through June
30, 2015.11
Initiation of New Shipper Review
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the
Act, 19 CFR 351.214(b), and based on
the information on the record, the
Department finds that Inner Mongolia
Jianlong meets the threshold
requirements for initiation of a new
shipper review of its shipment of
xanthan gum from the PRC.12 However,
if the information supplied by Inner
Mongolia Jianlong is later found to be
incorrect or insufficient during the
course of this proceeding, the
Department may rescind the review or
apply facts available pursuant to section
776 of the Act, depending upon the facts
on the record.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i),
the Department will publish the notice
of initiation of a new shipper review no
later than the last day of the month
following the anniversary month or
semiannual anniversary month of the
order. The Department intends to issue
the preliminary results of this review no
later than 180 days from the date of
initiation, and the final results of this
review no later than 90 days after the
date the preliminary results are
issued.13
It is the Department’s usual practice,
in cases involving non-market
economies (‘‘NME’’), to require that a
company seeking to establish eligibility
for an antidumping duty rate separate
9 Id.
at 2–3 and Exhibit 1.
19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A).
11 See 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(ii)(B).
12 See Memorandum to the File through Abdelali
Elouaradia, Director, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV
‘‘Initiation of Antidumping New Shipper Review of
Xanthan Gum From the People’s Republic of China:
Inner Mongolia Jianlong Biochemical Co., Ltd.
Initiation Checklist,’’ dated concurrently with this
notice.
13 See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act; 19 CFR
351.214(i).
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from the NME-wide entity to provide
evidence of the absence of de jure and
de facto government control over the
company’s export activities.14
Accordingly, the Department will issue
a questionnaire to Inner Mongolia
Jianlong which will include a section
requesting information with regard to its
export activities for the purpose of
establishing Inner Mongolia Jianlong’s
eligibility for a separate rate. The review
of Inner Mongolia Jianlong will proceed
if the evidence provides sufficient
indication that Inner Mongolia Jianlong
is not subject to either de jure or de
facto government control with respect to
its exports of subject merchandise.
The Department will instruct CBP to
allow, at the option of the importer, the
posting, until the completion of the
review, of a bond or security in lieu of
a cash deposit for entries of subject
merchandise from Inner Mongolia
Jianlong in accordance with section
751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.214(e). Because Inner Mongolia
Jianlong certified that it produced and
exported the subject merchandise that is
the subject of this new shipper review,
the Department will apply the bonding
privilege only for subject merchandise
produced and exported by Inner
Mongolia Jianlong.
Interested parties requiring access to
proprietary information in this new
shipper review should submit
applications for disclosure under
administrative protective order in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and
351.306.
This initiation notice is published in
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and
351.221(c)(1)(i).
Dated: August 21, 2015.
Gary Taverman,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
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AGENCY:
14 See Xanthan Gum From the People’s Republic
of China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty New
Shipper Review, 79 FR 11083, 11084 (February 27,
2014).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-985]
Xanthan Gum From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of
Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: August 27, 2015.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is initiating a
new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on xanthan gum from
the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') with respect to Inner Mongolia
Jianlong Biochemical Co., Ltd. (``Inner Mongolia Jianlong''). The
period of review (``POR'') for the new shipper review is July 1, 2014,
through June 30, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brandon Farlander, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0182.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department published the antidumping duty order on xanthan gum
from the PRC on July 19, 2013.\1\ On July 31, 2015, pursuant to section
751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the ``Act''),
and 19 CFR 351.214(c), the Department received a timely request for a
new shipper review from Inner Mongolia Jianlong.\2\ On August 11, 2015,
the Department received entry data from U.S Customs and Border
Protection (``CBP'') relating to this request for a new shipper
review.\3\ In addition, the Department requested that CBP provide entry
documents pertaining to the entry that is subject to Inner Mongolia
Jianlong's request to confirm certain information reported in the
Initiation Request.\4\ The continuation of the new shipper review will
be contingent upon confirmation of the relevant information reported in
the Initiation Request.
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\1\ See Xanthan Gum From the People's Republic of China: Amended
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping
Duty Order, 78 FR 43143 (July 19, 2013) (``Order'').
\2\ See Letter to the Secretary of Commerce ``Re: Xanthan Gum
from the People's Republic of China--Request for New Shipper
Review,'' dated July 31, 2015 (``Initiation Request'').
\3\ See Memorandum to the File from Howard Smith, Program
Manager, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV regarding ``U.S. Customs and
Border Protection Data; Customs Query Results for Inner Mongolia
Jianlong Biochemical Co., Ltd.,'' dated August 18, 2015.
\4\ See Memorandum to Sherri L. Hoffman, Director, AD/CVD/
Revenue Policy & Programs, Office of International Trade, U.S.
Customs and Border Protection, from Abdelali Elouaradia, Director
Office IV, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, ``Request
for U.S. Entry Documents--Xanthan Gum from the People's Republic of
China (A-570-985),'' dated August 18, 2015.
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Inner Mongolia Jianlong reported that it was the producer and
exporter for the sale of subject merchandise upon which the request for
the new shipper review is based.\5\
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\5\ See Initiation Request at 1.
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Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.214(b)(2)(i), Inner Mongolia Jianlong certified that it did not
export xanthan gum to the United States during the period of
investigation (``POI'').\6\ In addition, pursuant to section
751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), Inner
Mongolia Jianlong certified that, since the initiation of the
investigation, it has never been affiliated with an exporter or
producer that exported xanthan gum to the United States during the POI,
including those not individually examined during the investigation.\7\
As required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), Inner Mongolia Jianlong
also certified that its export activities were not controlled by the
government of the PRC.\8\
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\6\ Id. at 2.
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In addition, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), Inner Mongolia
Jianlong submitted documentation concerning the following: (1) The date
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on which it first shipped xanthan gum for export to the United States
and the date on which the xanthan gum was first entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption; (2) the volume of its first shipment;
and (3) the date of its first sale to an unaffiliated customer in the
United States.\9\
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\9\ Id. at 2-3 and Exhibit 1.
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The Department conducted a CBP database query and confirmed by
examining the results of the CBP data query that Inner Mongolia
Jianlong's subject merchandise entered the United States during the POR
specified by the Department's regulations.\10\
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A).
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Period of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A), the POR for the new shipper
review of Inner Mongolia Jianlong is July 1, 2014, through June 30,
2015.\11\
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\11\ See 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(ii)(B).
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Initiation of New Shipper Review
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.214(b), and
based on the information on the record, the Department finds that Inner
Mongolia Jianlong meets the threshold requirements for initiation of a
new shipper review of its shipment of xanthan gum from the PRC.\12\
However, if the information supplied by Inner Mongolia Jianlong is
later found to be incorrect or insufficient during the course of this
proceeding, the Department may rescind the review or apply facts
available pursuant to section 776 of the Act, depending upon the facts
on the record.
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\12\ See Memorandum to the File through Abdelali Elouaradia,
Director, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV ``Initiation of Antidumping
New Shipper Review of Xanthan Gum From the People's Republic of
China: Inner Mongolia Jianlong Biochemical Co., Ltd. Initiation
Checklist,'' dated concurrently with this notice.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), the Department will publish
the notice of initiation of a new shipper review no later than the last
day of the month following the anniversary month or semiannual
anniversary month of the order. The Department intends to issue the
preliminary results of this review no later than 180 days from the date
of initiation, and the final results of this review no later than 90
days after the date the preliminary results are issued.\13\
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\13\ See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act; 19 CFR 351.214(i).
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It is the Department's usual practice, in cases involving non-
market economies (``NME''), to require that a company seeking to
establish eligibility for an antidumping duty rate separate from the
NME-wide entity to provide evidence of the absence of de jure and de
facto government control over the company's export activities.\14\
Accordingly, the Department will issue a questionnaire to Inner
Mongolia Jianlong which will include a section requesting information
with regard to its export activities for the purpose of establishing
Inner Mongolia Jianlong's eligibility for a separate rate. The review
of Inner Mongolia Jianlong will proceed if the evidence provides
sufficient indication that Inner Mongolia Jianlong is not subject to
either de jure or de facto government control with respect to its
exports of subject merchandise.
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\14\ See Xanthan Gum From the People's Republic of China:
Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review, 79 FR 11083,
11084 (February 27, 2014).
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The Department will instruct CBP to allow, at the option of the
importer, the posting, until the completion of the review, of a bond or
security in lieu of a cash deposit for entries of subject merchandise
from Inner Mongolia Jianlong in accordance with section
751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(e). Because Inner
Mongolia Jianlong certified that it produced and exported the subject
merchandise that is the subject of this new shipper review, the
Department will apply the bonding privilege only for subject
merchandise produced and exported by Inner Mongolia Jianlong.
Interested parties requiring access to proprietary information in
this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure under
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and
351.306.
This initiation notice is published in accordance with section
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i).
Dated: August 21, 2015.
Gary Taverman,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
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