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accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3),
which continues to govern business
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of the proceeding. Timely written
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This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: August 7, 2017.
James Maeder,
Senior Director performing the duties of
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–836]
Glycine From the People’s Republic of
China: Preliminary Results of Changed
Circumstances Review
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On November 17, 2016, the
Department of Commerce (the
Department) initiated a changed
circumstances review (CCR) of the
antidumping duty order on glycine from
the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
The Department preliminarily
determines that Salvi Chemical
Industries Ltd. (Salvi) is eligible to
participate in a certification process,
because Salvi has demonstrated that
glycine produced by Salvi is no longer
processed from Chinese-origin glycine.
Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Effective August 11, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Madeline Heeren, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–9179.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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AGENCY:
Background
On December 10, 2012, the
Department published its final anticircumvention inquiry determination,
where the record indicated that Salvi
was processing Chinese glycine and
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labeling it to be of Indian origin.1 The
Department determined that glycine
processed in India of Chinese origin
does not change country of origin, and,
therefore, Salvi had circumvented the
Order.2 As part of our determination, we
stated that Salvi could not take part in
a certification process, whereby Salvi’s
importers could certify that they had not
imported Chinese-origin glycine and
would not be subject to the antidumping
duty rate for Chinese glycine.3
Additionally, we stated that Salvi could
also request a CCR if it could show that
its exports of glycine to the United
States were not processed from Chineseorigin glycine.4 On July 18, 2016, the
Department received a request from
Salvi to initiate a CCR in order for the
Department to determine that the
glycine produced by Salvi is no longer
processed from Chinese-origin glycine.5
Additionally, Salvi requested that the
Department determine that importers of
glycine from Salvi are eligible to
participate in a certification process.6
On November 16, 2017, the Department
initiated this CCR, pursuant to section
751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, (the Act) and 19 CFR
351.216(d), upon finding that there is
sufficient information to warrant a
review of the Order.7
Scope of the Order
The product covered by this
antidumping duty order is glycine,
which is a free-flowing crystalline
material, like salt or sugar. Glycine is
produced at varying levels of purity and
is used as a sweetener/taste enhancer, a
buffering agent, reabsorbable amino
acid, chemical intermediate, and a metal
complexing agent. This proceeding
includes glycine of all purity levels.
1 See Memorandum, ‘‘Final Scope Ruling
Concerning the Antidumping Duty Order on
Glycine from the People’s Republic of China,’’
dated December 3, 2012 (Final Scope Ruling) at 14.
2 See Glycine from the People’s Republic of
China: Final Partial Affirmative Determination of
Circumvention of the Antidumping Duty Order, 77
FR 73426 (December 10, 2012) (Circumvention
Notice) and accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Determination of the
Anti-Circumvention Inquiry of the Antidumping
Duty Order on Glycine from the People’s Republic
of China; see also Antidumping Duty Order: Glycine
from the People’s Republic of China, 60 FR 16116
(March 29, 1995) (Order); see also Final Scope
Ruling.
3 See Circumvention Notice and Final Scope
Ruling.
4 See Circumvention Notice.
5 See Letter, ‘‘Glycine from the People’s Republic
of China: Request for Changed Circumstances
Review,’’ dated July 18, 2016.
6 Id.
7 See Glycine from the People’s Republic of
China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty Changed
Circumstances Review, 81 FR 81064 (November 17,
2016).
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Glycine is currently classified under
subheading 2922.49.4020 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS).8 Although the
HTSUS subheading is provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the merchandise
under the order is dispositive.9
Methodology
We are conducting this CCR in
accordance with section 751(b)(1) of the
Act. For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.10 A list of
topics in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included as an
appendix to this notice.
The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a public document and
is made available to the public 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 is available to all
parties in the Department’s Central
Records Unit, room B8024 of the main
Department of Commerce building. In
addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed
Preliminary Decision Memorandum and
the electronic version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
Preliminary Results of the Changed
Circumstances Review
We preliminarily determine that,
since the Circumvention Notice and
Final Scope Ruling were issued, Salvi
has demonstrated that glycine produced
by Salvi is no longer processed from
Chinese-origin glycine.
If the Department upholds these
preliminary results in the final results,
we will notify U.S. Customs and Border
Protection and allow Salvi’s importers
of subject merchandise to certify that
the glycine being produced and
8 In separate scope rulings, the Department
determined that: (a) D(-) Phenylglycine Ethyl Dane
Salt is outside the scope of the order and (b) PRCglycine exported from India remains the same class
or kind of merchandise as the PRC-origin glycine
imported into India. See Notice of Scope Rulings
and Anticircumvention Inquiries, 62 FR 62288
(November 21, 1997) and Circumvention Notice,
respectively.
9 See Order.
10 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty
Changed Circumstances Review of Glycine from the
People’s Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently
with this determination and hereby adopted by this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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exported is not processed Chineseorigin glycine.
Public Comment
Interested parties may submit case
briefs no later than 30 days after the
date of publication of these preliminary
results of review in the Federal
Register.11 Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be
filed by no later than five days after the
deadline for filing case briefs.12 Parties
that submit case or rebuttal briefs 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.13 All briefs
are to be filed electronically using
ACCESS.14 An electronically filed
document must be received successfully
in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on the day on which it is
due.15
Any interested party may submit a
request for a hearing to the Assistant
Secretary of Enforcement and
Compliance using ACCESS within 30
days of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register.16 Hearing requests
should contain the following
information: (1) The party’s name,
address, and telephone number; (2) the
number of participants; and (3) a list of
the issues to be discussed. Oral
presentations will be limited to issues
raised in the briefs.17 If a request for a
hearing is made, parties will be notified
of the time and date of the hearing,
which will be held at the U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230.18
Final Results of the Review
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.302(b), the Department extended
the deadline of the final results of this
CCR to November 3, 2017.19
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Notification to Parties
The Department is issuing and
publishing these results in accordance
with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.216 and
351.221(c)(3)(i).
11 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). The Department
has exercised its discretion under 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii) to alter the time limit for
submission of case briefs.
12 See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1).
13 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
14 See 19 CFR 351.303(b) and (f).
15 See 19 CFR 351.303(b).
16 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
17 Id.
18 See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
19 See Memorandum, ‘‘Glycine from the People’s
Republic of China: Extension of Deadline for Final
Results of Changed Circumstances Review,’’ dated
August 4, 2017.
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Dated: August 7, 2017.
Carole Showers,
Executive Director, Office of Policy
performing the duties of Deputy 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. Preliminary Results of the Changed
Circumstances Review
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–560–828]
Certain Uncoated Paper From
Indonesia: Rescission, in Part, of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2015–2017
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On May 9, 2017, the
Department of Commerce (the
Department) initiated an administrative
review of the (AD) antidumping duty
order on certain uncoated paper
(uncoated paper) from Indonesia for two
companies for the period August 26,
2015, through February 28, 2017. Based
on a timely withdrawal of a request for
review, we are now rescinding this
administrative review with respect to
one company, PT. Indah Kiat Pulp and
Paper Tbk, PT. Pabrik Kertas Tjiwi
Kirnja Tbk, and PT. Pindo Deli Pulp and
Paper Mills (PD) (collectively, APP).
DATES: Applicable August 11, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Blaine Wiltse or Manuel Rey, AD/CVD
Operations, Office II, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–6345 or (202) 482–5518,
respectively.
AGENCY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 6, 2017, the Department
published a notice of opportunity to
request an administrative review of the
AD order on uncoated paper from
Indonesia.1 On March 31, 2017, the
1 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation: Opportunity
to Request Administrative Review, 82 FR 12551
(March 6, 2017).
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Department received timely requests to
conduct an administrative review of two
companies: (1) PT. Indah Kiat Pulp and
Paper Tbk, PT. Pabrik Kertas Tjiwi
Kirnja Tbk, and Pindo Deli Pulp and
Paper Mills (PD) (collectively, APP); and
(2) PT Anugerah Kertas Utama, PT Riau
Andalan Kertas, and APRIL Fine Paper
Macao Offshore Limited (collectively
APRIL).2 Based upon these requests, on
May 9, 2017, in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), the Department
published a notice of initiation of an
administrative review covering the
period August 26, 2015, through
February 28, 2017, with respect to two
companies.3 On June 12, 2017, APP
withdrew its request for an
administrative review.
Partial Rescission
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the
Secretary will rescind an administrative
review, in whole or in part, if a party
who requested the review withdraws
the request within 90 days of the date
of publication of notice of initiation of
the requested review. APP timely
withdrew its request for an
administrative review of itself and no
other party requested a review of this
company. Accordingly, we are
rescinding this review with respect to
APP, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1).
Assessment
The Department will instruct U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries. For APP, the
company for which this review is
rescinded, antidumping duties shall be
assessed at rates equal to the cash
deposit of estimated antidumping duties
required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department
intends to issue appropriate assessment
instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of this notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a reminder to
importers of their responsibility under
19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of
2 See Letter from APP, ‘‘Certain Uncoated Paper
from Indonesia: Request for Administrative
Reviews,’’ dated March 31, 2017; and Letter from
APRIL, ‘‘Uncoated Paper from Indonesia,’’ dated
March 31, 2017.
3 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 82 FR
21513 (May 9, 2017), as corrected by Initiation of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 26444, 26445, 26451
(June 7, 2017).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-836]
Glycine From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results
of Changed Circumstances Review
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On November 17, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the
Department) initiated a changed circumstances review (CCR) of the
antidumping duty order on glycine from the People's Republic of China
(PRC). The Department preliminarily determines that Salvi Chemical
Industries Ltd. (Salvi) is eligible to participate in a certification
process, because Salvi has demonstrated that glycine produced by Salvi
is no longer processed from Chinese-origin glycine. Interested parties
are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Effective August 11, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madeline Heeren, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-9179.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 10, 2012, the Department published its final anti-
circumvention inquiry determination, where the record indicated that
Salvi was processing Chinese glycine and labeling it to be of Indian
origin.\1\ The Department determined that glycine processed in India of
Chinese origin does not change country of origin, and, therefore, Salvi
had circumvented the Order.\2\ As part of our determination, we stated
that Salvi could not take part in a certification process, whereby
Salvi's importers could certify that they had not imported Chinese-
origin glycine and would not be subject to the antidumping duty rate
for Chinese glycine.\3\ Additionally, we stated that Salvi could also
request a CCR if it could show that its exports of glycine to the
United States were not processed from Chinese-origin glycine.\4\ On
July 18, 2016, the Department received a request from Salvi to initiate
a CCR in order for the Department to determine that the glycine
produced by Salvi is no longer processed from Chinese-origin
glycine.\5\ Additionally, Salvi requested that the Department determine
that importers of glycine from Salvi are eligible to participate in a
certification process.\6\ On November 16, 2017, the Department
initiated this CCR, pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended, (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.216(d), upon finding that
there is sufficient information to warrant a review of the Order.\7\
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\1\ See Memorandum, ``Final Scope Ruling Concerning the
Antidumping Duty Order on Glycine from the People's Republic of
China,'' dated December 3, 2012 (Final Scope Ruling) at 14.
\2\ See Glycine from the People's Republic of China: Final
Partial Affirmative Determination of Circumvention of the
Antidumping Duty Order, 77 FR 73426 (December 10, 2012)
(Circumvention Notice) and accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Determination of the Anti-Circumvention
Inquiry of the Antidumping Duty Order on Glycine from the People's
Republic of China; see also Antidumping Duty Order: Glycine from the
People's Republic of China, 60 FR 16116 (March 29, 1995) (Order);
see also Final Scope Ruling.
\3\ See Circumvention Notice and Final Scope Ruling.
\4\ See Circumvention Notice.
\5\ See Letter, ``Glycine from the People's Republic of China:
Request for Changed Circumstances Review,'' dated July 18, 2016.
\6\ Id.
\7\ See Glycine from the People's Republic of China: Initiation
of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 81 FR 81064
(November 17, 2016).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by this antidumping duty order is glycine,
which is a free-flowing crystalline material, like salt or sugar.
Glycine is produced at varying levels of purity and is used as a
sweetener/taste enhancer, a buffering agent, reabsorbable amino acid,
chemical intermediate, and a metal complexing agent. This proceeding
includes glycine of all purity levels. Glycine is currently classified
under subheading 2922.49.4020 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS).\8\ Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the
merchandise under the order is dispositive.\9\
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\8\ In separate scope rulings, the Department determined that:
(a) D(-) Phenylglycine Ethyl Dane Salt is outside the scope of the
order and (b) PRC-glycine exported from India remains the same class
or kind of merchandise as the PRC-origin glycine imported into
India. See Notice of Scope Rulings and Anticircumvention Inquiries,
62 FR 62288 (November 21, 1997) and Circumvention Notice,
respectively.
\9\ See Order.
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Methodology
We are conducting this CCR in accordance with section 751(b)(1) of
the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\10\ A list of
topics in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as an
appendix to this notice.
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\10\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review of
Glycine from the People's Republic of China,'' dated concurrently
with this determination and hereby adopted by this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is
made available to the public 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 is available to all parties in the Department's
Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce
building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
Preliminary Results of the Changed Circumstances Review
We preliminarily determine that, since the Circumvention Notice and
Final Scope Ruling were issued, Salvi has demonstrated that glycine
produced by Salvi is no longer processed from Chinese-origin glycine.
If the Department upholds these preliminary results in the final
results, we will notify U.S. Customs and Border Protection and allow
Salvi's importers of subject merchandise to certify that the glycine
being produced and
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exported is not processed Chinese-origin glycine.
Public Comment
Interested parties may submit case briefs no later than 30 days
after the date of publication of these preliminary results of review in
the Federal Register.\11\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in
the case briefs, may be filed by no later than five days after the
deadline for filing case briefs.\12\ Parties that submit case or
rebuttal briefs 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.\13\ All briefs are to be filed electronically
using ACCESS.\14\ An electronically filed document must be received
successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the
day on which it is due.\15\
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\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). The Department has exercised
its discretion under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) to alter the time
limit for submission of case briefs.
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1).
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\14\ See 19 CFR 351.303(b) and (f).
\15\ See 19 CFR 351.303(b).
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Any interested party may submit a request for a hearing to the
Assistant Secretary of Enforcement and Compliance using ACCESS within
30 days of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.\16\
Hearing requests should contain the following information: (1) The
party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of
participants; and (3) a list of the issues to be discussed. Oral
presentations will be limited to issues raised in the briefs.\17\ If a
request for a hearing is made, parties will be notified of the time and
date of the hearing, which will be held at the U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.\18\
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\16\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\17\ Id.
\18\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Final Results of the Review
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.302(b), the Department extended the
deadline of the final results of this CCR to November 3, 2017.\19\
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\19\ See Memorandum, ``Glycine from the People's Republic of
China: Extension of Deadline for Final Results of Changed
Circumstances Review,'' dated August 4, 2017.
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Notification to Parties
The Department is issuing and publishing these results in
accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.216 and 351.221(c)(3)(i).
Dated: August 7, 2017.
Carole Showers,
Executive Director, Office of Policy performing the duties of Deputy
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. Preliminary Results of the Changed Circumstances Review
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