Monosodium Glutamate From the Republic of Indonesia: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018, 2717-2719 [2020-00645]
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations
performed in connection with these
final results to parties in this proceeding
within five days after the date of
publication of the final results, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
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Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1),
Commerce will determine, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of subject
merchandise in accordance with the
final results of this review.
For Garg Tube, we calculated
importer-specific assessment rates on
the basis of the ratio of the total amount
of dumping calculated for each
importer’s examined sales and the total
entered value of those sales in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).5
Where an importer-specific assessment
rate is de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5
percent), the entries by that importer
will be liquidated without reference to
antidumping duties. For entries of Garg
Tube’s merchandise during the period
of review for which it did not know the
merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate unreviewed entries at the allothers rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction.
For Apl Apollo Tubes Limited 6 and
the 25 companies which were not
selected for individual examination,7
we will instruct CBP to assess
antidumping duties at a rate equal to
each company’s weighted-average
dumping margin in these final results of
review.
5 In these final results, Commerce applied the
assessment rate calculation method adopted in
Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the
Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101
(February 14, 2012).
6 The rate for this company was determined on
the basis of facts otherwise available with an
adverse inference. See Preliminary Decision
Memorandum, section ‘‘Application of Facts
Available with an Adverse Inference,’’ uncontested
and unchanged in these final results.
7 These companies are Asian Contec Ltd.,
Bhandari Foils & Tubes Ltd., Bhushan Steel Ltd.,
Blue Moon Logistics Pvt. Ltd., CH Robinson
Worldwide, Ess-Kay Engineers, Manushi Enterprise,
Nishi Boring Corporation, Fiber Tech Composite
Pvt. Ltd., GCL Private Limited, Goodluck India Ltd.,
GVN Fuels Ltd., Hydromatik, Jindal Quality
Tubular Ltd., KLT Automatic & Tubular Products
Ltd., Lloyds Line Pipes Ltd., MARINEtrans India
Private Ltd., Patton International Ltd., SAR
Transport Systems Pvt. Ltd., Surya Global Steel
Tubes Ltd., Surya Roshni Ltd., Welspun India Ltd.,
Zenith Birla (India) Ltd., Zenith Birla Steels Private
Ltd., and Zenith Dyeintermediates Ltd.
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In accordance with Commerce’s
‘‘automatic assessment’’ practice, for
entries of subject merchandise during
the POR produced by each respondent
for which it did not know that its
merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate unreviewed entries at the allothers rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction.8
We intend to issue liquidation
instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of these final results of
review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication in the Federal Register of
this notice for all shipments of pipe and
tube from India entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication as provided
by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The
cash deposit rate for companies subject
to this review will be equal to the
weighted-average dumping margin
established in the final results of the
review; (2) for merchandise exported by
producers or exporters not covered in
this review but covered in a prior
completed segment of the proceeding,
the cash deposit rate will continue to be
the company-specific rate published in
the completed segment 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 producer has been covered in a prior
completed segment of this proceeding,
then the cash deposit rate will be the
rate established in the completed
segment for the most recent period for
the producer of the merchandise; (4) the
cash deposit rate for all other producers
or exporters will continue to be 7.08
percent, the all-others rate established
in the less-than-fair-value investigation
for this proceeding.9 These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final reminder
to importers of their responsibility
under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a
certificate regarding the reimbursement
of antidumping duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries
during this POR. Failure to comply with
this requirement could result in the
Secretary’s presumption that
8 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
9 See Antidumping Duty Order; Certain Welded
Carbon Steel Standard Pipes and Tubes from India,
51 FR 17384 (May 12, 1986).
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reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of double antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the return or
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business
proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of the return or destruction
of APO materials, or conversion to
judicial protective order, is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the
regulations and terms of an APO is a
violation subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
results of administrative review in
accordance with sections 751(a) and
777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(5).
Dated: January 9, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
VI. Recommendation
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–560–826]
Monosodium Glutamate From the
Republic of Indonesia: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2017–2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that PT. Cheil Jedang Indonesia (CJ
Indonesia), the sole producer or
exporter subject to this administrative
review, did not make sales below
normal value of monosodium glutamate
(MSG) from the Republic of Indonesia
(Indonesia) during the period of review
AGENCY:
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(POR), November 1, 2017 through
October 31, 2018. We invite interested
parties to comment on these preliminary
results.
DATES: Applicable January 16, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gene H. Calvert, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–3586.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Commerce is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on MSG from
Indonesia covering the sole respondent,
CJ Indonesia.1 For a complete
description of the events that followed
the initiation of this review, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.2 A
list of topics included in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included as the appendix to this notice.
On September 3, 2019, we extended
the deadline for these preliminary
results until December 10, 2019.3 On
December 2, 2019, we further extended
the deadline for these preliminary
results until no later than January 9,
2020.4
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this
order is MSG, whether or not blended
or in solution with other products.
Specifically, MSG that has been blended
or is in solution with other product(s) is
included in this order when the
resulting mix contains 15 percent or
more of MSG by dry weight. Products
with which MSG may be blended
include, but are not limited to, salts,
sugars, starches, maltodextrins, and
various seasonings. Further, MSG is
included in this order regardless of
physical form (including, but not
limited to, in monohydrate or
anhydrous form, or as substrates,
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR
2159 (February 6, 2019).
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review: Monosodium Glutamate
from the Republic of Indonesia,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Monosodium Glutamate
from the Republic of Indonesia; Extension of
Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated September 3,
2019.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Monosodium Glutamate
from the Republic of Indonesia; Second Extension
of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated December 2,
2019.
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solutions, dry powders of any particle
size, or unfinished forms such as MSG
slurry), end-use application, or
packaging. For a full description of the
scope of the order, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this
administrative review in accordance
with section 751 of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act). Constructed
export price was calculated in
accordance with section 772 of the Act.
Normal value was calculated in
accordance with section 773 of the Act.
For a full description of the
methodology underlying Commerce’s
preliminary results, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. 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 is
available to all parties in the Central
Records Unit, Room B–8024 of the main
Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/
frn/. The signed and
electronic versions of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we
preliminarily determine that the
following weighted-average dumping
margin exists for the period November
1, 2017 through October 31, 2018:
Producer/exporter
Weighted-average
dumping margin
(percent)
PT. Cheil Jedang Indonesia .....
0.00 (de minimis).
Assessment Rate
Upon issuance of the final results of
this administrative review, Commerce
shall determine, and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review. If the
weighted-average dumping margin for
CJ Indonesia is not zero or de minimis
(i.e., less than 0.5 percent), then
Commerce will calculate importerspecific ad valorem antidumping duty
assessment rates based on the ratio of
the total amount of dumping calculated
for each importer’s examined sales to
the total entered value of those same
sales in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1). If the weighted-average
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dumping margin for CJ Indonesia is zero
or de minimis in the final results, or if
an importer-specific assessment rate is
zero or de minimis in the final results,
Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate
the appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.
In accordance with Commerce’s
‘‘automatic assessment’’ practice, for
entries of subject merchandise that
entered the United States during the
POR that were produced by CJ
Indonesia for which CJ Indonesia did
not know that its merchandise was
destined to the United States,
Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate
unreviewed entries at the all-others rate
of 6.19 percent,5 if there is no rate for
the intermediate company(ies) involved
in the transaction.6 The final results of
this review shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on
entries of subject merchandise covered
by the final results of this review, where
applicable. We intend to issue
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days
after the publication of the final results
of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of the final
results of this administrative review for
all shipments of MSG from Indonesia
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication of the final results in the
Federal Register, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash
deposit rate for CJ Indonesia will be
equal to the weighted-average dumping
margin established in the final results of
this administrative review; (2) for
merchandise exported by producers or
exporters not covered in this
administrative review but covered in a
prior segment of the proceeding, the
cash deposit rate will continue to be the
company-specific rate published in a
completed segment for the most recent
period of review; (3) if the exporter is
not a firm covered in this review or in
the original investigation, but the
producer is, then the cash deposit rate
will be the rate established for the most
recently completed segment of this
proceeding for the producer of the
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit
5 See Monosodium Glutamate From the Republic
of Indonesia: Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value, 79 FR 58329 (September 29, 2014)
(MSG Investigation Final Determination).
6 In these preliminary results, Commerce applied
the assessment rate calculation method adopted in
Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the
Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101
(February 14, 2012).
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rate for all other producers or exporters
will continue to be 6.19 percent, the allothers rate established in the
investigation.7 These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce intends to disclose the
calculations performed in these
preliminary results to parties in this
proceeding within five days of the date
of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register.8
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii),
interested parties may submit case briefs
not later than 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice. Rebuttal
briefs, limited to issues raised in the
case briefs, may be filed no later than
five days after the date for filing case
briefs.9 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.10 All briefs
must be filed electronically using
ACCESS. An electronically filed
document must be received successfully
in its entirety by the established
deadline.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing, limited to issues raised in the
case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a
written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance within 30 days after the
date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register. 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, parties will be notified of the
time and date for the hearing, which
will be held at the U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230.
Unless extended, Commerce intends
to issue the final results of this
administrative review, including the
results of its analysis of each of the
issues raised in written briefs, not later
than 120 days after the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, pursuant to section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(1).
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary
reminder to importers of their
7 See
MSG Investigation Final Determination.
19 CFR 351.224(b).
9 See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
10 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2); see also 19
CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
8 See
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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.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing
these preliminary results in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: January 8, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
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
V. Normal Value
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–580–809]
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe
From the Republic of Korea:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2017–
2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on circular
welded non-alloy steel pipe (CWP) from
the Republic of Korea (Korea). The
period of review (POR) is November 1,
2017 through October 31, 2018.
Commerce preliminarily determines
that the producers/exporters subject to
this review made sales of subject
merchandise at less than normal value.
We invite interested parties to comment
on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable January 16, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry
Huang or Justin Neuman, AD/CVD
Operations, Office V, Enforcement and
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Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–4047 or (202) 482–0486,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 6, 2019, Commerce
initiated the administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on CWP
from Korea in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).1 This review covers
25 companies,2 including mandatory
respondents Husteel Co., Ltd. (Husteel)
and Nexteel Co., Ltd. (Nexteel).3 The
remaining 23 companies were not
selected for individual examination and
remain subject to this administrative
review. Commerce exercised its
discretion to toll all deadlines affected
by the partial federal government
closure from December 22, 2018 through
the resumption of operations on January
29, 2019, resulting in a revised deadline
for these preliminary results.4
Additionally, Commerce extended the
deadline for the preliminary results
until January 9, 2020.5
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the order
is circular welded non-alloy steel pipe
and tube. Imports of the product are
currently classifiable in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) under subheadings
7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5025,
7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040,
7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085, and
7306.30.5090. While the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description is dispositive. A full
description of the scope of the order is
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR
2159 (February 6, 2019).
2 Id. at 2161–2162.
3 See Memorandum to the Record from Gary
Taverman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
performing the non-exclusive functions and duties
of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, ‘‘Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review: Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from
the Republic of Korea, Respondent Selection
Memorandum’’, dated March 25, 2019.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Deadlines Affected by the
Partial Shutdown of the Federal Government,’’
dated January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this
segment of the proceeding have been extended by
40 days.
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Circular Welded Non-Alloy
Steel Pipe from Republic of Korea: Extension of
Deadline for Preliminary Results of 2017–2018
Antidumping Administrative Review,’’ dated
August 27, 2019.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-560-826]
Monosodium Glutamate From the Republic of Indonesia: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that PT. Cheil Jedang Indonesia (CJ Indonesia), the sole producer or
exporter subject to this administrative review, did not make sales
below normal value of monosodium glutamate (MSG) from the Republic of
Indonesia (Indonesia) during the period of review
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(POR), November 1, 2017 through October 31, 2018. We invite interested
parties to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable January 16, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene H. Calvert, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3586.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping
duty order on MSG from Indonesia covering the sole respondent, CJ
Indonesia.\1\ For a complete description of the events that followed
the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\2\ A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included as the appendix to this notice.
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 2159 (February 6, 2019).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Monosodium
Glutamate from the Republic of Indonesia,'' dated concurrently with,
and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
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On September 3, 2019, we extended the deadline for these
preliminary results until December 10, 2019.\3\ On December 2, 2019, we
further extended the deadline for these preliminary results until no
later than January 9, 2020.\4\
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Monosodium Glutamate from the Republic of
Indonesia; Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated September 3, 2019.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Monosodium Glutamate from the Republic of
Indonesia; Second Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated December 2, 2019.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this order is MSG, whether or not
blended or in solution with other products. Specifically, MSG that has
been blended or is in solution with other product(s) is included in
this order when the resulting mix contains 15 percent or more of MSG by
dry weight. Products with which MSG may be blended include, but are not
limited to, salts, sugars, starches, maltodextrins, and various
seasonings. Further, MSG is included in this order regardless of
physical form (including, but not limited to, in monohydrate or
anhydrous form, or as substrates, solutions, dry powders of any
particle size, or unfinished forms such as MSG slurry), end-use
application, or packaging. For a full description of the scope of the
order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Constructed export price was calculated in accordance with section 772
of the Act. Normal value was calculated in accordance with section 773
of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying
Commerce's preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum. 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 is available to all parties in the Central
Records Unit, Room B-8024 of the main Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and
electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
identical in content.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that the
following weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period
November 1, 2017 through October 31, 2018:
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Weighted-average dumping
Producer/exporter margin (percent)
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PT. Cheil Jedang Indonesia............. 0.00 (de minimis).
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Assessment Rate
Upon issuance of the final results of this administrative review,
Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by
this review. If the weighted-average dumping margin for CJ Indonesia is
not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), then Commerce
will calculate importer-specific ad valorem antidumping duty assessment
rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for
each importer's examined sales to the total entered value of those same
sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). If the weighted-average
dumping margin for CJ Indonesia is zero or de minimis in the final
results, or if an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de
minimis in the final results, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate
the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise that entered the United States
during the POR that were produced by CJ Indonesia for which CJ
Indonesia did not know that its merchandise was destined to the United
States, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at
the all-others rate of 6.19 percent,\5\ if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\6\ The final
results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of
antidumping duties on entries of subject merchandise covered by the
final results of this review, where applicable. We intend to issue
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication of the
final results of this review.
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\5\ See Monosodium Glutamate From the Republic of Indonesia:
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 79 FR 58329
(September 29, 2014) (MSG Investigation Final Determination).
\6\ In these preliminary results, Commerce applied the
assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping
Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of the final results of this administrative
review for all shipments of MSG from Indonesia entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of
the final results in the Federal Register, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for CJ Indonesia
will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the
final results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise
exported by producers or exporters not covered in this administrative
review but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published in
a completed segment for the most recent period of review; (3) if the
exporter is not a firm covered in this review or in the original
investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be
the rate established for the most recently completed segment of this
proceeding for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash
deposit
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rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 6.19
percent, the all-others rate established in the investigation.\7\ These
cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\7\ See MSG Investigation Final Determination.
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in these
preliminary results to parties in this proceeding within five days of
the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.\8\
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii), interested parties may submit
case briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication of
this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case
briefs, may be filed no later than five days after the date for filing
case briefs.\9\ 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.\10\ All briefs must be filed electronically using
ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully
in its entirety by the established deadline.
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2); see also 19 CFR
351.303 (for general filing requirements).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance within 30 days after the date of publication
of this notice in the Federal Register. 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, parties will be notified of the time and date
for the hearing, which will be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce,
1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.
Unless extended, Commerce intends to issue the final results of
this administrative review, including the results of its analysis of
each of the issues raised in written briefs, not later than 120 days
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register,
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Notification to Importers
This notice 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.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: January 8, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
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
V. Normal Value
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2020-00645 Filed 1-15-20; 8:45 am]
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