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available with an adverse inference to
the sole mandatory respondent in this
review, in accordance with section 776
of the Act, and because the method for
determining the subsidy rate is outlined
in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum, there are no calculations
to disclose.
Case briefs or other written comments
may be submitted no later than 30 days
after the date on which these
preliminary results publish in the
Federal Register. Rebuttal briefs,
limited to issues raised in case briefs,
may be submitted no later than seven
days after the deadline date for case
briefs. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)
and (d)(2), parties who submit case
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this
proceeding are encouraged to submit
with each argument: (1) A statement of
the issue; (2) a brief summary of the
argument; and (3) a table of
authorities.17 All electronically filed
documents must be received
successfully in their entirety via
Commerce’s electronic records system,
ACCESS, by the date and time it is due.
Note that Commerce has temporarily
modified certain of its requirements for
serving documents containing business
proprietary information, until July 17,
2020, unless extended.18
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310, any
interested party may request a hearing
within 30 days of publication of this
notice. 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 case and
rebuttal briefs. If a party requests a
hearing, Commerce will inform parties
of the scheduled date for the hearing at
a time and location to be determined.
Parties should confirm by telephone the
date, time, and location of the hearing.
Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this review, including the
results of its analysis of the issues raised
in any written briefs, not later than 120
days after the date of publication of this
notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A)
of the Act.
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Assessment Rates and Cash Deposit
Requirement
Upon issuance of the final results,
Commerce shall determine, and CBP
shall assess, countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this
review. If the preliminary results are
17 See
19 CFR 351.309(c)(2).
Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD
Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension
of Effective Period, 85 FR 29615 (May 18, 2020).
18 See
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unchanged for the final results,
Commerce will instruct CBP to apply an
assessment rate of 398.62 percent ad
valorem to all entries of subject
merchandise during the POR which
were produced and/or exported by
Shouguang. If this review is rescinded
for the 18 companies listed in Appendix
II, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess
countervailing duties on all appropriate
entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit
of estimated countervailing duties
required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, during the period January
1, 2018 through December 31, 2018, in
accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to
issue appropriate assessment
instructions directly to CBP 15 days
after publication of this notice.
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act, Commerce also intends to instruct
CBP to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties in the
amount of 398.62 percent ad valorem
for Shouguang on shipments of subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication of the final
results of this review. For all nonreviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to
continue to collect cash deposits at the
most-recent company-specific or allothers rate applicable to the company,
as appropriate. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing
these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(l) and 777(i)(l) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.213 and 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: June 17, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Intent to Rescind Review, In Part
V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and
Application of Adverse Inferences
VI. Disclosure and Public Comment
VII. Recommendation
Appendix II
List of Non-Selected Companies for
Rescission
1. Cangnan Color Make The Bag
2. Changle Baodu Plastic Co., Ltd.
3. First Way (H.K.) Limited
4. Han Shing Chemical Co., Ltd.
5. Jiangsu Hotson Plastics Co., Ltd.
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6. Ningbo Yong Feng Packaging Co., Ltd.
7. Polywell Industrial Co.
8. Polywell Plastic Product Factory
9. Shandong Qikai Plastics Product Co., Ltd.
10. Shandong Qilu Plastic Fabric Group, Ltd.
11. Shandong Youlian Co., Ltd.
12. Wenzhou Hotson Plastics Co., Ltd.
13. Zibo Aifudi Plastic Packaging Co., Ltd.
14. Zibo Linzi Luitong Plastic Fabric Co., Ltd.
15. Zibo Linzi Qitianli Plastic Fabric Co., Ltd.
16. Zibo Linzi Shuaiqiang Plastics Co., Ltd.
17. Zibo Linzi Worun Packing Product Co.,
Ltd.
18. Zibo Qigao Plastic Cement Co., Ltd.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–122–853]
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts
From Canada: Final Results of Sunset
Review and Revocation of Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On May 1, 2020, the
Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated the second sunset review of the
antidumping duty order on citric acid
and certain citrate salts from Canada.
Because the domestic interested parties
withdrew their intent to participate in
this sunset review, Commerce is
revoking this antidumping duty order.
DATES: Applicable June 24, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Zachary Shaykin, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2638.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On May 29, 2009, Commerce issued
an antidumping duty order on citric
acid and certain citrate salts from
Canada.1 On June 24, 2015, Commerce
published a continuation of the order.2
On May 1, 2020, Commerce initiated a
second sunset review of this order.3
1 See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from
Canada and the People’s Republic of China:
Antidumping Duty Orders, 74 FR 25703 (May 29,
2009).
2 See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from
Canada and the People’s Republic of China:
Continuation of the Antidumping Duty Orders on
Canada and the People’s Republic of China, and
Continuation of the Countervailing Duty Order on
the People’s Republic of China, 80 FR 36318 (June
24, 2015) (2015 Continuation Notice).
3 See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 85
FR 25386 (May 1, 2020).
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On May 18, 2020, within the
applicable deadline, Commerce received
a Notice of Intent to Participate from
Archer Daniels Midland Company,
Cargill, Incorporated, and Tate & Lyle
Ingredients Americas LLC, the domestic
interested parties in this proceeding.4
However, on May 29, 2020, the
domestic interested parties withdrew
their Notice of Intent to Participate and
notified Commerce that they would not
be filing a substantive response to the
notice of initiation for the antidumping
duty order on citric acid and certain
citrate salts from Canada.
In light of the withdrawal of domestic
interested parties to this proceeding,
Commerce determines that there is no
domestic participation or adequate
substantive responses from a domestic
interested party in this sunset review,
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(i)(C).
On June 2, 2020, Commerce notified the
International Trade Commission, in
writing, that we intended to issue a final
determination revoking this
antidumping duty order.5
Scope of the Order
The scope of the order includes all
grades and granulation sizes of citric
acid, sodium citrate, and potassium
citrate in their unblended forms,
whether dry or in solution, and
regardless of packaging type. The scope
also includes blends of citric acid,
sodium citrate, and potassium citrate; as
well as blends with other ingredients,
such as sugar, where the unblended
form(s) of citric acid, sodium citrate,
and potassium citrate constitute 40
percent or more, by weight, of the blend.
The scope of the order also includes all
forms of crude calcium citrate,
including dicalcium citrate
monohydrate, and tricalcium citrate
tetrahydrate, which are intermediate
products in the production of citric
acid, sodium citrate, and potassium
citrate. The scope of the order does not
include calcium citrate that satisfies the
standards set forth in the United States
Pharmacopeia and has been mixed with
a functional excipient, such as dextrose
or starch, where the excipient
constitutes at least 2 percent, by weight,
of the product. The scope of the order
includes the hydrous and anhydrous
forms of citric acid, the dihydrate and
anhydrous forms of sodium citrate,
otherwise known as citric acid sodium
salt, and the monohydrate and
monopotassium forms of potassium
citrate. Sodium citrate also includes
4 See
19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).
5 See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Status Update for
Sunset Review Initiated on May 1, 2020, for Citric
Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Canada,’’ dated
June 2, 2020.
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both trisodium citrate and monosodium
citrate, which are also known as citric
acid trisodium salt and citric acid
monosodium salt, respectively. Citric
acid and sodium citrate are classifiable
under 2918.14.0000 and 2918.15.1000 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS), respectively.
Potassium citrate and crude calcium
citrate are classifiable under
2918.15.5000 and 3824.90.9290 of the
HTSUS, respectively. Blends that
include citric acid, sodium citrate, and
potassium citrate are classifiable under
3824.90.9290 of the HTSUS. Although
the HTSUS subheadings are provided
for convenience and customs purposes,
our written description of the scope is
dispositive.
Determination To Revoke
Pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(A) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act)
and 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(3), if no
domestic interested party files a notice
of intent to participate, Commerce shall,
within 90 days after the initiation of the
review, issue a final determination
revoking the order. Because all the
domestic interested parties withdrew
their notice of intent to participate in
this sunset review, Commerce finds that
no domestic interested party is
participating in this sunset review.
Therefore, consistent with the section
751(c)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.222(i)(2)(i), we are revoking the
antidumping duty order on citric acid
and certain citrate salts from Canada.6
Effective Date of Revocation
The effective date of revocation is
June 24, 2020, the fifth anniversary of
the date of publication in the Federal
Register of the most recent notice of
continuation of this antidumping duty
order.7
Pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(A) of the
Act, Commerce intends to issue
instructions to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, 15 days after the publication
of this notice, to terminate the
suspension of liquidation of the
merchandise subject to this order
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
on or after June 24, 2020. Entries of
subject merchandise prior to the
effective date of revocation will
continue to be subject to suspension of
liquidation and antidumping duty
deposit requirements. Commerce will
complete any pending administrative
reviews of this order and will conduct
administrative reviews of subject
merchandise entered prior to the
6 See 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i); see also 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(i)(C)(1).
7 See 2015 Continuation Notice.
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effective date of revocation in response
to appropriately filed requests for
review.
This five-year (sunset) review and
notice of revocation are published in
accordance with sections 751(c) and
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(3) and 19 CFR
351.222(i)(1)(i).
Dated: June 15, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–580–895]
Low Melt Polyester Staple Fiber From
the Republic of Korea: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2018–2019
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that the sole producer/exporter subject
to this administrative review made sales
of subject merchandise at less than
normal value (NV). Interested parties are
invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable June 23, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alice Maldonado or Melissa Kinter, 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) 482–4682 or (202) 482–1413,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On October 7, 2019, based on a timely
request for review, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an
administrative review on low melt
polyester staple fiber (low melt PSF)
from the Republic of Korea (Korea).1
The period of review (POR) is February
1, 2018 through July 31, 2019, and
covers one producer and exporter of the
subject merchandise, Toray Advanced
Materials Korea, Inc. (TAK).2 On April
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR
53411 (October 7, 2019).
2 On August 28, 2019, Commerce determined that
TAK is the successor-in-interest to Toray Chemical
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-122-853]
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From Canada: Final Results
of Sunset Review and Revocation of Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On May 1, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated the second sunset review of the antidumping duty order on
citric acid and certain citrate salts from Canada. Because the domestic
interested parties withdrew their intent to participate in this sunset
review, Commerce is revoking this antidumping duty order.
DATES: Applicable June 24, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zachary Shaykin, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2638.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 29, 2009, Commerce issued an antidumping duty order on
citric acid and certain citrate salts from Canada.\1\ On June 24, 2015,
Commerce published a continuation of the order.\2\ On May 1, 2020,
Commerce initiated a second sunset review of this order.\3\
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\1\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Canada and
the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders, 74 FR 25703
(May 29, 2009).
\2\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Canada and
the People's Republic of China: Continuation of the Antidumping Duty
Orders on Canada and the People's Republic of China, and
Continuation of the Countervailing Duty Order on the People's
Republic of China, 80 FR 36318 (June 24, 2015) (2015 Continuation
Notice).
\3\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 85 FR 25386
(May 1, 2020).
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On May 18, 2020, within the applicable deadline, Commerce received
a Notice of Intent to Participate from Archer Daniels Midland Company,
Cargill, Incorporated, and Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas LLC, the
domestic interested parties in this proceeding.\4\ However, on May 29,
2020, the domestic interested parties withdrew their Notice of Intent
to Participate and notified Commerce that they would not be filing a
substantive response to the notice of initiation for the antidumping
duty order on citric acid and certain citrate salts from Canada.
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\4\ See 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).
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In light of the withdrawal of domestic interested parties to this
proceeding, Commerce determines that there is no domestic participation
or adequate substantive responses from a domestic interested party in
this sunset review, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(i)(C). On June 2,
2020, Commerce notified the International Trade Commission, in writing,
that we intended to issue a final determination revoking this
antidumping duty order.\5\
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\5\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Status Update for Sunset Review
Initiated on May 1, 2020, for Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts
from Canada,'' dated June 2, 2020.
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Scope of the Order
The scope of the order includes all grades and granulation sizes of
citric acid, sodium citrate, and potassium citrate in their unblended
forms, whether dry or in solution, and regardless of packaging type.
The scope also includes blends of citric acid, sodium citrate, and
potassium citrate; as well as blends with other ingredients, such as
sugar, where the unblended form(s) of citric acid, sodium citrate, and
potassium citrate constitute 40 percent or more, by weight, of the
blend. The scope of the order also includes all forms of crude calcium
citrate, including dicalcium citrate monohydrate, and tricalcium
citrate tetrahydrate, which are intermediate products in the production
of citric acid, sodium citrate, and potassium citrate. The scope of the
order does not include calcium citrate that satisfies the standards set
forth in the United States Pharmacopeia and has been mixed with a
functional excipient, such as dextrose or starch, where the excipient
constitutes at least 2 percent, by weight, of the product. The scope of
the order includes the hydrous and anhydrous forms of citric acid, the
dihydrate and anhydrous forms of sodium citrate, otherwise known as
citric acid sodium salt, and the monohydrate and monopotassium forms of
potassium citrate. Sodium citrate also includes both trisodium citrate
and monosodium citrate, which are also known as citric acid trisodium
salt and citric acid monosodium salt, respectively. Citric acid and
sodium citrate are classifiable under 2918.14.0000 and 2918.15.1000 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS),
respectively. Potassium citrate and crude calcium citrate are
classifiable under 2918.15.5000 and 3824.90.9290 of the HTSUS,
respectively. Blends that include citric acid, sodium citrate, and
potassium citrate are classifiable under 3824.90.9290 of the HTSUS.
Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs
purposes, our written description of the scope is dispositive.
Determination To Revoke
Pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(3), if no domestic
interested party files a notice of intent to participate, Commerce
shall, within 90 days after the initiation of the review, issue a final
determination revoking the order. Because all the domestic interested
parties withdrew their notice of intent to participate in this sunset
review, Commerce finds that no domestic interested party is
participating in this sunset review. Therefore, consistent with the
section 751(c)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(i)(2)(i), we are
revoking the antidumping duty order on citric acid and certain citrate
salts from Canada.\6\
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\6\ See 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i); see also 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(i)(C)(1).
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Effective Date of Revocation
The effective date of revocation is June 24, 2020, the fifth
anniversary of the date of publication in the Federal Register of the
most recent notice of continuation of this antidumping duty order.\7\
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\7\ See 2015 Continuation Notice.
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Pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(A) of the Act, Commerce intends to
issue instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 15 days after
the publication of this notice, to terminate the suspension of
liquidation of the merchandise subject to this order entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, on or after June 24, 2020. Entries of subject
merchandise prior to the effective date of revocation will continue to
be subject to suspension of liquidation and antidumping duty deposit
requirements. Commerce will complete any pending administrative reviews
of this order and will conduct administrative reviews of subject
merchandise entered prior to the effective date of revocation in
response to appropriately filed requests for review.
This five-year (sunset) review and notice of revocation are
published in accordance with sections 751(c) and 777(i)(1) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(3) and 19 CFR 351.222(i)(1)(i).
Dated: June 15, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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