Methionine From Japan and Spain: Antidumping Duty Orders, 51119-51121 [2021-19709]
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ITC published its determination that
revocation of the Orders would likely
lead to a continuation or recurrence of
material injury to an industry in the
United States within a reasonably
foreseeable time, pursuant to sections
751(c) and 752(a) of the Act.5
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Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these
Orders is certain seamless carbon and
alloy steel (other than stainless steel)
pipes and redraw hollows, less than or
equal to 16 inches (406.4 mm) in
outside diameter, regardless of wallthickness, manufacturing process (e.g.,
hot-finished or cold-drawn), end finish
(e.g., plain end, beveled end, upset end,
threaded, or threaded and coupled), or
surface finish (e.g., bare, lacquered or
coated). Redraw hollows are any
unfinished carbon or alloy steel (other
than stainless steel) pipe or ‘‘hollow
profiles’’ suitable for cold finishing
operations, such as cold drawing, to
meet the American Society for Testing
and Materials (‘‘ASTM’’) or American
Petroleum Institute (‘‘API’’)
specifications referenced below, or
comparable specifications. Specifically
included within the scope are seamless
carbon and alloy steel (other than
stainless steel) standard, line, and
pressure pipes produced to the ASTM
A–53, ASTM A–106, ASTM A–333,
ASTM A–334, ASTM A–589, ASTM A–
795, ASTM A–1024, and the API 5L
specifications, or comparable
specifications, and meeting the physical
parameters described above, regardless
of application, with the exception of the
exclusion discussed below.
Specifically excluded from the scope
of the Orders are: (1) All pipes meeting
aerospace, hydraulic, and bearing tubing
specifications; (2) all pipes meeting the
chemical requirements of ASTM A–335,
whether finished or unfinished; and (3)
unattached couplings. Also excluded
from the scope of the Orders are all
mechanical, boiler, condenser and heat
exchange tubing, except when such
products conform to the dimensional
requirements, i.e., outside diameter and
wall thickness of ASTM A–53, ASTM
A–106 or API 5L specifications.
The merchandise covered by the
Orders is currently classified in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) under item
numbers: 7304.19.1020, 7304.19.1030,
5 See Certain Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel
Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe from China (Inv.
No. 701–TA–469 and 731–TA–1168 (Second
Review)), 86 FR 50374 (September 8, 2021); see also
Certain Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard,
Line, and Pressure Pipe from China (Inv. No. 701–
TA–469 and 731–TA–1168 (Second Review)),
USITC Pub. 5229 (September 1, 2021).
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7304.19.1045, 7304.19.1060,
7304.19.5020, 7304.19.5050,
7304.31.6050, 7304.39.0016,
7304.39.0020, 7304.39.0024,
7304.39.0028, 7304.39.0032,
7304.39.0036, 7304.39.0040,
7304.39.0044, 7304.39.0048,
7304.39.0052, 7304.39.0056,
7304.39.0062, 7304.39.0068,
7304.39.0072, 7304.51.5005,
7304.51.5060, 7304.59.6000,
7304.59.8010, 7304.59.8015,
7304.59.8020, 7304.59.8025,
7304.59.8030, 7304.59.8035,
7304.59.8040, 7304.59.8045,
7304.59.8050, 7304.59.8055,
7304.59.8060, 7304.59.8065, and
7304.59.8070. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, our
written description of the merchandise
subject to this scope is dispositive.6
Continuation of the Orders
As a result of the determination by
Commerce and the ITC that revocation
of the Orders would likely lead to a
continuation or recurrence of dumping,
countervailable subsidies, and material
injury to an industry in the United
States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(a),
Commerce hereby orders the
continuation of the Orders. U.S.
Customs and Border Protection will
continue to collect AD and CVD cash
deposits at the rates in effect at the time
of entry for all imports of subject
merchandise.
The effective date of continuation of
the Orders will be the date of
publication in the Federal Register of
this notice of continuation. Pursuant to
section 751(c)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(c)(2), Commerce intends to
initiate the next five-year (sunset)
reviews of these Orders not later than 30
days prior to the fifth anniversary of the
effective date of continuation.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to APO of
their responsibility concerning the
return, destruction, or conversion to
judicial protective order of proprietary
information disclosed under APO in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3).
Failure to comply is a violation of the
APO which may be subject to sanctions.
Notification to Interested Parties
These five-year sunset reviews and
this notice are in accordance with
section 751(c) of the Act and published
pursuant to section 777(i)(1) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).
6 See
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Orders at 75 FR 69051–69053.
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Dated: September 8, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–588–879, A–469–822]
Methionine From Japan and Spain:
Antidumping Duty Orders
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
Based on affirmative final
determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the
International Trade Commission (ITC),
Commerce is issuing antidumping duty
orders on methionine from Japan and
Spain.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Applicable September 14, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Scully at (202) 482–0572 (Japan)
or Elizabeth Bremer at (202) 482–4987
(Spain); AD/CVD Operations,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with sections 735(d)
and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), on July 23, 2021,
Commerce published its affirmative
final determinations in the less-thanfair-value (LTFV) investigations of
methionine from Japan and Spain.1 On
September 7, 2021, the ITC notified
Commerce of its final determinations,
pursuant to section 735(d) of the Act,
that an industry in the United States is
materially injured within the meaning
of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by
reason of LTFV imports of methionine
from Japan and Spain, and its negative
critical circumstances finding with
1 See Methionine from Japan: Final Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Final Negative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, 86 FR 38983 (July 23, 2021) and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum;
see also Methionine from Spain: Final Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Final Affirmative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, 86 FR 38985 (July 23, 2021), and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum
(collectively, Final Determinations).
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respect to dumped imports of
methionine from Spain.2
Scope of the Orders
The products covered by these orders
are methionine from Japan and Spain.
For a complete description of the scope
of these orders, see the appendix to this
notice.
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Antidumping Duty Orders
On September 7, 2021, in accordance
with section 735(d) of the Act, the ITC
notified Commerce of its final
determinations in these investigations,
in which it found that an industry in the
United States is materially injured by
reason of imports of methionine from
Japan and Spain.3 Therefore, in
accordance with section 735(c)(2) of the
Act, Commerce is issuing these
antidumping duty orders. Because the
ITC determined that imports of
methionine from Japan and Spain are
materially injuring a U.S. industry,
unliquidated entries of such
merchandise from Japan and Spain,
entered or withdrawn from warehouse
for consumption, are subject to the
assessment of antidumping duties.
Therefore, in accordance with section
736(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce will
direct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further
instruction by Commerce, antidumping
duties equal to the amount by which the
normal value of the merchandise
exceeds the export price (or constructed
export price) of the merchandise, for all
relevant entries of methionine from
Japan and Spain. With the exception of
entries occurring after the expiration of
the provisional measures period and
before publication of the ITC’s final
affirmative injury determinations, as
further described below, antidumping
duties will be assessed on unliquidated
entries of methionine from Japan and
Spain entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption, on or after
March 4, 2021, the date of publication
of the Preliminary Determinations.4
2 See ITC Notification Letter, Investigation Nos.
731–TA–1535–1536 (Final) dated September 7,
2021 (ITC Notification Letter).
3 Id.
4 See Methionine from Japan: Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, Preliminary Affirmative Determination
of Critical Circumstances and Postponement of
Final Determination and Extension of Provisional
Measures, 86 FR 12625 (March 4, 2021), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum;
see also Methionine from Spain: Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, Preliminary Negative Determination of
Critical Circumstances, Postponement of Final
Determination, and Extension of Provisional
Measures, 86 FR 12614 (March 4, 2021) (Spain
Preliminary Determination), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (collectively,
Preliminary Determinations).
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Continuation of Suspension of
Liquidation
Except as noted in the ‘‘Provisional
Measures’’ section of this notice, in
accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of
the Act, Commerce intends to instruct
CBP to continue to suspend liquidation
on all relevant entries of methionine
from Japan and Spain. These
instructions suspending liquidation will
remain in effect until further notice.
Commerce will also instruct CBP to
require cash deposits equal to the
estimated weighted-average dumping
margins indicated in the tables below.
Accordingly, effective on the date of
publication in the Federal Register of
the notice of the ITC’s final affirmative
injury determinations, CBP will require,
at the same time as importers would
normally deposit estimated duties on
subject merchandise, a cash deposit
equal to the rates listed below. The
relevant all-others rate applies to all
producers or exporters not specifically
listed.
Critical Circumstances
With regard to the ITC’s negative
critical circumstances determination on
imports of methionine from Spain, we
will instruct CBP to lift suspension and
to refund any cash deposits made to
secure the payment of estimated
antidumping duties with respect to
entries of the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after December 4,
2020 (i.e., 90 days prior to the date of
the publication of the Spain Preliminary
Determination), but before March 4,
2021 (i.e., the date of publication of the
Spain Preliminary Determination).
Provisional Measures
Section 733(d) of the Act states that
suspension of liquidation pursuant to an
affirmative preliminary determination
may not remain in effect for more than
four months, except where exporters
representing a significant proportion of
exports of the subject merchandise
request that Commerce extend the fourmonth period to no more than six
months. At the request of exporters that
account for a significant proportion of
methionine from Japan and Spain,
Commerce extended the four-month
period to six months in each of these
investigations. Commerce published the
preliminary determinations in these
investigations on March 4, 2021.5
The extended provisional measures
period, beginning on the date of
publication of the Preliminary
Determinations, ended on August 31,
2021. Therefore, in accordance with
5 See
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Preliminary Determinations.
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section 733(d) of the Act, Commerce
intends to instruct CBP to terminate the
suspension of liquidation and to
liquidate, without regard to
antidumping duties, unliquidated
entries of methionine from Japan and
Spain entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption after
August 31, 2021, the final day on which
the provisional measures were in effect,
until and through the day preceding the
date of publication of the ITC’s final
affirmative injury determinations in the
Federal Register. Suspension of
liquidation and the collection of cash
deposits will resume on the date of
publication of the ITC’s final
determinations in the Federal Register.
Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping
Margins
The estimated weighted-average
dumping margins are as follows:
JAPAN
Exporter/producer
Estimated
weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Sumitomo Chemical Company,
Ltd ...........................................
All Others ....................................
76.50
76.50
SPAIN
Exporter/producer
Estimated
weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Adisseo Espan˜a S.A ...................
All Others ....................................
37.53
37.53
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the
antidumping duty orders with respect to
methionine from Japan and Spain
pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act.
Interested parties can find a list of
antidumping duty orders currently in
effect at https://enforcement.trade.gov/
stats/iastats1.html.
These antidumping duty orders are
published in accordance with section
736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: September 7, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix—Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these orders
is methionine and dl-Hydroxy analogue of dlmethionine, also known as 2-Hydroxy 4(Methylthio) Butanoic acid (HMTBa),
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regardless of purity, particle size, grade, or
physical form. Methionine has the chemical
formula C5H11NO2S, liquid HMTBa has the
chemical formula C5H10O3S, and dry HMTBa
has the chemical formula (C5H9O3S)2Ca.
Subject merchandise also includes
methionine processed in a third country
including, but not limited to, refining,
converting from liquid to dry or dry to liquid
form, or any other processing that would not
otherwise remove the merchandise from the
scope of these orders if performed in the
country of manufacture of the in-scope
methionine or dl-Hydroxy analogue of dlmethionine.
The scope also includes methionine that is
commingled (i.e., mixed or combined) with
methionine from sources not subject to these
orders. Only the subject component of such
commingled products is covered by the scope
of these orders.
Excluded from these orders is United
States Pharmacopoeia (USP) grade
methionine. In order to qualify for this
exclusion, USP grade methionine must meet
or exceed all of the chemical, purity,
performance, and labeling requirements of
the United States Pharmacopeia and the
National Formulary for USP grade
methionine.
Methionine is currently classified under
subheadings 2930.40.00.00 and
2930.90.46.00 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
Methionine has the Chemical Abstracts
Service (CAS) registry numbers 583–91–5,
4857–44–7, 59–51–8 and 922–50–9. While
the HTSUS subheadings and CAS registry
number are provided for convenience and
customs purposes, the written description of
the scope of these orders is dispositive.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–201–830]
Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire
Rod From Mexico: Amended Final
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, and Final
Determination of No Shipments; 2018–
2019
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) is amending the final
results of the administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on carbon
and certain alloy steel wire rod (wire
rod) from Mexico to correct a ministerial
error. The period of review (POR) is
October 1, 2018, through September 30,
2019.
DATES: Applicable September 14, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Benjamin A. Smith, AD/CVD
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Background
On August 16, 2021, Commerce
disclosed its calculations for the Final
Results 1 to interested parties.2 On
August 23, 2021, we received a
ministerial error allegation from Nucor
Corporation (Nucor), a domestic
interested party, regarding Commerce’s
home market program calculations.3 No
other party made an allegation of
ministerial errors or submitted a reply to
Nucor’s ministerial error allegation.
Legal Framework
Section 751(h) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), defines a
‘‘ministerial error’’ as including ‘‘errors
in addition, subtraction, or other
arithmetic function, clerical errors
resulting from inaccurate copying,
duplication, or the like, and any other
unintentional error which the
administering authority considers
ministerial.’’ With respect to final
results of administrative reviews, 19
CFR 351.224(e) provides that Commerce
‘‘will analyze any comments received
and, if appropriate, correct any
ministerial error by amending . . . the
final results of review . . . .’’
Ministerial Error
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AGENCY:
Operations, Office III, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–2181.
Commerce agrees with Nucor that
Commerce made an inadvertent,
unintentional error in the Final Results
within the meaning of section 751(h) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f) with
respect to treatment of reported late
payment fees in the margin calculation
for the sole mandatory respondent,
Deacero S.A.P.I de C.V. (Deacero).
Accordingly, Commerce determines
that, in accordance with section 751(h)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f), it
made a ministerial error in the Final
Results.
For a complete discussion of the
ministerial error allegation, as well as
Commerce’s analysis, see the
accompanying Ministerial Error
1 See Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod
from Mexico: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, and Final Determination of
No Shipments; 2018–2019, 86 FR 46179 (August 18,
2021) (Final Results).
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Final Calculation
Memorandum for Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V. and
Deacero USA, Inc.,’’ dated August 11, 2021.
3 See Nucor’s Letter, ‘‘Carbon and Certain Alloy
Steel Wire Rod from Mexico: Ministerial Error
Comments,’’ dated August 23, 2021.
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Memorandum.4 The Ministerial Error
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.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e),
Commerce is amending the Final
Results to reflect the correction of a
ministerial error in the calculation of
the weighted-average dumping margin
assigned to Deacero in the Final Results,
which changes from 9.82 percent to 9.84
percent. Furthermore, we are revising
the review-specific, weighted-average
dumping margin applicable to the
companies not selected for individual
examination in this administrative
review, Talleres y Aceros S.A. de C.V.
(Talleres y Aceros), and Ternium
Mexico S.A. de C.V. (Ternium), which
is based entirely on Deacero’s weightedaverage dumping margin.5
Amended Final Results
As a result of correcting the
ministerial error, Commerce determines
that the following weighted-average
dumping margins exist for the period
October 1, 2018, through September 30,
2019:
Producers/exporters
Deacero S.A.P.I de C.V .............
Talleres y Aceros S.A. de C.V ...
Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V ......
Weightedaverage
dumping
margins
(percent)
9.84
9.84
9.84
Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations
performed to parties in this proceeding
within five days after publication of
these amended final results in the
Federal Register, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1),
Commerce will determine, and CBP
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of subject
merchandise in accordance with the
amended final results of this review.
For Deacero, Commerce has
calculated importer-specific
antidumping duty assessment rates by
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Carbon and Certain Alloy
Steel Wire Rod from Mexico: Allegation of a
Ministerial Error in the Antidumping
Administrative Review; 2018–2019 Final Results,’’
dated concurrently with this memorandum
(Ministerial Error Memorandum).
5 See Final Results, 86 FR at 46180.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-588-879, A-469-822]
Methionine From Japan and Spain: Antidumping Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC),
Commerce is issuing antidumping duty orders on methionine from Japan
and Spain.
DATES: Applicable September 14, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Scully at (202) 482-0572
(Japan) or Elizabeth Bremer at (202) 482-4987 (Spain); AD/CVD
Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), on July 23, 2021, Commerce published its
affirmative final determinations in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigations of methionine from Japan and Spain.\1\ On September 7,
2021, the ITC notified Commerce of its final determinations, pursuant
to section 735(d) of the Act, that an industry in the United States is
materially injured within the meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the
Act by reason of LTFV imports of methionine from Japan and Spain, and
its negative critical circumstances finding with
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respect to dumped imports of methionine from Spain.\2\
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\1\ See Methionine from Japan: Final Affirmative Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Negative Determination of
Critical Circumstances, 86 FR 38983 (July 23, 2021) and accompanying
Issues and Decision Memorandum; see also Methionine from Spain:
Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, 86 FR
38985 (July 23, 2021), and accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum (collectively, Final Determinations).
\2\ See ITC Notification Letter, Investigation Nos. 731-TA-1535-
1536 (Final) dated September 7, 2021 (ITC Notification Letter).
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Scope of the Orders
The products covered by these orders are methionine from Japan and
Spain. For a complete description of the scope of these orders, see the
appendix to this notice.
Antidumping Duty Orders
On September 7, 2021, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act,
the ITC notified Commerce of its final determinations in these
investigations, in which it found that an industry in the United States
is materially injured by reason of imports of methionine from Japan and
Spain.\3\ Therefore, in accordance with section 735(c)(2) of the Act,
Commerce is issuing these antidumping duty orders. Because the ITC
determined that imports of methionine from Japan and Spain are
materially injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of such
merchandise from Japan and Spain, entered or withdrawn from warehouse
for consumption, are subject to the assessment of antidumping duties.
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Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act,
Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties equal
to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the
export price (or constructed export price) of the merchandise, for all
relevant entries of methionine from Japan and Spain. With the exception
of entries occurring after the expiration of the provisional measures
period and before publication of the ITC's final affirmative injury
determinations, as further described below, antidumping duties will be
assessed on unliquidated entries of methionine from Japan and Spain
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, on or after
March 4, 2021, the date of publication of the Preliminary
Determinations.\4\
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\4\ See Methionine from Japan: Preliminary Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances and Postponement
of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional Measures, 86 FR
12625 (March 4, 2021), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum; see also Methionine from Spain: Preliminary Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary Negative
Determination of Critical Circumstances, Postponement of Final
Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures, 86 FR 12614
(March 4, 2021) (Spain Preliminary Determination), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (collectively, Preliminary
Determinations).
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation
Except as noted in the ``Provisional Measures'' section of this
notice, in accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce
intends to instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation on all
relevant entries of methionine from Japan and Spain. These instructions
suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further notice.
Commerce will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to
the estimated weighted-average dumping margins indicated in the tables
below. Accordingly, effective on the date of publication in the Federal
Register of the notice of the ITC's final affirmative injury
determinations, CBP will require, at the same time as importers would
normally deposit estimated duties on subject merchandise, a cash
deposit equal to the rates listed below. The relevant all-others rate
applies to all producers or exporters not specifically listed.
Critical Circumstances
With regard to the ITC's negative critical circumstances
determination on imports of methionine from Spain, we will instruct CBP
to lift suspension and to refund any cash deposits made to secure the
payment of estimated antidumping duties with respect to entries of the
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after December 4, 2020 (i.e., 90 days prior to the
date of the publication of the Spain Preliminary Determination), but
before March 4, 2021 (i.e., the date of publication of the Spain
Preliminary Determination).
Provisional Measures
Section 733(d) of the Act states that suspension of liquidation
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in
effect for more than four months, except where exporters representing a
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request
that Commerce extend the four-month period to no more than six months.
At the request of exporters that account for a significant proportion
of methionine from Japan and Spain, Commerce extended the four-month
period to six months in each of these investigations. Commerce
published the preliminary determinations in these investigations on
March 4, 2021.\5\
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The extended provisional measures period, beginning on the date of
publication of the Preliminary Determinations, ended on August 31,
2021. Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act, Commerce
intends to instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and
to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, unliquidated
entries of methionine from Japan and Spain entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption after August 31, 2021, the final day on
which the provisional measures were in effect, until and through the
day preceding the date of publication of the ITC's final affirmative
injury determinations in the Federal Register. Suspension of
liquidation and the collection of cash deposits will resume on the date
of publication of the ITC's final determinations in the Federal
Register.
Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins
The estimated weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:
Japan
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Estimated
weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd.............................. 76.50
All Others.................................................. 76.50
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Spain
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Estimated
weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Adisseo Espa[ntilde]a S.A................................... 37.53
All Others.................................................. 37.53
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the antidumping duty orders with respect to
methionine from Japan and Spain pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act.
Interested parties can find a list of antidumping duty orders currently
in effect at https://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
These antidumping duty orders are published in accordance with
section 736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: September 7, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these orders is methionine and dl-
Hydroxy analogue of dl-methionine, also known as 2-Hydroxy 4-
(Methylthio) Butanoic acid (HMTBa),
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regardless of purity, particle size, grade, or physical form.
Methionine has the chemical formula
C5H11NO2S, liquid HMTBa has the
chemical formula C5H10O3S, and dry
HMTBa has the chemical formula
(C5H9O3S)2Ca.
Subject merchandise also includes methionine processed in a
third country including, but not limited to, refining, converting
from liquid to dry or dry to liquid form, or any other processing
that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of
these orders if performed in the country of manufacture of the in-
scope methionine or dl-Hydroxy analogue of dl-methionine.
The scope also includes methionine that is commingled (i.e.,
mixed or combined) with methionine from sources not subject to these
orders. Only the subject component of such commingled products is
covered by the scope of these orders.
Excluded from these orders is United States Pharmacopoeia (USP)
grade methionine. In order to qualify for this exclusion, USP grade
methionine must meet or exceed all of the chemical, purity,
performance, and labeling requirements of the United States
Pharmacopeia and the National Formulary for USP grade methionine.
Methionine is currently classified under subheadings
2930.40.00.00 and 2930.90.46.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTSUS). Methionine has the Chemical Abstracts
Service (CAS) registry numbers 583-91-5, 4857-44-7, 59-51-8 and 922-
50-9. While the HTSUS subheadings and CAS registry number are
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written
description of the scope of these orders is dispositive.
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