Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From Belgium: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 68681-68682 [2022-24914]
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and terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i) of the Act.
Dated: November 8, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–423–813]
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts
From Belgium: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2020–2021
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) determines that
Citribel nv (Citribel), formerly S.A.
Citrique Belge N.V. (Citrique Belge), a
producer/exporter of citric acid and
certain citrate salts (citric acid) from
Belgium, did not sell subject
merchandise at prices below normal
value during the period of review (POR),
July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021.
DATES: Applicable November 16, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Lindgren or Deborah Cohen, AD/
CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–1671 or 202–482–4521,
respectively.
AGENCY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
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On July 29, 2022, Commerce
published the Preliminary Results of the
2020–2021 administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on citric acid
from Belgium.1 This review covers one
producer/exporter of the subject
merchandise, Citribel (formerly Citrique
Belge).2 We invited parties to comment
1 See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from
Belgium: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2020–2021, 87 FR 45751
(July 29, 2022) (Preliminary Results).
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 86 FR
50034 (September 7, 2021) (Initiation Notice). The
Initiation Notice included the company name ‘‘S.A.
Citrique Belge N.V.’’ (Citrique Belge). Subsequently,
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on the Preliminary Results. No party
submitted comments. Accordingly, the
final results remain unchanged from the
Preliminary Results.
Scope of the Order 3
The merchandise covered by this
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 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 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.
The scope 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.
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, if included in
a mixture or blend, 3824.99.9295 of the
HTSUS. Blends that include citric acid,
sodium citrate, and potassium citrate
we determined that Citribel is the successor-ininterest to Citrique Belge. See Citric Acid and
Certain Citrate Salts from Belgium: Notice of
Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Changed Circumstance Review, 87 FR 35738
(June 13, 2022), and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum, unchanged in Citric Acid
and Certain Citrate Salts from Belgium: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Changed
Circumstances Review, 87 FR 45750 (July 29, 2022)
(Citric Acid Belgium CCR).
3 See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from
Belgium, Colombia and Thailand: Antidumping
Duty Orders, 83 FR 35214 (July 25, 2018) (Order).
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are classifiable under 3824.99.9295 of
the HTSUS. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the merchandise
is dispositive.
Final Results of Review
As a result of this administrative
review, Commerce determines that the
following dumping margin exists for the
POR:
Producer/exporter
Citribel nv (formerly S.A. Citrique
Belge) ......................................
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
0.00
Disclosure
Normally, Commerce will disclose to
the parties in a proceeding the
calculations performed in connection
with a final results of review within five
days of any public announcement or, if
there is no public announcement,
within five days of the date of
publication of the notice of final results
in the Federal Register, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However,
Commerce made no adjustments to the
margin calculation methodology used in
the Preliminary Results; therefore, there
are no calculations to disclose for the
final results.
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
and 19 CFR 351.212(b), Commerce has
determined, 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. Because the rate assigned to
Citribel (formerly Citrique Belge) is zero,
Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate
the appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.4
Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP no
earlier than 35 days after the date of
publication of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register. If a
timely summons is filed at the U.S.
Court of International Trade, the
assessment instructions will direct CBP
not to liquidate relevant entries until the
time for parties to file a request for a
4 As explained above, we determined that Citribel
is the successor-in-interest to Citrique Belge. See
Citric Acid Belgium CCR. Accordingly, we intend to
issue assessment instructions covering entries
produced and exported by Citrique Belge during the
POR at the rate established in these final results.
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statutory injunction has expired (i.e.,
within 90 days of publication).
regulations and terms of an APO is a
sanctionable violation.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements
will be effective upon publication of the
notice of these final results for all
shipments of citric acid from Belgium
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication provided by section
751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit
rate for Citribel will be zero; (2) for
merchandise exported by producers or
exporters not covered in this review but
covered in a completed prior segment of
the proceeding, the cash deposit rate
will continue to be the companyspecific rate published for the most
recently completed segment of this
proceeding in which the producer and/
or exporter participated; (3) if the
exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, a prior review, or the original
less-than-fair-value investigation but the
producer is, then the cash deposit rate
will be the rate established for the most
recently completed segment of the
proceeding for the producer of the
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit
rate for all other producers or exporters
will continue to be 19.30 percent, the
all-others rate established in the lessthan-fair-value investigation.5 These
cash deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Notification to Interested Parties
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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 review period. Failure to
comply with this requirement could
result in Commerce’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of double antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to an administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the return or
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under the 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
5 See
Order.
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We are issuing and publishing this
notice in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: November 8, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Shelley Spedden, (302) 526–5251 at
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: November 9, 2022.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY:
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s Atlantic
Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Committee
will hold a public meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Friday, December 2, 2022, from 10 a.m.
to 12 p.m. For agenda details, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via webinar. Connection information
will be posted to the Council’s calendar
prior to the meeting at www.mafmc.org.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331;
www.mafmc.org.
SUMMARY:
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, telephone: (302)
526–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MidAtlantic Fishery Management Council’s
Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog
Committee will meet Friday, December
2, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The
purpose of this meeting is to review
public comment received on the draft
Amendment to address species
separation requirements in the Atlantic
surfclam and ocean quahog fisheries.
The Committee may also develop
recommendations to the Council, to be
presented to the full Council later in
December.
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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its
Groundfish Committee via webinar to
consider actions affecting New England
fisheries in the exclusive economic zone
(EEZ). Recommendations from this
group will be brought to the full Council
for formal consideration and action, if
appropriate.
This webinar will be held on
Friday, December 2, 2022, at 9:30 a.m.
Webinar registration URL information:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/
register/7021382725170021643.
ADDRESSES: Council address: New
England Fishery Management Council,
50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport,
MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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The Committee will receive
recommendations from the Groundfish
Advisory Panel, Recreational Advisory
Panel, and Groundfish Plan
Development Team, They will discuss
draft alternatives and draft impacts
analysis in Framework Adjustment 65/
Specifications & Management Measures,
and make preferred recommendations to
the Council for final action to include:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-423-813]
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From Belgium: Final Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
Citribel nv (Citribel), formerly S.A. Citrique Belge N.V. (Citrique
Belge), a producer/exporter of citric acid and certain citrate salts
(citric acid) from Belgium, did not sell subject merchandise at prices
below normal value during the period of review (POR), July 1, 2020,
through June 30, 2021.
DATES: Applicable November 16, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Lindgren or Deborah Cohen, AD/
CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1671 or 202-482-
4521, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 29, 2022, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of the
2020-2021 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on citric
acid from Belgium.\1\ This review covers one producer/exporter of the
subject merchandise, Citribel (formerly Citrique Belge).\2\ We invited
parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. No party submitted
comments. Accordingly, the final results remain unchanged from the
Preliminary Results.
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\1\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Belgium:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-
2021, 87 FR 45751 (July 29, 2022) (Preliminary Results).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 50034 (September 7, 2021) (Initiation
Notice). The Initiation Notice included the company name ``S.A.
Citrique Belge N.V.'' (Citrique Belge). Subsequently, we determined
that Citribel is the successor-in-interest to Citrique Belge. See
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Belgium: Notice of
Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed
Circumstance Review, 87 FR 35738 (June 13, 2022), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum, unchanged in Citric Acid and
Certain Citrate Salts from Belgium: Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 87 FR 45750 (July 29, 2022)
(Citric Acid Belgium CCR).
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Scope of the Order 3
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\3\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Belgium,
Colombia and Thailand: Antidumping Duty Orders, 83 FR 35214 (July
25, 2018) (Order).
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The merchandise covered by this 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 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 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.
The scope 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.
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, if included in a mixture or blend,
3824.99.9295 of the HTSUS. Blends that include citric acid, sodium
citrate, and potassium citrate are classifiable under 3824.99.9295 of
the HTSUS. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience
and customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise is
dispositive.
Final Results of Review
As a result of this administrative review, Commerce determines that
the following dumping margin exists for the POR:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Citribel nv (formerly S.A. Citrique Belge)................. 0.00
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Disclosure
Normally, Commerce will disclose to the parties in a proceeding the
calculations performed in connection with a final results of review
within five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of the notice
of final results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b). However, Commerce made no adjustments to the margin
calculation methodology used in the Preliminary Results; therefore,
there are no calculations to disclose for the final results.
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.212(b), Commerce has determined, 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. Because the rate assigned to
Citribel (formerly Citrique Belge) is zero, Commerce will instruct CBP
to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping
duties.\4\
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\4\ As explained above, we determined that Citribel is the
successor-in-interest to Citrique Belge. See Citric Acid Belgium
CCR. Accordingly, we intend to issue assessment instructions
covering entries produced and exported by Citrique Belge during the
POR at the rate established in these final results.
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Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the
U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties
to file a request for a
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statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of these final results for all shipments of
citric acid from Belgium entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of publication provided by section
751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for Citribel will be
zero; (2) for merchandise exported by producers or exporters not
covered in this review but covered in a completed prior segment of the
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recently completed segment of this
proceeding in which the producer and/or exporter participated; (3) if
the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or
the original less-than-fair-value investigation but the producer is,
then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most
recently completed segment of the proceeding for the producer of the
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or
exporters will continue to be 19.30 percent, the all-others rate
established in the less-than-fair-value investigation.\5\ These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\5\ See Order.
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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 review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under the 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 sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: November 8, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-24914 Filed 11-15-22; 8:45 am]
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