Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From Belgium: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023, 22674-22675 [2024-06948]
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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 64 / Tuesday, April 2, 2024 / Notices
Dated: March 27, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Rescission of Review, In Part
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–423–813]
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts
From Belgium: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2022–2023
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that Citribel nv. (Citribel)
did not sell subject merchandise in the
United States at prices below normal
value during the July 1, 2022, through
June 30, 2023, period of review (POR).
We invite interested parties to comment
on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable April 2, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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) 482–4521.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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AGENCY:
supplemental questionnaires. For
further details, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.3
Scope of the Order
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. For a full description of the scope
of the Order, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a) of the
Act. Export price has been calculated in
accordance with section 772(a) of the
Act, and normal value was calculated in
accordance with section 773 of the Act.
For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. A list of the
topics discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is attached as an
appendix to this notice. 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. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://access.trade.gov/public/
FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Preliminary Results of the Review
Commerce preliminarily determines
that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margin exists for the
period July 1, 2022, through June 30,
2023:
Exporter/producer
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Citribel nv ....................................
0.00
Background
On July 25, 2018, Commerce
published the antidumping duty (AD)
order on citric acid and certain citrate
salts (citric acid) from Belgium in the
Federal Register.1 On September 11,
2023, pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), Commerce initiated an AD
administrative review of the Order.2
During the course of this administrative
review, Citribel responded to
Commerce’s questionnaire and
Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce intends to disclose its
calculations and analysis performed to
interested parties for these preliminary
results within five days of any public
announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the
1 See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from
Belgium, Colombia and Thailand: Antidumping
Duty Orders, 83 FR 35214 (July 25, 2018) (Order).
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR
62332 (September 11, 2023) (Initiation Notice).
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review: Citric Acid and Certain
Citrate Salts from Belgium; 2022–2023,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register in accordance with 19
CFR 351.224(b).
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c),
interested parties may submit case briefs
to Commerce no 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 not later
than five days after the date for filing
case briefs.4 Interested parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in
this proceeding must submit: (1) a table
of contents listing each issue; and (2) a
table of authorities.5
As provided under 19 CFR
351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged
interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their brief that
should be limited to five pages total,
including footnotes. In this review, we
instead request that interested parties
provide at the beginning of their briefs
a public, executive summary for each
issue raised in their briefs.6 Further, we
request that interested parties limit their
executive summary of each issue to no
more than 450 words, not including
citations. We intend to use the executive
summaries as the basis of the comment
summaries included in the issues and
decision memorandum that will
accompany the final results in this
administrative review. We request that
interested parties include footnotes for
relevant citations in the executive
summary of each issue. Note that
Commerce has amended certain of its
requirements pertaining to the service of
documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).7
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing must submit a written request to
the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS. 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. Issues raised in the hearing
will be limited to those raised in the
respective case briefs. An electronically
filed hearing request must be received
successfully in its entirety by
Commerce’s electronic records system,
ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within
30 days after the date of publication of
4 See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative
Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,
88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and
Service Final Rule).
5 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
6 We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an
argument that Commerce would normally address
in a comment of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
7 See APO and Service Final Rule.
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this notice. Commerce intends to issue
the final results of this administrative
review, including the results of our
analysis of the issues raised in any the
written briefs, no later than 120 days
after the date of publication of this
notice, unless otherwise extended.8
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the
administrative review, Commerce shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries. If the weighted-average
dumping margin for Citribel (i.e., the
sole individually-examined respondent
in this review) is not zero or de minimis
(i.e., greater than or equal to 0.5 percent)
in the final results of this review, we
will calculate importer-specific ad
valorem assessment rates for the
merchandise based on the ratio of the
total amount of dumping calculated for
the examined sales made during the
POR to each importer and the total
entered value of those same sales, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
Where an importer-specific ad valorem
assessment rate is zero or de minimis in
the final results of the review, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate
entries without regard to antidumping
duties.9 If Citribel’s weighted-average
dumping margin is zero or de minimis
in the final results of the review, we will
instruct CBP not to assess duties on any
of its entries in accordance with the
Final Modification for Reviews, i.e.,
‘‘{w}here the weighted-average margin
of dumping for the exporter is
determined to be zero or de minimis, no
antidumping duties will be assessed.’’ 10
For entries of subject merchandise
during the POR produced by Citribel for
which the producer did not know 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 (or companies)
involved in the transaction.11
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.
8 See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(h).
9 See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
10 See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of
the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102
(February 14, 2012) (Final Modification for
Reviews).
11 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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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
statutory injunction has expired (i.e.,
within 90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
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
Commerce’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of double antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
preliminary results in accordance with
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sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act,
and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Dated: March 27, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this
administrative review for all shipments
of the subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication
date of the final results of this
administrative review, as provided by
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the
cash deposit rate for Citribel will be
equal to the weighted-average dumping
margin established in the final results of
this administrative review, except if the
rate is less than 0.50 percent, and
therefore de minimis within the
meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in
which case the cash deposit rate will be
zero; (2) for previously reviewed or
investigated companies not listed above,
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 company
participated; (3) if the exporter is not a
firm covered in this review, a prior
review, or in the investigation but the
producer is, 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 rate for all other
producers or exporters will continue to
be the all-others rate of 19.30 percent,
the rate established in the less-than-fairvalue investigation of this proceeding.12
These cash deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
12 See
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List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-423-813]
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From Belgium: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that Citribel nv. (Citribel) did not sell subject
merchandise in the United States at prices below normal value during
the July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, period of review (POR). We
invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable April 2, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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) 482-4521.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 25, 2018, Commerce published the antidumping duty (AD)
order on citric acid and certain citrate salts (citric acid) from
Belgium in the Federal Register.\1\ On September 11, 2023, pursuant to
section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
Commerce initiated an AD administrative review of the Order.\2\ During
the course of this administrative review, Citribel responded to
Commerce's questionnaire and supplemental questionnaires. For further
details, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\3\
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\1\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Belgium,
Colombia and Thailand: Antidumping Duty Orders, 83 FR 35214 (July
25, 2018) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 62332 (September 11, 2023) (Initiation
Notice).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Citric Acid
and Certain Citrate Salts from Belgium; 2022-2023,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
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. For a full description of the scope of the Order, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a) of the Act. Export price has been calculated in accordance with
section 772(a) of the Act, and normal value was calculated in
accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the
methodology underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum. A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is attached as an appendix to this notice. 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. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Preliminary Results of the Review
Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period July 1, 2022,
through June 30, 2023:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Citribel nv................................................ 0.00
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties for these preliminary results within
five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case
briefs to Commerce no 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 not later than five days after the date for filing
case briefs.\4\ Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal
briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing
each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\5\
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\4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
\5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages
total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public,
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\6\ Further, we
request that interested parties limit their executive summary of each
issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We intend to
use the executive summaries as the basis of the comment summaries
included in the issues and decision memorandum that will accompany the
final results in this administrative review. We request that interested
parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the executive
summary of each issue. Note that Commerce has amended certain of its
requirements pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR
351.303(f).\7\
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\6\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\7\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS. 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. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to
those raised in the respective case briefs. An electronically filed
hearing request must be received successfully in its entirety by
Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time
within 30 days after the date of publication of
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this notice. Commerce intends to issue the final results of this
administrative review, including the results of our analysis of the
issues raised in any the written briefs, no later than 120 days after
the date of publication of this notice, unless otherwise extended.\8\
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\8\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the administrative review, Commerce shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. If the weighted-average
dumping margin for Citribel (i.e., the sole individually-examined
respondent in this review) is not zero or de minimis (i.e., greater
than or equal to 0.5 percent) in the final results of this review, we
will calculate importer-specific ad valorem assessment rates for the
merchandise based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the examined sales made during the POR to each importer
and the total entered value of those same sales, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where an importer-specific ad valorem assessment
rate is zero or de minimis in the final results of the review, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.\9\ If Citribel's weighted-average dumping margin is
zero or de minimis in the final results of the review, we will instruct
CBP not to assess duties on any of its entries in accordance with the
Final Modification for Reviews, i.e., ``{w{time} here the weighted-
average margin of dumping for the exporter is determined to be zero or
de minimis, no antidumping duties will be assessed.'' \10\
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
\10\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14,
2012) (Final Modification for Reviews).
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For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by
Citribel for which the producer did not know its merchandise was
destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate
unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company (or companies) involved in the transaction.\11\
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\11\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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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 statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within
90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for Citribel will be
equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final
results of this administrative review, except if the rate is less than
0.50 percent, and therefore de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR
351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2)
for previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, 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 company participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm
covered in this review, a prior review, or in the investigation but the
producer is, 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 rate for all other producers
or exporters will continue to be the all-others rate of 19.30 percent,
the rate established in the less-than-fair-value investigation of this
proceeding.\12\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\12\ See Order, 83 FR at 35215.
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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 Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(1).
Dated: March 27, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
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