Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From Thailand: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023, 94706-94707 [2024-28023]
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publication of this rescission notice in
the Federal Register.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Order
This notice serves as a final reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the return or
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues
to govern business proprietary
information in this segment of the
proceeding. Timely written notification
of the return or destruction of the APO
materials, or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested.
Failure to comply with regulations and
terms of an APO is a violation, which
is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(l) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: November 22, 2024.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–549–833]
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts
From Thailand: Final 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) determines that
certain producers/exporters subject to
this administrative review did not make
sales of subject merchandise at less than
normal value (NV) during the July 1,
2022, through June 30, 2023, period of
review (POR).
DATES: Applicable November 29, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joy
Zhang or Anjali Mehindiratta, 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) 482–1168 or (202) 482–9127,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
On August 1, 2024, Commerce
published the preliminary results of the
2022–2023 administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on citric acid
and certain citrate salts (citric acid) from
Thailand 1 in the Federal Register and
invited interested parties to comment.2
We received no comments from
interested parties on the Preliminary
Results, and we have made no changes
to the Preliminary Results. Accordingly,
no decision memorandum accompanies
this Federal Register notice. The
Preliminary Results are hereby adopted
in these final results. Commerce
conducted this administrative review in
accordance with section 751(a) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order
The products covered by this Order
include 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.
Rate for Non-Selected Company
The Act and Commerce’s regulations
do not directly address the
establishment of a rate to be applied to
individual companies not selected for
examination when Commerce limits its
examination in an administrative review
pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the
Act. Generally, Commerce looks to
section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which
provides instructions for calculating the
all-others rate in a market economy
investigation, for guidance when
calculating the rate for companies
which were not selected for individual
review in an administrative review.
Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act,
the all-others rate is normally ‘‘an
amount equal to the weighted average of
the estimated weighted-average
dumping margins established for
exporters and producers individually
investigated, excluding any zero or de
minimis margins, and any margins
determined entirely {on the basis of
facts available}.’’
In this administrative review, we
calculated dumping margins of zero
percent for both mandatory
respondents: COFCO Biochemical
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 Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from
Thailand: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2022–2023, 89 FR 62718
(August 1, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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(Thailand) Co., Ltd. (COFCO) and
Sunshine Biotech International Co., Ltd.
(Sunshine). Thus, in accordance with
the expected method, and consistent
with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit’s decision in
Albemarle,3 we assign to Xitrical Group
Co. LTD., the sole non-selected
company under review, a zero percent
rate, based on the rates calculated for
the two mandatory respondents.
Final Results of Review
We determine that the following
weighted-average dumping margins
exist for the period July 1, 2022, through
June 30, 2023:
Producer/exporter
COFCO Biochemical (Thailand)
Co., Ltd ...................................
Sunshine Biotech International
Co., Ltd ...................................
Xitrical Group Co. LTD ...............
WeightedAverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
0.00
0.00
0.00
Disclosure
Normally, Commerce discloses to
interested parties the calculations of the
final results of an administrative review
within five days of a 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, because we have made no
changes to the Preliminary Results,
there are no calculations to disclose.
Assessment Rates
Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 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 of subject
merchandise covered this review.
Because the respondents’ weightedaverage dumping margins or importerspecific assessment rates are zero or de
minimis in the final results of review,
we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate
entries without regard to antidumping
duties.4 The final results of this
3 See Albemarle Corp. v. United States, 821 F.3d
1345, 1352 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (Albemarle) (holding
that Commerce may only use ‘‘other reasonable
methods’’ if it reasonably concludes that the
expected method is ‘‘not feasible’’ or ‘‘would not be
reasonably reflective of potential dumping
margins’’).
4 See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of
the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102–
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administrative review shall be the basis
for the assessment of antidumping
duties on entries of merchandise
covered by the final results of this
review and for future deposits of
estimated duties, where applicable.5
In accordance with Commerce’s
‘‘automatic assessment’’ practice, for
entries of subject merchandise during
the POR produced by each respondent
which did not know that its
merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate entries not reviewed at the allothers rate established in the original
less-than-fair value (LTFV) investigation
(i.e., 11.25 percent) 6 if there is no rate
for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction.
Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP no
earlier than 35 days after the date of
publication of these 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 in the Federal Register of
the notice of final results of
administrative review for all shipments
of citric acid from Thailand entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of
publication as provided for by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash
deposit rate for the companies listed
above will be equal to the weightedaverage dumping margin established in
the final results of this administrative
review (i.e., 0.00 percent); (2) for
merchandise exported by a company not
covered in this review but covered in a
prior completed segment of the
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific rate
published in the completed segment for
the most recent period; (3) if the
exporter is not a firm covered in this
review or another completed segment of
this proceeding, but the producer is,
then the cash deposit rate will be the
company-specific rate established for
the completed segment for the most
recent period for the producer of the
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit
rate for all other producers or exporters
03 (February 14, 2012); see also 19 CFR
351.106(c)(2).
5 See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
6 See Order, 83 FR at 35215.
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will continue to be 11.25 percent, the
all-others rate established in the lessthan-fair-value investigation.7 These
cash deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final reminder
to importers of their responsibility
under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a
certificate regarding the reimbursement
of antidumping duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries
during the POR. 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 final
reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
return or destruction of proprietary
information disclosed under APO in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3).
Timely written notification of the return
or destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is
hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the regulations and terms of an
APO is a violation subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing
the final results of this review in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(5).
Dated: November 22, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
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that revocation of the antidumping duty
(AD) and countervailing duty (CVD)
orders on laminated woven sacks from
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
(Vietnam) would likely lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping
and net countervailable subsidies, and
material injury to an industry in the
United States, Commerce is publishing
this notice of continuation of these AD
and CVD orders.
DATES: Applicable November 15, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Luke Caruso or Thomas Martin, 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) 482–2081 or (202) 482–3936,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 4, 2019, Commerce published
in the Federal Register the AD and CVD
orders on laminated woven sacks from
Vietnam.1 On May 1, 2024, the ITC
instituted,2 and Commerce initiated,3
the first sunset reviews of the Orders
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). As
a result of its reviews, Commerce
determined that revocation of the
Orders would likely lead to the
continuation or recurrence of dumping
and countervailable subsidies, and
therefore, notified the ITC of the
magnitude of the margins of dumping
and subsidy rates likely to prevail
should the Orders be revoked.4
On November 15, 2024, the ITC
published its determination, pursuant to
section 751(c) of the Act, that revocation
of the Orders would likely lead to
continuation or recurrence of material
injury to an industry in the United
States within a reasonably foreseeable
time.5
Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these
orders is laminated woven sacks.
[A–552–823, C–552–824]
Laminated Woven Sacks From the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam:
Continuation of Antidumping Duty and
Countervailing Duty Orders
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of the
determinations by the U.S. Department
of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S.
International Trade Commission (ITC)
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1 See Laminated Woven Sacks from the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty and
Countervailing Duty Orders, 84 FR 25753 (June 4,
2019) (collectively, Orders).
2 See Laminated Woven Sacks from Vietnam;
Institution of Five-Year Reviews, 89 FR 35241 (May
1, 2024).
3 Id., 89 FR 35073 (May 1, 2024).
4 See Laminated Woven Sacks from the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam: Final Results of Expedited
First Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order,
89 FR 73627 (September 11, 2024); see also
Laminated Woven Sacks from the Socialist Republic
of Vietnam: Final Results of the Expedited First
Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order, 89
FR 73633 (September 11, 2024).
5 See Laminated Woven Sacks From Vietnam, 89
FR 91784 (November 20, 2024).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-549-833]
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From Thailand: Final
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) determines that
certain producers/exporters subject to this administrative review did
not make sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV)
during the July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, period of review (POR).
DATES: Applicable November 29, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joy Zhang or Anjali Mehindiratta, 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) 482-1168 or (202)
482-9127, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 1, 2024, Commerce published the preliminary results of
the 2022-2023 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on
citric acid and certain citrate salts (citric acid) from Thailand \1\
in the Federal Register and invited interested parties to comment.\2\
We received no comments from interested parties on the Preliminary
Results, and we have made no changes to the Preliminary Results.
Accordingly, no decision memorandum accompanies this Federal Register
notice. The Preliminary Results are hereby adopted in these final
results. Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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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 Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Thailand:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-
2023, 89 FR 62718 (August 1, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by this Order include 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.
Rate for Non-Selected Company
The Act and Commerce's regulations do not directly address the
establishment of a rate to be applied to individual companies not
selected for examination when Commerce limits its examination in an
administrative review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act.
Generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which
provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in a market
economy investigation, for guidance when calculating the rate for
companies which were not selected for individual review in an
administrative review. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-
others rate is normally ``an amount equal to the weighted average of
the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for
exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding any zero
or de minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely {on the
basis of facts available{time} .''
In this administrative review, we calculated dumping margins of
zero percent for both mandatory respondents: COFCO Biochemical
(Thailand) Co., Ltd. (COFCO) and Sunshine Biotech International Co.,
Ltd. (Sunshine). Thus, in accordance with the expected method, and
consistent with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's
decision in Albemarle,\3\ we assign to Xitrical Group Co. LTD., the
sole non-selected company under review, a zero percent rate, based on
the rates calculated for the two mandatory respondents.
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\3\ See Albemarle Corp. v. United States, 821 F.3d 1345, 1352
(Fed. Cir. 2016) (Albemarle) (holding that Commerce may only use
``other reasonable methods'' if it reasonably concludes that the
expected method is ``not feasible'' or ``would not be reasonably
reflective of potential dumping margins'').
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Final Results of Review
We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margins
exist for the period July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023:
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Weighted-
Average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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COFCO Biochemical (Thailand) Co., Ltd....................... 0.00
Sunshine Biotech International Co., Ltd..................... 0.00
Xitrical Group Co. LTD...................................... 0.00
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Disclosure
Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations
of the final results of an administrative review within five days of a
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,
because we have made no changes to the Preliminary Results, there are
no calculations to disclose.
Assessment Rates
Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b), 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 of subject
merchandise covered this review. Because the respondents' weighted-
average dumping margins or importer-specific assessment rates are zero
or de minimis in the final results of review, we intend to instruct CBP
to liquidate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\4\ The final
results of this
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administrative review shall be the basis for the assessment of
antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by the final
results of this review and for future deposits of estimated duties,
where applicable.\5\
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\4\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102-03 (February 14,
2012); see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
\5\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by each
respondent which did not know that its merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate entries not reviewed
at the all-others rate established in the original less-than-fair value
(LTFV) investigation (i.e., 11.25 percent) \6\ if there is no rate for
the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.
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\6\ See Order, 83 FR at 35215.
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Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of these 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 in the Federal Register of the notice of final results of
administrative review for all shipments of citric acid from Thailand
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
date of publication as provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act:
(1) the cash deposit rate for the companies listed above will be equal
to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results
of this administrative review (i.e., 0.00 percent); (2) for merchandise
exported by a company not covered in this review but covered in a prior
completed segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific rate published in the completed
segment for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm
covered in this review or another completed segment of this proceeding,
but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the company-
specific rate established for the completed segment for the most recent
period for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit
rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 11.25
percent, the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value
investigation.\7\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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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 the POR. 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 final reminder to parties subject to
an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation subject
to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing the final results of this review
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: November 22, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-28023 Filed 11-27-24; 8:45 am]
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