Melamine From the Netherlands: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 97590-97592 [2024-28795]
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Exporter/producer
Weightaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Shanti Worldwide ........................
18.80
Disclosure
Because Commerce received no
comments on the Preliminary Results,
we have not modified our analysis.
Consequently, there are no calculations
to disclose in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b) for these final results.
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1),
Commerce will determine, 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. If the
weighted-average dumping margin is
not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than
0.50 percent), upon completion of the
final results, Commerce intends to
calculate importer-specific assessment
rates on the basis of the ratio of the total
amount of dumping calculated for each
importer’s examined sales to the total
entered value of those sales. Where we
do not have entered values for all U.S.
sales to a particular importer, we will
calculate an importer-specific, per-unit
assessment rate on the basis of the ratio
of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the importer’s examined
sales to the total quantity of those sales.6
To determine whether an importerspecific, per-unit assessment rate is de
minimis, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.106(c)(2), we also will calculate an
importer-specific ad valorem ratio based
on estimated entered values. Where the
weighted-average dumping margin is
zero or de minimis, or an importerspecific ad valorem assessment rate is
zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP
to liquidate appropriate entries without
regard to antidumping duties.7
For entries of subject merchandise
during the POR produced by Shanti for
which it did not know that the
merchandise it sold to the intermediary
(e.g., reseller, trading company, or
exporter) was destined for the United
States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate
such entries at the all-others rate if there
is no rate for the intermediate
19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
7 See 19 CFR 352.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping
Proceeding: Calculation of the Weighted-Average
Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain
Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77
FR 8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
company(ies) involved in the
transaction.8
For the company for which we are
rescinding this review, we will instruct
CBP to assess antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries at a rate equal to the
cash deposit of estimated antidumping
duties required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i).
Commerce intends to issue these
rescission instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the publication of this
notice in the Federal Register.
Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP no
earlier than 35 days after the date of
publication of these final results 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 for all
shipments of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication of the final results of this
administrative review, as provided for
by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the
cash deposit rate for the companies
under review will equal to the dumping
margin established in the final results of
this review for each respondent (except,
if that rate is de minimis, then the cash
deposit rate will be zero); (2) for
producers or exporters not covered in
this review but covered in a 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 they were
reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm
covered in this review or a prior
segment of the proceeding but the
producer is, then 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 3.07 percent, the allothers rate established in the less-thanfair-value investigation.9 These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed,
6 See
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8 For a full discussion of this practice, see
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954
(May 6, 2003).
9 See Order.
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shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice also 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 and/or countervailing
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 and/or countervailing
duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping
duties, and/or an increase in the amount
of antidumping duties by the amount of
the countervailing 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/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
which is 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: December 2, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–421–817]
Melamine From the Netherlands: Final
Affirmative Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) determines that
melamine from the Netherlands is
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being, or is likely to be, sold in the
United States at less than fair value
(LTFV). The period of investigation
(POI) is January 1, 2023, through
December 31, 2023.
DATES:
Applicable December 9, 2024.
Fred
Baker, AD/CVD Operations, Office VI,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2924.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 24, 2024, Commerce
published in the Federal Register its
preliminary determination in the LTFV
investigation of melamine from the
Netherlands and invited interested
parties to comment.1 No interested party
submitted comments. Accordingly, the
final determination remains unchanged
from the Preliminary Determination and
no decision memoranda accompany this
notice. The Preliminary Determination
is hereby adopted in this final
determination. Commerce conducted
this LTFV investigation in accordance
with section 735 of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Investigation
The product covered by this
investigation is melamine from the
Netherlands. For a complete description
of the scope of this investigation, see the
appendix to this notice.
Scope Comments
We received no comments from
interested parties on the scope of the
investigation as it appeared in the
Preliminary Determination. Therefore,
we made no changes to the scope of the
investigation.
Use of Adverse Facts Available
As discussed in the Preliminary
Determination, we assigned OCI
Nitrogen an estimated weighted-average
dumping margin based entirely on AFA,
pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of
Act.2 There is no new information on
the record that would cause us to revisit
our decision in the Preliminary
Determination. Accordingly, for this
final determination, we continue to find
that the application of AFA pursuant to
sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act is
warranted with respect to OCI Nitrogen.
All-Others Rate
Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act
provides that the estimated weightedaverage dumping margin for all other
producers and exporters not
individually investigated shall be equal
to the weighted average of the estimated
weighted-average dumping margins
established for exporters and producers
individually investigated excluding
rates that are zero, de minimis, or
determined entirely under section 776
of the Act.
In the Preliminary Determination, we
assigned an estimated weighted-average
dumping margin of 53.50 percent as the
all-others rate based on a simple average
of the dumping margins alleged in the
petition, pursuant to section 735(c)(5)(B)
of the Act.3 As noted above, we received
no comments on our Preliminary
Determination; thus, we continue to
assign an estimated weighted-average
dumping margin of 53.50 percent to all
other producers and exporters for this
final determination.
Final Determination
The final estimated weighted-average
dumping margins are as follows:
Exporter or producer
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
OCI Nitrogen B.V ........................
All Others ....................................
* 72.16
53.50
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Verification
As stated in the Preliminary
Determination, after being selected as
the sole mandatory respondent, OCI
Nitrogen B.V. (OCI Nitrogen),
discontinued its participation in this
investigation. Accordingly, Commerce
based the Preliminary Determination
entirely on the application of facts
available with adverse inferences (AFA),
and did not conduct verification under
section 782(i) of the Act.
1 See Melamine from the Netherlands:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value, 89 FR 77829 (September 24,
2024) (Preliminary Determination), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum
(PDM).
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* Rate based on facts available with adverse
inferences.
Disclosure
Normally, Commerce will disclose to
the parties in a proceeding the
calculations performed in connection
with a final determination 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
determination in the Federal Register,
2 Id.,
89 FR 77830.
3 Id.
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in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
However, because Commerce received
no comments on the Preliminary
Determination, it is adopting the
Preliminary Determination as the final
determination in this investigation.
Consequently, there are no new
calculations to disclose.
Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 735(c)(4)
of the Act, we will instruct U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
continue to suspend liquidation of
subject merchandise, as described in the
appendix to this notice, entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption, on or after September 24,
2024, which is the date of publication
of the affirmative Preliminary
Determination in the Federal Register.
Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(d), where
appropriate, Commerce will instruct
CBP to require a cash deposit equal to
the estimated weighted-average
dumping margin or the estimated allothers rate as follows: (1) the cash
deposit rate for merchandise produced
or exported by OCI Nitrogen will be
equal to OCI Nitrogen’s companyspecific estimated weighted-average
dumping margin determined in this
final determination; (2) the cash deposit
rate for all other producers and
exporters will be equal to the all-others
estimated weighted-average dumping
margin as determined in the final
determination. These suspension of
liquidation instructions and cash
deposit requirements will remain in
effect until further notice.
U.S. International Trade Commission
(ITC) Notification
In accordance with section 735(d) of
the Act, we will notify the ITC of the
final affirmative determination of sales
at LTFV. Because Commerce’s final
determination is affirmative, in
accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the
Act, the ITC will make its final
determination as to whether the
domestic industry in the United States
is materially injured, or threatened with
material injury, by reason of imports or
sales (or the likelihood of sales) for
importation of melamine from the
Netherlands no later than 45 days after
this final determination. If the ITC
determines that such injury does not
exist, this proceeding will be
terminated, and all cash deposits will be
refunded, and suspension of liquidation
will be lifted. If the ITC determines that
material injury, or the threat of material
injury, exists, Commerce will issue an
antidumping order directing CBP to
assess, upon further instruction by
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Commerce, antidumping duties on all
imports of the subject merchandise,
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the effective
date of the suspension of liquidation, as
discussed above in the ‘‘Suspension of
Liquidation’’ section.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to an APO of
their responsibility concerning the
disposition 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 sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
This determination and this notice are
issued and published pursuant to
sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act,
and 19 CFR 351.210(c).
Dated: December 2, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix
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Scope of the Investigation
The merchandise subject to this
investigation is melamine (Chemical
Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number 108–
78–01, molecular formula C3 H6 N6).
Melamine is also known as 2,4,6-triaminostriazine; 1,3,5-Triazine-2,4,6- triamine;
Cyanurotriamide; Cyanurotriamine;
Cyanuramide; and by various brand names.
Melamine is a crystalline powder or granule.
All melamine is covered by the scope of this
investigation irrespective of purity, particle
size, or physical form. Melamine that has
been blended with other products is included
within this scope when such blends include
constituent parts that have been
intermingled, but that have not been
chemically reacted with each other to
produce a different product. For such blends,
only the melamine component of the mixture
is covered by the scope of this investigation.
Melamine that is otherwise subject to this
investigation is not excluded when
commingled with melamine from sources not
subject to this investigation. Only the subject
component of such commingled products is
covered by the scope of this investigation.
The subject merchandise is provided for in
subheading 2933.61.0000 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheading
and CAS registry number are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope is
dispositive.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–518–001]
Melamine From Qatar: Final Negative
Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value and Final Negative
Determination of Critical
Circumstances
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) determines that
melamine from Qatar is not being, or is
not likely to be, sold in the United
States at less than fair value (LTFV). The
period of investigation (POI) is January
1, 2023, through December 31, 2023.
DATES: Applicable December 9, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrew Hart, AD/CVD Operations,
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1058.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On September 24, 2024, Commerce
published in the Federal Register its
preliminary negative determination in
the LTFV investigation of melamine
from Qatar and invited interested
parties to comment on the Preliminary
Determination.1
A summary of the events that
occurred since Commerce published its
Preliminary Determination, as well as a
full discussion of the issues raised by
parties for this final determination, may
be found in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.2 The Issues and 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 Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://access.trade.gov/
public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
1 See Melamine from Qatar: Preliminary Negative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 89
FR 77824 (September 24, 2024) (Preliminary
Determination), and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Negative Determination
in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of
Melamine from Qatar,’’ dated concurrently with,
and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
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Final Negative Determination of
Critical Circumstances
We continue to find that critical
circumstances do not exist for imports
of melamine from Qatar for all
producers and exporters pursuant to
section 733(e)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR
351.206. For a discussion and analysis
of comments regarding Commerce’s
critical circumstances analysis, see the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Scope of the Investigation
The product covered by this
investigation is melamine from Qatar.
For a complete description of the scope
of this investigation, see Appendix I to
this notice.
Scope Comments
We received no comments from
interested parties on the scope of the
investigation as it appeared in the
Preliminary Determination. Therefore,
we made no changes to the scope of the
investigation.
Verification
As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the
Act, in October 2024, we verified the
sales and cost information submitted by
QMC/Muntajat 3 for use in our final
determination. We used standard
verification procedures, including an
examination of relevant sales and
accounting records, and original source
documents provided by QMC/
Muntajat.4
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and
rebuttal briefs submitted by interested
parties in this investigation are
addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum. A list of the issues
addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum is attached as Appendix
II to this notice.
3 As discussed in the Preliminary Determination,
Commerce preliminarily collapsed the following
companies and treated them as a single entity: Qatar
Melamine Company (QMC); Qatar Chemical and
Petrochemical marketing and Distribution Company
(Muntajat) Q.P.J.S.C. (Muntajat) (collectively QMC/
Muntajat); and Qatar Fertiliser Company P.S.C.
(QAFCO). Commerce continues to collapse these
companies and treat them as a single entity for the
final determination.
4 See Memoranda, ‘‘Verification of the Sales
Response of Qatar Melamine Company and Qatar
Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing and
Distribution Company Q.P.J.S.C. in the
Antidumping Duty Investigation of Melamine from
Qatar,’’ dated October 17, 2024 (Sales Verification
Report); and ‘‘Verification of the Cost Responses of
Qatar Melamine Company in the Antidumping Duty
Investigation of Melamine from Qatar,’’ dated
November 1, 2024 (Cost Verification Report).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-421-817]
Melamine From the Netherlands: Final Affirmative Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
melamine from the Netherlands is
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being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair
value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is January 1, 2023,
through December 31, 2023.
DATES: Applicable December 9, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Baker, AD/CVD Operations, Office
VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2924.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 24, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register
its preliminary determination in the LTFV investigation of melamine
from the Netherlands and invited interested parties to comment.\1\ No
interested party submitted comments. Accordingly, the final
determination remains unchanged from the Preliminary Determination and
no decision memoranda accompany this notice. The Preliminary
Determination is hereby adopted in this final determination. Commerce
conducted this LTFV investigation in accordance with section 735 of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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\1\ See Melamine from the Netherlands: Preliminary Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 89 FR 77829
(September 24, 2024) (Preliminary Determination), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
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Scope of the Investigation
The product covered by this investigation is melamine from the
Netherlands. For a complete description of the scope of this
investigation, see the appendix to this notice.
Scope Comments
We received no comments from interested parties on the scope of the
investigation as it appeared in the Preliminary Determination.
Therefore, we made no changes to the scope of the investigation.
Verification
As stated in the Preliminary Determination, after being selected as
the sole mandatory respondent, OCI Nitrogen B.V. (OCI Nitrogen),
discontinued its participation in this investigation. Accordingly,
Commerce based the Preliminary Determination entirely on the
application of facts available with adverse inferences (AFA), and did
not conduct verification under section 782(i) of the Act.
Use of Adverse Facts Available
As discussed in the Preliminary Determination, we assigned OCI
Nitrogen an estimated weighted-average dumping margin based entirely on
AFA, pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of Act.\2\ There is no new
information on the record that would cause us to revisit our decision
in the Preliminary Determination. Accordingly, for this final
determination, we continue to find that the application of AFA pursuant
to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act is warranted with respect to OCI
Nitrogen.
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All-Others Rate
Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that the estimated
weighted-average dumping margin for all other producers and exporters
not individually investigated shall be equal to the weighted average of
the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for
exporters and producers individually investigated excluding rates that
are zero, de minimis, or determined entirely under section 776 of the
Act.
In the Preliminary Determination, we assigned an estimated
weighted-average dumping margin of 53.50 percent as the all-others rate
based on a simple average of the dumping margins alleged in the
petition, pursuant to section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act.\3\ As noted
above, we received no comments on our Preliminary Determination; thus,
we continue to assign an estimated weighted-average dumping margin of
53.50 percent to all other producers and exporters for this final
determination.
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Final Determination
The final estimated weighted-average dumping margins are as
follows:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Weighted-
average
Exporter or producer dumping
margin
(percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
OCI Nitrogen B.V........................................... * 72.16
All Others................................................. 53.50
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* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Disclosure
Normally, Commerce will disclose to the parties in a proceeding the
calculations performed in connection with a final determination 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 determination in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.224(b). However, because Commerce received no comments on the
Preliminary Determination, it is adopting the Preliminary Determination
as the final determination in this investigation. Consequently, there
are no new calculations to disclose.
Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 735(c)(4) of the Act, we will instruct
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend
liquidation of subject merchandise, as described in the appendix to
this notice, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, on
or after September 24, 2024, which is the date of publication of the
affirmative Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register.
Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.210(d), where appropriate, Commerce will instruct CBP to require a
cash deposit equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping margin or
the estimated all-others rate as follows: (1) the cash deposit rate for
merchandise produced or exported by OCI Nitrogen will be equal to OCI
Nitrogen's company-specific estimated weighted-average dumping margin
determined in this final determination; (2) the cash deposit rate for
all other producers and exporters will be equal to the all-others
estimated weighted-average dumping margin as determined in the final
determination. These suspension of liquidation instructions and cash
deposit requirements will remain in effect until further notice.
U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Notification
In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, we will notify the
ITC of the final affirmative determination of sales at LTFV. Because
Commerce's final determination is affirmative, in accordance with
section 735(b)(2) of the Act, the ITC will make its final determination
as to whether the domestic industry in the United States is materially
injured, or threatened with material injury, by reason of imports or
sales (or the likelihood of sales) for importation of melamine from the
Netherlands no later than 45 days after this final determination. If
the ITC determines that such injury does not exist, this proceeding
will be terminated, and all cash deposits will be refunded, and
suspension of liquidation will be lifted. If the ITC determines that
material injury, or the threat of material injury, exists, Commerce
will issue an antidumping order directing CBP to assess, upon further
instruction by
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Commerce, antidumping duties on all imports of the subject merchandise,
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
effective date of the suspension of liquidation, as discussed above in
the ``Suspension of Liquidation'' section.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an
APO of their responsibility concerning the disposition 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 sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
This determination and this notice are issued and published
pursuant to sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.210(c).
Dated: December 2, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Investigation
The merchandise subject to this investigation is melamine
(Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number 108-78-01,
molecular formula C3 H6 N6).
Melamine is also known as 2,4,6-triamino-striazine; 1,3,5-Triazine-
2,4,6- triamine; Cyanurotriamide; Cyanurotriamine; Cyanuramide; and
by various brand names. Melamine is a crystalline powder or granule.
All melamine is covered by the scope of this investigation
irrespective of purity, particle size, or physical form. Melamine
that has been blended with other products is included within this
scope when such blends include constituent parts that have been
intermingled, but that have not been chemically reacted with each
other to produce a different product. For such blends, only the
melamine component of the mixture is covered by the scope of this
investigation. Melamine that is otherwise subject to this
investigation is not excluded when commingled with melamine from
sources not subject to this investigation. Only the subject
component of such commingled products is covered by the scope of
this investigation.
The subject merchandise is provided for in subheading
2933.61.0000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheading and CAS registry number are
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written
description of the scope is dispositive.
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