80 FR 62028 - Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From the Netherlands: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review and Revocation of the Antidumping Duty Order

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 199 (October 15, 2015)

Page Range		62028-62029
FR Document		2015-26260

On August 31, 2015, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published its initiation and preliminary results \1\ of a changed circumstances review (CCR), preliminarily determining to revoke the antidumping duty (AD) Order \2\ on purified carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from the Netherlands. We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. We received no comments. Thus, we make no changes to our preliminary determination in these final results of changed circumstances review and hereby revoke the Order in toto. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-421-811]


Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From the Netherlands: Final 
Results of Changed Circumstances Review and Revocation of the 
Antidumping Duty Order

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On August 31, 2015, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published its initiation and preliminary results \1\ of a 
changed circumstances review (CCR), preliminarily determining to revoke 
the antidumping duty (AD) Order \2\ on purified carboxymethylcellulose 
(CMC) from the Netherlands. We invited interested parties to comment on 
the Preliminary Results. We received no comments. Thus, we make no 
changes to our preliminary determination in these final results of 
changed circumstances review and hereby revoke the Order in toto.
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    \1\ See Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From the Netherlands: 
Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review 
and Intent to Revoke the Antidumping Duty Order, 80 FR 52447 (August 
31, 2015) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Purified 
Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland, Mexico, the Netherlands and 
Sweden, 70 FR 39734 (July 11, 2005) (the Order).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Drury, or Angelica Townsend, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
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0195 or (202) 482-3019, respectively.

DATES: Effective Date: July 1, 2014.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 8, 2015, in accordance with sections 751(b) and 751(d)(1) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 19 CFR 351.216(b); 
351.222(g)(1), and 351.221(c)(3)(ii), Ashland Specialty

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Ingredients, G.P. (Ashland), the petitioner and sole domestic producer 
of CMC, requested, effective July 1, 2014, revocation of the Order with 
respect to the Netherlands as part of an expedited CCR. On August 31, 
2015, the Department preliminarily determined to revoke the Order and 
invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results.
    We received no comments from interested parties on the Preliminary 
Results.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order is all purified CMC, 
sometimes also referred to as purified sodium CMC, polyanionic 
cellulose, or cellulose gum, which is a white to off-white, non-toxic, 
odorless, biodegradable powder, comprising sodium CMC that has been 
refined and purified to a minimum assay of 90 percent. Purified CMC 
does not include unpurified or crude CMC, CMC Fluidized Polymer 
Suspensions, and CMC that is cross-linked through heat treatment. 
Purified CMC is CMC that has undergone one or more purification 
operations which, at a minimum, reduce the remaining salt and other by-
product portion of the product to less than ten percent.
    The merchandise subject to this order is classified in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States at subheading 
3912.31.00. This tariff classification is provided for convenience and 
customs purposes; however, the written description of the scope of the 
order is dispositive.

Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review

    Section 782(h)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i), provide 
that the Department may revoke an order (in whole or in part) if it 
determines that producers accounting for substantially all of the 
production of the domestic like product have no further interest in the 
order, in whole or in part. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1), we 
find that the petitioner's affirmative statement of no interest 
constitutes good cause to conduct this review. Ashland stated that, as 
the sole U.S. producer of CMC, it accounts for substantially all of the 
production of the domestic like product. Ashland also stated that it 
has no interest in the continuation of the Order.\3\ Therefore, at the 
request of Ashland and in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 
751(d)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.216, and 351.222(g)(1)(i) and (vi), we 
are revoking the Order on CMC from the Netherlands. As stated in the 
Preliminary Results, the revocation will be effective July 1, 2014, 
which is the effective date requested by Ashland and also the first day 
of the most recent period not subject to administrative review.\4\
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    \3\ See Ashland's July 8, 2015, submission to the Department; 
see also Preliminary Results, 80 FR at 52447-48.
    \4\ See Preliminary Results, 80 FR at 52448.
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Termination of Suspension of Liquidation

    Because we determine that there are changed circumstances that 
warrant the revocation of the Order, we will instruct U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection to terminate the suspension of liquidation of the 
merchandise subject to this order entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
on or after July 1, 2014, and to release any cash deposit or bond on 
all unliquidated entries of the merchandise covered by the revocation 
that are not covered by the final results of an administrative review 
or automatic liquidation.\5\ Entries of subject merchandise prior to 
the effective date of revocation will continue to be subject to 
suspension of liquidation and antidumping duty deposit requirements.
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.222(g)(4).
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Return or Destruction of Proprietary Information

    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APOs) 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/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 these final results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.216, 351.221(b)(5), and 351.222(g)(1)(i) and (g)(3)(vii).

    Dated: October 7, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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are addressed in the Issues and Decision have not been found to be entitled to a Denied or Valued at Zero or the Lowest
Memorandum accompanying this separate rate, including Evonik, the Available Value on the Record
notice, which is hereby adopted by this cash-deposit rate will be that for the Comment 4: Surrogate Financial Ratios
notice. A list of the issues which the PRC-wide entity (i.e., 453.79 percent); B. Evonik-Specific Issues
parties raised and to which the and (3) for all non-PRC exporters of Comment 5: Whether Evonik’s Sales Were
Department responded in the subject merchandise which have not Bona Fide
memorandum appears in Appendix I of received their own rate, the cash-deposit Comment 6: Whether the 453.79 Percent
this notice. rate will be the rate applicable to the PRC-Wide Rate is Accordance With Law
PRC exporter(s) that supplied the non- [FR Doc. 2015–26270 Filed 10–14–15; 8:45 am]
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
PRC exporter. These cash-deposit BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
Based on our review and analysis of requirements, when imposed, shall
the comments received from parties, we remain in effect until further notice.
made certain changes to Baoding DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Mantong’s margin calculation since the Notification to Importers
Preliminary Results. For a discussion of This notice serves as a final reminder International Trade Administration
these changes, see the Issues and to importers of their responsibility
[A–421–811]
Decision Memorandum, and under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a
accompanying Final Analysis certificate regarding the reimbursement Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From
Memorandum for Baoding Mantong, of antidumping duties prior to the Netherlands: Final Results of
dated concurrently with this notice. liquidation of the relevant entries Changed Circumstances Review and
during this period of review. Failure to Revocation of the Antidumping Duty
Final Results of Review comply with this requirement could Order
The Department determines that the result in the Department’s presumption
following estimated weighted-average that reimbursement of antidumping AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
dumping margin exists for the period duties occurred and the subsequent International Trade Administration,
March 1, 2013, through February 28, assessment of double antidumping Department of Commerce.
2014: duties. SUMMARY: On August 31, 2015, the
Department of Commerce (the
Dumping Administrative Protective Order Department) published its initiation and
Exporter margin This notice also serves as a reminder preliminary results 1 of a changed
(percent) to parties subject to administrative circumstances review (CCR),
Baoding Mantong Fine Chem- protective order (APO) of their preliminarily determining to revoke the
istry Co. Ltd ............................. 143.87 responsibility concerning the antidumping duty (AD) Order 2 on
disposition of proprietary information purified carboxymethylcellulose (CMC)
Assessment Rates disclosed under APO in accordance from the Netherlands. We invited
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely interested parties to comment on the
The Department determined, and the written notification of the return or Preliminary Results. We received no
U.S. Customs and Border Protection destruction of APO materials, or comments. Thus, we make no changes
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties conversion to judicial protective order, to our preliminary determination in
on all appropriate entries of subject is hereby requested. Failure to comply these final results of changed
merchandise in accordance with the with the regulations and terms of an circumstances review and hereby revoke
final results of this review.6 The APO is a sanctionable violation. the Order in toto.
Department intends to issue assessment We are issuing and publishing these FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
instructions to CBP 15 days after the final results and this notice in Drury, or Angelica Townsend, AD/CVD
date of publication of these final results accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and
of review. 777(i) of the Act. Compliance, International Trade
Cash Deposit Requirements Dated: October 5, 2015. Administration, U.S. Department of
Paul Piquado, Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
The following cash-deposit
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
requirements will be effective for all
Compliance. telephone: (202) 482–0195 or (202) 482–
shipments of subject merchandise
3019, respectively.
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, Appendix I DATES: Effective Date: July 1, 2014.
for consumption on or after the
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
publication date of this notice of final
Decision Memorandum
results of the administrative review, as Background
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the I. Summary
II. List of Issues On July 8, 2015, in accordance with
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended: (1) For
III. Background sections 751(b) and 751(d)(1) of the
any previously investigated or reviewed IV. Scope of the Review Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
PRC and non-PRC exporters which are V. Period of Review 19 CFR 351.216(b); 351.222(g)(1), and
not under review in this segment of the VI. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
351.221(c)(3)(ii), Ashland Specialty
proceeding that received a separate rate VII. Discussion of Interested Party Comments
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in a previous segment of this A. Baoding Mantong-Specific Issues 1 See Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From the
proceeding, the cash-deposit rate will Netherlands: Initiation and Preliminary Results of
Comment 1: Whether the Review Should Be
continue to be the exporter-specific rate Changed Circumstances Review and Intent to
Rescinded With Regard to Baoding
published for the most recently- Mantong
Revoke the Antidumping Duty Order, 80 FR 52447
completed period; (2) for all PRC (August 31, 2015) (Preliminary Results).
Comment 2: Whether Baoding Mantong’s 2 See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders:
exporters of subject merchandise which Sale was a Bona Fide Sale Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland,
Comment 3: Whether Baoding Mantong’s Mexico, the Netherlands and Sweden, 70 FR 39734
6 See 19 CFR 351.212(b). Requested By-Product Offset Should Be (July 11, 2005) (the Order).

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Ingredients, G.P. (Ashland), the 351.222(g)(1)(i) and (vi), we are revoking DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
petitioner and sole domestic producer of the Order on CMC from the
CMC, requested, effective July 1, 2014, Netherlands. As stated in the International Trade Administration
revocation of the Order with respect to Preliminary Results, the revocation will [A–533–861]
the Netherlands as part of an expedited be effective July 1, 2014, which is the
CCR. On August 31, 2015, the effective date requested by Ashland and Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate
Department preliminarily determined to also the first day of the most recent Resin From India: Affirmative
revoke the Order and invited interested period not subject to administrative Preliminary Determination of Sales at
parties to comment on the Preliminary review.4 Less Than Fair Value, Affirmative
Results. Preliminary Determination of Critical
We received no comments from Termination of Suspension of Circumstances, and Postponement of
interested parties on the Preliminary Liquidation Final Determination
Results.
Because we determine that there are AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
Scope of the Order changed circumstances that warrant the International Trade Administration,
The merchandise covered by this revocation of the Order, we will instruct Department of Commerce.
order is all purified CMC, sometimes U.S. Customs and Border Protection to DATES: Effective Date: October 15, 2015.
also referred to as purified sodium CMC, terminate the suspension of liquidation SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
polyanionic cellulose, or cellulose gum, of the merchandise subject to this order (the Department) preliminarily
which is a white to off-white, non-toxic, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, determines that certain polyethylene
odorless, biodegradable powder, on or after July 1, 2014, and to release terephthalate resin (PET resin) products
comprising sodium CMC that has been any cash deposit or bond on all from India are being, or are likely to be,
refined and purified to a minimum sold in the United States at less than fair
unliquidated entries of the merchandise
assay of 90 percent. Purified CMC does value (LTFV), as provided in section
covered by the revocation that are not 733(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
not include unpurified or crude CMC, covered by the final results of an
CMC Fluidized Polymer Suspensions, amended (the Act). The period of
administrative review or automatic investigation is January 1, 2014, through
and CMC that is cross-linked through liquidation.5 Entries of subject
heat treatment. Purified CMC is CMC December 31, 2014. The estimated
merchandise prior to the effective date weighted-average dumping margins are
that has undergone one or more of revocation will continue to be subject
purification operations which, at a shown in the ‘‘Preliminary
to suspension of liquidation and Determination’’ section of this notice.
minimum, reduce the remaining salt
antidumping duty deposit requirements. Interested parties are invited to
and other by-product portion of the
product to less than ten percent. comment on this preliminary
Return or Destruction of Proprietary
The merchandise subject to this order determination.
Information
is classified in the Harmonized Tariff FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred
Schedule of the United States at This notice serves as a reminder to Baker or Robert James, AD/CVD
subheading 3912.31.00. This tariff parties subject to administrative Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and
classification is provided for protective orders (APOs) of their Compliance, International Trade
convenience and customs purposes; responsibility concerning the Administration, U.S. Department of
however, the written description of the disposition of proprietary information Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
scope of the order is dispositive. disclosed under APO in accordance Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely telephone: (202) 482–2924 or (202) 482–
Final Results of Changed 0649.
Circumstances Review written notification of the return/
destruction of APO materials or SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Section 782(h)(2) of the Act and 19 conversion to judicial protective order is
CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i), provide that the Background
hereby requested. Failure to comply
Department may revoke an order (in The Department published the notice
with the regulations and terms of an of initiation of this investigation on
whole or in part) if it determines that
APO is a sanctionable violation. April 6, 2015.1 Pursuant to section
producers accounting for substantially
all of the production of the domestic Notification to Interested Parties 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, the Department
like product have no further interest in postponed this preliminary LTFV
the order, in whole or in part. In We are issuing and publishing these determination by 50 days until October
accordance with 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1), final results and notice in accordance 6, 2015.2
we find that the petitioner’s affirmative with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) of
Scope of the Investigation
statement of no interest constitutes good the Act and 19 CFR 351.216,
cause to conduct this review. Ashland 351.221(b)(5), and 351.222(g)(1)(i) and The merchandise covered by these
stated that, as the sole U.S. producer of (g)(3)(vii). investigations is polyethylene
CMC, it accounts for substantially all of terephthalate (PET) resin
Dated: October 7, 2015. The merchandise subject to these
the production of the domestic like
product. Ashland also stated that it has Paul Piquado, investigations is properly classified
no interest in the continuation of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

1 See Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin
Order.3 Therefore, at the request of Compliance.
From Canada, the People’s Republic of China,
Ashland and in accordance with [FR Doc. 2015–26260 Filed 10–14–15; 8:45 am] India, and the Sultanate of Oman: Initiation of Less-
sections 751(b)(1) and 751(d)(1) of the BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 80 FR 18376 (April
6, 2015) (Initiation Notice).
Act, 19 CFR 351.216, and 2 See Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin

from Canada, the People’s Republic of China, India,
3 See Ashland’s July 8, 2015, submission to the and the Sultanate of Oman: Postponement of
4 See Preliminary Results, 80 FR at 52448.
Department; see also Preliminary Results, 80 FR at Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping Duty
52447–48. 5 See 19 CFR 351.222(g)(4). Investigations, 80 FR 45640 (July 31, 2015).

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FR Citation		80 FR 62028

80 FR 62028 - Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From the Netherlands: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review and Revocation of the Antidumping Duty Order

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEInternational Trade Administration

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