81_FR_72771 81 FR 72568 - Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From the People's Republic of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2015

81 FR 72568 - Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From the People's Republic of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2015

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 203 (October 20, 2016)

Page Range72568-72569
FR Document2016-25429

The Department of Commerce is rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on citric acid and certain citrate salts from the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the period of review January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015, based on the timely withdrawal of the only request for review.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-938]


Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From the People's Republic 
of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2015

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is rescinding the administrative 
review of the countervailing duty order on citric acid and certain 
citrate salts from the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the period 
of review January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015, based on the 
timely withdrawal of the only request for review.

DATES: Effective October 20, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alice Maldonado, Enforcement and 
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; 
telephone: (202) 482-4682.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On May 2, 2016, the Department published in the Federal Register a 
notice of ``Opportunity to Request Administrative Review'' of the 
countervailing duty order on citric acid and certain citrate salts 
(citric acid) from the PRC for the period January 1, 2015, through 
December 31, 2015.\1\ In May 2016, the Department received a timely 
request, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(b), for an administrative 
review of this countervailing duty order from the Archer Daniels 
Midland Company, Cargill, Incorporated, and Tate & Lyle Ingredients 
Americas LLC (collectively, the petitioners).\2\ On July 7, 2016, the 
Department published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation 
with respect to 18 individually-named companies or company groups.\3\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 81 FR 26206 (May 2, 2016).
    \2\ See letter requesting an administrative review from the 
petitioners, dated May 31, 2016.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, 
81 FR 44260 (July 7, 2016).
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    On October 5, 2016, the petitioners timely withdrew their 
administrative review request.\4\
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    \4\ See the letter withdrawing request for an administrative 
review from the petitioners, dated October 5, 2016.
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party that requested a 
review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of publication 
of notice of initiation of the requested review. The petitioners 
withdrew their requests for review by the 90-day deadline. No other 
parties requested an administrative review of the order. Therefore, we 
are rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing duty 
order on citric acid from the PRC covering the period

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January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015.

Assessment

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) to assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries. 
Countervailing duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash 
deposit of estimated countervailing duties required at the time of 
entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department intends to issue 
appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days after the 
date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (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 return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to 
judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with 
the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 751 of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: October 13, 2016.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2016-25429 Filed 10-19-16; 8:45 am]
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                                                  Duty Assessment                                         Department’s presumption that                         citric acid and certain citrate salts from
                                                     The Department shall determine and                   reimbursement of antidumping and/or                   the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for
                                                  U.S. Customs and Border Protection                      countervailing duties occurred and the                the period of review January 1, 2015,
                                                  (CBP) shall assess antidumping duties                   subsequent assessment of doubled                      through December 31, 2015, based on
                                                  on all appropriate entries. We intend to                antidumping duties.                                   the timely withdrawal of the only
                                                  issue assessment instructions directly to                                                                     request for review.
                                                                                                          Administrative Protective Order
                                                  CBP 15 days after publication of the                                                                          DATES: Effective October 20, 2016.
                                                                                                            This notice also serves as a reminder
                                                  final results of this review. Given that                                                                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                          to parties subject to administrative                  Alice Maldonado, Enforcement and
                                                  the Department continues to determine
                                                  that the exporters under review had no                  protective orders (APO) of their                      Compliance, International Trade
                                                  shipments of the subject merchandise,                   responsibility concerning the return or               Administration, U.S. Department of
                                                  any suspended entries that entered                      destruction of proprietary information                Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
                                                  under the exporter’s case number (i.e., at              disclosed under APO in accordance                     NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
                                                  that exporter’s rate) will be liquidated at             with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which                      (202) 482–4682.
                                                  the PRC-wide rate, in accordance with                   continues to govern business
                                                                                                                                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                  our practice.11                                         proprietary information in this segment
                                                                                                          of the proceeding. Timely written                     Background
                                                  Cash Deposit Requirements                               notification of the return/destruction of               On May 2, 2016, the Department
                                                     The following cash deposit                           APO materials, or conversion to judicial              published in the Federal Register a
                                                  requirements will be effective upon                     protective order, is hereby requested.                notice of ‘‘Opportunity to Request
                                                  publication of this notice for all                      Failure to comply with the regulations                Administrative Review’’ of the
                                                  shipments of subject merchandise                        and the terms of an APO is a                          countervailing duty order on citric acid
                                                  entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,                   sanctionable violation.                               and certain citrate salts (citric acid) from
                                                  for consumption on or after the                           We are issuing and publishing this
                                                                                                                                                                the PRC for the period January 1, 2015,
                                                  publication of these final results, as                  notice in accordance with sections
                                                                                                                                                                through December 31, 2015.1 In May
                                                  provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the                 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
                                                                                                                                                                2016, the Department received a timely
                                                  Act: (1) For Baoding Mantong, Nutracare                 CFR 351.213(h).
                                                                                                                                                                request, in accordance with section
                                                  International, Ravi Industries, Kumar                     Dated: October 12, 2016.                            751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
                                                  Industries, and Rudraa International,                   Paul Piquado,                                         amended (the Act), and 19 CFR
                                                  which all claimed no shipments, the                     Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and               351.213(b), for an administrative review
                                                  cash deposit rate will remain unchanged                 Compliance.                                           of this countervailing duty order from
                                                  from rates assigned to these companies                                                                        the Archer Daniels Midland Company,
                                                  in the most recently completed reviews                  Appendix
                                                                                                                                                                Cargill, Incorporated, and Tate & Lyle
                                                  of these companies; (2) for previously                  List of Topics Discussed in the Final Issues          Ingredients Americas LLC (collectively,
                                                  investigated or reviewed PRC and non-                   and Decision Memorandum                               the petitioners).2 On July 7, 2016, the
                                                  PRC exporters who are not under review                  I. Summary                                            Department published in the Federal
                                                  in this segment of the proceeding but                   II. List of Issues                                    Register a notice of initiation with
                                                  who have separate rates, the cash                       III. Background
                                                                                                                                                                respect to 18 individually-named
                                                  deposit rate will continue to be the                    IV. Scope of the Order
                                                                                                          V. Discussion of Interested Party Comments            companies or company groups.3
                                                  exporter-specific rate published for the                                                                        On October 5, 2016, the petitioners
                                                                                                             A. Kumar-Specific Issue
                                                  most recent period; (3) for all PRC                                                                           timely withdrew their administrative
                                                                                                             Comment 1: Whether Kumar, Ravi, or
                                                  exporters of subject merchandise that                         Rudraa Had Shipments of Subject                 review request.4
                                                  have not been found to be entitled to a                       Merchandise During the Period of
                                                  separate rate, the cash deposit rate will                     Review                                          Rescission of Review
                                                  be the PRC-wide rate of 453.79 percent;                    B. Salvi/Nutracare-Specific Issue                    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the
                                                  and (4) for all non-PRC exporters of                       Comment 2: Whether Nutracare/Salvi Had             Department will rescind an
                                                  subject merchandise which have not                            Shipments of Subject Merchandise                administrative review, in whole or in
                                                  received their own rate, the cash deposit                     During the Period of Review
                                                                                                                                                                part, if a party that requested a review
                                                                                                          VI. Recommendation
                                                  rate will be the rate applicable to the                                                                       withdraws the request within 90 days of
                                                  PRC exporter(s) that supplied the non-                  [FR Doc. 2016–25430 Filed 10–19–16; 8:45 am]          the date of publication of notice of
                                                  PRC exporter. These cash deposit                        BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                initiation of the requested review. The
                                                  requirements, when imposed, shall                                                                             petitioners withdrew their requests for
                                                  remain in effect until further notice.                                                                        review by the 90-day deadline. No other
                                                                                                          DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                parties requested an administrative
                                                  Notification to Importers Regarding the
                                                  Reimbursement of Duties                                 International Trade Administration                    review of the order. Therefore, we are
                                                                                                                                                                rescinding the administrative review of
                                                     This notice also serves as a final                   [C–570–938]                                           the countervailing duty order on citric
                                                  reminder to importers of their                                                                                acid from the PRC covering the period
                                                  responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)                  Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts
                                                  to file a certificate regarding the                     From the People’s Republic of China:                     1 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,

                                                  reimbursement of antidumping and/or                     Rescission of Countervailing Duty                     Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
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                                                  countervailing duties prior to                          Administrative Review; 2015                           to Request Administrative Review, 81 FR 26206
                                                                                                                                                                (May 2, 2016).
                                                  liquidation of the relevant entries                     AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,                      2 See letter requesting an administrative review
                                                  during the POR. Failure to comply with                  International Trade Administration,                   from the petitioners, dated May 31, 2016.
                                                  this requirement could result in the                    Department of Commerce.                                  3 See Initiation of Antidumping Duty

                                                                                                                                                                Administrative Reviews, 81 FR 44260 (July 7, 2016).
                                                    11 See Non-Market Economy Antidumping                 SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce                      4 See the letter withdrawing request for an

                                                  Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76       is rescinding the administrative review               administrative review from the petitioners, dated
                                                  FR 65694 (October 23, 2011).                            of the countervailing duty order on                   October 5, 2016.



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                                                  January 1, 2015, through December 31,                   likely lead to continuation or recurrence                  successively superimposed layers)
                                                  2015.                                                   of dumping and material injury to an                       regardless of thickness, and in straight
                                                                                                          industry in the United States, the                         lengths, of a thickness less than 4.75
                                                  Assessment
                                                                                                          Department is publishing a notice of                       mm and of a width measuring at least
                                                     The Department will instruct U.S.                    continuation of this antidumping duty                      10 times the thickness.
                                                  Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to                  order.                                                        Universal mill plate (i.e., flat-rolled
                                                  assess countervailing duties on all                     DATES: Effective date: October 20, 2016.
                                                                                                                                                                     products rolled on four faces or in a
                                                  appropriate entries. Countervailing                                                                                closed box pass, of a width exceeding
                                                                                                          FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  duties shall be assessed at rates equal to                                                                         150 mm but not exceeding 1250 mm
                                                                                                          Dena Crossland, AD/CVD Operations,
                                                  the cash deposit of estimated                                                                                      and of a thickness of not less than 4
                                                                                                          Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance,
                                                  countervailing duties required at the                                                                              mm, not in coils and without patterns
                                                                                                          U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
                                                  time of entry, or withdrawal from                                                                                  in relief) of a thickness not less than 4.0
                                                                                                          Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
                                                  warehouse, for consumption, in                                                                                     mm is not included within the scope of
                                                                                                          DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–3362.
                                                  accordance with 19 CFR                                                                                             this order.
                                                                                                          SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                                    Specifically included in this scope are
                                                  351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department
                                                  intends to issue appropriate assessment                 Background                                                 vacuum degassed, fully stabilized
                                                  instructions directly to CBP 15 days                                                                               (commonly referred to as interstitial-free
                                                                                                             On December 24, 2014, the                               (IF)) steels, high strength low alloy
                                                  after the date of publication of this                   Department published the antidumping
                                                  notice in the Federal Register.                                                                                    (HSLA) steels, and the substrate for
                                                                                                          duty order on hot-rolled steel from                        motor lamination steels. IF steels are
                                                  Notification Regarding Administrative                   Russia.1 On May 2, 2016, the                               recognized as low carbon steels with
                                                  Protective Order                                        Department initiated a sunset review of                    micro-alloying levels of elements such
                                                                                                          the Russia Order pursuant to section                       as titanium and/or niobium added to
                                                    This notice serves as the only                        751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
                                                  reminder to parties subject to                                                                                     stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements.
                                                                                                          amended (the Act).2                                        HSLA steels are recognized as steels
                                                  administrative protective order (APO) of                   As a result of this sunset review, the
                                                  their responsibility concerning the                                                                                with micro-alloying levels of elements
                                                                                                          Department determined that revocation
                                                  disposition of proprietary information                                                                             such as chromium, copper, niobium,
                                                                                                          of the Russia Order would likely lead to
                                                  disclosed under APO in accordance                                                                                  titanium, vanadium, and molybdenum.
                                                                                                          continuation or recurrence of dumping
                                                  with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely                                                                                  The substrate for motor lamination
                                                                                                          and, therefore, notified the USITC of the
                                                  written notification of return/                                                                                    steels contains micro-alloying levels of
                                                                                                          magnitude of the margins of dumping
                                                  destruction of APO materials or                                                                                    elements such as silicon and aluminum.
                                                                                                          likely to prevail should the order be                         Steel products to be included in the
                                                  conversion to judicial protective order is              revoked.3
                                                  hereby requested. Failure to comply                                                                                scope of this order, regardless of
                                                                                                             On October 5, 2016, the USITC
                                                  with the regulations and the terms of an                                                                           Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
                                                                                                          published its determination, pursuant to
                                                  APO is a sanctionable violation.                                                                                   United States (HTSUS) definitions, are
                                                                                                          section 751(c) of the Act, that revocation
                                                    This notice is published in                                                                                      products in which: (1) Iron
                                                                                                          of the Russia Order would be likely to
                                                  accordance with section 751 of the Act                                                                             predominates, by weight, over each of
                                                                                                          lead to continuation or recurrence of
                                                  and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).                                                                                          the other contained elements; (2) the
                                                                                                          material injury to an industry in the
                                                                                                                                                                     carbon content is 2 percent or less, by
                                                    Dated: October 13, 2016.                              United Sates within a reasonably                           weight; and (3) none of the elements
                                                  Christian Marsh,                                        foreseeable time.4                                         listed below exceeds the quantity, by
                                                  Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping              Scope of the Order                                         weight, respectively indicated: 1.80
                                                  and Countervailing Duty Operations.                                                                                percent of manganese, or 1.50 percent of
                                                                                                             For the purposes of this order, ‘‘hot-
                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–25429 Filed 10–19–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                          rolled steel’’ means certain hot-rolled                    silicon, or 1.00 percent of copper, or
                                                  BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                                                                          flat-rolled carbon-quality steel products                  0.50 percent of aluminum, or 1.25
                                                                                                          of a rectangular shape, of a width of 0.5                  percent of chromium, or 0.30 percent of
                                                                                                          inch or greater, neither clad, plated, nor                 cobalt, or 0.40 percent of lead, or 1.25
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                                                                             percent of nickel, or 0.30 percent of
                                                                                                          coated with metal and whether or not
                                                                                                          painted, varnished, or coated with                         tungsten, or 0.012 percent of boron, or
                                                  International Trade Administration                                                                                 0.10 percent of molybdenum, or 0.10
                                                                                                          plastics or other non-metallic
                                                  [A–821–809]                                             substances, in coils (whether or not in                    percent of niobium, or 0.41 percent of
                                                                                                                                                                     titanium, or 0.15 percent of vanadium,
                                                  Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-                     1 See Termination of the Suspension Agreement           or 0.15 percent of zirconium.
                                                  Quality Steel Products From the                         on Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel                All products that meet the physical
                                                  Russian Federation: Continuation of                     Products From the Russian Federation, Rescission           and chemical description provided
                                                  Antidumping Duty Order                                  of 2013–2014 Administrative Review, and Issuance           above are within the scope of this order
                                                                                                          of Antidumping Duty Order, 79 FR 77455                     unless otherwise excluded. The
                                                  AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,                     (December 24, 2014) (Russia Order).
                                                                                                             2 See Initiation of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review, 81   following products, by way of example,
                                                  International Trade Administration,                     FR 26209 (May 2, 2016).                                    are outside and/or specifically excluded
                                                  Department of Commerce.                                    3 See Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-            from the scope of this order:
                                                  SUMMARY: As a result of the                             Quality Steel Products From the Russian                    —Alloy hot-rolled steel products in
                                                  determinations by the Department of                     Federation: Final Results of the Expedited Sunset
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                                                                                                          Review of the Antidumping Duty Order, 81 FR                   which at least one of the chemical
                                                  Commerce (the Department) and the                       62094 (September 8, 2016) and accompanying                    elements exceeds those listed above
                                                  U.S. International Trade Commission                     Issues and Decision Memorandum.                               (including e.g., ASTM specifications
                                                  (USITC) that revocation of the                             4 See Investigation No. 731–TA–808 (Third
                                                                                                                                                                        A543, A387, A514, A517, and A506).
                                                  antidumping duty order on certain hot-                  Review), 81 FR 69079 (October 5, 2016), and USITC          —SAE/AISI grades of series 2300 and
                                                                                                          Publication 4639 (September 2016), entitled Hot-
                                                  rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel                 Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products              higher.
                                                  products (hot-rolled steel) from the                    from Russia: Investigation No. 731–TA–808 (Third           —Ball bearing steels, as defined in the
                                                  Russian Federation (Russia) would                       Review).                                                      HTSUS.


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Document Created: 2016-10-21 09:58:48
Document Modified: 2016-10-21 09:58:48
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
DatesEffective October 20, 2016.
ContactAlice Maldonado, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4682.
FR Citation81 FR 72568 

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