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 Range		72568-72569
FR Document		2016-25429

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.
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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
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES

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
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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
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES

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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Section		Notices
Dates		Effective October 20, 2016.
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.
FR Citation		81 FR 72568

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 COMMERCEInternational Trade Administration

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

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration