82_FR_47669 82 FR 47473 - Export Trade Certificate of Review

82 FR 47473 - Export Trade Certificate of Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 196 (October 12, 2017)

Page Range47473-47474
FR Document2017-21984

The U.S. Department of Commerce issued an amended Export Trade Certificate of Review to CPEC on October 5, 2017.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 196 (Thursday, October 12, 2017)
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[FR Doc No: 2017-21984]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[Application No. 03-3A008]


Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of Issuance of an amended Export Trade Certificate of 
Review to California Pistachio Export Council (``CPEC''), Application 
No. 03-3A008.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce issued an amended Export Trade 
Certificate of Review to CPEC on October 5, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph E. Flynn, Director, Office of 
Trade and Economic Analysis (``OTEA''), International Trade 
Administration, by telephone at (202) 482-5131 (this is not a toll-free 
number) or email at etca@trade.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of the Export Trading Company Act 
of 1982 (15 U.S.C. Sections 4001-21) authorizes the Secretary of 
Commerce to issue Export Trade Certificates of Review. The regulations 
implementing Title III are found at 15 CFR part 325 (2016). OTEA is 
issuing this notice pursuant to 15 CFR 325.6(b), which requires the 
Secretary of Commerce to publish a summary of the certification in the 
Federal Register. Under Section 305(a) of the Act and 15 CFR 325.11(a), 
any person aggrieved by the Secretary's determination may, within 30 
days of the date of this notice, bring an action in any appropriate 
district court of the United States to set aside the determination on 
the ground that the determination is erroneous.

Description of Amended Certificate

    CPEC's Export Trade Certificate of Review has been amended to:

 Remove Horizon Marketing Agency in Common Cooperative Inc. as 
a Member
 Add the following new Members:
    [cir] Arizona Nut Company, LLC (controlling entity A&P Ranch, L.P.)
    [cir] Horizon Growers Cooperative, Inc.


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    CPEC's amendment of its Export Trade Certificate of Review results 
in the following membership list:

 Arizona Nut Company, LLC
 ARO Pistachios, Inc.
 Horizon Growers Cooperative, Inc.
 Keenan Farms, Inc.
 Monarch Nut Company
 Nichols Pistachio
 Primex Farms, LLC
 Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc.
 Zymex Industries, Inc.

    No change has been made regarding the Export Trade, Export Trade 
Activities or Methods of Operation covered by the Certificate.
    The amended Certificate of Review is effective from June 15, 2017, 
the date on which the application for an amendment was deemed 
submitted.

    Dated: October 5, 2017.
Joseph E. Flynn,
Director, Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade 
Administration.
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                                                       Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),                       will make its final determination no                    C. Cost of Production Analysis
                                                    interested parties who wish to request a                later than 135 days after the date of                   1. Calculation of COP
                                                    hearing, limited to issues raised in the                publication of this preliminary                         2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
                                                    case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a                                                                         3. Results of the COP Test
                                                                                                            determination.
                                                                                                                                                                    D. Calculation of NV Based on
                                                    written request to the Assistant                                                                                   Comparison-Market Prices
                                                                                                            International Trade Commission
                                                    Secretary for Enforcement and                                                                                 X. Currency Conversion
                                                                                                            Notification
                                                    Compliance, U.S. Department of                                                                                XI. Critical Circumstances
                                                    Commerce, within 30 days after the date                    In accordance with section 733(f) of               XII. Conclusion
                                                    of publication of this notice. Requests                 the Act, the Department will notify the
                                                                                                                                                                  [FR Doc. 2017–22067 Filed 10–11–17; 8:45 am]
                                                    should contain the party’s name,                        International Trade Commission (ITC) of
                                                                                                                                                                  BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                    address, and telephone number, the                      its preliminary determination. If the
                                                    number of participants, whether any                     final determination is affirmative, the
                                                    participant is a foreign national, and a                ITC will determine before the later of                DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                    list of the issues to be discussed. If a                120 days after the date of this
                                                    request for a hearing is made, the                      preliminary determination or 45 days                  International Trade Administration
                                                    Department intends to hold the hearing                  after the final determination whether
                                                    at the U.S. Department of Commerce,                     these imports are materially injuring, or
                                                                                                                                                                  [Application No. 03–3A008]
                                                    1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,                           threaten material injury to, the U.S.
                                                    Washington, DC 20230, at a time and                     industry.                                             Export Trade Certificate of Review
                                                    date to be determined. Parties should                   Notification to Interested Parties
                                                    confirm by telephone the date, time, and                                                                      ACTION:Notice of Issuance of an
                                                    location of the hearing two days before                   This determination is issued and                    amended Export Trade Certificate of
                                                    the scheduled date.                                     published in accordance with sections                 Review to California Pistachio Export
                                                                                                            733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19                Council (‘‘CPEC’’), Application No. 03–
                                                    Postponement of Final Determination                     CFR 351.205(c).                                       3A008.
                                                    and Extension of Provisional Measures
                                                                                                              Dated: October 4, 2017.
                                                       Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides                Gary Taverman,                                        SUMMARY:    The U.S. Department of
                                                    that a final determination may be                       Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
                                                                                                                                                                  Commerce issued an amended Export
                                                    postponed until not later than 135 days                 and Countervailing Duty Operations,                   Trade Certificate of Review to CPEC on
                                                    after the date of the publication of the                performing the non-exclusive functions and            October 5, 2017.
                                                    preliminary determination if, in the                    duties of the Assistant Secretary for                 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                    event of an affirmative preliminary                     Enforcement and Compliance.                           Joseph E. Flynn, Director, Office of
                                                    determination, a request for such                       Appendix I                                            Trade and Economic Analysis
                                                    postponement is made by exporters who                                                                         (‘‘OTEA’’), International Trade
                                                    account for a significant proportion of                 Scope of the Investigation                            Administration, by telephone at (202)
                                                    exports of the subject merchandise, or in                  The scope of this investigation covers all         482–5131 (this is not a toll-free number)
                                                    the event of a negative preliminary                     forms and sizes of silicon metal, including           or email at etca@trade.gov.
                                                    determination, a request for such                       silicon metal powder. Silicon metal contains
                                                                                                            at least 85.00 percent but less than 99.99            SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of
                                                    postponement is made by the petitioner.                                                                       the Export Trading Company Act of
                                                                                                            percent silicon, and less than 4.00 percent
                                                    Section 351.210(e)(2) of the                            iron, by actual weight. Semiconductor grade           1982 (15 U.S.C. Sections 4001–21)
                                                    Department’s regulations requires that a                silicon (merchandise containing at least              authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to
                                                    request by exporters for postponement                   99.99 percent silicon by actual weight and            issue Export Trade Certificates of
                                                    of the final determination be                           classifiable under Harmonized Tariff                  Review. The regulations implementing
                                                    accompanied by a request for extension                  Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
                                                                                                                                                                  Title III are found at 15 CFR part 325
                                                    of provisional measures from a four-                    subheading 2804.61.0000) is excluded from
                                                                                                            the scope of this investigation.                      (2016). OTEA is issuing this notice
                                                    month period to a period not more than                                                                        pursuant to 15 CFR 325.6(b), which
                                                                                                               Silicon metal is currently classifiable
                                                    six months in duration.                                                                                       requires the Secretary of Commerce to
                                                                                                            under subheadings 2804.69.1000 and
                                                       On September 13, 2017, pursuant to                   2804.69.5000 of the HTSUS. While HTSUS                publish a summary of the certification
                                                    19 CFR 351.210(e), Simcoa requested                     numbers are provided for convenience and              in the Federal Register. Under Section
                                                    that the Department postpone the final                  customs purposes, the written description of          305(a) of the Act and 15 CFR 325.11(a),
                                                    determination and that provisional                      the scope remains dispositive.                        any person aggrieved by the Secretary’s
                                                    measures be extended to a period not to                                                                       determination may, within 30 days of
                                                    exceed six months.7 In accordance with                  Appendix II
                                                                                                                                                                  the date of this notice, bring an action
                                                    section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19                  List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary           in any appropriate district court of the
                                                    CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) The                 Decision Memorandum
                                                                                                                                                                  United States to set aside the
                                                    preliminary determination is                            I. Summary                                            determination on the ground that the
                                                    affirmative; (2) the requesting exporter                II. Background
                                                                                                                                                                  determination is erroneous.
                                                    accounts for a significant proportion of                III. Period of Investigation
                                                    exports of the subject merchandise; and                 IV. Scope Comments                                    Description of Amended Certificate
                                                    (3) no compelling reasons for denial                    V. Discussion of the Methodology
                                                                                                                                                                    CPEC’s Export Trade Certificate of
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                                                                                                               A. Determination of the Comparison
                                                    exist, the Department is postponing the                       Method                                          Review has been amended to:
                                                    final determination and extending the                      B. Results of the Differential Pricing             • Remove Horizon Marketing Agency in
                                                    provisional measures from a four-month                        Analysis                                          Common Cooperative Inc. as a
                                                    period to a period not greater than six                 VI. Date of Sale
                                                                                                                                                                    Member
                                                    months. Accordingly, the Department                     VII. Product Comparisons
                                                                                                            VIII. Constructed Export Price                        • Add the following new Members:
                                                      7 See Letter from Simcoa, ‘‘Silicon Metal from        IX. Normal Value                                        Æ Arizona Nut Company, LLC
                                                    Australia: Request for Postponement of Final               A. Home Market Viability                               (controlling entity A&P Ranch, L.P.)
                                                    Determination,’’ dated September 13, 2017.                 B. Level of Trade                                    Æ Horizon Growers Cooperative, Inc.


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                                                       CPEC’s amendment of its Export                       DATES:    Applicable October 12, 2017.                Analysis of Comments Received
                                                    Trade Certificate of Review results in the                                                                       All issues raised in the case and
                                                                                                            FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                    following membership list:                                                                                    rebuttal briefs by parties to this
                                                                                                            Edythe Artman or Brian Davis, AD/CVD
                                                    • Arizona Nut Company, LLC                              Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and                administrative review are addressed in
                                                    • ARO Pistachios, Inc.                                  Compliance, International Trade                       the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
                                                    • Horizon Growers Cooperative, Inc.                     Administration, U.S. Department of                    A list of the issues raised by parties is
                                                    • Keenan Farms, Inc.                                                                                          attached to this notice as Appendix I.
                                                                                                            Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
                                                    • Monarch Nut Company                                                                                         The Issues and Decision Memorandum
                                                    • Nichols Pistachio                                     NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
                                                                                                            (202) 482–3931 or (202) 482–7924,                     is a public document and is on file
                                                    • Primex Farms, LLC                                                                                           electronically via Enforcement and
                                                    • Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc.                 respectively.
                                                                                                                                                                  Compliance’s Antidumping and
                                                    • Zymex Industries, Inc.                                Background                                            Countervailing Duty Centralized
                                                       No change has been made regarding                                                                          Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
                                                    the Export Trade, Export Trade                            On April 7, 2017, the Department                    ACCESS is available to registered users
                                                    Activities or Methods of Operation                      published its notice of preliminary                   at https://access.trade.gov and it is
                                                    covered by the Certificate.                             results of review for the administrative              available to all parties in the Central
                                                       The amended Certificate of Review is                 review on glycine from the PRC in the                 Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main
                                                    effective from June 15, 2017, the date on               Federal Register.1 A summary of the                   Department of Commerce building. In
                                                    which the application for an                            events that occurred since the                        addition, a complete version of the
                                                    amendment was deemed submitted.                         Department published these results, as                Issues and Decision Memorandum can
                                                                                                            well as a discussion of the issues raised             be accessed directly at http://
                                                      Dated: October 5, 2017.
                                                                                                            by parties for this final determination,              enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html.
                                                    Joseph E. Flynn,
                                                                                                            may be found in the Issues and Decision               The signed and electronic versions of
                                                    Director, Office of Trade and Economic                  Memorandum, which is hereby adopted
                                                    Analysis, International Trade Administration.                                                                 the Issues and Decision Memorandum
                                                                                                            by this notice.2                                      are identical in content.
                                                    [FR Doc. 2017–21984 Filed 10–11–17; 8:45 am]
                                                    BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P                                  Scope of the Order                                    Changes Since the Preliminary Results
                                                                                                               The product covered by this                           In Comment 1 of the Issues and
                                                                                                            antidumping duty order is glycine,                    Decision Memorandum, the Department
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                                                                        concluded that the sole U.S. sale
                                                                                                            which is a free-flowing crystalline
                                                    International Trade Administration                      material, like salt or sugar. Glycine is              reported by Baoding Mantong for the
                                                                                                            produced at varying levels of purity and              period of review was not a bona fide
                                                    [A–570–836]                                                                                                   sale. Consequently, we are rescinding
                                                                                                            is used as a sweetener/taste enhancer, a
                                                                                                            buffering agent, reabsorbable amino                   the review with respect to this
                                                    Glycine From the People’s Republic of                                                                         company. We made no changes to the
                                                    China: Final Results of Antidumping                     acid, chemical intermediate, and a metal
                                                                                                            complexing agent. This proceeding                     PRC-wide rate assigned to Pharm-Rx’s
                                                    Duty Administrative Review and                                                                                Chinese supplier, Huayang Chemical, as
                                                    Rescission of Administrative Review,                    includes glycine of all purity levels.
                                                                                                            Glycine is currently classified under                 a result of our analysis of the issues.
                                                    in Part; 2015–2016
                                                                                                            subheading 2922.49.4020 of the                        Final Results of Review
                                                    AGENCY:   Enforcement and Compliance,                   Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
                                                    International Trade Administration,                                                                              In the Preliminary Results, we
                                                                                                            United States (HTSUS).3 Although the
                                                                                                                                                                  determined that Huayang Chemical
                                                    Department of Commerce.                                 HTSUS subheading is provided for
                                                                                                                                                                  failed to establish its eligibility for a
                                                    SUMMARY: On April 7, 2017, the                          convenience and customs purposes, the
                                                                                                                                                                  separate rate and preliminarily
                                                    Department of Commerce (the                             written description of the merchandise
                                                                                                                                                                  determined to treat the exporter as part
                                                    Department) published the preliminary                   under the order is dispositive.
                                                                                                                                                                  of the PRC-wide entity.4 Because no
                                                    results of the administrative review of                                                                       party requested a review of the PRC-
                                                    the antidumping duty order on glycine                      1 See Glycine from the People’s Republic of
                                                                                                                                                                  wide entity and the Department no
                                                    from the People’s Republic of China                     China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
                                                                                                            Administrative Review and Rescission of               longer considers the PRC-wide entity as
                                                    (PRC), covering the period March 1,                     Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, In Part;      an exporter conditionally subject to
                                                    2015, through February 29, 2016. We                     2015–2016, 82 FR 16992 (April 7, 2017)                administrative reviews, we did not
                                                    invited interested parties to comment on                (Preliminary Results).
                                                                                                                                                                  conduct a review of the PRC-wide
                                                    the preliminary results. We received                       2 See Memorandum to Gary Taverman, Deputy
                                                                                                                                                                  entity, and the entity’s rate is not subject
                                                    comments from a domestic interested                     Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
                                                                                                            Countervailing Duty Operations, on the subject of     to change in this review.5
                                                    party, GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc.                    ‘‘Glycine from the People’s Republic of China:
                                                    (GEO), a respondent, Baoding Mantong                    Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final          Assessment Rates
                                                    Fine Chemistry Co., Ltd. (Baoding                       Results of Administrative Review and Rescission of      Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
                                                    Mantong) and a U.S. importer, Pharm-                    Review, In Part; 2015–2016’’, dated concurrently
                                                                                                            with this notice (Issues and Decision                 Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act)
                                                    Rx Chemical Corporation (Pharm-Rx).                     Memorandum).                                          and 19 CFR 351.212(b), the Department
                                                    As a result of comments filed by the                       3 In separate scope rulings, the Department        has determined, and CBP shall assess,
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                                                    parties, we have determined that the                    determined that: (a) D(-) Phenylglycine Ethyl Dane    antidumping duties on all appropriate
                                                    U.S. sale reported by Baoding Mantong                   Salt is outside the scope of the order and (b) PRC-
                                                                                                            glycine exported from India remains the same class
                                                                                                                                                                  entries of subject merchandise covered
                                                    is not a bona fide sale and the review                  or kind of merchandise as the PRC-origin glycine
                                                    should be rescinded with respect to this                imported into India. See Notice of Scope Rulings        4 See Preliminary Results at 16992–16993.
                                                    exporter. The final results remain                      and Anticircumvention Inquiries, 62 FR 62288            5 See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement
                                                    unchanged from the preliminary results                  (November 21, 1997) and Glycine from the People’s     of Change in Department Practice for Respondent
                                                                                                            Republic of China: Final Partial Affirmative          Selection in Antidumping Duty Proceedings and
                                                    of review with respect to the other                     Determination of Circumvention of the                 Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy
                                                    respondent, Jizhou City Huayang                         Antidumping Duty Order, 77 FR 73426 (December         Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78
                                                    Chemical Co., Ltd. (Huayang Chemical).                  10, 2012), respectively.                              FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).



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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of Issuance of an amended Export Trade Certificate of Review to California Pistachio Export Council (``CPEC''), Application No. 03-3A008.
ContactJoseph E. Flynn, Director, Office of Trade and Economic Analysis (``OTEA''), International Trade Administration, by telephone at (202) 482-5131 (this is not a toll-free number) or email at [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 47473 

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