83_FR_54928 83 FR 54717 - Glycine From Thailand: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Not Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary Negative Determination of Critical Circumstances, Postponement of Final Determination

83 FR 54717 - Glycine From Thailand: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Not Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary Negative Determination of Critical Circumstances, Postponement of Final Determination

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 211 (October 31, 2018)

Page Range54717-54718
FR Document2018-23719

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that glycine from Thailand is not being, or is not likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV) for the period of investigation (POI) January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 211 (Wednesday, October 31, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 211 (Wednesday, October 31, 2018)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-837]


Glycine From Thailand: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Not 
Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary Negative Determination of Critical 
Circumstances, Postponement of Final Determination

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that glycine from Thailand is not being, or is not likely to be, sold 
in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV) for the period of 
investigation (POI) January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017. 
Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary 
determination.

DATES: Applicable October 31, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith or Jesus Saenz, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1766 or (202) 
482-8184, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    This preliminary determination is made in accordance with section 
733(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Commerce 
published the notice of initiation of this investigation on April 25, 
2018.\1\ On August 21, 2018, Commerce postponed the preliminary 
determination of this investigation to October 24, 2018.\2\ For a 
complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this 
investigation, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\3\ A list of 
topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as 
Appendix II to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a 
public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and 
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic 
Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at 
https://access.trade.gov, and it is available to all parties in the 
Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce 
building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and the electronic versions of the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \1\ See Glycine from India, Japan, and Thailand: Initiation of 
Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 83 FR 17995 (April 25, 2018) 
(Initiation Notice).
    \2\ See Glycine from India, Japan, and Thailand: Postponement of 
Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping Duty Investigations, 83 FR 
42259 (August 21, 2018).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Glycine 
from Thailand'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Investigation

    The product covered by this investigation is glycine from Thailand. 
For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see 
Appendix I.

Scope Comments

    In accordance with the preamble to Commerce's regulations,\4\ the 
Initiation Notice set aside a period of time for parties to raise 
issues regarding product coverage (i.e., scope).\5\ Certain interested 
parties commented on the scope of the investigation as it appeared in 
the Initiation Notice. For a summary of the product coverage comments 
and rebuttal responses submitted to the record for this preliminary 
determination, and accompanying discussion and analysis of all comments 
timely received, see the Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum.\6\ 
Commerce is not preliminarily modifying the scope language as it 
appeared in the Initiation Notice.
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    \4\ See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, Final Rule, 
62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997).
    \5\ See Initiation Notice.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Glycine from India, Japan, the People's 
Republic of China and Thailand: Scope Comments Decision Memorandum 
for the Preliminary Determinations'' (Preliminary Scope Decision 
Memorandum), dated August 27, 2018.
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this investigation in accordance with 
section 731 of the Act. Constructed export price was calculated in 
accordance with section 772(b) of the Act. Normal value was calculated 
in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full description of 
the methodology underlying the preliminary determination, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Negative Determination of Critical Circumstances

    In accordance with section 733(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.206, we 
preliminarily determine that critical circumstances do not exist with 
regard to imports of glycine from Thailand. For a full discussion, see 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Determination

    For this preliminary determination, Commerce calculated a zero 
estimated weighted-average dumping margin for Newtrend Food Ingredient 
(Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Newtrend), the only mandatory respondent in this 
investigation.

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                                                              Estimated
                                                              weighted-
                                                               average
                    Exporter or producer                       dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Newtrend Food Ingredient (Thailand) Co., Ltd...............        0.00
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    Consistent with section 733(d) of the Act, Commerce has not 
calculated an estimated weighted-average dumping margin for all-other 
producers and exporters because it has not made an affirmative 
preliminary determination of sales at LTFV.

Suspension of Liquidation

    Because Commerce has made a negative preliminary determination of 
sales at LTFV with regard to subject merchandise, U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection will not be directed to suspend liquidation on 
entries of glycine from Thailand.

Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis to 
interested parties in this preliminary determination within five days 
of any

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public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five 
days of the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.224(b).

Verification

    As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the Act, Commerce intends to 
verify the information relied upon in making its final determination.

Public Comment

    Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than seven 
days after the date on which the last verification report is issued in 
this investigation, unless otherwise indicated. Rebuttal briefs, 
limited to issues raised in case briefs, may be submitted no later than 
five days after the deadline date for case briefs.\7\ Pursuant to 19 
CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or 
rebuttal briefs in this investigation are encouraged to submit with 
each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the 
argument; and (3) a table of authorities.
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general 
filing requirements).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal 
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, within 30 days 
after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain 
the party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of 
participants, whether any participant is a foreign national, and a list 
of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, 
Commerce intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a time 
and date to be determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the 
date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled 
date.

Postponement of Final Determination for Negative Preliminary 
Determination

    Section 735(a)(2)(B) of the Act provides that a final determination 
may be postponed until not later than 135 days after the date of the 
publication of the preliminary determination if, in the event of a 
negative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement is 
made by the petitioners.\8\ On September 14, 2018, the petitioners 
requested that Commerce postpone the final determination.\9\ In 
accordance with section 735(a)(2)(B) of the Act, because the 
preliminary determination is negative, and the petitioners have 
requested the postponement of the final determination, Commerce is 
postponing the final determination. Accordingly, Commerce will make its 
final determination by no later than 135 days after the date of 
publication of this preliminary determination, pursuant to section 
735(a)(2) of the Act.
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    \8\ The petitioners are GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. and 
Chattem Chemicals, Inc.
    \9\ See Letter from the petitioners, ``Glycine from Thailand, 
Japan, and India: Request to Extend the Final Determinations in 
Glycine from Thailand, Japan and India,'' dated September 14, 2018.
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International Trade Commission Notification

    In accordance with section 733(f) of the Act, Commerce will notify 
the International Trade Commission (ITC) of its preliminary 
determination. If the final determination is affirmative, the ITC will 
determine 75 days after the final determination whether these imports 
are materially injuring, or threaten material injury to, the U.S. 
industry.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This determination is issued and published in accordance with 
sections 733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c).

    Dated: October 24, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

Scope of the Investigation

    The merchandise covered by this investigation is glycine at any 
purity level or grade. This includes glycine of all purity levels, 
which covers all forms of crude or technical glycine including, but 
not limited to, sodium glycinate, glycine slurry and any other forms 
of amino acetic acid or glycine. Subject merchandise also includes 
glycine and precursors of dried crystalline glycine that are 
processed in a third country, including, but not limited to, 
refining or any other processing that would not otherwise remove the 
merchandise from the scope of this investigation if performed in the 
country of manufacture of the in-scope glycine or precursors of 
dried crystalline glycine. Glycine has the Chemical Abstracts 
Service (CAS) registry number of 56-40-6. Glycine and glycine slurry 
are classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) subheading 2922.49.43.00. Sodium glycinate is classified in 
the HTSUS under 2922.49.80.00. While the HTSUS subheadings and CAS 
registry number are provided for convenience and customs purposes, 
the written description of the scope of this investigation is 
dispositive.

Appendix II

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Investigation
IV. Postponement of Final Determination
V. Scope Comments
VI. Discussion of the Methodology
    A. Determination of the Comparison Method
    B. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
VII. Date of Sale
VIII. Product Comparisons
IX. Constructed Export Price
X. Normal Value
    A. Particular Market Situation
    B. Home Market Viability
    C. Level of Trade
    D. Cost of Production (COP) Analysis
    1. Calculation of COP
    2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
    3. Results of the COP Test
    E. Calculation of NV Based on Comparison Market Prices
XI. Currency Conversion
XII. Preliminary Negative Determination of Critical Circumstances
XIII. Conclusion

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                                              II. Background                                          notice of initiation of this investigation              Commerce is not preliminarily
                                              III. Period of Review                                   on April 25, 2018.1 On August 21, 2018,                 modifying the scope language as it
                                              IV. Scope of the Order                                  Commerce postponed the preliminary                      appeared in the Initiation Notice.
                                              V. Discussion of the Methodology                        determination of this investigation to
                                                 (1) Comparisons to Normal Value                                                                              Methodology
                                                 A. Determination of Comparison Method
                                                                                                      October 24, 2018.2 For a complete
                                                                                                      description of the events that followed                   Commerce is conducting this
                                                 B. Results of the Differential Pricing
                                                    Analysis                                          the initiation of this investigation, see               investigation in accordance with section
                                                 (2) Product Comparisons                              the Preliminary Decision                                731 of the Act. Constructed export price
                                                 (3) Date of Sale                                     Memorandum.3 A list of topics included                  was calculated in accordance with
                                                 (4) Level of Trade/CEP Offset                        in the Preliminary Decision                             section 772(b) of the Act. Normal value
                                                 (5) Export Price and Constructed Export              Memorandum is included as Appendix                      was calculated in accordance with
                                                    Price                                             II to this notice. The Preliminary                      section 773 of the Act. For a full
                                                 (6) Normal Value                                     Decision Memorandum is a public                         description of the methodology
                                                 A. Home Market Viability and Comparison                                                                      underlying the preliminary
                                                    Market
                                                                                                      document and is on file electronically
                                                                                                      via Enforcement and Compliance’s                        determination, see the Preliminary
                                                 B. Cost of Production
                                                 1. Calculation of Cost of Production                 Antidumping and Countervailing Duty                     Decision Memorandum.
                                                 2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices            Centralized Electronic Service System                   Preliminary Negative Determination of
                                                 3. Results of the COP Test                           (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to                        Critical Circumstances
                                                 C. Calculation of Normal Value Based on              registered users at https://
                                                    Comparison Market Prices                          access.trade.gov, and it is available to                   In accordance with section 733(e) of
                                              VI. Currency Conversion                                 all parties in the Central Records Unit,                the Act and 19 CFR 351.206, we
                                              VII. Recommendation                                     Room B8024 of the main Department of                    preliminarily determine that critical
                                              [FR Doc. 2018–23792 Filed 10–30–18; 8:45 am]            Commerce building. In addition, a                       circumstances do not exist with regard
                                              BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                  complete version of the Preliminary                     to imports of glycine from Thailand. For
                                                                                                      Decision Memorandum can be accessed                     a full discussion, see the Preliminary
                                                                                                      directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/               Decision Memorandum.
                                              DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  frn/. The signed and the electronic                     Preliminary Determination
                                                                                                      versions of the Preliminary Decision                      For this preliminary determination,
                                              International Trade Administration
                                                                                                      Memorandum are identical in content.                    Commerce calculated a zero estimated
                                              [A–549–837]
                                                                                                      Scope of the Investigation                              weighted-average dumping margin for
                                              Glycine From Thailand: Preliminary                                                                              Newtrend Food Ingredient (Thailand)
                                                                                                        The product covered by this                           Co., Ltd. (Newtrend), the only
                                              Determination of Sales at Not Less                      investigation is glycine from Thailand.
                                              Than Fair Value, Preliminary Negative                                                                           mandatory respondent in this
                                                                                                      For a complete description of the scope                 investigation.
                                              Determination of Critical                               of this investigation, see Appendix I.
                                              Circumstances, Postponement of Final
                                                                                                      Scope Comments                                                                                        Estimated
                                              Determination                                                                                                                                                 weighted-
                                                                                                        In accordance with the preamble to                                                                   average
                                              AGENCY:   Enforcement and Compliance,                                                                                   Exporter or producer                  dumping
                                              International Trade Administration,                     Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation                                                                 margin
                                              Department of Commerce.                                 Notice set aside a period of time for                                                                 (percent)
                                              SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce                     parties to raise issues regarding product
                                                                                                      coverage (i.e., scope).5 Certain interested             Newtrend Food Ingredient (Thai-
                                              (Commerce) preliminarily determines                                                                               land) Co., Ltd ..........................     0.00
                                              that glycine from Thailand is not being,                parties commented on the scope of the
                                              or is not likely to be, sold in the United              investigation as it appeared in the
                                                                                                      Initiation Notice. For a summary of the                    Consistent with section 733(d) of the
                                              States at less than fair value (LTFV) for                                                                       Act, Commerce has not calculated an
                                              the period of investigation (POI) January               product coverage comments and
                                                                                                      rebuttal responses submitted to the                     estimated weighted-average dumping
                                              1, 2017, through December 31, 2017.                                                                             margin for all-other producers and
                                              Interested parties are invited to                       record for this preliminary
                                                                                                      determination, and accompanying                         exporters because it has not made an
                                              comment on this preliminary                                                                                     affirmative preliminary determination of
                                              determination.                                          discussion and analysis of all comments
                                                                                                      timely received, see the Preliminary                    sales at LTFV.
                                              DATES:   Applicable October 31, 2018.                   Scope Decision Memorandum.6                             Suspension of Liquidation
                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                              Brian Smith or Jesus Saenz, AD/CVD                        1 See Glycine from India, Japan, and Thailand:
                                                                                                                                                                Because Commerce has made a
                                              Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement                    Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 83   negative preliminary determination of
                                              and Compliance, International Trade                     FR 17995 (April 25, 2018) (Initiation Notice).          sales at LTFV with regard to subject
                                              Administration, U.S. Department of
                                                                                                        2 See Glycine from India, Japan, and Thailand:        merchandise, U.S. Customs and Border
                                                                                                      Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of           Protection will not be directed to
                                              Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue                      Antidumping Duty Investigations, 83 FR 42259
                                              NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:                    (August 21, 2018).
                                                                                                                                                              suspend liquidation on entries of
                                              (202) 482–1766 or (202) 482–8184,                         3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for           glycine from Thailand.
                                              respectively.                                           the Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-
                                                                                                                                                              Disclosure
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                                                                                                      Fair-Value Investigation of Glycine from Thailand’’
                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by,           Commerce intends to disclose its
                                                                                                      this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).          calculations and analysis to interested
                                              Background                                                4 See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties,

                                                                                                      Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997).
                                                                                                                                                              parties in this preliminary
                                                 This preliminary determination is                      5 See Initiation Notice.                              determination within five days of any
                                              made in accordance with section 733(b)                    6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Glycine from India, Japan,
                                              of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended                   the People’s Republic of China and Thailand: Scope      Preliminary Determinations’’ (Preliminary Scope
                                              (the Act). Commerce published the                       Comments Decision Memorandum for the                    Decision Memorandum), dated August 27, 2018.



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                                              public announcement or, if there is no                  petitioners requested that Commerce                   provided for convenience and customs
                                              public announcement, within five days                   postpone the final determination.9 In                 purposes, the written description of the
                                              of the date of publication of this notice               accordance with section 735(a)(2)(B) of               scope of this investigation is dispositive.
                                              in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).                   the Act, because the preliminary                      Appendix II
                                                                                                      determination is negative, and the
                                              Verification                                                                                                  List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
                                                                                                      petitioners have requested the
                                                 As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the                                                                    Decision Memorandum
                                                                                                      postponement of the final
                                              Act, Commerce intends to verify the                     determination, Commerce is postponing                 I. Summary
                                              information relied upon in making its                   the final determination. Accordingly,                 II. Background
                                              final determination.                                                                                          III. Period of Investigation
                                                                                                      Commerce will make its final                          IV. Postponement of Final Determination
                                              Public Comment                                          determination by no later than 135 days               V. Scope Comments
                                                                                                      after the date of publication of this                 VI. Discussion of the Methodology
                                                 Case briefs or other written comments                preliminary determination, pursuant to                   A. Determination of the Comparison
                                              may be submitted to the Assistant                       section 735(a)(2) of the Act.                               Method
                                              Secretary for Enforcement and                                                                                    B. Results of the Differential Pricing
                                              Compliance no later than seven days                     International Trade Commission                              Analysis
                                              after the date on which the last                        Notification                                          VII. Date of Sale
                                              verification report is issued in this                      In accordance with section 733(f) of               VIII. Product Comparisons
                                              investigation, unless otherwise                         the Act, Commerce will notify the                     IX. Constructed Export Price
                                              indicated. Rebuttal briefs, limited to                                                                        X. Normal Value
                                                                                                      International Trade Commission (ITC) of
                                              issues raised in case briefs, may be                                                                             A. Particular Market Situation
                                                                                                      its preliminary determination. If the                    B. Home Market Viability
                                              submitted no later than five days after                 final determination is affirmative, the                  C. Level of Trade
                                              the deadline date for case briefs.7                     ITC will determine 75 days after the                     D. Cost of Production (COP) Analysis
                                              Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and                    final determination whether these                        1. Calculation of COP
                                              (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or               imports are materially injuring, or                      2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
                                              rebuttal briefs in this investigation are               threaten material injury to, the U.S.                    3. Results of the COP Test
                                              encouraged to submit with each                          industry.                                                E. Calculation of NV Based on Comparison
                                              argument: (1) A statement of the issue;                                                                             Market Prices
                                              (2) a brief summary of the argument;                    Notification to Interested Parties                    XI. Currency Conversion
                                              and (3) a table of authorities.                           This determination is issued and                    XII. Preliminary Negative Determination of
                                                 Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),                                                                                   Critical Circumstances
                                                                                                      published in accordance with sections
                                              interested parties who wish to request a                                                                      XIII. Conclusion
                                                                                                      733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
                                              hearing, limited to issues raised in the                CFR 351.205(c).                                       [FR Doc. 2018–23719 Filed 10–30–18; 8:45 am]
                                              case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a                                                                       BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                                                                        Dated: October 24, 2018.
                                              written request to the Assistant
                                              Secretary for Enforcement and                           Gary Taverman,
                                              Compliance, U.S. Department of                          Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping            DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                              Commerce, within 30 days after the date                 and Countervailing Duty Operations,
                                                                                                      performing the non-exclusive functions and            International Trade Administration
                                              of publication of this notice. Requests
                                                                                                      duties of the Assistant Secretary for
                                              should contain the party’s name,                        Enforcement and Compliance.                           [A–588–878]
                                              address, and telephone number, the
                                              number of participants, whether any                     Appendix I                                            Glycine From Japan: Preliminary
                                              participant is a foreign national, and a                Scope of the Investigation                            Determination of Sales at Less Than
                                              list of the issues to be discussed. If a                                                                      Fair Value and Postponement of Final
                                                                                                        The merchandise covered by this
                                              request for a hearing is made, Commerce                 investigation is glycine at any purity level or       Determination
                                              intends to hold the hearing at the U.S.                 grade. This includes glycine of all purity
                                              Department of Commerce, 1401                                                                                  AGENCY:   Enforcement and Compliance,
                                                                                                      levels, which covers all forms of crude or
                                              Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,                     technical glycine including, but not limited
                                                                                                                                                            International Trade Administration,
                                              DC 20230, at a time and date to be                      to, sodium glycinate, glycine slurry and any          Department of Commerce.
                                              determined. Parties should confirm by                   other forms of amino acetic acid or glycine.          SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
                                              telephone the date, time, and location of               Subject merchandise also includes glycine             (Commerce) preliminarily determines
                                                                                                      and precursors of dried crystalline glycine           that glycine from Japan is being, or is
                                              the hearing two days before the
                                                                                                      that are processed in a third country,                likely to be, sold in the United States at
                                              scheduled date.                                         including, but not limited to, refining or any
                                                                                                                                                            less than fair value (LTFV). The period
                                              Postponement of Final Determination                     other processing that would not otherwise
                                                                                                      remove the merchandise from the scope of              of investigation (POI) is January 1, 2017,
                                              for Negative Preliminary Determination                                                                        through December 31, 2017. Interested
                                                                                                      this investigation if performed in the country
                                                Section 735(a)(2)(B) of the Act                       of manufacture of the in-scope glycine or             parties are invited to comment on this
                                              provides that a final determination may                 precursors of dried crystalline glycine.              preliminary determination.
                                              be postponed until not later than 135                   Glycine has the Chemical Abstracts Service            DATES: Applicable October 31, 2018.
                                              days after the date of the publication of               (CAS) registry number of 56–40–6. Glycine
                                                                                                      and glycine slurry are classified under               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                              the preliminary determination if, in the                                                                      Madeline Heeren or John McGowan,
                                                                                                      Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
                                              event of a negative preliminary                         States (HTSUS) subheading 2922.49.43.00.              AD/CVD Operations, Office VI,
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                                              determination, a request for such                       Sodium glycinate is classified in the HTSUS           Enforcement and Compliance,
                                              postponement is made by the                             under 2922.49.80.00. While the HTSUS                  International Trade Administration,
                                              petitioners.8 On September 14, 2018, the                subheadings and CAS registry number are               U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
                                                                                                                                                            Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
                                                 7 See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303          9 See Letter from the petitioners, ‘‘Glycine from
                                              (for general filing requirements).
                                                                                                                                                            DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–9179 or
                                                                                                      Thailand, Japan, and India: Request to Extend the
                                                 8 The petitioners are GEO Specialty Chemicals,       Final Determinations in Glycine from Thailand,        (202) 482–3019, respectively.
                                              Inc. and Chattem Chemicals, Inc.                        Japan and India,’’ dated September 14, 2018.          SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:



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DatesApplicable October 31, 2018.
ContactBrian Smith or Jesus Saenz, AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1766 or (202) 482-8184, respectively.
FR Citation83 FR 54717 

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