SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On June 21, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register the AD orders on glycine from India and Japan and subsequently published the AD order for the same product from Thailand on October 18, 2019.^[1] On May ( printed page 74207) 1, 2024, Commerce published the notice of initiation of the first sunset reviews of the Orders, pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).^[2]

On May 13, 2024, Commerce received notices of intent to participate in these reviews from Deer Park Glycine, LLC of Deer Park, Texas, which is a subsidiary of GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc., and Chattem Chemicals, Inc. of Chattanooga, Tennessee (collectively, the domestic interested parties), within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)).^[3] The domestic interested parties claimed interested party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act as producers of the domestic like product in the United States.^[4] In May, 2024, Commerce received adequate substantive responses from the domestic industry parties within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).^[5] We received no substantive responses from respondent interested parties.

On June 21, 2024, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade Commission that it did not receive substantive responses from any respondent interested parties.^[6] As a result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce conducted expedited (120-day) sunset reviews of the Orders.

On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in these administrative proceedings by seven days.^[7] The deadline for these final results of sunset reviews is September 5, 2024.

Scope of the Orders

The products covered by these Orders are glycine from India, Japan, and Thailand. For a full description of the scope of the Orders, see the Issues and Decision.^[8]

Analysis of Comments Received

A complete discussion of all issues raised in these sunset reviews is contained in the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.^[9] A list of topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is included as an appendix to this notice. The Issues and 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. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be directly accessed at https://access.trade.gov/​public/​FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Final Results of Sunset Reviews

Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, Commerce determines that revocation of the Orders would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping and that the magnitude of the dumping margins likely to prevail would be weighed-average dumping margins up to 13.61 percent for India, 86.22 percent for Japan, and 227.17 percent for Thailand.^[10]

Administrative Protective Order

This notice serves as the only reminder to interested parties subject to an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the return/destruction or conversion to judicial protective order of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary

II. Background

III. Scope of the Orders

IV. History of the Orders

V. Legal Framework

VI. Discussion of the Issues

1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of Dumping

2. Magnitude of the Margins of Dumping Likely to Prevail

VII. Final Results of Sunset Reviews

VIII. Recommendation

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