[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65584-65585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26283]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-836]


Glycine From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of 
Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.


DATES: Effective Date: November 4, 2008.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has determined 
that a request for a new shipper review (NSR) of the antidumping duty 
order on glycine from the People's Republic of China (PRC), received on 
September 24, 2008, meets the statutory and regulatory requirements for 
initiation. The period of review (POR) of this new shipper review is 
March 1, 2008, through August 31, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Bailey or Angelica Mendoza, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0193 and (202) 482-3019, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The notice announcing the antidumping duty order on glycine from 
the PRC was published on March 29, 1995.\1\ See Antidumping Duty Order: 
Glycine From the People's Republic of China, 60 FR 16116 (March 29, 
1995). On September 24, 2008, we received a timely request for a new 
shipper review from Jiangxi Ansun Chemical Technology Co., Ltd. 
(Jiangxi Ansun) in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(c). Jiangxi Ansun 
made its request during the semiannual anniversary month. See 19 CFR 
351.214(d)(2). Jiangxi Ansun certified that it produced and sold the 
glycine it exported to an unaffiliated U.S. purchaser, which is the 
basis for its request for a NSR.
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    \1\ Therefore, a request for a new shipper review based on the 
semiannual anniversary month, in this case September, was due to the 
Department by the final day of September. See 19 CFR 351.214(d)(1) 
and (2).
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    The Department conducted queries of the U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) database in order to confirm that Jiangxi Ansun's 
reported shipment of subject merchandise entered the United States for 
consumption and that liquidation of such shipment had been properly 
suspended for antidumping duties. See Memorandum to the File from 
Stephen Bailey, Customs and Border Protection Data for Entries of 
Glycine from the People's Republic of China, dated October 28, 2008. In 
reviewing the CBP data, we identified the Jiangxi Ansun's August 2008 
sale to the United States and matched it with the documentation 
submitted by Jiangxi Ansun. We also solicited further information from 
CBP on U.S. entries of glycine produced by Jiangxi Ansun.

Initiation of New Shipper Review

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(i), Jiangxi Ansun certified that it did not export 
glycine to the United States during the original POI. Pursuant to 
section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), Jiangxi Ansun certified that, since the 
initiation of the investigation, it has never been affiliated with any 
exporter or producer who exported glycine to the United States during 
the POI, including those not individually examined during the 
investigation. As required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), Jiangxi 
Ansun also certified that its export activities were not controlled by 
the central government of the PRC.
    In addition to the certifications described above, Jiangxi Ansun 
submitted documentation establishing the following: (1) The date on 
which it first shipped glycine for export to the United States and the 
date on which the glycine was first entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption; (2) the volume of its first shipment; and 
(3) the date of its first sale to an unaffiliated customer in the 
United States.
    On September 29, 2008, the Department received comments from GEO 
Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (GEO), a domestic glycine producer and the 
successor company to one of the original petitioners, Hampshire 
Chemical Corporation, regarding Jiangxi Ansun's NSR request. In its 
comments, GEO argues that Jiangxi Ansun had two shipments of glycine 
that entered the United States in February 2008, prior to the single 
shipment of glycine that is the basis for this NSR request. GEO also 
notes that Jiangxi Ansun, by its own admission, is the successor 
company to Jiangxi Electrochemical Co., Ltd.
    On October 3, 2008, Jiangxi Ansun submitted comments in rebuttal to 
GEO's September 29, 2008, comments. Jiangxi Ansun contends that since 
the February 2008 transactions occurred in Canada, they are not United 
States transactions and do not constitute Jiangxi Ansun's first 
shipment to the United States. It also maintains that neither the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), nor the Department's 
regulations contain a requirement that the shipment made by the new 
exporter, upon which the NSR request is based, be the first shipment 
made by that exporter to the United States.
    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(d)(1), we find that the request submitted by Jiangxi Ansun 
meets the threshold requirements for initiation of a NSR of its 
shipment of glycine from the PRC produced and exported by Jiangxi 
Ansun. See Memorandum to the File through Richard O. Weible, Director, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 7, from Stephen Bailey, entitled ``Initiation 
Checklist of AD New Shipper Review: Glycine from the People's Republic 
of China,'' dated concurrently with this notice. Therefore, we are 
initiating a NSR for the shipment of glycine produced and exported by 
Jiangxi Ansun to the United States. With respect to the issues raised 
by the parties, we intend to evaluate them further in the context of 
this NSR. We intend to issue the preliminary results of this review no 
later than 180 days from the date of initiation, and the final results 
of this review no later than 270

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days from the date of initiation. See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the 
Act.

Period of Review

    The POR is March 1, 2008, through August 31, 2008. See 19 CFR 
351.214(g)(1)(i)(B).

Separate Rate

    In cases involving non-market economies, the Department requires 
that a company seeking to establish eligibility for an antidumping duty 
rate separate from the PRC-wide entity rate provide evidence of de jure 
and de facto absence of government control over the company's export 
activities. Accordingly, we will issue a questionnaire to Jiangxi 
Ansun, including a separate-rate section. The review will proceed if 
the responses provide sufficient indication that Jiangxi Ansun is not 
subject to either de jure or de facto government control with respect 
to its exports of glycine. However, if Jiangxi Ansun does not 
demonstrate its eligibility for a separate rate, the company will be 
deemed not separate from other companies that exported during the POI, 
and the NSR for Jiangxi Ansun will be rescinded.
    On August 17, 2006, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (H.R. 4) was 
signed into law. Section 1632 of H.R. 4 temporarily suspends the 
authority of the Department to instruct CBP to collect a bond or other 
security in lieu of a cash deposit in new shipper reviews during the 
period April 1, 2006, through June 30, 2009. Therefore, the posting of 
a bond or other security under section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act in 
lieu of a cash deposit is not available in this case. Importers of 
glycine produced and exported by Jiangxi Ansun must continue to post a 
cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties on each entry of subject 
merchandise at the current PRC-wide rate of 155.89 percent.
    Interested parties requiring access to proprietary information in 
this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306.
    This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i).

     Dated: October 28, 2008.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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