[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4865-4866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1797]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-834]


Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From Mexico: Final Results of the 
First Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of Antidumping Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: On September 29, 2010, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published a notice of preliminary results of the full 
sunset review of the antidumping duty order on purified 
carboxymethylcellulose (``CMC'') from Mexico pursuant to section 751(c) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). See Purified 
Carboxymethylcellulose from Mexico: Preliminary Results of the First 
Five-year (``Sunset'') Review of Antidumping Duty Order, 75 FR 60084 
(September 29, 2010) (``Preliminary Results''). We provided interested 
parties an opportunity to comment on our Preliminary Results. The 
Department did not receive comments from either domestic or respondent 
interested parties. As a result of this review, the Department 
continues to find that that revocation of the antidumping duty order 
with respect to CMC from Mexico would likely lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping at the levels listed below in the section 
entitled ``Final Results of Review.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dena Crossland 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-
3362 or (202) 482-3019, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On September 29, 2010, the Department published in the Federal 
Register a notice of preliminary results of the full sunset review of 
antidumping duty order on CMC from Mexico, pursuant to section 751(c) 
of the Act. See Preliminary Results, 75 FR 60084. In our Preliminary 
Results, we found that revocation of the antidumping duty order with 
respect to CMC from Mexico would likely lead to a continuation or 
recurrence of dumping at the margins determined in the final 
determination of the original investigation. Id. We provided interested 
parties an opportunity to comment on our Preliminary Results. Id. We 
did not receive comments from either domestic or respondent interested 
parties.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order is all purified CMC, sometimes 
also referred to as purified sodium CMC, polyanionic cellulose, or 
cellulose gum, which is a white to off-white, non-toxic, odorless, 
biodegradable powder, comprising sodium CMC that has been refined and 
purified to a minimum assay of 90 percent. Purified CMC does not 
include unpurified or crude CMC, CMC Fluidized Polymer Suspensions, and 
CMC that is cross-linked through heat treatment. Purified CMC is CMC 
that has undergone one or more purification operations, which, at a 
minimum, reduce the remaining salt and other by-product portion of the 
product to less than ten percent. The

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merchandise subject to the order is currently classified in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') at 
subheading 3912.31.00.\1\ This tariff classification is provided for 
convenience and Customs purposes; however, the written description of 
the scope of the order is dispositive.
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    \1\ Although HTSUS number 3912.31.00.10 may be more specific to 
subject merchandise, it was not created until 2005. As such, we are 
relying on HTSUS number 3912.31.00 for purposes of this sunset 
review because in determining whether revocation of an order would 
likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, the Department 
considers the margins established in the investigation and/or 
reviews conducted during the sunset review period as well as the 
volume of imports for the periods before and after the issuance of 
the order. See section 752(c)(1) of the Act.
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Final Results of Review

    We have made no changes to our Preliminary Results, 75 FR 60084. We 
continue to find that revocation of the antidumping duty order with 
respect to CMC from Mexico would likely lead to a continuation or 
recurrence of dumping at the following percentage weighted-average 
margins:

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                                          Weighted-
                                           average
     Manufacturer/producer/exporter         margin
                                          percentage
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Quimica Amtex..........................        12.61
All Others.............................        12.61
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    In accordance with section 752(c)(3) of the Act, we will notify the 
International Trade Commission of the final results of this full sunset 
review.
    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with section 351.305 of the 
Department's regulations. 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.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: January 20, 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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