[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 17, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28419-28420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12093]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-878]


Persulfates From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of 
the 2009-2010 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

SUMMARY: On March 11, 2011, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published its Preliminary Results for the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on persulfates from the People's Republic of 
China (``PRC'') covering the period July 1, 2009, through June 30, 
2010.\1\ We invited interested parties to comment on our Preliminary 
Results. FMC Corporation (``FMC''), a domestic producer of persulfates 
and an interested party in this review, commented that it fully 
supports our Preliminary Results. No other party submitted comments. 
Therefore, the Preliminary Results are hereby adopted as the final 
results.
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    \1\ See Persulfates From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of the 2009-2010 Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 76 FR 13358 (March 11, 2011) (``Preliminary Results'').

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DATES: Effective Date: May 17, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brandon Petelin or Charles Riggle, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
8173 and (202) 482-0650, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 11, 2011, the Department published its Preliminary Results 
for the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
persulfates from the PRC covering the July 1, 2009, through June 30, 
2010, period of review (``POR''). For the Preliminary Results, because 
United Initiators (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (``United Initiators'') did not 
respond to the Department's questionnaire, we were unable to determine 
if United Initiators was eligible for a separate rate.\2\ United 
Initiators did not rebut the Department's presumption of government 
control and was, therefore, presumed to be part of the PRC-wide entity. 
Further, in accordance with sections 776(a)(2)(A) and (B) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (``Act''), because the PRC-wide entity 
(including United Initiators) failed to cooperate to the best of its 
ability by not responding to our questionnaire, we found it appropriate 
to use adverse facts available.\3\ On March 21, 2011, FMC submitted 
comments stating that it fully supports the Department's Preliminary 
Results. No other party submitted comments.
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    \2\ On October 8, 2010, the Department confirmed that United 
Initiators signed for and received our mailing of the antidumping 
duty questionnaire. United Initiators did not respond to the 
Department's antidumping duty questionnaire. On January 3, 2011, the 
Department placed on the record of this administrative review the 
UPS International Air Waybill receipt and delivery confirmation for 
the questionnaire issued to United Initiators to confirm that we 
mailed, and United Initiators received and signed for, the 
questionnaire.
    \3\ See Preliminary Results.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this review are persulfates, including 
ammonium, potassium, and sodium persulfates. The chemical formula for 
these persulfates are, respectively, 
(NH4)2S2O8, 
K2S2O8, and 
Na2S2O8. Potassium persulfates are 
currently classifiable under subheading 2833.40.10 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States

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(``HTSUS''). Sodium persulfates are classifiable under HTSUS subheading 
2833.40.20. Ammonium and other persulfates are classifiable under HTSUS 
subheadings 2833.40.50 and 2833.40.60. Although the HTSUS subheadings 
are provided for convenience and customs purposes, our written 
description of the scope of this review is dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    On March 21, 2011, FMC submitted comments stating that it fully 
supports our Preliminary Results. Because no other party commented on 
the Preliminary Results, we have adopted the Preliminary Results as the 
final results, including the margin determined therein.\4\
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    \4\ See id.
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Final Results of Review

    We find that the following weighted-average dumping margin exists 
for the July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010, POR:

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                                                                Margin
                    Manufacturer/Exporter                      (percent)
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PRC-Wide Entity *...........................................      119.02
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* The PRC-wide entity includes United Initiators.

Assessment Rates

    The Department has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (``CBP'') shall assess, antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries covered by this review. The Department intends to 
issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication date 
of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of this notice of final results of administrative review 
for all shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication, as 
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the PRC-wide 
entity (which includes United Initiators), the cash deposit rate will 
be the PRC-wide rate established in these final results of review; (2) 
for previously investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not 
listed above that have separate rates, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the exporter-specific rate published for the most recent 
period; (3) for all PRC exporters of subject merchandise that have not 
been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate 
will be the PRC-wide rate; and (4) for all non-PRC exporters of subject 
merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit 
rate will be the rate applicable to the PRC exporters that supplied 
that non-PRC exporter. These deposit requirements shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Notification of Interested Parties

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties. This notice also serves as a 
reminder to parties subject to administrative protective order 
(``APO'') of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction 
of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.305, which continues to govern business proprietary information 
in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written notification of the 
return/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 that is subject to 
sanction.
    This notice of the final results of this administrative review is 
issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: May 10, 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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