[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 210 (Tuesday, October 30, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65669-65670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26671]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-836]


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

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received a 
request for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on 
glycine from the People's Republic of China (the PRC). See Antidumping 
Duty Order: Glycine From the People's Republic of China, 60 FR 16115 
(March 29, 1995) (Order). In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.214(d), we 
are initiating an antidumping duty new shipper review of Hebei Donghua 
Jiheng Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. (Donghua Fine Chemical). The period of 
review (POR) of this new shipper review is March 1, 2012, through 
August 31, 2012.

DATES: Effective Date: October 30, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Davis 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-
7924 or (202) 482-3019, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On March 29, 1995, the Department published the antidumping duty 
order on glycine from the PRC. See Order. Thus, the antidumping duty 
order on glycine from the PRC has a March anniversary month. On 
September 28, 2012, the Department received a timely filed request for 
a new shipper review from Donghua Fine Chemical and Hebei Donghua 
Jiheng Chemical Co., Ltd. (Donghua Chemical). In its request for a 
review, Donghua Fine Chemical identified itself as both a producer and 
exporter of the subject merchandise and Donghua Chemical as a producer 
who provided the input product that was further processed by Donghua 
Fine Chemical to produce the subject merchandise that was exported to 
the United States. Both Donghua Fine Chemical and Donghua Chemical 
state that they are affiliates within the

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meaning of the Department's affiliation rules.\1\
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    \1\ See 771(33) of the Act and section 351.102(b)(3) of the 
Department's Regulations.
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    Pursuant to the requirements set forth in section 751(a)(2)(B)(i) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2), Donghua Fine Chemical certified that (1) it did not 
export subject merchandise to the United States during the period of 
investigation (POI) (see section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i)); and (2) since the initiation of the 
investigation, it has never been affiliated with any company that 
exported subject merchandise to the United States during the POI, 
including those companies not individually examined during the 
investigation (see section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A)). Furthermore, as required by 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2), Donghua Fine Chemical's supplier, Donghua Chemical, 
provided certifications that (1) it did not export the subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POI or at any time 
following the POI and (2) since the initiation of the investigation, 
they have never been affiliated with any company that exported subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POI, including those 
companies not individually examined during the investigation. 
Additionally, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), Donghua Fine 
Chemical submitted documentation establishing the following: (1) the 
date on which it first shipped subject merchandise to the United 
States; (2) the volume of its first shipment; and (3) the date of its 
first sale to an unaffiliated purchaser for exportation to the United 
States.

Initiation of Review

    Based on information on the record and in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.214(d), we find that the 
request meets the statutory and regulatory requirements for initiation 
of a new shipper review. See Memorandum to the File, through Angelica 
L. Mendoza, Program Manager, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, Office 7, regarding ``Initiation of the Antidumping Duty 
New Shipper Review: Glycine from the People's Republic of China,'' 
dated October 23, 2012 (NSR Initiation Checklist). Accordingly, we are 
initiating a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on 
glycine from the PRC exported by Donghua Fine Chemical, for the period 
March 1, 2012, through August 31, 2012.
    However, the Department has concerns with certain other information 
contained within the entry data received from U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP). Due to the business proprietary nature of this 
information, please refer to the NSR Initiation Checklist for further 
discussion. The Department intends to address this issue after 
initiation of the new shipper review. If the Department subsequently 
determines, based on information collected, that a new shipper review 
for Donghua Fine Chemical is not warranted, the Department expects to 
rescind the review or apply facts available pursuant to section 776 of 
the Act, as appropriate.
    We intend to issue the preliminary results of this review no later 
than 180 days after the date on which this review is initiated, and the 
final results within 90 days after the date on which we issue the 
preliminary results. See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(h)(i).
    We will instruct CBP to allow, at the option of the importer, the 
posting, until the completion of the review, of a bond or security in 
lieu of a cash deposit for certain entries of the subject merchandise 
exported and produced by Donghua Fine Chemical in accordance with 
section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(e). Because 
Donghua Fine Chemical certified that it exports the subject 
merchandise, the sale of which forms the basis for its new shipper 
review request, we will instruct CBP to permit the use of a bond only 
for entries of subject merchandise which Donghua Fine Chemical 
exported.
    Interested parties may submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306.
    This initiation and this notice are issued and published in 
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 
351.221(c)(1)(i).

     Dated: October 23, 2012.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2012-26671 Filed 10-29-12; 8:45 am]
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