[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72323-72324]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29429]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-938]


Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From the People's Republic 
of China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 
2010

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has completed its 
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on citric 
acid and certain citrate salts from the People's Republic of China for 
the period January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2010. On June 5, 2012, 
we published the preliminary results of this review.\1\
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    \1\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review, 77 FR 33167 (June 5, 2012) (Preliminary 
Results).
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    We provided interested parties with an opportunity to comment on 
the Preliminary Results. Our analysis of the comments submitted has not 
resulted in a change to the net subsidy rate for RZBC Co., Ltd., RZBC 
Juxian Co., Ltd., RZBC Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd., and RZBC Group 
Shareholding Co., Ltd. (collectively, the RZBC Companies or RZBC). The 
final net subsidy rate for the RZBC Companies is listed below in the 
section entitled ``Final Results of Review.''

DATES: Effective Date: December 5, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson or Patricia Tran, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 3, Import Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone (202) 482-4793 and (202) 482-1503, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Following the Preliminary Results, we received a case brief from 
the Government of the People's Republic of China (GOC) and the RZBC 
Companies on July 12, 2012, and a rebuttal brief from Petitioners \2\ 
on July 23, 2012. We did not hold a hearing in this review, as one was 
not requested.
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    \2\ Petitioners are Archer Daniels Midland Company, Cargill, 
Incorporated, and Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas LLC.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is citric acid and certain 
citrate salts. The product is currently classified under the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) item numbers 2918.14.0000, 
2918.15.1000, 2918.15.5000, 3824.90.9290, and 3824.90.9290. Although 
the HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes, 
the written product description, available in Citric Acid and Certain 
Citrate Salts from the People's Republic of China: Notice of 
Countervailing Duty Order, 74 FR 25705 (May 29, 2009), remains 
dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case briefs filed by the GOC and the RZBC 
Companies and the rebuttal brief filed by Petitioners are addressed in 
the Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K. Lorentzen, 
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, entitled ``Issues 
and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Review of Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts 
from the People's Republic of China,'' signed concurrently with this 
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum), which is hereby adopted by 
this notice. A list of the issues raised is attached to this notice as 
Appendix I. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and 
is on file electronically via Import Administration's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). 
IA ACCESS is available to registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov 
and in the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the main

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Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet 
at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum 
and the electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

Final Results of Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), we calculated a subsidy 
rate for the mandatory respondent, the RZBC Companies.

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                                                             Net subsidy
                     Producer/Exporter                          rate
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RZBC Co., Ltd., RZBC Juxian Co., Ltd., RZBC Imp. & Exp.            5.27%
 Co., Ltd., and RZBC Group Shareholding Co., Ltd..........
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Assessment Rates

    The Department intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions 
directly to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 days after the 
date of publication of these final results, to liquidate shipments of 
subject merchandise by the RZBC Companies entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after January 1, 2010, through 
December 31, 2010.

Cash Deposit Instructions

    The Department also intends to instruct CBP to collect cash 
deposits of estimated countervailing duties in the amounts shown above 
on shipments of subject merchandise by the RZBC Companies entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of 
publication of the final results of this review. For all non-reviewed 
companies, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits at 
the most recent company-specific or country-wide rate applicable to the 
company. Accordingly, the cash deposit rates that will be applied to 
companies covered by this order, but not examined in this review, are 
those established in the most recently completed segment of the 
proceeding for each company. These cash deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to 
judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with 
the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

    Dated: November 29, 2012.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix--Issues in Decision Memorandum

    Comment 1: Authority to Apply CVD to the PRC
    Comment 2: Double-Counting
    Comment 3: Countervailability of Shandong Province Policy Loans
    Comment 4: Specificity Findings for Sulfuric Acid and Steam Coal
    Comment 5: Use of Tier One Benchmark for Sulfuric Acid and Steam 
Coal
    Comment 6: Whether Certain Input Suppliers Are Government 
Authorities
    Comment 7: Rejection of RZBC's Submission
    Comment 8: Export Prices for Sulfuric Acid from India and 
Thailand

[FR Doc. 2012-29429 Filed 12-4-12; 8:45 am]
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