[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11817-11818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03740]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-405-803]


Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From Finland: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2010-2011

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

SUMMARY: On August 7, 2012, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published its preliminary results of the 2010-2011 administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on Purified Carboxymethylcellulose 
from Finland.\1\ The Department issued the results of its targeted 
dumping post-preliminary analysis on December 26, 2012.\2\ This review 
covers one respondent, CP Kelco Oy and CP Kelco, Inc. (collectively CP 
Kelco). The period of review (POR) is July 1, 2010, through June 30, 
2011.
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    \1\ See Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland: Notice of 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 77 FR 
47036 (August 7, 2012) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Memorandum to Lynn Fischer Fox, Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of Purified Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from 
Finland: Post-Preliminary Targeted Dumping Analysis Memorandum 
(December 26, 2012).

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DATES: Effective February 20, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tyler Weinhold or Robert James, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Room 7850, Washington, DC 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-1121 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On August 7, 2012, the Department published the Preliminary 
Results. This review covers one respondent, CP Kelco. The petitioner in 
this proceeding is the Aqualon Company, a division of Hercules 
Incorporated (Petitioner). We invited parties to comment on the 
Preliminary Results, and in response, we received a case brief from 
Petitioner on September 6, 2012. CP Kelco filed a rebuttal brief on 
September 11, 2012. We also invited parties to comment on our post-
preliminary analysis. We received comments from Petitioner and CP Kelco 
on January 2 and 3, 2013, respectively, and we received rebuttal 
comments from Petitioner and CP Kelco on January 8, 2013.

Period of Review (POR)

    The POR is July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order is all purified 
carboxymethylcellulose (CMC). A complete description of the scope of 
the Order is found in the Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration (Issues 
and Decision Memorandum), which is dated concurrently with and hereby 
incorporated by reference. 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 (CRU), room 7046 of the main 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. The merchandise subject to this order is classified in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) at subheading 
3912.31.00. This tariff classification is provided for convenience and 
customs purposes; however, the written description of the scope of the 
order is dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 
this antidumping investigation are addressed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum. A list of the issues raised is attached to this notice as 
Appendix I.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    The Department conducted a targeted dumping analysis for these 
final results. The Department also corrected certain ministerial 
errors, as described in the Memorandum from Tyler Weinhold to the File, 
Regarding ``Final Results of the 2010-2011 Administrative Review of 
Purified Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from Finland: Analysis of Data 
Submitted by CP Kelco Oy and CP Kelco U.S. Inc. (collectively, CP 
Kelco),'' dated February 5, 2013, and hereby incorporated by reference. 
This targeted dumping analysis added an analysis of targeted dumping by 
U.S. Census division, as well as the original consideration of targeted 
dumping by U.S. Census region.

Final Results of Review

    We determine that the following dumping margin exists for the 
period July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011:

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                                                       Weighted-average
                Manufacturer/Exporter                   dumping margin
                                                         (percentage)
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CP Kelco Oy.........................................               12.06
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.212(b), the Department will determine, 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance 
with the final results of this review. For assessment purposes, we 
calculated importer (or customer)-specific assessment rates for 
merchandise subject to this review. Where appropriate, we calculated an 
ad valorem rate for each importer (or customer) by dividing the total 
dumping margins for reviewed sales to that party by the total entered 
values associated with those transactions. For duty assessment rates 
calculated on this basis, we will direct CBP to assess the resulting ad 
valorem rate against the entered customs values for the subject 
merchandise. Where appropriate, we calculated a per-unit rate for each 
importer (or customer) by dividing the total dumping margins for 
reviewed sales to that party by the total sales quantity associated 
with those transactions. For duty-assessment rates calculated on this 
basis, we will direct CBP to assess the resulting per-unit rate against 
the entered quantity of the subject merchandise. Where an importer

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(or customer)-specific assessment rate is de minimis (i.e., less than 
0.50 percent), the Department will instruct CBP to assess that importer 
(or customer's) entries of subject merchandise without regard to 
antidumping duties, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). The 
Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days 
after the date of publication of these final results of review.
    The Department clarified its automatic assessment regulation on May 
6, 2003. See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). This 
clarification will apply to entries of subject merchandise during the 
POR produced by the company included in these final results of review 
for which the reviewed company did not know their merchandise was 
destined for the United States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP 
to liquidate un-reviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is no 
rate for the intermediate company involved in the transaction.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of these 
final results, consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) For 
the company covered by this review, the cash deposit will be the rate 
listed above; (2) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, 
but was covered in a previous review or the original less than fair 
value (LTFV) investigation, the cash deposit rate will continue to be 
the company-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if 
the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or 
the original LTFV investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period 
for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) if neither the 
exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or any previous 
review conducted by the Department, the cash deposit rate will continue 
to be 6.65 percent, which is the all-others rate established in the 
LTFV investigation. See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order; Purified 
Carboxymethylcellulose From Finland; Mexico, the Netherlands and 
Sweden, 70 FR 39734 (July 11, 2005). These deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Reimbursement of Duties

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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 antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a 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 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 which is subject to sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

     Dated: February 5, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix I

List of Issues Discussed in the Accompanying Issues and Decision 
Memorandum

Issue 1: Authority to Conduct a Targeted Dumping Analysis and Apply 
an Alternative Methodology
Issue 2: The Department's Choice of a Targeted Dumping Analysis 
Methodology
Issue 3: Region vs. Region and Division Targeted Dumping Analysis

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