[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34989-34990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13877]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-908]


Sodium Hexametaphosphate From the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results of Expedited First Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty 
Order

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

SUMMARY: On February 1, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the 
``Department'') initiated the first five-year (``sunset'') review of 
the antidumping duty order on sodium hexametaphosphate from the 
People's Republic of China (``PRC'') pursuant to section 751(c) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the ``Act'').\1\ As a result of this 
sunset review, the Department finds that revocation of the antidumping 
duty order on sodium hexametaphosphate from the PRC would be likely to 
lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels indicated 
in the ``Final Results of Review'' section of this notice.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 78 FR 7400 
(February 1, 2013).

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DATES: Effective Date: June 11, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Walker, AD/CVD Operations, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: 202.482.0413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 4, 2013, the Department received an adequate substantive 
response from domestic interested parties ICL Performance Products LP 
and Innophos, Inc. (collectively, ``Petitioners'') within the deadline 
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\2\ We received no responses from 
respondent interested parties. As a result, the Department conducted an 
expedited (120-day) sunset review of the order, pursuant to section 
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).
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    \2\ See Petitioners' March 4, 2013 submission.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is sodium hexametaphosphate. 
Sodium hexametaphosphate is a water-soluble polyphosphate glass that 
consists of a distribution of polyphosphate chain lengths. It is a 
collection of sodium polyphosphate polymers built on repeating 
NaPO3 units. Sodium

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hexametaphosphate has a P2O5 content from 60 to 
71 percent. Alternate names for sodium hexametaphosphate include the 
following: Calgon; Calgon S; Glassy Sodium Phosphate; Sodium 
Polyphosphate, Glassy; Metaphosphoric Acid; Sodium Salt; Sodium Acid 
Metaphosphate; Graham's Salt; Sodium Hex; Polyphosphoric Acid, Sodium 
Salt; Glass H; Hexaphos; Sodaphos; Vitrafos; and BAC-N-FOS. Sodium 
hexametaphosphate is typically sold as a white powder or granule 
(crushed) and may also be sold in the form of sheets (glass) or as a 
liquid solution. It is imported under heading 2835.39.5000, Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS''). It may also be 
imported as a blend or mixture under heading 3824.90.3900, HTSUS. The 
American Chemical Society, Chemical Abstract Service (``CAS'') has 
assigned the name ``Polyphosphoric Acid, Sodium Salt'' to sodium 
hexametaphosphate. The CAS registry number is 68915-31-1. However, 
sodium hexametaphosphate is commonly identified by CAS No. 10124-56-8 
in the market. For purposes of the order, the narrative description is 
dispositive, not the tariff heading, CAS registry number or CAS name.
    The product covered by the order includes sodium hexametaphosphate 
in all grades, whether food grade or technical grade. The product 
covered by the order includes sodium hexametaphosphate without regard 
to chain length, i.e., whether regular or long chain. The product 
covered by the order includes sodium hexametaphosphate without regard 
to physical form, whether glass, sheet, crushed, granule, powder, 
fines, or other form, and whether or not in solution.
    However, the product covered by the order does not include sodium 
hexametaphosphate when imported in a blend with other materials in 
which the sodium hexametaphosphate accounts for less than 50 percent by 
volume of the finished product.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this review are addressed in the ``Issues and 
Decision Memorandum for the Expedited First Sunset Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Sodium Hexametaphosphate from the People's 
Republic of China'' from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, dated concurrently with, 
and hereby adopted by, this notice (``Decision Memorandum''). The 
issues discussed in the Decision Memorandum include the likelihood of 
continuation or recurrence of dumping and the magnitude of the margins 
likely to prevail if the order was to be revoked. Parties may find a 
complete discussion of all issues raised in the review and the 
corresponding recommendations in this public memorandum which is on 
file electronically via Import Administration's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Services System (``IA 
ACCESS''). Access to IA ACCESS is available to registered users at 
http://iaaccess.trade.gov and is available to all parties in the 
Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce 
building. In addition, a complete version of the Decision Memorandum 
can be access directly on the Web at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The 
signed Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.

Final Results of Review

    We determine that revocation of the order would be likely to lead 
to continuation or recurrence of dumping at the following weighted-
average percentage margins:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                Average
                          Exporter                              Dumping
                                                                Margin
                                                               (percent)
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Jiangyin Chengxing International Trading Co., Ltd...........       92.02
Sichuan Mianzhu Norwest Phosphate Chemical Co...............       92.02
PRC-Wide Rate...............................................      188.05
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Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as the only 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. Timely 
notification of the return of 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.
    This sunset review and notice are in accordance with sections 
751(c), 752(c), and 771(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: June 3, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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