[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 159 (Friday, August 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50028-50029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19730]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-405-803]


Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From Finland; Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-2012

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

SUMMARY: In response to requests from Aqualon Company, a division of 
Hercules Inc., (Petitioner) and respondents CP Kelco Oy and CP Kelco 
U.S., Inc. (collectively, CP Kelco), the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on purified carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from Finland. The 
period of review (POR) is July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2012.
    We preliminarily find that CP Kelco made sales at prices below 
normal value (NV) during the POR. If these preliminary results are 
adopted in our final results of this review, we will instruct U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping duties based 
on differences between the export price (EP) or constructed export 
price (CEP) and NV. We invite interested parties to comment on these 
preliminary results.

DATES: Effective Date: August 16, 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., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1121 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order is all purified 
carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), sometimes also referred to as purified 
sodium CMC, polyanionic cellulose, or cellulose gum, which is a white 
to off-white, non-toxic, odorless, biodegradable powder, comprising 
sodium CMC that has been refined and purified to a minimum assay of 90 
percent. The merchandise subject to the order is classified in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States at subheading 
3912.31.00. For a full description of the scope of the order, see the 
memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, ``Decision Memorandum 
for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 
Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland'' (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum), which is dated concurrently with, and is hereby 
incorporated by reference.\1\
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    \1\ A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum appears in Appendix I of this notice.
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Methodology

    The Department has conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). EP is 
calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. NV is calculated 
in accordance with section 773 of the Act. In accordance with section 
773(b) of the Act, we disregarded certain of CP Kelco's sales in the 
home market that were made at below-cost prices. For a full description 
of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum. The Preliminary 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 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly on the Internet at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The 
signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the 
following dumping margin for the period July 1, 2011, through June 30, 
2012.

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                                                               Margin
                   Exporter/manufacturer                      (percent)
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CP Kelco Oy...............................................         3.40
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department intends to disclose to interested parties the 
calculations performed in connection with these preliminary results 
within five days of the date of publication of this notice.\2\ Pursuant 
to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit cases briefs no 
later than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. 
Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be 
filed no later than five days after the date for filing case briefs.\3\ 
Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding 
are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the 
issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities.\4\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using IA 
Access.\5\
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    \2\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, 
filed electronically via IA ACCESS. An electronically filed document 
must be received successfully in its entirety by the Departments 
electronic records system, IA ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard 
Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\6\
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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    Requests should contain: (1) The party's name, address, and 
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of 
issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to 
those raised in the respective case briefs. If a request for a hearing 
is made, parties will be notified of the date and time for the hearing 
to be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230.
    The Department intends to issue the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of its analysis of the 
issues raised in any written briefs, within 120 days after the date of 
publication of this notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of the administrative review, the Department shall 
determine and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. If CP Kelco's weighted-
average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis in the final results 
of this review, we will calculate importer-specific assessment rates on 
the basis of the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties 
calculated for an importer's examined sales and the total entered value 
of such sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). If CP Kelco's 
weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis in the final

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results of review, or an importer-specific rate is zero or de minimis, 
we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without 
regard to dumping margins.
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003.\7\ This clarification will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by CP Kelco for which it did not 
know its 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(ies) 
involved in the transaction.
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    \7\ For a full discussion of this clarification, see Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping 
Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of 
the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for 
all shipments of CMC from Finland entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of publication as provided by 
section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for CP Kelco Oy 
will be the rate established in the final results of this 
administrative review except if the rate is de minimis within the 
meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate 
will be zero; (2) for merchandise exported by manufacturers or 
exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of 
the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recent period in which the 
manufacturer or exporter participated; (3) if the exporter is not a 
firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original less-than-
fair-value 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; (4) the cash deposit rate for all 
other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 6.65 percent, the 
all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value 
investigation.\8\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \8\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Purified 
Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland, Mexico, the Netherlands and 
Sweden, 70 FR 39734 (July 11, 2005).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary 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 Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: August 1, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

Scope of the Order
Methodology
    Fair Value Comparisons
    Product Comparisons
    Date of Sale
    U.S. Price
    Normal Value
    Currency Conversion
    Differential Pricing Analysis

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