[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 7 (Friday, January 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1826-1827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00173]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-405-803]


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

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, formerly Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On August 7, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the Preliminary Results of the 2011-2012 administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on Purified Carboxymethylcellulose 
from Finland.\1\ This review covers one respondent, CP Kelco Oy and CP 
Kelco, Inc. (collectively, CP Kelco). The petitioner in this proceeding 
is the Aqualon Company, a division of Hercules Incorporated 
(Petitioner). For these final results of review, we continue to find 
that CP Kelco made sales of subject merchandise to the United States at 
less than normal value (NV).
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    \1\ See Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland: Notice of 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-
2012, 78 FR 50028 (August 16, 2013) (Preliminary Results), and the 
accompanying Decision Memorandum (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).

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DATES: Effective Date: January 10, 2014.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 7, 2013, the Department published the Preliminary 
Results. We invited parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. In 
response, we received a case brief from CP Kelco on September 16, 
2013.\2\ Petitioner filed a rebuttal brief on September 20, 2013.\3\
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    \2\ See case brief from CP Kelco, ``Purified 
Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland; Case Brief'' (September 16, 
2013) (CP Kelco's Case Brief).
    \3\ See rebuttal brief from Petitioner, ``Purified 
Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland; Rebuttal Brief'' (September 20, 
2013) (Petitioner's Rebuttal Brief).
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Period of Review (POR)

    The POR is July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2012.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order is all purified 
carboxymethylcellulose (CMC).\4\ The merchandise subject to this order 
is classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) at subheading 3912.31.00.
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    \4\ For a full description of the scope of the order, see 
Memorandum from Richard Weible, Director, Office VI, Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the 2011 
to 2012 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on 
Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland'' (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum), which is dated concurrently with these final results 
and incorporated herein by reference. The Issues and Decision 
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via 
Enforcement and Compliance'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://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Issues and Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.
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Tolling of Deadlines

    As explained in the memorandum from the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, the Department has exercised its discretion 
to toll deadlines for the duration of the closure of the Federal 
Government from October 1, through October 16, 2013. See Memorandum for 
the Record from Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the Federal 
Government'' (October 18, 2013). Therefore, all deadlines in this 
segment of the proceeding have been extended by 16 days. If the new 
deadline falls on a non-business day, in accordance with the 
Department's practice, the deadline will become the next business day. 
The revised deadline for the final results of this review is now 
January 2, 2014.

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. We have analyzed all interested party comments and have 
made no changes to the Preliminary Results for these final results.

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Final Results of Review

    We determine that the following dumping margin exists for the 
period July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2012:

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                  Manufacturer/exporter                   dumping margin
                                                            (percentage)
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CP Kelco Oy.............................................            3.40
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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 (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.

Notification to Importers

    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: January 2, 2014.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Accompanying Issues and Decision 
Memorandum

Issue: Authority To Conduct a Differential Pricing Analysis and 
Apply an Alternative Comparison Methodology

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