[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1017-1018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00113]


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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: Rescission, in Part, of 2013 Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

DATES: Effective Date: January 8, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Eastwood, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3874.

Background

    On May 29, 2009, the Department of Commerce (Department) published 
in the Federal Register the countervailing duty order on citric acid 
and certain citrate salts, from the People's Republic of China 
(PRC).\1\ On May 1, 2014, the Department published a notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review of the countervailing 
duty order on citric acid and certain citrate salts covering the period 
January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2013.\2\ The Department received 
a timely request for a countervailing duty administrative review from 
RZBC Co. Ltd., RZBC Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd., and RZBC (Juxian) Co., Ltd. 
(collectively, ``RZBC''). Additionally, the Department received a 
timely request for review from the petitioners \3\ for the following 
companies: (1) Changsha Huir Biological-Tech Co., Ltd. (Changsha Huir); 
(2) Huangshi Xinghua Biochemical Co., Ltd. (Huangshi Xinghua); (3) 
Hunan Dongting Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Hunan Dongting); (4) Jiali Bio 
Group (Qingdao) Co., Ltd. (Jiali Bio Group); (5) Juxian Hongde Citric 
Acid Co., Ltd. (Juxian Hongde); (6) Laiwu Taihe Biochemistry Co. Ltd. 
(Laiwu Taihe); (7) Lianyungang Debang Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. 
(Lianyungang Debang); (8) Lianyungang Dongtai Food Ingredients Co., 
Ltd. (Lianyungang Dongtai); (9) Lianyungang Hengsheng Fine Chemical 
Co., Ltd. (Lianyungang Hengsheng); (10) Lianyungang Yunbo Chemical Co., 
Ltd. (Lianyungang Yunbo); (11) Lianyungang Zhengrong Food Additive 
Factory (Lianyungang Zhengrong); (12) Nantong Feiyu Fine Chemical Co., 
Ltd. (Nantong Feiyu); (13) Ningxiang Xinyang Chemical Co., Ltd. 
(Ningxiang Xingyang); (14) Penglai Marine Bio-Tech Co., Ltd. (Penglai 
Marine Bio-Tech); (15) Qingdao Fuso Refining & Processing Co., Ltd. 
(Qingdao Fuso); (16) Reephos Chemical Co., Ltd. (Reephos Chemical); 
(17) Rugao Jiangbei Additive Co., Ltd.

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(Rugao Jiangbei); (18) RZBC Group Shareholding Co., Ltd. (RZBC Group) 
and RZBC; (19) Shandong Hongshide Chemical Co., Ltd. (Shandong 
Hongshide); (20) Shandong TTCA Biochemistry Co., Ltd. (Shandong TTCA); 
(21) Shihezi City Changyum Biochemical Co., Ltd. (Shihezi City 
Changyum); (22) Weifang Ensign Industry Co., Ltd. (Weifang Ensign); 
(23) Wuhan Shuangfeng Citric Acid Co., Ltd. (Wuhan Shuangfeng); (24) 
Yixing Union Biochemical Co., Ltd. (Yixing Union); (25) Yixing Zhenfen 
Medical Chemical Co., Ltd. (Yixing Zhenfen); and (26) Yunnan No. 2 Fuel 
Factory (Yunnan Fuel).
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    \1\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From the People's 
Republic of China: Notice of Countervailing Duty Order, 74 FR 25705 
(May 29, 2009).
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative 
Review, 79 FR 24670 (May 1, 2014).
    \3\ The petitioners in this administrative review are the Archer 
Daniels Midland Company, Cargill, Incorporated, and Tate & Lyle 
Ingredients Americas LLC.
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    On June 27, 2014, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the Department published in the 
Federal Register a notice of initiation of administrative review with 
respect to these companies.\4\ On July 14, 2014, RZBC withdrew their 
request for an administrative review. In addition, on August 6, 2014, 
the petitioners withdrew their request for an administrative review for 
all of the above-listed companies except Laiwu Taihe.
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    \4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 79 FR 36462 (June 27, 2014).
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Rescission, In Part

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party that requested 
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. The 
petitioners' and RZBC's withdrawal of their requests were submitted 
within the 90-day period and, thus, are timely. Because the 
petitioners' and RZBC's withdrawal of their requests for review are 
timely and because no other party requested a review of these 
companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding 
this administrative review, in part, with respect to the following 
companies: Changsha Huir, Huangshi Xinghua, Hunan Dongting, Jiali Bio 
Group, Juxian Hongde, Lianyungang Debang, Lianyungang Dongtai, 
Lianyungang Hengsheng, Lianyungang Yunbo, Lianyungang Zhengrong, 
Nantong Feiyu, Ningxiang Xinyang, Penglai Marine Bio-Tech, Qingdao 
Fuso, Reephos Chemical, Rugao Jiangbei, RZBC Group and RZBC, Shandong 
Hongshide, Shandong TTCA, Shihezi City Changyum, Weifang Ensign, Wuhan 
Shuangfeng, Yixing Union, Yixing Zhenfen, and Yunnan Fuel. The 
administrative review will continue with respect to Laiwu Taihe.

Assessment

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) to assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries. For 
the companies for which this review is rescinded, countervailing duties 
shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated 
countervailing duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from 
warehouse, for consumption, during the period January 1, 2013, through 
December 31, 2013, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). The 
Department intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions to CBP 
15 days after publication of this notice.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a 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, 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.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 751 
and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: January 5, 2015.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2015-00113 Filed 1-7-15; 8:45 am]
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