[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 109 (Monday, June 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32340-32342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-13952]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-421-811]


Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From the Netherlands: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013-2014

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on purified 
carboxymethylcellulose (purified CMC) from the Netherlands. The period 
of review (POR) is July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014. The review 
covers one producer/exporter of the subject merchandise, Akzo Nobel 
Functional Chemicals, B.V. (Akzo Nobel).
    We preliminarily determine that sales of subject merchandise by 
Akzo Nobel were not made at less than normal value during the POR. 
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Effective Date: June 8, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Drury or Angelica Townsend, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0195 or (202) 482-3019, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order is all purified CMC. The 
merchandise subject to the order is currently classified in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 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. A full description of the scope of the order is 
contained in the memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul 
Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, titled 
``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from the 
Netherlands; 2013-2014'' (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), which is 
issued concurrent with, and hereby adopted by, this notice.
    The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on 
file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 
Access to ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.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://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum is attached as an Appendix to this notice. The signed 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Methodology

    The Department has conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Constructed 
export price (CEP) is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the 
Act. Normal value is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the 
Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Results of Review

    We preliminarily determine that, for the period July 1, 2013, 
through June 30, 2014, the following weighted-average dumping margin 
exists:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                    Manufacturer/exporter                       margin
                                                               (percent)
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Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals B.V.\1\.....................        0.00
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department intends to disclose to interested parties to the 
proceeding any calculations performed in connection with these 
preliminary results of review within five days after the date of 
publication of this notice.\2\ Interested parties may submit case 
briefs to the Department in response to these preliminary results no 
later than 30 days after the publication of these preliminary 
results.\3\ Rebuttal briefs, the content of which is limited to the 
issues raised in the case briefs, must be filed within five days from 
the deadline date for the submission of case briefs.\4\ Parties who 
submit arguments in this proceeding are requested to submit with each 
argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the 
argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\5\ Executive summaries should 
be limited to five pages total, including footnotes. Case and rebuttal 
briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\6\ In order to be properly filed, 
ACCESS must successfully receive an electronically-filed document in 
its entirety by 5 p.m. Eastern Time. Case and rebuttal briefs must be 
served on interested parties.\7\
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    \1\ For this administrative review, the Department preliminarily 
determines that Akzo Nobel and ANC-AG should be treated as a single 
entity, based on affiliation and intertwined relations. See the 
Preliminary Analysis Memorandum at 2-7.
    \2\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1) and (2).
    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \6\ See generally 19 CFR 351.303.
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.303(f).
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    Within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice, 
interested parties may request a public hearing on arguments raised in 
the case and rebuttal briefs.\8\ Unless the Department specifies 
otherwise, the hearing, if requested, will be held two days after the 
date for submission of rebuttal briefs.\9\ Written argument and hearing 
requests should be electronically submitted to the Department via 
ACCESS.\10\ The Department's electronic records system, ACCESS, must 
successfully receive an electronically-filed document in its entirety 
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication 
of this notice.\11\ 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. Parties will be 
notified of the time and location of the hearing.
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d)(1).
    \10\ See generally 19 CFR 351.303.
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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    The Department intends to publish the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of its analysis of issues 
addressed in any case or rebuttal brief, no later than 120 days after 
publication of the preliminary results, unless extended.\12\
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    \12\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; 19 CFR 351.213(h).
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Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of this administrative review, the Department shall 
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries.\13\ If Akzo Nobel'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 
Akzo Nobel's weighted-average dumping margin continues to be zero or de 
minimis in the final results of review, we will instruct CBP not to 
assess duties on any of its entries in accordance with the Final 
Modification for Reviews, i.e., ``{w{time} here the weighted-average 
margin of dumping for the exporter is determined to be zero or de 
minimis, no antidumping duties will be assessed.'' \14\ The final 
results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of 
antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by the final 
results of this review and for future deposits of estimated duties, 
where applicable.
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    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \14\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14, 
2012) (Final Modification for Reviews).
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    We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after 
publication of the final results of this review.

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

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consumption on or after the publication date of the final results of 
this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 
Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Akzo Nobel will be that established 
in the final results of this administrative review (except, if the rate 
is zero or de minimis, no cash deposit will be required); (2) for 
previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, 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 in the 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; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 
manufacturers or exporters will continue to be the all-others rate of 
14.57 percent, which is the all-others rate established in the 
investigation.\15\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \15\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Purified 
Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland, Mexico, the Netherlands and 
Sweden, 70 FR 39734, 39735 (July 11, 2005).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a 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 this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).

    Dated: May 29, 2015.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

1. Summary
2. Background
3. Affiliation and Treatment as a Single Entity
4. Scope of the Order
5. Discussion of the Methodology
    A. Comparisons to Normal Value
    1. Determination of Comparison Method
    2. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
    B. Product Comparisons
    C. Date of Sale
    D. Constructed Export Price
    E. Normal Value
    1. Home Market Viability as Comparison Market
    2. Level of Trade
    3. Cost of Production
    a. Calculation of Cost of Production
    b. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
    c. Results of the Cost of Production Test
    4. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices
6. Currency Conversion
7. Recommendation

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