[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 165 (Wednesday, August 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51782-51783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21046]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-405-803]


Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From Finland: Final Results of 
Changed Circumstances Review and Revocation of the Antidumping Duty 
Order

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

SUMMARY: On July 8, 2015, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published its initiation and

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preliminary results \1\ of a changed circumstances review (CCR), 
preliminarily determining to revoke the antidumping duty (AD) Order \2\ 
on purified carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from Finland. We invited 
interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. We received 
no comments. Thus, we make no changes to our preliminary determination 
in these final results of changed circumstances review and hereby 
revoke the Order in toto.
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    \1\ See Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From Finland: Initiation 
and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review and 
Consideration of Revocation of the Antidumping Duty Order, 80 FR 
39058 (July 8, 2015) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Purified 
Carboxymethylcellulose From Finland, Mexico, the Netherlands and 
Sweden, 70 FR 39734 (July 11, 2005) (the Order).

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DATES: Effective Date: August 26, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Cho, 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., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
5075 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On May 15, 2015, in accordance with sections 751(b) and 751(d)(1) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 19 CFR 351.216(b), 19 
CFR 351.222(g)(1), and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii), Ashland Specialty 
Ingredients, G.P. (Ashland), the petitioner and sole domestic producer 
of CMC, requested revocation of the Order with respect to Finland as 
part of an expedited CCR. On June 8, 2015, CP Kelco Oy and its U.S. 
affiliate, CP Kelco U.S. Inc., (collectively, CP Kelco), the sole 
manufacturer of CMC in Finland and its affiliated U.S. importer, 
requested that the Department grant Ashland's CCR request and revoke 
the AD order on CMC from Finland, due to the lack of interest in 
continuation of the Order. On July 8, 2015, the Department 
preliminarily determined to revoke the Order and invited interested 
parties to comment on the Preliminary Results
    We received no further comments from interested parties.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by these orders is all purified 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. Purified CMC 
does not include unpurified or crude CMC, CMC Fluidized Polymer 
Suspensions, and CMC that is cross-linked through heat treatment. 
Purified CMC is CMC that has undergone one or more purification 
operations which, at a minimum, reduce the remaining salt and other by-
product portion of the product to less than ten percent.
    The merchandise subject to this order is 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.

Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review

    Section 782(h)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i) & (vi), 
provide that the Department may revoke an order (in whole or in part) 
on an expedited basis if it determines that producers accounting for 
substantially all of the production of the domestic like product have 
no further interest in the order, in whole or in part. In accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1), we find that the petitioner's affirmative 
statement of no interest constitutes good cause to conduct this review. 
On June 8, 2015, CP Kelco also filed a letter in support of Ashland's 
CCR request.
    Ashland stated that, as the sole U.S. producer of CMC, it accounts 
for substantially all of the production of the domestic like product. 
Ashland also stated that it has no interest in the continuation of the 
Order.\3\ Therefore, at the request of Ashland and in accordance with 
sections 751(b)(1) and 751(d)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.216, 19 CFR 
351.222(g)(1)(i) & (vi), we are revoking the Order on CMC from Finland. 
As stated in the Preliminary Results, the revocation will be effective 
July 1, 2014, which is the first day of the most recent period not 
subject to administrative review.
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    \3\ See Ashland's May 15, 2015 submission to the Department.
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Termination of Suspension of Liquidation

    Because we determine that there are changed circumstances that 
warrant the revocation of the Order, we will instruct U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection to terminate the suspension of liquidation of the 
merchandise subject to this order entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
on or after July 1, 2014 and to release any cash deposit or bond on all 
unliquidated entries of the merchandise covered by the revocation that 
are not covered by the final results of an administrative review or 
automatic liquidation. Entries of subject merchandise prior to the 
effective date of revocation will continue to be subject to suspension 
of liquidation and AD deposit requirements.

Return or Destruction of Proprietary Information

    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APOs) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.306. 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 sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these final results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.216, 351.221(c)(3), and 351.222(g)(vii).

    Dated: August 18, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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