[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 166 (Thursday, August 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52031-52032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21250]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-985]


Xanthan Gum From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of 
Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: August 27, 2015.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is initiating a 
new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on xanthan gum from 
the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') with respect to Inner Mongolia 
Jianlong Biochemical Co., Ltd. (``Inner Mongolia Jianlong''). The 
period of review (``POR'') for the new shipper review is July 1, 2014, 
through June 30, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brandon Farlander, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0182.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department published the antidumping duty order on xanthan gum 
from the PRC on July 19, 2013.\1\ On July 31, 2015, pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the ``Act''), 
and 19 CFR 351.214(c), the Department received a timely request for a 
new shipper review from Inner Mongolia Jianlong.\2\ On August 11, 2015, 
the Department received entry data from U.S Customs and Border 
Protection (``CBP'') relating to this request for a new shipper 
review.\3\ In addition, the Department requested that CBP provide entry 
documents pertaining to the entry that is subject to Inner Mongolia 
Jianlong's request to confirm certain information reported in the 
Initiation Request.\4\ The continuation of the new shipper review will 
be contingent upon confirmation of the relevant information reported in 
the Initiation Request.
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    \1\ See Xanthan Gum From the People's Republic of China: Amended 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping 
Duty Order, 78 FR 43143 (July 19, 2013) (``Order'').
    \2\ See Letter to the Secretary of Commerce ``Re: Xanthan Gum 
from the People's Republic of China--Request for New Shipper 
Review,'' dated July 31, 2015 (``Initiation Request'').
    \3\ See Memorandum to the File from Howard Smith, Program 
Manager, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV regarding ``U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection Data; Customs Query Results for Inner Mongolia 
Jianlong Biochemical Co., Ltd.,'' dated August 18, 2015.
    \4\ See Memorandum to Sherri L. Hoffman, Director, AD/CVD/
Revenue Policy & Programs, Office of International Trade, U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection, from Abdelali Elouaradia, Director 
Office IV, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, ``Request 
for U.S. Entry Documents--Xanthan Gum from the People's Republic of 
China (A-570-985),'' dated August 18, 2015.
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    Inner Mongolia Jianlong reported that it was the producer and 
exporter for the sale of subject merchandise upon which the request for 
the new shipper review is based.\5\
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    \5\ See Initiation Request at 1.
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    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(i), Inner Mongolia Jianlong certified that it did not 
export xanthan gum to the United States during the period of 
investigation (``POI'').\6\ In addition, pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), Inner 
Mongolia Jianlong certified that, since the initiation of the 
investigation, it has never been affiliated with an exporter or 
producer that exported xanthan gum to the United States during the POI, 
including those not individually examined during the investigation.\7\ 
As required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), Inner Mongolia Jianlong 
also certified that its export activities were not controlled by the 
government of the PRC.\8\
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    \6\ Id. at 2.
    \7\ Id.
    \8\ Id.
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    In addition, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), Inner Mongolia 
Jianlong submitted documentation concerning the following: (1) The date

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on which it first shipped xanthan gum for export to the United States 
and the date on which the xanthan gum was first entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption; (2) the volume of its first shipment; 
and (3) the date of its first sale to an unaffiliated customer in the 
United States.\9\
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    \9\ Id. at 2-3 and Exhibit 1.
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    The Department conducted a CBP database query and confirmed by 
examining the results of the CBP data query that Inner Mongolia 
Jianlong's subject merchandise entered the United States during the POR 
specified by the Department's regulations.\10\
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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A).
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Period of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A), the POR for the new shipper 
review of Inner Mongolia Jianlong is July 1, 2014, through June 30, 
2015.\11\
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(ii)(B).
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Initiation of New Shipper Review

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.214(b), and 
based on the information on the record, the Department finds that Inner 
Mongolia Jianlong meets the threshold requirements for initiation of a 
new shipper review of its shipment of xanthan gum from the PRC.\12\ 
However, if the information supplied by Inner Mongolia Jianlong is 
later found to be incorrect or insufficient during the course of this 
proceeding, the Department may rescind the review or apply facts 
available pursuant to section 776 of the Act, depending upon the facts 
on the record.
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    \12\ See Memorandum to the File through Abdelali Elouaradia, 
Director, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV ``Initiation of Antidumping 
New Shipper Review of Xanthan Gum From the People's Republic of 
China: Inner Mongolia Jianlong Biochemical Co., Ltd. Initiation 
Checklist,'' dated concurrently with this notice.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), the Department will publish 
the notice of initiation of a new shipper review no later than the last 
day of the month following the anniversary month or semiannual 
anniversary month of the order. The Department intends to issue the 
preliminary results of this review no later than 180 days from the date 
of initiation, and the final results of this review no later than 90 
days after the date the preliminary results are issued.\13\
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    \13\ See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act; 19 CFR 351.214(i).
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    It is the Department's usual practice, in cases involving non-
market economies (``NME''), to require that a company seeking to 
establish eligibility for an antidumping duty rate separate from the 
NME-wide entity to provide evidence of the absence of de jure and de 
facto government control over the company's export activities.\14\ 
Accordingly, the Department will issue a questionnaire to Inner 
Mongolia Jianlong which will include a section requesting information 
with regard to its export activities for the purpose of establishing 
Inner Mongolia Jianlong's eligibility for a separate rate. The review 
of Inner Mongolia Jianlong will proceed if the evidence provides 
sufficient indication that Inner Mongolia Jianlong is not subject to 
either de jure or de facto government control with respect to its 
exports of subject merchandise.
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    \14\ See Xanthan Gum From the People's Republic of China: 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review, 79 FR 11083, 
11084 (February 27, 2014).
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    The Department will instruct CBP to allow, at the option of the 
importer, the posting, until the completion of the review, of a bond or 
security in lieu of a cash deposit for entries of subject merchandise 
from Inner Mongolia Jianlong in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(e). Because Inner 
Mongolia Jianlong certified that it produced and exported the subject 
merchandise that is the subject of this new shipper review, the 
Department will apply the bonding privilege only for subject 
merchandise produced and exported by Inner Mongolia Jianlong.
    Interested parties requiring access to proprietary information in 
this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306.
    This initiation notice is published in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: August 21, 2015.
Gary Taverman,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2015-21250 Filed 8-26-15; 8:45 am]
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