[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 199 (Thursday, October 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62028-62029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26260]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-421-811]


Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From the Netherlands: 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 August 31, 2015, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published its initiation and preliminary results \1\ of a 
changed circumstances review (CCR), preliminarily determining to revoke 
the antidumping duty (AD) Order \2\ on purified carboxymethylcellulose 
(CMC) from the Netherlands. 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 the Netherlands: 
Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review 
and Intent to Revoke the Antidumping Duty Order, 80 FR 52447 (August 
31, 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).

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-
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0195 or (202) 482-3019, respectively.

DATES: Effective Date: July 1, 2014.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 8, 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); 
351.222(g)(1), and 351.221(c)(3)(ii), Ashland Specialty

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Ingredients, G.P. (Ashland), the petitioner and sole domestic producer 
of CMC, requested, effective July 1, 2014, revocation of the Order with 
respect to the Netherlands as part of an expedited CCR. On August 31, 
2015, the Department preliminarily determined to revoke the Order and 
invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results.
    We received no comments from interested parties on the Preliminary 
Results.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order 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), provide 
that the Department may revoke an order (in whole or in part) 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. 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, and 351.222(g)(1)(i) and (vi), we 
are revoking the Order on CMC from the Netherlands. As stated in the 
Preliminary Results, the revocation will be effective July 1, 2014, 
which is the effective date requested by Ashland and also the first day 
of the most recent period not subject to administrative review.\4\
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    \3\ See Ashland's July 8, 2015, submission to the Department; 
see also Preliminary Results, 80 FR at 52447-48.
    \4\ See Preliminary Results, 80 FR at 52448.
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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.\5\ Entries of subject merchandise prior to 
the effective date of revocation will continue to be subject to 
suspension of liquidation and antidumping duty deposit requirements.
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.222(g)(4).
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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 351.305(a)(3). 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(b)(5), and 351.222(g)(1)(i) and (g)(3)(vii).

    Dated: October 7, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2015-26260 Filed 10-14-15; 8:45 am]
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