[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 199 (Thursday, October 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62027-62028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26270]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-836]


Glycine From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Partial Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013-2014

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

DATES: Effective Date: October 15, 2015.
SUMMARY: On April 8, 2015, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on glycine from the People's Republic of China 
(PRC).\1\ We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the 
Preliminary Results. Based upon our analysis of the comments and 
information we received, we made changes to the margin calculation for 
Baoding Mantong Fine Chemistry Co., Ltd. (Baoding Mantong) for these 
final results. The final antidumping duty margin for Baoding Mantong 
for this review is listed in the ``Final Results of Review'' section 
below.
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    \1\ See Glycine from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary 
Intent to Rescind, In Part; 2013-2014, 80 FR 18814 (April 8, 2015) 
(Preliminary Results).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dena Crossland or Angelica Townshend, 
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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3362 or (202) 482-3019, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 8, 2015, the Department published the Preliminary Results. 
A summary of the events that occurred since the Department published 
the Preliminary Results may be found in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum accompanying this notice, which is hereby adopted by this 
notice.\2\ The Issues and 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 is available to registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov 
and is available to all parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 
of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete 
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and electronic 
versions of the memorandum are identical in content.
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    \2\ See Memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations 
entitled ``Glycine from the People's Republic of China: Issues and 
Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2013-2014'' dated October 5, 2015 (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum).
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Final Partial Rescission of Review

    In our Preliminary Results, we preliminarily rescinded the review 
with respect to Evonik.\3\ For the Final Results, we are continuing to 
rescind the administrative review with respect to Evonik.\4\
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    \3\ See Preliminary Results.
    \4\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 6.
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Period of Review

    The period of review (POR) is March 1, 2013, through February 28, 
2014.

Scope of the Order

    The product covered by this antidumping duty order is glycine, 
which is a free-flowing crystalline material, like salt or sugar. 
Glycine is currently classified under subheading 2922.49.4020 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the 
HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written description of the merchandise under the order is 
dispositive.\5\
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    \5\ For a full description of the scope of the order, see the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 
this review

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are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum accompanying this 
notice, which is hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the issues 
which the parties raised and to which the Department responded in the 
memorandum appears in Appendix I of this notice.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our review and analysis of the comments received from 
parties, we made certain changes to Baoding Mantong's margin 
calculation since the Preliminary Results. For a discussion of these 
changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum, and accompanying Final 
Analysis Memorandum for Baoding Mantong, dated concurrently with this 
notice.

Final Results of Review

    The Department determines that the following estimated weighted-
average dumping margin exists for the period March 1, 2013, through 
February 28, 2014:

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                                                               Dumping
                          Exporter                              margin
                                                              (percent)
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Baoding Mantong Fine Chemistry Co. Ltd.....................      143.87
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Assessment Rates

    The Department determined, and the U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of 
this review.\6\ The Department intends to issue assessment instructions 
to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of these final results of 
review.
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash-deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the publication date of this notice of 
final results of the administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended: (1) For any 
previously investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters which are 
not under review in this segment of the proceeding that received a 
separate rate in a previous segment of this proceeding, the cash-
deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate published 
for the most recently-completed period; (2) for all PRC exporters of 
subject merchandise which have not been found to be entitled to a 
separate rate, including Evonik, the cash-deposit rate will be that for 
the PRC-wide entity (i.e., 453.79 percent); and (3) for all non-PRC 
exporters of subject merchandise which have not received their own 
rate, the cash-deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the PRC 
exporter(s) that supplied the non-PRC exporter. These cash-deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final 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 period of review. 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.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) 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 or 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.
    We are issuing and publishing these final results and this notice 
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: October 5, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. List of Issues
III. Background
IV. Scope of the Review
V. Period of Review
VI. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
VII. Discussion of Interested Party Comments

A. Baoding Mantong-Specific Issues

Comment 1: Whether the Review Should Be Rescinded With Regard to 
Baoding Mantong
Comment 2: Whether Baoding Mantong's Sale was a Bona Fide Sale
Comment 3: Whether Baoding Mantong's Requested By-Product Offset 
Should Be Denied or Valued at Zero or the Lowest Available Value on 
the Record
Comment 4: Surrogate Financial Ratios

B. Evonik-Specific Issues

Comment 5: Whether Evonik's Sales Were Bona Fide
Comment 6: Whether the 453.79 Percent PRC-Wide Rate is Accordance 
With Law

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