[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 203 (Thursday, October 20, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72568-72569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25429]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-938]


Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From the People's Republic 
of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2015

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is rescinding the administrative 
review of the countervailing duty order on citric acid and certain 
citrate salts from the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the period 
of review January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015, based on the 
timely withdrawal of the only request for review.

DATES: Effective October 20, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alice Maldonado, Enforcement and 
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; 
telephone: (202) 482-4682.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On May 2, 2016, the Department published in the Federal Register a 
notice of ``Opportunity to Request Administrative Review'' of the 
countervailing duty order on citric acid and certain citrate salts 
(citric acid) from the PRC for the period January 1, 2015, through 
December 31, 2015.\1\ In May 2016, the Department received a timely 
request, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(b), for an administrative 
review of this countervailing duty order from the Archer Daniels 
Midland Company, Cargill, Incorporated, and Tate & Lyle Ingredients 
Americas LLC (collectively, the petitioners).\2\ On July 7, 2016, the 
Department published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation 
with respect to 18 individually-named companies or company groups.\3\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 81 FR 26206 (May 2, 2016).
    \2\ See letter requesting an administrative review from the 
petitioners, dated May 31, 2016.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, 
81 FR 44260 (July 7, 2016).
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    On October 5, 2016, the petitioners timely withdrew their 
administrative review request.\4\
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    \4\ See the letter withdrawing request for an administrative 
review from the petitioners, dated October 5, 2016.
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party that requested a 
review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of publication 
of notice of initiation of the requested review. The petitioners 
withdrew their requests for review by the 90-day deadline. No other 
parties requested an administrative review of the order. Therefore, we 
are rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing duty 
order on citric acid from the PRC covering the period

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January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015.

Assessment

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) to assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries. 
Countervailing duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash 
deposit of estimated countervailing duties required at the time of 
entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department intends to issue 
appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days after the 
date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only 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 return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to 
judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with 
the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 751 of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: October 13, 2016.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2016-25429 Filed 10-19-16; 8:45 am]
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