[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 18 (Monday, January 30, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8722-8723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01977]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-853]


Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From Canada: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on citric acid and 
certain citrate salts (citric acid) from Canada. The period of review 
(POR) is May 1, 2015, through April 30, 2016. The review covers one 
producer/exporter of the subject merchandise, Jungbunzlauer Canada Inc. 
(JBL Canada). We preliminarily determine that sales of subject 
merchandise by JBL Canada were not made at prices below normal value 
(NV). Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary 
results.

DATES: Effective January 30, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine Johnson or George Ayache, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-4929 
or (202) 482-2623, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the Order \1\ is citric acid and certain 
citrate salts from Canada. The product is currently classified under 
subheadings 2918.14.0000, 2918.15.1000, 2918.15.5000, and 3824.90.9290 
of the Harmonized Tariff System of the United States (HTSUS). Although 
the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written description of merchandise subject to the scope 
is dispositive.\2\
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    \1\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Canada and 
the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders, 74 FR 25703 
(May 29, 2009) (the Order).
    \2\ A full description of the scope of the Order is contained in 
the memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 
and Compliance, from Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from 
Canada; 2015-2016'' (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated 
concurrently with these results and hereby adopted by this notice.
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Methodology

    The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 
Constructed export price is calculated in accordance with section 772 
of the Act. NV is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, dated 
concurrently with these results and hereby adopted by this notice. The 
Preliminary 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://access.trade.gov, and 
to all parties in the Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the main 
Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic version of the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content. A list of the topics discussed in 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an Appendix to this 
notice.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, the Department preliminarily determines

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that a weighted-average dumping margin of 0.00 percent exists for JBL 
Canada for the period May 1, 2015, through April 30, 2016.

Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department intends to disclose the calculations performed in 
connection with these preliminary results to interested parties within 
five days of the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.224(b).
    Interested parties may submit case briefs to the Department no 
later than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\3\ 
Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be 
filed not later than five days after the date for filing case 
briefs.\4\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who 
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged 
to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief 
summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities. Case and 
rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\5\
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    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via 
ACCESS. An electronically-filed document must be received successfully 
in its entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time within 30 
days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should 
contain: (1) The party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the 
number of participants; and (3) a list of issues parties intend to be 
discuss. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised 
in the respective case and rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing 
is made, the Department intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230, at a time and date to be determined.\6\ Parties should confirm 
by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing two days 
before the scheduled date.
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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    The Department intends to issue the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of its analysis of issues 
raised in any written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of 
publication of this notice, unless the deadline is extended.\7\
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    \7\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
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Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of the administrative review, the Department shall 
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess 
upon issuance of the final results, antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries covered by this review.\8\
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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    We calculated importer-specific ad valorem duty assessment rates 
based on the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated 
for the examined sales to the total entered value of the examined sales 
to that importer. If JBL Canada's calculated weighted-average dumping 
margin is above de minimis in the final results of this review, we will 
instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries 
covered by this review. If JBL Canada's weighted-average dumping margin 
continues to be zero or de minimis, or the importer-specific assessment 
rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the 
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\9\
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    We intend to issue instructions to CBP 41 days after the date of 
publication of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for 
all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate 
for JBL Canada will be the rate established in the final results of 
this review, except if the rate is de minimis within the meaning of 19 
CFR 351.106(c)(1) (i.e., less than 0.50 percent), in which case the 
cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for merchandise exported by 
manufacturers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a 
prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to 
be the company-specific rate published for the most recently-completed 
segment; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a 
prior review, or the original investigation, but the manufacturer is, 
the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most 
recently-completed segment for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and 
(4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will 
continue to be 23.21 percent, the all-others rate established in the 
less-than-fair-value investigation.\10\ These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \10\ See the Order.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary 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 review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: January 24, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
    A. Normal Value Comparisons
    1. Determination of Comparison Method
    2. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
    B. Product Comparisons
    C. Constructed Export Price
    D. Normal Value
    1. Home Market Viability as Comparison Market
    2. Level of Trade (LOT)
    E. Cost of Production (COP) Analysis
    1. Calculation of COP
    2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
    3. Results of the COP Test
    F. Calculation of NV Based on Comparison Market Prices
    G. Currency Conversion
V. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2017-01977 Filed 1-27-17; 8:45 am]
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