[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 154 (Friday, August 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37564-37565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-836]


Glycine From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results 
of Changed Circumstances Review

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On November 17, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) initiated a changed circumstances review (CCR) of the 
antidumping duty order on glycine from the People's Republic of China 
(PRC). The Department preliminarily determines that Salvi Chemical 
Industries Ltd. (Salvi) is eligible to participate in a certification 
process, because Salvi has demonstrated that glycine produced by Salvi 
is no longer processed from Chinese-origin glycine. Interested parties 
are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Effective August 11, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madeline Heeren, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-9179.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On December 10, 2012, the Department published its final anti-
circumvention inquiry determination, where the record indicated that 
Salvi was processing Chinese glycine and labeling it to be of Indian 
origin.\1\ The Department determined that glycine processed in India of 
Chinese origin does not change country of origin, and, therefore, Salvi 
had circumvented the Order.\2\ As part of our determination, we stated 
that Salvi could not take part in a certification process, whereby 
Salvi's importers could certify that they had not imported Chinese-
origin glycine and would not be subject to the antidumping duty rate 
for Chinese glycine.\3\ Additionally, we stated that Salvi could also 
request a CCR if it could show that its exports of glycine to the 
United States were not processed from Chinese-origin glycine.\4\ On 
July 18, 2016, the Department received a request from Salvi to initiate 
a CCR in order for the Department to determine that the glycine 
produced by Salvi is no longer processed from Chinese-origin 
glycine.\5\ Additionally, Salvi requested that the Department determine 
that importers of glycine from Salvi are eligible to participate in a 
certification process.\6\ On November 16, 2017, the Department 
initiated this CCR, pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended, (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.216(d), upon finding that 
there is sufficient information to warrant a review of the Order.\7\
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    \1\ See Memorandum, ``Final Scope Ruling Concerning the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Glycine from the People's Republic of 
China,'' dated December 3, 2012 (Final Scope Ruling) at 14.
    \2\ See Glycine from the People's Republic of China: Final 
Partial Affirmative Determination of Circumvention of the 
Antidumping Duty Order, 77 FR 73426 (December 10, 2012) 
(Circumvention Notice) and accompanying Issues and Decision 
Memorandum for the Final Determination of the Anti-Circumvention 
Inquiry of the Antidumping Duty Order on Glycine from the People's 
Republic of China; see also Antidumping Duty Order: Glycine from the 
People's Republic of China, 60 FR 16116 (March 29, 1995) (Order); 
see also Final Scope Ruling.
    \3\ See Circumvention Notice and Final Scope Ruling.
    \4\ See Circumvention Notice.
    \5\ See Letter, ``Glycine from the People's Republic of China: 
Request for Changed Circumstances Review,'' dated July 18, 2016.
    \6\ Id.
    \7\ See Glycine from the People's Republic of China: Initiation 
of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 81 FR 81064 
(November 17, 2016).
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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 produced at varying levels of purity and is used as a 
sweetener/taste enhancer, a buffering agent, reabsorbable amino acid, 
chemical intermediate, and a metal complexing agent. This proceeding 
includes glycine of all purity levels. Glycine is currently classified 
under subheading 2922.49.4020 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS).\8\ Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the 
merchandise under the order is dispositive.\9\
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    \8\ In separate scope rulings, the Department determined that: 
(a) D(-) Phenylglycine Ethyl Dane Salt is outside the scope of the 
order and (b) PRC-glycine exported from India remains the same class 
or kind of merchandise as the PRC-origin glycine imported into 
India. See Notice of Scope Rulings and Anticircumvention Inquiries, 
62 FR 62288 (November 21, 1997) and Circumvention Notice, 
respectively.
    \9\ See Order.
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Methodology

    We are conducting this CCR in accordance with section 751(b)(1) of 
the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\10\ A list of 
topics in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as an 
appendix to this notice.
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    \10\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review of 
Glycine from the People's Republic of China,'' dated concurrently 
with this determination and hereby adopted by this notice 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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    The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is 
made available to the public via Enforcement and Compliance's 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service 
System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov, and is available to all parties in the Department's 
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 directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic 
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in 
content.

Preliminary Results of the Changed Circumstances Review

    We preliminarily determine that, since the Circumvention Notice and 
Final Scope Ruling were issued, Salvi has demonstrated that glycine 
produced by Salvi is no longer processed from Chinese-origin glycine.
    If the Department upholds these preliminary results in the final 
results, we will notify U.S. Customs and Border Protection and allow 
Salvi's importers of subject merchandise to certify that the glycine 
being produced and

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exported is not processed Chinese-origin glycine.

Public Comment

    Interested parties may submit case briefs no later than 30 days 
after the date of publication of these preliminary results of review in 
the Federal Register.\11\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in 
the case briefs, may be filed by no later than five days after the 
deadline for filing case briefs.\12\ Parties that submit case or 
rebuttal briefs 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.\13\ All briefs are to be filed electronically 
using ACCESS.\14\ An electronically filed document must be received 
successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the 
day on which it is due.\15\
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). The Department has exercised 
its discretion under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) to alter the time 
limit for submission of case briefs.
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1).
    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.303(b) and (f).
    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.303(b).
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    Any interested party may submit a request for a hearing to the 
Assistant Secretary of Enforcement and Compliance using ACCESS within 
30 days of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.\16\ 
Hearing requests should contain the following information: (1) The 
party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of 
participants; and (3) a list of the issues to be discussed. Oral 
presentations will be limited to issues raised in the briefs.\17\ If a 
request for a hearing is made, parties will be notified of the time and 
date of the hearing, which will be held at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.\18\
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    \16\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \17\ Id.
    \18\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Final Results of the Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.302(b), the Department extended the 
deadline of the final results of this CCR to November 3, 2017.\19\
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    \19\ See Memorandum, ``Glycine from the People's Republic of 
China: Extension of Deadline for Final Results of Changed 
Circumstances Review,'' dated August 4, 2017.
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Notification to Parties

    The Department is issuing and publishing these results in 
accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.216 and 351.221(c)(3)(i).

    Dated: August 7, 2017.
Carole Showers,
Executive Director, Office of Policy performing the duties of Deputy 
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. Preliminary Results of the Changed Circumstances Review

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