[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 230 (Friday, December 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 56949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25912]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-836]


Glycine From the People's Republic of China: Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on glycine from the 
People's Republic of China (PRC) for the period March 1, 2016, through 
February 28, 2017, based on the timely withdrawal of the request for 
review.

DATES: Effective December 1, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edythe Artman or Brian Davis, 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) 482-3931 or (202) 482-7924, 
respectively.

Background

    On March 6, 2017, the Department published in the Federal Register 
a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on glycine from the PRC for the period March 1, 
2016, through February 28, 2017.\1\ On March 31, 2017, the Department 
received a timely request, in accordance with section 751(a) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), to conduct an administrative 
review of this antidumping duty order, with respect to three companies, 
from GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (GEO), a domestic producer of 
glycine. Based on this request and in accordance with section 751(a) of 
the Act, the Department published a notice of initiation of the review 
in the Federal Register on May 9, 2017.\2\ On July 28, 2017, GEO filed 
a timely withdrawal of its request for a review for each of the three 
companies.\3\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 82 FR 12551 (March 6, 2017).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 21513 (May 9, 2017).
    \3\ See Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review, dated 
July 28, 2017.
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested 
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of notice of initiation of the requested review. As noted 
above, GEO withdrew its request for review by the 90-day deadline. 
Accordingly, we are rescinding the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on glycine from the PRC covering the period 
March 1, 2016, through February 28, 2017.

Assessment

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. 
Antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit 
of estimated antidumping 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 to CBP 15 days after publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a 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 Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 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 violation which is 
subject to sanction.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 751 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: November 27, 2017.
James Maeder,
Senior Director performing the duties of the Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2017-25912 Filed 11-30-17; 8:45 am]
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