[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 231 (Monday, December 4, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57221-57223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-26063]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-560-826]


Monosodium Glutamate From Indonesia: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on monosodium 
glutamate (MSG) from Indonesia. The period of review (POR) is November 
1, 2015 through October 31, 2016. The review covers a single mandatory 
respondent, PT Cheil Jedang Indonesia (CJI). The Department 
preliminarily determines that the respondent has not made sales of 
subject merchandise below normal value (NV). We invite interested 
parties to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable December 4, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caitlin Monks or Joseph Traw, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade

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Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2670 or (202) 482-6079, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On January 13, 2017, the Department initiated this administrative 
review on MSG from Indonesia covering one company, CJI. The events that 
have occurred between initiation and these preliminary results are 
discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\1\
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    \1\ See Memorandum to Gary Taverman, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, from James 
Maeder, Senior Director performing the duties of Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Monosodium Glutamate from Indonesia, 2015-
2016,'' dated November 27, 2017 (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), 
which is hereby adopted by this Federal Register notice.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order is monosodium glutamate 
(MSG), whether or not blended or in solution with other products. The 
product is currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States (HTSUS) at subheading 2922.42.10.00. Merchandise 
covered by this order may also enter under HTSUS subheadings 
2922.42.50.00, 2103.90.72.00, 2103.90.74.00, 2103.90.78.00, 
2103.90.80.00, and 2103.90.90.91. These tariff classifications are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes; however, the written 
product description, available in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, 
remains dispositive.\2\
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    \2\ For a complete description of the Scope of the Order, see 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Methodology

    The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 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. 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 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 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the 
internet 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 Review

    As a result of this review, we calculated a zero percent dumping 
margin for CJI for the period November 1, 2015, through December 31, 
2016.

Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department intends to disclose to the parties the calculations 
performed in connection with these preliminary results within five days 
of the date of publication of this notice.\3\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.309(c)(ii), the Department will issue a case brief schedule at a 
later date in the proceeding, notifying interested parties of the 
deadlines for submitting case and rebuttal briefs. When the case brief 
schedule is issued, 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.\4\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using 
ACCESS.\5\ In order to be properly filed, ACCESS must successfully 
receive an electronically-filed document in its entirety by 5 p.m. 
Eastern Time on the established deadline.
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    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \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, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS, within 30 days after the 
date of publication of this notice.\6\ Requests should contain: (1) The 
party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of 
participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised 
in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case 
briefs.
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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    Unless extended, the Department intends to issue the final results 
of this administrative review, including the results of its analysis of 
the issues raised in any written briefs, not later than 120 days after 
the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department will determine, 
and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1). If CJI's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or 
de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in the final results of this 
review, we will calculate importer-specific assessment rates based on 
the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's 
examined sales and the total entered value of the sales in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review when the 
importer-specific assessment rate calculated in the final results of 
this review is above de minimis. Where the respondent's weighted-
average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer-specific 
assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. 
The final results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment 
of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by the final 
results of this review and for future deposits of estimated duties, 
where applicable.
    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by the 
respondent for which it did not know that its merchandise was destined 
for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed 
entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction. We intend to issue 
instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of the final 
results of this review.

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 date of publication of the final 
results of this administrative review, as provided for by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for the company 
under review will be the rate established in the final results of this 
review, except, if the rate is zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 
percent), no cash deposit will be required; (2) for previously reviewed 
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companies not listed above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be 
the company-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if 
the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or 
the less-than-fair-value investigation, but the manufacturer is, the 
cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent 
period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash 
deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters is 6.19 percent, 
the all-others rate established in the investigation.\7\ These cash 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \7\ See Monosodium Glutamate from the Republic of Indonesia: 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value 79 FR 58329 
(September 29, 2014).
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice 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 Department'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.

    Dated: November 27, 2017.
Carole Showers,
Executive Director, Office of Policy performing the duties of the 
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. Comparisons to Normal Value
V. Product Comparisons
VI. Date of Sale
VII. Constructed Export Price
VIII. Normal Value
IX. Currency Conversion
X. Recommendation

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