[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5611-5612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02515]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-836]


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

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines, in the 
context of the changed circumstance review (CCR) of the antidumping 
duty order on glycine from the People's Republic of China (China), that 
Salvi Chemical Industries Ltd. (Salvi) and its importers, are 
ineligible to participate in a certification process because, after 
further review of the record evidence and comments submitted, we find 
Salvi has not demonstrated that the sales of glycine examined are of 
non-Chinese origin. As a result, glycine produced by Salvi continues to 
be subject to the Order on glycine.

DATES: Applicable February 8, 2018.

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

    Commerce initiated this CCR on November 16, 2016, and published the 
Preliminary Results on August 11, 2017.\1\ Commerce has exercised its 
discretion to toll deadlines for the duration of the closure of the 
Federal Government from January 20 through 22, 2018. If the new 
deadline falls on a non-business day, in accordance with Commerce's 
practice, the deadline will become the next business day. The revised 
deadline for the final results of this review is now February 5, 
2018.\2\ For a description of events that have occurred since the 
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\3\ The 
Issues and 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Issues and 
Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \1\ See Glycine from the People's Republic of China: Initiation 
of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 81 FR 81064 
(November 17, 2016); see also Glycine from the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review, 82 FR 
37564 (August 11, 2017) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Memorandum for The Record from Christian Marsh, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of 
the Federal Government'' (Tolling Memorandum), dated January 23, 
2018. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been 
extended by 3 days. The new deadline falls on Sunday, February 4, 
2018. The next business day is Monday, February 5, 2018.
    \3\ See ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of the Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review of Glycine from 
the People's Republic of China,'' dated concurrently with and hereby 
adopted in this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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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).\4\ Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the 
merchandise under the order is dispositive.\5\
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    \4\ In separate scope rulings, Commerce determined that: (a) D(-
) Phenylglycine Ethyl Dane Salt is outside the scope of the order 
and (b) Chinese-origin glycine exported from India remains the same 
class or kind of merchandise as the Chinese-origin glycine imported 
into India. See Notice of Scope Rulings and Anticircumvention 
Inquiries, 62 FR 62288 (November 21, 1997) and Circumvention Notice, 
respectively.
    \5\ See Antidumping Duty Order: Glycine from the People's 
Republic of China, 60 FR 16116 (March 29, 1995) (Order).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised by GEO, the domestic interested party, in its 
case brief are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. No 
other party filed a case or rebuttal brief. A list of the issues 
addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is appended to this 
notice.

Final Results of the Changed Circumstances Review

    Commerce finds that, based upon the record of the CCR, Salvi has 
not demonstrated that its sales of glycine are of non-Chinese origin, 
and therefore, Salvi, along with its importers, are not permitted to 
participate in the certification process. Thus, glycine produced by 
Salvi continues to be subject to the Order.\6\
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    \6\ This determination applies to all importers of glycine 
produced by Salvi, including Nutracare International (Nutracare).
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Notification to Parties

    This notice is 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 the return or 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 sanctionable 
violation.
    Commerce is issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(b)(1) and (4) and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended, and 19 CFR 351.216 and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(i).

    Dated: February 2, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, Performing the Non-Exclusive Functions and Duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of Issues
    Comment 1: Whether Salvi is Producing Glycine from Non-Chinese 
Origin Raw

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Materials and May Participate in the Certification Process
V. Recommendation

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