[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 120 (Friday, June 21, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29173-29174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-13361]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-884; C-570-081]


Glycine From India and the People's Republic of China: 
Countervailing Duty Orders

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

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (the ITC), 
Commerce is issuing countervailing duty orders on glycine from India 
and the People's Republic of China (China).

DATES: Applicable June 21, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Davina Friedmann at (202) 482-0698 or 
Julie Geiger at (202) 482-2057 (India), or Tyler Weinhold at (202) 482-
1121 (China), AD/CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    In accordance with sections 705(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.210(c), Commerce 
published its affirmative final determinations in the countervailing 
duty investigations of glycine from India and China on May 1, 2019.\1\ 
On June 14, 2019, the ITC notified Commerce of its final affirmative 
determinations that an industry in the United States is materially 
injured within the meaning of section 705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by 
reason of subsidized imports of glycine from India and China.\2\
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    \1\ See Countervailing Duty Investigation of Glycine from India: 
Affirmative Final Determination, 84 FR 18482 (May 1, 2019); see also 
Glycine from the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative 
Countervailing Duty Determination, 84 FR 18489 (May 1, 2019).
    \2\ See ITC Letter, dated June 14, 2019 (ITC Letter).
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Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise covered by these orders is glycine from India and 
China. For a complete description of the scope of the orders, see the 
Appendix to this notice.

Countervailing Duty Orders

    On June 14, 2019, in accordance with sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 
705(d) of the Act, the ITC notified Commerce of its final 
determinations that an industry in the United States is materially 
injured by reason of imports of glycine from India and China.\3\ 
Therefore, in accordance with sections 705(c)(2) and 706 of the Act, we 
are issuing these countervailing duty orders. Because the ITC 
determined that imports of glycine from India and China are materially 
injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of such merchandise from 
India and China, entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, 
are subject to the assessment of countervailing duties.
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    \3\ See ITC Letter.
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    As a result of the ITC's final affirmative determinations, in 
accordance with section 706(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce will direct U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further instruction 
by Commerce, countervailing duties on unliquidated entries of glycine 
from India and China. Countervailing duties will be assessed on 
unliquidated entries of glycine from India and China entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after September 4, 
2018, the date of publication of the Preliminary Determinations,\4\ but 
will not include entries occurring after the expiration of the 
provisional measures period and before publication in the Federal 
Register of the ITC's injury determination, as further described below.
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    \4\ See Glycine from India: Preliminary Affirmative 
Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final 
Determination with Final Antidumping Duty Determination, 83 FR 44859 
(September 4, 2018); see also Glycine from the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 83 
FR 44863 (September 4, 2018) (collectively, Preliminary 
Determinations).
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Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 706 of the Act, Commerce will instruct 
CBP to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation of subject merchandise 
(i.e., glycine from India and China), effective on the date of 
publication of the ITC's final

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determination in the Federal Register, and to assess, upon further 
instruction by Commerce pursuant to 706(a)(1) of the Act, 
countervailing duties for each entry of the subject merchandise in an 
amount based on the net countervailable subsidy rates for the subject 
merchandise. We intend to instruct CBP to require, at the same time as 
importers would normally deposit estimated duties on this merchandise, 
cash deposits for each entry of subject merchandise equal to the rates 
noted below. These instructions suspending liquidation will remain in 
effect until further notice. The all-others rates apply to all 
producers or exporters not specifically listed.

Estimated Subsidy Rates

    The estimated subsidy rates for each countervailing duty order are 
as follows:

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                                                                Subsidy
                      Exporter/producer                          rate
                                                               (percent)
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                                  India
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Kumar Industries, India.....................................        6.99
Paras Intermediates Private Limited.........................        3.03
All Others..................................................        5.01
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                                  China
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JC Chemicals Limited........................................      144.01
Sigmachem Corp..............................................      144.01
All Others..................................................      144.01
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Provisional Measures

    Section 703(d) of the Act states that the suspension of liquidation 
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in 
effect for more than four months. Commerce published its affirmative 
Preliminary Determinations on September 4, 2018. Therefore, the four-
month period beginning on the date of the publication of the 
Preliminary Determinations ended on January 1, 2019. Pursuant to 
section 707(b) of the Act, the collection of cash deposits at the rates 
listed above will begin on the date of publication of the ITC's final 
injury determination in the Federal Register.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 703(d) of the Act, Commerce 
instructed CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to 
liquidate, without regard to countervailing duties, unliquidated 
entries of glycine from India and China entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption after January 1, 2019, the date on which 
provisional measures expired, through the day preceding the date of 
publication of the ITC's final affirmative injury determinations in the 
Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation will resume on the date of 
publication of the ITC's final affirmative injury determinations in the 
Federal Register.

Notifications to Interested Parties

    This notice constitutes the countervailing duty orders with respect 
to glycine from India and China pursuant to section 706(a) of the Act. 
Interested parties can find a list of countervailing duty orders 
currently in effect at http://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
    These orders are published in accordance with sections 705(c) and 
706(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).

    Dated: June 18, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise covered by these orders is glycine at any purity 
level or grade. This includes glycine of all purity levels, which 
covers all forms of crude or technical glycine including, but not 
limited to, sodium glycinate, glycine slurry and any other forms of 
amino acetic acid or glycine. Subject merchandise also includes 
glycine and precursors of dried crystalline glycine that are 
processed in a third country, including, but not limited to, 
refining or any other processing that would not otherwise remove the 
merchandise from the scope of these orders if performed in the 
country of manufacture of the in-scope glycine or precursors of 
dried crystalline glycine. Glycine has the Chemical Abstracts 
Service (CAS) registry number of 56-40-6. Glycine and glycine slurry 
are classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) subheading 2922.49.43.00. Sodium glycinate is classified in 
the HTSUS under 2922.49.80.00. While the HTSUS subheadings and CAS 
registry number are provided for convenience and customs purposes, 
the written description of the scope of these orders is dispositive.

[FR Doc. 2019-13361 Filed 6-20-19; 8:45 am]
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