[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 227 (Monday, November 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64831-64833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25536]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-985]


Xanthan Gum From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No 
Shipments; 2017-2018

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the 
companies under review did not make sales of subject merchandise below 
normal value during the period of review (POR) July 1, 2017 through 
June 30, 2018.

DATES: Applicable November 25, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aleksandras Nakutis or Thomas Hanna, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3147 and (202) 
482-0835, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    After Commerce published the Preliminary Results on June 10, 
2019,\1\ interested parties commented on those results. For details 
regarding the events that occurred subsequent to the Preliminary 
Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\ Commerce conducted 
this administrative review in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Xanthan Gum from the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 
and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2017-2018, 84 FR 
26813 (June 10, 2019) (Preliminary Results) and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Memorandum ``Issue and Decision Memorandum for the Final 
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Xanthan Gum 
from the People's Republic of China; 2017-2018,'' (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with this notice.
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by this order is dry xanthan gum, whether or 
not coated or blended with other products, from China. For a complete 
description of the scope of this order, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    We addressed all issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs 
submitted by interested parties in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, 
which is hereby adopted by this notice. The Appendix to this notice 
provides a list of sections in the Issues and Decision Memorandum as 
well as a list of the issues which parties raised. 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 it is available to all 
parties in the Central Records Unit of the main Commerce building, room 
B8024. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum 
and the electronic version are identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on a review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties regarding the Preliminary Results, we have corrected 
a ministerial error that occurred in determining the surrogate value 
for Deosen's cornstarch.\3\ We have made no other changes to the 
Preliminary Results.
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    \3\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 5.
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Separate Rates

    In the Preliminary Results, we found that Meihua Group 
International Trading (Hong Kong) Limited, Langfang Meihua 
Biotechnology Co., Ltd., and Xinjiang Meihua Amino Acid Co., Ltd.

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(collectively, Meihua), Deosen Biochemical (Ordos) Ltd./Deosen 
Biochemical Ltd. (collectively, Deosen) and CP Kelco (Shandong) 
Biological Company Limited (CP Kelco (Shandong) demonstrated their 
eligibility for separate-rate status, but that Hebei Xinhe Biochemical 
Co., Ltd. and A.H.A. International Co., Ltd. did not demonstrate their 
eligibility for separate-rate status because both failed to file a 
separate rate application or a separate rate certification.\4\ Thus, 
Commerce treated Hebei Xinhe Biochemical Co., Ltd. and A.H.A. 
International Co., Ltd. as part of the China-wide entity. No parties 
commented on these determinations. For the final results of review, we 
continue to grant Meihua, Deosen, and CP Kelco (Shandong) separate-rate 
status and deny Hebei Xinhe Biochemical Co., Ltd. and A.H.A. 
International Co., Ltd. separate-rate status.
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    \4\ See Preliminary Results, 84 FR at 26814.
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Final Determination of No Shipments

    In the Preliminary Results, we found that Jianlong Biotechnology 
Co., Ltd. (Jianlong) (previously known as Inner Mongolia Jianlong 
Biochemical Co., Ltd. (IMJ)) and Shanghai Smart Chemicals Co., Ltd. 
(Shanghai Smart) had no shipments of subject merchandise to the United 
States during the POR and, therefore, no reviewable transactions during 
the POR.\5\ No parties commented on these determinations. For the final 
results of review, we continue to find that these companies had no 
shipments during the POR.
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    \5\ Id.
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Dumping Margin for Non-Individually Examined Respondents Granted 
Separate Rate Status

    The statute and Commerce's regulations do not address the rate to 
apply to respondents not selected for individual examination in an NME 
administrative review who are eligible for a separate rate when 
Commerce limits its examination in an administrative review pursuant to 
section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, Commerce looks to section 
735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for calculating the 
all-others rate in a market economy investigation, for guidance when 
calculating the rate for non-selected respondents that are not examined 
individually in an NME administrative review but are eligible for a 
separate rate. Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that the all-
others rate should be calculated by averaging the weighted-average 
dumping margins for individually-examined respondents, excluding rates 
that are zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts available. When 
the rates for individually examined companies are all zero, de minimis, 
or based entirely on facts available, section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act 
provides that Commerce may use ``any reasonable method'' to establish 
the all others rate. After making the change described above, both 
mandatory respondents, Meihua and Deosen, have a calculated weighted-
average dumping margin of zero percent. As such, we assigned a dumping 
margin equal to zero percent to the separate rate recipients not 
selected for examination.

Final Results of Administrative Review

    We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margin 
exists for the POR:

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                                                        Weighted-average
                       Exporter                         dumping margins
                                                          (percentage)
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Deosen Biochemical Ltd./Deosen Biochemical (Ordos)                  0.00
 Ltd.................................................
Meihua Group International Trading (Hong Kong)                      0.00
 Limited/Langfang Meihua Biotechnology Co., Ltd./
 Xinjiang Meihua Amino Acid Co., Ltd.................
CP Kelco (Shandong) Biological Company Limited.......               0.00
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject 
merchandise in accordance with the final results of this review. 
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after 
the publication date of the final results of this review. Because 
Meihua, Deosen, and CP Kelco (Shandong)'s weighted-average dumping 
margin is zero percent, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate 
appropriate entries from these companies without regard to antidumping 
duties.\6\
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    \6\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14, 
2012).
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    For entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales database 
submitted by an exporter individually examined during this review, but 
that entered under the case number of that exporter (i.e., at the 
individually-examined exporter's cash deposit rate), we will instruct 
CBP to liquidate such entries at the China-wide rate (i.e., 154.07 
percent). Additionally, where we determined that an exporter under 
review had no shipments of the subject merchandise to the United States 
during the POR, any suspended entries that entered during the POR under 
that exporter's case number will be liquidated at the China-wide rate.
    Although Commerce discontinued the instant review with respect to 
Inner Mongolia Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd./Neimenggu Fufeng 
Biotechnologies Co., Ltd. (aka Inner Mongolia Fufeng Biotechnologies 
Co., Ltd.) (Neimenggu Fufeng)/Shandong Fufeng Fermentation Co., Ltd. 
(Shandong Fufeng)/Xinjiang Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd. (Xinjiang 
Fufeng) (collectively, Fufeng), as a result of litigation before the 
U.S. Court of International Trade,\7\ the suspension of liquidation 
must continue during the pendency of the appeals process for that 
litigation. Therefore, we will not issue liquidation instructions for 
POR entries of subject merchandise produced and exported by Fufeng 
until the appeals process has concluded.
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    \7\ See Xanthan Gum from the People's Republic of China: Notice 
of Court Decision Not in Harmony With Amended Final Determination in 
Less Than Fair Value Investigation; Notice of Amended Final 
Determination Pursuant to Court Decision; Notice of Revocation of 
Antidumping Duty Order in Part; and Discontinuation of Fourth and 
Fifth Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews in Part, 83 FR 52205, 
52206 (October 16, 2018).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of review, as provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 
Act: (1) For the exporters listed in the table above, the cash deposit 
rate will be the rate that is listed for the exporter in the table 
above;

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(2) for previously investigated or reviewed China and non-China 
exporters not listed in the table above that have a separate rate, the 
cash deposit rate will continue to be the existing exporter-specific 
rate published for the most recent period; (3) for all China exporters 
of subject merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a 
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate previously 
established for the China-wide entity, which is 154.07 percent; and (4) 
for all non-China exporters of subject merchandise which have not 
received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate 
applicable to the China exporter that supplied that non-China exporter. 
The cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.

Notification to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding 
the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the 
relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double 
antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to APO of 
their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of 
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary 
information in this segment of the proceeding. 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 violation which 
is subject to sanction.
    We are issuing these final results of administrative review and 
publishing this notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) 
of the Act.

    Dated: November 18, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
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 The Issues
    Comment 1: Commerce Should Make No Changes to the Calculations 
Not Raised in the Case Briefs of the Parties to the Review
    Comment 2: Commerce Should Not Deduct from the U.S. Price Any 
Amount for Value-Added Tax
    Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should Modify Customs Instructions
    Comment 4: Commerce Should Include Reported Energy Factors of 
Production in its Normal Value Calculation
    Comment 5: Commerce Incorrectly Valued Cornstarch
    Comment 6: Commerce Should Accept Green Health International's 
Separate Rate Application
V. Conclusion

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