[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 11 (Thursday, January 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2717-2719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00645]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-560-826]


Monosodium Glutamate From the Republic of Indonesia: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that PT. Cheil Jedang Indonesia (CJ Indonesia), the sole producer or 
exporter subject to this administrative review, did not make sales 
below normal value of monosodium glutamate (MSG) from the Republic of 
Indonesia (Indonesia) during the period of review

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(POR), November 1, 2017 through October 31, 2018. We invite interested 
parties to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable January 16, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene H. Calvert, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3586.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on MSG from Indonesia covering the sole respondent, CJ 
Indonesia.\1\ For a complete description of the events that followed 
the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.\2\ A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum is included as the appendix to this notice.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 2159 (February 6, 2019).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Monosodium 
Glutamate from the Republic of Indonesia,'' dated concurrently with, 
and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum).
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    On September 3, 2019, we extended the deadline for these 
preliminary results until December 10, 2019.\3\ On December 2, 2019, we 
further extended the deadline for these preliminary results until no 
later than January 9, 2020.\4\
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Monosodium Glutamate from the Republic of 
Indonesia; Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated September 3, 2019.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Monosodium Glutamate from the Republic of 
Indonesia; Second Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated December 2, 2019.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order is MSG, whether or not 
blended or in solution with other products. Specifically, MSG that has 
been blended or is in solution with other product(s) is included in 
this order when the resulting mix contains 15 percent or more of MSG by 
dry weight. Products with which MSG may be blended include, but are not 
limited to, salts, sugars, starches, maltodextrins, and various 
seasonings. Further, MSG is included in this order regardless of 
physical form (including, but not limited to, in monohydrate or 
anhydrous form, or as substrates, solutions, dry powders of any 
particle size, or unfinished forms such as MSG slurry), end-use 
application, or packaging. For a full description of the scope of the 
order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance 
with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 
Constructed export price was calculated in accordance with section 772 
of the Act. Normal value was calculated in accordance with section 773 
of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying 
Commerce's preliminary results, 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 B-8024 of the main Commerce building. In addition, a 
complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed 
directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed and 
electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

Preliminary Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that the 
following weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period 
November 1, 2017 through October 31, 2018:

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                                            Weighted-average  dumping
           Producer/exporter                    margin  (percent)
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PT. Cheil Jedang Indonesia.............  0.00 (de minimis).
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Assessment Rate

    Upon issuance of the final results of this administrative review, 
Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by 
this review. If the weighted-average dumping margin for CJ Indonesia is 
not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), then Commerce 
will calculate importer-specific ad valorem antidumping duty assessment 
rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for 
each importer's examined sales to the total entered value of those same 
sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). If the weighted-average 
dumping margin for CJ Indonesia is zero or de minimis in the final 
results, or if an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de 
minimis in the final results, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate 
the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
    In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice, 
for entries of subject merchandise that entered the United States 
during the POR that were produced by CJ Indonesia for which CJ 
Indonesia did not know that its merchandise was destined to the United 
States, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at 
the all-others rate of 6.19 percent,\5\ if there is no rate for the 
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\6\ The final 
results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of 
antidumping duties on entries of subject merchandise covered by the 
final results of this review, where applicable. We intend to issue 
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication of the 
final results of this review.
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    \5\ See Monosodium Glutamate From the Republic of Indonesia: 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 79 FR 58329 
(September 29, 2014) (MSG Investigation Final Determination).
    \6\ In these preliminary results, Commerce applied the 
assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping 
Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final 
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of the final results of this administrative 
review for all shipments of MSG from Indonesia entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of 
the final results in the Federal Register, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for CJ Indonesia 
will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the 
final results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise 
exported by producers or exporters not covered in this administrative 
review but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash 
deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published in 
a completed segment for the most recent period of review; (3) if the 
exporter is not a firm covered in this review or in the original 
investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate established for the most recently completed segment of this 
proceeding for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash 
deposit

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rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 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 MSG Investigation Final Determination.
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in these 
preliminary results to parties in this proceeding within five days of 
the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.\8\
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii), interested parties may submit 
case briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication of 
this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case 
briefs, may be filed no later than five days after the date for filing 
case briefs.\9\ 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.\10\ All briefs must be filed electronically using 
ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully 
in its entirety by the established deadline.
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2); see also 19 CFR 
351.303 (for general filing requirements).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal 
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance within 30 days after the date of publication 
of this notice in the Federal Register. 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. If a request 
for a hearing is made, parties will be notified of the time and date 
for the hearing, which will be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 
1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Unless extended, Commerce intends to issue the final results of 
this administrative review, including the results of its analysis of 
each of the issues raised in written briefs, not later than 120 days 
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, 
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).

Notification to Importers

    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 Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    Commerce is issuing and publishing these preliminary results in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: January 8, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
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. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Normal Value
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation

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