[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3609-3610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00950]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-560-826]


Monosodium Glutamate From the Republic of Indonesia: Amended 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is amending the final 
results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order 
on monosodium glutamate (MSG) from the Republic of Indonesia 
(Indonesia) to correct two ministerial errors.

DATES: Applicable January 22, 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

    On August 1, 2019, Commerce published the Final Results of the 
administrative review of the AD order on MSG from Indonesia covering 
the November 1, 2016 through October 31, 2017 period of review 
(POR).\1\ On August 6, 2019, Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America 
(Ajinomoto),\2\ the petitioner in the underlying AD investigation, and 
PT. Cheil Jedang Indonesia and U.S. sales affiliate CJ America Inc. 
(collectively, CJ Indonesia), the sole respondent in this 
administrative review, each timely filed ministerial error allegations 
concerning the Final Results.\3\ On August 12, 2019, CJ Indonesia 
timely filed a rebuttal to Ajinomoto's allegation.\4\ No interested 
party commented on CJ Indonesia's allegation.
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    \1\ See Monosodium Glutamate from the Republic of Indonesia: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017, 
84 FR 37625 (August 1, 2019) (Final Results).
    \2\ Formerly known as Ajinomoto North America Inc.
    \3\ See Ajinomoto's Letter, ``MSG from Indonesia: Ministerial 
Error Comments,'' dated August 6, 2019; see also CJ Indonesia's 
Letter, ``Monosodium Glutamate (``MSG'') from Indonesia; 3rd 
Administrative Review; CJ Ministerial Error Comments,'' dated August 
6, 2019.
    \4\ See CJ Indonesia's Letter, ``Monosodium Glutamate (``MSG'') 
from Indonesia; Reply to Petitioner's Ministerial Error Comments,'' 
dated August 12, 2019.
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Legal Framework

    A ministerial error, as defined in section 751(h) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act), includes ``errors in addition, 
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical errors resulting 
from the inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other 
type of unintentional error which the administering authority considers 
ministerial.'' \5\ With respect to final results of administrative 
reviews, 19 CFR 351.224(e) provides that Commerce ``will analyze any 
comments received and, if appropriate, correct any ministerial error by 
amending . . . the final results of review . . .''
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.224(f).
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Ministerial Errors

    Commerce committed two inadvertent errors in CJ Indonesia's final 
dumping margin within the meaning of section 751(h) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.224(f) by: (1) Failing to apply the average-to-transaction 
comparison method as a result of its ``differential pricing'' analysis 
when determining the appropriate comparison method to use in comparing 
weighted-average normal values to weighted-average export prices (or 
constructed export prices); and (2) making an error in a currency 
calculation when calculating the CEP Offset for CJ Indonesia. 
Accordingly, Commerce determines that, in accordance with section 
751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f), it made two ministerial errors 
in the Final Results. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e), Commerce is 
amending the Final Results to correct these two errors. These 
corrections result in a change to CJ Indonesia's weighted-average 
dumping margin. For a detailed discussion of Ajinomoto's and CJ 
Indonesia's ministerial error allegations, as well as Commerce's 
analysis, see the Ministerial Error Memorandum.\6\
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Ministerial Error Memorandum for the Final 
Results of the 2016-2017 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Monosodium Glutamate from the Republic of Indonesia,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Ministerial 
Error Memorandum).
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Amended Final Results of Administrative Review

    As a result of correcting the two ministerial errors described 
above, Commerce determines that the following weighted-average dumping 
margin for CJ Indonesia exists for the period November 1, 2016 through 
October 31, 2017:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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PT. Cheil Jedang Indonesia.................................        0.71
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Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these amended 
final results in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Antidumping Duty Assessment

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), 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 these amended final 
results of the administrative review.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), CJ Indonesia reported the entered 
value of its U.S. sales such that we calculated importer-specific ad 
valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of 
dumping calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value of 
the sales for which entered value was reported. Where an importer-
specific rate is zero or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 
351.106(c)(1), Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate 
entries without regard to antidumping duties. The amended final results 
of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping 
duties on entries of merchandise covered by the amended final results 
of this review and for future deposits of estimated duties, where 
applicable.\7\
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    \7\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective 
retroactively for all shipments of subject merchandise entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after August 1, 2019, 
the date of publication of the Final Results of this administrative 
review 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 that 
established in these amended final results; (2) for previously reviewed 
or investigated companies, including those for which Commerce may have 
determined had no shipments during the POR, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most 
recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the company 
participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this or 
review (or in an earlier review), or in the original less-than-fair-
value (LTFV) investigation, but the manufacturer is, then the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate established in the most recently-
completed segment of this proceeding for the manufacturer of the 
merchandise; and (4) if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a 
firm covered in this or any previously completed segment of this 
proceeding, then the cash deposit rate will be the all-others rate of 
6.19 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV 
investigation.\8\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \8\ 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 Importers

    This notice serves as the final 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 the period of review. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative productive order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition 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 return or destruction of APO materials 
or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure 
to comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a 
sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These amended final results and notice are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(h) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.224(e).

    Dated: January 15, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-00950 Filed 1-21-20; 8:45 am]
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