[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19436-19437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07293]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-853]


Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From Canada: Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
Jungbunzlauer Canada, Inc. (JBL Canada), a producer/exporter of citric 
acid and certain citrate salts (citric acid) from Canada, did not sell 
subject merchandise at prices below normal value (NV) during the period 
of review (POR) May 1, 2018 through April 30, 2019.

DATES: Applicable April 7, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Dowling or George Ayache, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1646 or (202) 
482-2623, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 22, 2020, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
Preliminary Results of the administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on citric acid from Canada.\1\ This review covers one 
producer/exporter of the subject merchandise, JBL Canada. We invited 
parties to comment on the Preliminary Results.\2\ No interested party 
submitted comments.\3\ On February 11, 2020, JBL Canada submitted a 
request to participate in a hearing in the event that Commerce held a 
hearing.\4\ No other party submitted a request for a hearing in the 
instant review; therefore, Commerce did not hold a hearing. Commerce 
conducted this administrative review in accordance with section 751(a) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Canada: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-
2019, 85 FR 3611 (January 22, 2020) (Preliminary Results), and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ Id.
    \3\ JBL Canada submitted a case brief stating: ``Respondent JBL 
has no comments on Commerce's Preliminary Results. JBL reserves the 
right to submit a rebuttal brief in response to any issue(s) which 
may be raised by Petitioners in their case brief.'' See JBL Canada's 
Letter, ``Tenth Administrative Review of the Antidumping Order on 
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Sales from Canada--Case Brief on 
Behalf of JBL Canada,'' dated February 11, 2020.
    \4\ See JBL Canada's Letter, ``Tenth Administrative Review of 
the Antidumping Order on Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Sales from 
Canada--JBL Canada's Comments regarding Hearing,'' dated February 
11, 2020.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the Order is citric acid from Canada.\5\ 
The product is currently classified under the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 2918.14.0000, 
2918.15.1000, 2918.15.5000, and 3824.90.9290. Although the HTSUS 
numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written 
product description, available in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, 
remains dispositive.\6\
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    \5\ See Citric Acid and Citrate Salts from Canada and the 
People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders, 74 FR 25703 
(May 29, 2009) (Order).
    \6\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 3.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    As no parties submitted comments on the margin calculation 
methodology used in the Preliminary Results, Commerce made no 
adjustments to that methodology in the final results of this review.

Final Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, Commerce determines that a weighted-
average dumping margin of 0.00 percent exists for entries of subject 
merchandise that were produced and/or exported by JBL Canada during the 
POR.

Assessment Rates

    Commerce shall determine, 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, pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b). Because we calculated a zero margin for JBL Canada in the 
final results of this review, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate 
the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
    Commerce intends to issue the appropriate assessment instructions 
to CBP 41 days after the date of publication of these final results of 
review, in accordance with 19 CFR 356.8(a).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of these final results for all shipments of 
citric acid from Canada entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the publication date as provided by section 
751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for JBL Canada will be 
zero; (2) for merchandise exported by manufacturers or exporters not 
covered in this review but covered in a completed prior segment of the 
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recently completed segment; (3) if 
the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or 
the original investigation but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit 
rate will be the rate established for the most recently completed 
segment for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash 
deposit rate for all other manufacturers

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or exporters will continue to be 23.21 percent, the all-others rate 
established in the Order. These cash deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a 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 this POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping duties has occurred and the subsequent assessment of 
double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), 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 
the APO, 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 subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We intend to issue and publish these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and 
351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: April 1, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-07293 Filed 4-6-20; 8:45 am]
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