[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 220 (Friday, November 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72621-72622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-25045]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-301-803]


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

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

SUMMARY: On August 10, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty (AD) order on citric acid and certain citrate salts 
(citric acid) from Colombia. The review covers one mandatory 
respondent, Sucroal S.A. (Sucroal). The period of review (POR) is 
January 8, 2018 through June 30, 2019. For the final results of this 
review, we continue to find that Sucroal sold subject merchandise at 
less than normal value during the POR.

DATES: Applicable November 13, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bharat Phuyal, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3992.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 10, 2020, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of 
the administrative review of the AD order on citric acid from 
Colombia.\1\ The administrative review covers one producer/exporter of 
the subject merchandise, Sucroal. We gave interested parties an 
opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results. We received no 
comments. Hence, these final results are unchanged from the Preliminary 
Results.
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    \1\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Colombia: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-
2019, 85 FR 51012 (August 19, 2020) (Preliminary Results), and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order includes all grades and 
granulation sizes of citric acid, sodium citrate, and potassium citrate 
in their unblended forms, whether dry or in solution, and regardless of 
packaging type. The scope also includes blends of citric acid, sodium 
citrate, and potassium citrate; as well as blends with other 
ingredients, such as sugar, where the unblended form(s) of citric acid, 
sodium citrate, and potassium citrate constitute 40 percent or more, by 
weight, of the blend.
    Citric acid and sodium citrate are classifiable under 2918.14.0000 
and 2918.15.1000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS), respectively. Potassium citrate and crude calcium citrate are 
classifiable under 2918.15.5000 and, if included in a mixture or blend, 
3824.99.9295 of the HTSUS. Blends that include citric acid, sodium 
citrate, and potassium citrate are classifiable under 3824.99.9295 of 
the HTSUS. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience 
and customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise is 
dispositive. For a full description of the scope of the order, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Final Results of the Administrative Review

    As a result of this administrative review, we determine that the 
following weighted-average dumping margin exists for the POR:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Estimated
                                                              weighted-
                                                               average
                     Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Sucroal S.A................................................        4.59
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (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. For Sucroal, because its 
weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less 
than 0.5 percent), Commerce has calculated importer-specific AD 
assessment rates. We calculated importer- (or customer-) specific ad 
valorem AD assessment rates by dividing the total amount of dumping 
calculated for the importer's examined sales by the total entered value 
of the same sales for that importer, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1).
    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by 
Sucroal for which it did not know its merchandise

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was destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate 
unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the 
intermediate company involved in the transaction. We intend to issue 
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of 
the final results of review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of this administrative 
review for all shipments of citric acid from Colombia entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of 
publication of the final results, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) 
of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Sucroal will be equal to the 
dumping margin established in the final results of this review; (2) for 
merchandise exported by producers and/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 for the most recently-completed segment of this proceeding in 
which the producer and/or exporter participated; (3) if the exporter is 
not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original 
less-than-fair-value investigation but the producer is, then the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recently 
completed segment of the proceeding for the producer of the 
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or 
exporters will continue to be 28.48 percent, the all-others rate 
established in the original investigation.\2\ These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \2\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Sales from Belgium, 
Colombia and Thailand: Antidumping Duty Orders, 83 FR 35214 (July 
25, 2018) (Order).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice 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 review period. 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 Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (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 
the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    Commerce is issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: November 5, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-25045 Filed 11-12-20; 8:45 am]
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