[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 145 (Friday, July 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45750-45751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16306]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-423-813]


Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From Belgium: Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review

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

SUMMARY: On June 13, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
published the notice of initiation and preliminary results of the 
changed circumstances review (CCR) of the antidumping duty (AD) order 
on citric acid and certain citrate salts (citric acid) from Belgium. 
Commerce preliminarily determined that Citribel nv (Citribel) is the 
successor-in-interest to S.A. Citrique Belge N.V. (Citrique Belge) and, 
as a result, should be accorded the same AD cash deposit treatment as 
Citrique Belge with respect to subject merchandise. For these final 
results, Commerce continues to find that Citribel is the successor-in-
interest to Citrique Belge and is entitled to the same cash deposit 
treatment as Citrique Belge under the AD order on citric acid from 
Belgium.

DATES: Applicable July 29, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Cohen, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4521.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 13, 2022, Commerce published the Initiation and Preliminary 
Results \1\ of this CCR, finding that Citribel is the successor-in-
interest to Citrique Belge and, as such, that Citribel is entitled to 
Citrique Belge's AD cash deposit rate with respect to entries of 
subject merchandise.\2\ In the Initiation and Preliminary Results, we 
provided all interested parties with an opportunity to comment and 
request a public hearing regarding our preliminary results. No party 
requested a hearing, submitted a case brief, or otherwise commented on 
the Initiation and Preliminary Results.
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    \1\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Belgium: 
Notice of Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Changed Circumstances Review, 87 FR 35738 (June 13, 2022) 
(Initiation and Preliminary Results).
    \2\ Id.
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Scope of the Order 3
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    \3\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Belgium, 
Colombia and Thailand: Antidumping Duty Orders, 83 FR 35214 (July 
25, 2018) (Order).
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    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.
    The scope also includes all forms of crude calcium citrate, 
including dicalcium citrate monohydrate, and tricalcium citrate 
tetrahydrate, which are intermediate products in the

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production of citric acid, sodium citrate, and potassium citrate.
    The scope includes the hydrous and anhydrous forms of citric acid, 
the dihydrate and anhydrous forms of sodium citrate, otherwise known as 
citric acid sodium salt, and the monohydrate and monopotassium forms of 
potassium citrate. Sodium citrate also includes both trisodium citrate 
and monosodium citrate which are also known as citric acid trisodium 
salt and citric acid monosodium salt, respectively.
    The scope does not include calcium citrate that satisfies the 
standards set forth in the United States Pharmacopeia and has been 
mixed with a functional excipient, such as dextrose or starch, where 
the excipient constitutes at least 2 percent, by weight, of the 
product.
    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.

Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review

    Having received no comments from interested parties and finding no 
information or evidence on the record that calls into question the 
preliminary results, we continue to find that Citribel is the 
successor-in-interest to Citrique Belge and, as such, that Citribel is 
entitled to Citrique Belge's AD cash deposit rate with respect to 
entries of subject merchandise for the reasons stated in the Initiation 
and Preliminary Results.\4\ As a result of this determination and 
consistent with established practice, we find that Citribel should 
receive the AD cash deposit rate previously assigned to Citrique Belge. 
Consequently, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
to suspend liquidation of all shipments of subject merchandise produced 
and/or exported by Citribel and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the publication date of this notice in the 
Federal Register at the AD cash deposit rate in effect for Citrique 
Belge. This cash deposit requirement shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \4\ Initiation and Preliminary Results.
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Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the return/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 sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 
777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.216(e).

    Dated: July 22, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-16306 Filed 7-28-22; 8:45 am]
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