[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 160 (Friday, August 19, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 51055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17856]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-807]


Sulfanilic Acid From India: Rescission of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review; 2021

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on 
sulfanilic acid from India, covering the period January 1, 2021 through 
December 31, 2021.

DATES: Applicable August 19, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brendan Quinn, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5848.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 3, 2022, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the CVD 
order on sulfanilic acid from India.\1\ On March 30, 2022, the 
Government of India (GOI) timely requested that Commerce conduct an 
administrative review of the CVD order on sulfanilic acid from India 
covering the period of review (POR) January 1, 2021, through December 
31, 2021, without naming specific producers or exporters.\2\ We 
received no other requests for review. On May 13, 2022, Commerce 
published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an 
administrative review with respect to all producers and exporters of 
sulfanilic acid from India, in accordance with section 751(a) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\3\ On May 18, 2022, Commerce 
notified all interested parties that we requested U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) entry data for all producer/exporters of 
sulfanilic acid from India during the POR, and that the results of the 
query indicated that there were no reviewable entries from producers/
exporters from India during the POR.\4\ In the CBP Entry Memorandum, we 
also stated that, because there were no reviewable entries, we were 
notifying interested parties of our intent to rescind the review in 
full, and we provided all parties an opportunity to comment on the CBP 
data and our intent to rescind.\5\ No party submitted comments.
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative 
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 87 FR 12086 (March 3, 
2022).
    \2\ See GOI's Letter, ``Request for Administrative Review of 
Countervailing duty imposed on Sulfanilic Acid (C533-807),'' dated 
March 30, 2022.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 29280 (May 13, 2022).
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``CBP Entry Data Release,'' dated May 18, 
2022 (CBP Entry Memorandum).
    \5\ Id.
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to 
rescind an administrative review of a CVD order where it concludes that 
there were no reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the 
POR.\6\ Normally, upon completion of an administrative review, the 
suspended entries are liquidated at the CVD assessment rate for the 
review period.\7\ Therefore, for an administrative review to be 
conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce 
can instruct CBP to liquidate at the calculated CVD assessment rate for 
the review period.\8\ As noted above, there were no entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR from producers/exporters from India during 
the POR. Accordingly, in the absence of reviewable, suspended entries 
of subject merchandise during the POR, we are rescinding this 
administrative review, in its entirety, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(3).
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    \6\ See, e.g., Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: 
Final Results and Final Rescission, in Part, of the Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Review, 2020, 87 FR 48455 (August 9, 2022).
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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Assessment

    Commerce will instruct CBP to assess countervailing duties on all 
appropriate entries. Because Commerce is rescinding this review in its 
entirety, the entries to which this administrative review pertained 
shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated 
countervailing duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from 
warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). 
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of this rescission notice in 
the Federal Register.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as a final 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, which continues 
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the 
proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or destruction of 
the APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with regulations and terms of an APO is a 
violation, which is subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(l) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: August 15, 2022.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2022-17856 Filed 8-18-22; 8:45 am]
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