[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68681-68682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24914]


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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 Administrative Review; 2020-2021

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
Citribel nv (Citribel), formerly S.A. Citrique Belge N.V. (Citrique 
Belge), a producer/exporter of citric acid and certain citrate salts 
(citric acid) from Belgium, did not sell subject merchandise at prices 
below normal value during the period of review (POR), July 1, 2020, 
through June 30, 2021.

DATES: Applicable November 16, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Lindgren or Deborah Cohen, 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) 482-1671 or 202-482-
4521, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 29, 2022, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of the 
2020-2021 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on citric 
acid from Belgium.\1\ This review covers one producer/exporter of the 
subject merchandise, Citribel (formerly Citrique Belge).\2\ We invited 
parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. No party submitted 
comments. Accordingly, the final results remain unchanged from the 
Preliminary Results.
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    \1\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Belgium: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-
2021, 87 FR 45751 (July 29, 2022) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 50034 (September 7, 2021) (Initiation 
Notice). The Initiation Notice included the company name ``S.A. 
Citrique Belge N.V.'' (Citrique Belge). Subsequently, we determined 
that Citribel is the successor-in-interest to Citrique Belge. See 
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Belgium: Notice of 
Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed 
Circumstance Review, 87 FR 35738 (June 13, 2022), and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum, unchanged in Citric Acid and 
Certain Citrate Salts from Belgium: Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 87 FR 45750 (July 29, 2022) 
(Citric Acid Belgium CCR).
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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 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 Review

    As a result of this administrative review, Commerce determines that 
the following dumping margin exists for the POR:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Citribel nv (formerly S.A. Citrique Belge).................        0.00
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Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce will disclose to the parties in a proceeding the 
calculations performed in connection with a final results of review 
within five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public 
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of the notice 
of final results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b). However, Commerce made no adjustments to the margin 
calculation methodology used in the Preliminary Results; therefore, 
there are no calculations to disclose for the final results.

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. Because the rate assigned to 
Citribel (formerly Citrique Belge) is zero, Commerce will instruct CBP 
to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping 
duties.\4\
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    \4\ As explained above, we determined that Citribel is the 
successor-in-interest to Citrique Belge. See Citric Acid Belgium 
CCR. Accordingly, we intend to issue assessment instructions 
covering entries produced and exported by Citrique Belge during the 
POR at the rate established in these final results.
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    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this 
review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the 
U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will 
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties 
to file a request for a

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statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication).

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 Belgium entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the date of publication provided by section 
751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for Citribel will be 
zero; (2) for merchandise exported by producers 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 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 19.30 percent, the all-others rate 
established in the less-than-fair-value investigation.\5\ These cash 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \5\ See 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.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under the 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 terms 
of an APO is a sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: November 8, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-24914 Filed 11-15-22; 8:45 am]
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