[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 244 (Thursday, December 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88361-88362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28138]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-423-813]


Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From Belgium: Final Results 
of the Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: On September 22, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce 
(Commerce) issued the preliminary results of the first full five-year 
sunset review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on citric acid and 
certain citrate salts (citric acid) from Belgium. We received no 
comment from interested parties in opposition to our preliminary 
results. As a result of our analysis, Commerce finds that revocation of 
the AD order on citric acid from Belgium would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels indicated in the 
``Final Results of Sunset Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable December 21, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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) 482-4521.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 1, 2023, Commerce published the initiation of the sunset 
review of the AD order on citric acid from Belgium \1\ in the Federal 
Register pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act).\2\ As Commerce received a substantive response from 
Citribel nv (Citribel),\3\ which claimed interested party status under 
section 771(9)(A) of the Act as a foreign producer and foreign exporter 
of citric acid, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade 
Commission (ITC) that it would conduct a full sunset review of the 
Order pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(e)(2).\4\
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    \1\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Belgium, 
Colombia and Thailand: Antidumping Duty Orders, 83 FR 35214 (July 
25, 2018) (Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 88 FR 35832 
(June 1, 2023).
    \3\ See Citribel's Letter, ``Citribel N.V.'s Substantive 
Response,'' dated July 3, 2023.
    \4\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on June 1, 
2023,'' dated July 25, 2023.
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    On September 22, 2023, Commerce published the Preliminary Results, 
finding that dumping was likely to

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continue or recur if the Order were revoked, and determined to the 
report to the ITC rates up to 19.30 percent as the margin of dumping 
likely to prevail.\5\ We invited interested parties to comment on the 
Preliminary Results.\6\ We received a case brief from Archer Daniels 
Midland Company, Cargill, Incorporated, and Primary Products 
Ingredients Americas LLC (collectively, the domestic interested 
parties), which notes their agreement with the preliminary 
determination that revocation of the Order would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of dumping, which they state was 
appropriately based on Commerce's finding that import volumes of the 
subject merchandise declined significantly after issuance of the 
Order.\7\
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    \5\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Belgium: 
Preliminary Results of the Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty 
Order, 88 FR 65365 (September 22, 2023) (Preliminary Results), and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \6\ Id., 88 FR at 65366.
    \7\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Domestic 
Industry's Case Brief,'' dated October 23, 2023. The domestic 
interested parties note that, should the final results of the 2021-
2022 administrative review of the Order be finalized prior to the 
instant sunset final results, the affirmative decision that 
revocation would likely lead to the continuance of dumping could be 
additionally supported with a finding that dumping continued after 
issuance of the Order. However, because the final results of the 
2021-2022 administrative review have not yet been issued at the time 
of signature of this notice, we continue to decline to consider the 
unfinalized dumping margins of the ongoing 2021-2022 administrative 
review for the purposes of the instant determination.
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    We received no further case or rebuttal briefs from interested 
parties; thus, the record reflects no opposition to the Preliminary 
Results nor presents substantive issues which require further 
consideration. Accordingly, the final results remain unchanged from the 
Preliminary Results.

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. For a full description of the scope of the Order, see 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Final Results of Sunset Review

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, 
Commerce determines that revocation of the Order would be likely to 
lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping at a weighted-average 
dumping margin up to 19.30 percent.
    As noted above, Commerce received no comments in opposition to its 
Preliminary Results. As a result, we have not modified our analysis, 
and no issues and decision memorandum accompanies this Federal Register 
notice. We are adopting the Preliminary Results as the final results.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 
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 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

    This five-year sunset review and notice are in accordance with 
sections 751(c)(5)(A), 752(c), and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.218(f)(3).

    Dated: December 15, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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