[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 178 (Friday, September 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74898-74899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20754]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-884, C-570-081]


Glycine From India and the People's Republic of China: Final 
Results of the Expedited First Sunset Reviews of the Countervailing 
Duty Orders

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that 
revocation of the countervailing duty orders on glycine from India and 
the People's Republic of China (China) would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the levels 
as indicated in the ``Final Results of Sunset Reviews'' section of this 
notice.

DATES: Applicable September 13, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theodora Mattei or Tyler Weinhold, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4834 and (202) 
482-3362 respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 21, 2019, Commerce published the Orders in the Federal 
Register.\1\ On May 1, 2024, Commerce published the notice of 
initiation of the first sunset reviews of the Orders, pursuant to 
section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\2\ On 
May 13, 2024, Commerce received a timely notice of intent to 
participate in the sunset reviews of both Orders from Deer Park Glycine 
and Chattem Chemicals, Inc. (collectively, domestic interested parties) 
within the 15-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\3\ 
Each claimed interested party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act 
as a domestic producer engaged in the production in the United States 
of glycine.
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    \1\ See Glycine from India and the People's Republic of China: 
Countervailing Duty Orders, 84 FR 29173 (June 21, 2019) 
(collectively, the Orders).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 FR 35073 
(May 1, 2024).
    \3\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Notice of Intent 
to Participate,'' dated May 13, 2024.
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    On May 20, 2024, Commerce received adequate substantive responses 
from the domestic interested parties within the 30-day deadline 
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\4\ Commerce did not receive a 
substantive response from any other interested party in these 
proceedings, and no party requested a hearing. In accordance with 
section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act, because Commerce did not receive a 
substantive response from any respondent party, pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B) and (e)(1)(ii)(C), respectively, respectively, we 
determined that the respondent interested parties did not provide an 
adequate response to the Initiation Notice. Therefore, on July 21, 
2024, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade Commission that it 
did not receive an adequate substantive response from respondent 
interested parties at that it would conduct expedited (120-day) sunset 
reviews of the Orders, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).\5\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled 
certain deadlines in these administrative proceedings by seven days.\6\ 
The deadline for the final results of these sunset reviews is now 
September 5, 2024.
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    \4\ See the Domestic Interested Parties' Letters, ``Sunset 
Review (1st Review) of the Countervailing Duty Order on Glycine from 
India; Substantive Response to the Notice of Initiation,'' dated May 
20, 2024; and ``Sunset Review (1st Review) of the Countervailing 
Duty Order on Glycine from the People's Republic of China: 
Substantive Response to the Notice of Initiation,'' dated May 20, 
2024.
    \5\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on May 1, 
2024,'' dated June 21, 2024.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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Scope of the Orders

    The product covered by these Orders is glycine at any purity level 
or grade from India and China. For a complete description of the scope 
of these Orders, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\7\
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    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of the Expedited First Sunset Reviews of the Countervailing Duty 
Orders on Glycine from India and the People's Republic of China,'' 
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues 
and Decision Memorandum).

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Analysis of Comments Received

    A complete discussion of all issues raised in this sunset review, 
including the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of 
countervailable subsidies and the net countervailable subsidy likely to 
prevail if the Orders were revoked, is provided in the accompanying 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\8\ A list of the topics discussed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached as an appendix to this 
notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is 
on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Services System (ACCESS). 
ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In 
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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    \8\ Id.
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Final Results of Sunset Reviews

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce 
determines that revocation of the Orders would be likely to lead to the 
continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the 
following rates:

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                                                            Subsidy rate
                     Producer/exporter                       (percent ad
                                                              valorem)
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                           Glycine from India
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Kumar Industries, India...................................         15.13
Avid Organics Pvt Ltd.....................................          8.01
Paras Intermediates Pvt Ltd...............................          3.03
All Others................................................          5.01
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                           Glycine from China
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JC Chemicals Limited......................................        144.01
Simagchem Corp............................................        144.01
All-Others................................................        144.01
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Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only 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). Timely written notification 
of the 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 violation which is subject to 
sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    Commerce is issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218.

    Dated: September 5, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Orders
IV. History of the Orders
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
    1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of a Countervailable 
Subsidy
    2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates Likely to Prevail
    3. Nature of the Subsidies
VII. Final Results of Sunset Reviews
VIII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2024-20754 Filed 9-12-24; 8:45 am]
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