[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78395-78396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30547]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-421-811]
Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From the Netherlands: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On August 21, 2014, the Department of Commerce (the
Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative
review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on purified
carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from the Netherlands.\1\ We invited
interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. We received
no comments or requests for a hearing. Therefore, for the final
results, we continue to find that sales of subject merchandise by Akzo
Nobel Functional Chemicals, B.V. (Akzo Nobel) were not made at less
than normal value during the period of review (POR).
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\1\ See Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From the Netherlands:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-
2013, 79 FR 49494 (August 21, 2014) (Preliminary Results).
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DATES: Effective Date: December 30, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ericka Ukrow or Angelica Mendoza, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0405, and (202) 482-3019, respectively.
Background
On August 21, 2014, the Department published the Preliminary
Results. The POR is July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013. We invited
interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. We received
no comments or requests for a hearing. The Department conducted this
administrative review in accordance with section 751(a)(2) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order
The product covered by the order is all purified CMC, sometimes
also referred to as purified sodium CMC, polyanionic cellulose, or
cellulose gum, which is a white to off-white, non-toxic, odorless,
biodegradable powder, comprising sodium CMC that has been refined and
purified to a minimum assay of 90 percent. Purified CMC does not
include unpurified or crude CMC, CMC Fluidized Polymer Suspensions, and
CMC that is cross-linked through heat treatment. Purified CMC is CMC
that has undergone one or more purification operations, which, at a
minimum, reduce the remaining salt and other by-product portion of the
product to less than ten percent.
The merchandise subject to the order is currently classified in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States at subheading
3912.31.00. This tariff classification is provided for convenience and
Customs purposes; however, the written description of the scope of the
order is dispositive.
Final Results of Review
As noted above, the Department received no comments concerning the
Preliminary Results on the record of this segment of the proceeding. As
there are no changes from, or comments upon, the Preliminary Results,
the Department finds that there is no reason to modify its analysis.
Thus, we continue to find that sales of subject merchandise by Akzo
Nobel were not made at less than normal value during the POR.
Accordingly, no decision memorandum accompanies this Federal Register
notice. For further details of the issues addressed in this proceeding,
see the Preliminary Results and the accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\2\ The final weighted-average dumping margin for the period
July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013 for Akzo Nobel is as follows:
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\2\ See ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative: Purified Carboxymethylcellulose
from the Netherlands,'' from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to
Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, dated August 14, 2014 (Preliminary Decision Memorandum),
which can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
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Weighted-
Producer/Exporter average margin
(percentage)
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Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals B.V..................... 0.00
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Assessment Rates
The Department will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries in this review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b). The
Department intends to issue assessment instructions directly to CBP 15
days after publication of these final results of review. Because we
have calculated a zero margin for Akzo Nobel in the final results of
this review, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.
The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on
May 6, 2003.\3\ This clarification applies to entries of subject
merchandise during the POR produced and exported by Akzo Nobel for
which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the United
States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed
entries at the all-others rate effective during the POR if there is no
rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\4\
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\3\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003)
(Assessment Policy Notice).
\4\ See Assessment Policy Notice for a full discussion of this
clarification.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit
rate for Akzo Nobel will be the rate established in the final results
of this review; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies
not covered in this review, the cash deposit rate will continue to be
the company-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if
the exporter is not a firm covered in this or any previous review or in
the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation but the manufacturer is,
the cash-deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent
period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) if neither the
exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or any previous
review or the investigation, the cash-deposit rate will continue to be
the all-others rate of 14.57 percent, which is the all-others rate
established by the Department in the LTFV investigation.\5\ These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\5\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Purified
Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland, Mexico, the Netherlands and
Sweden, 70 FR 39734, 39735 (July 11, 2005).
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Reimbursement of Duties
This notice also 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 the Secretary'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
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(a)(3), which
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of
the proceeding. 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 violation, which is subject to sanction.
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: December 18, 2014.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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