[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 166 (Thursday, August 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52031-52032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21250]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-985]
Xanthan Gum From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of
Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: August 27, 2015.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is initiating a
new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on xanthan gum from
the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') with respect to Inner Mongolia
Jianlong Biochemical Co., Ltd. (``Inner Mongolia Jianlong''). The
period of review (``POR'') for the new shipper review is July 1, 2014,
through June 30, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brandon Farlander, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0182.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department published the antidumping duty order on xanthan gum
from the PRC on July 19, 2013.\1\ On July 31, 2015, pursuant to section
751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the ``Act''),
and 19 CFR 351.214(c), the Department received a timely request for a
new shipper review from Inner Mongolia Jianlong.\2\ On August 11, 2015,
the Department received entry data from U.S Customs and Border
Protection (``CBP'') relating to this request for a new shipper
review.\3\ In addition, the Department requested that CBP provide entry
documents pertaining to the entry that is subject to Inner Mongolia
Jianlong's request to confirm certain information reported in the
Initiation Request.\4\ The continuation of the new shipper review will
be contingent upon confirmation of the relevant information reported in
the Initiation Request.
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\1\ See Xanthan Gum From the People's Republic of China: Amended
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping
Duty Order, 78 FR 43143 (July 19, 2013) (``Order'').
\2\ See Letter to the Secretary of Commerce ``Re: Xanthan Gum
from the People's Republic of China--Request for New Shipper
Review,'' dated July 31, 2015 (``Initiation Request'').
\3\ See Memorandum to the File from Howard Smith, Program
Manager, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV regarding ``U.S. Customs and
Border Protection Data; Customs Query Results for Inner Mongolia
Jianlong Biochemical Co., Ltd.,'' dated August 18, 2015.
\4\ See Memorandum to Sherri L. Hoffman, Director, AD/CVD/
Revenue Policy & Programs, Office of International Trade, U.S.
Customs and Border Protection, from Abdelali Elouaradia, Director
Office IV, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, ``Request
for U.S. Entry Documents--Xanthan Gum from the People's Republic of
China (A-570-985),'' dated August 18, 2015.
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Inner Mongolia Jianlong reported that it was the producer and
exporter for the sale of subject merchandise upon which the request for
the new shipper review is based.\5\
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\5\ See Initiation Request at 1.
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Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.214(b)(2)(i), Inner Mongolia Jianlong certified that it did not
export xanthan gum to the United States during the period of
investigation (``POI'').\6\ In addition, pursuant to section
751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), Inner
Mongolia Jianlong certified that, since the initiation of the
investigation, it has never been affiliated with an exporter or
producer that exported xanthan gum to the United States during the POI,
including those not individually examined during the investigation.\7\
As required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), Inner Mongolia Jianlong
also certified that its export activities were not controlled by the
government of the PRC.\8\
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\6\ Id. at 2.
\7\ Id.
\8\ Id.
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In addition, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), Inner Mongolia
Jianlong submitted documentation concerning the following: (1) The date
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on which it first shipped xanthan gum for export to the United States
and the date on which the xanthan gum was first entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption; (2) the volume of its first shipment;
and (3) the date of its first sale to an unaffiliated customer in the
United States.\9\
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\9\ Id. at 2-3 and Exhibit 1.
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The Department conducted a CBP database query and confirmed by
examining the results of the CBP data query that Inner Mongolia
Jianlong's subject merchandise entered the United States during the POR
specified by the Department's regulations.\10\
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A).
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Period of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A), the POR for the new shipper
review of Inner Mongolia Jianlong is July 1, 2014, through June 30,
2015.\11\
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\11\ See 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(ii)(B).
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Initiation of New Shipper Review
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.214(b), and
based on the information on the record, the Department finds that Inner
Mongolia Jianlong meets the threshold requirements for initiation of a
new shipper review of its shipment of xanthan gum from the PRC.\12\
However, if the information supplied by Inner Mongolia Jianlong is
later found to be incorrect or insufficient during the course of this
proceeding, the Department may rescind the review or apply facts
available pursuant to section 776 of the Act, depending upon the facts
on the record.
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\12\ See Memorandum to the File through Abdelali Elouaradia,
Director, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV ``Initiation of Antidumping
New Shipper Review of Xanthan Gum From the People's Republic of
China: Inner Mongolia Jianlong Biochemical Co., Ltd. Initiation
Checklist,'' dated concurrently with this notice.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), the Department will publish
the notice of initiation of a new shipper review no later than the last
day of the month following the anniversary month or semiannual
anniversary month of the order. The Department intends to issue the
preliminary results of this review no later than 180 days from the date
of initiation, and the final results of this review no later than 90
days after the date the preliminary results are issued.\13\
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\13\ See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act; 19 CFR 351.214(i).
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It is the Department's usual practice, in cases involving non-
market economies (``NME''), to require that a company seeking to
establish eligibility for an antidumping duty rate separate from the
NME-wide entity to provide evidence of the absence of de jure and de
facto government control over the company's export activities.\14\
Accordingly, the Department will issue a questionnaire to Inner
Mongolia Jianlong which will include a section requesting information
with regard to its export activities for the purpose of establishing
Inner Mongolia Jianlong's eligibility for a separate rate. The review
of Inner Mongolia Jianlong will proceed if the evidence provides
sufficient indication that Inner Mongolia Jianlong is not subject to
either de jure or de facto government control with respect to its
exports of subject merchandise.
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\14\ See Xanthan Gum From the People's Republic of China:
Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review, 79 FR 11083,
11084 (February 27, 2014).
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The Department will instruct CBP to allow, at the option of the
importer, the posting, until the completion of the review, of a bond or
security in lieu of a cash deposit for entries of subject merchandise
from Inner Mongolia Jianlong in accordance with section
751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(e). Because Inner
Mongolia Jianlong certified that it produced and exported the subject
merchandise that is the subject of this new shipper review, the
Department will apply the bonding privilege only for subject
merchandise produced and exported by Inner Mongolia Jianlong.
Interested parties requiring access to proprietary information in
this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure under
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and
351.306.
This initiation notice is published in accordance with section
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i).
Dated: August 21, 2015.
Gary Taverman,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2015-21250 Filed 8-26-15; 8:45 am]
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