[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1017-1018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00113]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-938]
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From the People's Republic
of China: Rescission, in Part, of 2013 Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: January 8, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Eastwood, AD/CVD Operations,
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3874.
Background
On May 29, 2009, the Department of Commerce (Department) published
in the Federal Register the countervailing duty order on citric acid
and certain citrate salts, from the People's Republic of China
(PRC).\1\ On May 1, 2014, the Department published a notice of
opportunity to request an administrative review of the countervailing
duty order on citric acid and certain citrate salts covering the period
January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2013.\2\ The Department received
a timely request for a countervailing duty administrative review from
RZBC Co. Ltd., RZBC Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd., and RZBC (Juxian) Co., Ltd.
(collectively, ``RZBC''). Additionally, the Department received a
timely request for review from the petitioners \3\ for the following
companies: (1) Changsha Huir Biological-Tech Co., Ltd. (Changsha Huir);
(2) Huangshi Xinghua Biochemical Co., Ltd. (Huangshi Xinghua); (3)
Hunan Dongting Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Hunan Dongting); (4) Jiali Bio
Group (Qingdao) Co., Ltd. (Jiali Bio Group); (5) Juxian Hongde Citric
Acid Co., Ltd. (Juxian Hongde); (6) Laiwu Taihe Biochemistry Co. Ltd.
(Laiwu Taihe); (7) Lianyungang Debang Fine Chemical Co., Ltd.
(Lianyungang Debang); (8) Lianyungang Dongtai Food Ingredients Co.,
Ltd. (Lianyungang Dongtai); (9) Lianyungang Hengsheng Fine Chemical
Co., Ltd. (Lianyungang Hengsheng); (10) Lianyungang Yunbo Chemical Co.,
Ltd. (Lianyungang Yunbo); (11) Lianyungang Zhengrong Food Additive
Factory (Lianyungang Zhengrong); (12) Nantong Feiyu Fine Chemical Co.,
Ltd. (Nantong Feiyu); (13) Ningxiang Xinyang Chemical Co., Ltd.
(Ningxiang Xingyang); (14) Penglai Marine Bio-Tech Co., Ltd. (Penglai
Marine Bio-Tech); (15) Qingdao Fuso Refining & Processing Co., Ltd.
(Qingdao Fuso); (16) Reephos Chemical Co., Ltd. (Reephos Chemical);
(17) Rugao Jiangbei Additive Co., Ltd.
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(Rugao Jiangbei); (18) RZBC Group Shareholding Co., Ltd. (RZBC Group)
and RZBC; (19) Shandong Hongshide Chemical Co., Ltd. (Shandong
Hongshide); (20) Shandong TTCA Biochemistry Co., Ltd. (Shandong TTCA);
(21) Shihezi City Changyum Biochemical Co., Ltd. (Shihezi City
Changyum); (22) Weifang Ensign Industry Co., Ltd. (Weifang Ensign);
(23) Wuhan Shuangfeng Citric Acid Co., Ltd. (Wuhan Shuangfeng); (24)
Yixing Union Biochemical Co., Ltd. (Yixing Union); (25) Yixing Zhenfen
Medical Chemical Co., Ltd. (Yixing Zhenfen); and (26) Yunnan No. 2 Fuel
Factory (Yunnan Fuel).
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\1\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From the People's
Republic of China: Notice of Countervailing Duty Order, 74 FR 25705
(May 29, 2009).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review, 79 FR 24670 (May 1, 2014).
\3\ The petitioners in this administrative review are the Archer
Daniels Midland Company, Cargill, Incorporated, and Tate & Lyle
Ingredients Americas LLC.
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On June 27, 2014, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the Department published in the
Federal Register a notice of initiation of administrative review with
respect to these companies.\4\ On July 14, 2014, RZBC withdrew their
request for an administrative review. In addition, on August 6, 2014,
the petitioners withdrew their request for an administrative review for
all of the above-listed companies except Laiwu Taihe.
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\4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 79 FR 36462 (June 27, 2014).
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Rescission, In Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party that requested
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. The
petitioners' and RZBC's withdrawal of their requests were submitted
within the 90-day period and, thus, are timely. Because the
petitioners' and RZBC's withdrawal of their requests for review are
timely and because no other party requested a review of these
companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding
this administrative review, in part, with respect to the following
companies: Changsha Huir, Huangshi Xinghua, Hunan Dongting, Jiali Bio
Group, Juxian Hongde, Lianyungang Debang, Lianyungang Dongtai,
Lianyungang Hengsheng, Lianyungang Yunbo, Lianyungang Zhengrong,
Nantong Feiyu, Ningxiang Xinyang, Penglai Marine Bio-Tech, Qingdao
Fuso, Reephos Chemical, Rugao Jiangbei, RZBC Group and RZBC, Shandong
Hongshide, Shandong TTCA, Shihezi City Changyum, Weifang Ensign, Wuhan
Shuangfeng, Yixing Union, Yixing Zhenfen, and Yunnan Fuel. The
administrative review will continue with respect to Laiwu Taihe.
Assessment
The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) to assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries. For
the companies for which this review is rescinded, countervailing duties
shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated
countervailing duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from
warehouse, for consumption, during the period January 1, 2013, through
December 31, 2013, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). The
Department intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions to CBP
15 days after publication of this notice.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders
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, 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.
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 751
and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: January 5, 2015.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2015-00113 Filed 1-7-15; 8:45 am]
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