76522 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 230 / Monday, November 30, 2020 / Notices 

1See Phosphate Fertilizers from the Kingdom of 

Morocco and the Russian Federation: Initiation of 

Countervailing Duty Investigations, 85 FR 44505 

(July 23, 2020) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Phosphate Fertilizers from the Kingdom of 

Morocco and the Russian Federation: Postponement 

of Preliminary Determinations in the Countervailing 

Duty Investigations, 85 FR 54535 (September 2, 

2020). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination of the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Phosphate 

Fertilizers from the Kingdom of Morocco,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

• Leisure Lumber Ltd. 

• Les Bois d’oeuvre Beaudoin Gauthier inc. 

• Les Bois Martek Lumber 

• Les Bois Traites M.G. Inc. 

• Les Chantiers de Chibougamau ltd. 

• Les Produits Forestiers D&G Ltee 

• Leslie Forest Products Ltd. 

• Lignum Forest Products LLP 

• Linwood Homes Ltd. 

• Longlac Lumber Inc. 

• Lulumco inc. 

• Magnum Forest Products, Ltd. 

• Maibec inc. 

• Manitou Forest Products Ltd. 

• Marcel Lauzon Inc. 

• Marwood Ltd. 

• Materiaux Blanchet Inc. 

• Matsqui Management and Consulting 

Services Ltd. dba Canadian Cedar Roofing 

Depot 

• Metrie Canada Ltd. 

• Mid Valley Lumber Specialties, Ltd. 

• Midway Lumber Mills Ltd. 

• Mill & Timber Products Ltd. 

• Millar Western Forest Products Ltd. 

• Mobilier Rustique (Beauce) Inc. 

• MP Atlantic Wood Ltd. 

• Multicedre ltee 

• Nakina Lumber Inc. 

• National Forest Products Ltd. 

• New Future Lumber Ltd. 

• Nicholson and Cates Ltd 

• Norsask Forest Products Limited 

Partnership 

• North American Forest Products Ltd. 

(located in Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick) 

• North American Forest Products, Ltd. 

(located in Abbotsford, British Columbia) 

• North Enderby Timber Ltd. 

• Olympic Industries ULC/Olympic 

Industries ULC-Reman/Olympic Industries 

ULC-Reman Code/Olympic Industries Inc./ 

Olympic Industries Inc-Reman Codes 

• Pacific Coast Cedar Products Ltd. 

• Pacific Pallet, Ltd. 

• Pacific Western Wood Works Ltd. 

• Parallel Wood Products Ltd. 

• Pat Power Forest Products Corporation 

• Phoenix Forest Products Inc. 

• Pine Ideas Ltd. 

• Pioneer Pallet & Lumber Ltd 

• Porcupine Wood Products Ltd. 

• Power Wood Corp. 

• Precision Cedar Products Corp. 

• Prendiville Industries Ltd. (aka Kenora 

Forest Products) 

• Produits Forestiers Petit Paris 

• Produits forestiers Temrex, s.e.c. 

• Produits Matra Inc. 

• Promobois G.D.S. inc. 

• Rayonier A.M. Canada GP 

• Rembos Inc. 

• Rene Bernard Inc. 

• Richard Lutes Cedar Inc. 

• Rielly Industrial Lumber Inc. 

• Roland Boulanger & Cie Ltee 

• S & K Cedar Products Ltd. 

• S&R Sawmills Ltd 

• S&W Forest Products Ltd. 

• San Industries Ltd. 

• Sawarne Lumber Co. Ltd. 

• Scierie Alexandre Lemay & Fils Inc. 

• Scierie St-Michel inc. 

• Scierie West Brome Inc. 

• Scotsburn Lumber Co. Ltd. 

• Sechoirs de Beauce Inc. 

• Serpentine Cedar Ltd. 

• Serpentine Cedar Roofing Ltd. 

• Sexton Lumber Co. Ltd. 

• Sigurdson Forest Products Ltd. 

• Silvaris Corporation 

• Silver Creek Premium Products Ltd. 

• Sinclar Group Forest Products Ltd. 

• Skana Forest Products Ltd. 

• Skeena Sawmills Ltd 

• Sound Spars Enterprise Ltd. 

• South Beach Trading Inc. 

• Specialiste du Bardeau de Cedre Inc 

• Spruceland Millworks Inc. 

• Surrey Cedar Ltd. 

• T.G. Wood Products, Ltd 

• Taan Forest Products 

• Taiga Building Products Ltd. 

• Tall Tree Lumber Company 

• Teal Cedar Products Ltd. 

• Tembec Inc. 

• Terminal Forest Products Ltd. 

• The Teal-Jones Group 

• The Wood Source Inc. 

• Tolko Industries Ltd./Tolko Marketing and 

Sales Ltd./Gilbert Smith Forest Products 

Ltd. 

• Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd. 

• Triad Forest Products Ltd. 

• Twin Rivers Paper Co. Inc. 

• Tyee Timber Products Ltd. 

• Universal Lumber Sales Ltd. 

• Usine Sartigan Inc. 

• Vaagen Fibre Canada, ULC 

• Valley Cedar 2 ULC 

• Vancouver Island Shingle, Ltd. 

• Vancouver Specialty Cedar Products Ltd. 

• Visscher Lumber Inc 

• W.I. Woodtone Industries Inc. 

• Waldun Forest Product Sales Ltd. 

• Watkins Sawmills Ltd. 

• West Bay Forest Products Ltd. 

• West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. 

• West Wind Hardwood Inc. 

• Western Forest Products Inc. 

• Western Lumber Sales Limited 

• Western Wood Preservers Ltd. 

• Weston Forest Products Inc. 

• Westrend Exteriors Inc. 

• Weyerhaeuser Co. 

• White River Forest Products L.P. 

• Winton Homes Ltd. 

• Woodline Forest Products Ltd. 

• Woodstock Forest Products 

• Woodtone Specialties Inc. 

• Yarrow Wood Ltd. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–714–001] 

Phosphate Fertilizers From the 

Kingdom of Morocco: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

phosphate fertilizers from the Kingdom 

of Morocco (Morocco). The period of 

investigation is January 1, 2019 through 

December 31, 2019. Interested parties 

are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable November 30, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Palmer or Samuel Glickstein, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–9068 or 

(202) 482–5307, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on July 23, 2020.1 On September 2, 

2020, Commerce postponed the 

preliminary determination of this 

investigation and the revised deadline is 

now November 23, 2020.2 For a 

complete description of the events that 

followed the initiation of this 

investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at http://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. 

The signed and electronic versions of 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

are identical in content. 


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4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997) 

(Preamble). 

5See Initiation Notice. 

6Commerce’s Letter, re: ‘‘Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Phosphate Fertilizers from 

Morocco: Rejection of Untimely Filed Scope 

Comments,’’ dated August 24, 2020. 

7See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) 

of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of 

the Act regarding specificity. 

8As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce has found the following 

companies to be cross-owned with OCP S.A.: Jorf 

Fertilizers Company I, Jorf Fertilizers Company II, 

Jorf Fertilizers Company III, Jorf Fertilizers 

Company IV, Jorf Fertilizers Company V, and Maroc 

Phosphore. 

9See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). See also 

Temporary Rule 

Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to 

COVID–19, 85 FR 17006, 17007 (March 26, 2020). 

10See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension 

of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020). 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are phosphate fertilizers 

from Morocco. For a complete 

description of the scope of this 

investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the Preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage, (i.e., scope).5 No interested 

party submitted timely comments on the 

scope of the investigation as it appeared 

in the Initiation Notice.6 Therefore, no 

changes were made to the scope of the 

investigation. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.7

All-Others Rate 

Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act provide that in the preliminary 

determination, Commerce shall 

determine an estimated all-others rate 

for companies not individually 

examined. This rate shall be an amount 

equal to the weighted average of the 

estimated subsidy rates established for 

those companies individually 

examined, excluding any zero and de 

minimis rates and any rates based 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. 

In this investigation, Commerce 

preliminarily calculated an individual 

estimated countervailable subsidy rate 

for OCP S.A., the only individually 

examined exporter/producer in this 

investigation. Because the only 

individually calculated rate is not zero, 

de minimis, or based entirely on facts 

otherwise available, the estimated 

weighted-average rate calculated for 

OCP S.A. is the preliminary rate 

assigned to all-other producers and 

exporters, pursuant to section 

705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates exist: 

Company Subsidy rate 

(percent) 

OCP S.A.8 ............................ 23.46 

All-Others .............................. 23.46 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, 

Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) to suspend 

liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise as described in the scope 

of the investigation section entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.205(d), Commerce will instruct CBP 

to require a cash deposit equal to the 

rates indicated above. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties in this preliminary 

determination within five days of its 

public announcement, or if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of this notice in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Verification 

Commerce is currently unable to 

conduct on-site verification of the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination in this investigation. 

Accordingly, we intend to take 

additional steps in lieu of on-site 

verification. Commerce will notify 

interested parties of any additional 

documentation or information required. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. Interested parties will be 

notified of the timeline for the 

submission of such case briefs and 

written comments at a later date. 

Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised 

in case briefs, may be submitted no later 

than seven days after the deadline date 

for case briefs.9 Commerce has modified 

certain of its requirements for serving 

documents containing business 

proprietary information until further 

notice.10 Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who 

submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in 

this investigation are encouraged to 

submit with each argument: (1) A 

statement of the issue; (2) a brief 

summary of the argument; and (3) a 

table of authorities. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at a time and 

date to be determined. Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date, time, and 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary determination. If 

Commerce’s final determination is 

affirmative, the ITC will make its final 

injury determination before the later of 

120 days after the date of Commerce’s 

preliminary determination or 45 days 

after its final determination. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.205(c). 

Dated: November 23, 2020. 

Joseph A. Laroski Jr., 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Negotiations. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is phosphate fertilizers in all 

physical forms (i.e., solid or liquid form), 

with or without coating or additives such as 

anti-caking agents. Phosphate fertilizers in 

solid form are covered whether granular, 


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76524 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 230 / Monday, November 30, 2020 / Notices 

1See Phosphate Fertilizers from the Kingdom of 

Morocco and the Russian Federation: Initiation of 

Countervailing Duty Investigations, 85 FR 44505 

(July 23, 2020) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Phosphate Fertilizers from the Kingdom of 

Morocco and the Russian Federation: Postponement 

of Preliminary Determinations in the Countervailing 

Duty Investigations, 85 FR 54535 (September 2, 

2020). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Affirmative Preliminary Determination of the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Phosphate 

Fertilizers from the Russian Federation,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

prilled (i.e., pelletized), or in other solid form 

(e.g., powdered). 

The covered merchandise includes 

phosphate fertilizers in the following forms: 

ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate or 

monoammonium phosphate (MAP), chemical 

formula NH4H2PO4; diammonium 

hydrogenorthophosphate or diammonium 

phosphate (DAP), chemical formula 

(NH4)2HPO4; normal superphosphate (NSP), 

also known as ordinary superphosphate or 

single superphosphate, chemical formula 

Ca(H2PO4)2-CaSO4; concentrated 

superphosphate, also known as double, 

treble, or triple superphosphate (TSP), 

chemical formula Ca(H2PO4)2-H2O; and 

proprietary formulations of MAP, DAP, NSP, 

and TSP. 

The covered merchandise also includes 

other fertilizer formulations incorporating 

phosphorous and non-phosphorous plant 

nutrient components, whether chemicallybonded, granulated (e.g., when multiple 

components are incorporated into granules 

through, e.g., a slurry process), or 

compounded (e.g., when multiple 

components are compacted together under 

high pressure), including nitrogen, 

phosphate, sulfur (NPS) fertilizers, nitrogen, 

phosphorous, potassium (NPK) fertilizers, 

nitric phosphate (also known as 

nitrophosphate) fertilizers, ammoniated 

superphosphate fertilizers, and proprietary 

formulations thereof that may or may not 

include other nonphosphorous plant nutrient 

components. For phosphate fertilizers that 

contain non-phosphorous plant nutrient 

components, such as nitrogen, potassium, 

sulfur, zinc, or other non-phosphorous 

components, the entire article is covered, 

including the non-phosphorous content, 

provided that the phosphorous content 

(measured by available diphosphorous 

pentaoxide, chemical formula P2O5) is at 

least 5% by actual weight. 

Phosphate fertilizers that are otherwise 

subject to this investigation are included 

when commingled (i.e., mixed or blended) 

with phosphate fertilizers from sources not 

subject to this investigation. Phosphate 

fertilizers that are otherwise subject to this 

investigation are included when commingled 

with substances other than phosphate 

fertilizers subject to this investigation (e.g., 

granules containing only non-phosphate 

fertilizers such as potash or urea). Only the 

subject component of such commingled 

products is covered by the scope of this 

investigation. The following products are 

specifically excluded from the scope of this 

investigation: 

(1) ABC dry chemical powder preparations 

for fire extinguishers containing MAP or DAP 

in powdered form; 

(2) industrial or technical grade MAP in 

white crystalline form with available P2O5 

content of at least 60% by actual weight; 

(3) industrial or technical grade 

diammonium phosphate in white crystalline 

form with available P2O5 content of at least 

50% by actual weight; 

(4) liquid ammonium polyphosphate 

fertilizers; 

(5) dicalcium phosphate, chemical formula 

CaHPO4; 

(6) monocalcium phosphate, chemical 

formula CaH4P2O8; 

(7) trisodium phosphate, chemical formula 

Na3PO4; 

(8) sodium tripolyphosphate, chemical 

formula Na5P3O10; 

(9) prepared baking powders containing 

sodium bicarbonate and any form of 

phosphate; 

(10) animal or vegetable fertilizers not 

containing phosphate fertilizers otherwise 

covered by the scope of this investigation; 

(11) phosphoric acid, chemical formula 

H3PO4. 

The Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) 

numbers for covered phosphate fertilizers 

include, but are not limited to: 7722–76–1 

(MAP); 7783–28–0 (DAP); and 65996–95–4 

(TSP). The covered products may also be 

identified by Nitrogen-Phosphate- Potash 

composition, including but not limited to: NP 

11–52–0 (MAP); NP 18–46–0 (DAP); and NP 

0–46–0 (TSP). 

The covered merchandise is currently 

classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

of the United States (HTSUS) at subheadings 

3103.11.0000; 3103.19.0000; 3105.20.0000; 

3105.30.0000; 3105.40.0010; 3105.40.0050; 

3105.51.0000; and 3105.59.0000. Phosphate 

fertilizers subject to this investigation may 

also enter under subheadings 3103.90.0010, 

3105.10.0000, 3105.60.0000, 3105.90.0010, 

and 3105.90.0050. Although the HTSUS 

subheadings and CAS registry numbers are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

scope is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Injury Test 

IV. Subsidies Valuation 

V. Benchmarks and Interest Rates 

VI. Analysis of Programs 

VII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–821–825] 

Phosphate Fertilizers From the 

Russian Federation: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

phosphate fertilizers from the Russian 

Federation (Russia). The period of 

investigation is January 1, 2019, through 

December 31, 2019. Interested parties 

are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable November 30, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

George Ayache or William Horn, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office VIII, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2623 or 

(202) 482–4868, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on July 23, 2020.1 On September 2, 

2020, Commerce postponed the 

preliminary determination of this 

investigation and the revised deadline is 

now November 23, 2020.2 For a 

complete description of the events that 

followed the initiation of this 

investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at http://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. 

The signed and electronic versions of 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

are identical in content. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are phosphate fertilizers 

from Russia. For a complete description 

of the scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 


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