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12Because we only had one respondent with a 

calculated rate, this rate is used for the reviewspecific rate. 

13Shrimp produced and exported by Devi Sea 

Foods Limited (Devi) was excluded from the order 

effective February 1, 2009. See Certain Frozen 

Warmwater Shrimp from India: Final Results of the 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Partial 

Rescission of Review, and Notice of Revocation of 

Order in Part, 75 FR 41813, 41814 (July 19, 2010). 

Accordingly, we initiated this administrative 

review with respect to Devi only for shrimp 

produced in India where Devi acted as either the 

manufacturer or exporter (but not both). 

14 In past reviews, Commerce has treated these 

companies as a single entity. See, e.g., Certain 

Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India: Final 

Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2016–2017, 83 FR 32835 (July 16, 2018). 

Absent information to the contrary, we continue to 

treat these companies as a single entity for purposes 

of this administrative review. 

15On August 27, 2010, Srikanth International was 

found to be the successor-in-interest to NGR Aqua 

International. See Certain Warmwater Shrimp from 

India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed 

Circumstances Review, 75 FR 52718 (August 27, 

2010). Therefore, we did not initiate a separate 

administrative review with respect to NGR Aqua 

International. 

1See Phosphate Fertilizers from the Kingdom of 

Morocco: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination, 85 FR 76522 November 30, 

2020) (Preliminary Determination) and 

accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

2The petitioner in this investigation is The 

Mosaic Company. 

3See Petitioner’s letter, ‘‘Ministerial Error 

Comments on the Preliminary Determination,’’ 

dated November 30, 2020 (Petitioner’s Clerical Error 

Comments); and OCP’s letter, ‘‘Ministerial Error 

Comments,’’ dated November 30, 2020 (OCP’s 

Ministerial Error Comments). 

4See section 705(e) of the Act. 

5See 19 CFR 351.224(g). 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Phosphate Fertilizers from the 

Kingdom of Morocco: Allegations of Significant 

Ministerial Errors in the Preliminary 

Determination,’’ dated concurrently with this notice 

(Preliminary Ministerial Error Memo). 7See Preliminary Determination at 85 FR 76522, 

76523. 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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–714–001] 

Phosphate Fertilizers From the 

Kingdom of Morocco: Amended 

Preliminary Determination of 

Countervailing Duty Investigation 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) is amending the 

preliminary affirmative countervailing 

duty determination on phosphate 

fertilizers from the Kingdom of Morocco 

(Morocco) to correct a significant 

ministerial error. 

DATES: Applicable December 29, 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 

In accordance with section 703(b) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act), and 19 CFR 351.205(b), on 

November 30, 2020, Commerce 

published its preliminary affirmative 

countervailing duty determination on 

phosphate fertilizers from Morocco.1 On 

November 30, 2020, we received timely 

ministerial error allegations from the 

petitioner 2 and OCP S.A. (OCP) that 

Commerce made significant ministerial 

errors in the Preliminary Determination 

with respect to OCP’s subsidy rate.3

Period of Investigation 

The period of investigation (POI) is 

January 1, 2019 through December 31, 

2019. 

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. 

Analysis of Significant Ministerial 

Error Allegations 

Commerce will analyze any 

comments received and, if appropriate, 

correct any significant ministerial error 

by amending the preliminary 

determination according to 19 CFR 

351.224(e). A ministerial error is 

defined in 19 CFR 351.224(f) as ‘‘an 

error in addition, subtraction, or other 

arithmetic function, clerical error 

resulting from inaccurate copying, 

duplication, or the like, and any other 

similar type of unintentional error 

which the Secretary considers 

ministerial.’’ 4 A significant ministerial 

error is defined as a ministerial error, 

the correction of which, singly or in 

combination with other errors, would 

result in: (1) A change of at least five 

absolute percentage points in, but not 

less than 25 percent of, the 

countervailing duty rate calculated in 

the original preliminary determination; 

or (2) a difference between a 

countervailing duty rate of zero (or de 

minimis) and a countervailing duty rate 

greater than de minimis, or vice versa.5

Amended Preliminary Determination 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e) and 

(g)(1), Commerce is amending the 

Preliminary Determination to reflect the 

correction of one ministerial error made 

in the calculation of the countervailable 

subsidy rate for OCP.6 Specifically, 

when applying the benchmark interest 

rate to calculate OCP’s benefit under the 

loan guarantee program, we 

inadvertently failed to convert the 

number into a useable percentage 

format. Commerce finds that this 

ministerial error is a significant 

ministerial error within the meaning of 

19 CFR 351.224(g), because correction of 

this error decreases OCP’s 

countervailing subsidy rate from 23.46 

to 16.88 percent, which is a change that 

is at least five absolute percentage 

points in, but not less than 25 percent 

of, the subsidy rate calculated for OCP 

in the original Preliminary 

Determination. Furthermore, as OCP’s 

subsidy rate is the only calculated 

subsidy rate in this investigation and as 

such is also the all-others subsidy rate,7

Commerce is amending the preliminary 

all-others subsidy rate accordingly. For 

a complete discussion of the alleged 

ministerial errors, see the Preliminary 

Ministerial Error Memo. 

AMENDED PRELIMINARY

DETERMINATION

Company Subsidy rate 

(percent) 

OCP S.A. 8 ............................ 16.88 

All-Others .............................. 16.88 

Amended Cash Deposits and 

Suspension of Liquidation 

The collection of cash deposits and 

suspension of liquidation will be 

revised according to the rates calculated 

in this amended preliminary 

determination. Because the amended 

rates for OCP and all others result in 

decreased cash deposits, they will be 

effective retroactively to November 30, 

2020, the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination. Parties will 

be notified of this determination, in 

accordance with section 703(d) and (f) 

of the Act. 

Disclosure 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

performed to parties in this proceeding 

within five days after public 


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1On August 28, 2019, Commerce determined that 

TAK is the successor-in-interest to Toray Chemical 

Korea, Inc. See Low Melt Polyester Staple Fiber from 

the Republic of Korea: Notice of Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 

84 FR 45129 (August 28, 2019). 

2See Low Melt Polyester Staple Fiber from the 

Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018– 

2019, 85 FR 37627 (June 23, 2020) (Preliminary 

Results). 

3 Id., 85 FR at 37628. 

4For further details of the issues addressed in this 

proceeding, see Preliminary Results and 

accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews,’’ dated July 21, 2020. 

announcement of the amended 

preliminary determination, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.224. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, we will notify the International 

Trade Commission of our amended 

preliminary determination. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This amended preliminary 

determination is issued and published 

pursuant to sections 703(f) and 777(i) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e). 

Dated: December 21, 2020. 

Joseph A. Laroski Jr., 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Negotiations. 

Appendix 

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, 

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. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–895] 

Low Melt Polyester Staple Fiber From 

the Republic of Korea: Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2018–2019 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that the sole 

producer/exporter subject to this 

administrative review made sales of 

subject merchandise at less than normal 

value during the period of review (POR), 

February 1, 2018 through July 31, 2019. 

DATES: Applicable December 29, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alice Maldonado or Melissa Kinter, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–4682 or (202) 482–1413, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The review covers one producer and 

exporter of the subject merchandise, 

Toray Advanced Materials Korea, Inc. 

(TAK).1

On June 23, 2020, Commerce 

published the Preliminary Results.2

Although we invited parties to comment 

on the preliminary results of the 

review,3 no interested party submitted 

comments. Accordingly, no decision 

memorandum accompanies this Federal 

Register notice.4 On July 21, 2020, 

Commerce tolled all deadlines in 

administrative reviews by an additional 

60 days.5 The deadline for the final 

results of this review is now December 

21, 2020. 

Commerce conducted this 

administrative review in accordance 


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