72 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 1 / Monday, January 4, 2021 / Notices 

1See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from 

Canada and the People’s Republic of China: 

Antidumping Duty Orders, 74 FR 25703 (May 29, 

2009); see also Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts 

from the People’s Republic of China: Notice of 

Countervailing Duty Order, 74 FR 25705 (May 29, 

2009) (collectively, Orders). 

2See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 85 

FR 25386 (May 1, 2020). 

3See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from 

Canada and China; Institution of Five-Year 

Reviews, 85 FR 25475 (May 1, 2020). 

4See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from 

the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of 

Second Expedited Sunset Review of Antidumping 

Duty Order, 85 FR 50009 (August 17, 2020), and 

accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum; 

see also Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from 

the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of the 

Expedited Second Five-Year Sunset Review of the 

Countervailing Duty Order, 85 FR 54536 (September 

2, 2020), and accompanying Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

5See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from 

China (Inv. Nos. 701–TA–456 and 731–TA–1152 

(Second Review)), 85 FR 84371 (December 28, 

2020); see also Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts 

from China (Inv. Nos. 701–TA–456 and 731–TA– 

1152 (Second Review)), USITC Pub. 5147 

(December 2020). 

as Affiliates and Collapse Them Into a 

Single Entity 

Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should 

Revise Its CV Profit Calculation 

Comment 3: Whether Araupel’s Log 

Valuations Are Inaccurate and Do Not 

Reflect an Accurate Market Price 

Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should 

Recalculate the Fair Value Adjustment 

for Araupel’s Costs for Biological Assets 

Consumed during the POI 

Comment 5: Whether Commerce 

Incorrectly Decreased Araupel’s Costs for 

Biological Assets Not Consumed during 

the POI 

Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should 

Apply the Major Input Rule to Araupel’s 

Log Purchases 

Comment 7: Whether Unreconciled Costs 

Should Be Allocated to Production Costs 

Comment 8: Whether Araupel’s Non-Prime 

Merchandise Should Be Assigned Full 

Production Costs 

Comment 9: Whether Commerce Should 

Use the Federal Reserve’s Small Business 

Lending Survey Short-Term Interest Rate 

To Calculate Araupel’s Credit Expenses 

Comment 10: Whether Commerce Should 

Use the Earlier of the Shipment Date or 

Commercial Invoice as Braslumber/ 

BrasPine’s Date of Sale 

Comment 11: Whether the Date of Sale 

Should Be Consistent Between the 

Mandatory Respondents 

Comment 12: Whether Commerce Should 

Include Araupel’s Reported Other 

Revenue 

V. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–937, C–570–938] 

Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts 

From the People’s Republic of China: 

Continuation of Antidumping Duty and 

Countervailing Duty Orders 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: As a result of the 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

that revocation of the antidumping (AD) 

and countervailing duty (CVD) orders 

on citric acid and certain citrate salts 

from the People’s Republic of China 

(China) would likely lead to a 

continuation or recurrence of dumping, 

countervailable subsidies, and material 

injury to an industry in the United 

States, Commerce is publishing a notice 

of continuation of the AD and CVD 

orders. 

DATES: Applicable January 4, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ian 

Hamilton, AD/CVD Operations, Office 

II, or Zachary Shaykin, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–4798 and (202) 482–2638, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 29, 2009, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice of the AD and CVD orders on 

citric acid and certain citrate salts from 

China.1 On May 1, 2020, Commerce 

initiated,2 and the ITC instituted,3 the 

second sunset review of the Orders, 

pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 

As a result of its reviews, Commerce 

determined, pursuant to sections 

751(c)(1) and 752(c) of the Act, that 

revocation of the Orders would likely 

lead to continuation or recurrence of 

dumping and countervailable subsidies. 

Commerce therefore notified the ITC of 

the magnitude of the margins of 

dumping and subsidy rates likely to 

prevail should these Orders be 

revoked.4 On December 21, 2020, the 

ITC published its determination that 

revocation of the Orders would likely 

lead to a continuation or recurrence of 

material injury to an industry in the 

United States within a reasonably 

foreseeable time, pursuant to sections 

751(c) and 752(a) of the Act.5

Scope of the Orders 

The scope of the orders includes all 

grades and granulation sizes of citric 

acid, sodium citrate, and potassium 

citrate in their unblended forms, 

whether dry or in solution, and 

regardless of packaging type. The scope 

also includes blends of citric acid, 

sodium citrate, and potassium citrate; as 

well as blends with other ingredients, 

such as sugar, where the unblended 

form(s) of citric acid, sodium citrate, 

and potassium citrate constitute 40 

percent or more, by weight, of the blend. 

The scope of the order also includes all 

forms of crude calcium citrate, 

including dicalcium citrate 

monohydrate, and tricalcium citrate 

tetrahydrate, which are intermediate 

products in the production of citric 

acid, sodium citrate, and potassium 

citrate. The scope of the order does not 

include calcium citrate that satisfies the 

standards set forth in the United States 

Pharmacopeia and has been mixed with 

a functional excipient, such as dextrose 

or starch, where the excipient 

constitutes at least 2 percent, by weight, 

of the product. The scope of the order 

includes the hydrous and anhydrous 

forms of citric acid, the dihydrate and 

anhydrous forms of sodium citrate, 

otherwise known as citric acid sodium 

salt, and the monohydrate and 

monopotassium forms of potassium 

citrate. Sodium citrate also includes 

both trisodium citrate and monosodium 

citrate, which are also known as citric 

acid trisodium salt and citric acid 

monosodium salt, respectively. Citric 

acid and sodium citrate are classifiable 

under 2918.14.0000 and 2918.15.1000 of 

the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS), respectively. 

Potassium citrate and crude calcium 

citrate are classifiable under 

2918.15.5000 and 3824.90.9290 of the 

HTSUS, respectively. Blends that 

include citric acid, sodium citrate, and 

potassium citrate are classifiable under 

3824.90.9290 of the HTSUS. Although 

the HTSUS subheadings are provided 

for convenience and customs purposes, 

our written description of the scope is 

dispositive. 

Continuation of the Orders 

As a result of the determinations by 

Commerce and the ITC that revocation 

of the Orders would likely lead to a 

continuation or recurrence of dumping, 

countervailable subsidies and material 

injury to an industry in the United 

States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(a), 

Commerce hereby orders the 

continuation of the Orders. U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection will 

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continue to collect AD and CVD cash 

deposits at the rates in effect at the time 

of entry for all imports of subject 

merchandise. 

The effective date of the continuation 

of the Orders will be the date of 

publication in the Federal Register of 

this notice of continuation. Pursuant to 

section 751(c)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.218(c)(2), Commerce intends to 

initiate the next five-year (sunset) 

reviews of these Orders not later than 30 

days prior to the fifth anniversary of the 

effective date of continuation. 

Administrative Protective Order (APO) 

This notice also serves as the only 

reminder to parties subject to APO of 

their responsibility concerning the 

return, destruction, or conversion to 

judicial protective order of proprietary 

information disclosed under APO in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 

Failure to comply is a violation of the 

APO which may be subject to sanctions. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

These five-year sunset reviews and 

this notice are in accordance with 

section 751(c) of the Act and published 

pursuant to section 777(i)(1) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4). 

Dated: December 28, 2020. 

Jeffrey I. Kessler, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA715] 

Nominations for the Western and 

Central Pacific Fisheries Commission 

Permanent Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of request for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: NMFS, on behalf of the 

Secretary of Commerce, is seeking 

nominations for the advisory committee 

established under the Western and 

Central Pacific Fisheries Convention 

Implementation Act (Act). The 

Permanent Advisory Committee, 

composed of individuals from groups 

concerned with the fisheries covered by 

the Western and Central Pacific 

Fisheries Convention (Convention), will 

be given the opportunity to provide 

input to the U.S. Commissioners to the 

Western and Central Pacific Fisheries 

Commission (Commission) regarding 

the deliberations and decisions of the 

Commission. 

DATES: Nominations must be received 

no later than February 18, 2021. 

Nominations received after the deadline 

will not be accepted. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be 

directed to Michael Tosatto, Regional 

Administrator, NMFS Pacific Islands 

Regional Office, and may be submitted 

by any of the following means: 

• Email: pir.wcpfc@noaa.gov. Include 

in the subject line the following 

document identifier: ‘‘Permanent 

Advisory Committee nominations’’. 

Email comments, including 

attachments, are limited to 5 megabytes. 

• Mail or hand delivery: 1845 Wasp 

Boulevard, Bldg 176, Honolulu, HI 

96818. 

• Facsimile: 808–725–5215. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Emily Reynolds, NMFS Pacific Islands 

Regional Office; telephone: 808–725– 

5039; facsimile: 808–725–5215; email: 

emily.reynolds@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Convention and the Commission 

The objective of the Convention is to 

ensure, through effective management, 

the long-term conservation and 

sustainable use of highly migratory fish 

stocks in the western and central Pacific 

Ocean in accordance with the United 

Nations Convention on the Law of the 

Sea of 10 December 1982 (UNCLOS) and 

the Agreement for the Implementation 

of the Provisions of the UNCLOS 

Relating to the Conservation and 

Management of Straddling Fish Stocks 

and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks. The 

Convention establishes the Commission, 

the secretariat of which is based in 

Pohnpei, Federated States of 

Micronesia. 

The Convention applies to all highly 

migratory fish stocks (defined as all fish 

stocks of the species listed in Annex I 

of the UNCLOS occurring in the 

Convention Area, and such other 

species of fish as the Commission may 

determine), except sauries. 

The United States actively supported 

the negotiations and the development of 

the Convention and signed the 

Convention when it was opened for 

signature in 2000. It participated as a 

cooperating non-member of the 

Commission since it became operational 

in 2005. The United States became a 

Contracting Party to the Convention and 

a full member of the Commission when 

it ratified the Convention in January 

2007. Under the Act, the United States 

is to be represented on the Commission 

by five U.S. Commissioners, appointed 

by the President. 

Permanent Advisory Committee 

The Act (16 U.S.C. 6902) provides (in 

section 6902(d)) that the Secretary of 

Commerce, in consultation with the 

U.S. Commissioners to the Commission, 

will appoint individuals as members of 

the advisory committee established 

under the Act, referred to here as the 

‘‘Permanent Advisory Committee’’. 

The appointed members of the 

Permanent Advisory Committee are to 

include not less than 15 nor more than 

20 individuals selected from the various 

groups concerned with the fisheries 

covered by the Convention, providing, 

to the extent practicable, an equitable 

balance among such groups. On behalf 

of the Secretary of Commerce, NMFS is 

now seeking nominations for these 

appointments. 

In addition to the 15–20 appointed 

members, the Permanent Advisory 

Committee includes the chair of the 

Western Pacific Fishery Management 

Council’s Advisory Committee (or 

designee), and officials of the fisheries 

management authorities of American 

Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth 

of the Northern Mariana Islands (or their 

designees). 

Members of the Permanent Advisory 

Committee will be invited to attend all 

non-executive meetings of the U.S. 

Commissioners to the Commission and 

at such meetings will be given 

opportunity to examine and be heard on 

all proposed programs of investigation, 

reports, recommendations, and 

regulations of the Commission. 

Each appointed member of the 

Permanent Advisory Committee will 

serve for a term of 2 years and is eligible 

for reappointment. This request for 

nominations is for the term to begin on 

August 3, 2021, and is for a term of 2 

consecutive years. 

The Secretaries of Commerce and 

State will furnish the Permanent 

Advisory Committee with relevant 

information concerning fisheries and 

international fishery agreements. 

NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary of 

Commerce, will provide to the 

Permanent Advisory Committee 

administrative and technical support 

services as are necessary for its effective 

functioning. 

Appointed members of the Permanent 

Advisory Committee will serve without 

pay, but while away from their homes 

or regular places of business in the 

performance of services for the advisory 

committee will be allowed travel 

expenses, including per diem in lieu of 

subsistence, in the same manner as