[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 19 (Monday, February 1, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 7697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02083]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-837]


Glycine From Thailand: Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2019-2020

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on glycine from 
Thailand for the period August 5, 2019, through September 30, 2020, 
based on the timely withdrawal of the request for review.

DATES: Applicable February 1, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith or Alexis Cherry, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-1766 or (202) 482-0607, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 1, 2020, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
glycine from Thailand for the period August 5, 2019, through September 
30, 2020.\1\ On November 2, 2020, the petitioner \2\ filed a timely 
request for review with respect to one company, Newtrend Food 
Ingredient (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Newtrend).\3\ Commerce received no 
other requests for an administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order. Based on the petitioner's request, on December 8, 2020, in 
accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(b), Commerce published in the Federal 
Register a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on glycine from Thailand covering Newtrend 
during the period August 5, 2019, through September 30, 2020.\4\ On 
January 12, 2021, the petitioner withdrew its request for an 
administrative review with respect to Newtrend.\5\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative 
Review, 85 FR 61926 (October 1, 2020).
    \2\ The petitioner is GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc.
    \3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Glycine from Thailand (A-549-
837): Request for Administrative Review,'' dated November 2, 2020.
    \4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 78990 (December 8, 2020) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \5\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Glycine from Thailand (A-549-
837): Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,'' dated 
January 12, 2021.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Rescission of Administrative Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party that requested 
the review withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. As 
noted above, the petitioner timely withdrew its review request by the 
90-day deadline, and no other party requested an administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order. Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on glycine from Thailand for the period August 
5, 2019, through September 30, 2020, in its entirety.

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of glycine from 
Thailand at a rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping 
duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for 
consumption, during the period August 5, 2019, through September 30, 
2020, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to 
issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the 
date of publication of this rescission notice in the Federal Register.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the return or 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(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: January 27, 2021.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2021-02083 Filed 1-29-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P