[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73035-73036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29961]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-405-803]


Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From Finland; Notice of Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: On August 9, 2010, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on purified 
carboxymethylcellulose from Finland. See Purified 
Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland; Notice of Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 47788 (August 9, 2010) 
(Preliminary Results). We gave interested parties an opportunity to 
comment on the Preliminary Results and received no comments.

DATES: Effective Date: November 29, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tyler Weinhold, or Robert James, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
1121 or (202) 482-0649, respectively

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 9, 2010, the Department published the preliminary results 
of administrative review of the antidumping duty order covering 
purified carboxymethylcellulose from Finland. See Preliminary Results. 
The parties subject to this review are CP Kelco Oy and CP Kelco U.S., 
Inc. (collectively, CP Kelco). The petitioner in this proceeding is the 
Aqualon Company, a division of Hercules Incorporated (Petitioner).
    In the Preliminary Results, the Department stated that interested 
parties may submit case briefs within 30 days of publication of the 
Preliminary Results and rebuttal briefs within five days after the due 
date for filing case briefs. See Preliminary Results at 47794. No 
interested party submitted a case or rebuttal brief. Accordingly, we 
made no changes for the final results. See Memorandum from Tyler 
Weinhold, to the File, ``Analysis of Data Submitted by CP Kelco Oy and 
CP Kelco U.S. Inc. (collectively, CP Kelco) in the Preliminary Results 
of the 2008-2009 Administrative Review of Purified 
Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from Finland,'' dated August 2, 2010; 
Memorandum from Tyler Weinhold, to the File, ``Analysis of Data 
Submitted by CP Kelco Oy and CP Kelco U.S. Inc. (collectively, CP 
Kelco) in the 2008-2009 Administrative Review of Purified 
Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from Finland,'' and Memorandum from Sheikh 
M. Hannan, to the File, ``Cost of Production and Constructed Value 
Calculation Adjustments for the Preliminary Results--CP Kelco Oy.''

Period of Review

    The period of review (POR) is July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order is all purified 
carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), sometimes also referred to as purified 
sodium CMC, polyanionic cellulose, or cellulose gum, which is a white 
to off-white, non-toxic, odorless, biodegradable powder, comprising 
sodium CMC that has been refined and purified to a minimum assay of 90 
percent. Purified CMC does not include unpurified or crude CMC, CMC 
Fluidized Polymer Suspensions, and CMC that is cross-linked through 
heat treatment. Purified CMC is CMC that has undergone one or more 
purification operations which, at a minimum, reduce the remaining salt 
and other by-product portion of the product to less than ten percent. 
The merchandise subject to this order is classified in the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States at subheading 3912.31.00. This 
tariff classification is provided for convenience and customs purposes; 
however, the written description of the scope of the order is 
dispositive.

Final Results of Review

    The Department has determined that the following margin exists for 
the period July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Weighted-
                      Manufacturer                        average margin
                                                           (percentage)
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CP Kelco Oy.............................................            6.10
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to these final results, the Department has determined, and 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries. The Department intends to issue 
assessment instructions for CP Kelco to CBP 15 days after the date of 
publication of these final results. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), 
we calculated importer-specific (or customer-specific) ad valorem duty 
assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of the dumping 
margins calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value of 
those same sales. We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on 
all appropriate entries covered by this review if any importer-specific 
(or customer-specific) assessment rate calculated in the final results 
of this review are above de minimis.
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003. See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) (Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties). This clarification will apply to entries of 
subject

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merchandise during the POR produced by CP Kelco for which CP Kelco did 
not know the merchandise was destined for the United States. In such 
instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate un-reviewed entries at the 
6.65 percent all-others rate from the LTFV investigation if there is no 
company-specific rate for an intermediary involved in the transaction. 
See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Purified Carboxymethylcellulose 
from Finland, Mexico, the Netherlands and Sweden, 70 FR 39734 (July 11, 
2005). See Assessment of Antidumping Duties for a full discussion of 
this clarification.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    Furthermore, the following cash deposit requirements will be 
effective upon publication of these final results for all shipments of 
purified carboxymethylcellulose from Finland entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act): (1) The cash 
deposit rate for CP Kelco will be the rate established in the final 
results of review; (2) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this 
review or the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the 
manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for 
the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (3) 
if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this 
or any previous review conducted by the Department, the cash deposit 
rate will be the all-others rate from the LTFV investigation. Id. These 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.

Reimbursement of Duties

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

Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), 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.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: November 15, 2010.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-29961 Filed 11-26-10; 8:45 am]
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