[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 216 (Thursday, November 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77262-77263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24788]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-937]


Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From the People's Republic 
of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
2021-2022

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
RZBC Group Co., Ltd., RZBC Co., Ltd., RZBC Import & Export Co., Ltd., 
and RZBC (Juxian) Co., Ltd. (collectively, RZBC) did not make sales of 
citric acid and certain citrate salts (citric acid) from the People's 
Republic of China (China) at less than normal value during the period 
of review (POR) May 1, 2021, through April 30, 2022.

DATES: Applicable November 9, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maisha Cryor, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5831.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Commerce published the Preliminary Results on July 10, 2023.\1\ For 
a discussion of events subsequent to the Preliminary Results, see the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\ Commerce conducted this review in 
accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act).
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    \1\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 88 FR 43551 (July 
10, 2023) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty 
Order on Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from the People's 
Republic of China; 2021-2022,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby 
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this order are citric acid from China. A 
full description of the scope of the order is provided in the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised an interested party's case brief are addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of these issues is attached 
as an appendix to this notice. The Issues and 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 
https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our review of the record and comments received from an 
interested party regarding our Preliminary Results, we made two 
revisions to the margin calculation for RZBC as explained in Comments 1 
and 2 of the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Final Results of Review

    Commerce determines that the following weighted-average dumping 
margin exists for RZBC for the period May 1, 2021, through April 30, 
2022:

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                                                       Weighted-average
                      Exporter                          dumping margin
                                                          (percent)
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RZBC...............................................                0.00
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    Because no party requested a review of the China-wide entity, and 
Commerce no longer considers the China-wide entity as an exporter 
conditionally subject to administrative reviews,\3\ we did not conduct 
a review of the China-wide entity. Thus, the weighted-average dumping 
margin for the China-wide entity (i.e., 156.87 percent) \4\ is not 
subject to change as a result of this review.
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    \3\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in 
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty 
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity 
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963, 65969-70 (November 
4, 2013).
    \4\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Canada and 
the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders, 74 FR 25703 
(May 29, 2009).
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Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed within five days 
of the date of publication of this notice to parties in this proceeding 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject 
merchandise in accordance with these final results of review. We intend 
to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after 
the date of publication of these final results. If a timely summons is 
filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment 
instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until 
the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has 
expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication).
    Where the respondent reported reliable entered values, Commerce 
will calculate importer/customer-specific ad valorem assessment rates 
by aggregating the amount of dumping calculated for all U.S. sales to 
the importer/customer and dividing this amount by the total entered 
value of the merchandise sold to the importer/customer.\5\ Where an 
importer- (or customer-) specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis 
(i.e., less than 0.50 percent), Commerce will instruct CBP to assess 
that importer's (or customer's) entries of subject merchandise without 
regard to antidumping duties in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). 
For entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales database submitted 
by RZBC during this review, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate 
such entries at the antidumping duty assessment rate for the China-wide 
entity (i.e., 156.87 percent).
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise from China entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for RZBC the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate listed above; (2) for previously 
investigated or reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese exporters not listed 
above that have separate rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to 
be the exporter-specific rate published for the most recently completed 
segment of this proceeding in which they were reviewed; (3) for all

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Chinese exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be 
entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the 
weighted-average dumping margin for the China-wide entity (i.e., 156.87 
percent); and (4) for all non-Chinese exporters of subject merchandise 
which have not received their own separate rate, the cash deposit rate 
will be the rate applicable to the Chinese exporter(s) that supplied 
that non-Chinese exporter. These cash deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties

    This notice also 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 and/or countervailing duties 
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure 
to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption 
that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties has 
occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties, 
and/or an increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of 
countervailing duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (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 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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these final results of administrative 
review and notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: November 2, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Whether To Revise the Countervailing Duty (CVD) 
Offset Amount
    Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should Use the Market Economy (ME) 
Price Paid for Corn
VI. Recommendation

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