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1See Glycine from India, the People’s Republic of 

China, and Thailand: Initiation of Countervailing 

Duty Investigations, 83 FR 18002 (April 25, 2018) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Glycine from India, the People’s Republic of 

China, and Thailand: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations of Countervailing Duty 

Investigations, 83 FR 26415 (June 7, 2018). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Preliminary Negative 

Determination of the Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Glycine from Thailand,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

5See Initiation Notice. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Glycine from India, Japan, 

the People’s Republic of China and Thailand: Scope 

Comments Decision Memorandum for the 

Preliminary Determinations,’’ dated concurrently 

with this notice (Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum). 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230, at a time and date to be 

determined. Parties should confirm by 

telephone the date, time, and location of 

the hearing two days before the 

scheduled date. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, we will notify the International 

Trade Commission (ITC) of its 

determination. If the final determination 

is affirmative, the ITC will determine 

before the later of 120 days after the date 

of this preliminary determination or 45 

days after the final determination. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.205(c). 

Dated: August 27, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix I—Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is glycine at any purity level or 

grade. This includes glycine of all purity 

levels, which covers all forms of crude or 

technical glycine including, but not limited 

to, sodium glycinate, glycine slurry and any 

other forms of amino acetic acid or glycine. 

Subject merchandise also includes glycine 

and precursors of dried crystalline glycine 

that are processed in a third country, 

including, but not limited to, refining or any 

other processing that would not otherwise 

remove the merchandise from the scope of 

the investigation if performed in the country 

of manufacture of the in-scope glycine or 

precursors of dried crystalline glycine. 

Glycine has the Chemical Abstracts Service 

(CAS) registry number of 56–40–6. Glycine 

and glycine slurry are classified under 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS) subheading 2922.49.4300. 

Sodium glycinate is classified in the HTSUS 

under 2922.49.8000. While the HTSUS 

subheadings and CAS registry number are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

scope of this investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed 

in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Injury Test 

IV. Subsidies Valuation 

V. Loan Benchmark and Interest Rates 

VI. Analysis of Programs 

VII. Conclusion 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–549–838] 

Glycine From Thailand: Preliminary 

Negative Countervailing Duty 

Determination, Preliminary Negative 

Critical Circumstances Determination, 

and Alignment of Final Determination 

With Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that countervailable subsidies are not 

being provided to producers and 

exporters of glycine from Thailand. The 

period of investigation is January 1, 

2017, through December 31, 2017. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable September 4, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

George Ayache, 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) 482–2623. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on April 25, 2018.1 On June 7, 2018, in 

accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of 

the Act, Commerce postponed the 

preliminary determination of this 

investigation to August 27, 2018.2 For a 

complete description of the events that 

followed the initiation of this 

investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. The Preliminary 

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 http://

access.trade.gov, and is available to all 

parties in the Central Records Unit, 

Room B8024 of the main Department of 

Commerce building. In addition, a 

complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/ 

frn/. The signed and electronic versions 

of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is glycine from Thailand. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of this investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (i.e., scope).5 Certain interested 

parties commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. 

For a summary of the product 

coverage comments and rebuttal 

responses submitted to the record for 

this preliminary determination and 

accompanying discussion and analysis 

of all comments timely received, see the 

Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum.6 Commerce is not 

preliminarily modifying the scope 

language as it appeared in the Initiation 

Notice. See scope in Appendix I. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs at issue in this investigation, 

Commerce examined whether there is a 

subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by 


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7See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) 

of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of 

the Act regarding specificity. 

8See Petitioners’ letter, ‘‘Glycine from Thailand: 

Request to Align the Countervailing Duty 

Investigation Final Determination with the 

Antidumping Duty Investigation Final 

Determination,’’ dated June 29, 2018. 

9See Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

10See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

an ‘‘authority’’ that gives rise to a 

benefit to the recipient, and whether the 

subsidy is specific.7

Preliminary Negative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances 

In accordance with section 703(e)(1) 

of the Act, we preliminary determine 

that critical circumstances do not exist 

with respect to imports of glycine from 

Thailand. For a full description of the 

methodology and results of Commerce’s 

analysis, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Alignment 

In accordance with section 705(a)(1) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4), 

Commerce is aligning the final 

countervailing duty (CVD) 

determination in this investigation with 

the final determination in the 

companion antidumping duty (AD) 

investigation of glycine from Thailand 

based on a request made by GEO 

Specialty Chemicals, Inc. and Chattem 

Chemicals, Inc. (the petitioners).8

Consequently, the final CVD 

determination will be issued on the 

same date as the final AD 

determination, which is currently 

scheduled to be issued no later than 

January 7, 2019, unless postponed. 

Preliminary Determination 

We preliminarily determine that the 

following estimated countervailable 

subsidy rates exist: 

Company 

Subsidy 

rate 

(percent) 

Newtrend Food Ingredient (Thailand) Co., Ltd .......................... 0.00 

Consistent with section 703(d) of the 

Act, Commerce has not calculated an 

estimated weighted-average subsidy rate 

for all other producers/exporters 

because it has not made an affirmative 

preliminary determination. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

Because Commerce preliminarily 

determines that no countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to the 

production or exportation of subject 

merchandise, Commerce will not direct 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 

suspend liquidation of any such entries. 

Disclosure 

Normally, Commerce discloses to 

interested parties the calculations 

performed in connection with a 

preliminary determination within five 

days of the public announcement of, or, 

where there is no public announcement, 

within five days of the date of 

publication of, the notice of preliminary 

determination in the Federal Register, 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

However, because Commerce’s negative 

preliminary determination is based on 

non-use and/or the finding that certain 

programs are not countervailable, there 

are no calculations to disclose with 

regard to the individually examined 

company in this investigation.9

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, we intend to verify the information 

relied upon in making its final 

determination. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than seven days 

after the date on which the last 

verification report is issued in this 

investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to 

issues raised in case briefs, may be 

submitted no later than five days after 

the deadline date for case briefs.10

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 

(d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs in this investigation are 

encouraged to submit with each 

argument: (1) A statement of the issue; 

(2) a brief summary of the argument; 

and (3) a table of authorities. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230, at a time and date to be 

determined. Parties should confirm by 

telephone the date, time, and location of 

the hearing two days before the 

scheduled date. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, we will notify the International 

Trade Commission (ITC) of its 

determination. If the final determination 

is affirmative, the ITC will make its final 

injury determination 75 days after the 

final determination. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.205(c). 

Dated: August 27, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix I—Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is glycine at any purity level or 

grade. This includes glycine of all purity 

levels, which covers all forms of crude or 

technical glycine including but not limited to 

sodium glycinate, glycine slurry and any 

other forms of amino acetic acid or glycine. 

Subject merchandise also includes glycine 

and precursors of dried crystalline glycine 

that are processed in a third country, 

including, but not limited to, refining or any 

other processing that would not otherwise 

remove the merchandise from the scope of 

the investigation if performed in the country 

of manufacture of the in-scope glycine or 

precursors of dried crystalline glycine. 

Glycine has the Chemical Abstracts Service 

(CAS) registry number of 56–40–6. Glycine 

and glycine slurry are classified under 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS) subheading 2922.49.4300. 

Sodium glycinate is classified in the HTSUS 

under 2922.49.8000. While the HTSUS 

subheadings and CAS registry number are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

scope of this investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed 

in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Injury Test 

IV. Preliminary Negative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances 

V. Subsidies Valuation 

VI. Analysis of Programs 

VII. Conclusion 

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