Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 171 / Tuesday, September 4, 2018 / Notices 44859 

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

China, and Thailand: Initiation of Countervailing 

Duty Investigation, 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, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination: 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Glycine from 

India,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–53–2018] 

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 127—West 

Columbia, South Carolina; Notification 

of Proposed Production Activity; 

Constantia Blythewood, LLC; (Flexible 

Packaging and Engineered Industrial 

Films); Blythewood, South Carolina 

The Richland-Lexington Airport 

District, Columbia Metropolitan Airport, 

grantee of FTZ 127, submitted a 

notification of proposed production 

activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of 

Constantia Blythewood, LLC (Constantia 

Blythewood), located in Blythewood, 

South Carolina. The notification 

conforming to the requirements of the 

regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 

400.22) was received on August 27, 

2018. 

The Constantia Blythewood facility is 

located within Subzone 127E. The 

facility is used for the production of 

flexible packaging, engineered 

industrial films and related items for the 

food, beverage and personal care 

industries. Pursuant to 15 CFR 

400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited 

to the specific foreign-status materials 

and components and specific finished 

products described in the submitted 

notification (as described below) and 

subsequently authorized by the FTZ 

Board. 

Production under FTZ procedures 

could exempt Constantia Blythewood 

from customs duty payments on the 

foreign-status components used in 

export production. On its domestic 

sales, for the foreign-status materials/ 

components noted below, Constantia 

Blythewood would be able to choose the 

duty rates during customs entry 

procedures that apply to: Paints and 

varnishes based on synthetic polymers; 

acrylic polymers; plastic films; selfadhesive paperboard; coated, 

impregnated, or covered printing paper 

and paperboard; foil-backed paperboard; 

backed and decorated aluminum foil; 

and, aluminum foil rolled with underlay 

(duty rate ranges from duty-free to 

4.2%). Constantia Blythewood would be 

able to avoid duty on foreign-status 

components which become scrap/waste. 

Customs duties also could possibly be 

deferred or reduced on foreign-status 

production equipment. 

The components and materials 

sourced from abroad include: Paints and 

varnishes based on polyester; paints and 

varnishes based on chemically modified 

natural polymers and dissolved in a 

non-aqueous medium; acrylic polymers; 

acrylic polymer plates; propylene 

polymer plates, sheets, films, foils and 

strips; polymers of vinyl chloride; 

plastic plates, sheets, films, foils and 

strips with textile components; plastic 

articles for decoration; paperboard; 

condenser paper; rolls of embossed 

paper; self-adhesive paper; paper 

covered with a substrate that will allow 

for lamination to another material; 

printing paper weighing over 30g; 

aluminum can body and lid stock; 

rolled aluminum foil of a thickness 

exceeding 0.01mm; embossed 

aluminum foil, not backed; etched 

capacitor foil; backed aluminum that 

has been covered or decorated; and, 

photographic films and dry plates (duty 

rate ranges from duty-free to 5.3%). The 

request indicates that certain materials/ 

components are subject to special duties 

under Section 232 of the Trade 

Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232) or 

Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 

(Section 301), depending on the country 

of origin. The applicable Section 232 

and Section 301 decisions require 

subject merchandise to be admitted to 

FTZs in privileged foreign status (19 

CFR 146.41). 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions shall be 

addressed to the Board’s Executive 

Secretary at the address below. The 

closing period for their receipt is 

October 15, 2018. 

A copy of the notification will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Executive Secretary, 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 

21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the 

‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s 

website, which is accessible via 

www.trade.gov/ftz. 

For further information, contact 

Elizabeth Whiteman at 

Elizabeth.Whiteman@trade.gov or (202) 

482–0473. 

Dated: August 28, 2018. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–533–884] 

Glycine From India: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

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 being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

glycine from India. The period of 

investigation (POI) 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: 

Davina Friedmann or Chelsey 

Simonovich, AD/CVD Operations, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0698 or 

(202) 482–1979, respectively. 

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 

included 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 


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4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

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

5See Initiation Notice. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Glycine from India: Scope 

Comments Decision Memorandum for the 

Preliminary Determination,’’ dated concurrently 

with this notice (Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum). 

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 Countervailing Duty Investigation of Fine 

Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determination, 

83 FR 3120 (January 23, 2018). 

10See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at https://

access.trade.gov, and 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 India. For 

a complete description of the scope of 

the 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 found countervailable, 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.7 For a 

full description of the methodology 

underlying our preliminary conclusions, 

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 India 

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. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act provide that in the preliminary 

determination, Commerce shall 

determine an estimated all-others rate 

for companies not individually 

examined. This rate shall be an amount 

equal to the weighted average of the 

estimated subsidy rates established for 

those companies individually 

examined, excluding any zero and de 

minimis rates, and any rates based 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. In 

this investigation, we calculated 

individual estimated countervailable 

subsidy rates for Kumar Industries, 

India and Paras Intermediates Private 

Limited that are not zero, de minimis, or 

based entirely on facts available. 

Notwithstanding the language of section 

705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act, we have not 

calculated the ‘‘all-others’’ rate by 

weight-averaging the rates of the two 

individually investigated respondents, 

because doing so risks disclosure of 

proprietary information. Therefore, for 

the ‘‘all-others’’ rate, we calculated a 

simple average of the two responding 

companies’ rates.9

Preliminary Determination 

We preliminarily determine that the 

following estimated countervailable 

subsidy rates exist: 

Company 

Subsidy 

rate 

(percent) 

Kumar Industries, India .............. 26.07 

Paras Intermediates Private Limited .......................................... 3.03 

Company 

Subsidy 

rate 

(percent) 

All-Others .................................... 14.55 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, 

Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) to suspend 

liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise as described in the scope 

of the investigation section entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.205(d), Commerce will instruct CBP 

to require a cash deposit equal to the 

rates indicated above. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties in this preliminary 

determination within five days of its 

public announcement, or if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of this notice, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Verification 

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

Act, we intend to verify the information 

submitted by the respondents prior to 

making our 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 351.203(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, 


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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 171 / Tuesday, September 4, 2018 / Notices 44861 

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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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

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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