[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9891-9892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3971]


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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: Amended Final Results of the First Administrative Review of 
the Antidumping Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: On December 14, 2011, the Department of Commerce 
(``Department'') published the final results of the first 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on citric acid and 
certain citrate salts (``citric acid'') from the People's Republic of 
China (``PRC'').\1\ The period of review is November 20, 2008, through 
April 30, 2010. We are amending our Final Results to correct a 
ministerial error made in the calculation of the antidumping duty 
margin for Yixing Union Biochemical Co., Ltd. (``Yixing Union'') 
pursuant to section 751(h) 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: Final Results of the First Administrative Review 
of the Antidumping Duty Order, 76 FR 77772 (December 14, 2011) 
(``Final Results'').

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DATES: Effective Date: February 21, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Krisha Hill or Maisha Cryor, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington DC, 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4037 or (202) 482-5831, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On December 19, 2011, Yixing Union timely submitted an allegation 
of a ministerial error with respect to the Final Results of the 
November 20, 2008, through April 30, 2010, administrative review, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(c)(ii). No other party submitted 
comments regarding ministerial error allegations.

Ministerial Errors

    A ministerial error as defined in section 751(h) of the Act 
includes ``errors in addition, subtraction, or other arithmetic 
function, clerical error resulting from inaccurate copying, 
duplication, or the like, and any other type of unintentional error 
which the administering authority considers ministerial.'' See also 19 
CFR 351.224(f).
    After analyzing Yixing Union's comments, we have determined, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(e), that a ministerial error existed in 
a certain calculation in the Final Results. Specifically, the 
Department inadvertently applied marine insurance to all, rather than a 
portion, of Yixing Union's U.S. sales. Correction of this error results 
in a change to Yixing Union's final antidumping duty margin. For a 
detailed discussion of this ministerial error, as well as the 
Department's analysis, see Final Results of the 2008-2010 
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order for Citric Acid and 
Certain Citrate Salts from the People's Republic of China: Allegation 
of Ministerial Error, dated concurrently with this notice.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.224(e), we are amending the Final Results of the administrative 
review of citric acid from the PRC. Listed below is the revised 
weighted-average dumping margin resulting from these amended final 
results:

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                                                     Original   Amended
                     Exporter                         final      final
                                                      margin     margin
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Yixing Union Biochemical Co., Ltd.................      1.11%      1.01%
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Disclosure

    We will disclose the calculation performed for these amended final 
results within five days of the date of publication of this notice to 
interested

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parties in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rate

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
the Department will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(``CBP'') shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries 
of subject merchandise in accordance with these amended final results 
of review. For assessment purposes, we calculated importer (or 
customer)-specific assessment rates for merchandise subject to this 
review consistent with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where appropriate, we 
calculated an ad valorem rate for each importer (or customer) by 
dividing the total dumping margins for reviewed sales to that party by 
the total entered values associated with those transactions. For duty-
assessment rates calculated on this basis, we will direct CBP to assess 
the resulting ad valorem rate against the entered customs values for 
the subject merchandise. Where appropriate, we calculated a per-unit 
rate for each importer (or customer) by dividing the total dumping 
margins for reviewed sales to that party by the total sales quantity 
associated with those transactions. For duty-assessment rates 
calculated on this basis, we will direct CBP to assess the resulting 
per-unit rate against the entered quantity of the subject merchandise. 
Where an importer (or customer)-specific assessment rate is de minimis 
(i.e., less than 0.50 percent), the Department 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). The Court of International Trade has issued a 
preliminary injunction enjoining the liquidation of certain entries 
during the period of review, therefore, assessment instructions will be 
issued as appropriate.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective 
retroactively on any entries made on or after December 14, 2011, the 
date of publication of the Final Results, for all shipments of the 
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the publication date, as provided for by 
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For Yixing Union, the cash deposit 
rate will be the amended final margin rate shown above in the 
``Ministerial Errors'' section of this notice; (2) for previously 
investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not listed above 
that have separate rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the 
exporter-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) for 
all PRC exporters of subject merchandise which have not been found to 
be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the PRC-
wide rate of 156.87 percent; and (4) for all non-PRC exporters of 
subject merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the PRC exporters that 
supplied that non-PRC exporter. These deposit requirements shall remain 
in effect until further notice.
    These amended final results are published in accordance with 
sections 751(h) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: February 10, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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