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1See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from Spain: 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2021–2022, 88 FR 43307 

precursors as posing a high risk to the 

object and purpose of the Convention. 

The CWC (Part VI of the ‘‘Verification 

Annex’’) restricts the production of 

‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals for protective 

purposes to two facilities per State 

Party: a single small-scale facility and a 

facility for production in quantities not 

exceeding 10 kg per year. The CWC 

Article-by-Article Analysis submitted to 

the Senate in Treaty Doc. 103–21 

defined the term ‘‘protective purposes’’ 

to mean ‘‘used for determining the 

adequacy of defense equipment and 

measures.’’ Consistent with this 

definition and as authorized by 

Presidential Decision Directive (PDD) 70 

(December 17, 1999), which specifies 

agency and departmental 

responsibilities as part of the U.S. 

implementation of the CWC, the 

Department of Defense (DOD) was 

assigned the responsibility to operate 

these two facilities. DOD maintains 

strict controls on ‘‘Schedule 1’’ 

chemicals produced at its facilities in 

order to ensure accountability for such 

chemicals, as well as their proper use, 

consistent with the Convention’s 

objectives. Although this assignment of 

responsibility to DOD under PDD–70 

effectively precluded commercial 

production of ‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals 

for ‘‘protective purposes’’ in the United 

States, it did not establish any 

limitations on ‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemical 

activities that are not prohibited by the 

CWC. 

The provisions of the CWC that affect 

commercial activities involving 

‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals are 

implemented in the CWCR (see 15 CFR 

part 712) and in the Export 

Administration Regulations (EAR) (see 

15 CFR 742.18 and 15 CFR part 745), 

both of which are administered by the 

Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). 

Pursuant to CWC requirements, the 

CWCR restrict commercial production 

of ‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals to research, 

medical, or pharmaceutical purposes. 

The CWCR prohibit commercial 

production of ‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals 

for ‘‘protective purposes’’ because such 

production is effectively precluded per 

PDD–70, as described above (see 15 CFR 

712.2(a)). 

The CWCR also contain other 

requirements and prohibitions that 

apply to ‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals and/or 

‘‘Schedule 1’’ facilities. Specifically, the 

CWCR: 

(1) Prohibits the import of ‘‘Schedule 

1’’ chemicals from States not Party to 

the Convention (15 CFR 712.2(b)); 

(2) Requires annual declarations by 

certain facilities engaged in the 

production of ‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals 

in excess of 100 grams aggregate per 

calendar year (i.e., declared ‘‘Schedule 

1’’ facilities) for purposes not prohibited 

by the Convention (15 CFR 712.5(a)(1) 

and (a)(2)); 

(3) Provides for government approval 

of ‘‘declared Schedule 1’’ facilities (15 

CFR 712.5(f)); 

(4) Requires 200 days advance 

notification of the establishment of new 

‘‘Schedule 1’’ production facilities 

producing greater than 100 grams 

aggregate of ‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals per 

calendar year (15 CFR 712.4); 

(5) Provides that ‘‘declared Schedule 

1’’ facilities are subject to initial and 

routine inspection by the OPCW (15 

CFR 712.5(e) and 716.1(b)(1)); 

(6) Requires advance notification and 

annual reporting of all imports and 

exports of ‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals to, or 

from, other States Parties to the 

Convention (15 CFR 712.6, 742.18(a)(1) 

and 745.1); and 

(7) Prohibits the export of ‘‘Schedule 

1’’ chemicals to States not Party to the 

Convention (15 CFR 742.18(a)(1) and 

(b)(1)(ii)). 

For purposes of the CWCR (see the 

definition of ‘‘production’’ in 15 CFR 

710.1), the phrase ‘‘production of a 

Schedule 1 chemical’’ means the 

formation of ‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals 

through chemical synthesis as well as 

processing to extract and isolate 

‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals. The phrase 

also encompasses the formation of a 

chemical through chemical reaction, 

including by a biochemical or 

biologically mediated reaction. 

‘‘Production of a Schedule 1 chemical’’ 

is understood, for CWCR declaration 

purposes, to include intermediates, byproducts, or waste products that are 

produced and consumed within a 

defined chemical manufacturing 

sequence, where such intermediates, byproducts, or waste products are 

chemically stable and therefore exist for 

a sufficient time to make isolation from 

the manufacturing stream possible, but 

where, under normal or design 

operating conditions, isolation does not 

occur. 

Request for Comments 

In order to assist in determining 

whether the legitimate commercial 

activities and interests of chemical, 

biotechnology, and pharmaceutical 

firms in the United States are 

significantly harmed by the limitations 

of the Convention on access to, and 

production of, ‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals 

as described in this notice, BIS is 

seeking public comments on any effects 

that implementation of the CWC, 

through the Chemical Weapons 

Convention Implementation Act of 1998 

and the CWCR, has had on commercial 

activities involving ‘‘Schedule 1’’ 

chemicals during calendar year 2023. To 

allow BIS to properly evaluate the 

significance of any harm to commercial 

activities involving ‘‘Schedule 1’’ 

chemicals, public comments submitted 

in response to this notice of inquiry 

should include both a quantitative and 

qualitative assessment of the impact of 

the CWC on such activities. 

Submission of Comments 

All comments must be submitted to 

one of the addresses indicated in this 

notice and in accordance with the 

instructions provided herein. BIS will 

consider all comments received on or 

before January 19, 2024. 

Matthew S. Borman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27951 Filed 12–19–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–469–815] 

Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From 

Spain: 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 

ULMA Forja, S.Coop (ULMA) and 

companies not selected for individual 

examination made sales of finished 

carbon steel flanges (flanges) from Spain 

in the United States at less than normal 

value (NV) during the period of review 

(POR) June 1, 2021, through May 31, 

2022. 

DATES: Applicable December 20, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carolyn Adie or Mark Flessner, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–6250 or (202) 482–6312, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 7, 2023, Commerce published 

the Preliminary Results and invited 

interested parties to comment.1 In 


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(July 7, 2023) (Preliminary Results), and 

accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

(PDM). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Verification of the Sales 

Response of ULMA Forja, S. Coop in the 

Antidumping Review of Finished Carbon Steel 

Flanges from Spain,’’ dated November 16, 2023 

(Verification Report). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review, 2021–2022,’’ dated October 12, 2023. 

4See Preliminary Results, 88 FR at 43307. 

5See ULMA’s Letter, ‘‘ULMA Forja, S. Coop’s 

Case Brief, POR 5,’’ dated November 24, 2023 

(ULMA Case Brief). 

6See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from Spain: 

Antidumping Duty Order, 82 FR 27229 (June 14, 

2017) (Order). 7 Verification Report. 

8See ULMA Case Brief at 1–2. 

9See Verification Report at 2–3. 

10See Memorandum, ‘‘Analysis of Data 

Submitted by ULMA Forja S. Coop. for Final 

Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2021–2022,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Final Analysis 

Memorandum). 

September 2023, Commerce conducted 

on-site verification of ULMA’s sales 

information.2 On October 12, 2023, 

Commerce extended the deadline for 

these final results of review to January 

3, 2023.3 On November 24, 2023, 

ULMA, the sole mandatory respondent 

for this review,4 submitted its case 

brief.5 No other interested party filed a 

case or rebuttal brief. As the comments 

submitted in ULMA’s case brief are 

addressed herein, there is no Issues and 

Decision Memorandum accompanying 

this notice. These final results cover 

eight companies for which an 

administrative review was initiated and 

not rescinded. Commerce conducted 

this review in accordance with section 

751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act). 

Scope of the Order 6

The scope of this Order covers 

finished carbon steel flanges. Finished 

carbon steel flanges differ from 

unfinished carbon steel flanges (also 

known as carbon steel flange forgings) 

in that they have undergone further 

processing after forging, including, but 

not limited to, beveling, bore threading, 

center or step boring, face machining, 

taper boring, machining ends or 

surfaces, drilling bolt holes, and/or deburring or shot blasting. Any one of 

these post-forging processes suffices to 

render the forging into a finished carbon 

steel flange for purposes of this Order. 

However, mere heat treatment of a 

carbon steel flange forging (without any 

other further processing after forging) 

does not render the forging into a 

finished carbon steel flange for purposes 

of this Order. 

While these finished carbon steel 

flanges are generally manufactured to 

specification ASME B16.5 or ASME 

B16.47 series A or series B, the scope is 

not limited to flanges produced under 

those specifications. All types of 

finished carbon steel flanges are 

included in the scope regardless of pipe 

size (which may or may not be 

expressed in inches of nominal pipe 

size), pressure class (usually, but not 

necessarily, expressed in pounds of 

pressure, e.g., 150, 300, 400, 600, 900, 

1,500, 2,500, etc.), type of face (e.g., flat 

face, full face, raised face, etc.), 

configuration (e.g., weld neck, slip on, 

socket weld, lap joint, threaded, etc.), 

wall thickness (usually, but not 

necessarily, expressed in inches), 

normalization, or whether or not heat 

treated. These carbon steel flanges either 

meet or exceed the requirements of the 

ASTM A105, ASTM A694, ASTM A181, 

ASTM A350 and ASTM A707 standards 

(or comparable foreign specifications). 

The scope includes any flanges 

produced to the above-referenced ASTM 

standards as currently stated or as may 

be amended. The term ‘‘carbon steel’’ 

under this scope is steel in which: 

(a) iron predominates, by weight, over 

each of the other contained elements: 

(b) the carbon content is 2 percent or 

less, by weight; and 

(c) none of the elements listed below 

exceeds the quantity, by weight, as 

indicated: 

(i) 0.87 percent of aluminum; 

(ii) 0.0105 percent of boron; 

(iii) 10.10 percent of chromium; 

(iv) 1.55 percent of columbium; 

(v) 3.10 percent of copper; 

(vi) 0.38 percent of lead; 

(vii) 3.04 percent of manganese; 

(viii) 2.05 percent of molybdenum; 

(ix) 20.15 percent of nickel; 

(x) 1.55 percent of niobium; 

(xi) 0.20 percent of nitrogen; 

(xii) 0.21 percent of phosphorus; 

(xiii) 3.10 percent of silicon; 

(xiv) 0.21 percent of sulfur; 

(xv) 1.05 percent of titanium; 

(xvi) 4.06 percent of tungsten; 

(xvii) 0.53 percent of vanadium; or 

(xviii) 0.015 percent of zirconium. 

Finished carbon steel flanges are 

currently classified under subheadings 

7307.91.5010 and 7307.91.5050 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS). They may also 

be entered under HTSUS subheadings 

7307.91.5030 and 7307.91.5070. The 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes; the 

written description of the scope is 

dispositive. 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i) of the 

Act, from September 11 through 15, 

2023, we conducted verification of the 

sales information submitted by ULMA 

for use in these final results. We used 

standard verification procedures, 

including an examination of relevant 

sales and accounting records, and 

original source documents provided by 

ULMA.7

Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

and Analysis of Comments Received 

Based on our analysis of the 

comments received, we made one 

change to the preliminary weightedaverage margin calculations for ULMA 

and the non-examined companies. In its 

case brief, ULMA argued that we should 

rely on the databases that ULMA 

submitted, at Commerce’s request, 

following verification.8 We are 

incorporating into these final results the 

relevant databases, which reflect 

changes based on the minor corrections 

ULMA submitted at verification.9 For 

additional details, see the Final 

Analysis Memorandum.10

Non-Individually Examined Companies 

For guidance when calculating the 

rate for non-selected respondents, i.e., 

non-individually-examined companies, 

in an administrative review, generally, 

Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of 

the Act, which provides instructions for 

calculating the all-others rate in a 

market economy investigation. Under 

section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the allothers rate is normally ‘‘an amount 

equal to the weighted-average of the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins established for exporters and 

producers individually investigated, 

excluding any zero or de minimis 

margins, and any margins determined 

entirely {on the basis of facts 

available}.’’ We calculated a margin for 

ULMA that was not zero, de minimis, or 

based on facts available. Accordingly, 

we have applied the margin calculated 

for ULMA to the non-individually 

examined respondents. 

Final Results of Administrative Review 

For these final results, we determine 

that the following weighted-average 

dumping margins exist for the period 

June 1, 2021, through May 31, 2022: 

Producer/exporter 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

ULMA Forja, S. Coop ........... 3.93 

Review-Specific Rate for the Non-Selected 

Companies 

Aleaciones De Metales 

Sinterizados S.A ............... 3.93 

Central Y Almacenes ............ 3.93 


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11See Order, 82 FR at 27230. 

12See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 

FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). 13See Order, 82 FR at 27230. 

1See Glycine from Japan: Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 2021– 

2022, 88 FR 43273 (July 7, 2023) (Preliminary 

Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Producer/exporter 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Farina Group Spain .............. 3.93 

Friedrich Geldbach Gmbh .... 3.93 

Grupo Cunado ...................... 3.93 

Transglory S.A ...................... 3.93 

Tubacero, S.L ....................... 3.93 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose the 

calculations performed in connection 

with these final results of review to 

interested parties within five days of the 

date of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register, in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.224(b). 

Assessment Rates 

Commerce shall determine and U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

shall assess antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries of subject 

merchandise in accordance with the 

final results of this review pursuant to 

section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.212(b). For ULMA, we 

calculated importer-specific assessment 

rates on the basis of the ratio of the total 

amount of dumping calculated for each 

importer’s examined sales and the total 

entered value of those sales in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

Where an importer-specific assessment 

rate is de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 

percent), the entries by that importer 

will be liquidated without regard to 

antidumping duties. For entries of 

subject merchandise during the POR 

produced by ULMA for which it did not 

know its merchandise was destined for 

the United States, we will instruct CBP 

to liquidate unreviewed entries at the 

all-others rate in the original less-thanfair-value (LTFV) investigation 11 if 

there is no rate for the intermediate 

company(ies) involved in the 

transaction.12 For the companies 

identified above that were not selected 

for individual examination, we will 

instruct CBP to liquidate entries of 

subject merchandise during the POR at 

the rates established in these final 

results of review as listed above. 

Commerce intends to issue 

assessment instructions to CBP no 

earlier than 35 days after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

review in the Federal Register. 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). 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements for estimated antidumping 

duties will be effective upon publication 

of this notice for all shipments of 

flanges from Spain entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication as provided by section 

751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit 

rate for the companies subject to this 

review will be equal to the companyspecific weighted-average dumping 

margin established in the final results of 

the review; (2) for merchandise exported 

by producers or exporters not covered in 

this review but covered in a prior 

completed segment of the proceeding, 

the cash deposit rate will continue to be 

the company-specific rate published in 

the completed segment for the most 

recent period; (3) if the exporter is not 

a firm covered in this review, a prior 

review, or the original investigation, but 

the producer has been covered in a prior 

completed segment of this proceeding, 

then the cash deposit rate will be the 

rate established in the completed 

segment for the most recent period for 

the producer of the merchandise; (4) the 

cash deposit rate for all other producers 

or exporters will continue to be 18.81 

percent, the all-others rate established 

in the LTFV investigation of this 

proceeding.13 These cash deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice 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 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 duties 

occurred and the subsequent assessment 

of double antidumping 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 

destruction or return 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 destruction or return 

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 

sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing this 

notice in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.221(b)(5). 

Dated: December 13, 2023. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27892 Filed 12–19–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–588–878] 

Glycine From Japan: 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 

Yuki Gosei Kogyo Co., Ltd. (YGK) and 

Nagase & Co., Ltd. (Nagase) 

(collectively, YGK/Nagase) made sales 

of glycine from Japan at less than 

normal value during the period of 

review (POR) June 1, 2021, through May 

31, 2022. 

DATES: Applicable December 20, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Drury, AD/CVD Operations, Office VI, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0195. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 7, 2023, Commerce published 

the Preliminary Results.1 We invited 

interested parties to comment on the 

Preliminary Results. The review covers 

one mandatory respondent, YGK/ 

Nagase. On November 3, 2023, 

Commerce extended the deadline for the 

final results of review until December 


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