77822 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 185 / Tuesday, September 24, 2024 / Notices 

1See Melamine from Germany, India, Japan, the 

Netherlands, Qatar, and Trinidad and Tobago: 

Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 89 

FR 17413 (March 11, 2024) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Melamine from Germany, India, Japan, the 

Netherlands, Qatar, and Trinidad and Tobago: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 89 FR 52437 

(June 24, 2024). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination in the 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Melamine 

from Germany,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

5See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997) (Preamble). 

6See Initiation Notice, 89 FR at 17413. 

7See, e.g., Thermal Paper from Spain: Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 86 

FR 54162, 54163 (September 30, 2021), and 

accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum; 

see also Certain Preserved Mushrooms from France: 

Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value, 87 FR 72963, 72964 (November 

28, 2022). 

8See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Melamine from 

Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Qatar, and 

Trinidad and Tobago: Petition for the Imposition of 

Antidumping Duties,’’ dated February 14, 2024 

(Petition); see also Checklist, ‘‘AD Investigation 

Initiation Checklist,’’ dated March 5, 2024 

The subject merchandise is provided for in 

subheading 2933.61.0000 of the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheading 

and CAS registry number are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope is 

dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Application of Facts Available, Use of 

Adverse Inference, and Calculation of 

All-Others Rate 

V. Critical Circumstances 

VI. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–428–852] 

Melamine From Germany: Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that melamine from 

Germany is being, or is likely to be, sold 

in the United States at less than fair 

value (LTFV). The period of 

investigation is January 1, 2023, through 

December 31, 2023. Interested parties 

are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable September 24, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Noah Wetzel, AD/CVD Operations, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–7466. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on March 11, 2024.1 On June 18, 2024, 

Commerce postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation.2 On 

July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain 

deadlines in this administrative 

proceeding by seven days.3 The 

deadline for the final results is now 

September 18, 2024. 

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.4 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 

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 Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is melamine from 

Germany. For a full description of the 

scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the Preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,5 we set aside a 

period of time, as stated in the Initiation 

Notice, for parties to raise issues 

regarding product coverage (i.e., scope).6

No interested party commented on the 

scope of the investigation as it appeared 

in the Initiation Notice. Commerce is 

not modifying the scope language as it 

appeared in the Initiation Notice. See 

the complete description of the scope in 

Appendix I to this notice. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Pursuant to section 

776(a) of the Act, Commerce has 

preliminarily relied upon facts 

otherwise available to assign estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins to 

LAT Nitrogen Piesteritz GmbH, the sole 

mandatory respondent in this 

investigation because LAT Nitrogen 

Piesteritz GmbH did not submit a 

response to Commerce’s antidumping 

duty questionnaire. Further, Commerce 

preliminarily determines that LAT 

Nitrogen Piesteritz GmbH failed to 

cooperate by not acting to the best of its 

ability to comply with a request for 

information and is using an adverse 

inference in selecting from among the 

facts otherwise available (i.e., applying 

adverse facts available (AFA)) to this 

respondent, in accordance with section 

776(b) of the Act. For a full description 

of the methodology underlying our 

preliminary determination, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Section 733(d)(1)(ii) of the Act 

provides that, in the preliminary 

determination, Commerce shall 

determine an estimated all-others rate 

for all exporters and producers not 

individually investigated in accordance 

with section 735(c)(5) of the Act. 

Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act states 

that generally the estimated rate for all 

others shall be an amount equal to the 

weighted average of the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

established for exporters and producers 

individually investigated, excluding any 

zero and de minimis margins, and any 

margins determined entirely under 

section 776 of the Act. The estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins in 

this preliminary determination were 

calculated entirely under section 776 of 

the Act. In cases where no weightedaverage dumping margins other than 

zero, de minimis, or those determined 

entirely under section 776 of the Act 

have been established for individually 

examined entities, in accordance with 

section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act, 

Commerce typically calculates a simple 

average of the margins alleged in the 

petition and applies the results to all 

other entities not individually 

examined.7

In the Petition,8 Cornerstone 

Chemical Company (the petitioner) 


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(Initiation Checklist); and Petitioner’s Letter, 

‘‘Petitioner’s Second Supplemental Response 

Regarding Petition Volume II (Germany 

Antidumping),’’ dated February 27, 2024 (Second 

Germany AD Supplement). 

9See Petitions at Volume II; see also Initiation 

Checklist; and Second Germany AD Supplement at 

Exhibit II–2S2. 

10See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(i); see also 19 CFR 

351.303 (for general filing requirements). 

11See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative 

Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 

88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and 

Service Final Rule). 

12See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

13We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

14See APO and Service Final Rule. 

calculated two estimated dumping 

margins, 139.74 and 218.73 percent. 

Therefore, consistent with our practice, 

for the all-others rate in this 

investigation, we preliminarily assigned 

a simple average of the dumping 

margins alleged in the Petition, which is 

179.24 percent.9

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margins exist during 

the period January 1, 2023, through 

December 31, 2023: 

Exporter/producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

LAT Nitrogen Piesteritz GmbH ... *218.73 

All Others .................................... 179.24 

*Rate is based on AFA. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 733(d)(2) 

of the Act, Commerce will direct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

suspend liquidation of all entries of 

melamine from Germany, as described 

in the ‘‘Scope of the Investigation’’ in 

Appendix I, entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the date of publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register. Further, pursuant 

to section 733(d)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.205(d), Commerce will instruct 

CBP to require a cash deposit equal to 

the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin or the estimated allothers rate, as follows: (1) The cash 

deposit rate for the respondents listed 

above will be equal to the companyspecific estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins determined in this 

preliminary determination; (2) if the 

exporter is not a respondent identified 

above, but the producer is, then the cash 

deposit rate will be equal to the 

company-specific estimated weightedaverage dumping margin established for 

that producer of the subject 

merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit 

rate for all other producers and 

exporters will be equal to the all-others 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin. 

Disclosure 

Normally, Commerce discloses to 

interested parties the calculations 

performed in connection with a 

preliminary determination within five 

days of any public announcement or, if 

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 

preliminarily applied AFA to the 

mandatory respondent in this 

investigation and applied an AFA rate 

based on the Petition, there are no 

calculations to disclose. 

Consistent with 19 CFR 351.224(e), 

Commerce will analyze and, if 

appropriate, correct any timely 

allegations of significant ministerial 

errors by amending the preliminary 

determination. However, consistent 

with 19 CFR 351.224(d), Commerce will 

not consider incomplete allegations that 

do not address the significance standard 

under 19 CFR 351.224(g) following the 

preliminary determination. Instead, 

Commerce will address such allegations 

in the final determination together with 

issues raised in the case briefs or other 

written comments. 

Verification 

Because the mandatory respondent in 

this investigation did not act to the best 

of its ability to provide information 

requested by Commerce, and Commerce 

preliminarily determines the mandatory 

respondent to be uncooperative, we will 

not conduct verification. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to Assistant Secretary 

for Enforcement and Compliance no 

later than 14 days after the date of 

publication of the preliminary 

determination.10 Rebuttal briefs, limited 

to issues raised in the case briefs, may 

be filed not later than five days after the 

date for filing case briefs.11 Interested 

parties who submit case or rebuttal 

briefs in this proceeding must submit: 

(1) a table of contents listing each issue; 

and (2) a table of authorities.12

As provided under 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 

proceedings we have encouraged 

interested parties to provide an 

executive summary of their brief that 

should be limited to five pages total, 

including footnotes. In this 

investigation, we instead request that 

interested parties provide at the 

beginning of their briefs a public, 

executive summary for each issue raised 

in their briefs.13 Further, we request that 

interested parties limit their executive 

summary of each issue to no more than 

450 words, not including citations. We 

intend to use the executive summaries 

as the basis of the comment summaries 

included in the issues and decision 

memorandum that will accompany the 

final determination. We request that 

interested parties include footnotes for 

relevant citations in the executive 

summary of each issue. Note that 

Commerce has amended certain of its 

requirements pertaining to the service of 

documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).14

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing must submit a written request to 

the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance, filed electronically via 

ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) 

the party’s name, address, and 

telephone number; (2) the number of 

participants and whether any 

participant is a foreign national; and (3) 

a list of issues to be discussed. Issues 

raised in the hearing will be limited to 

those raised in the respective case 

briefs. An electronically filed hearing 

request must be received successfully in 

its entirety via ACCESS by 5 p.m. 

Eastern Time within 30 days after the 

date of publication of this notice. 

Final Determination 

Section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.210(b)(1) provide that 

Commerce will issue the final 

determination within 75 days after the 

date of its preliminary determination. 

Accordingly, Commerce will make its 

final determination no later than 75 

days after the signature date of this 

preliminary determination. 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

our affirmative preliminary 

determination. If our 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 our final 

determination whether these imports 


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77824 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 185 / Tuesday, September 24, 2024 / Notices 

1See Melamine from Germany, India, Japan, the 

Netherlands, Qatar, and Trinidad and Tobago: 

Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value investigations, 89 

FR 17413 (March 11, 2024) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Melamine from Germany, India, Japan, the 

Netherlands, Qatar, and Trinidad and Tobago: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 89 FR 52437 

(June 24, 2024). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Negative Determination in the LessThan-Fair-Value Investigation of Melamine from 

Qatar,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 5See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

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

6See Initiation Notice, 89 FR at 17413. 

7As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce preliminarily collapsed 

the following companies and treated them as a 

single entity: Qatar Melamine Company (QMC); 

Qatar Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing and 

Distribution Company (Muntajat) Q.P.J.S.C. 

(Muntajat); and Qatar Fertiliser Company P.S.C. 

(QAFCO). 

are materially injuring, or threaten 

material injury to, the U.S. industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: September 18, 2024. 

Ryan Majerus, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive 

functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation is melamine (Chemical 

Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number 108– 

78–01, molecular formula C3 H6 N6). 

Melamine is also known as 2,4,6-triamino-striazine; 1,3,5-Triazine-2,4,6- triamine; 

Cyanurotriamide; Cyanurotriamine; 

Cyanuramide; and by various brand names. 

Melamine is a crystalline powder or granule. 

All melamine is covered by the scope of this 

investigation irrespective of purity, particle 

size, or physical form. Melamine that has 

been blended with other products is included 

within this scope when such blends include 

constituent parts that have been 

intermingled, but that have not been 

chemically reacted with each other to 

produce a different product. For such blends, 

only the melamine component of the mixture 

is covered by the scope of this investigation. 

Melamine that is otherwise subject to this 

investigation is not excluded when 

commingled with melamine from sources not 

subject to this investigation. Only the subject 

component of such commingled products is 

covered by the scope of this investigation. 

The subject merchandise is provided for in 

subheading 2933.61.0000 of the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheading 

and CAS registry number are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope is 

dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Application of Facts Available, Use of 

Adverse Inference, and Calculation of 

All-Others Rate 

V. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2024–21825 Filed 9–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–518–001] 

Melamine From Qatar: Preliminary 

Negative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that melamine from Qatar is 

not being, or is not likely to be, sold in 

the United States at less than fair value 

(LTFV). The period of investigation 

(POI) is January 1, 2023, through 

December 31, 2023. Interested parties 

are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable September 24, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Hart, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1058. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

in the Federal Register on March 11, 

2024.1 On June 24, 2024, Commerce 

postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation and 

the revised deadline was September 11, 

2024.2 On July 22, 2024, Commerce 

tolled certain deadlines in this 

proceeding by seven days until 

September 18, 2024.3 For a complete 

description of the events that followed 

the initiation of this investigation, see 

the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.4 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 

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 Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is melamine from Qatar. 

For a full description of the scope of this 

investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the Preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,5 we set aside a 

period of time, as stated in the Initiation 

Notice, for parties to raise issues 

regarding product coverage (i.e., scope).6

No interested party commented on the 

scope of the investigation as it appeared 

in the Initiation Notice. Commerce is 

not modifying the scope language as it 

appeared in the Initiation Notice. See 

the complete description of the scope in 

Appendix I to this notice. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Commerce calculated 

export prices in accordance with section 

772(a) of the Act. Normal value is 

calculated in accordance with section 

773 of the Act. For a full description of 

the methodology underlying the 

preliminary determination, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margin exists for the 

period, January 1, 2023, through 

December 31, 2023: 7


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