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 

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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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8See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Petitioner’s Allegation 

of Critical Circumstances,’’ dated June 17, 2024 

(Critical Circumstances Allegation). 

9See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Request for Monthly 

Quantity and Value Shipment Data,’’ dated June 17, 

2024. 

10See QMC’s and Muntajat’s Letter, ‘‘Response to 

Request for Monthly Quantity and Value Shipment 

Data,’’ dated June 24, 2024, and August 15, 2024. 

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. 

Exporter/producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping margin 

(percent) 

Cash 

deposit rate 

(adjusted for 

subsidy 

offset(s)) 

(percent) 

Qatar Melamine Company; Qatar Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing and Distribution Company 

(Muntajat) Q.P.J.S.C.; Qatar Fertiliser Company (P.S.C.).

*0.80 Not Applicable. 

* de minimis. 

For this preliminary determination, 

Commerce calculated a de minimis 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin for the only individually 

examined respondent, the single entity 

consisting of QMC, Muntajat, and 

QAFCO. Consistent with section 

733(b)(3) of the Act, Commerce 

disregards de minimis rates and 

preliminarily determines that the single 

entity with a de minimis rate has not 

made sales of subject merchandise at 

LTFV. 

Consistent with section 733(d) of the 

Act, Commerce has not calculated an 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin for all other producers and 

exporters because it has not made an 

affirmative preliminary determination of 

sales at LTFV. 

Critical Circumstances Allegation 

On June 17, 2024, the petitioner 

alleged that critical circumstances exist 

with respect to imports of melamine 

from Qatar.8 Commerce issued a 

questionnaire to the respondents 

requesting information regarding their 

exports of melamine to the United 

States from October 2022 to February 

2024 and establishing an ongoing 

requirement for the respondents to 

provide monthly data during the 

investigation.9 On June 24, 2024 and 

August 15, 2024, the respondents 

provided a timely response.10 Section 

733(e)(1) of the Act provides that 

Commerce, upon receipt of a timelyfiled allegation of critical circumstances, 

will determine whether there is a 

reasonable basis to believe or suspect 

that: (A)(i) there is a history of dumping 

and material injury by reason of 

dumped imports in the United States or 

elsewhere of the subject merchandise; or 

(ii) the person by whom, or for whose 

account, the merchandise was imported 

knew or should have known that the 

exporter was selling the subject 

merchandise at LTFV and that there was 

likely to be material injury by reason of 

such sales; and (B) there have been 

massive imports of the subject 

merchandise over a relatively short 

period. However, as stated above, 

because Commerce preliminarily 

calculated a de minimis rate for the sole 

mandatory respondent, single entity 

consisting of QMC, Muntajat, and 

QAFCO, the entity has not made sales 

of subject merchandise at LTFV. 

Therefore, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.204(e), the respondent will not be 

subject to provisional measures under 

sections 703(d) or section 733(d) of the 

Act. Consequently, Commerce has not 

conducted a critical circumstances 

analysis for this preliminary 

determination. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

Because Commerce has made a 

negative preliminary determination of 

sales at LTFV with regard to subject 

merchandise, Commerce will not direct 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 

suspend liquidation or to require a cash 

deposit of estimated antidumping duties 

for entries of melamine from Qatar. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed in 

connection with this preliminary 

determination to interested parties 

within five days of any public 

announcement or, if there is no public 

announcement, within five days of the 

date of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register, in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.224(b). 

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 

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

Act, Commerce intends 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 the case briefs, may be 

filed not later than five days after the 

date for filing case briefs.11 Interested 

parties who submit case briefs 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 public executive 

summaries as the basis of the comment 

summaries included in the issues and 

decision memorandum that will 

accompany the final determination in 

this investigation. We request that 

interested parties include footnotes for 

relevant citations in the public 

executive summary of each issue. Note 

that Commerce has amended certain of 

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14See Administrative Protective Order, Service, 

and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Final Rule, 88 FR 

67069 (September 29, 2023). 

1See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from 

Canada: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review, Partial Rescission of 

Administrative Review and Final Determination of 

No Shipments; 2022, 89 FR 67067 (August 19, 2024) 

(Final Results), and accompanying Issues and 

Decision Memorandum (IDM). 

2See West Fraser’s Letter, ‘‘Request for Correction 

of Ministerial Errors in the Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review Calculations,’’ dated August 

21, 2024, at Attachment I (West Fraser Ministerial 

Error Allegation). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review of Certain Softwood Lumber 

Products from Canada: Analysis of Ministerial Error 

Allegations,’’ dated concurrently with this notice 

(Ministerial Error Memorandum). 

4See 19 CFR 351.224(f). 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Analysis for the Final 

Results of the Fifth Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review—West Fraser Mills Ltd.,’’ 

dated August 12, 2024, at Attachment I. 

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, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 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 the 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 

its preliminary 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 whether 

these imports of melamine from Qatar 

are materially injuring, or threaten 

material injury to, the U.S. industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This preliminary 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. Affiliation and Single Entity Treatment 

V. Discussion of the Methodology 

VI. Particular Market Situation 

VII. Currency Conversion 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–122–857] 

Certain Softwood Lumber Products 

From Canada: Amended Final Results 

of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review in Part; 2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) is amending the 

final results of the administrative review 

of the antidumping duty (AD) order on 

certain softwood lumber products 

(softwood lumber) from Canada to 

correct certain ministerial errors. The 

period of review (POR) is January 1, 

2022, through December 31, 2022. 

DATES: Applicable September 24, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maisha Cryor, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–5831. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 19, 2024, Commerce 

published, in the Federal Register, the 

final results of the administrative review 

of the AD order on softwood lumber 

from Canada for the POR.1 On August 

21, 2024, we received a timely 

submitted ministerial error allegation 

from West Fraser Mills, Ltd. (West 

Fraser), a mandatory respondent in this 

administrative review.2 We are 

amending the Final Results to correct 

the ministerial error alleged by West 

Fraser.3

Legal Framework 

Section 751(h) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act), defines a 

‘‘ministerial error’’ as including ‘‘errors 

in addition, subtraction, or other 

arithmetic function, clerical errors 

resulting from inaccurate copying, 

duplication, or the like, and any other 

unintentional error which the 

administering authority considers 

ministerial.’’ 4 With respect to final 

results of administrative reviews, 19 

CFR 351.224(e) provides that Commerce 

‘‘will analyze any comments received 

and, if appropriate, correct any . . . 

ministerial error by amending the final 

results of review . . .’’ 

Ministerial Errors 

In the Final Results, we made certain 

revisions to our preliminary results 

calculations for West Fraser, including 

setting the stage of the proceeding in the 

comparison market program to final.5 In 

its ministerial error comments, West 

Fraser alleged that Commerce failed to 

make the same adjustment in the 

corresponding margin calculation 


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