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42See 19 CFR 351.301; see also Extension of Time 

Limits; Final Rule, 78 FR 57790 (September 20, 

2013) (Time Limits Final Rule), available at https:// 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/2013- 

22853.htm. 

43See section 782(b) of the Act. 

44See Certification of Factual Information to 

Import Administration During Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July 

17, 2013) (Final Rule); see also frequently asked 

questions regarding the Final Rule, available at 

https://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_

info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf. 

45See Administrative Protective Order, Service, 

and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069 

(September 29, 2023). 

1See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Petitions for the 

Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duties,’’ dated October 24, 2024 (Petitions). 

2 Id. 

3See Commerce’s Letters, ‘‘Supplemental 

Questions,’’ dated October 28, 2024; see also 

Country-Specific AD Supplemental Questionnaires: 

Brazil Supplemental, China Supplemental, India 

Supplemental, and Vietnam Supplemental, dated 

October 28, 2024; and Memorandum, ‘‘Phone Call,’’ 

dated November 5, 2024 (November 5, 2024, 

Memorandum). 

4See Petitioner’s Letters, ‘‘Petitioner’s Response 

to the Department’s General Issues Questionnaire,’’ 

dated October 30, 2024 (General Issues 

Supplement); see also Country-Specific AD 

Supplemental Responses: Brazil AD Supplement, 

China AD Supplement, India AD Supplement, and 

Vietnam AD Supplement, dated November 1 and 5, 

2024; Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Petitioner’s Response to 

the Department’s General Issues Scope 

Questionnaire,’’ dated November 6, 2024 (Scope 

Supplement); and Country-Specific Second AD 

Supplemental Responses: Second Brazil AD 

Supplement and Second India AD Supplement, 

dated November 6, 2024. 

submitting factual information in these 

investigations.42

Certification Requirements 

Any party submitting factual 

information in an AD or CVD 

proceeding must certify to the accuracy 

and completeness of that information.43

Parties must use the certification 

formats provided in 19 CFR 

351.303(g).44 Commerce intends to 

reject factual submissions if the 

submitting party does not comply with 

the applicable certification 

requirements. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

Interested parties must submit 

applications for disclosure under APO 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 

Parties wishing to participate in these 

investigations should ensure that they 

meet the requirements of 19 CFR 

351.103(d) (e.g., by filing the required 

letters of appearance). Note that 

Commerce has amended certain of its 

requirements pertaining to the service of 

documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).45

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to sections 702 and 777(i) of 

the Act, and 19 CFR 351.203(c). 

Dated: November 13, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

Scope of the Investigations 

The merchandise subject to the scope of 

these investigations is hard empty capsules, 

which are comprised of two prefabricated, 

hollowed cylindrical sections (cap and body). 

The cap and body pieces each have one 

closed and rounded end and one open end, 

and are constructed with different or equal 

diameters at their open ends. 

Hard empty capsules are unfilled 

cylindrical shells composed of at least 80 

percent by weight of a water soluble polymer 

that is considered non-toxic and appropriate 

for human or animal consumption by the 

United States Pharmacopeia—National 

Formulary (USP–NF), Food Chemical Codex 

(FCC), or equivalent standards. The most 

common polymer materials in HECs are 

gelatin derived from animal collagen 

(including, but not limited to, pig, cow, or 

fish collagen), hydroxypropyl 

methylcellulose (HPMC), and pullulan. 

Hard empty capsules may also contain 

water and additives, such as opacifiers, 

colorants, processing aids, controlled release 

agents, plasticizers, and preservatives. Hard 

empty capsules may also be imprinted or 

otherwise decorated with markings. 

Hard empty capsules are covered by the 

scope of these investigations regardless of 

polymer material, additives, transparency, 

opacity, color, imprinting, or other markings. 

Hard empty capsules are also covered by 

the scope of these investigations regardless of 

their size, weight, length, diameter, 

thickness, and filling capacity. 

Cap and body pieces of hard empty 

capsules are covered by the scope of these 

investigations regardless of whether they are 

imported together or separately, and 

regardless of whether they are imported in 

attached or detached form. 

Hard empty capsules covered by the scope 

of these investigations are those that 

disintegrate in water within 2 hours under 

tests specified in Chapter 701 of the USP–NF, 

or equivalent disintegration tests. 

Hard empty capsules are classifiable under 

subheadings 9602.00.1040 and 9602.00.5010 

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS). In addition, hard 

empty capsules may be imported under 

HTSUS subheading 1905.90.9090; gelatin 

hard empty capsules may be imported under 

HTSUS subheading 3503.00.5510; HPMC 

hard empty capsules may be imported under 

HTSUS subheading 3923.90.0080; and 

pullulan hard empty capsules may be 

imported under HTSUS subheading 

2106.90.9998. Although the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes, the written 

description of the merchandise covered by 

these investigations is dispositive. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27008 Filed 11–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–351–864, A–570–184, A–533–934, A–552– 

847] 

Hard Empty Capsules From Brazil, the 

People’s Republic of China, India, and 

the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 

Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable November 13, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gemma Larsen at (202) 482–8125 

(Brazil), Rebecca Janz at (202) 482–2972 

(the People’s Republic of China 

(China)), Luke Caruso at (202) 482–2081 

(India), and Jinny Ahn at (202) 482– 

0239 (the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 

(Vietnam)), AD/CVD Operations, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Petitions 

On October 24, 2024, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

received antidumping duty (AD) 

petitions concerning imports of hard 

empty capsules from Brazil, China, 

India, and Vietnam filed in proper form 

on behalf of Lonza Greenwood LLC (the 

petitioner), a U.S. producer of hard 

empty capsules.1 The AD Petitions were 

accompanied by countervailing duty 

(CVD) petitions concerning imports of 

hard empty capsules from Brazil, China, 

India, and Vietnam.2

Between October 28 and November 5, 

2024, Commerce requested 

supplemental information pertaining to 

certain aspects of the Petitions in 

supplemental questionnaires.3 The 

petitioner responded to Commerce’s 

supplemental questionnaires between 

October 30 and November 6, 2024.4

In accordance with section 732(b) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act), the petitioner alleges that imports 

of hard empty capsules from Brazil, 

China, India, and Vietnam are being, or 

are likely to be, sold in the United States 

at less than fair value (LTFV) within the 

meaning of section 731 of the Act, and 

that imports of such products are 

materially injuring, or threatening 

material injury to, the hard empty 

capsules industry in the United States. 

Consistent with section 732(b)(1) of the 

Act, the Petitions were accompanied by 

information reasonably available to the 

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5See section on ‘‘Determination of Industry 

Support for the Petitions,’’ infra. 

6See November 5, 2024, Memorandum. 

7See Scope Supplement at 1–8 and Exhibit I–92. 

8See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

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

(Preamble); see also 19 CFR 351.312. 

9See 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) (defining ‘‘factual 

information’’). 

10See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures; 

Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 

39263 (July 6, 2011); see also Enforcement and 

Compliance: Change of Electronic Filing System 

Name, 79 FR 69046 (November 20, 2014) for details 

of Commerce’s electronic filing requirements, 

effective August 5, 2011. Information on using 

ACCESS can be found at https://access.trade.gov/ 

help.aspx and a handbook can be found at https:// 

access.trade.gov/help/Handbook_on_Electronic_

Filing_Procedures.pdf. 

Commerce finds that the petitioner 

filed the Petitions on behalf of the 

domestic industry, because the 

petitioner is an interested party, as 

defined in section 771(9)(C) of the Act. 

Commerce also finds that the petitioner 

demonstrated sufficient industry 

support for the initiation of the 

requested LTFV investigations.5

Periods of Investigation 

Because the Petitions were filed on 

October 24, 2024, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.204(b)(1), the period of 

investigation (POI) for the Brazil and 

India LTFV investigations is October 1, 

2023, through September 30, 2024. 

Because China and Vietnam are nonmarket economy (NME) countries, 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.204(b)(1), the 

POI for the China and Vietnam LTFV 

investigations is April 1, 2024, through 

September 30, 2024. 

Scope of the Investigations 

The products covered by these 

investigations are hard empty capsules 

from Brazil, China, India, and Vietnam. 

For a full description of the scope of 

these investigations, see the appendix to 

this notice. 

Comments on the Scope of the 

Investigations 

On November 5, 2024, Commerce 

requested information and clarification 

from the petitioner regarding the 

proposed scope to ensure that the scope 

language in the Petitions is an accurate 

reflection of the products for which the 

domestic industry is seeking relief.6 On 

November 6, 2024, the petitioner 

provided clarifications and revised the 

scope.7 The description of merchandise 

covered by these investigations, as 

described in the appendix to this notice, 

reflects these clarifications. 

As discussed in the Preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations, we are setting 

aside a period for interested parties to 

raise issues regarding product coverage 

(i.e., scope).8 Commerce will consider 

all scope comments received from 

interested parties and, if necessary, will 

consult with interested parties prior to 

the issuance of the preliminary 

determinations. If scope comments 

include factual information,9 all such 

factual information should be limited to 

public information. To facilitate 

preparation of its questionnaires, 

Commerce requests that scope 

comments be submitted by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time (ET) on December 3, 2024, 

which is 20 calendar days from the 

signature date of this notice. Any 

rebuttal comments, which may include 

factual information, and should also be 

limited to public information, must be 

filed by 5:00 p.m. ET on December 13, 

2024, which is 10 calendar days from 

the initial comment deadline. 

Commerce requests that any factual 

information that parties consider 

relevant to the scope of these 

investigations be submitted during that 

period. However, if a party subsequently 

finds that additional factual information 

pertaining to the scope of the 

investigations may be relevant, the party 

must contact Commerce and request 

permission to submit the additional 

information. All scope comments must 

be filed simultaneously on the records 

of the concurrent LTFV and CVD 

investigations. 

Filing Requirements 

All submissions to Commerce must be 

filed electronically via Enforcement and 

Compliance’s Antidumping Duty and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS), 

unless an exception applies.10 An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully in its entirety by 

the time and date it is due. 

Comments on Product Characteristics 

Commerce is providing interested 

parties an opportunity to comment on 

the appropriate physical characteristics 

of hard empty capsules to be reported in 

response to Commerce’s AD 

questionnaires. This information will be 

used to identify the key physical 

characteristics of the subject 

merchandise in order to report the 

relevant factors of production (FOP) or 

cost of production (COP) accurately, as 

well as to develop appropriate product 

comparison criteria. 

Interested parties may provide any 

information or comments that they feel 

are relevant to the development of an 

accurate list of physical characteristics. 

Specifically, they may provide 

comments as to which characteristics 

are appropriate to use as: (1) general 

product characteristics; and (2) product 

comparison criteria. We note that it is 

not always appropriate to use all 

product characteristics as product 

comparison criteria. We base product 

comparison criteria on meaningful 

commercial differences among products. 

In other words, although there may be 

some physical product characteristics 

utilized by manufacturers to describe 

hard empty capsules, it may be that only 

a select few product characteristics take 

into account commercially meaningful 

physical characteristics. In addition, 

interested parties may comment on the 

order in which the physical 

characteristics should be used in 

matching products. Generally, 

Commerce attempts to list the most 

important physical characteristics first 

and the least important characteristics 

last. 

In order to consider the suggestions of 

interested parties in developing and 

issuing the AD questionnaires, all 

product characteristics comments must 

be filed by 5:00 p.m. ET on December 

3, 2024, which is 20 calendar days from 

the signature date of this notice. Any 

rebuttal comments must be filed by 5:00 

p.m. ET on December 13, 2024, which 

is 10 calendar days from the initial 

comment deadline. All comments and 

submissions to Commerce must be filed 

electronically using ACCESS, as 

explained above, on the record of each 

of the LTFV investigations. 

Determination of Industry Support for 

the Petitions 

Section 732(b)(1) of the Act requires 

that a petition be filed on behalf of the 

domestic industry. Section 732(c)(4)(A) 

of the Act provides that a petition meets 

this requirement if the domestic 

producers or workers who support the 

petition account for: (i) at least 25 

percent of the total production of the 

domestic like product; and (ii) more 

than 50 percent of the production of the 

domestic like product produced by that 

portion of the industry expressing 

support for, or opposition to, the 

petition. Moreover, section 732(c)(4)(D) 

of the Act provides that, if the petition 

does not establish support of domestic 

producers or workers accounting for 

more than 50 percent of the total 

production of the domestic like product, 

Commerce shall: (i) poll the industry or 

rely on other information in order to 

determine if there is support for the 

petition, as required by subparagraph 

(A); or (ii) determine industry support 

using a statistically valid sampling 

method to poll the ‘‘industry.’’ 

Section 771(4)(A) of the Act defines 

the ‘‘industry’’ as the producers as a 


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11See section 771(10) of the Act. 

12See USEC, Inc. v. United States, 132 F. Supp. 

2d 1, 8 (CIT 2001) (citing Algoma Steel Corp., Ltd. 

v. United States, 688 F. Supp. 639, 644 (CIT 1988), 

aff’d Algoma Steel Corp., Ltd. v. United States, 865 

F.2d 240 (Fed. Cir. 1989)). 

13For a discussion of the domestic like product 

analysis as applied to these cases and information 

regarding industry support, see Checklists, 

‘‘Antidumping Duty Investigation Initiation 

Checklists: Hard Empty Capsules from Brazil, the 

People’s Republic of China, India, and the Socialist 

Republic of Vietnam,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Country-Specific 

AD Initiation Checklists), at Attachment II, Analysis 

of Industry Support for the Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Petitions Covering Hard Empty 

Capsules from Brazil, the People’s Republic of 

China, India, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 

(Attachment II). These checklists are on file 

electronically via ACCESS. 

14See Attachment II of the Country-Specific AD 

Initiation Checklists. 

15 Id. 

16For further discussion, see Attachment II of the 

Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists. 

17 Id. 

18 Id.; see also section 732(c)(4)(D) of the Act. 

19See Attachment II of the Country-Specific AD 

Initiation Checklists. 

20 Id. 

21 Id. 

22For further information regarding negligibility 

and the injury allegation, see Country-Specific AD 

Initiation Checklists at Attachment III, Analysis of 

Allegations and Evidence of Material Injury and 

Causation for the Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duty Petitions Covering Hard Empty Capsules from 

Brazil, the People’s Republic of China, India, and 

the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Attachment III). 23 Id. 24 Id.; see also Statement of Administrative 

Action Accompanying the Uruguay Round 

Agreements Act, H.R. Doc 103–316, Vol. 1 (1994) 

(SAA). 

25See Attachment III of the Country-Specific AD 

Initiation Checklists; see also section 771(24)(A)(iv) 

of the Act. 

26 Id. 

27 Id. 

whole of a domestic like product. Thus, 

to determine whether a petition has the 

requisite industry support, the statute 

directs Commerce to look to producers 

and workers who produce the domestic 

like product. The U.S. International 

Trade Commission (ITC), which is 

responsible for determining whether 

‘‘the domestic industry’’ has been 

injured, must also determine what 

constitutes a domestic like product in 

order to define the industry. While both 

Commerce and the ITC apply the same 

statutory definition regarding the 

domestic like product,11 they do so for 

different purposes and pursuant to a 

separate and distinct authority. In 

addition, Commerce’s determination is 

subject to limitations of time and 

information. Although this may result in 

different definitions of the like product, 

such differences do not render the 

decision of either agency contrary to 

law.12

Section 771(10) of the Act defines the 

domestic like product as ‘‘a product 

which is like, or in the absence of like, 

most similar in characteristics and uses 

with, the article subject to an 

investigation under this title.’’ Thus, the 

reference point from which the 

domestic like product analysis begins is 

‘‘the article subject to an investigation’’ 

(i.e., the class or kind of merchandise to 

be investigated, which normally will be 

the scope as defined in the petition). 

With regard to the domestic like 

product, the petitioner does not offer a 

definition of the domestic like product 

distinct from the scope of the 

investigations.13 Based on our analysis 

of the information submitted on the 

record, we have determined that hard 

empty capsules, as defined in the scope, 

constitute a single domestic like 

product, and we have analyzed industry 

support in terms of that domestic like 

product.14

In determining whether the petitioner 

has standing under section 732(c)(4)(A) 

of the Act, we considered the industry 

support data contained in the Petitions 

with reference to the domestic like 

product as defined in the ‘‘Scope of the 

Investigations,’’ in the appendix to this 

notice. To establish industry support, 

the petitioner provided its own 

production of the domestic like product 

in 2023 and compared this to the 

estimated total 2023 production of the 

domestic like product for the entire 

industry.15 We relied on data provided 

by the petitioner for purposes of 

measuring industry support.16

Our review of the data provided in the 

Petitions, the General Issues 

Supplement, and other information 

readily available to Commerce indicates 

that the petitioner has established 

industry support for the Petitions.17

First, the Petitions established support 

from domestic producers (or workers) 

accounting for more than 50 percent of 

the total production of the domestic like 

product and, as such, Commerce is not 

required to take further action in order 

to evaluate industry support (e.g., 

polling).18 Second, the domestic 

producers (or workers) have met the 

statutory criteria for industry support 

under section 732(c)(4)(A)(i) of the Act 

because the domestic producers (or 

workers) who support the Petitions 

account for at least 25 percent of the 

total production of the domestic like 

product.19 Finally, the domestic 

producers (or workers) have met the 

statutory criteria for industry support 

under section 732(c)(4)(A)(ii) of the Act 

because the domestic producers (or 

workers) who support the Petitions 

account for more than 50 percent of the 

production of the domestic like product 

produced by that portion of the industry 

expressing support for, or opposition to, 

the Petitions.20 Accordingly, Commerce 

determines that the Petitions were filed 

on behalf of the domestic industry 

within the meaning of section 732(b)(1) 

of the Act.21

Allegations and Evidence of Material 

Injury and Causation 

The petitioner alleges that the U.S. 

industry producing the domestic like 

product is being materially injured, or is 

threatened with material injury, by 

reason of the imports of the subject 

merchandise sold at LTFV. In addition, 

the petitioner alleges that subject 

imports from China, India, and Vietnam 

exceed the negligibility threshold 

provided for under section 771(24)(A) of 

the Act.22 With respect to Brazil, while 

the allegedly dumped imports do not 

exceed the statutory requirements for 

negligibility,23 the petitioner alleges and 

provides supporting evidence that: (1) 

there is a reasonable indication that the 

data obtained in the ITC’s investigation 

will establish that imports exceed the 

negligibility threshold; 24 and (2) there is 

the potential that imports from Brazil 

will imminently exceed the negligibility 

threshold and, therefore, are not 

negligible for purposes of a threat 

determination.25 The petitioner’s 

arguments regarding the limitations of 

publicly available import data and the 

collection of scope-specific import data 

in the ITC’s investigation are consistent 

with the SAA. Furthermore, the 

petitioner’s arguments regarding the 

potential for imports from Brazil to 

imminently exceed the negligibility 

threshold are consistent with the 

statutory criteria for ‘‘negligibility in 

threat analysis’’ under section 

771(24)(A)(iv) of the Act, which 

provides that imports shall not be 

treated as negligible if there is a 

potential that subject imports from a 

country will imminently exceed the 

statutory requirements for negligibility. 

The petitioner contends that the 

industry’s injured condition is 

illustrated by the significant and 

increasing volume of subject imports; 

reduced market share; underselling and 

price depression and/or suppression; 

lost sales and revenues; and decline in 

the domestic industry’s production, U.S. 

shipments, net sales, and financial 

performance.26 We assessed the 

allegations and supporting evidence 

regarding material injury, threat of 

material injury, causation, cumulation, 

as well as negligibility, and we have 

determined that these allegations are 

properly supported by adequate 

evidence and meet the statutory 

requirements for initiation.27


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28See Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists. 

29 Id. 

30 In accordance with section 773(b)(2) of the Act, 

for the Brazil and India investigations, Commerce 

will request information necessary to calculate the 

constructed value (CV) and COP to determine 

whether there are reasonable grounds to believe or 

suspect that sales of the foreign like product have 

been made at prices that represent less than the 

COP of the product. 

31See Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists. 

32 Id. 

33See, e.g., Certain Freight Rail Couplers and 

Parts Thereof from the People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value and Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Critical Circumstances, 88 FR 

15372 (March 13, 2023), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 5, 

unchanged in Certain Freight Rail Couplers and 

Parts Thereof from the People’s Republic of China: 

Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at LessThan-Fair Value and Final Affirmative 

Determination of Critical Circumstances, 88 FR 

34485 (May 30, 2023); see also, e.g., Raw Honey 

from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final 

Results of Antidumping Duty Changed 

Circumstances Review, 89 FR 64411 (August 7, 

2024), and accompanying NME Analysis 

Memorandum at 5. 

34See China AD Initiation Checklist. 

35 Id. 

36See Vietnam AD Initiation Checklist. 

37 Id. 

38See Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists. 

39 Id. 

40 Id. 

41 Id. 

42 Id. 

43 Id. 

44 Id. 

Allegations of Sales at LTFV 

The following is a description of the 

allegations of sales at LTFV upon which 

Commerce based its decision to initiate 

LTFV investigations of imports of hard 

empty capsules from Brazil, China, 

India, and Vietnam. The sources of data 

for the deductions and adjustments 

relating to U.S. price and normal value 

(NV) are discussed in greater detail in 

the Country-Specific AD Initiation 

Checklists. 

U.S. Price 

For Brazil, China, India, and Vietnam, 

the petitioner based export price (EP) on 

POI average unit values derived from 

official U.S. import statistics for imports 

of hard empty capsules produced in and 

exported from each country.28 For each 

country, the petitioner made certain 

adjustments to U.S. price to calculate a 

net ex-factory U.S. price, where 

applicable.29

Normal Value 30

For Brazil and India, the petitioner 

stated that it was unable to obtain home 

market or third country pricing 

information for hard empty capsules to 

use as a basis for NV.31 Therefore, for 

Brazil and India, the petitioner 

calculated NV based on CV.32 For 

further discussion of CV for Brazil and 

India, see the section ‘‘Normal Value 

Based on Constructed Value,’’ below. 

Commerce considers China and 

Vietnam to be NME countries.33 In 

accordance with section 771(18)(C)(i) of 

the Act, any determination that a foreign 

country is an NME country shall remain 

in effect until revoked by Commerce. 

Therefore, we continue to treat China 

and Vietnam as NME countries for 

purposes of the initiation of the China 

and Vietnam LTFV investigations. 

Accordingly, we base NV on FOPs 

valued in a surrogate market economy 

country in accordance with section 

773(c) of the Act. 

The petitioner claims that the 

Republic of Tu ̈rkiye (Tu ̈rkiye) is an 

appropriate surrogate country for China 

because it is a market economy that is 

at a level of economic development 

comparable to that of China and is a 

significant producer of comparable 

merchandise.34 The petitioner provided 

publicly available information from 

Tu ̈rkiye to value all FOPs.35 Based on 

the information provided by the 

petitioner, we believe it is appropriate 

to use Tu ̈rkiye as a surrogate country for 

China to value all FOPs for initiation 

purposes. 

The petitioner claims that Indonesia 

is an appropriate surrogate country for 

Vietnam because it is a market economy 

that is at a level of economic 

development comparable to that of 

Vietnam and is a significant producer of 

comparable merchandise.36 The 

petitioner provided publicly available 

information from Indonesia to value all 

FOPs.37 Based on the information 

provided by the petitioner, we believe it 

is appropriate to use Indonesia as a 

surrogate country for Vietnam to value 

all FOPs for initiation purposes. 

Interested parties will have the 

opportunity to submit comments 

regarding surrogate country selection 

and, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.301(c)(3)(i), will be provided an 

opportunity to submit publicly available 

information to value FOPs within 30 

days before the scheduled date of the 

preliminary determinations. 

Factors of Production 

Because information regarding the 

volume of inputs consumed by Chinese 

and Vietnamese producers/exporters 

was not reasonably available, the 

petitioner used its own production 

experience and product-specific 

consumption rates as a surrogate to 

value Chinese and Vietnamese 

manufacturers’ FOPs.38 Additionally, 

the petitioner calculated factory 

overhead, selling, general, and 

administrative (SG&A) expenses, and 

profit based on the experience of 

Turkish and Indonesian producers of 

comparable merchandise, 

respectively.39

Normal Value Based on Constructed 

Value 

As noted above for Brazil and India, 

the petitioner stated that it was unable 

to obtain home market or third-country 

prices for hard empty capsules to use as 

a basis for NV. Therefore, for Brazil and 

India, the petitioner calculated NV 

based on CV.40

Pursuant to section 773(e) of the Act, 

the petitioner calculated CV as the sum 

of the cost of manufacturing, SG&A 

expenses, financial expenses, and 

profit.41 For Brazil and India, in 

calculating the cost of manufacturing, 

the petitioner relied on its own 

production experience and productspecific consumption rates, valued 

using publicly available information 

applicable to the respective countries, 

where applicable.42 For Brazil and 

India, in calculating SG&A expenses, 

financial expenses, and profit ratios, the 

petitioner relied on the fiscal year 2023 

financial statements of producers of 

comparable merchandise domiciled in 

the respective countries.43

Fair Value Comparisons 

Based on the data provided by the 

petitioner, there is reason to believe that 

imports of hard empty capsules from 

Brazil, China, India, and Vietnam are 

being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at LTFV. Based on 

comparisons of EP to NV in accordance 

with sections 772 and 773 of the Act, 

the estimated dumping margins for hard 

empty capsules for each of the countries 

covered by this initiation are as follows: 

(1) Brazil—78.52 to 99.11 percent; (2) 

China—128.01 to 158.04 percent; (3) 

India—54.81 to 82.95 percent; (4) 

Vietnam—63.53 to 86.04 percent.44

Initiation of LTFV Investigations 

Based upon the examination of the 

Petitions and supplemental responses, 

we find that they meet the requirements 

of section 732 of the Act. Therefore, we 

are initiating LTFV investigations to 

determine whether imports of hard 

empty capsules from Brazil, China, 

India, and Vietnam are being, or are 

likely to be, sold in the United States at 

LTFV. In accordance with section 

733(b)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.205(b)(1), unless postponed, we will 

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45See Petitions at Volume I (page 30 and Exhibits 

I–46 and I–57); see also General Issues Supplement 

at 1–2 and Exhibit I–46 (Revised). 

46See Petitions at Volume I (pages 10–11 and 

Exhibit I–8); see also General Issues Supplement at 

1–3 and Exhibit I–S1. 

47See Country-Specific Memorandum, ‘‘Release 

of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Entry Data,’’ 

dated November 7, 2024. 

48See Petitions at Volume I (page 30 and Exhibit 

I–46); see also General Issues Supplement at 1 and 

Exhibit I–46 (Revised). 

49See Memorandum, ‘‘Release of U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection Entry Data,’’ dated November 

7, 2024. 

later than 140 days after the date of 

these initiations. 

Respondent Selection 

Brazil 

In the Petitions, the petitioner 

identified two companies in Brazil (i.e., 

ACG do Brasil S.A. and Genix Industria 

Farmaceutica LTDA (Qualicaps Brazil)) 

as producers/exporters of hard empty 

capsules and provided independent 

third-party information as support.45

We currently know of no additional 

producers/exporters of hard empty 

capsules from Brazil. Accordingly, 

Commerce intends to individually 

examine all known producers/exporters 

in the investigation from Brazil (i.e., the 

companies cited above). We invite 

interested parties to comment on this 

issue. Such comments may include 

factual information within the meaning 

of 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21). Parties 

wishing to comment must do so within 

three business days of the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register. 

Comments must be filed electronically 

using ACCESS. An electronically filed 

document must be received successfully 

in its entirety via ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. 

ET on the specified deadline. Because 

we intend to examine all known 

producers/exporters in Brazil, if no 

comments are received, or if comments 

received further support the existence of 

only these two producers/exporters, we 

do not intend to conduct respondent 

selection and will proceed to issuing the 

initial AD questionnaires to the 

companies identified. However, if 

comments are received which create a 

need for a respondent selection process, 

we intend to finalize our decision 

regarding respondent selection for 

Brazil within 20 days of publication of 

this notice. 

India 

In the Petitions, the petitioner 

identified 14 companies in India as 

producers/exporters of hard empty 

capsules.46 Following standard practice 

in LTFV investigations involving market 

economy countries, in the event 

Commerce determines that the number 

of companies is large, and it cannot 

individually examine each company 

based upon Commerce’s resources, 

where appropriate, Commerce intends 

to select mandatory respondents based 

on U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) data for imports under the 

appropriate Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheading(s) listed in the ‘‘Scope of the 

Investigations,’’ in the appendix. 

On November 7, 2024, Commerce 

released CBP data on imports of hard 

empty capsules from India under 

administrative protective order (APO) to 

all parties with access to information 

protected by APO and indicated that 

interested parties wishing to comment 

on CBP data and/or respondent 

selection must do so within three 

business days of the publication date of 

the notice of initiation of these 

investigations.47 Comments must be 

filed electronically using ACCESS. An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully in its entirety via 

ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. ET on the 

specified deadline. Commerce will not 

accept rebuttal comments regarding the 

CBP data or respondent selection. 

China and Vietnam 

In the Petitions, the petitioner 

identified 50 companies in China and 

two companies in Vietnam as producers 

and/or exporters of hard empty 

capsules.48 Our standard practice for 

respondent selection in AD 

investigations involving NME countries 

is to select respondents based on 

quantity and value (Q&V) 

questionnaires in cases where 

Commerce has determined that the 

number of companies is large, and it 

cannot individually examine each 

company based upon its resources. 

Therefore, considering the number of 

producers and/or exporters identified in 

the Petitions, Commerce will solicit 

Q&V information that can serve as a 

basis for selecting exporters for 

individual examination in the event that 

Commerce determines that the number 

is large and decides to limit the number 

of respondents individually examined 

pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the 

Act. Because there are 50 Chinese 

producers and/or exporters identified in 

the Petitions, Commerce has determined 

that it will issue Q&V questionnaires to 

the largest producers and/or exporters 

in China that are identified in the CBP 

POI entry data for which there is 

complete address information on the 

record.49 For Vietnam, because there are 

two producers and/or exporters 

identified in the Petitions, Commerce 

will issue a Q&V questionnaire to each 

potential respondent in Vietnam for 

which there is complete address 

information on the record. 

Commerce will post the Q&V 

questionnaires along with filing 

instructions on Commerce’s website at 

https://www.trade.gov/ec-adcvd-caseannouncements. Producers/exporters of 

hard empty capsules from China and 

Vietnam that do not receive Q&V 

questionnaires may still submit a 

response to the Q&V questionnaire and 

can obtain a copy of the Q&V 

questionnaire from Commerce’s website. 

Responses to the Q&V questionnaire 

must be submitted by the relevant 

Chinese and Vietnamese producers/ 

exporters no later than 5:00 p.m. ET on 

November 27, 2024, which is two weeks 

from the signature date of this notice. 

All Q&V questionnaire responses must 

be filed electronically via ACCESS. An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully, in its entirety, by 

ACCESS no later than 5:00 p.m. ET on 

the deadline noted above. 

Interested parties must submit 

applications for disclosure under APO 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(b). 

As stated above, instructions for filing 

such applications may be found on 

Commerce’s website at https://

www.trade.gov/administrativeprotective-orders. 

Separate Rates 

In order to obtain separate rate status 

in an NME investigation, exporters and 

producers must submit a separate rate 

application. The specific requirements 

for submitting a separate rate 

application in an NME investigation are 

outlined in detail in the application 

itself, which is available on Commerce’s 

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

Resources/nme/nme-sep-rate.html. The 

separate rate application will be due 30 

days after publication of this initiation 

notice. Exporters and producers must 

file a timely separate rate application if 

they want to be considered for 

individual examination. Exporters and 

producers who submit a separate rate 

application and have been selected as 

mandatory respondents will be eligible 

for consideration for separate rate status 

only if they respond to all parts of 

Commerce’s AD questionnaire as 

mandatory respondents. Commerce 

requires that companies from China and 

Vietnam submit a response both to the 

Q&V questionnaire and to the separate 

rate application by the respective 

deadlines to receive consideration for 

separate rate status. Companies not 

filing a timely Q&V questionnaire 

response will not receive separate rate 

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50See Enforcement and Compliance’s Policy 

Bulletin No. 05.1, regarding, ‘‘Separate-Rates 

Practice and Application of Combination Rates in 

Antidumping Investigation involving NME 

Countries,’’ (April 5, 2005) at 6 (emphasis added), 

available on Commerce’s website at https://

access.trade.gov/Resources/policy/bull05-1.pdf. 

51See section 733(a) of the Act. 

52 Id. 

53See 19 CFR 351.301(b). 

54See 19 CFR 351.301(b)(2). 

55See 19 CFR 351.301; see also Extension of Time 

Limits; Final Rule, 78 FR 57790 (September 20, 

2013) (Time Limits Final Rule), available at https:// 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/2013- 

22853.htm. 

56See 19 CFR 351.302; see also, e.g., Time Limits 

Final Rule. 

Use of Combination Rates 

Commerce will calculate combination 

rates for certain respondents that are 

eligible for a separate rate in an NME 

investigation. The Separate Rates and 

Combination Rates Bulletin states: 

{w}hile continuing the practice of assigning 

separate rates only to exporters, all separate 

rates that {Commerce} will now assign in its 

NME investigation will be specific to those 

producers that supplied the exporter during 

the period of investigation. Note, however, 

that one rate is calculated for the exporter 

and all of the producers which supplied 

subject merchandise to it during the period 

of investigation. This practice applies both to 

mandatory respondents receiving an 

individually calculated separate rate as well 

as the pool of non-investigated firms 

receiving the {weighted average} of the 

individually calculated rates. This practice is 

referred to as the application of ‘‘combination 

rates’’ because such rates apply to specific 

combinations of exporters and one or more 

producers. The cash-deposit rate assigned to 

an exporter will apply only to merchandise 

both exported by the firm in question and 

produced by a firm that supplied the exporter 

during the period of investigation.50

Distribution of Copies of the Petitions 

In accordance with section 

732(b)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.202(f), copies of the public version 

of the Petitions have been provided to 

the governments of Brazil, China, India, 

and Vietnam via ACCESS. To the extent 

practicable, we will attempt to provide 

a copy of the public version of the 

Petitions to each exporter named in the 

Petitions, as provided under 19 CFR 

351.203(c)(2). 

ITC Notification 

Commerce will notify the ITC of our 

initiation, as required by section 732(d) 

of the Act. 

Preliminary Determinations by the ITC 

The ITC will preliminarily determine, 

within 45 days after the date on which 

the Petitions were filed, whether there 

is a reasonable indication that imports 

of hard empty capsules from Brazil, 

China, India, and/or Vietnam are 

materially injuring, or threatening 

material injury to, a U.S. industry.51 A 

negative ITC determination for any 

country will result in the investigation 

being terminated with respect to that 

country.52 Otherwise, these LTFV 

investigations will proceed according to 

statutory and regulatory time limits. 

Submission of Factual Information 

Factual information is defined in 19 

CFR 351.102(b)(21) as: (i) evidence 

submitted in response to questionnaires; 

(ii) evidence submitted in support of 

allegations; (iii) publicly available 

information to value factors under 19 

CFR 351.408(c) or to measure the 

adequacy of remuneration under 19 CFR 

351.511(a)(2); (iv) evidence placed on 

the record by Commerce; and (v) 

evidence other than factual information 

described in (i)–(iv). Section 351.301(b) 

of Commerce’s regulations requires any 

party, when submitting factual 

information, to specify under which 

subsection of 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) the 

information is being submitted 53 and, if 

the information is submitted to rebut, 

clarify, or correct factual information 

already on the record, to provide an 

explanation identifying the information 

already on the record that the factual 

information seeks to rebut, clarify, or 

correct.54 Time limits for the 

submission of factual information are 

addressed in 19 CFR 351.301, which 

provides specific time limits based on 

the type of factual information being 

submitted. Interested parties should 

review the regulations prior to 

submitting factual information in these 

investigations. 

Particular Market Situation Allegation 

Section 773(e) of the Act addresses 

the concept of particular market 

situation (PMS) for purposes of CV, 

stating that ‘‘if a particular market 

situation exists such that the cost of 

materials and fabrication or other 

processing of any kind does not 

accurately reflect the cost of production 

in the ordinary course of trade, the 

administering authority may use 

another calculation methodology under 

this subtitle or any other calculation 

methodology.’’ When an interested 

party submits a PMS allegation pursuant 

to section 773(e) of the Act (i.e., a costbased PMS allegation), the submission 

must be filed in accordance with the 

requirements of 19 CFR 351.416(b), and 

Commerce will respond to such a 

submission consistent with 19 CFR 

351.301(c)(2)(v). If Commerce finds that 

a cost-based PMS exists under section 

773(e) of the Act, then it will modify its 

dumping calculations appropriately. 

Neither section 773(e) of the Act, nor 

19 CFR 351.301(c)(2)(v), sets a deadline 

for the submission of cost-based PMS 

allegations and supporting factual 

information. However, in order to 

administer section 773(e) of the Act, 

Commerce must receive PMS allegations 

and supporting factual information with 

enough time to consider the submission. 

Thus, should an interested party wish to 

submit a cost-based PMS allegation and 

supporting new factual information 

pursuant to section 773(e) of the Act, it 

must do so no later than 20 days after 

submission of a respondent’s initial 

section D questionnaire response. 

We note that a PMS allegation filed 

pursuant to sections 773(a)(1)(B)(ii)(III) 

or 773(a)(1)(C)(iii) of the Act (i.e., a 

sales-based PMS allegation) must be 

filed within 10 days of submission of a 

respondent’s initial section B 

questionnaire response, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(2)(i) and 19 CFR 

351.404(c)(2). 

Extensions of Time Limits 

Parties may request an extension of 

time limits before the expiration of a 

time limit established under 19 CFR 

351.301, or as otherwise specified by 

Commerce. In general, an extension 

request will be considered untimely if it 

is filed after the expiration of the time 

limit established under 19 CFR 351.301, 

or as otherwise specified by 

Commerce.55 For submissions that are 

due from multiple parties 

simultaneously, an extension request 

will be considered untimely if it is filed 

after 10:00 a.m. ET on the due date. 

Under certain circumstances, Commerce 

may elect to specify a different time 

limit by which extension requests will 

be considered untimely for submissions 

which are due from multiple parties 

simultaneously. In such a case, we will 

inform parties in a letter or 

memorandum of the deadline (including 

a specified time) by which extension 

requests must be filed to be considered 

timely. An extension request must be 

made in a separate, standalone 

submission; under limited 

circumstances we will grant untimely 

filed requests for the extension of time 

limits, where we determine, based on 19 

CFR 351.302, that extraordinary 

circumstances exist. Parties should 

review Commerce’s regulations 

concerning the extension of time limits 

and the Time Limits Final Rule prior to 

submitting factual information in these 

investigations.56


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57See section 782(b) of the Act. 

58See Certification of Factual Information to 

Import Administration During Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July 

17, 2013) (Final Rule). Additional information 

regarding the Final Rule is available at https://

access.trade.gov/Resources/filing/index.html. 

59See Administrative Protective Order, Service, 

and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069 

(September 29, 2023). 

Certification Requirements 

Any party submitting factual 

information in an AD or CVD 

proceeding must certify to the accuracy 

and completeness of that information.57

Parties must use the certification 

formats provided in 19 CFR 

351.303(g).58 Commerce intends to 

reject factual submissions if the 

submitting party does not comply with 

the applicable certification 

requirements. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

Interested parties must submit 

applications for disclosure under APO 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 

Parties wishing to participate in these 

investigations should ensure that they 

meet the requirements of 19 CFR 

351.103(d) (e.g., by filing the required 

letter of appearance). Note that 

Commerce has amended certain of its 

requirements pertaining to the service of 

documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).59

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to sections 732(c)(2) and 777(i) 

of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.203(c). 

Dated: November 13, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

Scope of the Investigations 

The merchandise subject to the scope of 

these investigations is hard empty capsules, 

which are comprised of two prefabricated, 

hollowed cylindrical sections (cap and body). 

The cap and body pieces each have one 

closed and rounded end and one open end, 

and are constructed with different or equal 

diameters at their open ends. 

Hard empty capsules are unfilled 

cylindrical shells composed of at least 80 

percent by weight of a water soluble polymer 

that is considered non-toxic and appropriate 

for human or animal consumption by the 

United States Pharmacopeia—National 

Formulary (USP–NF), Food Chemical Codex 

(FCC), or equivalent standards. The most 

common polymer materials in hard empty 

capsules are gelatin derived from animal 

collagen (including, but not limited to, pig, 

cow, or fish collagen), hydroxypropyl 

methylcellulose (HPMC), and pullulan. 

Hard empty capsules may also contain 

water and additives, such as opacifiers, 

colorants, processing aids, controlled release 

agents, plasticizers, and preservatives. Hard 

empty capsules may also be imprinted or 

otherwise decorated with markings. 

Hard empty capsules are covered by the 

scope of these investigations regardless of 

polymer material, additives, transparency, 

opacity, color, imprinting, or other markings. 

Hard empty capsules are also covered by 

the scope of these investigations regardless of 

their size, weight, length, diameter, 

thickness, and filling capacity. 

Cap and body pieces of hard empty 

capsules are covered by the scope of these 

investigations regardless of whether they are 

imported together or separately, and 

regardless of whether they are imported in 

attached or detached form. 

Hard empty capsules covered by the scope 

of these investigations are those that 

disintegrate in water within 2 hours under 

tests specified in Chapter 701 of the USP–NF, 

or equivalent disintegration tests. 

Hard empty capsules are classifiable under 

subheadings 9602.00.1040 and 9602.00.5010 

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS). In addition, hard 

empty capsules may be imported under 

HTSUS subheading 1905.90.9090; gelatin 

hard empty capsules may be imported under 

HTSUS subheading 3503.00.5510; HPMC 

hard empty capsules may be imported under 

HTSUS subheading 3923.90.0080; and 

pullulan hard empty capsules may be 

imported under HTSUS subheading 

2106.90.9998. Although the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes, the written 

description of the merchandise covered by 

these investigations is dispositive. 

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[RTID 0648–XE439] 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

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