[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 68 (Thursday, April 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19072-19073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08210]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-405-803]


Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From Finland; Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013-2014

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to a request from Ashland Specialty Ingredients, a 
division of Hercules Inc., (Petitioner), and CP Kelco Oy (CP Kelco), 
the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on purified 
carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from Finland. The period of review (POR) 
is July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014. The review covers one 
respondent, CP Kelco. We preliminarily find that sales of the subject 
merchandise by CP Kelco have not been made at prices below normal value 
(NV) during the POR. We invite interested parties to comment on these 
preliminary results.

DATES: Effective Date: April 9, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael J. Heaney or Robert James, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4475 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order is all purified CMC, sometimes 
also referred to as purified sodium CMC, polyanionic cellulose, or 
cellulose gum, which is a white to off-white, non-toxic, odorless, 
biodegradable powder, comprising sodium CMC that has been refined and 
purified to a minimum assay of 90 percent. The merchandise subject to 
the order is classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States at subheading 3912.31.00.\1\
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    \1\ For a full description of the scope of the order, see the 
memorandum from Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary 
Enforcement & Compliance, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement & Compliance, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Purified 
Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland'' (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum), which is dated concurrently with this notice, and is 
hereby incorporated by reference. A list of the topics discussed in 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum appears in Appendix I of this 
notice.
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Methodology

    The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export price 
and constructed export price are calculated in accordance with section 
772 of the Act. NV is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the 
Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 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 http://access.trade.gov and is available to all 
parties in the Central Records Unit, Room 7046 of the main Department 
of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the 
Internet at http://www.enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the 
following weighted-average dumping margin for the period July 1, 2013, 
through June 30, 2014.

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                                                                Margin
                    Exporter/manufacturer                      (percent)
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CP Kelco Oy.................................................       0.00
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department intends to disclose to interested parties the 
calculations performed in connection with these preliminary results 
within five days of the date of publication of this notice.\2\ Pursuant 
to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit cases briefs no 
later than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. 
Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be 
filed no later than five days after the date for filing case briefs.\3\ 
Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding 
are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the 
issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities.\4\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using 
ACCESS.\5\ An electronically filed document must be received 
successfully in its entirety by ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the 
date the document is due.
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    \2\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS. An electronically filed 
document must be received successfully in its entirety by the 
Departments electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern 
Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\6\ 
Requests should contain: (1) The party's name, address, and telephone 
number; (2) the number of participants; 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. If a request for a hearing is made, 
parties will be notified of the date and time for the hearing to be 
held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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    The Department intends to issue the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of its analysis of the 
issues raised in any

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written briefs, within 120 days after the date of publication of this 
notice, unless extended, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of the administrative review, the Department shall 
determine and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. If CP Kelco's weighted-
average dumping margin is above de minimis in the final results of this 
review, we will calculate an importer-specific assessment rate on the 
basis of the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated 
for the importer's examined sales and the total entered value of such 
sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). If CP Kelco's weighted-
average dumping margin is zero or de minimis in the final results of 
review, or an importer-specific rate is zero or de minimis, we will 
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to 
dumping margins.\7\
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    \7\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14, 
2012) (Final Modification for Reviews).
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    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003.\8\ This clarification will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by CP Kelco for which it did not 
know its merchandise was destined for the United States. In such 
instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate un-reviewed entries at the 
all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) 
involved in the transaction.
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    \8\ For a full discussion of this clarification, see Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping 
Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of 
the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for 
all shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication as 
provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for 
CP Kelco Oy will be the rate established in the final results of this 
administrative review except if the rate is de minimis within the 
meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate 
will be zero; (2) for merchandise exported by manufacturers or 
exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of 
the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recent period in which the 
manufacturer or exporter participated; (3) if the exporter is not a 
firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original less-than-
fair-value investigation but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate 
will be the rate established for the most recent period for the 
manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all 
other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 6.65 percent, the 
all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value 
investigation.\9\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \9\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Purified 
Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland, Mexico, the Netherlands and 
Sweden, 70 FR 39734 (July 11, 2005).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: April 2, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement & Compliance.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

Summary
Background
Scope of The Order
Methodology
    Fair Value Comparisons
    Product Comparisons
    Determination of Comparison Margins
    Results of Differential Pricing Analysis
    Date of Sale
    U.S. Price
    Export Price
    Constructed Export Price
    U.S. Sample Sales
    Normal Value
    Home Market Viability as Comparison Market
    Calculation of NV Based On Comparison Market Prices
    Home Market Sample Sales
    Cost of Production Analysis
    Level of Trade Analysis
    CEP Offset
    Calculation of Normal Value Based on Constructed Value
    Currency Conversion
Conclusion

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