[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 75 (Monday, April 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21708-21709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09003]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-274-807]


Melamine From Trinidad and Tobago: Preliminary Affirmative 
Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Determination 
With Final Antidumping Determination

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily 
determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to a 
producer and exporter of melamine from Trinidad and Tobago. The period 
of investigation is January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2013. 
Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary 
determination.

DATES: Effective date April 20, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson or Patricia Tran, 
Office III, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-4793 and (202) 482-1503, respectively.

Alignment of Final Countervailing Duty (CVD) Determination With Final 
Antidumping Duty (AD) Determination

    On the same day that the Department initiated this CVD 
investigation, the Department also initiated a CVD investigation of 
melamine from the People's Republic of China (PRC) and AD 
investigations of melamine from the PRC and Trinidad and Tobago.\1\ The 
AD and CVD investigations cover the same merchandise. On April 1, 2015, 
in accordance with section 705(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4)(i), Cornerstone Chemical 
Company (Petitioner) requested alignment of the final CVD determination 
with the final AD determination of melamine from Trinidad and 
Tobago.\2\ Therefore, in accordance with section 705(a)(1) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4)(i), we are aligning the final CVD 
determination with the final AD determination. Consequently, the final 
CVD determination will be issued on the same date as the final AD 
determination, which is currently scheduled to be issued no later than 
August 24, 2015, unless postponed.
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    \1\ See Melamine from the People's Republic of China and 
Trinidad and Tobago: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 
Investigations, 79 FR 73030 (December 9, 2014); and Melamine from 
the People's Republic of China and Trinidad and Tobago: Initiation 
of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 79 FR 73037 (December 9, 
2014).
    \2\ See Letter from Petitioner regarding ``Request for 
Alignment'' (April 1, 2015).
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Scope of the Investigation

    The product covered by this investigation is melamine from Trinidad 
and Tobago. For a complete description of the scope of the 
investigation, see Appendix 1 to this notice.

Methodology

    The Department is conducting this CVD investigation in accordance 
with section 701 of the Act. For a full description of the methodology 
underlying our preliminary conclusions, see the Preliminary Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.\3\ The Preliminary Issues and 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).\4\ 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 Issues and Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Preliminary Issues and 
Decision Memorandum and the electronic version of the Preliminary 
Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \3\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to 
Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance 
regarding ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Determination in 
the Countervailing Duty Investigation of Melamine from Trinidad and 
Tobago,'' dated concurrently with this notice (Preliminary Issues 
and Decision Memorandum).
    \4\ On November 24, 2014, Enforcement and Compliance changed the 
name of Enforcement and Compliance's AD and CVD Centralized 
Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS) to AD and CVD Centralized 
Electronic Service System (ACCESS). The Web site location was 
changed from http://iaaccess.trade.gov to http://access.trade.gov. 
The Final Rule changing the references to the regulations can be 
found at 79 FR 69046 (November 20, 2014).
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Preliminary Determination and Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 703(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, we 
calculated a subsidy rate for Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Ltd. (MHTL), 
the only company subject to individual examination in this 
investigation. We preliminarily determine that MHTL's countervailable 
subsidy rate is 27.48 percent ad valorem. The All Others rate is 27.48 
percent ad valorem, which is the rate calculated for MHTL.
    In accordance with sections 703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, we 
are directing U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend 
liquidation of all entries of melamine from Trinidad and Tobago that 
are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 
the date of the publication of this notice in the Federal Register, and 
to require a cash deposit for such entries of merchandise in the 
amounts indicated above.

Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department intends to disclose to interested parties the 
calculations performed in connection with this preliminary 
determination within five days of its public announcement.\5\ 
Interested parties may submit case and rebuttal briefs. For a schedule 
of the deadlines for filing case briefs, rebuttal briefs, and hearing 
requests, see the Preliminary Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Notification

    In accordance with section 703(f) of the Act, we will notify the 
ITC of our determination. In addition, we are making available to the 
ITC all non-privileged and non-proprietary information relating to this 
investigation. We will allow the ITC access to all privileged and 
business proprietary information in our files, provided the ITC 
confirms that it will not disclose such information, either publicly or 
under an administrative protective order, without the written consent 
of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
    In accordance with section 705(b)(2) of the Act, if our final 
determination is affirmative, the ITC will make its final determination 
within 45 days after the Department makes its final determination.
    This determination is issued and published pursuant to sections 
703(f) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: April 13, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix 1

Scope of the Investigation

    The merchandise subject to this investigation is melamine 
(Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number 108-

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78-01, molecular formula 
C<INF>3</INF>H<INF>6</INF>N<INF>6</INF>).\6\ Melamine is a 
crystalline powder or granule typically (but not exclusively) used 
to manufacture melamine formaldehyde resins. 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.
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    \6\ Melamine is also known as 2,4,6-triamino-s-triazine; l,3,5-
Triazine-2,4,6-triamine; Cyanurotriamide; Cyanurotriamine; 
Cyanuramide; and by various brand names.
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    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 2

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Issues and Decision 
Memorandum

1. Summary
2. Background
3. Alignment
4. Scope Comments
5. Scope of the Investigation
6. Injury Test
7. Subsidies Valuation
8. Unequityworthiness and Uncreditworthiness
9. Analysis of Programs
10. ITC Notification
11. Disclosure and Public Comment
12. Verification
13. Conclusion

[FR Doc. 2015-09003 Filed 4-17-15; 8:45 am]
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