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1See Melamine From the People’s Republic of 

China and Trinidad and Tobago: Initiation of 

Countervailing Duty Investigations, 79 FR 73030 

(December 9, 2014). See also 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). 

2See Letter from Petitioner entitled ‘‘Melamine 

From The People’s Republic of China And The 

Republic of Trinidad And Tobago/Request For 

Alignment,’’ dated April 1, 2015. 

3See Memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, From 

Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

titled ‘‘Decision Memorandum for Preliminary 

Determination of Countervailing Duty Investigation: 

Melamine from the People’s Republic of China,’’ 

dated concurrently with this notice (‘‘Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum’’). 

4On 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). 

5See sections 776(a)(2)(A) and (C) of the Act. 6See the Department’s memorandum entitled 

‘‘Countervailing Duty Investigation on Melamine 

from the People’s Republic of China: January 27, 

2015 New Subsidy Allegations,’’ dated March 25, 

2015. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 13 

hours, 28 minutes 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 22,512. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Dated: April 16, 2015. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–021] 

Melamine From the People’s Republic 

of China: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, 

and Alignment of Final Determination 

With Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(‘‘Department’’) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers/exporters of melamine from 

the People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’). 

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: Eve 

Wang or Andrew Medley, 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) 482–6231 and (202) 

482–4987, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Alignment of Final Countervailing Duty 

Determination With Final Antidumping 

Duty Determination 

The Department published its notice 

of initiation of this countervailing duty 

(‘‘CVD’’) investigation on December 9, 

2014; on the same day, the Department 

published its notice of initiation of an 

antidumping duty (‘‘AD’’) investigation 

of melamine from the PRC.1 The CVD 

and AD 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’’), Cornerstone Chemical Company 

(‘‘Petitioner’’) requested alignment of 

the final CVD determination with the 

final AD determination of melamine 

from the PRC.2 Therefore, in accordance 

with section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.210(b)(4), 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. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is melamine from the PRC. 

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 Decision 

Memorandum.3 The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is made available to the 

public 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 

Department’s Central Records Unit, 

located at room 7046 of the main 

Department of Commerce building. In 

addition, a complete version of the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum can 

be found at http://enforcement.trade.

gov/frn/. The signed and the electronic 

versions of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

For this preliminary determination, 

we relied on facts available pursuant to 

section 776(a) of the Act because the 

Government of the PRC and the five 

companies selected for individual 

examination—i.e., the mandatory 

respondents: Far-Reaching Chemical 

Co., Ltd. (‘‘Far-Reaching Chemical’’), 

Zhongyuan Dahua Group Co., Ltd. 

(‘‘Zhongyuan Dahua’’), Qingdao 

Unichem International Trade Co., Ltd. 

(‘‘Qingdao Unichem’’), M and A 

Chemicals Corp China (‘‘M&A 

Chemicals’’), and Shandong Liaherd 

Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (‘‘Shandong 

Liaherd’’). failed to provide information 

requested by the Department and, by 

refusing to participate as respondents, 

significantly impeded the 

investigation.5 Further, because they 

failed to cooperate by not acting to the 

best of their ability to respond to the 

Department’s requests for necessary 

information, pursuant to section 776(b) 

of the Act, in selecting from among the 

facts otherwise available, we have 

drawn an adverse inference. 

Specifically, the Department applied an 

adverse inference to find that the 

programs on which the Department 

initiated this investigation and the 

programs which the Department 

subsequently included in this 

investigation pursuant to allegations 

made by Petitioner,6 are 

countervailable. Further, the 

Department applied an adverse 

inference in its calculation of the ad 

valorem estimated countervailable 

subsidy rate for Far-Reaching Chemical, 

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7See, e.g., Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire 

Rod From the People’s Republic of China: Final 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and 

Final Affirmative Critical Circumstances 

Determination, 79 FR 68858 (November 19, 2014); 

see also Calcium Hypochlorite From the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination, 79 FR 74064 (December 15, 

2014). 

8See 19 CFR 351.309(c)–(d) and 19 CFR 

351.310(c). 

9Melamine is also known as 2,4,6-triamino-striazine; l,3,5-Triazine-2,4,6-triamine; 

Cyanurotriamide; Cyanurotriamine; Cyanuramide; 

and by various brand names. 

Zhongyuan Dahua, Qingidau Unichem, 

M&A Chemicals, and Shandong 

Liaherd. For further information, see 

‘‘Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences’’ section in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Determination and 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

703(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, we calculated 

estimated subsidy rates for each 

individually examined producer/

exporter of the subject merchandise: 

Far-Reaching Chemical, Zhongyuan 

Dahua, Qingidau Unichem, M&A 

Chemicals, and Shandong Liaherd. 

In accordance with sections 

703(d)(1)(A)(i) and 705(c)(5)(A) of the 

Act, for companies not individually 

examined, we calculated an ‘‘all-others’’ 

rate by weighting the subsidy rates of 

the individual companies selected as 

respondents by those companies’ 

exports of the subject merchandise to 

the United States, not including zero 

and de minimis rates or any rates based 

solely on facts available. With respect to 

the all-others rate, section 

705(c)(5)(A)(ii) of the Act provides that, 

if the countervailable subsidy rates 

established for all exporters and 

producers individually investigated are 

determined entirely in accordance with 

section 776 of the Act, the Department 

may use any reasonable method to 

establish an all-others rate for exporters 

and producers not 

individuallyexamined. In this case, the 

countervailable subsidy rate calculated 

for each of the investigated companies 

is based entirely on facts available 

under section 776 of the Act. There is 

no other information on the record upon 

which to determine an all-others rate. 

As a result, we assigned the simple 

average of the five rates assigned for FarReaching Chemical, Zhongyuan Dahua, 

Qingidau Unichem, M&A Chemicals, 

and Shandong Liaherd as the all-others 

rate. This method is consistent with the 

Department’s past practice.7

We preliminarily determine the 

countervailable subsidy rates to be: 

Company Subsidy Rate 

(percent) 

Far-Reaching Chemical Co., 

Ltd. .................................... 147.62 

Company Subsidy Rate 

(percent) 

M and A Chemicals Corp 

China ................................. 147.62 

Qingdao Unichem International Trade Co., Ltd. .... 147.62 

Shandong Liaherd Chemical 

Industry Co., Ltd. .............. 150.52 

Zhongyuan Dahua Group 

Co., Ltd. ............................ 147.62 

All Others .............................. 148.20 

In accordance with sections 

703(d)(1)(B) and (2) of the Act, we are 

directing U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection to suspend liquidation of all 

entries of melamine from the PRC 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 

Because the Department has reached 

its conclusions on the basis of adverse 

facts available, the calculations 

performed in connection with this 

preliminary determination are not 

proprietary in nature, and are described 

in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. Interested parties may 

submit case and rebuttal briefs, as well 

as request a hearing.8 For a schedule of 

the deadlines for filing case briefs, 

rebuttal briefs, and hearing requests, see 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

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 nonprivileged 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 and 19 CFR 

351.205(c). 

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 

108–78–01, molecular formula C3H6N6).9

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. 

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 

Decision Memorandum 

1. Summary 

2. Background 

3. Scope Comments 

4. Scope of the Investigation 

5. Respondent Selection 

6. Voluntary Respondent Treatment 

7. Injury Test 

8. Application of the Countervailing Duty 

Law to Imports from the PRC 

9. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

10. ITC Notification 

11. Disclosure and Public Comment 

12. Conclusion 

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