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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); 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). 

2See Letter from Petitioner regarding ‘‘Request for 

Alignment’’ (April 1, 2015). 

3See 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). 

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 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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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6Melamine 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. 

78–01, molecular formula C3H6N6).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. 

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 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of 

Foreign Government Subsidies on 

Articles of Cheese Subject to an InQuota Rate of Duty 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Effective Date: April 20, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie Moore, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 

482–3692. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

702 of the Trade Agreements Act of 

1979 (as amended) (the Act) requires the 

Department of Commerce (the 

Department) to determine, in 

consultation with the Secretary of 

Agriculture, whether any foreign 

government is providing a subsidy with 

respect to any article of cheese subject 

to an in-quota rate of duty, as defined 

in section 702(h) of the Act, and to 

publish quarterly updates to the type 

and amount of those subsidies. We 

hereby provide the Department’s 

quarterly update of subsidies on articles 

of cheese that were imported during the 

periods October 1, 2014 through 

December 31, 2014. 

The Department has developed, in 

consultation with the Secretary of 

Agriculture, information on subsidies, 

as defined in section 702(h) of the Act, 

being provided either directly or 

indirectly by foreign governments on 

articles of cheese subject to an in-quota 

rate of duty. The appendix to this notice 

lists the country, the subsidy program or 

programs, and the gross and net 

amounts of each subsidy for which 

information is currently available. The 

Department will incorporate additional 

programs which are found to constitute 

subsidies, and additional information 

on the subsidy programs listed, as the 

information is developed. 

The Department encourages any 

person having information on foreign 

government subsidy programs which 

benefit articles of cheese subject to an 

in-quota rate of duty to submit such 

information in writing to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

This determination and notice are in 

accordance with section 702(a) of the 

Act. 

Dated: April 13, 2015. 

Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix 

Subsidy Programs on Cheese Subject to an 

In-Quota Rate of Duty 

Country Program(s) Gross 1 subsidy 

($/lb) 

Net 2 subsidy 

($/lb) 

28 European Union Member States 3 ...................... European Union Restitution Payments .................... $0.00 $0.00 

Canada ..................................................................... Export Assistance on Certain Types of Cheese ...... 0.40 0.40 

Norway ...................................................................... Indirect (Milk) Subsidy .............................................. 0.00 0.00 

Consumer Subsidy Total .......................................... 0.00 0.00 

Total .......................................................................... 0.00 0.00 

Switzerland ............................................................... Deficiency Payments ................................................ 0.00 0.00 

1 Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5). 

2 Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6). 

3The 28 member states of the European Union are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, 

France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. 

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