[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 5, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 427-428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-28508]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-985]


Xanthan Gum From the People's Republic of China: Amended Final 
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that the collapsed 
entity, Neimenggu Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd. (aka Inner Mongolia 
Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd.)/Shandong Fufeng Fermentation Co., 
Ltd./Xinjiang Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd. (collectively, Fufeng) 
is eligible for separate rate status. The period of review (POR) is 
July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018.

DATES: Applicable January 5, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Hanna, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0835.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 3, 2021, Commerce published the amended preliminary 
results of this administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
xanthan gum from the People's Republic of China (China).\1\ This review 
covers the POR, July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018.\2\ No parties 
commented on the Amended Preliminary Results.
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    \1\ See Xanthan Gum from the People's Republic of China: Amended 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping 
Duty Order, 78 FR 43143 (July 19, 2013) (Order).
    \2\ See Xanthan Gum from the People's Republic of China: Amended 
Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
2017-2018, 86 FR 49512 (September 3, 2021) (Amended Preliminary 
Results).
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the Order is dry xanthan gum, whether or not 
coated or blended with other products, from China (xanthan gum).\3\
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    \3\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see 
the Memorandum, ``Xanthan Gum from the People's Republic of China: 
Decision Memorandum for the Amended Preliminary Results of the 2017-
2018 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review'' (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum).

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Analysis

    In the Amended Preliminary Results, Commerce determined that Fufeng 
was eligible for separate rate status and assigned it a dumping margin 
of zero percent, which is the dumping margin that Commerce calculated 
for both of the respondents individually examined in the review. As 
noted above, no parties commented on the Amended Preliminary Results. 
In these amended final results of review, we are making no change to 
and are adopting the decisions in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 
Specifically, we continue to find that Fufeng is eligible for separate 
rate status and that it is appropriate to assign Fufeng the zero 
percent dumping margin that Commerce calculated for both of the 
respondents that it individually examined in the review.

Assessment

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930 as 
amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.212(b), Commerce will determine, and 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise covered by the 
amended final results of this review. Because Fufeng's weighted average 
dumping margin is zero percent, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the 
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\4\ Commerce 
intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days 
after the date of publication of these amended final results of review 
in the Federal Register.\5\ If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. 
Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct 
CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to 
file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 
days of publication).
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    \4\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14, 
2012).
    \5\ See Notice of Discontinuation of Policy to Issue Liquidation 
Instructions After 15 Days in Applicable Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Proceedings, 86 FR 3995 (January 
15, 2021).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The cash deposit rate for Fufeng is zero percent, which will be 
effective for shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, as provided for by 
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act. For information regarding the cash 
deposit requirements established for other companies in this segment of 
the proceeding, see the Final Results.\6\ This cash deposit 
requirement, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \6\ See Xanthan Gum from the People's Republic of China: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final 
Determination of No Shipments; 2017-2018, 84 FR 64831 (November 25, 
2019).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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 Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double 
antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues 
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the 
proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or destruction of 
APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO 
is a violation which is subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These amended final results of administrative review are issued and 
published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 
Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1) and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: December 29, 2021.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2021-28508 Filed 1-4-22; 8:45 am]
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