97592 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 236 / Monday, December 9, 2024 / Notices 

1See Melamine from Qatar: Preliminary Negative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 89 

FR 77824 (September 24, 2024) (Preliminary 

Determination), and accompanying Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Negative Determination 

in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of 

Melamine from Qatar,’’ dated concurrently with, 

and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 

Decision Memorandum). 

3As discussed in the Preliminary Determination, 

Commerce preliminarily collapsed the following 

companies and treated them as a single entity: Qatar 

Melamine Company (QMC); Qatar Chemical and 

Petrochemical marketing and Distribution Company 

(Muntajat) Q.P.J.S.C. (Muntajat) (collectively QMC/ 

Muntajat); and Qatar Fertiliser Company P.S.C. 

(QAFCO). Commerce continues to collapse these 

companies and treat them as a single entity for the 

final determination. 

4See Memoranda, ‘‘Verification of the Sales 

Response of Qatar Melamine Company and Qatar 

Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing and 

Distribution Company Q.P.J.S.C. in the 

Antidumping Duty Investigation of Melamine from 

Qatar,’’ dated October 17, 2024 (Sales Verification 

Report); and ‘‘Verification of the Cost Responses of 

Qatar Melamine Company in the Antidumping Duty 

Investigation of Melamine from Qatar,’’ dated 

November 1, 2024 (Cost Verification Report). 

Commerce, antidumping duties on all 

imports of the subject merchandise, 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the effective 

date of the suspension of liquidation, as 

discussed above in the ‘‘Suspension of 

Liquidation’’ section. 

Administrative Protective Order (APO) 

This notice serves as the only 

reminder to parties subject to an APO of 

their responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination and this notice are 

issued and published pursuant to 

sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, 

and 19 CFR 351.210(c). 

Dated: December 2, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation is melamine (Chemical 

Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number 108– 

78–01, molecular formula C3 H6 N6). 

Melamine is also known as 2,4,6-triaminostriazine; 1,3,5-Triazine-2,4,6- triamine; 

Cyanurotriamide; Cyanurotriamine; 

Cyanuramide; and by various brand names. 

Melamine is a crystalline powder or granule. 

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. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–518–001] 

Melamine From Qatar: Final Negative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Final Negative 

Determination of Critical 

Circumstances 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

melamine from Qatar is not being, or is 

not likely to be, sold in the United 

States at less than fair value (LTFV). The 

period of investigation (POI) is January 

1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. 

DATES: Applicable December 9, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Hart, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1058. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 24, 2024, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register its 

preliminary negative determination in 

the LTFV investigation of melamine 

from Qatar and invited interested 

parties to comment on the Preliminary 

Determination.1

A summary of the events that 

occurred since Commerce published its 

Preliminary Determination, as well as a 

full discussion of the issues raised by 

parties for this final determination, may 

be found in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.2 The 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). 

ACCESS is available to registered users 

at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a 

complete version of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at https://access.trade.gov/ 

public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Final Negative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances 

We continue to find that critical 

circumstances do not exist for imports 

of melamine from Qatar for all 

producers and exporters pursuant to 

section 733(e)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 

351.206. For a discussion and analysis 

of comments regarding Commerce’s 

critical circumstances analysis, see the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is melamine from Qatar. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of this investigation, see Appendix I to 

this notice. 

Scope Comments 

We received no comments from 

interested parties on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Preliminary Determination. Therefore, 

we made no changes to the scope of the 

investigation. 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, in October 2024, we verified the 

sales and cost information submitted by 

QMC/Muntajat 3 for use in our final 

determination. We used standard 

verification procedures, including an 

examination of relevant sales and 

accounting records, and original source 

documents provided by QMC/ 

Muntajat.4

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case and 

rebuttal briefs submitted by interested 

parties in this investigation are 

addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. A list of the issues 

addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is attached as Appendix 

II to this notice. 


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5See Memorandum, ‘‘Analysis for the Final 

Determination for Qatar Melamine Company and 

Qatar Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing and Distribution Company Q.P.J.S.C.,’’ dated 

concurrently with this notice. 

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

We made certain changes to the 

margin calculation for QMC/Muntajat, 

since the Preliminary Determination.5

For a discussion of these changes, see 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

Final Determination 

Commerce determines that the 

following estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins exist for the period, 

January 1, 2023, through December 31, 

2023: 

Exporter/producer 

Weighted-average 

dumping margin 

(percent) 

Cash deposit rate 

(adjusted for 

subsidy offset(s)) 

(percent) 

Qatar Melamine Company; Qatar Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing and Distribution Company 

(Muntajat) Q.P.J.S.C.; Qatar Fertiliser Company (P.S.C.).

0.00 Not Applicable. 

Commerce has not calculated an 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin for all other producers and 

exporters pursuant to sections 

735(c)(1)(B) and (c)(5) of the Act, 

because it has not made a final 

affirmative determination of sales at 

LTFV. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose the 

calculations performed in connection 

with this final determination to 

interested parties within five days of 

any public announcement or, if there is 

no public announcement, within five 

days of the publication of the notice in 

the Federal Register, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In the Preliminary Determination, the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin for QMC/Muntajat was de 

minimis and, therefore, we did not 

suspend liquidation of entries of 

melamine from Qatar. Because 

Commerce has made a final negative 

determination of sales at LTFV with 

regard to the subject merchandise, 

Commerce will not direct U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection to suspend 

liquidation or to require cash deposit of 

estimated antidumping duties for 

entries of melamine from Qatar. 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 735(d) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the U.S. 

international Trade Commission of its 

final negative determination of sales at 

LTFV. As our final determination is 

negative, this proceeding is terminated 

in accordance with section 735(c)(2) of 

the Act. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice serves as a final 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(a)(3), 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 the terms of an APO is 

a violation subject to sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination and this notice are 

issued and published in accordance 

with sections 735(d) and 777(i) of the 

Act, and 19 CFR 351.210(c). 

Dated: December 2, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation is melamine (Chemical 

Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number 108– 

78–01, molecular formula C3 H6 N6). 

Melamine is also known as 2,4,6-triamino-striazine; 1,3,5-Triazine-2,4,6- triamine; 

Cyanurotriamide; Cyanurotriamine; 

Cyanuramide; and by various brand names. 

Melamine is a crystalline powder or granule. 

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 II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

IV. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Cost-Based Particular Market 

Situation (PMS) 

Comment 2: Comparison Methodology 

Comment 3: Critical Circumstances 

Comment 4: Third Country Comparison 

Market 

Comment 5: Collapsing 

Comment 6: Major Input/Transaction 

Disregarded Rule 

V. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–518–002] 

Melamine From Qatar: Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination and 

Final Negative Critical Circumstances 

Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

melamine from Qatar. The period of 

investigation (POI) is January 1, 2023, 

through December 31, 2023. 

DATES: Applicable December 9, 2024. 


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