97586 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 236 / Monday, December 9, 2024 / Notices 

1See Melamine from Germany: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, and 

Alignment of Final Determination with Final 

Antidumping Duty Determination, 89 FR 59053 

(July 22, 2024), and accompanying Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum (PDM). 

2 Id., 89 FR 59053. 

3 Id., 89 FR 59053–59054. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

5See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) 

of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of 

the Act regarding specificity. 

6See Preliminary Determination, 89 FR 39054. 

antidumping duty order directing CBP 

to assess, upon further instruction by 

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entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 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 above. 

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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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–428–853] 

Melamine From Germany: Final 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

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 the Federal Republic of 

Germany (Germany). The period of 

investigation is January 1, 2023, through 

December 31, 2023. 

DATES: Applicable December 9, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob 

Palmer or Faris Montgomery, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–9068 or (202) 482–1537, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 22, 2024, Commerce 

published the Preliminary 

Determination in the Federal Register.1

Commerce invited parties to comment 

on the Preliminary Determination.2 We 

received no comments from interested 

parties and have accordingly made no 

changes to the Preliminary 

Determination. Accordingly, no 

decision memoranda accompany this 

notice. The Preliminary Determination 

is hereby adopted in this final 

determination. In the Preliminary 

Determination, and in accordance with 

section 705(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 

351.210(b)(4), Commerce aligned the 

final countervailing duty (CVD) 

determination with the final 

antidumping duty determination.3 On 

July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain 

deadlines in this proceeding by seven 

days.4 The deadline for the final 

determination is now December 2, 2024. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is melamine from 

Germany. For a complete description of 

the scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix. 

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. 

Methodology 

Commerce conducted this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act). For each of the 

subsidy programs found to be 

countervailable, Commerce determines 

that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.5

In making this final determination, 

Commerce relied on facts otherwise 

available, including with an adverse 

inference, pursuant to sections 776(a) 

and (b) of the Act. For a full discussion 

of our application of adverse facts 

available, see the Preliminary 

Determination. 

Verification 

Because the examined respondents in 

this investigation did not provide 

information requested by Commerce 

and Commerce preliminarily 

determined each of the examined 

respondents to have been 

uncooperative, Commerce did not 

conduct verification.6

All-Others Rate 

Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act provide that Commerce shall 

determine an estimated all-others rate 

for companies not individually 

examined. This rate shall be an amount 

equal to the weighted average of the 

estimated subsidy rates established for 

those companies individually 

examined, excluding any zero and de 

minimis rates and any rates based 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. 

Pursuant to section 705(c)(5)(A)(ii) of 

the Act, if the individual estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates 

established for all exporters and 

producers individually examined are 

zero, de minimis, or determined based 


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7See, e.g., Notice of Preliminary Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sodium Nitrite from 

the Federal Republic of Germany, 73 FR 21909, 

21912 (April 23, 2008), unchanged in Notice of 

Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 

Value: Sodium Nitrite from the Federal Republic of 

Germany, 73 FR 38986, 38987 (July 8, 2008), and 

accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at 

Comment 2; see also Notice of Final Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Raw Flexible 

Magnets from Taiwan, 73 FR 39673, 39674 (July 10, 

2008); and Steel Threaded Rod from Thailand: 

Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Affirmative Preliminary 

Determination of Critical Circumstances, 78 FR 

79670, 79671 (December 31, 2013), unchanged in 

Steel Threaded Rod from Thailand: Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 

Affirmative Final Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, 79 FR 14476, 14477 (March 14, 

2014). 

8See Preliminary Determination PDM at 8–14. 

entirely on facts otherwise available, 

Commerce may use any reasonable 

method to establish the estimated 

subsidy rate for all other producers or 

exporters. Commerce has determined 

the individually estimated subsidy rate 

for the individually examined 

respondent under section 776 of the 

Act. Consequently, as a reasonable 

method, Commerce is determining the 

all-others rate based on the rate 

determined for LAT Nitrogen Piesteritz 

GmbH (LAT Nitrogen), the mandatory 

respondent in this investigation, as 

determined under section 776 of the 

Act.7 For a full description of the 

methodology underlying Commerce’s 

analysis, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.8

Final Determination 

Commerce determines that the 

following estimated countervailable 

subsidy rates exist: 

Producer/exporter 

Subsidy rate 

(percent 

ad valorem) 

LAT Nitrogen Piesteritz GmbH 29.72 

All Others ................................ 29.72 

Disclosure 

Normally, Commerce discloses to 

interested parties the calculations 

performed in connection with a final 

determination within five days of any 

public announcement or, if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of publication of the notice 

of final determination in the Federal 

Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.224(b). However, because 

Commerce received no comments on the 

Preliminary Determination, it is 

adopting the Preliminary Determination 

as the final determination in this 

investigation. Consequently, there are 

no new calculations to disclose. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

As a result of our Preliminary 

Determination, and pursuant to sections 

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

Commerce instructed U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) to collect cash 

deposits and suspend liquidation of 

entries of subject merchandise as 

described in the scope of the 

investigation section entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after July 22, 2024, 

the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination in the 

Federal Register. 

In accordance with section 703(d) of 

the Act, effective November 20, 2024, 

we instructed CBP to discontinue the 

suspension of liquidation of all entries 

at that time, but to continue the 

suspension of liquidation of all entries 

between July 22, 2024, and November 

19, 2024. 

If the U.S. International Trade 

Commission (ITC) issues a final 

affirmative injury determination, we 

will issue a countervailing duty order, 

reinstate the suspension of liquidation 

under section 706(a) of the Act, and 

require a cash deposit of estimated 

countervailing duties for such entries of 

subject merchandise. If the ITC 

determines that material injury, or 

threat of material injury, does not exist, 

this proceeding will be terminated, and 

all estimated duties deposited or 

securities posted as a result of the 

suspension of liquidation will be 

refunded or canceled. 

ITC Notification 

In accordance with section 705(d) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the ITC 

of its final affirmative determination 

that countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

melamine from Germany. As 

Commerce’s final determination is 

affirmative, in accordance with section 

705(b) of the Act, the ITC will 

determine, within 45 days, whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured, or threatened with 

material injury, by reason of imports of 

melamine from Germany. In addition, 

we are making available to the ITC all 

non-privileged and non-proprietary 

information in our files, provided the 

ITC confirms that it will not disclose 

such information, either publicly or 

under administrative protective order 

(APO), without the written consent of 

the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Administrative Protective Order 

In the event that the ITC issues a final 

negative injury determination, this 

notice will serve as the only reminder 

to parties subject to the APO of their 

responsibility concerning the 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of the return/ 

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 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 705(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 

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. 

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