Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 236 / Monday, December 9, 2024 / Notices 97601 

1See Melamine from Japan: Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, In Part, 89 FR 77819 

(September 24, 2024) (Preliminary Determination), 

and accompanying Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

2See Preliminary Determination, 89 FR 77820. 

3 Id. 

4 Id. 

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- triaminos-triazine; 1,3,5-Triazine-2,4,6- triamine; 

Cyanurotriamide; Cyanurotriamine; 

Cyanuramide; and by various brand names. 

Melamine is a crystalline powder or granule. 

A ll 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. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

IV. Analysis of Programs 

V. Discussion of the Issue 

Comment: Whether Commerce Should 

Depart From the Adverse Facts Available 

(AFA) Hierarchy To Determine the AFA 

Rates 

VI. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–588–882] 

Melamine From Japan: Final 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value and Final 

Affirmative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, In Part 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

melamine from Japan is being, or is 

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: 

George McMahon, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1167. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 24, 2024, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register its 

preliminary determination in the LTFV 

investigation of melamine from Japan 

and invited interested parties to 

comment.1 No interested party 

submitted comments. Accordingly, the 

final determination remains unchanged 

from the Preliminary Determination and 

no decision memoranda accompany this 

notice. The Preliminary Determination 

is hereby adopted in this final 

determination. Commerce conducted 

this LTFV investigation in accordance 

with section 735 of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act). 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is melamine from Japan. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of this investigation, see the appendix 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 stated in the Preliminary 

Determination, after being selected as 

the sole mandatory respondent, Mitsui 

Chemicals, Inc. (Mitsui Chemicals), 

declined to participate and did not 

provide information requested by 

Commerce. Accordingly, Commerce 

based the Preliminary Determination 

entirely on the application of facts 

available with adverse inferences (AFA), 

and did not conduct verification under 

section 782(i) of the Act. 

Final Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, in Part 

We continue to find that critical 

circumstances exist for imports of 

melamine from Japan for the mandatory 

respondent Mitsui Chemicals but do not 

exist for all other producers and 

exporters pursuant to sections 

735(a)(3)(A) and (B) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.206.2

Use of Adverse Facts Available 

As discussed in the Preliminary 

Determination, we assigned Mitsui 

Chemicals an estimated weightedaverage dumping margin based entirely 

on AFA, pursuant to sections 776(a) and 

(b) of Act.3 There is no new information 

on the record that would cause us to 

revisit our decision in the Preliminary 

Determination. Accordingly, for this 

final determination, we continue to find 

that the application of AFA pursuant to 

sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act is 

warranted with respect to Mitsui 

Chemicals. 

All-Others Rate 

Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act 

provides that the estimated weightedaverage dumping margin for all other 

producers and exporters not 

individually investigated shall be equal 

to the weighted average of the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

established for exporters and producers 

individually investigated, excluding 

rates that are zero, de minimis, or 

determined entirely under section 776 

of the Act. 

In the Preliminary Determination, we 

assigned a dumping margin of 115.11 

percent as the all-others rate based on a 

simple average of the calculated rates in 

the petition, pursuant to section 

735(c)(5)(B) of the Act.4 As noted above, 

we received no comments on our 

Preliminary Determination; thus, we 


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continue to assign a dumping margin of 

115.11 percent as the all-others rate for 

this final determination. 

Final Determination 

The final estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins are as follows: 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc ................. * 127.69 

All Others .................................... 115.11 

* Rate is based on facts available with adverse inferences. 

Disclosure 

Normally, Commerce will disclose to 

the parties in a proceeding 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 

In accordance with section 735(c)(4) 

of the Act, Commerce will instruct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

continue to suspend liquidation of 

subject merchandise, as described in the 

appendix to this notice, entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption, on or after June 26, 2024, 

which is 90 days prior to the date of 

publication of the affirmative 

Preliminary Determination in the 

Federal Register. 

Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(d), where 

appropriate, Commerce will instruct 

CBP to require a cash deposit equal to 

the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin or the estimated allothers rate as follows: (1) the cash 

deposit rate for the respondent listed 

above will be equal to the companyspecific estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins determined in this 

final determination; (2) if the exporter is 

not a respondent identified above, but 

the producer is, then the cash deposit 

rate will be equal to the companyspecific estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin established for that 

producer of the subject merchandise; 

and (3) the cash deposit rate for all other 

producers and exporters will be equal to 

the all others estimated weightedaverage dumping margin. These 

suspension of liquidation instructions 

will remain in effect until further notice. 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

(ITC) Notification 

In accordance with section 735(d) of 

the Act, we will notify the ITC of the 

final affirmative determination of sales 

at LTFV. Because Commerce’s final 

determination is affirmative, in 

accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the 

Act, the ITC will make its final 

determination as to whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured, or threatened with 

material injury, by reason of imports or 

sales (or the likelihood of sales) for 

importation of melamine from Japan no 

later than 45 days after this final 

determination. If the ITC determines 

that such injury does not exist, this 

proceeding will be terminated, and all 

cash deposits will be refunded, and 

suspension of liquidation will be lifted. 

If the ITC determines that material 

injury, or the threat of material injury, 

exists, Commerce will issue an 

antidumping 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. 

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 the 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 DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

[AFD–2200] 

Notice of Intent To Grant a Joint 

Ownership Agreement With an 

Exclusive Patent License 

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, 

Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Bayh-Dole Act 

and implementing regulations, the 

Department of the Air Force hereby 

gives notice of its intent to grant a joint 

ownership agreement with an Exclusive 

Patent License to The Board of Trustees 

of the University of Alabama, for and on 

behalf of The University of Alabama in 

Huntsville having a place of business at 

301 Sparkman Drive NW, Huntsville, 

AL 35899. 

DATES: Written objections must be filed 

no later than fifteen (15) calendar days 

after the date of publication of this 

Notice. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written objections to 

William Loux, AFRL/RWPB, 101 West 

Eglin Boulevard, Eglin AFB, FL 32542; 

Phone: (850) 882–3920; or Email: 

afrl.rw.techtransfer@us.af.mil. Include 

Docket No. AFD–2200 in the subject 

line of the message. 


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