97598 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 236 / Monday, December 9, 2024 / Notices 

1See Melamine from Trinidad and Tobago: 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value and Affirmative 

Determination of Critical Circumstances, In Part, 89 

FR 77814 (September 24, 2024) (Preliminary 

Determination), and accompanying Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum (PDM). 

2See Preliminary Determination PDM at 9–13. 

3See Preliminary Determination, 89 FR 77815. 

4 Id. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–274–810] 

Melamine From Trinidad and Tobago: 

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 Trinidad and Tobago 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: 

Brittany Bauer, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3860. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 24, 2024, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register its 

preliminary determination in the LTFV 

investigation of melamine from 

Trinidad and Tobago 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 Trinidad 

and Tobago. 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, 

Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Limited 

(MHTL) discontinued its participation 

in this investigation. 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 Trinidad and Tobago for 

the mandatory respondent MHTL 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 MHTL an 

estimated weighted-average 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 MHTL. 

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 98.32 

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 

continue to assign a dumping margin of 

98.32 percent as the all-others rate for 

this final determination. 

Final Determination 

The final estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins are as follows: 

Exporter/Producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) * 

Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) 

Limited ..................................... ** 146.85 

All Others .................................... 98.32 

* Consistent with the Preliminary Determination, because the companion countervailing 

duty investigation found no export subsidies, 

we have not offset the weighted-average 

dumping margins. 

** Rate 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 


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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 236 / Monday, December 9, 2024 / Notices 97599 

1See Melamine from Trinidad and Tobago: 

Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination, and Alignment of Final 

Determination With Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination, 89 FR 59057 (July 22 2024) 

(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying 

Preliminary Determination Memorandum (PDM). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination in the Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Melamine from Trinidad and 

Tobago,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 

Memorandum). 

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 Trinidad 

and Tobago 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 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. 

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 

[C–274–811] 

Melamine From Trinidad and Tobago: 

Final Affirmative Determination in the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation 

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 Trinidad & Tobago. The 

period of investigation is January 1, 

2023, through December 31, 2023. 

DATES: Applicable December 9, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Megan Goins, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0884. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 22, 2024, Commerce 

published its Preliminary Determination 

in the Federal Register and invited 

interested parties to comment.1 Also on 

July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain 

deadlines in this administrative 

proceeding by seven days.2 The 

deadline for the final determination is 

now December 2, 2024. 

A summary of the events that 

occurred since Commerce published the 

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.3 The Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is a public document and 

is made available to the public 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. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is melamine from Trinidad 

and Tobago. For a complete description 

of the scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

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. 

Analysis of Subsidy Programs and 

Comments Received 

The subsidy programs under 

investigation, and the issues raised in 

the case brief that was submitted by a 

party in this investigation, are discussed 

in the Issues and Decision 


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