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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 241 (Monday, December 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 101553-101554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29529]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-878]

Glycine From Japan: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2022-2023

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
certain producers/exporters subject to this administrative review made 
sales of glycine from Japan at less than normal value during the period 
of review (POR) June 1, 2022, through May 31, 2023.

DATES: Applicable December 16, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Drury, 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) 482-0195.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 3, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results and 
invited comments from interested parties.\1\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce 
tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven 
days.\2\ On November 6, 2024, Commerce extended the deadline for the 
final results of review until January 6, 2025.\3\ A summary of the 
events that occurred since Commerce published the Preliminary Results, 
may be found in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\
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    \1\ See Glycine from Japan: Preliminary Results and Rescission, 
in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023, 89 FR 
55228 (July 3, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated November 6, 2024.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty 
Order on Glycine from Japan; 2022-2023,'' dated concurrently with, 
and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order \5\
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    \5\ See Glycine from India and Japan: Amended Final Affirmative 
Antidumping Duty Determination and Antidumping Duty Orders, 84 FR 
29170 (June 21, 2019) (Order).
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    The merchandise covered by this Order is glycine. For a complete 
description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 
this administrative review are addressed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum. The list of the issues raised by parties is attached an 
appendix to this notice. 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 at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties, we made no changes to the margin calculations for 
YGK/Nagase.

Final Results of the Administrative Review

    We determine that the following estimated weighted-average dumping 
margins exist for the period June 1, 2022, through May 31, 2023:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Yuki Gosei Kogyo Co., Ltd./Nagase & Co., Ltd.\6\...........        0.99
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Disclosure
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    \6\ Based on the record information, Commerce preliminarily 
determined that Nagase and YGK are affiliated within the meaning of 
section 771(33)(E) of Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 
should be treated as a single entity pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f). 
See Preliminary Results. No party commented on our preliminary 
determination with respect to this issue, and we have received no 
new information regarding this issue. Therefore, we determine that 
Nagase and YGK are affiliated within the meaning of section 
771(33)(E) of the Act.
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    We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these final 
results to parties within five days after public announcement or, if 
there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of 
publication of this notice, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rate

    Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries.\7\ 
For any individually examined respondents whose weighted-average 
dumping margin is above de minimis (i.e., 0.5 percent), we calculated 
importer-specific ad valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio 
of the total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's examined 
sales to the total entered value of those same sales, in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Upon issuance of the final results of this 
administrative review, if any importer-specific assessment rates 
calculated in the final results are above de minimis, Commerce will 
issue instructions directly to CBP to assess antidumping duties on 
appropriate entries.
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    \7\ In these final results, Commerce applied the assessment rate 
calculation method adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation 
of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in 
Certain Antidumping Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 
(February 14, 2012).
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    To determine whether the duty assessment rates covering the period 
were de minimis, in accordance with the requirement set forth in 19 CFR 
351.106(c)(2), we calculated importer- (or customer-) specific ad 
valorem rates by aggregating the amount of dumping calculated for all 
U.S. sales to that importer or customer and dividing this amount by the 
total entered value of the sales to that importer (or customer). Where 
an importer (or customer)-specific ad valorem rate is greater than de 
minimis, and the respondent has reported reliable entered values, we 
will apply the assessment rate to the entered value of the importer's/
customer's entries during the POR.
    Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions 
directly to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication 
of the final results of this review in the Federal Register. 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).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of this notice for all shipments of subject merchandise 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
publication of these final results, as provided by section 751(a)(2) of 
the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for respondents noted above will be 
equal to the weighted-average dumping margins established in the final 
results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by 
producers or exporters not covered in this administrative review but 
covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate 
will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most 
recently completed segment of this proceeding; (3) if the exporter is 
not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original 
investigation, but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the 
rate established for the most recently completed segment of this 
proceeding for the producer of the subject merchandise; and (4) the 
cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to 
be 53.66 percent, the all-others rate established in the less-than-
fair-value investigation.\8\ These cash deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \8\ See Order.
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Notification to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties

    This notice also 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 the POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping duties did occur and the subsequent assessment of 
doubled antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 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/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

    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and 
19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: December 9, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Affiliation
    Comment 2: Misreported Comparison Market Sales Comment
    Comment 3: Misreported Cost of Production for Sodium Glycinate
    Comment 4: Misreported Production Volumes
    Comment 5: Application of Adverse Facts Available
V. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2024-29529 Filed 12-13-24; 8:45 am]
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