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1See https://sam.gov/content/assistance-listings. 

1See Vanillin from the People’s Republic of 

China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair Value 

Investigation, 89 FR 54424 (July 1, 2024) (Initiation 

Notice). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

3See Vanillin from the People’s Republic of 

China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination 

in the Less-Than-Fair Value Investigation, 89 FR 

84330 (October 22, 2024). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination in the 

Investigation of Sales at Less Than Fair Value of 

Vanillin from People’s Republic of China,’’ dated 

concurrently with and hereby adopted by this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

5See Antidumping Duties, Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

6See Initiation Notice, 89 FR at 54424. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–172] 

Vanillin From the People’s Republic of 

China: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, Postponement of Final 

Determination and Extension of 

Provisional Measures 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that vanillin from the 

People’s Republic of China (China) is 

being, or is likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(LTFV). The period of investigation 

(POI) is October 1, 2023, through March 

31, 2024. Interested parties are invited 

to comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable January 16, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Claudia Cott or Bryan Hansen, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office I, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–4270 or (202) 482–3683, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on July 1, 2024.1 On July 22, 2024, 

Commerce tolled certain deadlines in 

this investigation by seven days.2 On 

October 22, 2024, Commerce postponed 

the preliminary determination of this 

investigation.3 The deadline for the 

preliminary determination is now 

January 8, 2025. 

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.4 A list of topics 

included in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. The Preliminary 

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 Preliminary 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 vanillin from China. For 

a complete description of the scope of 

this investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the Preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,5 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage, i.e., scope.6 No interested 

party commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. As a result, Commerce 

is not preliminarily modifying the scope 

language as it appeared in the Initiation 

Notice. See the scope in Appendix I to 

this notice. 


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7 Id. 

8See Enforcement and Compliance’s Policy 

Bulletin No. 05.1, regarding, ‘‘Separate-Rates 

Practice and Application of Combination Rates in 

Antidumping Investigations involving Non-Market 

Economy Countries,’’ (April 5, 2005) (Policy 

Bulletin 05.1), available on Commerce’s website at 

enforcement.trade.gov/policy/bull05-1.pdf. 

9See the Preliminary Decision memorandum for 

additional details. 

10See Memorandum, ‘‘Calculation of the 

Dumping Margin for Respondents Not Selected for 

Individual Examination,’’ dated January 8, 2025. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Commerce has 

calculated export prices and constructed 

export prices in accordance with 

sections 772(a) and (b) of the Act, 

respectively. Because China is a nonmarket economy (NME) within the 

meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, 

Commerce has calculated normal value 

(NV) in accordance with section 773(c) 

of the Act. Furthermore, pursuant to 

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

Commerce preliminarily relied upon 

facts otherwise available, with adverse 

inferences, for the China-wide entity. 

For a full description of the 

methodology underlying Commerce’s 

preliminary determination, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Combination Rates 

In the Initiation Notice,7 Commerce 

stated that it would calculate producer/ 

exporter combination rates for the 

respondents that are eligible for a 

separate rate in this investigation. Policy 

Bulletin 05.1 describes this practice.8 In 

this investigation, we assigned a 

producer/exporter combination rate for 

the companies that are listed in the 

‘‘Preliminary Determination’’ and 

eligible for separate rates. 

Separate Rates 

We preliminarily granted a separate 

rate to certain separate rate respondents 

that we did not select for individual 

examination.9 In calculating the rate for 

non-individually examined separate rate 

respondents in an NME LTFV 

investigation, Commerce normally looks 

to section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, which 

pertains to the calculation of the allothers rate in a market economy LTFV 

investigation, for guidance. Pursuant to 

section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, normally 

this rate shall be an amount equal to the 

weighted-average of the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

established for those companies 

individually examined, excluding zero 

and de minimis dumping margins, and 

any dumping margins based entirely 

under section 776 of the Act. 

Commerce calculated an individual 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin for Jiangxi Brother 

Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Jiangxi 

Brother) that is not zero, de minimis, or 

based entirely on facts otherwise 

available. Thus, the weighted-average 

dumping margin calculated for Jiangxi 

Brother is the basis to determine the 

weighted-average dumping margin for 

the non-examined, separate rate 

companies in this investigation.10 See 

the table below in the ‘‘Preliminary 

Determination’’ section of this notice. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margins exist: 

Exporter Producer 

Weighted-average 

dumping margin 

(percent) 

Cash deposit rate 

(adjusted for 

subsidy offsets) 

(percent) 

Jiangxi Brother Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd .............. Jiangxi Brother Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd ............. 186.20 186.15 

Chongqing Thrive Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd ......... Chongqing Thrive Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd ......... 186.20 186.15 

HongKong Wictive Merchants Co., Ltd ................ Kunshan Asia Aroma Corp., Ltd .......................... 186.20 186.15 

Kunshan Asia Aroma Corp., Ltd .......................... Kunshan Asia Aroma Corp., Ltd .......................... 186.20 186.15 

Mianyang Sunshine Bio-Tech Co., Ltd ................ Mianyang Sunshine Bio-Tech Co., Ltd ................ 186.20 186.15 

Shanghai Fuxin Fine Chemical Co., Ltd .............. Jiaxing Zhonghua Chemical Co., Ltd ................... 186.20 186.15 

Shenzhen Siyomicro Bio-Tech Co., Ltd ............... Shenzhen Siyomicro Bio-Tech Co., Ltd ............... 186.20 186.15 

Wuxi Lotus Essence Co., Ltd ............................... Jiaxing Zhonghua Chemical Co., Ltd ................... 186.20 186.15 

Xiamen Bestally Biotechnology Co., Ltd .............. Xiamen Oamic Biotech Co., Ltd ........................... 186.20 186.15 

China-Wide Entity ................................................. ............................................................................... * 379.87 379.82 

* This rate is based on facts available with adverse inferences. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 733(d)(2) 

of the Act, Commerce will direct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

suspend liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise, as described in Appendix 

I, entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the date of publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register, as discussed 

below. Further, pursuant to section 

733(d)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.205(d), Commerce will instruct CBP 

to require a cash deposit equal to the 

weighted average amount by which 

normal value exceeds U.S. price, as 

indicated in the chart above as follows: 

(1) for the producer/exporter 

combinations listed in the table above, 

the cash deposit rate is equal to the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin listed for that combination in the 

table; (2) for all combinations of Chinese 

producers/exporters of merchandise 

under consideration that have not 

established eligibility for their own 

separate rates, the cash deposit rate will 

be equal to the estimated weightedaverage dumping margin established for 

the China-wide entity; and (3) for all 

third-county exporters of merchandise 

under consideration not listed in the 

table above, the cash deposit rate is the 

cash deposit rate applicable to the 

Chinese producer/exporter combination 

(or the China-wide entity) that supplied 

that third-country exporter. 

To determine the cash deposit rate, 

Commerce normally adjusts the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin by the amount of domestic 

subsidy pass-through and export 

subsidies determined in a companion 

countervailing duty (CVD) proceeding 

when CVD provisional measures are in 

effect. Accordingly, where Commerce 

has made a preliminary affirmative 

determination for domestic subsidy 

pass-through or export subsidies, 

Commerce has offset the calculated 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin by the appropriate rate(s). Any 

such adjusted rates may be found in the 

‘‘Preliminary Determination’’ section’s 

table of estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins above. 

Should provisional measures in the 

companion CVD investigation expire 

prior to the expiration of provisional 

measures in this LTFV investigation, 


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11Case and rebuttal briefs submitted in response 

to this preliminary determination should not 

include scope-related issues. See 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(1)(i); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for 

general filing requirements). 

12See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative 

Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 

88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and 

Service Final Rule). 

13See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

14We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

15See APO and Service Final Rule. 

16See Jiangxi Brother’s Letter, ‘‘Request to 

Postpone Final Determination,’’ dated December 24, 

2024. 

Commerce will direct CBP to begin 

collecting cash deposits at a rate equal 

to the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins calculated in this 

preliminary determination unadjusted 

for the passed-through domestic 

subsidies or for export subsidies at the 

time the CVD provisional measures 

expire. 

These suspension of liquidation 

instructions will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose to 

interested parties the calculations and 

analysis it performed in connection 

with this preliminary determination 

within five days of the public 

announcement or, if there is no public 

announcement, within five days of the 

date of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.224(b). 

Consistent with 19 CFR 351.224(e), 

Commerce will analyze and, if 

appropriate, correct any timely 

allegations of significant ministerial 

errors by amending the preliminary 

determination. However, consistent 

with 19 CFR 351.224(d), Commerce will 

not consider incomplete allegations that 

do not address the significance standard 

under 19 CFR 351.224(g) following the 

preliminary determination. Instead, 

Commerce will address such allegations 

in the final determination together with 

issues raised in the case briefs or other 

written comments. 

Verification 

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

Act, Commerce intends to verify 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

on non-scope issues may be submitted 

to the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance no later 

than seven days after the date on which 

the last verification report is issued in 

this investigation.11 A timeline for the 

submission of case briefs and written 

comments will be notified to interested 

parties at a later date. Rebuttal briefs, 

limited to issues raised in the case 

briefs, may be filed not later than five 

days after the date for filing case 

briefs.12 Interested parties who submit 

case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 

proceeding must submit: (1) a table of 

contents listing each issue; and (2) a 

table of authorities.13

As provided under 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 

proceedings we have encouraged 

interested parties to provide an 

executive summary of their brief that 

should be limited to five pages total, 

including footnotes. In this 

investigation, we instead request that 

interested parties provide at the 

beginning of their briefs a public, 

executive summary for each issue raised 

in their briefs.14 Further, we request that 

interested parties limit their public 

executive summary of each issue to no 

more than 450 words, not including 

citations. We intend to use the public 

executive summaries as the basis of the 

comment summaries included in the 

issues and decision memorandum that 

will accompany the final determination 

in this investigation. We request that 

interested parties include footnotes for 

relevant citations in the public 

executive summary of each issue. Note 

that Commerce has amended certain of 

its requirements pertaining to the 

service of documents in 19 CFR 

351.303(f).15

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. Requests should 

contain the party’s name, address, and 

telephone number, the number of 

participants, whether any participant is 

a foreign national, and a list of the 

issues to be discussed. If a request for 

a hearing is made, Commerce intends to 

hold the hearing at a time and date to 

be determined. Parties should confirm 

the date, time, and location of the 

hearing two days before the scheduled 

date. 

Postponement of Final Determination 

and Extension of Provisional Measures 

Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides 

that a final determination may be 

postponed until not later than 135 days 

after the date of the publication of the 

preliminary determination if, in the 

event of an affirmative preliminary 

determination, a request for such 

postponement is made by exporters who 

account for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise, or in 

the event of a negative preliminary 

determination, a request for such 

postponement is made by the petitioner. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2), 

Commerce requires that requests by 

respondents for postponement of a final 

antidumping duty determination be 

accompanied by a request for extension 

of provisional measures from a fourmonth period to a period not more than 

six months in duration. 

On December 24, 2024, Jiangxi 

Brother requested that Commerce 

postpone the final determination and 

that the provisional measures be 

extended to a period not to exceed six 

months, respectively.16 In accordance 

with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 

19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) the 

preliminary determination is 

affirmative; (2) the requesting exporter 

accounts for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise; and 

(3) no compelling reasons for denial 

exist, Commerce is postponing the final 

determination and extending the 

provisional measures from a four-month 

period to a period not greater than six 

months. Accordingly, Commerce will 

make its final determination no later 

than 135 days after the date of 

publication of this preliminary 

determination. 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary determination of sales at 

LTFV. If the final determination is 

affirmative, the ITC will determine 

before the later of 120 days after the date 

of this preliminary determination or 45 

days after the final determination 

whether imports of subject merchandise 

are materially injuring, or threaten 

material injury to, the U.S. industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This preliminary determination is 

issued and published in accordance 

with sections 733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act, and 19 CFR 351.205(c). 


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1See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: NonMalleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from the People’s 

Republic of China, 68 FR 16765 (April 7, 2003) 

(Order). 

2See Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from 

China; Institution of a Five-Year Review, 89 FR 

47610 (June 3, 2024). 

3See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Review, 89 

FR 47525 (June 3, 2024). 

4See Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from 

the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of the 

Expedited Fourth Sunset Review of the 

Antidumping Duty Order, 89 FR 81424 (October 8, 

2024), and accompanying Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

5See Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from 

China Determination, 90 FR 2022 (January 10, 2025) 

(ITC Final Determination). 6See ITC Final Determination. 

Dated: January 8, 2025. 

Steven Presing, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy 

and Negotiations. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by the 

investigation is vanillin, with the molecular 

formula C8H8O3 or C9H10O3. For purposes of 

this investigation, vanillin consists of natural 

vanillin, synthetic vanillin, bio-sourced 

synthetic vanillin (biovanillin) (each also 

known as 4-Hydroxy-3- 

methoxybenzaldehyde), and ethylvanillin 

(also known as 3-Ethoxy-4- 

hydroxybenzaldehyde). Vanillin covered by 

this investigation is a chemical compound 

with the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) 

number 121–33–5 or 121–32–4. Vanillin is 

covered by the investigation regardless of 

whether it is in a crystalline powder or 

crystal form. Vanillin is covered by the scope 

of the investigation, irrespective of purity, 

particle size, or physical form. 

Merchandise subject to the investigation is 

specified within the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under 

subheading 2912.41.0000 and 2912.42.0000. 

The HTSUS subheadings and CAS registry 

numbers are provided for convenience and 

customs purposes only. The written 

description of the merchandise covered by 

the investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Discussion of the Methodology 

V. Adjustment Under Section 777(A)(f) of the 

Act 

VI. Adjustment to Cash Deposit Rates for 

Export Subsidies in the Companion 

Countervailing Duty Investigation 

VII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–875] 

Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings 

From the People’s Republic of China: 

Continuation of Antidumping Duty 

Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: As a result of the 

determinations by the U.S. Department 

of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

that revocation of the antidumping duty 

(AD) order on non-malleable cast iron 

pipe fittings (pipe fittings) from the 

People’s Republic of China (China) 

would likely lead to continuation or 

recurrence of dumping, and material 

injury to an industry in the United 

States, Commerce is publishing a notice 

of continuation of the AD order. 

DATES: Applicable January 16, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Martin, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3936. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On April 7, 2003, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

AD order on pipe fittings from China.1

On June 3, 2024, the ITC instituted,2

and Commerce initiated,3 the fourth 

sunset review of the Order, pursuant to 

section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (the Act). As a result of its 

review, Commerce determined that 

revocation of the AD Order would likely 

lead to continuation or recurrence of 

dumping, and therefore, notified the ITC 

of the magnitude of the margins of 

dumping rates likely to prevail should 

the Order be revoked.4

On January 10, 2025, the ITC 

published its determination, pursuant to 

sections 751(c) and 752(a) of the Act, 

that revocation of the Order would 

likely lead to continuation or recurrence 

of material injury to an industry in the 

United States within a reasonably 

foreseeable time.5

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise subject to the Order 

are finished and unfinished nonmalleable cast iron pipe fittings. See the 

appendix to this notice for the full scope 

of the Order. 

Continuation of the Order on NonMalleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings From 

China 

As a result of the determinations by 

Commerce and the ITC that revocation 

of the Order would likely lead to 

continuation or recurrence of dumping, 

and material injury to an industry in the 

United States, pursuant to section 

751(d)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.218(a), Commerce hereby orders the 

continuation of the Order. U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection will continue to 

collect AD cash deposits at the rates in 

effect at the time of entry for all imports 

of subject merchandise. The effective 

date of the continuation of the Order 

will be January 10, 2025.6 Pursuant to 

section 751(c)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.218(c)(2), Commerce intends to 

initiate the next sunset review of the 

Order not later than 30 days prior to the 

fifth anniversary of the effective date of 

this continuation. 

Administrative Protective Order (APO) 

This notice also serves as the only 

reminder to parties subject to an APO of 

their responsibility concerning the 

return, destruction, or conversion to 

judicial protective order 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 this request is a violation of the 

APO which may be subject to sanctions. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This five-year sunset review and this 

notice are in accordance with sections 

751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the Act and this 

notice is published pursuant to section 

777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.218(f)(4). 

Dated: January 10, 2025. 

Steven Presing, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy 

and Negotiations. 

Appendix 

The merchandise subject of the Order are 

finished and unfinished non-malleable cast 

iron pipe fittings with an inside diameter 

ranging from 1⁄4 inch to 6 inches, whether 

threaded or unthreaded, regardless of 

industry or proprietary specifications. The 

subject fittings include elbows, ells, tees, 

crosses, and reducers as well as flanged 

fittings. These pipe fittings are also known as 

‘‘cast iron pipe fittings’’ or ‘‘gray iron pipe 

fittings.’’ These cast iron pipe fittings are 

normally produced to ASTM A–126 and 

ASME B.16.4 specifications and are threaded 

to ASME B1.20.1 specifications. Most 

building codes require that these products 

are Underwriters Laboratories (UL) certified. 

The scope does not include cast iron soil 

pipe fittings or grooved fittings or grooved 

couplings. Also, certain brake fluid tube 

connectors are excluded from the scope of 


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