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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8275-8276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01795]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-883, A-549-837, A-588-878, C-533-884, C-570-081]

Glycine From India, the People's Republic of China, Japan, and 
Thailand: Continuation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders

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) orders on glycine from 
India, Japan, and Thailand and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on 
glycine from India and the People's Republic of China (China), would 
likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping, and material 
injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing a 
notice of continuation of these AD and CVD orders.

DATES: Applicable November 29, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith, 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) 482-1766.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 21, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register the AD 
and CVD orders on glycine from India, China, and Japan and subsequently 
published the AD order on glycine from Thailand on October 18, 2019.\1\ 
On May 1, 2024, the ITC instituted,\2\ and Commerce initiated,\3\ the 
first sunset review of the Orders, pursuant to section 751(c) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). As a result of its reviews, 
Commerce determined that revocation of the Orders would likely lead to 
the continuation or recurrence of dumping, and countervailable 
subsidies, and therefore, notified the ITC of the magnitude of the 
margins of dumping and subsidy rates likely to prevail should the 
Orders be revoked.\4\
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    \1\ See Glycine from India and Japan: Amended Final Affirmative 
Antidumping Duty Determination and Antidumping Duty Orders, 84 FR 
29170 (June 21, 2019); see also Glycine from Thailand: Antidumping 
Duty Order, 84 FR 55912 (October 18, 2019); see also Glycine from 
India and the People's Republic of China: Countervailing Duty 
Orders, 84 FR 29173 (June 21, 2019) (collectively, Orders).
    \2\ See Glycine from China, India, Japan, and Thailand; 
Institution of a Five-Year Review, 89 FR 35237 (May 1, 2024).
    \3\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 FR 35073 
(May 1, 2024).
    \4\ See Glycine from India, Japan, and Thailand: Final Results 
of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Orders, 
89 FR 74206 (September 12, 2024), and accompanying Issues and 
Decision Memorandum (IDM) and Glycine from India and the People's 
Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset 
Reviews of the Countervailing Duty Orders, 89 FR 74898 (September 
13, 2024), and accompanying IDM.
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    On November 29, 2024, the ITC published its determination, pursuant 
to sections 751(c) and 752(a) of the Act, that revocation of the Orders 
would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to 
an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable 
time.\5\
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    \5\ See Glycine from China, India, Japan, and Thailand, 89 FR 
94761 (November 29, 2024) (ITC Final Determination).
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Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise covered by these Orders is glycine at any purity 
level or grade. This includes glycine of all purity levels, which 
covers all forms of crude or technical glycine including, but not 
limited to, sodium glycinate, glycine slurry and any other forms of 
amino acetic acid or glycine. Subject merchandise also includes glycine 
and precursors of dried crystalline glycine that are processed in a 
third country, including, but not limited to, refining or any other 
processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the 
scope of these Orders if performed in the country of manufacture of the 
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scope glycine or precursors of dried crystalline glycine. Glycine has 
the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number of 56-40-6.
    Glycine and glycine slurry are classified under Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheading 2922.49.43.00. Sodium 
glycinate is classified in the HTSUS under 2922.49.80.00. While the 
HTSUS subheadings and CAS registry number are provided for convenience 
and customs purposes, the written description of the scope of these 
Orders is dispositive.

Continuation of the Orders

    As a result of the determinations by Commerce and the ITC that 
revocation of the Orders would likely lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping, countervailable subsidies, and material injury 
to an industry in the United States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of 
the Act, Commerce hereby orders the continuation of the Orders. U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect AD and CVD 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 Orders is November 
29, 2024.\6\ Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.218(c)(2), Commerce intends to initiate the next five-year reviews 
of the Orders not later than 30 days prior to fifth anniversary of the 
date of the effective date of this continuation
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    \6\ See ITC Final Determination.
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Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
an 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 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 violation which 
is subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These five-year (sunset) reviews and this notice are in accordance 
with sections 751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the Act and this notice is 
published in accordance with section 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.218(f)(4).

    Dated: January 22, 2025.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2025-01795 Filed 1-27-25; 8:45 am]
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