8698 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 20 / Friday, January 31, 2025 / Notices 

Canada,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

5See Certain Pasta from Turkey: Preliminary 

Results of Countervailing Duty Changed 

Circumstances Review, 74 FR 47225 (September 15, 

2009). 

6See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from 

Canada: Final Results of the Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review; 2022, 89 FR 67062, 67065 

(August 19, 2024). 

7Commerce is exercising its discretion under 19 

CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) to alter the time limit for the 

filing of case briefs. 

8See 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). 

9See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

10We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

11See APO and Service Final Rule. 

12Commerce is exercising its discretion under 19 

CFR 351.310(c) to alter the time limit for requesting 

a hearing. 13See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

list of topics discussed in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 

included in the appendix 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 Order 

The product covered by this Order is 

certain softwood lumber products. For a 

complete description of the scope of the 

Order, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Preliminary Results of CCR 

In a CVD CCR, Commerce will make 

an affirmative successorship finding 

(i.e., that the respondent company is the 

same subsidized entity for CVD cash 

deposit purposes as the predecessor 

company) where there is no evidence of 

significant changes in the respondent’s: 

(1) operations; (2) ownership; and (3) 

corporate and legal structure during the 

relevant period (i.e., the ‘‘look-back 

window’’) that could have affected the 

nature and extent of the respondent’s 

subsidy levels.5 Where Commerce 

makes an affirmative CVD successorship 

finding, the successor’s merchandise 

will be entitled to enter under the 

predecessor’s cash deposit rate. 

In accordance with 19 CFR 351.216 

and section 751(b) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act), we 

preliminarily determine that TRAPA is 

the SII to Trans-Pacific. For the 

complete SII analysis, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Should the final results remain the same 

as these preliminary results, we will 

instruct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection to assign entries of subject 

merchandise exported by TRAPA the 

CVD cash deposit rate applicable to 

Trans-Pacific (i.e., 6.74 percent),6

effective the date of publication of the 

final results. 

Public Comment 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), 

interested parties may submit case briefs 

no later than 10 days after the date of 

publication of this notice.7 Rebuttal 

briefs, limited to issues raised in the 

case briefs, may be filed no later than 

five days after the date for filing of case 

briefs.8 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.9

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 CCR, we 

instead request that interested parties 

provide at the beginning of their briefs 

a public, executive summary for each 

issue raised in their briefs.10 Further, we 

request that interested parties limit their 

executive summary of each issue to no 

more than 450 words, not including 

citations. We intend to use the executive 

summaries as the basis of the comment 

summaries included in the issues and 

decision memorandum that will 

accompany the final results of this CCR. 

We request that interested parties 

include footnotes for relevant citations 

in the 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).11

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c)(2), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must do so 

within 1 days of publication of these 

preliminary results by submitting a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance using ACCESS.12 Requests 

should contain: (1) the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number; (2) the 

number of participants; and (3) a list of 

the issues to be discussed. If a request 

for a hearing is made, Commerce will 

inform parties of the scheduled date for 

the hearing.13 Parties should confirm 

the date and time of the hearing two 

days before the scheduled date. Parties 

are reminded that all briefs and hearing 

requests must be filed electronically 

using ACCESS and received 

successfully in their entirety by 5:00 

p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. 

Final Results of the Changed 

Circumstances Review 

Consistent with 19 CFR 351.216(e), 

Commerce will issue the final results of 

this CCR no later than 270 days after the 

date on which this review was initiated, 

or within 45 days of publication of these 

preliminary results if all parties agree to 

the outcome of the review. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

These preliminary results and this 

notice are published in accordance with 

sections 751(b) and 777(i) of the Act, 19 

CFR 351.216, and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3). 

Dated: January 27, 2025. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Successor-In-Interest Determination 

V. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–428–853, C–518–002, C–274–811] 

Melamine From Germany, Qatar, and 

Trinidad and Tobago: Countervailing 

Duty Orders 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the U.S. Department 

of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC), 

Commerce is issuing countervailing 

duty orders on melamine from 

Germany, Qatar, and Trinidad and 

Tobago. 

DATES: Applicable January 31, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob 

Palmer at (202) 482–9068 or Laurel 

Smalley at (202) 482–3456 (Germany); 


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1See Melamine from Germany: Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, 89 FR 97586 

(December 9, 2024) (Germany Final Determination); 

Melamine from Qatar: Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination and Final 

Negative Critical Circumstances Determination, 89 

FR 97593 (December 9, 2024) (Qatar Final 

Determination); and Melamine from Trinidad and 

Tobago: Final Affirmative Determination in the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation, 89 FR 97599 

(December 9, 2024) (Trinidad and Tobago Final 

Determination). 

2See ITC’s Letter, ‘‘Notification of ITC Final 

Determinations,’’ dated January 23, 2025 (ITC 

Notification Letter). 

3Having made a determination that an industry 

in the United States is threatened with material 

injury by reason of imports of melamine from 

Trinidad and Tobago, the ITC did not reach the 

issue of critical circumstances regarding subject 

imports from Trinidad and Tobago. See Melamine 

from Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Qatar, and 

Trinidad and Tobago, Investigation Nos. 701–TA– 

706, 708–709 and 731–TA–1667, 1669–1670, 1672 

(Final), dated January 23, 2025 (ITC Final Report). 

4 Id. 

5See Melamine from Germany: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, and 

Alignment of Final Determination With Final 

Antidumping Duty Determination, 89 FR 59053 

(July 22, 2024); Melamine from Qatar: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 

Preliminary Negative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, and Alignment of Final 

Determination With Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination, 89 FR 59045 (July 22, 2024); and 

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) (collectively, Preliminary 

Determinations). 

6See ITC Final Report at 1, footnote 4. 

Sofia Pedrelli at (202) 482–4310 (Qatar), 

and Colin Thrasher at (202) 482–3004 

(Trinidad and Tobago), AD/CVD 

Operations, Offices VIII, II, and V, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In accordance with sections 705(d) 

and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act) on December 9, 2024, 

Commerce published in the Federal 

Register its affirmative final 

determinations in the countervailing 

duty investigations of melamine from 

Germany, Qatar, and Trinidad and 

Tobago.1 On January 23, 2025, the ITC 

notified Commerce of its final 

affirmative determinations, pursuant to 

sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 705(d) of the 

Act, that an industry in the United 

States is materially injured by reason of 

subsidized imports of melamine from 

Germany and Qatar,2 and that an 

industry in the United States is 

threatened with material injury by 

reason of subsidized imports from 

Trinidad and Tobago.3

Scope of the Orders 

The product covered by these orders 

is melamine from Germany, Qatar, and 

Trinidad and Tobago. For a complete 

description of the scope of these orders, 

see the appendix to this notice. 

Countervailing Duty Orders 

Based on the above-referenced 

affirmative final determinations by the 

ITC that an industry in the United States 

is materially injured by reason of 

subsidized imports of melamine from 

Germany and Qatar, and is threatened 

with material injury by reason of 

subsidized imports of melamine from 

Trinidad and Tobago,4 and in 

accordance with sections 705(c)(2) and 

706 of the Act, Commerce is issuing 

these countervailing duty orders. 

Because the ITC determined that 

imports of melamine from Germany, 

Qatar, and Trinidad and Tobago are 

materially injuring, or threatening to 

material injure a U.S. industry, 

unliquidated entries of such 

merchandise from Germany, Qatar, and 

Trinidad and Tobago, entered or 

withdrawn from warehouse for 

consumption, are subject to the 

assessment of countervailing duties. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

706(a) of the Act, Commerce will direct 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) to assess, upon further instruction 

by Commerce, countervailing duties on 

unliquidated entries of melamine from 

Germany, Qatar, and Trinidad and 

Tobago. With the exception of entries 

occurring after the expiration of the 

provisional measures period and before 

the publication of the ITC’s final 

affirmative injury determinations, as 

further described below, countervailing 

duties will be assessed on unliquidated 

entries of melamine from Germany and 

Qatar entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

July 22, 2024, the date of publication of 

the Preliminary Determinations in the 

Federal Register.5

Pursuant to section 706(b)(2) of the 

Act, countervailing duties shall be 

assessed on subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the date of 

publication of the ITC’s notice of final 

determination if that determination is 

based on the threat of material injury 

and is not accompanied by a finding 

that injury would have resulted without 

the imposition of suspension of 

liquidation of entries since Commerce’s 

preliminary determination. 

Additionally, section 706(b)(2) of the 

Act requires CBP to refund any cash 

deposits or bonds of estimated 

countervailing duties posted since the 

preliminary countervailing duty 

determination if the ITC’s final 

determination is threat-based. 

Because the ITC’s final determination 

for Trinidad and Tobago is based on the 

threat of material injury and is not 

accompanied by a finding that injury 

would have resulted but for the 

imposition of suspension of liquidation 

of entries since the Trinidad and 

Tobago Preliminary Determination, 

section 706(b)(2) of the Act is 

applicable.6 Therefore, Commerce will 

instruct CBP to assess duties on entries 

of melamine from Trinidad and Tobago 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the date of 

publication of the ITC’s notice of final 

determination of threat of material 

injury in the Federal Register, in 

accordance with the subsidy rates listed 

in the rate chart below for Trinidad and 

Tobago. 

Suspension of Liquidation and Cash 

Deposits 

In accordance with section 706 of the 

Act, Commerce will direct CBP to 

reinstitute the suspension of liquidation 

of melamine from Germany, Qatar, and 

Trinidad and Tobago, effective the date 

of publication of the ITC’s notice of final 

determinations in the Federal Register, 

and to assess, upon further instruction 

by Commerce pursuant to section 

706(a)(1) of the Act, countervailing 

duties for each entry of the subject 

merchandise in an amount based on the 

net countervailable subsidy rates for the 

subject merchandise. On or after the 

date of publication of the ITC’s final 

injury determinations in the Federal 

Register, CBP must require, at the same 

time as importers would normally 

deposit estimated duties on this 

merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the 

rates noted below. These instructions 

suspending liquidation will remain in 

effect until further notice. 

Estimated Countervailable Duty 

Subsidy Rates 

The estimated countervailable duty 

subsidy rates are as follows; all-others 

rate applies to all producers or exporters 

not specifically listed below. 


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7See Preliminary Determinations. 

8See Regulations to Improve Administration and 

Enforcement of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300 (September 20, 2021) 

(Final Rule). 

9See Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry 

Service List; and Informational Sessions, 86 FR 

53205 (September 27, 2021) (Procedural Guidance). 

10This segment will be combined with the 

ACCESS Segment Specific Information (SSI) field 

which will display the month in which the notice 

of the order or suspended investigation was 

published in the Federal Register, also known as 

the anniversary month. For example, for an order 

under case number A–000–000 that was published 

in the Federal Register in January, the relevant 

segment and SSI combination will appear in 

ACCESS as ‘‘AISL-January Anniversary.’’ Note that 

there will be only one annual inquiry service list 

segment per case number, and the anniversary 

month will be pre-populated in ACCESS. 

11See Procedural Guidance, 86 FR at 53206. 12See Final Rule, 86 FR at 52335. 

Country Company Subsidy rate 

(percent) 

Germany .................... LAT Nitrogen Piesteritz GmbH .................................................................................................................... 29.72 

All Others ..................................................................................................................................................... 29.72 

Qatar .......................... Qatar Melamine Company; Qatar Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing and Distribution Company 

(Muntajat) Q.P.J.S.C.; Qatar Fertiliser Company (P.S.C.); Industries Qatar Q.P.S.C.; QatarEnergy.

41.91 

All Others ..................................................................................................................................................... 41.91 

Trinidad and Tobago Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Ltd ................................................................................................................ 7.43 

All Others ..................................................................................................................................................... 7.43 

Provisional Measures 

Section 703(d) of the Act states that 

the suspension of liquidation pursuant 

to an affirmative preliminary 

determination may not remain in effect 

for more than four months. In the 

underlying investigations, Commerce 

published the Preliminary 

Determinations on July 22, 2024.7

Therefore, entries of melamine from 

Germany, Qatar, and Trinidad and 

Tobago made on or after November 19, 

2024, and prior to the date of 

publication of the ITC’s final 

determinations in the Federal Register, 

are not subject to the assessment of 

countervailing duties due to 

Commerce’s discontinuation of the 

suspension of liquidation. 

In accordance with section 703(d) of 

the Act, Commerce instructed CBP to 

terminate the suspension of liquidation 

and to liquidate, without regard to 

countervailing duties, unliquidated 

entries of melamine from Germany, 

Qatar, and Trinidad and Tobago 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after November 

19, 2024, the date on which the 

provisional countervailing duty 

measures expired, through the day 

preceding the date of publication of the 

ITC final injury determinations in the 

Federal Register. Suspension of 

liquidation will resume on the date of 

publication of the ITC final injury 

determinations in the Federal Register. 

Establishment of the Annual Inquiry 

Service Lists 

On September 20, 2021, Commerce 

published the Final Rule in the Federal 

Register.8 On September 27, 2021, 

Commerce also published the 

Procedural Guidance in the Federal 

Register.9 The Final Rule and 

Procedural Guidance provide that 

Commerce will maintain an annual 

inquiry service list for each order or 

suspended investigation, and any 

interested party submitting a scope 

ruling application or request for 

circumvention inquiry shall serve a 

copy of the application or request on the 

persons on the annual inquiry service 

list for that order, as well as any 

companion order covering the same 

merchandise from the same country of 

origin. 

In accordance with the Procedural 

Guidance, for orders published in the 

Federal Register after November 4, 

2021, Commerce will create an annual 

inquiry service list segment in 

Commerce’s online e-filing and 

document management system, 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS), 

available at https://access.trade.gov, 

within five business days of publication 

of the notice of the order. Each annual 

inquiry service list will be saved in 

ACCESS, under each case number, and 

under a specific segment type called 

‘‘AISL-Annual Inquiry Service List.’’ 10

Interested parties who wish to be 

added to the annual inquiry service list 

for an order must submit an entry of 

appearance to the annual inquiry 

service list segment for the order in 

ACCESS within 30 days after the date of 

publication of the order. For ease of 

administration, Commerce requests that 

law firms with more than one attorney 

representing interested parties in an 

order designate a lead attorney to be 

included on the annual inquiry service 

list. Commerce will finalize the annual 

inquiry service list within five business 

days thereafter. As mentioned in the 

Procedural Guidance,11 the new annual 

inquiry service list will be in place until 

the following year, when the 

Opportunity Notice for the anniversary 

month of the order is published. 

Commerce may update an annual 

inquiry service list at any time as 

needed based on interested parties’ 

amendments to their entries of 

appearance to remove or otherwise 

modify their list of members and 

representatives, or to update contact 

information. Any changes or 

announcements pertaining to these 

procedures will be posted to the 

ACCESS website at https://

access.trade.gov. 

Special Instructions for Petitioner and 

Foreign Governments 

In the Final Rule, Commerce stated 

that, ‘‘after an initial request and 

placement on the annual inquiry service 

list, both petitioner and foreign 

governments will automatically be 

placed on the annual inquiry service list 

in the years that follow.’’ 12

Accordingly, as stated above, the 

petitioner and Governments of 

Germany, Qatar, and Trinidad and 

Tobago should submit their initial 

entries of appearance after publication 

of this notice in order to appear in the 

first annual inquiry service lists for 

these orders. Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.225(n)(3), the petitioner and the 

Governments of Germany, Qatar, and 

Trinidad and Tobago will not need to 

resubmit their entries of appearance 

each year to continue to be included on 

the annual inquiry service list. 

However, the petitioner and 

Governments of Germany, Qatar, and 

Trinidad and Tobago are responsible for 

making amendments to their entries of 

appearance during the annual update to 

the annual inquiry service list in 

accordance with the procedures 

described above. 

Notifications to Interested Parties 

This notice constitutes the 

countervailing duty orders with respect 

to melamine from Germany, Qatar, and 

Trinidad and Tobago pursuant to 

section 706(a) of the Act. Interested 

parties can find a list of countervailing 

duty orders currently in effect at http:// 


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1See Melamine from Germany: Final Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 89 

FR 97584 (December 9, 2024) (Germany Final 

Determination); Melamine from Japan: Final 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, In Part, 89 FR 97601 

(December 9, 2024) (Japan Final Determination); 

Melamine from the Netherlands: Final Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 89 

FR 97590 (December 9, 2024) (Netherland Final 

Determination); and Melamine from Trinidad and 

Tobago: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative 

Determination of Critical Circumstances, In Part, 89 

FR 97598 (December 9, 2024) (Trinidad and Tobago 

Final Determination) (collectively, the Final 

Determinations). 

2See ITC’s Letter, Notification Letter: 

Investigation Nos. 701–TA–706, 708–709 and 731– 

TA–1667, 1669–1670, 1672 (Final), dated January 

23, 2025 (ITC Notification Letter). 

3Having made a determination that an industry 

in the United States is threatened with material 

injury by reason of imports of melamine from 

Trinidad and Tobago, the ITC did not reach the 

issue of critical circumstances regarding subject 

imports from Trinidad and Tobago. See Melamine 

from Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Qatar, and 

Trinidad and Tobago, Investigation Nos. 701–TA– 

706, 708–709 and 731–TA–1667, 1669–1670, 1672 

(Final), dated January 23, 2025 (ITC Final Report). 

4 Id. 

5 Id. 

6See Melamine from Germany: Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Continued 

enforcement.trade.gov/stats/ 

iastats1.html. 

These orders are issued and published 

in accordance with section 706(a) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b). 

Dated: January 27, 2025. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

Scope of the Orders 

The merchandise subject to these orders is 

melamine (Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) 

registry number 108–78–01, molecular 

formula C3 H6 N6). Melamine is also known 

as 2,4,6-triamino-s-triazine; 1,3,5-Triazine2,4,6- triamine; Cyanurotriamide; 

Cyanurotriamine; Cyanuramide; and by 

various brand names. Melamine is a 

crystalline powder or granule. All melamine 

is covered by the scope of these orders 

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 these orders. 

Melamine that is otherwise subject to these 

orders is not excluded when commingled 

with melamine from sources not subject to 

these orders. Only the subject component of 

such commingled products is covered by the 

scope of these orders. 

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 

[A–428–852, A–588–882, A–421–817, A–274– 

810] 

Melamine From Germany, Japan, the 

Netherlands, and Trinidad and Tobago: 

Antidumping Duty Orders 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the U.S. Department 

of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC), 

Commerce is issuing the antidumping 

duty orders on melamine from 

Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, and 

Trinidad and Tobago. 

DATES: Applicable January 31, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Noah Wetzel at (202) 482–7466 

(Germany); George McMahon at (202) 

482–1167 (Japan); Janae Martin at (202) 

482–0238 (the Netherlands); and 

Brittany Bauer at (202) 482–3860 

(Trinidad and Tobago), AD/CVD 

Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In accordance with sections 735(d) 

and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act) on December 9, 2024, 

Commerce published in the Federal 

Register its affirmative final 

determinations in the less-than-fairvalue (LTFV) investigations of 

melamine from Germany, Japan, the 

Netherlands, and Trinidad and Tobago.1

On January 23, 2025, the ITC notified 

Commerce of its final affirmative 

determinations, pursuant to section 

735(d) of the Act, that an industry in the 

United States is materially injured 

within the meaning of section 

735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of 

LTFV imports of melamine from 

Germany, Japan, and the Netherlands, 

and that an industry in the United 

States is threatened with material injury 

by reason of imports of such 

merchandise from Trinidad and Tobago 

that are sold in the United States at 

LTFV.2 Further, the ITC determined that 

critical circumstances do not exist with 

respect to LTFV imports of melamine 

from Japan.3

Scope of the Orders 

The product covered by these orders 

is melamine from Germany, Japan, the 

Netherlands, and Trinidad and Tobago. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of these orders, see the appendix to this 

notice. 

Antidumping Duty Orders 

Based on the above-referenced 

affirmative final determinations by the 

ITC that an industry in the United States 

is materially injured by reason of LTFV 

imports of melamine from Germany, 

Japan, and the Netherlands, and that an 

industry in the United States is 

threatened with material injury by 

reason of imports of such merchandise 

from Trinidad and Tobago,4 and, in 

accordance with sections 735(c)(2) and 

736 of the Act, Commerce is issuing 

these antidumping duty orders. Because 

the ITC determined that an industry in 

the United States is materially injured 

by reason of imports of melamine from 

Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, and 

Trinidad and Tobago are materially 

injuring, or threatening to material 

injury a U.S. industry,5 unliquidated 

entries of such merchandise from 

Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, and 

Trinidad and Tobago, entered or 

withdrawn from warehouse for 

consumption, are subject to the 

assessment of antidumping duties. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

736(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce will 

direct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further 

instruction by Commerce, antidumping 

duties equal to the amount by which the 

normal value of the merchandise 

exceeds the export price (or constructed 

export price) of the merchandise, for all 

relevant entries of melamine from 

Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, and 

Trinidad and Tobago. For all relevant 

entries of melamine from Germany, 

Japan, and the Netherlands, 

antidumping duties will be assessed on 

unliquidated entries of melamine 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after June 26, 

2024, the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determinations in the 

Federal Register, but will not include 

entries occurring after the expiration of 

the provisional measures period and 

before publication of the ITC’s final 

injury determination, as further 

described below.6


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