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9See 19 CFR 351.309(d). 10See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing 

requirements). 11See Order. 

Producer/exporter 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Nan Ya Plastics Corporation ...... 0.00 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties to these preliminary 

results within five days of any 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). 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), 

interested parties may submit case briefs 

no later than 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice. Rebuttal 

briefs, limited to issues raised in the 

case briefs, may be filed no later than 

seven days after the date for filing case 

briefs.9 Parties who submit case or 

rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are 

encouraged to submit with each 

argument: (1) a statement of the issue; 

(2) a brief summary of the argument; 

and (3) a table of authorities.10

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing must submit a written request to 

the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, within 30 days after the 

publication date of this notice. Requests 

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

address, and telephone number; (2) the 

number of participants; and (3) a list of 

issues to be discussed. Issues raised in 

the hearing will be limited to those 

raised in the respective case briefs. If a 

hearing is requested, Commerce will 

notify interested parties of the hearing 

date and time. Parties should confirm by 

telephone the date and time of the 

hearing two days before the scheduled 

hearing date. 

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of its analysis of 

the issues raised in any written briefs, 

not later than 120 days after the date of 

publication of this notice, unless 

extended, pursuant to section 

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. 

Assessment Rates 

Upon completion of this 

administrative review, Commerce shall 

determine, and CBP shall assess, 

antidumping duties on all appropriate 

entries. If a respondent’s weightedaverage dumping margin is not zero or 

de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) 

in the final results of this review, we 

will calculate importer-specific ad 

valorem assessment rates on the basis of 

the ratio of the total amount of dumping 

calculated for an importer’s examined 

sales and the total entered value of such 

sales in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(b)(1). Where either the 

respondent’s weighted-average dumping 

margin is zero or de minimis within the 

meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c), or an 

importer-specific rate is zero or de 

minimis, we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate the appropriate entries 

without regard to antidumping duties. 

Commerce intends to issue 

assessment instructions to CBP no 

earlier than 35 days after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

administrative 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 for all 

shipments of PET film from Taiwan 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

administrative review, as provided for 

by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the 

cash deposit rate for the company under 

review will be the rate established in the 

final results of this review (except, if the 

rate is zero or de minimis, no cash 

deposit will be required); (2) for 

previously reviewed or investigated 

companies not listed above, the cash 

deposit rate will continue to be the 

company-specific rate published for the 

most recent period; (3) if the exporter is 

not a firm covered in this review, a prior 

review, or the less-than-fair value 

investigation, but the manufacturer is, 

the cash deposit rate will be the rate 

established for the most recent period 

for the manufacturer of the 

merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit 

rate for all other producers or exporters 

is 2.40 percent.11 These cash deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice also serves as a 

preliminary reminder to importers of 

their responsibility under 19 CFR 

351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 

regarding the reimbursement of 

antidumping duties prior to liquidation 

of the relevant entries during this 

review period. Failure to comply with 

this requirement could result in 

Commerce’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

occurred and the subsequent assessment 

of double antidumping duties. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

preliminary results in accordance with 

sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1). 

Dated: June 21, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

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. Preliminary Determination of No 

Shipments for SMTC/SSFC 

V. Comparisons to Normal Value 

VI. Date of Sale 

VII. Export Price 

VIII. Normal Value 

IX. Currency Conversion 

X. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–821–837] 

Sodium Nitrite From the Russian 

Federation: Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

sodium nitrite from the Russian 

Federation (Russia) during the period of 

investigation January 1, 2021, through 

December 31, 2021. 

DATES: Applicable June 28, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melissa Porpotage, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1413. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The petitioner in this investigation is 

Chemtrade Chemicals US LLC. In 

addition to the Government of Russia 


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1See Sodium Nitrite from the Russian Federation: 

Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination, 87 FR 22504 (April 15, 2022) 

(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). 

2See Preliminary Determination PDM at 3–11. 

3 Id. 4See Preliminary Determination, 87 FR at 22504. 

(GOR), the mandatory respondent in 

this investigation is UralChem, JSC 

(UralChem). 

On April 15, 2022, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

Preliminary Determination of this 

investigation.1 We received no 

comments or case briefs addressing any 

of the findings in the Preliminary 

Determination; therefore, there is no 

unpublished Issues and Decision 

Memorandum accompanying this 

notice. 

Period of Investigation 

The period of investigation is January 

1, 2021, through December 31, 2021. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The scope of this investigation covers 

sodium nitrite in any form, at any purity 

level from Russia. For a complete 

description of the scope of this 

investigation, see the appendix to this 

notice. 

Analysis of Subsidy Programs— 

Adverse Facts Available (AFA) 

For purposes of this final 

determination, we relied solely on facts 

available pursuant to section 776 of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (the Act) 

because neither the GOR nor the 

selected mandatory respondent, 

UralChem, participated in this 

investigation. Further, because 

UralChem and the GOR did not 

cooperate to the best of their abilities in 

responding to our requests for 

information in this investigation, we 

drew adverse inferences in selecting 

from among the facts otherwise 

available, in accordance with sections 

776(a)–(b) of the Act. Consistent with 

the Preliminary Determination,2 we 

continue to apply AFA to determine the 

appropriate subsidy rates for this 

investigation. No interested party 

submitted comments on the subsidy 

rates selected in the Preliminary 

Determination. Thus, we made no 

changes to the subsidy rates for the final 

determination. A detailed discussion of 

our application of AFA is provided in 

the Preliminary Determination.3

All-Others Rate 

As discussed in the Preliminary 

Determination, Commerce based the 

selection of the all-others rate on the 

countervailable subsidy rate established 

for the mandatory respondent, in 

accordance with section 705(c)(5)(A)(ii) 

of the Act.4 We made no changes to the 

selection of the all-others rate for this 

final determination. 

Final Determination 

Commerce determines that the 

following estimated countervailable 

subsidy rates exist: 

Company 

Subsidy rate 

(percent ad 

valorem) 

UralChem, JSC ..................... 386.24 

All Others .............................. 386.24 

Disclosure 

Normally, Commerce discloses to 

interested parties 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 there are 

no changes to the calculations from the 

Preliminary Determination, no 

additional disclosure is necessary. 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

705(c)(4)(A) of the Act, Commerce 

intends to instruct U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) to continue to 

suspend the liquidation of all 

appropriate entries of subject 

merchandise, as described in the 

appendix of this notice, entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after April 15, 2022, 

which is the date of publication of the 

affirmative Preliminary Determination 

in the Federal Register, at the cash 

deposit rates indicated above. These 

suspension of liquidation instructions 

will remain in effect until further notice. 

If the U.S. International Trade 

Commission (ITC) issues a final 

affirmative injury determination, we 

intend to issue a countervailing duty 

order and continue to require a cash 

deposit of estimated countervailing 

duties for such entries of subject 

merchandise in the amounts indicated 

above, in accordance with section 706(a) 

of the Act. If the ITC determines that 

material injury, or threat of material 

injury, does not exist, this proceeding 

will be terminated, and all estimated 

duties deposited as a result of the 

suspension of liquidation will be 

refunded or canceled. 

ITC Notification 

In accordance with section 705(d) of 

the Act, we intend to notify the ITC of 

our final affirmative determination that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

sodium nitrite from Russia. Because the 

final determination in this proceeding is 

affirmative, in accordance with section 

705(b) 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 of 

sodium nitrite from Russia no later than 

45 days after our final determination. 

If the ITC determines that material 

injury or threat of material injury does 

not exist, this proceeding will be 

terminated and all cash deposits will be 

refunded or canceled, as Commerce 

determines to be appropriate. If the ITC 

determines that such injury does exist, 

Commerce intends to issue a 

countervailing duty order directing CBP 

to assess, upon further instruction by 

Commerce, countervailing duties on all 

imports of the subject merchandise that 

are entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the effective date of the suspension of 

liquidation, as discussed above in the 

‘‘Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation’’ section. 

Administrative Protective Order (APO) 

In the event that the ITC issues a final 

negative injury determination, this 

notice will serve as the only reminder 

to parties subject to an APO of their 

responsibility concerning the 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 705(d) 

and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.210(c). 

Dated: June 22, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this investigation 

is sodium nitrite in any form, at any purity 

level. In addition, the sodium nitrite covered 

by this investigation may or may not contain 

an anti-caking agent. Examples of names 


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1See Sodium Nitrite from India and the Russian 

Federation: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations, 87 FR 7122 (February 2, 2022) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination in the Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation of Sodium Nitrite from the 

Russian Federation’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

3See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

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

4See Initiation Notice. 

commonly used to reference sodium nitrite 

are nitrous acid, sodium salt, anti-rust, 

diazotizing salts, erinitrit, and filmerine. 

Sodium nitrite’s chemical composition is 

NaNO2, and it is generally classified under 

subheading 2834.10.1000 of the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(HTSUS). The American Chemical Society 

Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) has 

assigned the name ‘‘sodium nitrite’’ to 

sodium nitrite. The CAS registry number is 

7632–00–0. For purposes of the scope of this 

investigation, the narrative description is 

dispositive, not the tariff heading, CAS 

registry number or CAS name, which are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–821–836] 

Sodium Nitrite From the Russian 

Federation: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that sodium nitrite from the 

Russian Federation (Russia) 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, 2021, through December 31, 2021. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable June 28, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paola Aleman Ordaz, 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) 482–4031. 

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 February 8, 2022.1 For a complete 

description of the events that followed 

the initiation of this investigation, see 

the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.2 A list of topics 

discussed 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 http://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is sodium nitrite from 

Russia. For a full description of the 

scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,3 in the 

Initiation Notice, we set aside a period 

of time for parties to raise issues 

regarding product coverage (i.e., scope).4

No interested parties submitted 

comments on the scope of this 

investigation. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

733 of the Act. Pursuant to section 

776(a) and (b) of the Act, Commerce has 

preliminarily relied upon facts 

otherwise available, with adverse 

inferences, to determine the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin for 

the sole mandatory respondent, i.e., 

Uralchem, JSC (Uralchem). For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying the preliminary 

determination, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 733(d)(1)(ii) and 735(c)(5)(A) 

of the Act provide that in the 

preliminary determination Commerce 

shall determine an estimated all-others 

rate for all exporters and producers not 

individually examined. This rate shall 

be an amount equal to the weighted 

average of the estimated weightedaverage 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 situation where no estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

other than zero, de minimis, or those 

determined entirely under section 776 

of the Act have been established for 

individually examined entities, in 

accordance with section 735(c)(5)(B) of 

the Act, Commerce may use ‘‘any 

reasonable method to establish the 

estimated all-others rate for exporters 

and producers not individually 

investigated, including averaging the 

estimated weighted average dumping 

margins determined for the exporters 

and producers individually 

investigated.’’ In this investigation, 

Commerce has preliminarily determined 

the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin for Uralchem entirely 

under section 776 of the Act. Therefore, 

in the absence of a calculated estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin on 

the record of this investigation, we have 

preliminarily decided to assign the 

Petition rate of 207.17 percent to all 

other producers and exporters, pursuant 

to section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act. For a 

full description of the methodology 

underlying Commerce’s analysis, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margins exist: 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weighted-average 

dumping margin 

(percent) 

Cash deposit 

rate adjusted for 

subsidy offset 

(percent) 5

Uralchem, JSC ............................................................................................................................................... 207.17 25.73 

All Others ....................................................................................................................................................... 207.17 25.73 


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