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The Department thus requires 

additional time to conduct its analysis 

for each of these reviews. Therefore, in 

accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) the 

Act, we are extending the time period 

for issuing the preliminary results of 

these reviews until March 1, 2011. The 

final results continue to be due 120 days 

after the publication of the preliminary 

results. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.213(h)(2). 

Dated: October 1, 2010. 

Susan H. Kuhbach, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–201–834] 

Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From 

Mexico: Final Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On June 15, 2010, the 

Department of Commerce (the 

Department) published the preliminary 

results of the administrative review of 

the antidumping duty order on purified 

carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from 

Mexico. See Purified 

Carboxymethylcellulose From Mexico: 

Notice of Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review, 75 FR 33775 (June 15, 2010) 

(Preliminary Results). The review covers 

one producer/exporter, Quimica Amtex, 

S.A. de C.V. (Amtex). The period of 

review (POR) is July 1, 2008, through 

June 30, 2009. We invited interested 

parties to comment on our Preliminary 

Results. The Department received 

comments concerning our Preliminary 

Results from Amtex only. Based on our 

analysis of the comments received, we 

have made one change in the margin 

calculations. Therefore, the final results 

differ from the Preliminary Results. The 

final weighted-average dumping margin 

for the reviewed firm is listed below in 

the section entitled ‘‘Final Results of 

Review.’’ 

DATES: Effective Date: October 7, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Flessner or Robert James, AD/CVD 

Operations Office 7, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–6312 or (202) 482– 

0649, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On June 15, 2010, the Department 

published the preliminary results of this 

review in the Federal Register. See 

Preliminary Results. We invited 

interested parties to comment on the 

Preliminary Results. Since the 

Preliminary Results, we received a case 

brief from respondent Amtex on July 15, 

2010. See ‘‘Purified 

Carboxymethylcellulose from Mexico— 

A–201–834 (Administrative Review 7/1/ 

2008–6/30/2009): Case Brief,’’ dated July 

15, 2010, at 1–2 (Amtex Case Brief). No 

brief was received from petitioner, 

Aqualon Company (a division of 

Hercules Incorporated), nor did 

petitioner file a rebuttal to Amtex’s case 

brief. 

Amtex originally reported the 

quantity unit of measure for some of its 

U.S. sales as ‘‘2,’’ indicating sales in 

pounds. See Amtex’s Section C 

Questionnaire Response dated October 

29, 2010, at pages C–53 to C–56. For 

such sales, Amtex contends, the 

Department should adjust for packing 

expenses using per-pound amounts. See 

Amtex Case Brief at 1–2. In its case 

brief, Amtex alleged that the 

Department had failed to make a 

conversion from kilograms to pounds 

for those sales originally reported in 

pounds in the U.S. market database 

when adjusting for packing expenses. 

Id. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the order 

is all purified carboxymethylcellulose 

(CMC), sometimes also referred to as 

purified sodium CMC, polyanionic 

cellulose, or cellulose gum, which is a 

white to off-white, non-toxic, odorless, 

biodegradable powder, comprising 

sodium CMC that has been refined and 

purified to a minimum assay of 90 

percent. Purified CMC does not include 

unpurified or crude CMC, CMC 

Fluidized Polymer Suspensions, and 

CMC that is cross-linked through heat 

treatment. Purified CMC is CMC that 

has undergone one or more purification 

operations which, at a minimum, reduce 

the remaining salt and other by-product 

portion of the product to less than ten 

percent. The merchandise subject to this 

order is classified in the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States at 

subheading 3912.31.00. This tariff 

classification is provided for 

convenience and customs purposes; 

however, the written description of the 

scope of the order is dispositive. 

Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

Based on our analysis of Amtex’s 

comments, we have made one change to 

the margin calculations. After analyzing 

the databases and the programming 

used in the Preliminary Results, we 

agreed with Amtex’s contention 

concerning the conversion of packing 

costs reported in pounds. Therefore, we 

added one line of programming to the 

comparison market program stipulating 

that if the quantity unit reporting is in 

pounds (i.e., ‘‘2’’), then an adjustment to 

the comparison market program is 

appropriate. See Memorandum to the 

File from Mark Flessner, Case Analyst, 

through Robert James, Program 

Manager, entitled ‘‘Purified 

Carboxymethylcellulose from Mexico: 

Final Determination Analysis 

Memorandum for Quimica Amtex, S.A. 

de C.V.,’’ dated September 27, 2010. 

Because the only comments received 

dealt with the singular programming 

issue, we have not included a separate 

Issues and Decisions memorandum to 

accompany this notice of final results. 

Final Results of Review 

The final weighted-average dumping 

margin for the period July 1, 2008, 

through June 30, 2009, is as follows: 

Producer/exporter 

Weightedaverage 

margin 

(percentage) 

Quimica Amtex, S.A. de C.V .... 0.83 

Assessment 

The Department shall determine, and 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties 

on all appropriate entries. We have 

calculated importer-specific ad valorem 

duty assessment rates based on the ratio 

of the total amount of antidumping 

duties calculated for the examined sales 

to the total entered value of the sales. 

We will instruct CBP to assess 

antidumping duties on all appropriate 

entries covered by this review if any 

importer-specific assessment rate 

calculated in the final results of this 

review is above de minimis (i.e., less 

than 0.50 percent). The Department 

intends to issue assessment instructions 

to CBP 41 days after the date of 

publication of these final results of 

review. See 19 CFR 356.8(a). 

The Department clarified its 

‘‘automatic assessment’’ regulation on 

May 6, 2003. See Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 

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FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). This 

clarification will apply to entries of 

subject merchandise during the POR 

produced by companies included in 

these final results of review for which 

the reviewed companies did not know 

their merchandise was destined for the 

United States. In such instances, we will 

instruct CBP to liquidate un-reviewed 

entries at the all-others rate established 

in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 

investigation if there is no rate for the 

intermediate company or companies 

involved in the transaction. 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

Further, the following deposit 

requirements will be effective for all 

shipments of purified 

carboxymethylcellulose from Mexico 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the 

publication date of the final results of 

this administrative review, as provided 

for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (the Act): (1) 

The cash deposit rates for Amtex will be 

the rate shown above; (2) for previouslyinvestigated or reviewed 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, or the LTFV 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 

manufacturers or exporters will 

continue to be 12.61 percent, the ‘‘all 

others’’ rate established in the LTFV 

investigation. See Notice of Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value: Purified 

Carboxymethylcellulose from Mexico, 

70 FR 28280 (May 17, 2005). These 

deposit requirements shall remain in 

effect until further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice serves as a final 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 the Secretary’s presumption 

that reimbursement of antidumping 

duties occurred and the subsequent 

assessment of double antidumping 

duties. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice serves as the only 

reminder to parties subject to 

administrative protective order (APO) of 

their responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of 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. 

This administrative review and notice 

are issued and published in accordance 

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

the Act. 

Dated: September 27, 2010. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–580–835] 

Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils 

From the Republic of Korea: Final 

Results of Expedited Second Sunset 

Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On June 2, 2010, the 

Department of Commerce (‘‘the 

Department’’) initiated the second 

sunset review of the countervailing duty 

order (‘‘CVD’’) on stainless steel sheet 

and strip in coils from the Republic of 

Korea (‘‘Korea’’) pursuant to section 

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

amended (‘‘the Act’’). On the basis of a 

notice of intent to participate and an 

adequate substantive response filed on 

behalf of the domestic interested parties 

and an inadequate response from 

respondent interested parties (in this 

case, no response), the Department 

conducted an expedited sunset review 

of the CVD order pursuant to section 

751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B). As a result of this 

sunset review, the Department finds that 

revocation of the CVD order would be 

likely to lead to continuation or 

recurrence of a countervailable subsidy 

at the level indicated in the ‘‘Final 

Results of Review’’ section of this notice. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 7, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Greynolds or David Goldberger, AD/ 

CVD Enforcement, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–6071 or (202) 482– 

4136, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On June 2, 2010, the Department 

initiated the second sunset review of the 

CVD order on stainless steel sheet and 

strip in coils from Korea pursuant to 

section 751(c) of the Act. See Initiation 

of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews, 75 FR 

30777 (June 2, 2010). The Department 

received a notice of intent to participate 

from the following domestic interested 

parties: AK Steel Corporation; 

Allegheny Ludlum Corporation; the 

United Steel, Paper and Forestry, 

Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied 

Industrial and Service Workers 

International Union; United Auto 

Workers, Local 3303; and United Auto 

Workers, Local 4104 (collectively, 

‘‘domestic interested parties’’), within 

the deadline specified in 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(1)(i). The domestic 

interested parties claimed interested 

party status under sections 771(9)(C) 

and (D) of the Act, as domestic 

producers of stainless steel sheet and 

strip in coils in the United States and 

certified unions representing workers in 

the domestic industry producing 

stainless steel and strip in coils in the 

United States. 

The Department received an adequate 

substantive response collectively from 

the domestic interested parties within 

the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(3)(i). However, the 

Department did not receive a 

substantive response from any 

government or respondent interested 

party to this proceeding. As a result, 

pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), 

the Department conducted an expedited 

review of the CVD order. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise subject to the CVD 

order consists of stainless steel sheet 

and strip in coils from Korea. Stainless 

steel is an alloy steel containing, by 

weight, 1.2 percent or less of carbon and 

10.5 percent or more of chromium, with 

or without other elements. The subject 

sheet and strip is a flat-rolled product in 

coils that is greater than 9.5 mm in 

width and less than 4.75 mm in 

thickness, and that is annealed or 

otherwise heat treated and pickled or 

otherwise descaled. The subject sheet 

and strip may also be further processed 

(e.g., cold-rolled, polished, aluminized, 

coated, etc.) provided that it maintains 

the specific dimensions of sheet and 

strip following such processing. 

The merchandise subject to the order 

is classified in the Harmonized Tariff 


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