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1See Monosodium Glutamate From the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value and the Final Affirmative 

Determination of Critical Circumstances, 79 FR 

58326 (September 29, 2014) (PRC Final 

Determination), and Monosodium Glutamate From 

the Republic of Indonesia: Final Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 79 FR 58329 

(September 29, 2014) (Indonesia Final 

Determination). 

2See Monosodium Glutamate from China and 

Indonesia, USITC Investigation Nos. 731–TA–1229– 

1230 (Final) Publication 4499 (November 2014) 

(ITC Determinations). 

3 Id. 

4See PRC Final Determination. 

5For a detailed discussion of the alleged 

ministerial errors, as well as the Department’s 

analysis, see Memorandum to Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, from Christian Marsh, Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Operations, regarding, ‘‘Final 

Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation 

of Monosodium Glutamate from the People’s 

Republic of China: Allegation of Ministerial Errors,’’ 

dated November 20, 2014. 

6See ITC Determinations. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–992, A–560–826] 

Monosodium Glutamate From the 

People’s Republic of China, and the 

Republic of Indonesia: Antidumping 

Duty Orders; and Monosodium 

Glutamate From the People’s Republic 

of China: Amended Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (the Department) and the 

International Trade Commission (the 

ITC), the Department is issuing 

antidumping duty (AD) orders on 

monosodium glutamate (MSG) from the 

People’s Republic of China (the PRC) 

and the Republic of Indonesia 

(Indonesia). In addition, the Department 

is amending its final determination of 

sales at less than fair value (LTFV) from 

the PRC to correct certain ministerial 

errors. 

DATES: Effective Date: November 26, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Milton Koch at (202) 482–2584 (the 

PRC); or Gene Calvert at (202) 482–3586 

(Indonesia), AD/CVD Operations, Office 

VII, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In accordance with sections 735(d) 

and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 

351.210(c), on September 29, 2014, the 

Department published affirmative final 

determinations of sales at LTFV in the 

AD investigations of MSG from the PRC 

and Indonesia.1 On November 10, 2014, 

the ITC notified the Department of its 

affirmative determinations 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 MSG from 

the PRC and Indonesia.2 In addition, the 

ITC found in its final determination that 

critical circumstances do not exist with 

respect to imports of subject 

merchandise from the PRC that are 

subject to the Department’s final 

affirmative critical circumstances 

findings.3

Scope of the Orders 

The products covered by these orders 

are monosodium glutamate (MSG), 

whether or not blended or in solution 

with other products. Specifically, MSG 

that has been blended or is in solution 

with other product(s) is included in 

these orders when the resulting mix 

contains 15 percent or more of MSG by 

dry weight. Products with which MSG 

may be blended include, but are not 

limited to, salts, sugars, starches, 

maltodextrins, and various seasonings. 

Further, MSG is included in these 

orders regardless of physical form 

(including, but not limited to, in 

monohydrate or anhydrous form, or as 

substrates, solutions, dry powders of 

any particle size, or unfinished forms 

such as MSG slurry), end-use 

application, or packaging. 

MSG in monohydrate form has a 

molecular formula of C5H8NO4Na-H2O, 

a Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) 

registry number of 6106–04–3, and a 

Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII) 

number of W81N5U6R6U. MSG in 

anhydrous form has a molecular 

formula of C5H8NO4Na, a CAS registry 

number of 142–47–2, and a UNII 

number of C3C196L9FG. 

Merchandise covered by these orders 

is currently classified in the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) of 

the United States at subheading 

2922.42.10.00. Merchandise covered by 

these orders may also enter under HTS 

subheadings 2922.42.50.00, 

2103.90.72.00, 2103.90.74.00, 

2103.90.78.00, 2103.90.80.00, and 

2103.90.90.91. These tariff 

classifications, CAS registry numbers, 

and UNII numbers are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes; 

however, the written description of the 

scope is dispositive. 

Amendment to the Final Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value of 

MSG From the PRC 

On September 29, 2014, the 

Department published its affirmative 

final determination in the proceeding 

covering MSG from the PRC.4 In 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b), on 

September 24, 2014, the Department 

disclosed to interested parties the 

details of its calculations for the final 

determination. On September 29, 2014, 

Ajinomoto North America Inc. 

(Petitioner), petitioner in the 

investigation, and Langfang Meihua BioTechnology Co., Ltd., Tongliao Meihua 

Biological SCI–TECH Co., Ltd., Meihua 

Group International Trading (Hong 

Kong) Limited, Meihua Holdings Group 

Co., Ltd., and Meihua Holdings Group 

Co., Ltd., Bazhou Branch (collectively, 

the Meihua Group), a respondent in the 

PRC investigation, timely submitted 

ministerial error allegations and 

requested, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224, 

that the Department correct these 

alleged ministerial errors. On October 6, 

2014, the Meihua Group submitted 

rebuttal comments to Petitioner’s 

ministerial error allegations. 

After analyzing all comments and 

rebuttal comments that were submitted 

by interested parties, we determined 

that, in accordance with section 735(e) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e), 

certain ministerial errors were made 

with respect to the Meihua Group’s 

margin calculation and the PRC-wide 

entity rate.5 Specifically, the 

Department inadvertently failed to: (1) 

Select the appropriate highest 

transaction-specific margin for the PRCwide entity rate, and (2) adjust certain 

costs of the Meihua Group’s ancillary 

operations regarding its MSG 

production. The amended dumping 

margins are provided, below. 

Antidumping Duty Orders 

As stated above, on November 10, 

2014, in accordance with section 735(d) 

of the Act, the ITC notified the 

Department of its final determinations 

in these investigations, in which it 

found that an industry in the United 

States is materially injured by reason of 

imports of MSG from the PRC and 

Indonesia.6 Because the ITC determined 

that imports of MSG from the PRC and 

Indonesia are materially injuring a U.S. 

industry, unliquidated entries of such 

merchandise from the PRC and 

Indonesia, entered or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption are subject 

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7See Monosodium Glutamate From the People’s 

Republic of China: Preliminary Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, and Postponement of Final 

Determination, 79 FR 26408 (May 8, 2014) (PRC 

Preliminary Determination), and Monosodium 

Glutamate From the Republic of Indonesia: 

Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final 

Determination, 79 FR 26406 (May 8, 2014). 

8See section 736(a)(3) of the Act. 

9See the April 23, 2014, Letter to the Secretary 

from the Meihua Group, ‘‘Monosodium Glutamate 

from the People’s Republic of China: Request for 

Extension of the Final Determination,’’ and the 

April 28, 2014, Letter to the Secretary from PT. 

Cheil Jedang Indonesia and CJ America, Inc., 

‘‘Antidumping Duty Investigation of Monosodium 

Glutamate from Indonesia: Conditional Request to 

Postpone the Final Determination.’’ 

to the assessment of antidumping 

duties. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

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

direct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further 

instruction by the Department, 

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 

MSG from the PRC and Indonesia. 

These antidumping duties will be 

assessed on unliquidated entries of MSG 

from the PRC and Indonesia entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after May 8, 2014, 

the date of publication of the 

preliminary determination,7 but will not 

include entries occurring after the 

expiration of the provisional measures 

period and before publication of the 

ITC’s final injury determinations as 

further described below. 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will instruct 

CBP to continue to suspend liquidation 

on all entries of MSG from the PRC and 

Indonesia. We will also instruct CBP to 

require cash deposits equal to the 

amounts indicated below. These 

instructions suspending liquidation will 

remain in effect until further notice. 

We will also instruct CBP to require 

cash deposits at rates equal to the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins indicated below. Accordingly, 

effective on the date of publication of 

the ITC’s final affirmative injury 

determinations, CBP will require, at the 

same time as importers would normally 

deposit estimated duties on this subject 

merchandise, a cash deposit at rates 

equal to the estimated weighted-average 

antidumping duty margins listed 

below.8 The relevant all-others rate for 

Indonesia or the rate for the PRC-wide 

entity, as applicable, apply to all 

exporter and producer combinations not 

specifically listed. 

Provisional Measures 

Section 773(d) of the Act states that 

instructions issued pursuant to an 

affirmative preliminary determination 

may not remain in effect for more than 

four months except where exporters 

representing a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise 

request the Department to extend that 

four-month period to no more than six 

months. At the request of exporters that 

account for a significant proportion of 

MSG from the PRC and Indonesia, we 

extended the four-month period to no 

more than six months in each case.9 In 

the underlying investigations, the 

Department published the preliminary 

determinations on May 8, 2014. 

Therefore, the six-month period 

beginning on the date of publication of 

the preliminary determinations ended 

on November 4, 2014 (i.e., the last day 

of that six-month period was November 

3, 2014). Furthermore, section 737(b) of 

the Act states that definitive duties are 

to begin on the date of publication of the 

ITC’s final injury determination. 

As a result, in accordance with 

section 733(d) of the Act and our 

practice, we will instruct CBP to 

terminate the suspension of liquidation 

and to liquidate, without regard to 

antidumping duties, unliquidated 

entries of MSG from the PRC and 

Indonesia, entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

November 4, 2014, the date the 

provisional measures expired, until and 

through the day proceeding the date of 

publication of the ITC’s final injury 

determinations in the Federal Register. 

Suspension of liquidation resumes on 

the date of publication of the ITC’s final 

determination in the Federal Register. 

The weighted-average dumping margins 

are as follows: 

THE PRC 

Exporter Producer 

Weighted-average 

dumping margin 

(percent) 

Langfang Meihua Bio-Technology Co., Ltd./Meihua Group 

International Trading (Hong Kong) Limited.

Tongliao Meihua Biological SCI–TECH Co., Ltd./Meihua 

Holdings Group Co., Ltd., Bazhou Branch.

20.09 

Fujian Province Jianyang Wuyi MSG Co., Ltd ....................... Fujian Province Jianyang Wuyi MSG Co., Ltd ...................... 20.09 

Neimenggu Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd ........................ Neimenggu Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd ........................ 20.09 

Baoji Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd ................................... Baoji Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd ................................... 20.09 

PRC-wide Entity ..................................................................... ................................................................................................. 39.03 

The PRC-wide entity includes 

Shandong Linghua Monosodium 

Glutamate Incorporated Company 

(Shandong Linghua), a mandatory 

respondent in this investigation. 

INDONESIA

Exporter or producer 

Weighted-average 

dumping margin 

(percent) 

PT Cheil Jedang Indonesia .......................... 6.19 

INDONESIA—Continued 

Exporter or producer 

Weighted-average 

dumping margin 

(percent) 

All Others ...................... 6.19 

Critical Circumstances 

With regard to the ITC’s negative 

critical circumstances determinations 

on imports of MSG from the PRC, we 

will instruct CBP to lift suspension and 

to refund any cash deposits made to 

secure the payment of estimated 

antidumping duties with respect to 

entries of the subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after February 7, 

2014 (i.e., 90 days prior to the date of 

publication of the PRC Preliminary 

Determination), but before May 8, 2014, 

(i.e., the date of publication of the PRC 

Preliminary Determination). 

Notifications to Interested Parties 

This notice constitutes the AD orders 

with respect to MSG from the PRC and 

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Indonesia pursuant to section 736(a) of 

the Act. Interested parties can find a list 

of AD orders currently in effect at 

http://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/

iastats1.html. 

These orders and the amended final 

determination for PRC are published in 

accordance with sections 735(e), 736(a), 

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

351.211 and 351.224(e). 

Dated: November 20, 2014. 

Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

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