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17 Id. 

1For a complete description of the Scope of the 

Order, see ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the 

Preliminary Results of the 2013 Antidumping Duty 

New Shipper Review of Xanthan Gum from the 

People’s Republic of China,’’ from Christian Marsh, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K. 

Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance (‘‘Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum’’), dated concurrently with 

this notice. 

2See the memorandum from Brandon Farlander, 

International Trade Analyst, AD/CVD Operations 

Office IV to Abdelali Elouaradia, Director, AD/CVD 

Operations Office IV regarding ‘‘Xanthan Gum from 

the People’s Republic of China: Affiliation and 

Single Company Status’’ dated concurrently with 

this notice. 

number (i.e., at that exporter’s rate) will 

be liquidated at the PRC-wide rate.17

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective upon 

publication of the final results of this 

administrative review for shipments of 

the subject merchandise from the PRC 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the 

publication date, as provided by 

sections 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The 

cash deposit rate for Rongxin will be 

that established in the final results of 

this review (except, if the rate is zero or 

de minimis, then zero cash deposit will 

be required); (2) for previously 

investigated or reviewed PRC and nonPRC exporters not listed above that 

received a separate rate in a prior 

segment of this proceeding, the cash 

deposit rate will continue to be the 

existing exporter-specific rate; (3) for all 

PRC exporters of subject merchandise 

that have not been found to be entitled 

to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate 

will be that for the PRC-wide entity 

(114.90 percent); and (4) for all non-PRC 

exporters of subject merchandise which 

have not received their own rate, the 

cash deposit rate will be the rate 

applicable to the PRC exporter that 

supplied that non-PRC exporter. 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 the 

Department’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

occurred and the subsequent assessment 

of double antidumping duties. 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: December 12, 2014. 

Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

1. Summary 

2. Background 

3. Scope of the Order 

4. Partial Rescission of Review 

5. Discussion of the Methodology 

a. Non-Market Economy Country 

b. Separate Rate 

6. Recommendation 

EDITORIAL NOTE: FR Doc. 2014–30755 

was originally supposed to publish in 

the issue of December 19, 2014, is 

correctly published in its entirety in the 

issue of December 31, 2014. 

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BILLING CODE 1505–01–D 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–985] 

Xanthan Gum From the People’s 

Republic of China: Preliminary Results 

of 2013 Antidumping Duty New 

Shipper Review 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(‘‘the Department’’) is conducting a new 

shipper review (‘‘NSR’’) of the 

antidumping duty order on xanthan 

gum from the People’s Republic of 

China (‘‘PRC’’). The NSR covers Meihua 

Group International Trading (Hong 

Kong) Limited, Langfang Meihua BioTechnology Co., Ltd., and Xinjiang 

Meihua Amino Acid Co., Ltd. 

(collectively, ‘‘Meihua’’). The period of 

review (‘‘POR’’) is July 19, 2013, 

through December 31, 2013. The 

Department preliminarily determines 

that Meihua has not made sales of 

subject merchandise at less than normal 

value. Interested parties are invited to 

comment on the preliminary results of 

this review. 

DATES: Effective Date: December 31, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brandon Farlander, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–0182. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order 

The scope of the order covers dry 

xanthan gum, whether or not coated or 

blended with other products. Further, 

xanthan gum is included in this order 

regardless of physical form, including, 

but not limited to, solutions, slurries, 

dry powders of any particle size, or 

unground fiber. Merchandise covered by 

the scope of this order is classified in 

the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

(‘‘HTS’’) of the United States at 

subheading 3913.90.20. This tariff 

classification is provided for 

convenience and customs purposes; 

however, the written description of the 

scope is dispositive.1

Preliminary Affiliation Determination 

Based on the evidence presented in 

Meihua’s questionnaire responses, we 

preliminarily find that Meihua Group 

International Trading (Hong Kong) 

Limited, Langfang Meihua BioTechnology Co., Ltd., and Xinjiang 

Meihua Amino Acid Co., Ltd. are 

affiliated, pursuant to section 771(33)(F) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(‘‘the Act’’). In addition, based on the 

information presented in the 

questionnaire responses, we 

preliminarily find that Meihua Group 

International Trading (Hong Kong) 

Limited, Langfang Meihua BioTechnology Co., Ltd., and Xinjiang 

Meihua Amino Acid Co., Ltd. should be 

treated as a single company for the 

purposes of this review pursuant to 

section 19 CFR 351.401(f).2

Methodology 

The Department is conducting this 

review in accordance with section 

751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.214. The Department calculated 

export price in accordance with section 

772 of the Act. Because the PRC is a 

nonmarket economy (‘‘NME’’) within 

the meaning of section 771(18) of the 

Act, the Department calculated normal 

value in accordance with section 773(c) 

of the Act. For a full description of the 

methodology underlying our 

conclusions, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum, which is hereby 

adopted with 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 

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3ACCESS is the new acronym for Enforcement 

and Compliance’s Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (IA 

ACCESS). We changed the Web site location from 

http://iaaccess.trade.gov to http://access.trade.gov. 

See 19 CFR 351.303, as amended in Enforcement 

and Compliance; Change of Electronic Filing 

System Name, 79 FR 69046 (November 20, 2014). 

4See 19 CFR 351.309(c). 

5See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1). 

6See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2). 

7See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

8See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

9See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

10See, generally, 19 CFR 351.303. 

11See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures; 

Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 

39263 (July 6, 2011). 

12See 19 CFR 351.212(b). 

13 In these preliminary results, the Department 

applied the assessment rate calculation method 

adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation 

of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 

Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 

Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 

(February 14, 2012). 

14See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

15 Id. 

16For a full discussion of this practice, see NonMarket Economy Antidumping Proceedings: 

Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 

(October 24, 2011). 

at http://access.trade.gov and is 

available in the Central Records Unit, 

room 7046 of the main Department of 

Commerce building.3 In addition, a 

complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/ 

frn/. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

We preliminarily determine that the 

following weighted-average dumping 

margin exists for the period July 19, 

2013 through December 31, 2013: 

Exporter Producer 

Weightedaverage dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Meihua Group International Trading (Hong Kong) Limited/

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

Meihua Amino Acid Co., Ltd. 

Meihua Group International Trading (Hong Kong) Limited/

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

Meihua Amino Acid Co., Ltd. 

0.00% 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.224(b), the Department will disclose 

calculations performed for the 

preliminary results of review to parties 

within five days of the date of 

publication of this notice. Interested 

parties may submit case briefs no later 

than 30 days after the date of 

publication of the preliminary results of 

review.4 Rebuttals to case briefs may be 

filed no later than five days after the 

time limit for filing case briefs.5 All 

rebuttal comments must be limited to 

comments raised in the case briefs.6

Parties who submit case briefs 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.7

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 date of publication of this 

notice.8 Requests should contain the 

party’s name, address, and telephone 

number, the number of participants, and 

a list of the issues to be discussed. Oral 

arguments are limited to issues raised in 

case briefs. If a request for a hearing is 

made, the Department intends to hold 

the hearing at the U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at 

a date and time to be determined.9

Parties should confirm by telephone the 

date, time, and location of the hearing 

two days before the scheduled date. 

All submissions, with limited 

exceptions, must be filed electronically 

using ACCESS.10 An electronically filed 

document must be received successfully 

in its entirety by the Department’s 

electronic records system, ACCESS, by 

5 p.m. Eastern Time (‘‘ET’’) on the due 

date. Documents excepted from the 

electronic submission requirements 

must be filed manually (i.e., in paper 

form) with the APO/Dockets Unit in 

Room 1870 of the main Department of 

Commerce building and stamped with 

the date and time of receipt by 5 p.m. 

ET on the due date.11

The Department intends to issue the 

final results of this NSR, which will 

include the results of its analysis of 

issues raised in any briefs received, no 

later than 90 days after the date these 

preliminary results of review are issued 

pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(1). 

Assessment Rates 

Upon issuing the final results of this 

review, the Department will determine, 

and U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(‘‘CBP’’) shall assess, antidumping 

duties on all appropriate entries covered 

by this review.12 The Department 

intends to issue assessment instructions 

to CBP 15 days after the publication 

date of the final results of this review. 

If Meihua’s weighted-average 

dumping margin is above de minimis 

(i.e., 0.5 percent) in the final results of 

this review, the Department will 

calculate importer-specific assessment 

rates on the basis of the ratio of the total 

amount of dumping calculated for the 

importer’s examined sales to the total 

entered value of those sales, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).13

Where an importer- (or customer-) 

specific ad valorem rate is greater than 

de minimis, the Department will 

instruct CBP to collect the appropriate 

duties at the time of liquidation.14

Where either Meihua’s weighted average 

dumping margin is zero or de minimis, 

or an importer- (or customer-) specific 

ad valorem dumping margin is zero or 

de minimis, the Department will 

instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate 

entries without regard to antidumping 

duties.15 For entries that were not 

reported in the U.S. sales database 

submitted by Meihua, the Department 

will instruct CBP to liquidate such 

entries at the PRC-wide rate.16

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective upon 

publication of the final results of this 

review for shipments of the subject 

merchandise from the PRC entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the publication 

date, as provided by sections 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For subject 

merchandise produced and exported by 

Meihua, the cash deposit rate will be the 

rate established for Meihua in the final 

results of the NSR (except, if the rate is 

zero or de minimis, then a zero cash 

deposit will be required); (2) for subject 

merchandise exported by Meihua, but 

not produced by Meihua, the cash 

deposit rate will be the rate for the PRCwide entity; and (3) for subject 

merchandise produced by Meihua, but 

not exported by Meihua, the cash 

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1See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts: 

Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review; 2012, 79 FR 36012 (June 25, 

2014) (Preliminary Results) and Memorandum to 

Paul Piquado, ‘‘Post-Preliminary Results Decision 

Memorandum for the Fourth Administrative 

Review of the Countervailing Duty Order: Citric 

Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from the People’s 

Republic of China,’’ dated September 5, 2014 (PostPreliminary Results). 

2See Memorandum to Eric Greynolds, Acting 

Office Director for AD/CVD Duty Operations, Office 

III, ‘‘Administrative Review of Countervailing Duty 

Order on Citric and Certain Citrate Salts: 

Verification of the Questionnaire Responses 

Submitted by the RZBC Co. Ltd. and its crossowned affiliates,’’ (October 7, 2014); see also 

Memorandum to Eric Greynolds, Acting Director, 

AD/CVD Duty Operations, Office III, 

‘‘Administrative Review of Countervailing Duty 

Order on Citric and Certain Citrate Salts: 

Verification of the Questionnaire Responses 

Submitted by the Government of the People’s 

Republic of China,’’ (October 7, 2014). 

3Petitioners are Archer Daniels Midland 

Company, Cargill Incorporated, and Tate & Lyle 

Ingredients America LLC. 

4See letter from the GOC, ‘‘GOC’s POR 4 

Administrative Case Brief in the Fourth 

Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty 

Order on Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From 

the People’s Republic of China,’’ (October 20, 2014); 

Letter from Petitioners, ‘‘Citric Acid and Certain 

Citrate Salts From The People’s Republic Of China/ 

Petitioners’ Case Brief,’’ (October 20, 2014); Letter 

from the RZBC Companies, ‘‘Citric Acid and Citrate 

Salts From the People’s Republic of China: Case 

Brief,’’ (October 20, 2014). 

5See letter from the GOC, ‘‘GOC’s Rebuttal Brief 

in the Fourth Administrative Review of the 

Countervailing Duty Order on Citric Acid and 

Certain Citrate Salts from the People’s Republic of 

China,’’ (October 27, 2014); Letter from Petitioners, 

‘‘Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From The 

People’s Republic Of China/Petitioners’ Rebuttal 

Brief,’’ (October 27, 2014); Letter from the RZBC 

Companies, ‘‘Citric Acid and Citrate Salts from the 

People’s Republic of China: Rebuttal Case Brief,’’ 

(October 27, 2014). 

6On November 24, 2014, Enforcement and 

Compliance changed the name of Enforcement and 

Compliance’s AD and CVD Centralized Electronic 

Service System (‘‘IA ACCESS’’) to AD and CVD 

Centralized Electronic Service System (‘‘ACCESS’’). 

The Web site location was changed from http://

iaaccess.trade.gov to http://access.trade.gov. The 

Final Rule changing the references to the 

Regulations can be found at 79 FR 69046 

(November 20, 2014). 

deposit rate will be the rate applicable 

to the exporter. These 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 the 

Department’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

occurred and the subsequent assessment 

of double antidumping duties. 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results in accordance with sections 

751(a)(2)(B) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 

19 CFR 351.214. 

Dated: December 18, 2014. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

1. Bona Fide Sale Analysis 

2. Non-Market Economy Country Status 

3. Separate Rate 

4. Surrogate Country 

5. Date of Sale 

6. Fair Value Comparisons 

7. U.S. Price 

8. Normal Value 

[FR Doc. 2014–30660 Filed 12–30–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–938] 

Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts: 

Final Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review; 2012 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) has completed its 

administrative review of the 

countervailing duty (CVD) order on 

citric acid and certain citrate salts (citric 

acid) from the People’s Republic of 

China (PRC) for the period of review 

(POR) covering January 1, 2012, through 

December 31, 2012. On June 25, 2014, 

we published the preliminary results of 

this review and the post-preliminary 

results were completed on September 5, 

2014.1

We provided interested parties with 

an opportunity to comment on the 

Preliminary Results and PostPreliminary Results. Our analysis of the 

comments submitted resulted in a 

change to the net subsidy rate for RZBC 

Group Shareholding Co., Ltd., RZBC 

Co., Ltd., RZBC Juxian Co., Ltd., and 

RZBC Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd. 

(collectively, the RZBC Companies). The 

final net subsidy rate is listed below in 

the section entitled ‘‘Final Results of the 

Review.’’ 

DATES: Effective Date: December 31, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia M. Tran and Raquel Silva, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone (202) 482–1503 and (202) 

482–6475, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Following the Preliminary Results and 

Post-Preliminary Results, on September 

11 through 19, 2014, the Department 

conducted verification of the 

questionnaire responses submitted by 

the Government of the PRC (GOC) and 

the RZBC Companies. The verification 

reports for the GOC and the RZBC 

Companies were released on October 8, 

2014.2 We received case briefs from the 

GOC, the RZBC Companies, and 

Petitioners 3 on October 20, 2014.4 On 

October 27, 2014, all parties submitted 

their rebuttal briefs.5 No hearing was 

held in this case as none was requested. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise subject to the order 

is citric acid and certain citrate salts. 

The product is currently classified 

under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

of the United States (HTSUS) item 

numbers 2918.14.0000, 2918.15.1000, 

2918.15.5000, 3824.90.9290, and 

3824.90.9290. Although the HTSUS 

numbers are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes, the written 

product description remains dispositive. 

A full description of the scope of the 

order is contained in the memorandum 

from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Operations to Paul 

Piquado, Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance, ‘‘Issues 

and Decision Memorandum for the 

Final Results of the Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review: Citric Acid and 

Certain Citrate Salts; 2012’’ (Final 

Decision Memorandum), dated 

concurrently with this notice, and 

hereby adopted by this notice. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case briefs are 

addressed in the Final Decision 

Memorandum. A list of the issues raised 

is attached to this notice as an 

Appendix. The Final 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).6

ACCESS is available to registered users 

at http://access.trade.gov and in the 

Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the 

main Department of Commerce 

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