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7See Letter from Simcoa, ‘‘Silicon Metal from 

Australia: Request for Postponement of Final 

Determination,’’ dated September 13, 2017. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, 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. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, the 

Department intends to hold the hearing 

at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 

1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230, at a time and 

date to be determined. Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date, time, and 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. 

Postponement of Final Determination 

and Extension of Provisional Measures 

Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides 

that a final determination may be 

postponed until not later than 135 days 

after the date of the publication of the 

preliminary determination if, in the 

event of an affirmative preliminary 

determination, a request for such 

postponement is made by exporters who 

account for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise, or in 

the event of a negative preliminary 

determination, a request for such 

postponement is made by the petitioner. 

Section 351.210(e)(2) of the 

Department’s regulations requires that a 

request by exporters for postponement 

of the final determination be 

accompanied by a request for extension 

of provisional measures from a fourmonth period to a period not more than 

six months in duration. 

On September 13, 2017, pursuant to 

19 CFR 351.210(e), Simcoa requested 

that the Department postpone the final 

determination and that provisional 

measures be extended to a period not to 

exceed six months.7 In accordance with 

section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) The 

preliminary determination is 

affirmative; (2) the requesting exporter 

accounts for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise; and 

(3) no compelling reasons for denial 

exist, the Department is postponing the 

final determination and extending the 

provisional measures from a four-month 

period to a period not greater than six 

months. Accordingly, the Department 

will make its final determination no 

later than 135 days after the date of 

publication of this preliminary 

determination. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, the Department will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary determination. If the 

final determination is affirmative, the 

ITC will determine before the later of 

120 days after the date of this 

preliminary determination or 45 days 

after the final determination whether 

these imports are materially injuring, or 

threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: October 4, 2017. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The scope of this investigation covers all 

forms and sizes of silicon metal, including 

silicon metal powder. Silicon metal contains 

at least 85.00 percent but less than 99.99 

percent silicon, and less than 4.00 percent 

iron, by actual weight. Semiconductor grade 

silicon (merchandise containing at least 

99.99 percent silicon by actual weight and 

classifiable under Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheading 2804.61.0000) is excluded from 

the scope of this investigation. 

Silicon metal is currently classifiable 

under subheadings 2804.69.1000 and 

2804.69.5000 of the HTSUS. While HTSUS 

numbers are provided for convenience and 

customs purposes, the written description of 

the scope remains dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Scope Comments 

V. Discussion of the Methodology 

A. Determination of the Comparison 

Method 

B. Results of the Differential Pricing 

Analysis 

VI. Date of Sale 

VII. Product Comparisons 

VIII. Constructed Export Price 

IX. Normal Value 

A. Home Market Viability 

B. Level of Trade 

C. Cost of Production Analysis 

1. Calculation of COP 

2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices 

3. Results of the COP Test 

D. Calculation of NV Based on 

Comparison-Market Prices 

X. Currency Conversion 

XI. Critical Circumstances 

XII. Conclusion 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[Application No. 03–3A008] 

Export Trade Certificate of Review 

ACTION: Notice of Issuance of an 

amended Export Trade Certificate of 

Review to California Pistachio Export 

Council (‘‘CPEC’’), Application No. 03– 

3A008. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce issued an amended Export 

Trade Certificate of Review to CPEC on 

October 5, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph E. Flynn, Director, Office of 

Trade and Economic Analysis 

(‘‘OTEA’’), International Trade 

Administration, by telephone at (202) 

482–5131 (this is not a toll-free number) 

or email at etca@trade.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of 

the Export Trading Company Act of 

1982 (15 U.S.C. Sections 4001–21) 

authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to 

issue Export Trade Certificates of 

Review. The regulations implementing 

Title III are found at 15 CFR part 325 

(2016). OTEA is issuing this notice 

pursuant to 15 CFR 325.6(b), which 

requires the Secretary of Commerce to 

publish a summary of the certification 

in the Federal Register. Under Section 

305(a) of the Act and 15 CFR 325.11(a), 

any person aggrieved by the Secretary’s 

determination may, within 30 days of 

the date of this notice, bring an action 

in any appropriate district court of the 

United States to set aside the 

determination on the ground that the 

determination is erroneous. 

Description of Amended Certificate 

CPEC’s Export Trade Certificate of 

Review has been amended to: 

• Remove Horizon Marketing Agency in 

Common Cooperative Inc. as a 

Member 

• Add the following new Members: 

Æ Arizona Nut Company, LLC 

(controlling entity A&P Ranch, L.P.) 

Æ Horizon Growers Cooperative, Inc. 


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47474 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 196 / Thursday, October 12, 2017 / Notices 

1See Glycine from the People’s Republic of 

China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review and Rescission of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, In Part; 

2015–2016, 82 FR 16992 (April 7, 2017) 

(Preliminary Results). 

2See Memorandum to Gary Taverman, Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Operations, on the subject of 

‘‘Glycine from the People’s Republic of China: 

Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final 

Results of Administrative Review and Rescission of 

Review, In Part; 2015–2016’’, dated concurrently 

with this notice (Issues and Decision 

Memorandum). 

3 In separate scope rulings, the Department 

determined that: (a) D(-) Phenylglycine Ethyl Dane 

Salt is outside the scope of the order and (b) PRCglycine exported from India remains the same class 

or kind of merchandise as the PRC-origin glycine 

imported into India. See Notice of Scope Rulings 

and Anticircumvention Inquiries, 62 FR 62288 

(November 21, 1997) and Glycine from the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Partial Affirmative 

Determination of Circumvention of the 

Antidumping Duty Order, 77 FR 73426 (December 

10, 2012), respectively. 

4See Preliminary Results at 16992–16993. 

5See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement 

of Change in Department Practice for Respondent 

Selection in Antidumping Duty Proceedings and 

Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy 

Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 

FR 65963 (November 4, 2013). 

CPEC’s amendment of its Export 

Trade Certificate of Review results in the 

following membership list: 

• Arizona Nut Company, LLC 

• ARO Pistachios, Inc. 

• Horizon Growers Cooperative, Inc. 

• Keenan Farms, Inc. 

• Monarch Nut Company 

• Nichols Pistachio 

• Primex Farms, LLC 

• Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc. 

• Zymex Industries, Inc. 

No change has been made regarding 

the Export Trade, Export Trade 

Activities or Methods of Operation 

covered by the Certificate. 

The amended Certificate of Review is 

effective from June 15, 2017, the date on 

which the application for an 

amendment was deemed submitted. 

Dated: October 5, 2017. 

Joseph E. Flynn, 

Director, Office of Trade and Economic 

Analysis, International Trade Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–836] 

Glycine From the People’s Republic of 

China: Final Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review and 

Rescission of Administrative Review, 

in Part; 2015–2016 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On April 7, 2017, the 

Department of Commerce (the 

Department) published the preliminary 

results of the administrative review of 

the antidumping duty order on glycine 

from the People’s Republic of China 

(PRC), covering the period March 1, 

2015, through February 29, 2016. We 

invited interested parties to comment on 

the preliminary results. We received 

comments from a domestic interested 

party, GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. 

(GEO), a respondent, Baoding Mantong 

Fine Chemistry Co., Ltd. (Baoding 

Mantong) and a U.S. importer, PharmRx Chemical Corporation (Pharm-Rx). 

As a result of comments filed by the 

parties, we have determined that the 

U.S. sale reported by Baoding Mantong 

is not a bona fide sale and the review 

should be rescinded with respect to this 

exporter. The final results remain 

unchanged from the preliminary results 

of review with respect to the other 

respondent, Jizhou City Huayang 

Chemical Co., Ltd. (Huayang Chemical). 

DATES: Applicable October 12, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edythe Artman or Brian Davis, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–3931 or (202) 482–7924, 

respectively. 

Background 

On April 7, 2017, the Department 

published its notice of preliminary 

results of review for the administrative 

review on glycine from the PRC in the 

Federal Register.1 A summary of the 

events that occurred since the 

Department published these results, as 

well as a discussion of the issues raised 

by parties for this final determination, 

may be found in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum, which is hereby adopted 

by this notice.2

Scope of the Order 

The product covered by this 

antidumping duty order is glycine, 

which is a free-flowing crystalline 

material, like salt or sugar. Glycine is 

produced at varying levels of purity and 

is used as a sweetener/taste enhancer, a 

buffering agent, reabsorbable amino 

acid, chemical intermediate, and a metal 

complexing agent. This proceeding 

includes glycine of all purity levels. 

Glycine is currently classified under 

subheading 2922.49.4020 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS).3 Although the 

HTSUS subheading is provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the merchandise 

under the order is dispositive. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case and 

rebuttal briefs by parties to this 

administrative review are addressed in 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

A list of the issues raised by parties is 

attached to this notice as Appendix I. 

The Issues and 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 and it is 

available to all parties in the Central 

Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main 

Department of Commerce building. In 

addition, a complete version of the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum can 

be accessed directly at http://

enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. 

The signed and electronic versions of 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum 

are identical in content. 

Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

In Comment 1 of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum, the Department 

concluded that the sole U.S. sale 

reported by Baoding Mantong for the 

period of review was not a bona fide 

sale. Consequently, we are rescinding 

the review with respect to this 

company. We made no changes to the 

PRC-wide rate assigned to Pharm-Rx’s 

Chinese supplier, Huayang Chemical, as 

a result of our analysis of the issues. 

Final Results of Review 

In the Preliminary Results, we 

determined that Huayang Chemical 

failed to establish its eligibility for a 

separate rate and preliminarily 

determined to treat the exporter as part 

of the PRC-wide entity.4 Because no 

party requested a review of the PRCwide entity and the Department no 

longer considers the PRC-wide entity as 

an exporter conditionally subject to 

administrative reviews, we did not 

conduct a review of the PRC-wide 

entity, and the entity’s rate is not subject 

to change in this review.5

Assessment Rates 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) 

and 19 CFR 351.212(b), the Department 

has determined, and CBP shall assess, 

antidumping duties on all appropriate 

entries of subject merchandise covered 


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