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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6See Non-Market Economy Antidumping 

Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 

FR 65694 (October 24, 2011). 

7 Id. 

1See Silicon Metal From Australia, Brazil, and 

Norway: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations, 82 FR 16352 (April 4, 2017) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Silicon Metal from Australia, Brazil, and 

Norway: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations, 82 FR 35753 (August 1, 2017). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination in the Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation of Silicon Metal from 

Norway,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

by this review. The Department intends 

to issue assessment instructions to CBP 

15 days after the date of publication of 

these final results of review. 

Accordingly, we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate the entries reported by 

Baoding Mantong without regard to 

antidumping duties. The Department 

also intends to instruct CBP to liquidate 

entries of subject merchandise from the 

exporters identified above as being part 

of the PRC-wide entity (including 

Huayang Chemical) at the PRC-wide 

rate, i.e., 453.79 percent. 

Pursuant to a refinement in the 

Department’s non-market economy 

practice, for entries that were not 

reported in the U.S. sales databases 

submitted by companies individually 

examined during this review, the 

Department will instruct CBP to 

liquidate such entries at the PRC-wide 

rate.6 Additionally, if the Department 

determines that an exporter had no 

shipments of the subject merchandise, 

any suspended entries that entered 

under that exporter’s case number (i.e., 

at that exporter’s rate) will be liquidated 

at the PRC-wide rate.7

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective for all 

shipments of subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the 

publication date of the final results of 

this administrative review, as provided 

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

For Baoding Mantong and other 

previously investigated or reviewed PRC 

and non-PRC exporters which are not 

under review in this segment of the 

proceeding but received a separate rate 

in a previous segment, the cash deposit 

rate will continue to be the exporterspecific rate published for the most 

recently-completed period; (2) for all 

PRC exporters of subject merchandise 

which have not been found to be 

entitled to a separate rate, the cash 

deposit rate will be that for the PRCwide entity (i.e., 453.79 percent); and (3) 

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(s) that supplied the non-PRC 

exporter. These cash deposit 

requirements, when imposed, 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 period of review. 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. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Order 

This notice also serves as a final 

reminder to parties subject to 

administrative protective order (APO) of 

their responsibility concerning the 

return or destruction of proprietary 

information disclosed under APO in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), 

which continues to govern business 

proprietary information in this segment 

of the proceeding. Timely written 

notification of the return or 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. 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results and this notice in accordance 

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

Act. 

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 

List of Topics Discussed in the Final Issues 

and Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. List of Issues 

III. Background 

IV. Scope of the Order 

V. Discussion of Interested Party Comments 

Comment 1: Bona Fides of Baoding 

Mantong’s U.S. Sale 

Comment 2: Moot Arguments Concerning 

Baoding Mantong’s Margin Calculations 

Comment 3: Assignment of the PRC-Wide 

Rate to Pharm-Rx Following Judicial 

Review of the Rate 

VI. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–403–805] 

Silicon Metal From Norway: 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

Preliminary Negative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, Preliminary 

Determination of No Shipments, 

Postponement of Final Determination, 

and Extension of Provisional Measures 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) preliminarily 

determines that silicon metal from 

Norway 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, 2016, 

through December 31, 2016. 

DATES: Applicable October 12, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brittany Bauer, 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) 482–3860. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). The Department published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on April 4, 2017.1 On July 26, 2017, the 

Department postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation, and 

the revised deadline is now October 4, 

2017.2 For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

included 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 


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