Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023

<NOTICE> DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE <SUBAGY>International Trade Administration</SUBAGY> <DEPDOC>[A-570-937]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that RZBC Group Co., Ltd., RZBC Co., Ltd., RZBC Import & Export Co., Ltd., and RZBC (Juxian) Co., Ltd. (collectively, RZBC) did not sell subject merchandise in the United States at prices below normal value during the May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023 period of review (POR). </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Applicable December 9, 2024. </DATES> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Maisha Cryor, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5831. </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Background</HD> On June 6, 2024, Commerce published the <E T="03">Preliminary Results</E> of the 2022-2023 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on citric acid and certain citrate salts (citric acid) from the People's Republic of China (China)  <SU>1</SU> <FTREF/> in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> and invited interested parties to comment. <SU>2</SU> <FTREF/> On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days. <SU>3</SU> <FTREF/> On October 8, 2024, Commerce extended the deadline for the final results of this administrative review until December 10, 2024. <SU>4</SU> <FTREF/> For a summary of the events that occurred since the <E T="03">Preliminary Results, see</E> the Issues and Decision Memorandum. <SU>5</SU> <FTREF/> Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). <FTNT> <SU>1</SU>   <E T="03">See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Canada and the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders,</E> 74 FR 25703 (May 29, 2009) ( <E T="03">Order</E> ). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>2</SU>   <E T="03">See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023,</E> 89 FR 48377 (June 6, 2024) ( <E T="03">Preliminary Results</E> ), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>3</SU>  See Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,” dated July 22, 2024. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>4</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Extension of Deadline for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023” dated October 8, 2024. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>5</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from the People's Republic of China; 2023-2023,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Scope of the Order</HD> The merchandise covered by the <E T="03">Order</E> is citric acid from China. A full description of the scope of the <E T="03">Order</E> is contained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Analysis of Comments Received</HD> The issue raised in an interested party's case brief is addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is provided in the appendix to this notice. 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 <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov.</E> In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.</E> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Changes Since the Preliminary Results</HD> Based on an analysis of the comment received, we made six changes to the margin calculation from the <E T="03">Preliminary Results</E> for RZBC. <SU>6</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>6</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Issues and Decision Memorandum at 2-3. </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">The China-Wide Entity</HD> Because no party requested a review of the China-wide entity, and Commerce no longer considers the China-wide entity as an exporter conditionally subject to administrative reviews, <SU>7</SU> <FTREF/> we did not conduct a review of the China-wide entity. Thus, the weighted-average dumping margin for the China-wide entity ( <E T="03">i.e.,</E> 156.87 percent)  <SU>8</SU> <FTREF/> is not subject to change as a result of this review. <FTNT> <SU>7</SU>   <E T="03">See 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,</E> 78 FR 65963, 65969-70 (November 4, 2013). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>8</SU>   <E T="03">See Order.</E> </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Final Results of Review</HD> We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023: <GPOTABLE COLS="2" OPTS="L2,tp0,i1" CDEF="s50,9C"> <TTITLE> </TTITLE> <CHED H="1">Exporter</CHED> <ENT I="01">RZBC Import & Export Co., Ltd</ENT> <ENT>0.00</ENT> </ROW> </GPOTABLE> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Disclosure</HD> We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these final results of review to interested parties within five days of the date of publication of this notice in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> , in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). <HD SOURCE="HD1">Assessment Rates</HD> Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.212(b), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise covered this review. Because the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin or an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or <E T="03">de minimis</E> in the final results of review, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate entries without regard to antidumping duties. <SU>9</SU> <FTREF/> The final results of this administrative review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by the final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable. <SU>10</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>9</SU>   <E T="03">See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification,</E> 77 FR 8101, 8102-03 (February 14, 2012); <E T="03">see also</E> 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>10</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act. </FTNT> Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of these final results of this review in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> . If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired ( <E T="03">i.e.,</E> within 90 days of publication). Where the respondent reported reliable entered values, Commerce will calculate importer/customer-specific ad valorem assessment rates by aggregating the amount of dumping calculated for all U.S. sales to the importer/customer and dividing this amount by the total entered value of the merchandise sold to the importer/customer. <SU>11</SU> <FTREF/> Where an importer- (or customer-) specific assessment rate is zero or <E T="03">de minimis</E> ( <E T="03">i.e.,</E> less than 0.50 percent), Commerce will instruct CBP to assess that importer's (or customer's) entries of subject merchandise without regard to antidumping duties in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). For entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales database submitted by RZBC during this review, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the antidumping duty assessment rate for the China-wide entity ( <E T="03">i.e.,</E> 156.87 percent). <SU>12</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>11</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>12</SU>  For a full discussion of this practice, <E T="03">see Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,</E> 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011). </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Cash Deposit Requirements</HD> The following deposit requirements will be effective upon publication of the final results of this administrative review for all shipments of the subject merchandise from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for RZBC the cash deposit rate will be the margin listed above; (2) for previously investigated or reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese exporters not listed above that have separate rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate published for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which they were reviewed; (3) for all Chinese e ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 13k characters. 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