[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48223-48224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-22837]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-836]
Notice of Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review: Glycine from the People's Republic of China
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 22, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angelica Mendoza or Dena Crossland,
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce (``the Department''), 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3019 or (202) 482-3362, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Amendment to the Final Results
In accordance with sections 751(a) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended, (``the Act''), on August 6, 2009, the Department
issued its final results in the administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on glycine from the People's Republic of China
(``PRC''), covering the March 1, 2007, through February 29, 2008,
period. The final results were subsequently released to all parties in
the proceeding, and published in the Federal Register on August 14,
2009. See Glycine from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR 41121 (August 14, 2009)
(``Glycine Final Results''). On August 17, 2009, and pursuant to 19 CFR
351.224(c)(2), we received a timely-filed allegation from the domestic
interested producer participating in this administrative review, GEO
Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (``GEO''), that the Department made
ministerial errors with respect to its final dumping margin calculation
for respondent Baoding Mantong Fine Chemistry Co., Ltd. (``Baoding
Mantong''). See Letter from GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. to the
Department of Commerce, regarding ``Ministerial Error Comments,'' dated
August 17, 2009 (``GEO Ministerial Letter''). On August 21, 2009, we
received comments from Baoding Mantong regarding the ministerial errors
alleged by GEO. See Letter from Baoding Mantong Fine Chemistry Co.,
Ltd. to the Department of Commerce, regarding ``Response to
Petitioner's Ministerial Error Allegations,'' dated August 21, 2009
(``Baoding Mantong Response Letter''). For a discussion of the
Department's analysis of the allegations in the GEO Ministerial Letter
and rebuttal comments in the Baoding Mantong Response Letter, see
Memorandum from Dena Crossland to Richard O. Weible, entitled,
``Ministerial Errors Allegation in the Final Results of the Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review of Glycine from the People's Republic of
China: Baoding Mantong Fine Chemistry Co., Ltd.,'' dated September 14,
2009.
A ministerial error includes ``errors in addition, subtraction, or
other arithmetic function, clerical errors resulting from inaccurate
copying, duplication, or the like, and any other type of unintentional
error which {the Department{time} considers ministerial.'' Section
751(h) of the Act; see also 19 CFR 351.224(f). In the GEO Ministerial
Letter, GEO alleges that the Department made two ministerial errors in
calculating Baoding Mantong's dumping margin for the final results of
this administrative review. First, GEO alleges that the Department made
a ministerial error by not converting the Chemical Weekly value for
methanol from a per-liter to a per-kilogram basis. Additionally, GEO
argues that the Department should not have multiplied Chemical Weekly
prices for formaldehyde from the period of review by a 37.2-percent
concentration level (a simple average of the concentration levels that
Baoding Mantong reported for the formaldehyde it consumes in the
production of glycine) because Chemical Weekly prices were already
based on a 37-percent concentration level, rather than a 100-percent
concentration level.
After analyzing GEO's ministerial error comments and Baoding
Mantong's rebuttal comments, we have determined, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.224(e), that we made the following ministerial error with
respect to our final dumping margin calculation for Baoding Mantong:
the Department inadvertently did not convert the Chemical Weekly value
for methanol from a per-liter basis to a per-kilogram basis. See GEO
Ministerial Letter; see also Administrative Review of Glycine from the
People's Republic of China: Surrogate Values for the Preliminary
Results, dated March 31, 2009, at 6 and Attachment 5B, and 2007/2008
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Glycine from the People's
Republic of China: Program Analysis for the Final Results, dated August
6, 2009, at Attachment 3. The Department has revised its calculation of
the surrogate value for methanol to be consistent with Baoding
Mantong's reporting of its methanol input, as originally intended by
the Department.
With respect to GEO's allegation that the Department erred in its
calculation of the surrogate value for formaldehyde, we find that the
alleged error does not meet the definition of ministerial error
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(f) and is methodological in nature.
Specifically, it is clear from the record that the Department intended
to adjust the surrogate value for formaldehyde by 37.2 percent, which
is a simple average of the concentration levels that Baoding Mantong
reported for the formaldehyde it consumes in the production of the
subject merchandise. Therefore, we have not changed our surrogate value
for formaldehyde.
Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(e), we are amending
the final results in this antidumping duty administrative review of
glycine from the PRC. After correcting the ministerial error with
respect to Baoding Mantong's methanol input, the amended final
weighted-average dumping margin is as follows:
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Final Results Weighted-Average Amended Final Weighted-Average
Manufacturer/Exporter Margin Percentage Margin Percentage
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Baoding Mantong Fine Chemistry Co., Ltd... 33.67 37.18
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Assessment Rates
The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') 15 days after the date of
publication of these amended final results of review. In accordance
with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we have calculated importer-specific
assessment rates for merchandise subject to this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective retroactively
on any entries made on or after August 14, 2009, the date of
publication of the Final Results, for all shipments of subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption as
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For Baoding Mantong,
which has a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the company-
specific rate shown above; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated
companies not listed above that have a separate rate, the cash deposit
rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the
most recent period; (3) the cash deposit rate for all other PRC
exporters will be 155.89 percent, the current PRC-wide rate; and (4)
the cash deposit rate for all non-PRC exporters will be the rate
applicable to the PRC exporter that supplied that exporter. These cash
deposit requirements will remain in effect until further notice.
Notification of Interested Parties
This notice also 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 review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that
reimbursement of the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties. This notice also serves as a
reminder to parties subject to administrative protective orders
(``APOs'') of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction
of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19
CFR 351.305, which continues to govern business proprietary information
in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written notification of the
return/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 violation that is subject to
sanction.
We are issuing and publishing these amended final results of review
and notice in accordance with sections 751(a) and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: September 14, 2009.
Carole Showers,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.
[FR Doc. E9-22837 Filed 9-21-09; 8:45 am]
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