Notice2022-24914
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From Belgium: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021
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Published
November 16, 2022
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Citribel nv (Citribel), formerly S.A. Citrique Belge N.V. (Citrique Belge), a producer/exporter of citric acid and certain citrate salts (citric acid) from Belgium, did not sell subject merchandise at prices below normal value during the period of review (POR), July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-423-813]
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From Belgium: Final Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
Citribel nv (Citribel), formerly S.A. Citrique Belge N.V. (Citrique
Belge), a producer/exporter of citric acid and certain citrate salts
(citric acid) from Belgium, did not sell subject merchandise at prices
below normal value during the period of review (POR), July 1, 2020,
through June 30, 2021.
DATES: Applicable November 16, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Lindgren or Deborah Cohen, AD/
CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1671 or 202-482-
4521, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 29, 2022, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of the
2020-2021 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on citric
acid from Belgium.\1\ This review covers one producer/exporter of the
subject merchandise, Citribel (formerly Citrique Belge).\2\ We invited
parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. No party submitted
comments. Accordingly, the final results remain unchanged from the
Preliminary Results.
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\1\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Belgium:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-
2021, 87 FR 45751 (July 29, 2022) (Preliminary Results).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 50034 (September 7, 2021) (Initiation
Notice). The Initiation Notice included the company name ``S.A.
Citrique Belge N.V.'' (Citrique Belge). Subsequently, we determined
that Citribel is the successor-in-interest to Citrique Belge. See
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Belgium: Notice of
Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed
Circumstance Review, 87 FR 35738 (June 13, 2022), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum, unchanged in Citric Acid and
Certain Citrate Salts from Belgium: Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 87 FR 45750 (July 29, 2022)
(Citric Acid Belgium CCR).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>3</SUP>
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\3\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Belgium,
Colombia and Thailand: Antidumping Duty Orders, 83 FR 35214 (July
25, 2018) (Order).
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The merchandise covered by this Order includes all grades and
granulation sizes of citric acid, sodium citrate, and potassium citrate
in their unblended forms, whether dry or in solution, and regardless of
packaging type. The scope also includes blends of citric acid, sodium
citrate, and potassium citrate; as well as blends with other
ingredients, such as sugar, where the unblended form(s) of citric acid,
sodium citrate, and potassium citrate constitute 40 percent or more, by
weight, of the blend.
The scope also includes all forms of crude calcium citrate,
including dicalcium citrate monohydrate, and tricalcium citrate
tetrahydrate, which are intermediate products in the production of
citric acid, sodium citrate, and potassium citrate.
The scope includes the hydrous and anhydrous forms of citric acid,
the dihydrate and anhydrous forms of sodium citrate, otherwise known as
citric acid sodium salt, and the monohydrate and monopotassium forms of
potassium citrate. Sodium citrate also includes both trisodium citrate
and monosodium citrate which are also known as citric acid trisodium
salt and citric acid monosodium salt, respectively.
The scope does not include calcium citrate that satisfies the
standards set forth in the United States Pharmacopeia and has been
mixed with a functional excipient, such as dextrose or starch, where
the excipient constitutes at least 2 percent, by weight, of the
product.
Citric acid and sodium citrate are classifiable under 2918.14.0000
and 2918.15.1000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS), respectively. Potassium citrate and crude calcium citrate are
classifiable under 2918.15.5000 and, if included in a mixture or blend,
3824.99.9295 of the HTSUS. Blends that include citric acid, sodium
citrate, and potassium citrate are classifiable under 3824.99.9295 of
the HTSUS. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience
and customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise is
dispositive.
Final Results of Review
As a result of this administrative review, Commerce determines that
the following dumping margin exists for the POR:
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Citribel nv (formerly S.A. Citrique Belge)................. 0.00
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Disclosure
Normally, Commerce will disclose to the parties in a proceeding the
calculations performed in connection with a final results of review
within five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of the notice
of final results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b). However, Commerce made no adjustments to the margin
calculation methodology used in the Preliminary Results; therefore,
there are no calculations to disclose for the final results.
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), Commerce has determined, and
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance
with the final results of this review. Because the rate assigned to
Citribel (formerly Citrique Belge) is zero, Commerce will instruct CBP
to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping
duties.\4\
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\4\ As explained above, we determined that Citribel is the
successor-in-interest to Citrique Belge. See Citric Acid Belgium
CCR. Accordingly, we intend to issue assessment instructions
covering entries produced and exported by Citrique Belge during the
POR at the rate established in these final results.
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Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register. 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
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statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of these final results for all shipments of
citric acid from Belgium entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of publication provided by section
751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for Citribel will be
zero; (2) for merchandise exported by producers or exporters not
covered in this review but covered in a completed prior segment of the
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recently completed segment of this
proceeding in which the producer and/or exporter participated; (3) if
the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or
the original less-than-fair-value investigation but the producer is,
then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most
recently completed segment of the proceeding for the producer of the
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or
exporters will continue to be 19.30 percent, the all-others rate
established in the less-than-fair-value investigation.\5\ These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\5\ See Order.
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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 review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under the 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.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: November 8, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-24914 Filed 11-15-22; 8:45 am]
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