Notice2023-28138
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From Belgium: Final Results of the Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
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Published
December 21, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
On September 22, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) issued the preliminary results of the first full five-year sunset review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on citric acid and certain citrate salts (citric acid) from Belgium. We received no comment from interested parties in opposition to our preliminary results. As a result of our analysis, Commerce finds that revocation of the AD order on citric acid from Belgium would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels indicated in the "Final Results of Sunset Review" section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 244 (Thursday, December 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88361-88362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28138]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-423-813]
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From Belgium: Final Results
of the Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On September 22, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce
(Commerce) issued the preliminary results of the first full five-year
sunset review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on citric acid and
certain citrate salts (citric acid) from Belgium. We received no
comment from interested parties in opposition to our preliminary
results. As a result of our analysis, Commerce finds that revocation of
the AD order on citric acid from Belgium would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels indicated in the
``Final Results of Sunset Review'' section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable December 21, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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) 482-4521.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 1, 2023, Commerce published the initiation of the sunset
review of the AD order on citric acid from Belgium \1\ in the Federal
Register pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).\2\ As Commerce received a substantive response from
Citribel nv (Citribel),\3\ which claimed interested party status under
section 771(9)(A) of the Act as a foreign producer and foreign exporter
of citric acid, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade
Commission (ITC) that it would conduct a full sunset review of the
Order pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(e)(2).\4\
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\1\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Belgium,
Colombia and Thailand: Antidumping Duty Orders, 83 FR 35214 (July
25, 2018) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 88 FR 35832
(June 1, 2023).
\3\ See Citribel's Letter, ``Citribel N.V.'s Substantive
Response,'' dated July 3, 2023.
\4\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on June 1,
2023,'' dated July 25, 2023.
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On September 22, 2023, Commerce published the Preliminary Results,
finding that dumping was likely to
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continue or recur if the Order were revoked, and determined to the
report to the ITC rates up to 19.30 percent as the margin of dumping
likely to prevail.\5\ We invited interested parties to comment on the
Preliminary Results.\6\ We received a case brief from Archer Daniels
Midland Company, Cargill, Incorporated, and Primary Products
Ingredients Americas LLC (collectively, the domestic interested
parties), which notes their agreement with the preliminary
determination that revocation of the Order would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping, which they state was
appropriately based on Commerce's finding that import volumes of the
subject merchandise declined significantly after issuance of the
Order.\7\
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\5\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Belgium:
Preliminary Results of the Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order, 88 FR 65365 (September 22, 2023) (Preliminary Results), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\6\ Id., 88 FR at 65366.
\7\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Domestic
Industry's Case Brief,'' dated October 23, 2023. The domestic
interested parties note that, should the final results of the 2021-
2022 administrative review of the Order be finalized prior to the
instant sunset final results, the affirmative decision that
revocation would likely lead to the continuance of dumping could be
additionally supported with a finding that dumping continued after
issuance of the Order. However, because the final results of the
2021-2022 administrative review have not yet been issued at the time
of signature of this notice, we continue to decline to consider the
unfinalized dumping margins of the ongoing 2021-2022 administrative
review for the purposes of the instant determination.
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We received no further case or rebuttal briefs from interested
parties; thus, the record reflects no opposition to the Preliminary
Results nor presents substantive issues which require further
consideration. Accordingly, the final results remain unchanged from the
Preliminary Results.
Scope of the Order
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. For a full description of the scope of the Order, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Final Results of Sunset Review
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act,
Commerce determines that revocation of the Order would be likely to
lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping at a weighted-average
dumping margin up to 19.30 percent.
As noted above, Commerce received no comments in opposition to its
Preliminary Results. As a result, we have not modified our analysis,
and no issues and decision memorandum accompanies this Federal Register
notice. We are adopting the Preliminary Results as the final results.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 the terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
This five-year sunset review and notice are in accordance with
sections 751(c)(5)(A), 752(c), and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(f)(3).
Dated: December 15, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2023-28138 Filed 12-20-23; 8:45 am]
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