Notice2025-06360
Melamine From the People's Republic of China: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
April 15, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on melamine from the People's Republic China (China), covering the period of review (POR) December 1, 2023, though November 30, 2024, because, as explained below, there are no reviewable suspended entries for the companies subject to this review.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 71 (Tuesday, April 15, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15691-15692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06360]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-020]
Melamine From the People's Republic of China: Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the
administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on melamine
from the People's Republic China (China), covering the period of review
(POR) December 1, 2023, though November 30, 2024, because, as explained
below, there are no reviewable suspended entries for the companies
subject to this review.
DATES: Applicable April 15, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Schmitt, 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) 482-4880.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 3, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register a
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on melamine from China, covering the period
December 1, 2023, though November 30, 2024.\1\ On December 31, 2024,
Cornerstone Chemical Company, a U.S. producer of subject merchandise,
timely
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requested that Commerce conduct an administrative review covering
Sichuan Aolaite Chemical Co., Ltd. (Sichuan Aolaite Chemical) and Xinji
Jiuyuan.\2\ We received no other requests for review.
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\1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 89 FR 95737, 95738
(December 3, 2024).
\2\ See Cornerstone Chemical Company's Letter, ``Request for
Administrative Review,'' dated December 31, 2024.
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On January 27, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register a
notice of initiation of an administrative review with respect to
Sichuan Aolaite Chemical and Xinji Jiuyuan, in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\3\ On February
6, 2025, Commerce released a memorandum indicating that there were no
entries of subject merchandise during the POR based on a U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) entry data query for the companies subject
to the review.\4\ Commerce provided parties an opportunity to submit
comments on the data query results.\5\ No party submitted comments to
Commerce.
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\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 8187, 8192 (January 27, 2025).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Release of Entry Data from U.S. Customs
and Border Protection,'' dated February 6, 2025.
\5\ Id.
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On February 6, 2025, Commerce issued a notice of intent to rescind
the 2023-2024 administrative review and provided parties with an
opportunity to comment.\6\ No party submitted comments to Commerce.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review,''
dated February 6, 2025.
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Rescission of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to
rescind an administrative review of an AD order where it concludes that
there were no reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR
for an exporter or producer.\7\ Normally, upon completion of an
administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the AD
assessment rate for the review period.\8\ Therefore, for an
administrative review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable,
suspended entry that Commerce can instruct CBP to liquidate at the
calculated AD assessment rate for the review period.\9\ As noted above,
there were no entries of subject merchandise from Sichuan Aolaite
Chemical or Xinji Jiuyuan during the POR. Accordingly, in the absence
of reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR,
we are rescinding this administrative review, in its entirety, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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\7\ See, e.g., Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length
Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: Recission of Antidumping
Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR 4154 (January 24, 2023).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
As Commerce has proceeded to a final rescission of this
administrative review, no cash deposit rates will change. Accordingly,
the current cash deposit requirements shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Assessment Rates
Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries. Antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates
equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at
the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date
of publication of this rescission notice in the Federal Register.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to an
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 the APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective
order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with regulations and terms
of an APO is a violation, which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(l) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: April 9, 2025.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2025-06360 Filed 4-14-25; 8:45 am]
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