Notice2025-08525
Methionine From Spain: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
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Published
May 14, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Adisseo Espa[ntilde]a S.A. (Adisseo Espa[ntilde]a), the sole producer and exporter subject to this administrative review, made sales of methionine from Spain at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2022, through August 31, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 92 (Wednesday, May 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20449-20451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08525]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-469-822]
Methionine From Spain: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2022-2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
Adisseo Espa[ntilde]a S.A. (Adisseo Espa[ntilde]a), the sole producer
and exporter subject to this administrative review, made sales of
methionine from Spain at less than normal value during the period of
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review (POR) September 1, 2022, through August 31, 2023.
DATES: Applicable May 14, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Bremer, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4987.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 10, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results and
invited interested parties to comment.\1\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce
tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven
days.\2\ On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this
administrative review by 90 days.\3\ As a result, the deadline for
these final results of review is May 8, 2025. For a complete
description of the events that occurred since the Preliminary Results,
see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\
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\1\ See Methionine from Spain: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023, 89 FR 82210
(October 10, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadline for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Methionine from Spain; 2022-2023,'' dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
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Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a) of Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order <SUP>5</SUP>
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\5\ See Methionine from Japan and Spain: Antidumping Duty
Orders, 86 FR 51119 (September 14, 2021) (Order).
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The merchandise covered by the Order is methionine from Spain. For
a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs filed by parties
are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the
issues addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum are 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
<a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the Issues
and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Final Results of Administrative Review
For these final results, we determine that the following estimated
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the POR, September 1, 2022,
through August 31, 2023:
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Estimated
weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Adisseo Espa[ntilde]a S.A.................................. 0.71
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Disclosure
Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with the 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 this notice in the
Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However,
because we made no changes from the Preliminary Results, there are no
new calculations to disclose.
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we
calculated importer-specific ad valorem duty assessment rates based on
the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for examined sales
to each importer to the total entered value of those sales. Where an
importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis within the
meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), we will instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. Pursuant to a
refinement to Commerce's assessment practice, for subject merchandise
that was entered into the United States, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption during the POR, that was produced or exported by
Adisseo Espa[ntilde]a for which Adisseo Espa[ntilde]a did not report
the sale in its U.S. sales database, we will instruct CBP to liquidate
the entry of such merchandise at the all-others rate (i.e., 37.53
percent) \6\ if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction.\7\
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\6\ See Order, 86 FR at 51120.
\7\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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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 statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within
90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of this
notice in the Federal Register, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of
the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for companies subject to this review
will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin listed in the
``Final Results of Review'' section above; (2) for merchandise that was
exported by a company that is not under review and the company has a
company-specific cash deposit rate from a completed segment of this
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific cash deposit rate from a completed segment of the proceeding
that is currently applicable to the company; (3) if the exporter of the
subject merchandise was not covered by this review or a previously
completed segment of this proceeding, but the producer of the subject
merchandise was covered, then the cash deposit rate will be equal to
the company-specific cash deposit rate from a completed segment of this
proceeding that is currently applicable to the producer of the subject
merchandise; and (4) if neither the exporter nor the producer of the
subject merchandise was covered by this review or a previously
completed segment of this proceeding, then the cash deposit rate will
be 37.53 percent ad valorem, the all-others rate established in the
less than fair value investigation.\8\ These cash deposit requirements,
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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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
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certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries during this POR. 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 (APO)
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an APO
of their responsibility concerning the destruction or return 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 destruction or return 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 these final results of review and
this notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: May 8, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issue
Comment 1: Whether to Apply Partial Adverse Facts Available
(AFA) to Adisseo Espa[ntilde]a's U.S. Sales Rebates
VI. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2025-08525 Filed 5-13-25; 8:45 am]
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