Notice2025-13853
Melamine From the People's Republic of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023
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Published
July 23, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on melamine from the People's Republic of China (China) covering the period of review (POR) January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023, because, as explained below, there are no reviewable suspended entries for the two companies subject to this review.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34641-34642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13853]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-021]
Melamine From the People's Republic of China: Rescission of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023
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 countervailing duty (CVD) order on
melamine from the People's Republic of China (China) covering the
period of review (POR) January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023,
because, as explained below, there are no reviewable suspended entries
for the two companies subject to this review.
DATES: Applicable July 23, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brendan Quinn, AD/CVD Operations,
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5848.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
On December 3, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register a
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the CVD
order on melamine from China, covering the period January 1, 2023,
through December 31, 2023.\1\ Commerce received a timely request for
review of the Order from Cornerstone Chemical Company (the petitioner),
identifying entries from two Chinese exporters and/or producers as
subject to the review request: Sichuan Aolaite Chemical Co., Ltd. and
Xinji Jiuyuan.\2\
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\1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review and Joint Annual Inquiry Service List, 89 FR 95737 (December
3, 2024); see also Melamine from the People's Republic of China:
Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders, 80 FR 80751
(December 28, 2015) (Order).
\2\ See Petitioner'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 these
two companies, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act).\3\ On February 12, 2025, Commerce released
a memorandum indicating that there were no reviewable entries of
subject merchandise produced and/or exported by either firm listed in
the Initiation Notice during the POR based on a U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) entry data query and notified all interested parties
of its intent to rescind the review in full.\4\ Commerce provided
parties an opportunity to submit comments on the data query results and
intent to rescind.\5\ No party submitted comments to Commerce.
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\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 8187 (January 27, 2025).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Results of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection Data Query and Notification of Intent to Rescind,'' dated
February 12, 2025.
\5\ Id.
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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 CVD order when there are no
entries of subject merchandise during the POR for which liquidation is
suspended.\6\ Normally, upon completion of an administrative review,
the suspended entries are liquidated at the CVD assessment rate for the
review period.\7\ 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 CVD assessment rate for
the review period.\8\ As noted above, CBP data showed that there were
no entries of subject merchandise from China during the POR for the
companies under review, i.e., Sichuan Aolaite Chemical Co., Ltd. and
Xinji Jiuyuan. 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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\6\ See, e.g., Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada:
Final Results and Final Rescission, in Part, of the Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review, 2020, 87 FR 48455 (August 9, 2022); see
also Certain Non-Refillable Steel Cylinders from the People's
Republic of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review; 2020-2021, 87 FR 64008 (October 21, 2022).
\7\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2).
\8\ 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 countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries. Countervailing duties shall be assessed at rates
equal to the cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties required
to the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in
accordance with 18 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 (APO)
This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to an 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
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)(4).
Dated: July 18, 2025.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2025-13853 Filed 7-22-25; 8:45 am]
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