Notice2025-18132
Glycine From Japan: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 2023-2024; and Preliminary Successor-in-Interest Determination
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Published
September 19, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that producers or exporters subject to this administrative review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 180 (Friday, September 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45185-45188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18132]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-588-878]
Glycine From Japan: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part,
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 2023-2024; and Preliminary
Successor-in-Interest Determination
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds
that producers or exporters subject to this administrative review made
sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the
period of review June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024. We invite
interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable September 19, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Natasia Byrd and Jinny Ahn, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1240 and (202) 482-0339,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 21, 2019, Commerce published the antidumping duty order on
glycine from Japan.\1\ On June 3, 2024, Commerce published in the
Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an administrative
review of the Order.\2\ On July 29, 2024, Commerce published the notice
of initiation of the administrative review of the Order.\3\ On December
9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative
proceeding by 90 days.\4\ On May 15, 2025, Commerce extended the time
limit for these preliminary results to September 12, 2025, in
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).\5\
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\1\ See Glycine from India and Japan: Amended Final Affirmative
Antidumping Duty Determination and Antidumping Duty Orders, 84 FR
29170 (June 21, 2019) (Order).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 89 FR 47518, 47520
(June 3, 2024).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 60871, 60875 (July 29, 2024).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results,'' dated May 15, 2025.
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For a complete description of the events following the initiation
of this administrative review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\6\ A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is attached as an appendix to this notice. The
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is made
available to the public 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
be found at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty on
Glycine from Japan; 2023-2024,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order is glycine. For a complete
description of
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the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\
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\7\ Id.
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Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the parties that
requested a review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation. On October 25, 2024, Chattem
Chemicals, Inc. (the petitioner) withdrew its request for review of
various companies, inter alia, Megmilk Snow Brand Co. Ltd., Resonac
Holdings Corporation, and Snow Brand Seed Co. Ltd.\8\ Because the
request for review of Megmilk Snow Brand Co. Ltd., Resonac Holdings
Corporation, and Snow Brand Seed Co. Ltd was timely withdrawn, and
because no other parties requested a review of these companies, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding this
review with respect to: (1) Megmilk Snow Brand Co. Ltd., (2) Resonac
Holdings Corporation, and (3) Snow Brand Seed Co. Ltd.
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\8\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Partial Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review, dated October 25, 2025. The petitioner also
withdrew its request for review for Showa Denko K.K. Although the
petitioner is the only party to have requested a review of Showa
Denko K.K., given that we are preliminarily determining that
``Resonac Corporation'' is the successor in interest to ``Showa
Denko K.K.,'' as discussed below, we are not rescinding the review
with respect to Showa Denko K.K.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(2) of the Act. Export price and constructed export price are
calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value is
calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full
description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Successor-in-Interest Determination
On August 9, 2024, Resonac Corporation requested in another segment
of this proceeding that Commerce initiate a successor-in-interest
changed circumstances review, which it filed on the record of this
administrative review on October 1, 2024.\9\ Resonac Corporation stated
that changed circumstances are sufficient to warrant such a review
because Showa Denko K.K. had changed its name to Resonac Corporation,
as of January 1, 2023.\10\ We did not initiate a separate changed
circumstances review, but instead, are evaluating Resonac Corporation's
request as part of this administrative review.\11\ Based on our
analysis of the information on the record, we preliminarily determine
Resonac Corporation to be the successor-in-interest to Showa Denko K.K.
See the Preliminary Decision Memorandum and CCR Analysis Memorandum for
further information.
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\9\ See Resonac's Letter, ``Glycine from Japan: Request for a
Changed Circumstances Review,'' dated October 1, 2024.
\10\ Id.
\11\ See Memorandum, ``Request for Changed Circumstances Review,
Resonac Corporation,'' dated September 23, 2024 (CCR Analysis
Memorandum).
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Application of Facts Available With Adverse Inference
Pursuant to section 776(a) of the Act, Commerce is preliminarily
relying upon facts otherwise available to determine a weighted-average
dumping margin for Resonac Corporation because: (1) necessary
information is not available on the record; and (2) Resonac Corporation
withheld requested information, failed to provide such information by
the established deadlines, and significantly impeded this proceeding.
Further, Commerce preliminarily determines that an adverse inference is
warranted in selecting from among the facts otherwise available
pursuant to section 776(b) of the Act because Resonac Corporation
failed to cooperate to the best of its ability. For further
information, see section, ``Application of Facts Available and Use of
Adverse Inferences'' in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine that the following estimated weighted-
average dumping margins exist for the period June 1, 2023, through May
31, 2024.
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Yuki Gosei Kogyo Co., Ltd./Nagase & Co., Ltd.\12\........... 9.84
Resonac Corporation......................................... 86.22
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Disclosure
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\12\ Commerce previously determined that Nagase & Co., Ltd. and
Yuki Gosei Kogyo Co., Ltd. are affiliated within the meaning of
section 771(33)(E) of the Act and should be treated as a single
entity pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f). See Glycine from Japan: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 88 FR
88052, 88053 (December 20, 2023) at footnote 5. We have received no
information in this administrative review that would change our
finding for the purposes of these preliminary results of review.
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Commerce intends to disclose to interested parties its calculations
and analysis performed in these preliminary results, 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).
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.\13\ Pursuant to 19
CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested
parties to submit case briefs to Commerce no later than 21 days after
the date of the publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days
after the date for filing case briefs.\14\ Interested parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit:
(1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.\15\
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\13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for
general filing requirements).
\14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Procedures).
\15\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages
total, including footnotes. In this administrative review, we instead
request that interested parties provide, at the beginning of their
briefs, a public executive summary for each issue raised in their
briefs.\16\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their
public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not
including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as
the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision
memorandum that will accompany the final determination in this
investigation. We request that interested parties include footnotes for
relevant citations in the public executive summary of each issue. Note
that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\17\
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\16\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\17\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce,
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests
should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone number;
(2) the number of participants and whether any participant is a foreign
national; and (3) a list of the issues to be discussed. Issues raised
in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case
briefs. Oral presentations at the hearing will be limited to issues
raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties will
be notified of the time and date for the hearing.\18\ Parties should
confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing two
days before the scheduled date.
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\18\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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All submissions, including case and rebuttal briefs, as well as
hearing requests, should be filed via ACCESS.\19\ An electronically
filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline.
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\19\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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Final Results of Review
Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative
review, including the results of its analysis of the issues raised in
any written briefs, no later than 120 days after the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, unless extended,
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the final results, Commerce shall determine, and
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries.\20\ If the weighted-average dumping
margin for Yuki Gosei Kogyo Co., Ltd./Nagase & Co., Ltd. is not zero or
de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in the final results of this
review, we will calculate an importer-specific assessment rate. Where
the respondent reported reliable entered values, Commerce intends to
calculate importer/customer-specific ad valorem assessment rates on the
basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each
importer's examined sales and the total entered value of such sales in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\21\ Where the respondent did not
report entered values, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1),
Commerce will calculate importer/customer-specific assessment rates by
dividing the amount of dumping for reviewed sales to the importer/
customer by the total quantity of those sales. Commerce will calculate
an estimated ad valorem importer/customer-specific assessment rate to
determine whether the per-unit assessment rate is de minimis; however,
Commerce will use the per-unit assessment rate where entered values
were not reported. Where an importer/customer-specific ad valorem
assessment rate is not zero or de minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP
to collect the appropriate duties at the time of liquidation. If Yuki
Gosei Kogyo Co., Ltd./Nagase & Co., Ltd.'s weighted-average dumping
margin is zero or de minimis in the final results of review, or if an
importer-specific assessment rate for one of these companies is zero or
de minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.\22\ For entries of subject
merchandise during the period of review produced by any of these
companies for which it did not know its merchandise was destined for
the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed
entries.\23\
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\20\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\21\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14,
2012).
\22\ Id., 77 FR at 8102-03; see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
\23\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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For Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd., Resonac Holdings Corporation, and
Snow Brand Seed Co., Ltd., for which we are rescinding this
administrative review, 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,
during the period of review, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(c)(1)(i). For Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd., Resonac Holdings
Corporation, and Snow Brand Seed Co., Ltd., Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date
of publication of these preliminary results in the Federal Register.
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). The final results of this administrative
review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on
entries of merchandise under review and for future cash deposits of
estimated antidumping duties, where applicable.\24\
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\24\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication in the Federal Register of the notice of final results of
administrative review for all shipments of glycine from Japan entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of
publication as provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash
deposit rate for the company listed above will be equal to the
weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results of
this administrative review, except if the rate is less than 0.50
percent and therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR
351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2)
for previously reviewed or investigated companies not covered in this
review, 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 company was reviewed; (3) if the exporter is
not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original
investigation but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the
rate established in the completed segment for the most recent period
for the producer of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all
other producers or exporters will be 53.66 percent, the all-others rate
established in the less-than-fair-value investigation.\25\ 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 preliminary 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.
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Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221.
Dated: September 12, 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Preliminary Successor-in-Interest Determination
V. Application of Facts Available and Use of Adverse Inferences
VI. Affiliation
VII. Discussion of the Methodology
VIII. Currency Conversion
IX. Recommendation
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