Notice2026-04879
Methionine From Spain: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
March 12, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that the sole mandatory respondent under review, Adisseo Espa[ntilde]a S.A. (Adisseo Espa[ntilde]a), sold subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2024. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 48 (Thursday, March 12, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12136-12138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04879]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-469-822]
Methionine From Spain: Preliminary Results 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) preliminarily
determines that the sole mandatory respondent under review, Adisseo
Espa[ntilde]a S.A. (Adisseo Espa[ntilde]a), sold subject merchandise at
less than normal
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value during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2023, through
August 31, 2024. We invite interested parties to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable March 12, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Jacobson, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0266.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 14, 2021, Commerce published the antidumping duty (AD)
order on methionine from Spain.\1\ On September 3, 2024, Commerce
notified interested parties of the opportunity to request an
administrative review of the Order covering the POR.\2\
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\1\ See Methionine from Japan and Spain: Antidumping Duty
Orders, 86 FR 51119 (September 14, 2021) (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 71254 (September
3, 2024).
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On October 17, 2024, based on timely requests for review,\3\
Commerce initiated an administrative review of the Order with respect
to Adisseo Espa[ntilde]a.\4\ On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the
deadline to issue the preliminary results in this administrative review
by 90 days.\5\ On August 15, 2025, Commerce extended the deadline for
issuing the preliminary results of this review until December 29, 2025,
in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).\6\
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\3\ See Adisseo Espa[ntilde]a's Letter, ``Methionine from Spain:
Adisseo Espana S.A. and Adisseo USA Inc.'s Request for
Administrative Review,'' dated September 30, 2024; see also
Petitioner's Letter, ``Methionine from Spain: Request for
Administrative Review,'' dated September 30, 2024.
\4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 78298, 78300 (November 15, 2023).
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated August
15, 2025.
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Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown,
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by 47 days.\7\ Additionally, due to a backlog of documents
that were electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government shutdown, on November 24,
2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an
additional 21 days.\8\ On March 5, 2026, Commerce extended the deadline
for issuing the preliminary results of this review by two days, in
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.\9\ Accordingly, the
deadline for these preliminary results is now March 5, 2026. For a
complete description of the events that occurred subsequent to
initiation of the review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\10\
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\8\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\9\ See Memorandum, ``Second Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results,'' dated March 5, 2026.
\10\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Methionine from Spain; 2023-2024,'' dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order \11\
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\11\ See Order, 86 FR at 51120-21.
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The merchandise covered by the Order is methionine from Spain. For
a full description of the scope, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a) of the Act. We calculated constructed export price in accordance
with section 772 of the Act and normal value in accordance with section
773 of the Act.
For a full description of the methodology underlying these
preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is provided as
an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a
public document that is on file electronically via 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
accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminarily finds that the following weighted-average
dumping margin exists for the period September 1, 2023, through August
31, 2024:
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Adisseo Espa[ntilde]a S.A.................................. 7.11
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties for these preliminary results of this
administrative 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).
Public Comment
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case
briefs no later than 21 days after the date of publication of these
preliminary results of review in the Federal Register.\12\ Rebuttal
briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed in
ACCESS not later than five days after the date for filing case
briefs.\13\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), interested
parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must
submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.\14\ All briefs must be filed electronically using
ACCESS.\15\
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
\13\ 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 Final Rule).
\14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\15\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we
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
executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not
including citations. We intend to use the executive summaries as the
basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision
memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative
review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for
relevant citations in the 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 Final Rule.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request for a hearing to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed
electronically via ACCESS, within 30
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days after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. Hearing requests should contain: (1) the requesting 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 issues
to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those
issues raised in the respective case briefs. If a hearing is requested,
Commerce intends to hold the hearing at a date and time to be
determined.\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. An electronically filed
document must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline. Note that Commerce
has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of
documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\19\
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\19\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, including the results of its
analysis of issues raised in written briefs, no later than 120 days
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register,
pursuant to 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the final results, in accordance with section
751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), Commerce shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise
covered by this review.\20\ If Adisseo Espa[ntilde]a's weighted-average
dumping margin in the final results of this review is not zero or de
minimis (i.e., less than or equal to 0.5 percent), we will calculate
importer-specific ad valorem assessment rates for the merchandise by
dividing the total amount of dumping calculated for all reviewed sales
to the importer by the total entered value of the merchandise sold to
the importer.\21\ Where either Adisseo Espa[ntilde]a's ad valorem
weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer-
specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de minimis in the final
results of review, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate
entries without regard to antidumping duties.\22\
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\20\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\21\ Id.
\22\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceedings:
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR
8101, 8102 (February 14, 2012) (Final Modification for Reviews).
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Adisseo
Espa[ntilde]a for which it did not know was destined for the United
States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the
all-others rate determined in the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigation (i.e., 37.53 percent) \23\ if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\24\
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\23\ See Order, 86 FR at 51120.
\24\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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The final results of this review shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by
this review and for future deposits of estimated duties, where
applicable.\25\ 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, Commerce 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).
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\25\ Id.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be in effect for all
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the notice of
the final results of this administrative review in the Federal
Register, as provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the
cash deposit rate for Adisseo Espa[ntilde]a will be equal to the
weighted-average dumping margin established for Adisseo Espa[ntilde]a
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), then the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2)
for exporters not covered in this review but that were previously
reviewed or investigated in a prior segment of this proceeding, the
cash deposit rate will continue to be the rate assigned to the company
in the most recently-completed segment of this proceeding in which the
producer or exporter was examined; (3) if the exporter of the subject
merchandise does not have a company-specific rate but the producer of
the subject merchandise does, then the cash deposit rate will be the
rate assigned to the producer of the subject merchandise in the most
recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the producer was
examined; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or
exporters will continue to be the all-others rate of 37.53 percent that
was established in the original investigation in this proceeding.\26\
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect
until further notice.
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\26\ See Order, 86 FR at 51120.
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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) 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.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results of review
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: March 9, 2026.
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. Application of Facts Available and Adverse Inferences
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2026-04879 Filed 3-11-26; 8:45 am]
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