Notice2026-16041
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025
Primary source
Metadata and text below are from the Federal Register, a public-domain U.S. government work. Always verify the official published version before relying on it for any legal matter.
Published
August 6, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that RZBC Group Co., Ltd., RZBC Co., Ltd., RZBC Import & Export Co., Ltd., and RZBC (Juxian) Co., Ltd. (collectively, RZBC) made sales of citric acid and certain citrate salts (citric acid) from the People's Republic of China (China) at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
Full Text
<html>
<head>
<title>Federal Register, Volume 91 Issue 150 (Thursday, August 6, 2026)</title>
</head>
<body><pre>
[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 150 (Thursday, August 6, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50778-50780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-16041]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-937]
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From the People's Republic
of China: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2024-2025
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that RZBC Group Co., Ltd., RZBC Co., Ltd., RZBC Import &
Export Co., Ltd., and RZBC (Juxian) Co., Ltd. (collectively, RZBC) made
sales of citric acid and certain citrate salts (citric acid) from the
People's Republic of China (China) at less than normal value (NV)
during the period of review (POR) May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025.
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results
of review.
DATES: Applicable August 6, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luke Caruso, 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) 482-2081.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 29, 2009, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty order on citric acid from China.\1\ On May 5, 2025,
Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to
request an administrative review of the Order.\2\ On June 25, 2025,
based on a timely request for an administrative review, Commerce
initiated an administrative review of the Order.\3\ The administrative
review covers a single mandatory respondent, RZBC.\4\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Canada and
the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders, 74 FR 25703
(May 29, 2009) (Order).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 90 FR 18962 (May 5,
2025).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 26967 (June 25, 2025) (Initiation
Notice).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Identification,'' dated
September 4, 2025.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown,
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
[[Page 50779]]
proceedings by 47 days.\5\ 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.\6\ Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), on March 24, 2026, Commerce extended
the deadline for these preliminary results until July 31, 2026.\7\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results,'' dated March 24, 2026.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
For a complete description of the events that occurred since the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. \8\
The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file
electronically via ACCESS. ACCESS is available to registered users at
<a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is included in an appendix to this notice. In
addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
be found at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\8\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Citric Acid
and Certain Citrate Salts from the People's Republic of China; 2024-
2025,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Scope of the Order
The product covered by this Order is citric acid from China. A full
description of the scope of the Order is contained in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.\9\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\9\ Id.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
China-Wide Entity
Commerce's policy regarding the conditional review of the China-
wide entity applies to this administrative review.\10\ Under this
policy, the China-wide entity will not be under review unless a party
specifically requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a review of the
entity. Because no party requested a review of the China-wide entity in
this review, the entity is not under review, and the entity's
assessment rate (i.e., 156.87 percent) is not subject to change.\11\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\10\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
\11\ See Order.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Act. Because China is a non-market economy country
within the meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, we calculated normal
value in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act. For a full
description of the methodology underlying our preliminary results, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of the Administrative Review
Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the administrative review
covering the period May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Weighted-
average
Exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
RZBC Import & Export Co., Ltd.............................. 7.23
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations and analysis that it
performed in these preliminary results of review to parties to the
proceeding within five days of any public announcement of these
preliminary results 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. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties
to submit case briefs to Commerce to not later than 21 days after the
date of the publication of this notice.\12\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than five days
after the date for filing case briefs.\13\ Interested parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit:
(1) a table of contents listing each issue addressed; and (2) a table
of authorities.\14\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\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).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), we request that
interested parties provide, at the beginning of their briefs, a public
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\15\ 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 we will
issue for 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).\16\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\15\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\16\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written hearing request to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed
electronically via ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) the requesting
party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of
individuals from the requesting party that will attend the hearing and
whether any of those individuals is a foreign national; and (3) a list
of the issues the party intends to discuss at the hearing. Issues
raised in the hearing by a party will be limited to those raised in the
party's case and rebuttal briefs. An electronically filed hearing
request must be received successfully in its entirety by Commerce's
electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 30
days after the date of publication of this notice.
Final Results of Review
Unless extended, Commerce intends to issue the final results of
this 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, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
Assessment Rates
Upon issuing the final results, Commerce will determine, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on
all appropriate entries covered by this
[[Page 50780]]
review.\17\ For each individually examined respondent in this review
whose weighted-average dumping margin in the final results of review is
not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), Commerce intends
to calculate importer/customer-specific assessment rates.\18\ Where the
respondent reported reliable entered values, Commerce intends to
calculate importer/customer-specific ad valorem assessment rates by
aggregating the amount of dumping calculated for all U.S. sales to the
importer/customer and dividing this amount by the total entered value
of the merchandise sold to the importer/customer.\19\ Where the
respondent did not report entered values, 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.\20\ 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. Where either the
respondent's weighted average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or
an importer/customer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de
minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.\21\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\17\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\18\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012)
(Final Modification).
\19\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\20\ Id.
\21\ See Final Modification, 77 FR at 8103.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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). In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act, the final results of this review shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by
the final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated
antidumping duties, where applicable.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this review for shipments of the
subject merchandise from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for the subject merchandise
exported by the company listed above that has a separate rate, the cash
deposit rate will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin
established in the final results of this administrative review (except,
if the rate is zero or de minimis, then zero cash deposit will be
required); (2) for previously investigated or reviewed Chinese and non-
Chinese exporters not listed above that received a separate rate in a
prior segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue
to be the existing exporter-specific rate; (3) for all Chinese
exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be
entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be that for the
China-wide entity; and (4) for all non-Chinese exporters of subject
merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit
rate will be the rate applicable to the Chinese exporter that supplied
that non-Chinese exporter. These deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further notice.
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 and/or countervailing 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.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing the preliminary results of this
review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1)(B), 751(a)(3), and 777(i)
of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: July 31, 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. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Adjustment Under Section 777A(f) of the Act
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2026-16041 Filed 8-5-26; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
</pre></body>
</html>Indexed from Federal Register on August 6, 2026.
This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.