Notice2026-18698
Glycine From Japan: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 2024-2025
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Published
September 14, 2026
Issuing agencies
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, 2024, through May 31, 2025. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 176 (Monday, September 14, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58094-58097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18698]
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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, 2024-2025
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, 2024, through May 31, 2025. We invite
interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable September 14, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jinny Ahn, AD/CVD Operations, Office
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VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 21, 2019, Commerce published the antidumping duty order on
glycine from Japan.\1\ On June 3, 2025, Commerce published in the
Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an administrative
review of the Order.\2\ On July 25, 2025, Commerce published the notice
of initiation of the administrative review of the Order.\3\
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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 Memorandum, ``Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of
Raw Honey from Argentina; 2024-2025: Respondent Selection,'' dated
September 9, 2025.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
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Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown,
on November 17, 2025, Commerce tolled deadlines for this administrative
proceeding by 47 days.\4\ 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 deadlines for this administrative proceeding by
an additional 21 days.\5\ Between May 4, and August 31, 2026, Commerce
extended the deadline for issuing these preliminary results, in
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), until September 8, 2026.\6\
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Raw Honey from Argentina: Extension of
Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review,'' dated March 25, 2026.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Raw Honey from Argentina: Extension of
Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2024-2025'' dated August 27, 2026.
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For a complete description of the events following the initiation
of this administrative review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\7\ The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document
and is made available to the public 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 found at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Raw Honey from Argentina; 2024-2025,'' 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 from Japan. For a
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.\8\
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\8\ Id.
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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. A list of the topics discussed in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an appendix to this
notice.
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 23, 2025, Commerce
received a timely filed withdrawal of review requests with respect to:
(1) Ajinomoto Co., Inc., (2) Ajinomoto Healthcare, Inc., (3) Sojitz
Corporation, and (4) Sojitz Logistics Corporation, and no other parties
requested a review of these companies.\9\ Therefore, we are rescinding
this administrative review with respect to these four comapnies.\9\
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\9\ See Chattem Chemicals, Inc.'s Letter, ``Partial Withdrawal
of Request for Administrative Review,'' dated October 23, 2025.
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Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine that the following estimated weighted-
average dumping margins exists for the period June 1, 2024, through May
31, 2025.
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Yuki Gosei Kogyo Co., Ltd./Nagase & Co., Ltd................ 3.25
Resonac Corporation......................................... 0.00
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Disclosure
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.\10\ 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.\11\ 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.\12\
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\10\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Petitioner's Request for
Verification,'' dated November 3, 2025.
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\12\ 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).
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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.\13\ 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 results in this administrative
review. 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).\14\
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\13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\14\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
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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
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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,
Commerce will inform parties of the scheduled date for the hearing.\15\
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\15\ 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.\16\ 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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\16\ 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.\17\ If the weighted-average dumping
margin for the companies identified above is not zero or de minimis
(i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in the final results of this review, we
will calculate importer-specific assessment rates. 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).\18\ 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 YGK/Nagase's or
Resonac'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.\19\ 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.\20\
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\17\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\18\ 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).
\19\ Id., 77 FR at 8102-03; see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
\20\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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For Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Ajinomoto Healthcare, Inc., Sojitz
Corporation, and Sojitz Logistics Corporation, 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 Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Ajinomoto Healthcare, Inc.,
Sojitz Corporation., and Sojitz Logistics Corporation, Commerce intends
to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after
the date of publication of this notice 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.\21\
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\21\ 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.\22\ These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\22\ See Order.
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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 the Secretary'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 results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221.
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Dated: September 8, 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. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2026-18698 Filed 9-11-26; 8:45 am]
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