Notice2026-18699
Methionine From Spain: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
September 14, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Adisseo Espa[ntilde]a S.A., the sole producer and exporter subject to this administrative review, made sales of methionine from Spain at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 176 (Monday, September 14, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58074-58076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18699]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-469-822]
Methionine From Spain: Final 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) determines that
Adisseo Espa[ntilde]a S.A., the sole producer and exporter subject to
this administrative review, made sales of methionine from Spain at less
than normal value during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2023,
through August 31, 2024.
DATES: Applicable September 14, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Jacobson, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance,
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International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0266.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 12, 2026, Commerce published the Preliminary Results for
the 2023-2024 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on
methionine from Spain \1\ and invited interested parties to comment.\2\
The sole mandatory respondent in this review is Adisseo Espa[ntilde]a
S.A. (Adisseo).\3\ On July 7, 2026, Commerce extended the deadline for
the final results of this review by 53 days.\4\ On August 31, 2026,
Commerce extended the deadline an additional seven days.\5\ As a
result, the deadline for the final results is September 8, 2026.
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\1\ See Methionine from Japan and Spain: Antidumping Duty
Orders, 86 FR 51119 (September 14, 2021) (Order).
\2\ See Methionine from Spain: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024, 91 FR 12136
(March 12, 2026) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
\3\ See Preliminary Results, 91 FR at 12137.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Antidumping Administrative Review,'' dated July 7, 2026.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Second Extension of Deadline for Final
Results of Antidumping Administrative Review,'' dated August 31,
2026.
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For a complete description of the events that occurred since the
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\6\ The
Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file
electronically 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final 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 (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a) of Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order <SUP>7</SUP>
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\7\ See Order, 86 FR at 51119.
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The merchandise covered by the Order is methionine from Spain. For
a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs filed by parties
are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum and are listed in
the appendix to this notice.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of the comments received from interested
parties regarding the Preliminary Results, we made certain changes to
the weighted-average dumping margins calculated for Adisseo. For a
discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Final Results of Administrative Review
For these final results, we determine that the following weighted-
average dumping margins exist for the POR, 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........................... 8.20
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose to interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with the final results of 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).
Assessment Rates
Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of
subject merchandise in accordance with these final results of
review.\8\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we calculated importer-
specific ad valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the
total amount of dumping calculated for the examined sales to the total
entered value of the sales for which the entered value was reported.
Where the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de
minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer-
specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
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\8\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice will apply to entries
of subject merchandise during the POR produced or exported by Adisseo
for which Adisseo did not know that the merchandise it sold to the
intermediary (e.g., a reseller, trading company, or exporter) was
destined for the United States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP
to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate established in
the LTFV investigation (i.e., 37.53 percent \9\) if there is no rate
for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\10\
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\9\ See Order, 86 FR at 51120.
\10\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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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).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the company
listed above will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin that
is established in the ``Final Results of Review''; (2) for previously
investigated or reviewed companies not subject to 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 participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, a prior review, or the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigation, but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the
rate established for the most recently completed segment of the
proceeding for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will continue to be
37.53 percent ad valorem, the all-others rate established in the LTFV
investigation.\11\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\11\ See Order, 86 FR at 51120.
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Notification to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties
This notice also serves as a final 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 the 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.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (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 APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective
order, is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and
the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
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)(5)
and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
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 Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse
Inferences
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
VI. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether To Continue to Rely on Adisseo's Reported
U.S. Short-Term Interest Rate
Comment 2: Whether To Continue to Rely on Adisseo's Reported
Home Market Indirect Selling Expenses
Comment 3: Whether To Continue to Grant Adisseo a Constructed
Export Price Offset
Comment 4: Whether To Continue to Apply Partial Facts Available
With Adverse Inferences to Adisseo's U.S. Commission Reporting
VII. Recommendation
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