90 FR 71 pgs. 15691-15692 - Melamine From the People's Republic of China: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 71Pages: 15691 - 15692
Pages: 15691, 15692Docket number: [A-570-020]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-06360 Filed 4-14-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: International Trade Administration
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-020]
Melamine From the People's Republic of China: Rescission 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) is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on melamine from the People's Republic China (China), covering the period of review (POR) December 1, 2023, though November 30, 2024, because, as explained below, there are no reviewable suspended entries for the companies subject to this review.
DATES:
Applicable April 15, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Frank Schmitt, AD/CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4880.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
[top] On December 3, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on melamine from China, covering the period December 1, 2023, though November 30, 2024. 1 On December 31, 2024, Cornerstone Chemical Company, a U.S. producer of subject merchandise, timely
Footnotes:
1 ? See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 89 FR 95737, 95738 (December 3, 2024).
2 ? See Cornerstone Chemical Company's Letter, "Request for Administrative Review," dated December 31, 2024.
On January 27, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an administrative review with respect to Sichuan Aolaite Chemical and Xinji Jiuyuan, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 3 On February 6, 2025, Commerce released a memorandum indicating that there were no entries of subject merchandise during the POR based on a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) entry data query for the companies subject to the review. 4 Commerce provided parties an opportunity to submit comments on the data query results. 5 No party submitted comments to Commerce.
Footnotes:
3 ? See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 8187, 8192 (January 27, 2025).
4 ? See Memorandum, "Release of Entry Data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection," dated February 6, 2025.
5 ? Id.
On February 6, 2025, Commerce issued a notice of intent to rescind the 2023-2024 administrative review and provided parties with an opportunity to comment. 6 No party submitted comments to Commerce.
Footnotes:
6 ? See Memorandum, "Notice of Intent to Rescind Review," dated February 6, 2025.
Rescission of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to rescind an administrative review of an AD order where it concludes that there were no reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR for an exporter or producer. 7 Normally, upon completion of an administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the AD assessment rate for the review period. 8 Therefore, for an administrative review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce can instruct CBP to liquidate at the calculated AD assessment rate for the review period. 9 As noted above, there were no entries of subject merchandise from Sichuan Aolaite Chemical or Xinji Jiuyuan during the POR. Accordingly, in the absence of reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR, we are rescinding this administrative review, in its entirety, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
Footnotes:
7 ? See, e.g., Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: Recission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR 4154 (January 24, 2023).
8 ? See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2).
9 ? See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
Cash Deposit Requirements
As Commerce has proceeded to a final rescission of this administrative review, no cash deposit rates will change. Accordingly, the current cash deposit requirements shall remain in effect until further notice.
Assessment Rates
Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. 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, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of this rescission notice in the Federal Register .
Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as a final 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 the APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with regulations and terms of an APO is a violation, which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(l) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: April 9, 2025.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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