# Glycine From India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022
**AGENCY:**
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
**SUMMARY:**
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that producers and/or exporters subject to this administrative review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review June 1, 2021, through May 31, 2022. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
**DATES:**
Applicable July 7, 2023.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Yang Jin Chun, AD/CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5760.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**Background**
On June 21, 2019, Commerce published the antidumping duty order on glycine from India. [^1] On June 3, 2022, Commerce published in the *Federal Register* a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the *Order.*[^2] On August 9, 2022, based on timely filed requests for review, Commerce initiated this administrative review in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). [^3] On February 24, 2023, Commerce extended the time limit for these preliminary results to June 30, 2023, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. [^4]
[^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 Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List,* 87 FR 33706, 33708 (June 3, 2022).
[^3]*See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,* 87 FR 48459, 48461 (August 9, 2022).
[^4]*See* Memorandum, “Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,” dated February 24, 2023.
**Scope of the Order**
The merchandise subject to the *Order* is glycine. For a complete description of the scope of the *Order, see* the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. [^5]
[^5]*See* Memorandum, “Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Glycine from India; 2021-2022,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
**Methodology**
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) 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 these preliminary results, *see* the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 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 *https://access.trade.gov.* In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at *https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.*
**Application of Facts Available With Adverse Inferences**
Pursuant to section 776(a) of the Act, Commerce is preliminarily relying upon facts otherwise available to determine a weighted-average dumping margin for Kumar Industries/Rudraa International (collectively, Kumar) [^6] because: (1) necessary information is not available on the record; and (2) Kumar withheld requested information, failed to provide such information by the established deadlines, and significantly impeded this proceeding. Further, Commerce preliminarily determines that an adverse inference is warranted in selecting from among the facts otherwise available pursuant to section 776(b) of the Act because Kumar failed to cooperate to the best of its ability. For further information, *see* the section, “Application of Facts Available and Adverse Inferences” in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
[^6] In the last two completed administrative reviews, Commerce treated Kumar Industries and Rudraa International as a collapsed joint entity. *See Glycine from India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2020* , 86 FR 62508, 62509 n.4 (November 10, 2021); and *Glycine from India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021,* 87 FR 67870, 67871, n.5 (November 10, 2022). For these preliminary results, we continue to treat these two companies as a collapsed joint entity.
**Rate for Non-Selected Respondent**
The Act and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment of a rate to be applied to companies not selected for individual examination when Commerce limits its examination in an administrative review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in a market economy investigation, for guidance when calculating the rate for non-examined companies in an administrative review. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate is normally “an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding any zero and *de minimis* margins, and any margins determined entirely {on the basis of facts available}.”
In this administrative review, we have preliminarily calculated a weighted-average dumping margin for the mandatory respondent, Avid Organics Private Limited, that is not zero, *de minimis,* or based entirely on facts available ( *i.e.,* 3.90 percent). Accordingly, we have preliminarily assigned this rate to Paras Intermediates Private Limited, the sole respondent not selected for individual examination in this administrative review. [^7]
[^7]*See* Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 7-8.
**Preliminary Results of Review**
We preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period June 1, 2021, through May 31, 2022.
| Producer/exporter | Weighted- |
| --- | --- |
| Avid Organics Private Limited | 3.90 |
| Kumar Industries/Rudraa International | 52.03 |
| Paras Intermediates Private Limited | 3.90 |
**Disclosure and Public Comment**
We intend to disclose the calculations performed in connection with these preliminary results to parties in this administrative review within five days after public announcement of the preliminary results in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may submit case briefs no later than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than seven days after the date for filing case briefs. [^8] Commerce has modified certain of its requirements for serving documents containing business proprietary information until further notice. [^9] Parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) a statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities. [^10] Note that Commerce has temporarily modified certain of its requirements for serving documents containing business proprietary information, until further notice. [^11]
[^8]*See* 19 CFR 351.309(d); *see also Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19,* 85 FR 17006, 17007 (March 26, 2020) (“To provide adequate time for release of case briefs via ACCESS, E&C intends to schedule the due date for all rebuttal briefs to be 7 days after case briefs are filed (while these modifications remain in effect)”).
[^9]*See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period,* 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020) ( *Temporary Rule* ).
[^10]*See* 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2); *see also* 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
[^11]*See Temporary Rule.*
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, filed electronically via ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in case and rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at a time and date to be determined. 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. [^12]
[^12]*See* 19 CFR 351.310(c); *see also* 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
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.
**Assessment Rates**
Upon completion of the administrative review, Commerce shall determine and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review. If the weighted-average dumping margin for any individually examined respondent is above *de minimis* ( *i.e.,* 0.50 percent) in the final results of this review, we will calculate importer-specific 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). [^13] If any of these companies' weighted-average dumping margin is zero or *de minimis* in the final results of review, or if an importer-specific assessment rate for any of these companies is zero or *de minimis,* Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. [^14] 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. [^15]
[^13]*See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty Proceedings: Final Modification,* 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
[^14]*Id.,* 77 FR at 8102-03; *see also* 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
[^15]*See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,* 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this administrative 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 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 India entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for companies subject to this review will be equal to the company-specific weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results of the review; (2) for merchandise exported by a company not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published in the completed segment for the most recent period; (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 7.23 percent, the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value investigation, adjusted for the export-subsidy rate in the companion countervailing duty investigation. [^16] These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
[^16]*See Order,* 84 FR at 29171.
**Notification to Importers**
This notice also 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 review period. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties, and/or an increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of countervailing duties.
**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 sections 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2) and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: June 29, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
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. Rate for Non-Selected Respondent
VI. Discussion of the Methodology
VII. Currency Conversion
VIII. Recommendation