Melamine From the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-570-020, C-570-021] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of Commerce (“Department”) and the International Trade Commission (“ITC”), the Department is issuing antidumping duty (“AD”) and countervailing duty (“CVD”) orders on melamine from the People's Republic of China (“PRC”). DATES: Effective Date: December 28, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Terpstra at (202) 482-3965 or Brendan Quinn at (202) 482-5848, AD/CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On November 6, 2015, the Department published its final affirmative determination of sales at less than fair value (“LTFV”) and its final affirmative determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of melamine from the PRC. [ 1 ] On December 18, 2015, the ITC notified the Department of its final affirmative determination pursuant to section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (“the Act”), that an industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of LTFV imports and subsidized imports of melamine from th…