Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Countervailing Duty Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination

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 [C-570-938] AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of citric acid and certain citrate salts from the People's Republic of China. For information on the estimated subsidy rates, see the “Suspension of Liquidation” section of this notice. DATES: Effective Date: September 19, 2008. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Damian Felton, David Neubacher, or Shelly Atkinson, AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0133, (202) 482-5823, or (202) 482-0116, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Case History The following events have occurred since the publication of the Department of Commerce's (“Department”) notice of initiation in the Federal Register . See Notice of Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation: Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From the People's Republic of China , 73 FR 26960 (May 12, 2008) (“ Initiation Notice ”), and the accompanying Initiation Checklist. On June 2, 2008, the Department selected three Chinese producers/exporters of citric acid and certain citrate salts (“citric acid”) as mandatory respondents,…