91 FR 43610 · published 2026-07-16
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The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Neimenggu Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd. (aka Inner Mongolia Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd.), Shandong Fufeng Fermentation Co., Ltd., and Xinjiang Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd. (collectively, Fufeng) and Deosen Biochemical (Ordos) Ltd. (Deosen) sold xanthan gum from the People's Republic of China (China) at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. Additionally, we find that Jianlong Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Jianlong), Jilin Meihua Amino Acid Co., Ltd (Jilin Meihua), Meihua Group International Trading (Hong Kong) Limited/Langfang Meihua Biotechnology Co., Ltd.,/Xinjiang Meihua Amino Acid Co., Ltd (Meihua), and Ningxia Top Hydrocolloids Co., Ltd.(Ningxia) are eligible for a separate rate. Commerce also determines that Deosen Biochemical Ltd., had no shipments during the POR.
[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 135 (Thursday, July 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43610-43612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-14288]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-985]
Xanthan Gum From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No
Shipments; 2023-2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
Neimenggu Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd. (aka Inner Mongolia Fufeng
Biotechnologies Co., Ltd.), Shandong Fufeng Fermentation Co., Ltd., and
Xinjiang Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd. (collectively, Fufeng) and
Deosen Biochemical (Ordos) Ltd. (Deosen) sold xanthan gum from the
People's Republic of China (China) at less than normal value during the
period of review (POR), July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
Additionally, we find that Jianlong Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Jianlong),
Jilin Meihua Amino Acid Co., Ltd (Jilin Meihua), Meihua Group
International Trading (Hong Kong) Limited/Langfang Meihua Biotechnology
Co., Ltd.,/Xinjiang Meihua Amino Acid Co., Ltd (Meihua), and Ningxia
Top Hydrocolloids Co., Ltd.(Ningxia) are eligible for a separate rate.
Commerce also determines that Deosen Biochemical Ltd., had no shipments
during the POR.
DATES: Applicable July 16, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Molokwu or Paul Kebker, AD/CVD
Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-8043 or (202) 482-2254,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 9, 2026, Commerce published the Preliminary Results in
the Federal Register and invited interested parties to comment.\1\
Commerce extended the deadline for the final results by 60 days until
July 8, 2026.\2\ On June 11, 2026, Commerce issued a post-preliminary
analysis memorandum and invited interested parties to comment on those
results.\3\ On July 8, 2026, Commerce placed U.S. Customs and Border
(CBP)'s de novo review of Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA) 8144 on the
record of the review.\4\ For further details regarding the events that
occurred subsequent to the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\5\ Commerce conducted this administrative review
in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act).
\1\ See Xanthan Gum From the People's Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,
Rescission, in Part, and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments;
2023-2024, 91 FR 959 (January 9, 2026) (Preliminary Results), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated April 15, 2026; see
also Memorandum, ``Second Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated June 25, 2026.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Post-Preliminary Analysis Memorandum
Regarding CBP's EAPA Report,'' dated June 11, 2026 (Post-Preliminary
Analysis).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Placing TRLED New Factual Information on
the Record,'' dated July 8, 2026, which contains CBP's July 8, 2026,
De Novo Administrative Review.
\5\ See Memorandum, '' Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Xanthan Gum From the People's Republic of China; 2023-2024,
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues
and Decision Memorandum).
Scope of the Order 6
\6\ See Xanthan Gum from the People's Republic of China: Amended
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping
Duty Order, 78 FR 43143 (July 19, 2013) (Order).
The product covered by scope of the Order is xanthan gum from
China. For a full 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 are addressed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues parties raised
and to which we responded in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is
provided in the appendix to this notice. 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), which is available to
registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://access.trade.gov/frnotices.
Final Determination of No Shipments
In the Preliminary Results, Commerce determined that Deosen
Biochemical Ltd. did not have shipments of subject merchandise during
the POR.\7\ As we received no information to contradict our preliminary
determination with respect to Deosen Biochemical Ltd, we continue to
find that it made no shipments of subject merchandise to the United
States during the POR.
\7\ See Preliminary Results, 91 FR 959.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record, and comments received from
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results and Post-
Preliminary Analysis, we made certain changes to the weighted-average
dumping margin calculations for both Fufeng and Deosen. For further
discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Separate Rates
In the Preliminary Results, we determined that Fufeng, Deosen, and
four other companies demonstrated their eligibility for a separate
rate.\8\ For these final results, we continue to determine that the
Fufeng, Deosen, and the four non-examined companies are eligible for a
separate rate. We received comments on our calculation of a separate
rate in the Post-Preliminary Analysis. Commerce has made no changes to
our methodology for calculating a separate rate from the Preliminary
Results.
\8\ Id.
China-Wide Entity
Under Commerce's policy regarding the conditional review of the
China-wide entity,\9\ the China-wide entity will not be under review
unless a party specifically requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a
review of the entity. Because no party requested a review of the China-
wide entity in this review, the entity is not under review, and the
entity's rate (i.e., 154.07 percent) is not subject to change.\10\
\9\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
\10\ See Order, 78 FR at 43144.
Aside from Deosen Biochemical Ltd., for which we continune to find
no shipments, and CP Kelco (Shandong) Biological Company Limited, for
which this review was rescinded at the Preliminary Results, Commerce
considers all other companies for which a review was requested and did
not demonstrate separate rate eligibility to be part of the China-wide
entity. For these final results, we continue to consider Shanghai Smart
Chemicals Co. Ltd. to be part of the China-wide entity because it did
not file a separate rate application or certification.
Final Results of Review
We determine that the following weighted average dumping margins
exist for the period July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024:
Weighted-
average
Exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
Deosen Biochemical (Ordos) Ltd.............................. 22.57
Neimenggu Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd. (aka Inner 38.62
Mongolia Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd.)/Shandong Fufeng
Fermentation Co., Ltd./Xinjiang Fufeng Biotechnologies Co.,
Ltd.\11\...................................................
Non-Individually Examined Companies Receiving a Separate
Rate:
Jianlong Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (formerly, Inner 35.61
Mongolia Jianlong Biochemical Co., Ltd.)...............
Jilin Meihua Amino Acid Co., Ltd........................ 35.61
Meihua Group International Trading (Hong Kong) Limited/ 35.61
Langfang Meihua Biotechnology Co., Ltd.,/Xinjiang
Meihua Amino Acid Co., Ltd.............................
Ningxia Top Hydrocolloids Co., Ltd...................... 35.61
Disclosure
\11\ Commerce continues to find that Neimenggu Fufeng
Biotechnologies Co., Ltd. (aka Inner Mongolia Fufeng Biotechnologies
Co., Ltd.), Shandong Fufeng Fermentation Co., Ltd., and Xinjiang
Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd. are a single entity. See Xanthan
Gum from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination
of No Shipments; 2013-2014, 80 FR 47464 (August 7, 2015), and
accompanying PDM at 6, unchanged in Xanthan Gum from the People's
Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2013-2014, 82 FR 11428 (February 23, 2017).
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed for these final results of review to interested parties
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
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, and CBP shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise
covered by the final results of this review. Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the
publication date of these final results 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).
For Fufeng and Deosen, Commerce will calculate importer-specific
assessment rates for antidumping duties, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1). Where the respondent reported reliable entered values,
Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific ad valorem assessment
rates by aggregating the amount of dumping calculated for all U.S.
sales to the importer and dividing this amount by the total entered
value of the merchandise sold to the importer.\12\ Where the respondent
did not report entered values, Commerce will calculate importer-
specific assessment rates by dividing the amount of dumping for
reviewed sales to the importer by the total quantity of those sales.
Commerce will calculate an estimated ad valorem importer-specific
assessment rate to determine whether the per-unit assessment rate is de
minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent or below); however, Commerce will use the
per-unit assessment rate where entered values were not reported.\13\
Where an importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is not zero or de
minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP to collect the appropriate duties
at the time of liquidation. Where either the respondent's weighted
average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer-specific
ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de minimis, Commerce will
instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.\14\
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\13\ Id.
\14\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
For entries submitted by an exporter individually examined during
this review that were not reported in the U.S. sales database, but that
entered under the case number of that exporter (i.e., at the
individually-examined exporter's cash deposit rate), Commerce will
instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the China-wide entity rate
(i.e., 154.07 percent).\15\
\15\ See Order, 78 FR at 43144.
For respondents not individually examined in this administrative
review that qualified for a separate rate (i.e., Jianlong, Jilin
Meihua, Meihua, and Ningxia), the assessment rate will be the weighted
average of the dumping margin assigned to the mandatory respondents
(i.e., Fufeng and Deosen) in these final results of this review.\16\
\16\ See Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks from the People's Republic
of China: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments: 2014-2015, 81
FR 29528 (May 12, 2016), and accompanying PDM at 10-11, unchanged in
Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks from the People's Republic of China:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; Final
Determination of No Shipments; 2014-2015, 81 FR 54042 (August 15,
2016).
For the respondents not eligible for a separate rate, that are part
of the China-wide entity, we intend to instruct CBP to apply an ad
valorem assessment rate of 154.07 percent (i.e., the China-wide entity
rate) to all entries of subject merchandise exported by these companies
during the POR.
Additionally, for the above companies for which we made final no
shipment determinations, any suspended entries that entered under that
exporter's case number will be liquidated at the China-wide entity
rate.
Cash Deposit Requirements
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the cash deposit
requirements effective for shipments of the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
publication date of the final results of review will be as follows: (1)
for the exporters listed in the table above, the cash deposit rate will
be the rate indicated; (2) for previously investigated or reviewed
exporters of subject merchandise not listed in the table above that
have separate rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the
most recently published exporter-specific rate; (3) for all China
exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be
entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate
previously established for the China-wide entity (i.e., 154.07
percent); and (4) for all non-China exporters of subject merchandise
which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be
the rate applicable to the China exporter that supplied that non-China
exporter. The cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in
effect until further notice.
Notification of Importers
This notice 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 (APO)
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 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/destruction of APO materials or conversion
to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing the final results of this review
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: July 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. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results and Post Preliminary
Analysis
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether the New Price Difference Test was Unlawfully
Implemented
Comment 2: Whether to Deduct Certain Expenses from Fufeng's U.S.
Price
Comment 3: Whether to Deduct Section 301 Duties from Fufeng's
U.S. Price
Comment 4: Whether to Adjust the Surrogate Value (SV) for Labor
Comment 5: Whether to Adjust the SV for Marine Insurance
Involving Fufeng's Air Shipments
Comment 6: Whether to Select T[uuml]rkiye as the Surrogate
Country
Comment 7: Whether Malaysia has the Best Available SV
Information
Comment 8: Whether to Directly Value Energy Factor of Production
(FOP) Inputs
Comment 9: Whether to Allow Byproduct Offsets for Certain By-
products
Comment 10: Whether the Application of Adverse Facts Available
(AFA) was Appropriate
Comment 11: Whether to Defer the Final Results
Comment 12: Whether an Insufficient Comment Period was Provided
Comment 13: Whether the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin for Non-
Selected Respondents was Appropriately Calculated
VI. Recommendation
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