MESSAGE NO: 8135207 DATE: 05 14 2008
CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: INI
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: C - 570 - 938 - -
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PERIOD COVERED: 05 12 2008 TO

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: DIRECTORS OF FIELD OPERATIONS
PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT

RE: INITIATION OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATION OF
CITRIC ACID AND CERTAIN CITRATE SALTS FROM CHINA
(C-570-938)

1. ON MAY 12, 2008, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED IN
THE FEDERAL REGISTER ITS INITIATION OF THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY
INVESTIGATION OF CITRIC ACID AND CERTAIN CITRATE SALTS FROM THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (73 FR 26960).

2. THE SCOPE OF THIS INVESTIGATION INCLUDES ALL GRADES AND
GRANULATION SIZES OF CITRIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE, AND POTASSIUM
CITRATE IN THEIR UNBLENDED FORMS, WHETHER DRY OR IN SOLUTION,
AND REGARDLESS OF PACKAGING TYPE. THE SCOPE ALSO INCLUDES
BLENDS OF CITRIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE, AND POTASSIUM CITRATE;
AS WELL AS BLENDS WITH OTHER INGREDIENTS, SUCH AS SUGAR, WHERE
THE UNBLENDED FORM(S) OF CITRIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE, AND
POTASSIUM CITRATE CONSTITUTE 40 PERCENT OR MORE, BY WEIGHT, OF
THE BLEND. THE SCOPE OF THIS INVESTIGATION ALSO INCLUDES ALL
FORMS OF UNREFINED CALCIUM CITRATE, INCLUDING DICALCIUM CITRATE
MONOHYDRATE, AND TRICALCIUM CITRATE TETRAHYDRATE, WHICH ARE
INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS IN THE PRODUCTION OF CITRIC ACID, SODIUM
CITRATE, AND POTASSIUM CITRATE. THE SCOPE OF THIS
INVESTIGATION INCLUDES THE HYDROUS AND ANHYDROUS FORMS OF
CITRIC ACID, THE DIHYDRATE AND ANHYDROUS FORMS OF SODIUM
CITRATE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CITRIC ACID SODIUM SALT, AND THE
MONOHYDRATE AND MONOPOTASSIUM FORMS OF POTASSIUM CITRATE. S
ODIUM CITRATE ALSO INCLUDES BOTH TRISODIUM CITRATE AND
MONOSODIUM CITRATE, WHICH ARE ALSO KNOWN AS CITRIC ACID
TRISODIUM SALT AND CITRIC ACID MONOSODIUM SALT, RESPECTIVELY.
CITRIC ACID AND SODIUM CITRATE ARE CLASSIFIABLE UNDER
2918.14.0000 AND 2918.15.1000 OF THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE
OF THE UNITED STATES (HTSUS), RESPECTIVELY. POTASSIUM CITRATE

AND CALCIUM CITRATE ARE CLASSIFIABLE UNDER 2918.15.5000 OF THE
HTSUS. BLENDS THAT INCLUDE CITRIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE, AND
POTASSIUM CITRATE ARE CLASSIFIABLE UNDER 3824.90.9290 OF THE
HTSUS. ALTHOUGH THE HTSUS SUBHEADINGS ARE PROVIDED FOR
CONVENIENCE AND CUSTOMS PURPOSES, THE WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF
THE MERCHANDISE IS DISPOSITIVE.

3. FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES THIS CASE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED
INVESTIGATION NUMBER C-570-938.
COUNTRY: CASE NUMBER

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CVD) C-570-938

4. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CBP
OFFICERS, THE IMPORTING PUBLIC OR INTERESTED PARTIES, PLEASE
CONTACT DAVINA HASHMI OR RON TRENTHAM AT OFFICE OF AD/CVD
OPERATIONS, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AT (202) 4820984
OR (202) 4823577 RESPECTIVELY (GENERATED BY O1: SH).

5. THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS
INFORMATION.

DAVID M. GENOVESE