[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 129 (Monday, July 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36259-36260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17724]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-570-847]


Notice of Antidumping Duty Order and Amended Final Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Persulfates From the People's 
Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 7, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Wojcik-Betancourt, Office of 
Antidumping/Countervailing Duty Enforcement, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-0629.

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to 19 CFR 
part 353 (1997).

Amended Final Determination

    In accordance with section 735(a) of the Act, on May 12, 1997, the 
Department made its final determination that persulfates from the 
People's Republic of China (``PRC'') are

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being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair 
value (62 FR 27222 (May 19, 1997)). Subsequent to the final 
determination, on May 21, 1997, we received ministerial error 
allegations, timely filed pursuant to 19 CFR 353.28(b), from the 
following respondents: Sinochem Jiangsu Wuxi Import & Export 
Corporation, (``Wuxi''); Shanghai Ai Jian Import & Export Corporation, 
(``AJ''); Shanghai Ai Jian Reagant Works, (``AJ Works''); Guangdong 
Petroleum Chemical Import & Export Trade Corporation, (``Guangdong''); 
Guangzhou City Zhujiang Electrochemical Factory (``Zhujiang''); and ICC 
Chemical Corporation (``ICC''). No ministerial error allegations were 
submitted by the petitioner. We received comments from the petitioner 
rebutting respondents' allegations on May 28, 1997.
    We have determined, in accordance with 19 CFR 353.28(d), that a 
ministerial error was made in our margin calculations. Specifically, 
the Department inappropriately added rather than deducted capital 
account expenditures in its calculation of the SG&A ratio. For a 
detailed discussion of the alleged ministerial errors and the 
Department's analysis, see Memorandum for Louis Apple from the Team, 
dated June 11, 1997. In accordance with 19 CFR 353.28(c), we are 
amending the final determination of the antidumping duty investigation 
of persulfates from the PRC to correct this ministerial error.

Scope of Order

    The products covered by this investigation are persulfates, 
including ammonium, potassium, and sodium persulfates. The chemical 
formula for these persulfates are, respectively, 
(NH4)2S2O8, 
K2S2O8, and 
Na2S2O8. Ammonium and potassium 
persulfates are currently classified under subheading 2833.40.60 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS''). Sodium 
persulfate is classified under HTSUS subheading 2833.40.20. Although 
the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, our written description of the scope of this investigation is 
dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Order

    On June 25, 1997, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, the 
U.S. International Trade Commission (``ITC'') notified the Department 
that the U.S. persulfates industry is materially injured by imports of 
persulfates from the PRC. Therefore, in accordance with section 
736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department will direct U.S. Customs officers 
to assess, upon further advice by the administering authority pursuant 
to section 736(a)(1) of the Act, antidumping duties equal to the amount 
by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the export price 
of all entries of persulfates from the PRC. These antidumping duties 
will be assessed on all unliquidated entries of persulfates from the 
PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 
December 27, 1996, the date on which the Department published its 
preliminary determination notice in the Federal Register, (61 FR 
68232). On or after the date of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register, U.S. Customs officers must require, at the same time 
as importers would normally deposit estimated duties, the following 
cash deposits for the subject merchandise:

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                                                                Weight- 
                                                                average 
               Manufacturer/producer/exporter                   margin  
                                                              percentage
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Sinochem Jiangsu Wuxi Import & Export Corporation...........      34.41 
Shanghai AJ Import and Export Corporation (or Shanghai Ai               
 Jian Import & Export Corporation)..........................      32.22 
Guangdong Petroleum Chemical Import & Export Trade                      
 Corporation................................................      34.97 
China-wide Rate.............................................     119.02 
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    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
persulfates from PRC, pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act. Interested 
parties may contact the Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the Main 
Commerce Building, for copies of an updated list of antidumping duty 
orders currently in effect.
    This order is published pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act (19 
USC 1673e(a)) and 19 CFR 353.21.

    Dated: July 1, 1997.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-17724 Filed 7-3-97; 8:45 am]
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