[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 68 (Friday, April 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18300-18301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8696]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-815]


Sulfanilic Acid From the People's Republic of China: Amendment of 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of amendment of final results of antidumping duty 
administrative review.

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SUMMARY: On March 13, 2000, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the final results of its administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on sulfanilic acid from the People's Republic of 
China covering the period August 1, 1997 through July 31, 1998 (65 FR 
13366). Based on the correction of a ministerial error made in the 
final results, we are publishing this amendment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 7, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sean Carey or Robert James, Office of 
AD/CVD Enforcement, Group III, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
3964, or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    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 by the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, 
all references to the Department's regulations are to 19 CFR part 351 
(1998).

Background

    On March 13, 2000, the Department published the final results of 
its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on sulfanilic 
acid from the People's Republic of China (65 FR 13366). This review 
covers two manufacturers/exporters of the subject merchandise, 
Zhenxing/Mancheng (Zhenxing) and Yude/Xinyu (Yude), for the period 
August 1, 1997 through July 31, 1998. After publication of our final 
results, we received timely allegations from respondents that we had 
made a ministerial error in calculating the final results. No other 
party commented on the final results. We agree that we made a 
ministerial error and have corrected our calculations in accordance 
with section 751 (h) of the Tariff Act.

Analysis of Ministerial Error Allegations Received From Interested 
Parties

    We received one ministerial error allegation from respondents 
stating that the Department neglected to revise the surrogate value for 
electricity in its final calculations of normal value.
    As defined by section 751(h) of the Tariff Act, the term 
``ministerial error'' includes errors ``in addition, subtraction, or 
other arithmetic function, clerical errors resulting from inaccurate 
copying, duplication, or the like, and any other type of unintentional 
error which the [Department] considers ministerial.''
    We agree with respondents that the correct surrogate value for 
electricity in our calculation of normal value should be the non-
inflated value of 2.922 rupees per kilowatt-hour as per attachment six 
of the Department's Analysis Memorandum for the Final

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Results of the 1997/98 Administrative Review of Sulfanilic Acid from 
the People's Republic of China, dated March 6, 2000. In the final 
results, we inadvertently used a higher figure of 3.039 rupees. This 
type of unintentional error meets the definition of ministerial error 
contained in the Tariff Act. We have made the suggested correction for 
the amended final results.

Amended Final Results of Review

    We determine that the following percentage weighted-average margins 
exist for the period August 1, 1997 through July 31, 1998:

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                                                                Margin
   Manufacturer/producer/exporter          Time period        (percent)
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Yude (Yude/Xinyu) Chemical           8/1/97-7/31/98........        18.65
 Industry, Co. and Zhenxing
 (Zhenxing/Mancheng) Chemical
 Industry, Co1.
PRC Rate 2.........................  8/1/97-7/31/98........       85.20
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\1\ Exporters Yude (Yude/Xinyu) and Zhenxing (Zhenxing/Mancheng) have
  been collapsed for the purposes of this administrative review. See
  Sulfanilic Acid from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary
  Results of Antidumping Administrative Review, 64 FR 48788 (September
  8, 1999); Decision Memo, Affiliation/Collapsing section.
\2\ This rate will be applied to all firms other than Yude (Yude/Xinyu)
  and Zhenxing (Zhenxing/Mancheng), including all firms which did not
  respond to our questionnaire.

    The Department shall determine, and Customs shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. In accordance with 19 
CFR 351.212(b), we have calculated exporter/importer-specific 
assessment rates. With respect to both export price and constructed 
export price sales, we divided the total dumping margins for the 
reviewed sales by the total entered value of those reviewed sales for 
each importer. We will direct Customs to assess the resulting 
percentage margins against the entered Customs values for the subject 
merchandise on each of that importer's entries under the relevant order 
during the review period.

Amended Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following amended deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of this notice of amended final results of administrative 
review for all shipments of sulfanilic acid from the PRC entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication 
date, as provided for by section 751(a)(2)(c) of the Act: (1) the cash 
deposit rate for Yude/Xinyu and Zhenxing/Mancheng will be the rate 
shown above; (2) the cash deposit rate for all other PRC exporters 
(i.e., the PRC rate) will be 85.20 percent; and (3) the cash deposit 
rate for non-PRC exporters of subject merchandise from the PRC will be 
the rate applicable to the PRC supplier of that exporter. These deposit 
requirements shall remain in effect until publication of the final 
results of the next administrative review.
    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding 
the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the 
relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials, or 
conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby requested. Failure 
to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which 
is subject to sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing this determination in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: March 31, 2000.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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