[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 122 (Friday, June 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39128-39129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15963]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-856]


Notice of Amendment of Antidumping Duty Order: Synthetic Indigo 
From the People's Republic of China

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 23, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David J. Goldberger or Dinah 
McDougall, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4136 or (202) 482-3773, 
respectively.

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``the Act''), are references to the provisions 
effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to 
the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (``URAA''). In addition, 
unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department of 
Commerce's (``the Department's'') regulations refer to 19 CFR part 351 
(1999).

Scope of Order

    The products subject to this investigation are the deep blue 
synthetic vat dye known as synthetic indigo and those of its 
derivatives designated commercially as ``Vat Blue 1.'' Included are Vat 
Blue 1 (synthetic indigo), Color Index No. 73000, and its derivatives, 
pre-reduced indigo or indigo white (Color Index No. 73001) and 
solubilized indigo (Color Index No. 73002). The subject merchandise may 
be sold in any form (e.g., powder, granular, paste, liquid, or 
solution) and in any strength. Synthetic indigo and its derivatives 
subject to this investigation are currently classifiable under 
subheadings 3204.15.10.00, 3204.15.40.00 or 3204.15.80.00 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS''). Although 
the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written description of the merchandise under 
investigation is dispositive.

Amendment to Antidumping Duty Order

    On June 12, 2000, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, the 
U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) notified the Department that 
a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of synthetic 
indigo from the PRC, pursuant to section 735(b)(1)(A) of the Act. In 
addition, the ITC found that critical circumstances exist with regard 
to such imports from the PRC.
    On June 19, 2000, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, 
the Department published its amended final determination and 
antidumping duty order on synthetic indigo from the People's Republic 
of China. See Notice of Amendment of Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Synthetic Indigo from 
the People's Republic of China, 65 FR 37961, (June 19, 2000). However, 
in that publication, we inadvertently omitted the revised margin 
percentage for one company, Wuhan Tianjin Chemicals Imports & Exports 
Corp., Ltd. This amended order is being published to correct this 
error.
    In accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department 
will direct the United States Customs Service to assess, upon further 
advice by the Department, antidumping duties equal to the amount by 
which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the export price or 
constructed export price of the merchandise for all relevant entries of 
synthetic indigo from the PRC. These antidumping duties will be 
assessed on all unliquidated entries of imports of the subject 
merchandise that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after September 15, 1999, the date 90 days prior to 
the date of publication of the preliminary determination in the Federal 
Register, in accordance with the critical circumstances finding in the 
final determination.
    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 cash deposits 
listed below for the subject merchandise. The ``PRC-wide Rate'' applies 
to all exporters of synthetic indigo not specifically listed below.
    The revised final weighted-average margins are as follows:

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                                                   Original     Revised
                                                     final       final
              Exporter/manufacturer                 margin      margin
                                                  percentage  percentage
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Wonderful Chemical Industrial Ltd./Jiangsu            77.89       79.70
 Taifeng Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.............
China National Chemical Construction Jiangsu          77.89       79.70
 Company........................................
China Jiangsu International Economic Technical        77.89       79.70
 Cooperation Corp...............................
Shanghai Yongchen International Trading Company       77.89       79.70
 Ltd............................................
Hebei Jinzhou Import & Export Corporation.......      77.89       79.70
Sinochem Hebei Import & Export Corp.............      77.89       79.70
Chongqing Dyestuff Import & Export United Corp..       7.89       79.70
Wuhan Tianjin Chemicals Imports & Exports Corp.,      77.89       79.70
 Ltd............................................
PRC-wide rate...................................     129.60      129.60
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    This amended order is published in accordance with section 736(a) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211.

    Dated: June 19, 2000.
Richard W. Moreland,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-15963 Filed 6-22-00; 8:45 am]
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