[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 217 (Friday, November 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68100-68101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-28523]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-437-804 and A-471-806]


Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Sulfanilic Acid From Hungary 
and Portugal

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

ACTION: Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Sulfanilic Acid from Hungary 
and Portugal.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 8, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Audrey Twyman or John Brinkmann for 
Hungary, telephone: (202) 482-3534 or (202) 482-4126, respectively; and 
S. Anthony Grasso for Portugal, telephone: (202) 482-3853. Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by 
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act effective January 1, 1995 (``the 
Act''). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the 
Department of Commerce's (``the Department'') regulations are to 19 CFR 
part 351 (April 2001).

Scope of Orders

    Imports covered by these orders are all grades of sulfanilic acid 
(``sulfanilic acid'' or ``subject merchandise''), which include 
technical (or crude) sulfanilic acid, refined (or purified) sulfanilic 
acid, and sodium salt of sulfanilic acid.
    Sulfanilic acid is a synthetic organic chemical produced from the 
direct sulfonation of aniline and sulfuric acid. Sulfanilic acid is 
used as a raw material in the production of optical brighteners, food 
colors, specialty dyes, and concrete additives. The principal 
differences between the grades are the undesirable quantities of 
residual aniline and alkali insoluble materials present in the 
sulfanilic acid. All grades are available as dry, free flowing powders.
    Technical sulfanilic acid, currently classifiable under the 
subheading 2921.42.22 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (``HTS''), 
contains 96 percent minimum sulfanilic acid, 1.0 percent maximum 
aniline, and 1.0 percent maximum alkali insoluble materials. Refined 
sulfanilic acid, also currently classifiable under 2921.42.22 of the 
HTS, contains 98 percent minimum sulfanilic acid, 0.5 percent maximum 
aniline, and 0.25 percent maximum alkali insoluble materials.
    Sodium salt (sodium sulfanilate), currently classifiable under the 
HTS subheading 2921.42.90, is a powder, granular, or crystalline 
material which contains 75 percent minimum equivalent sulfanilic acid, 
0.5 percent maximum aniline based on the equivalent sulfanilic acid 
content, and 0.25 percent maximum alkali insoluble

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materials based on the equivalent sulfanilic acid content.
    Although the HTS subheadings are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes, the written description of the scope of this order is 
dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Orders

    In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, on September 25, 
2002, the Department published in the Federal Register the Notice of 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sulfanilic Acid 
from Hungary, 67 FR 60221, and the Notice of Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sulfanilic Acid from Portugal, 67 FR 
60219.
    On November 1, 2002, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, 
the U.S. International Trade Commission notified the Department that a 
U.S. industry is ``materially injured,'' within the meaning of section 
735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by reason of imports of sulfanilic acid 
from Hungary and Portugal.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(3) of the Act, on or 
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, 
the U.S. Customs Service officers must require, at the same time as 
importers would normally deposit estimated duties on this merchandise, 
cash deposits for the subject merchandise equal to the estimated 
weighted-average dumping margins as noted below. The ``All Others'' 
rates apply to all exporters of sulfanilic acid from Hungary and 
Portugal not specifically listed below. The cash deposit rates are as 
follows:

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                                                                Margin
                     Producer/exporter                        (percent)
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Hungary:
  Nitrokemia 2000 Rt.......................................        20.98
  All Others...............................................        20.98
Portugal:
  Quimigal--Quimica de Portugal S.A........................        74.14
  All Others...............................................        74.14
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    Moreover, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the 
Department will direct the Customs Service to assess, upon further 
advice by the Department following the completion of a review requested 
under 19 CFR 351.213(b) or 19 CFR 351.214(b) (or if a review is not 
requested, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)), antidumping duties 
equal to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise 
exceeds the export price of the merchandise of all entries of 
sulfanilic acid from Hungary and Portugal.
    Pursuant to section 736(a)(1) of the Act, if appropriate, based on 
the above-noted further advice from the Department, for all producers 
and exporters of sulfanilic acid from Hungary and Portugal, antidumping 
duties will be assessed on all unliquidated entries of sulfanilic acid 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after May 
6, 2002, the date of publication of the Department's preliminary 
determinations with respect to sulfanilic acid from Hungary and 
Portugal in the Federal Register (see Notice of Preliminary 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sulfanilic Acid from 
Hungary, 67 FR 30358, and Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales 
at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination: 
Sulfanilic Acid from Portugal, 67 FR 30362).
    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty orders with respect to 
sulfanilic acid from Hungary and Portugal, 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.
    These antidumping duty orders are published in accordance with 
section 736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211.

    Dated: November 4, 2002.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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