[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40906-40907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-17375]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-878]


Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Saccharin from the People's 
Republic of China

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 9, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Hoadley (Suzhou Fine Chemicals 
Group Co., Ltd.) at (202) 482-3148, Javier Barrientos or Jessica 
Burdick (Shanghai Fortune Chemical Co., Ltd.) at (202) 482-2243 and 
(202) 482-0666, or Sally C. Gannon at (202) 482-0162; Office of AD/CVD 
Enforcement VII, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C. 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The final determination in this investigation was published on May 
20, 2003. See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value: Saccharin From the People's Republic of China, 68 FR 27530 (May 
20, 2003) (Final Determination).
    On June 6, 2003, the Department of Commerce (the Department) issued 
its amended final determination in the antidumping duty investigation 
of saccharin from the People's Republic of China (PRC). See Notice of 
Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Saccharin 
from the People's Republic of China, 68 FR 35383 (June 13, 2003) 
(Amended Final

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Determination). In the Amended Final Determination, the Department 
amended the PRC-wide rate to correct a clerical error in the rate as 
published in the Final Determination.
    On June 25, 2003, the International Trade Commission (ITC) 
published (68 FR 37863) and notified the Department of its final 
determination pursuant to section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act), that an industry in the United States is 
materially injured by reason of less-than-fair-value imports of 
saccharin from the PRC.

Scope of the Order

    The product covered by this order is saccharin. Saccharin is 
defined as a non-nutritive sweetener used in beverages and foods, 
personal care products such as toothpaste, table top sweeteners, and 
animal feeds. It is also used in metalworking fluids. There are four 
primary chemical compositions of saccharin: (1) sodium saccharin 
(American Chemical Society Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) Registry 
128-44-9); (2) calcium saccharin (CAS Registry 6485-
34-3); (3) acid (or insoluble) saccharin (CAS Registry 81-07-
2); and (4) research grade saccharin. Most of the U.S.-produced and 
imported grades of saccharin from the PRC are sodium and calcium 
saccharin, which are available in granular, powder, spray-dried powder, 
and liquid forms.
    The merchandise subject to this order is classifiable under 
subheading 2925.11.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTSUS) and includes all types of saccharin imported under this 
HTSUS subheading, including research and specialized grades. Although 
the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and Customs (as of 
March 1, 2003, renamed the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection 
(BCBP)) purposes, the Department's written description of the scope of 
this proceeding is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Order

    In accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department 
will direct the BCBP 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 of the merchandise for all 
relevant entries of saccharin entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after December 27, 2002, the date on which the 
Department published its notice of preliminary determination in the 
Federal Register.
    Effective June 25, 2003, the date of publication of the ITC's final 
affirmative injury determination, BCBP officers must require, at the 
same time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties on this 
merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the estimated weighted-average 
antidumping duty margins as noted below. See Section 736(a)(3) and 
Section 737(b) of the Act. The ``PRC-wide'' rate applies to all 
exporters of subject merchandise not specifically listed. The weighted-
average dumping margins are as follows:

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                                                                Margin
                   Manufacturer/Exporter                      (percent)
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Suzhou Fine Chemical Group Co., Ltd........................       291.57
Shanghai Fortune Chemical Co., Ltd.........................       249.39
Kaifeng Xinhua Fine Chemical Factory.......................       281.97
PRC-Wide...................................................       329.94
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    Pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act, this notice constitutes the 
antidumping duty order with respect to saccharin from the PRC. 
Interested parties may contact the Department's 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 issued and published in accordance with section 
736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211.

    Dated: July 2, 2003.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Grant Aldonas, Under Secretary.
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