[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 234 (Friday, December 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68031-68032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30260]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-847]


Persulfates from the People's Republic of China: Notice of Final 
Results of Changed Circumstances Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 5, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Strollo or Patrick Connolly at 
(202) 482-0629 or (202) 482-1779, respectively, Office of AD/CVD 
Enforcement, Office 2, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUMMARY: On October 10, 2003, the Department published a notice of 
preliminary results of changed circumstances review and preliminarily 
found that the factors of production of Degussa-AJ (Shanghai) 
Initiators Co., Ltd. (Degussa-AJ) had not changed substantially since 
Degussa AG's investment in Shanghai Ai Jian Reagent Works (AJ Works). 
Therefore, the Department determined at the preliminary results that it 
will consider in any relevant future revocation inquiry any 
administrative reviews in which Shanghai Ai Jian Import and Export 
Corporation (Ai Jian) procured its products exported to the United 
States from AJ Works. On October 14, 2003, the petitioner, FMC 
Corporation (FMC), submitted a case brief. After considering these 
comments, we continue to find that Degussa-AJ's factors of production 
have not changed substantially since Degussa AG's investment in AJ 
Works. As a result, the Department will consider in any future 
revocation inquiry any administrative reviews in which Ai Jian procured 
its products exported to the United States from AJ Works.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 10, 2003, the Department published in the Federal 
Register a notice of preliminary results of changed circumstances 
review for persulfates from the People's Republic of China (PRC). See 
Persulfates from the People's Republic of China: Notice of Preliminary 
Results of Changed Circumstances Review, 68 FR 58658 (Oct. 10, 2003). 
We gave interested parties 14 days to comment on our preliminary 
results. On October 24, 2003, FMC submitted a case brief. We received 
no other comments from interested parties on the Department's 
preliminary results.

Scope of Review

    The products covered by this review are persulfates, including 
ammonium, potassium, and sodium persulfates. The chemical formula for 
these persulfates are, respectively, (NH[bdi4])[bdi2]S[bdi2]O[bdi8], 
K[bdi2]S[bdi2]O[bdi8], and Na[bdi2]S[bdi2]O[bdi8]. Potassium 
persulfates are currently classifiable under subheading 2833.40.10 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Sodium 
persulfates are classifiable under HTSUS subheading 2833.40.20. 
Ammonium and other persulfates are classifiable under HTSUS subheadings 
2833.40.50 and 2833.40.60. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided 
for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the 
scope of this review is dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case briefs by parties to this changed 
circumstances review are addressed in the ``Issues and Decision 
Memorandum'' (Decision Memo) from Jeffrey May, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Group I, to James Jochum, Assistant Secretary for Import 
Administration, dated November 28, 2003, which is adopted by this 
notice. A list of the issues which parties have raised and to which we 
have responded, all of which are in the Decision Memo, is attached to 
this notice as an Appendix. Parties can find a complete discussion of 
all issues raised in this review and the corresponding recommendations 
in this public memorandum, which is on file in the Central Records Unit 
in Room B-099 of the main Commerce Building.

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    In addition, a complete version of the Decision Memo can be 
accessed directly on the Web at http://ia.ita.doc.gov. The paper copy 
and electronic version of the Decision Memo are identical in content.

Final Results

    After our analysis of the comments received, we determine that 
Degussa-AJ's factors of production have not changed substantially since 
Degussa AG's investment in AJ Works. As a result, the Department will 
consider in any relevant future revocation inquiry any administrative 
reviews in which Ai Jian procured its products exported to the United 
States from AJ Works.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 
(d) and 777(i) of the Act, and with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3).

    Dated: November 28, 2003.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix--Issues in Decision Memo

Comment 1: Whether the Department Must Make a Successor-in-Interest 
Determination in this Changed Circumstances Review
Comment 2: Whether Ai Jian May Use Reviews In Which it Sourced its 
Merchandise from AJ Works to Support a Revocation Request
Comment 3: Whether Ai Jian is Subject to a Combination Antidumping Duty 
Rate Based on the Exporter-Producer Combination of Ai Jian and AJ Works
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