[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77987-77988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28520]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-892]


Antidumping Duty Order: Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 From the 
People's Republic of China

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 29, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tisha Loeper-Viti or Marin Weaver at 
(202) 482-7425 and (202) 482-2336, respectively; AD/CVD Enforcement, 
China/NME Group, Office 8, Import Administration, Room 1870, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 17, 2004, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published its final determination in the antidumping duty investigation 
of carbazole violet pigment 23 (CVP-23) From the People's Republic of 
China (PRC). See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value: Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 From the People's Republic of 
China, 69 FR 67304 (November 17, 2004) (Final Determination).

Scope of Order

    The merchandise covered by this order is carbazole violet pigment 
23 identified as Color Index No. 51319 and Chemical Abstract No. 6358-
30-1, with the chemical name of diindolo [3,2-b:3',2'-
m]triphenodioxazine, 8,18-dichloro-5, 15-diethy-5,15-dihydro-, and 
molecular formula of 
C34H22Cl2N4O2.\1\
 The subject merchandise includes the crude pigment in any form (e.g., 
dry powder, paste, wet cake) and finished pigment in the form of 
presscake and dry color. Pigment dispersions in any form (e.g., 
pigments dispersed in oleoresins, flammable solvents, water) are not 
included within the scope of the order.
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    \1\ Please note that the bracketed section of the product 
description, [3,2-b:3',2'-m], is not business proprietary 
information. In this case, the brackets are simply part of the 
chemical nomenclature. See December 4, 2003, amendment to petition 
at 8.
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    The merchandise subject to this order is classifiable under 
subheading 3204.17.9040 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 covered by this order is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Order

    On December 22, 2004, in accordance with section 735(d) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (the Act), the International Trade 
Commission (ITC) notified the Department of its final determination 
that the industry in the United States producing CVP-23 is materially 
injured within the meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by 
reason of imports of the subject merchandise from the PRC.
    In addition, the ITC notified the Department of its final 
determination that critical circumstances do not exist with respect to 
imports of subject merchandise from all producers and exporters. 
Therefore, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
lift suspension and to release any bond or other security, and refund 
any cash deposit made, to secure the payment of antidumping duties with 
respect to entries of the merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption prior to the date of publication of the 
preliminary determination in the Federal Register. See Notice of 
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Postponement of Final Determination: Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 From 
the People's Republic of China, 69 FR 35287 (June 24, 2004).
    In accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department 
will direct CBP to assess, upon further advice by the Department, 
antidumping duties equal to the amount by which the normal value of the 
subject merchandise exceeds the export price or constructed export 
price of the subject merchandise for all relevant entries of CVP-23 
from the PRC. The antidumping duties will be assessed on all (1) 
unliquidated entries of CVP-23 subject to this order, entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after June 24, 2004, 
the date of publication of the Department's preliminary determination 
in the Federal Register, and before December 21, 2004; and (2) 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the date of publication of the ITC's notice of final 
determination in the Federal Register. The Department terminated the 
suspension of liquidation for entries of subject merchandise, pursuant 
to section 733(d) of the Act, on December 21, 2004. Entries of CVP-23 
from the PRC made between December 21, 2004, and the day preceding the 
publication of the ITC's notice of final determination in the Federal 
Register are not liable for the assessment of antidumping duties.
    On or after the date of publication of the ITC's notice of final 
determination in the Federal Register, the CBP will require, at the 
same time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties, a cash 
deposit equal to the estimated weighted-average antidumping duty 
margins as noted below. 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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                                                             Weighted-
                 Manufacturer/exporter 1                  average margin
                                                             (percent)
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GoldLink Industries Co., Ltd............................            5.51
Nantong Haidi Chemical Co., Ltd.........................           44.50
Trust Chem Co., Ltd.....................................           27.19

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PRC-Wide Rate...........................................         217.94
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\1\ Tianjin Hanchem International Trading Co. (Hanchem) was
  inadvertently identified separately as an exporter in the ``Final
  Determination of Investigation'' section of the Final Determination
  with a rate of 217.94%. Instead, Hanchem should have been included in
  the PRC entity and assigned the PRC-wide rate of 217.94%.

    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
CVP-23 from the PRC, pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act. 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: December 22, 2004.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-28520 Filed 12-28-04; 8:45 am]
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