[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 86 (Friday, May 4, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25247-25252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8581]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-878


Saccharin from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary 
Results of the 2005-2006 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is conducting 
an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on saccharin 
from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') covering the period July 
1, 2005, through June 30, 2006. We preliminarily determine that sales 
of subject merchandise were made at less than normal value (``NV'') by 
Shanghai Fortune Chemical Co., Ltd. (``Shanghai Fortune''). If these 
preliminary results are adopted in our final results of this review, we 
will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to assess 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise 
exported by Shanghai Fortune during the period of review (``POR'').
    Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary 
results. We intend to issue the final results no later than 120 days 
from the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act'').

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 4, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann Fornaro or Frances Veith, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3927 or (202) 482-4295, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 9, 2003, the Department published the antidumping duty 
order on saccharin from the PRC. See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: 
Saccharin from the People's Republic of China, 68 FR 40906 (July 9, 
2003). On July 3, 2006, the Department published a notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review of this order. See 
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 
Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review, 71 FR 
37890 (July 3, 2006). In accordance with 19 CFR 351. 213(b)(1), the 
following requests were made: (1) on July 28, 2006, Shanghai Fortune 
and Suzhou Fine Chemical Co. Group Ltd. (``Suzhou Fine Chemical''), 
Chinese exporting producers of subject merchandise, requested that the 
Department conduct an administrative review of their exports; (2) on 
July 28, 2006, Amgal Chemical Products (1989) Ltd. (``Amgal''), an 
Israeli exporting producer of sodium saccharin made from subject 
merchandise manufactured in the PRC, requested that the Department 
conduct an administrative review of its exports.
    On August 30, 2006, the Department initiated this administrative 
review with respect to Shanghai Fortune, Suzhou Fine Chemical, and 
Amgal. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 71 FR 51573 
(August 30, 2006). The Department issued antidumping duty 
questionnaires to Shanghai Fortune, Suzhou Fine Chemical, and Amgal on 
August 30, 2006.
    On September 7, 2006, the Office of Policy issued a list of five 
surrogate countries at a level of economic development comparable to 
that of the PRC for the POR. See the Memorandum from Ron Lorentzen, 
Director, Office of Policy, to Wendy Frankel, Director, AD/CVD 
Enforcement, Office 8, regarding, ``Administrative Review of Saccharin 
from the People's Republic of China (PRC): Request for a List of 
Surrogate Countries'' (September 7, 2006) (``Policy Memorandum'').
    On October 16 and November 14, 2006, Suzhou Fine Chemical and 
Amgal, respectively, withdrew their requests for an administrative 
review.

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No other party requested an administrative review of Suzhou Fine 
Chemical's or Amgal's exports to the United States.
    On October 20, 2006, Shanghai Fortune submitted its sections A, C, 
and D questionnaire response (``ACD-QR''). On September 8 and 12, 2006, 
the Department invited interested parties to submit surrogate value 
(``SV'') information and to submit comments on surrogate country 
selection. See the Letter from Blanche Ziv, Program Manager, Office 8, 
to All Interested Parties (September 8, 2006); and Letter from Blanche 
Ziv, Program Manager, Office 8, to All Interested Parties (September 
12, 2006). On November 13, 2006, Shanghai Fortune submitted publicly 
available information to value the factors of production (``FOP''). No 
interested party submitted comments on the selection of a surrogate 
country.
    The Department issued supplemental questionnaires to Shanghai 
Fortune on December 20, 2006, and on February 20, March 1, and March 
14, 2007. Shanghai Fortune submitted responses to these supplemental 
questionnaires on January 17, March 6, March 20, and March 26, 2007, 
respectively. The Department also issued a supplemental questionnaire 
to Shanghai Fortune's U.S. customer on December 21, 2006. The U.S. 
customer submitted a response to the Department's supplemental 
questionnaire on January 18, 2007.
    On December 26, 2006, the Department published a notice of partial 
rescission of this administrative review with respect to Suzhou Fine 
Chemical and Amgal. See Saccharin from the People's Republic of China: 
Notice of Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 
71 FR 77382 (December 26, 2006).
    On March 23, 2007, the Department published a notice in the Federal 
Register extending the time limit for issuing its preliminary results 
of review until May 2, 2007. See Saccharin from the People's Republic 
of China: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results 
of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 72 FR 13746 (March 23, 
2007).

Period of Review

    The POR is July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006.

Scope of the Order

    The product covered by this antidumping duty 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 
128-44-44); (2) calcium saccharin (CAS Registry 6485-34-34); (3) acid 
(or insoluble) saccharin (CAS Registry 81-07-07); 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 currently 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 
purposes, the Department's written description of the scope of this 
order remains dispositive.

Non-Market Economy Country Status

    Shanghai Fortune did not contest the Department's treatment of the 
PRC as a non-market economy (``NME'') country, and the Department has 
treated the PRC as an NME country in all past antidumping duty 
investigations and administrative reviews and continues to do so in 
this case. See, e.g., Folding Metal Tables and Chairs from the People's 
Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 71 FR 71509 (December 11, 2006) (``FMTC-Final-04-05''); and 
Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 71 FR 
69546 (December 1, 2006) (``Non-Malleable Pipe''). No interested party 
in this case has argued that we should do otherwise. Designation as an 
NME country remains in effect until it is revoked by the Department. 
See Section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Act.

Surrogate Country

    Section 773(c)(1) of the Act directs the Department to base NV on 
the NME producer's FOPs, valued in a surrogate market economy country 
or countries considered to be appropriate by the Department. In 
accordance with section 773(c)(4) of the Act, in valuing the FOPs, the 
Department shall use, to the extent possible, the prices or costs of 
the FOPs in one or more market economy countries that are: (1) at a 
level of economic development comparable to that of the NME country; 
and (2) significant producers of comparable merchandise. The sources of 
the surrogate factor values are discussed under the ``Normal Value'' 
section below and in the Memorandum from Frances Veith, International 
Trade Compliance Analyst, through Blanche Ziv, Program Manager, to 
Wendy Frankel, Director, AD/CVD Operations, Office 8, ``Preliminary 
Results of the 2005-2006 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Saccharin from the People's Republic of China: Surrogate Value 
Memorandum'' (April 27, 2007) (``Surrogate Value Memorandum'').
    The Department determined that India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, the 
Philippines, and Egypt are countries comparable to the PRC in terms of 
economic development. See Policy Memorandum. Customarily, we select an 
appropriate surrogate country from the Policy Memorandum based on the 
availability and reliability of data from the countries that are 
significant producers of comparable merchandise. In this case, we found 
that India is a significant producer of comparable merchandise. See 
Memorandum from Frances Veith, International Trade Compliance Analyst, 
through Blanche Ziv, Program Manager, and Wendy Frankel, Director, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 8, to the File, ``2005-2006 Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of Saccharin from the People's Republic of China: 
Selection of a Surrogate Country'' (February 26, 2007) (``Surrogate 
Country Memorandum'').
    Accordingly, we selected India as the primary surrogate country for 
purposes of valuing the FOPs in the calculation of NV because it meets 
the Department's criteria for surrogate country selection. See 
Surrogate Country Memorandum and Surrogate Value Memorandum. Where 
Indian data was not available, the Department calculated the SV using 
World Trade Atlas (``WTA'') import statistics from the Philippines, 
available at http://www.gtis.com/wta.htm. The Philippines import data 
represents cumulative values for fiscal year 2005. We obtained and 
relied upon publicly available information wherever possible.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(3)(ii), for the final results 
in an antidumping administrative review, interested parties may submit 
publicly available information to value factors of production within 20 
days after the date of publication of these preliminary results of 
review.

Separate Rates

    In proceedings involving NME countries, the Department begins with 
a rebuttable presumption that all

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companies within the country are subject to government control, and 
thus, should be assigned a single antidumping duty deposit rate. It is 
the Department's policy to assign all exporters of subject merchandise 
subject to review in an NME country a single rate unless an exporter 
can demonstrate that it is sufficiently independent of government 
control to be entitled to a separate rate. See, e.g., Honey from the 
People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 70 FR 74764, 74765 (December 
16, 2005) (unchanged in the final results);\1\ and Non-Malleable Pipe, 
71 FR at 69548.
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    \1\ See Honey from the People's Republic of China: Final Results 
and Final Rescission, In Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 71 FR 34893 (June 16, 2006).
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    We considered whether Shanghai Fortune, based in the PRC, is 
eligible for a separate rate. The Department's separate-rate test to 
determine whether the exporters are independent from government control 
does not consider, in general, macroeconomic/border-type controls, 
e.g., export licenses, quotas, and minimum export prices, particularly 
if these controls are imposed to prevent dumping. The test focuses, 
rather, on controls over the investment, pricing, and output decision-
making process at the individual firm level. See, e.g., Tapered Roller 
Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, From the People's 
Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Administrative Review, 
62 FR 61276, 61279 (November 17, 1997); and Certain Cut-to-Length 
Carbon Steel Plate from Ukraine: Final Determination of Sales at Less 
than Fair Value, 62 FR 61754, 61758 (November 19, 1997).
    To establish whether an exporter is sufficiently independent of 
government control to be entitled to a separate-rate, the Department 
analyzes the exporter in light of select criteria. See Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sparklers from the 
People's Republic of China, 56 FR 20585, 22587 (May 6, 1991); and Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Silicon Carbide from 
the People's Republic of China, 59 FR 22585 (May 2, 1994). Under this 
test, exporters in NME countries are entitled to separate, company-
specific margins when they can demonstrate an absence of government 
control over exports, both in law (``de jure'') and in fact (``de 
facto'').
    Shanghai Fortune provided company-specific separate-rate 
information and stated that it met the standards for the assignment of 
a separate rate.\2\ Shanghai Fortune reported that it is wholly owned 
by Fortune Knitting Co., Ltd., a privately held foreign-owned market 
economy entity.\3\ Therefore, further separate-rate analysis is not 
necessary to determine whether Shanghai Fortune's export activities are 
independent from government control. See, e.g., Folding Metal Tables 
and Chairs from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 71 FR 38852, at 38853-38855 
(July 10, 2006) (``FMTC-Prelim-04-05'') (unchanged in the final)\4\ and 
Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: 
Bicycles From the People's Republic of China, 61 FR 19026, 19027 (April 
30, 1996).
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    \2\ See ACD-QR at pages A2 through A8.
    \3\ Id.
    \4\ See FMTC-Final-04-05.
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Date of Sale

Section 351.401(i) of the Department's regulations states that:
    in identifying the date of sale of the subject merchandise or 
foreign like product, the Secretary normally will use the date of 
invoice, as recorded in the exporter or producer's records kept in the 
normal course of business. However, the Secretary may use a date other 
than the date of invoice if the Secretary is satisfied that a different 
date better reflects the date on which the exporter or producer 
establishes the material terms of sale.
See also Allied Tube and Conduit Corp. v. United States, 132 F. Supp. 
2d 1087, 1090-1093 (CIT 2001) (upholding the Department's rebuttable 
presumption that invoice date is the appropriate date of sale). After 
examining the questionnaire responses and the sale documentation placed 
on the record by Shanghai Fortune, we preliminarily determine that 
invoice date is the most appropriate date of sale in this review. We 
made this determination based on statements on the record that indicate 
that Shanghai Fortune's invoice establishes the material terms of sale 
to the extent required by our regulations. See Shanghai Fortune's ACD-
QR at A11 and C12. Nothing on the record of this review rebuts the 
presumption that invoice date should be the date of sale.

Fair Value Comparisons

    To determine whether Shanghai Fortune's sale of saccharin to the 
United States was made at a price below NV, we compared Shanghai 
Fortune's export price (``EP'') to NV, as described in the ``Export 
Price'' and ``Normal Value'' sections of this notice, pursuant to 
section 773 of the Act.

Export Price

    Because Shanghai Fortune sold subject merchandise to an 
unaffiliated purchaser in the United States prior to importation into 
the United States and use of a constructed-export-price methodology was 
not otherwise indicated, we used EP in accordance with section 772(a) 
of the Act.
    For Shanghai Fortune, we calculated EP based on the FOB Shanghai 
port price to an unaffiliated purchaser. From this price, we deducted 
amounts for foreign inland freight and brokerage and handling, pursuant 
to section 772(c)(2)(A) of the Act. See Memorandum to the File from Ann 
Fornaro, International Trade Compliance Analyst: ``Analysis for the 
Preliminary Results of the 2005-2006 Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review of Saccharin from the People's Republic of China: Shanghai 
Fortune Chemical Co., Ltd.'' (April 27, 2007) (``Shanghai Fortune 
Preliminary Analysis Memorandum'').
    The Department used two sources to calculate an SV for domestic 
brokerage and handling expenses. The Department averaged December 2003 
through November 2004 data contained in Essar Steel's February 28, 
2005, public version response submitted in the antidumping duty 
administrative review of hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from 
India. See Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From India: 
Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 71 FR 2018, 2022 (January 12, 2006). The Essar Steel data was 
averaged with the February 2004 through January 2005 data contained in 
Agro Dutch Industries Limited's (``Agro Dutch'') May 24, 2005, public 
version response submitted in the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain preserved mushrooms from India. See 
Certain Preserved Mushrooms From India: Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, 70 FR 37757 (June 30, 2005); and FMTC-
Prelim-04-05 at 71 FR 38857 (utilizing this same data). The brokerage 
expense data reported by Essar Steel and Agro Dutch in their public 
versions is ranged data. Essar Steel reported averaged, ranged values 
for each reported sale transaction in its submission, while Agro Dutch 
reported an overall averaged, ranged value for its POR. In the instant 
review, the Department first derived an overall average value from

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Essar Steel's data. Then the Department adjusted both source's overall 
average value for inflation. Finally, the Department derived an SV for 
brokerage and handling by calculating an average from the source's 
inflated average value. See Surrogate Value Memorandum at Attachment 
12.
    To value truck freight, we used the freight rates published by 
Indian Freight Exchange, available at http://www.infreight.com. The 
truck freight rates are contemporaneous with the POR; therefore, we 
made no adjustments for inflation. See Surrogate Value Memorandum at 
Attachment 11.

Normal Value

    Section 773(c)(1) of the Act provides that, in the case of an NME, 
the Department shall determine NV using an FOP methodology if the 
merchandise is exported from an NME and the information does not permit 
the calculation of NV using home-market prices, third-country prices, 
or constructed value under section 773(a) of the Act. The Department 
will base NV on FOP because the presence of government controls on 
various aspects of these economies renders price comparisons and the 
calculation of production costs invalid under our normal methodologies. 
Therefore, we calculated NV based on FOP in accordance with sections 
773(c)(3) and (4) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.408(c).
    The FOPs include: (1) hours of labor required; (2) quantities of 
raw materials employed; (3) amounts of energy and other utilities 
consumed; and (4) representative capital costs. We used the FOPs 
reported by Shanghai Fortune for materials, energy, labor, and packing.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.408(c)(1), the Department will 
normally use publicly available information to value the FOPs, but when 
a producer sources an input from a market economy supplier and pays for 
it in market economy currency, the Department will normally value the 
factor using the actual price paid for the input. See 19 CFR 
351.408(c)(1); see also, Lasko Metal Products v. United States, 43 F.3d 
1442, 1445-1446 (Fed. Cir. 1994) (affirming the Department's use of 
market-based prices to value certain FOPs). However, when the 
Department has reason to believe or suspect that such prices may be 
distorted by subsidies, the Department will disregard the market 
economy purchase prices and use SVs to determine the NV. See, e.g., 
Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, 
From the People's Republic of China; Final Results of the 1998-1999 
Administrative Review, Partial Rescission of Review, and Determination 
Not to Revoke Order in Part, 66 FR 1953 (January 10, 2001), and 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 1. Shanghai 
Fortune reported that a significant percentage of its consumption of 
phthalic anhydride used in the production of saccharin was purchased 
from a market economy and paid for in a market economy currency. See 
the ``Factor Valuations'' section of this notice, below, for further 
discussion.
    Shanghai Fortune reported that during the production process of 
saccharin, it generates and recycles certain chemical by-products for 
resale.\5\ However, Shanghai Fortune was unable to provide 
documentation supporting its production and sales of these by-products 
during the POR. The amount of products reused or sold during the POR is 
an integral part of the factor calculation for by-products. See Notice 
of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Urea Ammonium 
Nitrate Solutions from Belarus, 68 FR 9055 (February 27, 2003), and 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 3 (``The 
Department allows such credits, but only for the amount of the by-
product/recovery actually sold or reused.''); Notice of the Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Saccharin from the 
People's Republic of China, 68 FR 27530 (May 20, 2003), and 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 6; and Saccharin 
from the People's Republic of China: Final Results and Partial 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative, 71 FR 7515 (February 13, 
2006), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 2. 
Therefore, we are not granting a by-product offset to Shanghai Fortune. 
For further details, see Shanghai Fortune Preliminary Analysis 
Memorandum.
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    \5\ See ACD-QR in Exhibits D-3.
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Factor Valuations

    In accordance with section 773(c) of the Act, we calculated NV 
based on the FOPs reported by Shanghai Fortune for the POR. We relied 
on the factor-specific data submitted by Shanghai Fortune in its 
questionnaire and supplemental questionnaire responses for purposes of 
selecting SVs.
    To calculate NV, we multiplied the reported per-unit factor-
consumption rates by publicly available Indian SVs (except as noted 
below). In selecting the SVs, we considered the quality, specificity, 
and contemporaneity of the data. As appropriate, we adjusted input 
prices by including freight costs to render them delivered prices. 
Specifically, we added to Indian import SVs a surrogate freight cost 
using the shorter of the reported distance from the domestic supplier 
to the factory or the distance from the nearest seaport to the factory 
where appropriate. This adjustment is in accordance with the decision 
of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (``Federal 
Circuit''). See Sigma Corp. v. United States, 117 F. 3d 1401, 1408 
(Fed. Cir. 1997). Where necessary, we adjusted the SVs for inflation/
deflation using the Indian Wholesale Price Index (``WPI'') as published 
on the Reserve Bank of India (``RBI'') website, available at http://www.rbi.org.in. For a detailed description of all SVs used for Shanghai 
Fortune, see the Surrogate Value Memorandum.
    Except as noted below, we valued raw material inputs using the July 
1, 2005, through June 30, 2006, weighted-average unit import values 
derived from the Monthly Statistics of the Foreign Trade of India, as 
published by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and 
Statistics of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of 
India and used in the WTA, available at http:www.gtis.com/wta.htm. The 
Indian WTA import data is reported in rupees and is contemporaneous 
with the POR. See Surrogate Value Memorandum at Attachment 4. We 
adjusted the SVs to account for freight costs incurred between the 
supplier and respondent. We used the freight rates published by Indian 
Freight Exchange, available at http://www.infreight.com, to value truck 
freight. Because the truck freight rates are contemporaneous with the 
POR, we made no adjustments for inflation.
    Furthermore, with regard to the WTA import-based SVs, for each 
input value, we used the average unit value for that input imported 
into India from all countries, with three exceptions. First, imports 
from all countries that the Department has previously determined to be 
NME countries were excluded from the average.\6\ Second, it is the 
Department's current practice that, where the facts developed in U.S. 
or third-country countervailing duty findings include the existence of 
subsidies that appear to be used generally (in particular, broadly 
available, non-industry-specific export subsidies), it is reasonable 
for the Department to consider that it has particular and objective 
evidence to

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support a reason to believe or suspect that prices of the inputs from 
the country granting the subsidies may be subsidized. See Tapered 
Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, from the 
People's Republic of China; Final Results of the 1998-1999 
Administrative Review, Partial Rescission of Review, and Determination 
Not to Revoke Order in Part, 66 FR 1953 (Jan. 10, 2001), and 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 1; Tapered 
Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, from the 
People's Republic of China; Final Results of 1999-2000 Administrative 
Review, Partial Rescission of Review, and Determination Not To Revoke 
Order in Part, 66 FR 57420 (Nov. 15, 2001), and accompanying Issues and 
Decision Memorandum at Comment 1; and China National Machinery Imp. & 
Exp. Corp. v. United States, 293 F. Supp. 2d 1334, 1339 (CIT 2003), as 
affirmed by the Federal Circuit, 104 Fed. Appx. 183 (Fed. Cir. 2004). 
We are also guided by the statute's legislative history that explains 
that it is not necessary to conduct a formal investigation to ensure 
that such prices are not subsidized. See H.R. Rep. No. 576 100th Cong., 
2. Sess. 590-91 (1988). Rather, the Department was instructed by 
Congress to base its decision on information that is available to it at 
the time it is making its determination. Therefore, we excluded export 
prices from Indonesia, South Korea, Thailand, and India in calculating 
the Indian import-based SVs or in calculating the Philippines import-
based SV. See Surrogate Value Memorandum.
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    \6\ For further information, see Expected Non-Market Economy 
Wages: Request for Comment on Calculation Methodology, 70 FR 37761, 
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    Finally, we excluded imports that were labeled as originating from 
an ``unspecified'' country from the average value because we could not 
be certain that they were not from either an NME or a country with 
general export subsidies. For a complete description of the factor 
values we used in these preliminary results, see Surrogate Value 
Memorandum.
    To value aqueous ammonia, the Department used the POR average unit 
value for imports into India from all countries, except as noted above. 
We invite parties to submit comments and additional information on the 
valuation of aqueous ammonia to be considered by the Department for the 
final results, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.301(c)(3)(ii). For further 
discussion of the comments submitted to the Department by Shanghai 
Fortune regarding the valuation of aqueous ammonia, see Surrogate Value 
Memorandum.
    In addition to the Indian WTA import data, we valued certain raw 
material inputs (i.e., liquid sodium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid, 
sulfuric acid, sodium nitrite, copper sulfate, toluene, sodium 
bicarbonate, ionic membrane sodium hydroxide) based on Indian domestic 
price data obtained from the Indian publication Chemical Weekly. 
Because the domestic chemical prices obtained from Chemical Weekly are 
reported on a 100-percent concentration basis unless otherwise noted, 
we adjusted the weighted-average POR price for Shanghai Fortune's 
reported product chemical concentration percentage levels, where 
appropriate. See Sebacic Acid from the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Review, 64 FR 69503, 69504-69505 
(December 13, 1999) at Comment 2. We calculated an average domestic 
price from the multiple publication prices within the POR, where 
applicable. We adjusted the average value to exclude excise and/or 
sales tax in each case where the price was specifically identified as 
being inclusive of the 16-percent excise tax identified in Central 
Excise Tariff 1998-99 (as published by Cen-Cus Publications, New Delhi) 
and/or sales tax, as appropriate. For further details, see Surrogate 
Value Memorandum at Attachment 5.
    As noted in the ``Normal Value'' section above, Shanghai Fortune 
provided evidence that it had purchased phthalic anhydride from a 
market economy supplier and paid for it in a market economy currency. 
Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.408(c)(1), the Department has 
determined to use the market economy price as reported by Shanghai 
Fortune to value this input because the market economy input represents 
a significant quantity of the input purchased during the POR. For 
further details, see Shanghai Fortune Preliminary Analysis Memorandum.
    To value sulfur dioxide, the Department used the per-kilogram 
values obtained from Annual Import Statistics of the Philippines 
National Statistics Office, as published by the WTA, because we found 
the POR Indian data available for this input to be unreliable due to 
small quantities and aberrant values. We made adjustments to the 
weighted-average value to account for freight costs incurred between 
the PRC supplier and Shanghai Fortune. The Philippines WTA data is 
reported in U.S. dollars (``USD'') and is contemporaneous with the POR. 
See Surrogate Value Memorandum at Attachment 4.
    To value liquid chlorine, the Department selected the sales value 
of chlorine from public information the Department placed on the record 
of this review\7\ (i.e., annual reports of three Indian Chemical 
companies: 1) Bihar Caustic & Chemicals Ltd.; 2) Kanoria Chemicals & 
Industries Limited; and 3) TATA Chemicals) because we found the WTA 
Indian data available for this input to be unreliable due to small 
quantities and aberrant values and Chemical Weekly price data is not 
available for this input. We averaged the sales prices for chlorine 
reported in the three annual reports and made adjustments to account 
for freight costs incurred between the PRC supplier and Shanghai 
Fortune. The sales value data is reported in rupees per metric ton and 
is contemporaneous with the POR. See also, Surrogate Value Memorandum 
at Attachment 6.
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    \7\ See Memorandum to the File, from Frances Veith, 
International Trade Compliance Analyst, AD/CVD Operations, Office 8, 
regarding, ``Surrogate Value Data for Liquid Chlorine,'' (March 8, 
2007).
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    To value electricity, the Department used the 2000 electricity 
price rates from Key World Energy Statistics 2003, published by the 
International Energy Agency available at http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/elecprii.html. Because this data was not contemporaneous 
with the POR, we adjusted the average value for inflation using WPI. 
See Surrogate Value Memorandum at Attachment 8.
    To value water, we used the Revised Maharashtra Industrial 
Development Corporation (``MIDC'') water rates for June 1, 2003, 
available at http://www.midcindia.com/water-supply, adjusted for 
inflation using WPI.
    For direct labor, indirect labor and packing labor, consistent with 
19 CFR 351.408(c)(3), we used the PRC regression-based wage rates 
reflective of the observed relationship between wages and national 
income in market economy countries as reported on Import 
Administration's home page. See ``Expected Wages of Selected NME 
Countries'' (revised January 2007) (available at http://www.trade.gov/ia/). For further details on the labor calculation, see Surrogate Value 
Memorandum at Attachment 7.
    For factory overhead, selling, general, and administrative expenses 
(``SG&A''), and profit values, consistent with 19 CFR 351.408(c)(4), we 
used public information gathered from an auditor's report for the year 
ending March 31, 2006, from an Indian producer of comparable 
merchandise (i.e., Atul Ltd.). From this information, we were able to 
determine factory overhead as a percentage of the total raw materials, 
labor and energy (``ML&E'') costs; SG&A as a percentage of ML&E plus 
overhead (i.e., cost of manufacture) and traded

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goods; and the profit rate as a percentage of the cost of manufacture 
plus SG&A and traded goods. See Surrogate Value Memorandum for a full 
discussion of the calculation of these ratios.
    For packing materials, we used the per-kilogram values obtained 
from the Indian WTA import data and made adjustments to account for 
freight costs incurred between the PRC supplier and Shanghai Fortune. 
See Surrogate Value Memorandum at Attachment 4.

Currency Conversion

    We made currency conversions into U.S. dollars, in accordance with 
section 773A(a) of the Act, based on the exchange rates in effect on 
the dates of the U.S. sales, as certified by the Federal Reserve Bank.

Preliminary Results of Review

    We preliminarily find the weighted-average dumping margin for 
Shanghai Fortune for the period July 1 2005, through June 30, 2006, to 
be 47.60 percent.

Disclosure

    We will disclose the calculations used in our preliminary analysis 
to parties to this proceeding within five days of the publication date 
of this notice. See 19 CFR 351.224(b). Interested parties are invited 
to comment on the preliminary results and may submit case briefs and/or 
written comments within 30 days of the date of publication of this 
notice. See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii). Any interested party may request a 
hearing within 30 days of publication of this notice. See 19 CFR 
351.310(c). Any hearing, if requested, will be held 42 days after the 
date of publication of this notice. See 19 CFR 351.310(d). Rebuttal 
briefs and rebuttals to written comments, limited to issues raised in 
such briefs or comments, may be filed no later than 35 days after the 
date of publication. See 19 CFR 351.309(d). The Department requests 
that parties submitting written comments also provide the Department 
with an additional copy of those comments on diskette or CD. The 
Department will issue the final results of this administrative review, 
which will include the results of its analysis of issues raised in any 
such comments, within 120 days of publication of these preliminary 
results, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department will determine, 
and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. 
The Department intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions 
directly to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of the final 
results of this administrative review. In accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), we calculated an exporter/importer-or customer-specific 
assessment rate or value for merchandise subject to this review. For 
these preliminary results, we divided the total dumping margins for the 
reviewed sales by the total entered quantity of those reviewed sales 
for each applicable importer. In this review, if these preliminary 
results are adopted in our final results of review, we will direct CBP 
to assess the resulting rate against the entered customs value or per-
unit assessment, as appropriate, for the subject merchandise on each 
importers'/customers' entries during the POR.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for Shanghai 
Fortune, which has a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the 
company-specific rate established in the final results of review 
(except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, no cash deposit will be 
required); (2) for previously investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC 
exporters not listed above that have separate rates, the cash deposit 
rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate published for the 
most recent period; (3) for all PRC exporters of subject merchandise 
that have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash 
deposit rate will be the PRC-wide rate of 329.33 percent; and (4) for 
all non-PRC exporters of subject merchandise which have not received 
their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to 
the PRC exporters that supplied that non-PRC exporter. These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This determination is issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: April 27, 2007.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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