[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 27, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 50593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19895]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-841, A-570-925]


Sodium Nitrite from the Federal Republic of Germany and the 
People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (the 
Commission), the Department is issuing antidumping duty orders on 
sodium nitrite from the Federal Republic of Germany (Germany) and the 
People's Republic of China (PRC). On August 20, 2008, the Commission 
notified the Department of its affirmative determination of material 
injury to a U.S. industry. See Sodium Nitrite from China and Germany 
(Investigation Nos. 701-TA-453 and 731-TA-1136-1137 (Final), USITC 
Publication 4029, August 2008).

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 27, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian C. Smith (Federal Republic of 
Germany) or Magd Zalok (People's Republic of China), AD/CVD Operations, 
Offices 2 and 4, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1766 or (202) 482-4162, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 8, 2008, the Department published its affirmative final 
determinations of sales at less-than-fair-value in the antidumping duty 
investigations of sodium nitrite from Germany and the PRC. See Notice 
of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sodium Nitrite 
from the Federal Republic of Germany, 73 FR 38986 (July 8, 2008); and 
Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sodium 
Nitrite from the People's Republic of China, 73 FR 38984 (July 8, 
2008).
    On August 20, 2008, the Commission notified the Department of its 
final determination pursuant to section 735(d) 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 subject 
merchandise from Germany and the PRC. See section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of 
the Act.

Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise subject to these orders is sodium nitrite in any 
form, at any purity level. In addition, the sodium nitrite covered by 
these orders may or may not contain an anti-caking agent. Examples of 
names commonly used to reference sodium nitrite are nitrous acid, 
sodium salt, anti-rust, diazotizing salts, erinitrit, and filmerine. 
The chemical composition of sodium nitrite is NaNO[bdi2] and it is 
generally classified under subheading 2834.10.1000 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). The American Chemical 
Society Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) has assigned the name ``sodium 
nitrite'' to sodium nitrite. The CAS registry number is 7632-00-0.
    While the HTSUS subheading, CAS registry number, and CAS name are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description 
of the scope of these orders is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Orders

    On August 20, 2008, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, 
the Commission notified the Department of its final determination that 
an industry in the United States is materially injured within the 
meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of less-than-
fair-value imports of subject merchandise from Germany and the PRC.
    In accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department 
will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 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 or constructed export price of the merchandise for all relevant 
entries of sodium nitrite from Germany and the PRC. These antidumping 
duties will be assessed on all unliquidated entries of sodium nitrite 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after April 
23, 2008, the date on which the Department published its notices of 
preliminary determination in the Federal Register. See Notice of 
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sodium 
Nitrite from the Federal Republic of Germany, 73 FR 21909 (April 23, 
2008); and Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value: Sodium Nitrite from the People's Republic of China, 73 FR 
21906 (April 23, 2008).
    On or after the date of publication of the Commission's notice of 
final determination in the Federal Register, CBP must require, pursuant 
to section 735(c)(3) of the Act, at the same time as importers would 
normally deposit estimated duties on this merchandise, a cash deposit 
equal to the estimated dumping margins as noted below:

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                                                                                       Weighted-Average Margin
                       Country                            Manufacturer/exporter               (percent)
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Germany.............................................                       BASF AG                        237.00
                                                                        All-Others                        150.82
PRC.................................................                 PRC-Wide Rate                        190.74
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    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty orders with respect to 
sodium nitrite from Germany and the PRC, pursuant to section 736(a) of 
the Act. Interested parties may contact the Department's Central 
Records Unit, Room 1117 of the Main Commerce Building, for copies of an 
updated list of antidumping duty orders currently in effect.
    These orders are issued and published in accordance with section 
736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).

    Dated: August 21, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
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