[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 231 (Monday, December 4, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57205-57207]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-26069]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-838]


Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 From India: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on carbazole violet 
pigment 23 (CVP 23) from India. The period of review (POR) is December 
1, 2015, through November 30, 2016. The review covers one producer/
exporter of the subject merchandise, Pidilite Industries Limited 
(Pidilite). The Department preliminarily finds that subject merchandise 
has been sold in the United States at prices below normal value (NV) 
during the POR.

DATES: Applicable December 4, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irene Gorelik or George Ayache, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration,

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U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 
DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-6905 or (202) 482-2623, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the Order \1\ is CVP-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] \2\ triphenodioxazine, 8,18-
dichloro-5, 15-diethy-5, 15-dihydro-, and molecular formula of C34 H22 
Cl2 N4 O2. 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\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Carbazole Violet Pigment 
23 From India, 69 FR 77988 (December 29, 2004) (the Order).
    \2\ 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 
``Amendment to Petition for Antidumping Investigations of China and 
India and a Countervailing Duty Investigation of India on Imports of 
Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 in the forms of Crude Pigment, Presscake 
and Dry Color Pigment,'' dated December 3, 2003, at 8.
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    The merchandise subject to the Order is classifiable under 
subheading 3204.17.9040 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the scope 
of the order is dispositive.

Methodology

    The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) and (a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act). For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\3\ A list of the 
topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as 
an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a 
public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and 
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic 
Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at 
http://access.trade.gov, and to all parties in the Central Records 
Unit, room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. In 
addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic version of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \3\ See Memorandum from James Maeder, Senior Director performing 
the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Gary Taverman, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Decision Memorandum for 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 
Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 from India; 2015-2016'' (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum) dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 
this notice.
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Adverse Facts Available

    Because mandatory respondent Pidilite has failed to provide 
requested information, and has failed to cooperate by not acting to the 
best of its ability to comply with a request for information from the 
Department in this review, we preliminarily determine to apply facts 
otherwise available with an adverse inference (AFA) to this respondent, 
in accordance with sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.308. For further discussion, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.

Adjustment for Export Subsidies

    For Pidilite, in the original investigation, we subtracted the 
portion of the countervailing duty rate attributable to export 
subsidies (17.02 percent) from the final dumping margin of 66.59 
percent in order to calculate the cash-deposit rate of 49.57 
percent.\4\ Since the publication of the Antidumping Duty Order we have 
not conducted an administrative review of the countervailing duty order 
on CVP 23 from India.\5\ Therefore, the portion of the countervailing 
duty rate attributable to export subsidies currently in effect for 
Pidilite is 17.02 percent. Further, imports from Pidilite during the 
review period were subject to countervailing duties to offset export 
subsidies of 17.02 percent or more. Because the AFA rate we selected 
for this review is the margin we calculated for Pidilite in the 
investigation, we have adjusted the dumping margin to ensure that, in 
accordance with section 772(c)(1)(C) of the Act, we do not collect 
duties attributable to export subsidies twice.
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    \4\ See Antidumping Duty Order.
    \5\ See Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 from India: Rescission of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2015, 82 FR 42648 
(September 11, 2017).
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Preliminary Results of the Review

    We preliminarily determine that, for the period of December 1, 
2015, through November 30, 2016, the following weighted-average dumping 
margin exists:

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                                           Weighted-      Rate adjusted
                                            average         for export
           Exporter/producer             dumping margin     subsidies
                                           (percent)        (percent)
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Pidilite Industries Limited...........           66.59            49.57
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Normally, the Department discloses to interested parties the 
calculations performed in connection with the preliminary results 
within five days of the date of publication of the notice of 
preliminary results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b). However, there are no calculations to disclose in 
connection with these presliminary results because, in accordance with 
section 776 of the Act, the Department preliminarily applied AFA to 
Pidilite, the only company that is subject to this review, and the 
Department has preliminarily determined as the AFA rate a dumping 
margin applied in a prior segment of this proceeding.
    Interested parties may submit case briefs to the Department no 
later than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\6\ 
Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be 
filed not later than five days after the date for filing case 
briefs.\7\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who 
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged 
to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief 
summary of the argument; and (3) a

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table of authorities. Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using 
ACCESS.\8\
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via 
ACCESS. An electronically-filed document must be received successfully 
in its entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time within 30 
days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should 
contain: (1) The party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the 
number of participants; (3) whether any participant is a foreign 
national; and (4) a list of issues parties intend to discuss. Issues 
raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective 
case and rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, the 
Department intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a time 
and date to be determined.\9\ Parties should confirm by telephone the 
date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled 
date.
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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    The Department intends to issue the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of its analysis of issues 
raised in any written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of 
publication of this notice, unless the deadline is extended.\10\
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    \10\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
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Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department shall determine, 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.\11\ The final 
results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of 
antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by the final 
results of this review and for future deposits of estimated duties, 
where applicable.\12\ We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties 
at the adjusted rate of 49.57 percent if CBP has collected the 
appropriate countervailing duties on the same entry. We will instruct 
CBP to assess antidumping duties at the unadjusted rate of 66.59 
percent if the appropriate countervailing duties are not collected by 
CBP.
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
    \12\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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    We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of 
publication of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Pidilite will be 
the rate established in the final results of this review; (2) for 
previously reviewed or investigated companies not participating in this 
review, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific 
rate published for the most recently-completed segment of this 
proceeding in which the company was reviewed; (3) if the exporter is 
not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the less-than-
fair value (LTFV) investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recently-
completed segment of this proceeding for the manufacturer of subject 
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers 
or exporters will continue to be 27.48 percent, the all-others rate 
established in the LTFV investigation.\13\ These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \13\ See Antidumping Duty Order.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    The preliminary results of review are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: November 27, 2017.
Carole Showers,
Executive Director, Office of Policy performing the duties of the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Affiliation
IV. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
V. Conclusion

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