[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 193 (Monday, October 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62697-62698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21965]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-839]


Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 From the Republic of India: Final 
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2017

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Pidilite 
Industries Limited (Pidilite) a producer/exporter of carbazole violet 
pigment 23 (CVP 23) from the Republic of India (India) received 
countervailable subsidies during the period of review January 1, 2017 
through December 31, 2017.

DATES: Applicable October 5, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene H. Calvert, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3586.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this administrative 
review on February 11, 2020.\1\ On April 24, 2020, Commerce exercised 
its discretion to toll all deadlines in administrative reviews by 50 
days.\2\ On July 21, 2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines in 
administrative reviews by an additional 60 days.\3\ The deadline for 
the final results of this review is now September 28, 2020. For a 
history of all events that occurred since the Preliminary Results,

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see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\
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    \1\ See Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 from the Republic of India: 
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 
2017, 85 FR 7730 (February 11, 2020) (Preliminary Results), and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews in Response to 
Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19,'' dated April 24, 2020.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,'' dated July 21, 2020.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of 
Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 from the Republic of Turkey; 2017,'' 
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues 
and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order 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] triphenodioxazine, 8,18-dichloro-5,15-
diethy-5,15-dihydro-, and molecular formula of 
C34H22Cl2N4O2.\5\
 For a complete description of the scope of the order, see the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum.
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    \5\ The bracketed section of the product description, [3,2-
b:3',2'-m], is not business proprietary information; the brackets 
are simply part of the chemical nomenclature.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in interested parties' briefs are addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. The Issues and 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. In addition, a complete version of the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and electronic versions of the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in content. A list of the 
issues raised by interested parties, and to which we responded in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum, is provided in the appendix to this 
notice.

Methodology

    Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 
For each of the subsidy programs found to be countervailable, Commerce 
determines that there is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided 
financial contribution that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 
and that the subsidy is specific.\6\ For a full description of the 
methodology underlying Commerce's conclusions, see the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
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    \6\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding 
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding 
benefit; and 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on the comments received from interested parties, Commerce 
made no changes to the subsidy rate calculations since the Preliminary 
Results.

Final Results of the Administrative Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), Commerce determines the 
following net countervailable subsidy rate for Pidilite for the period 
January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                         Company                           (percent) (ad
                                                             valorem)
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Pidilite Industries Limited.............................            3.13
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Disclosure

    Because Commerce made no changes to the subsidy rate calculations 
since the Preliminary Results, there are no further calculations 
performed to disclose to interested parties in connection with these 
final results.\7\
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    \7\ In accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b), Commerce is normally 
required to disclose calculations performed in connection with the 
final results of an administrative review within five days of its 
public announcement or, if there is no public announcement of, 
within five days after the date of publication of the final results 
of an administrative review.
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Assessment Rate

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce intends to issue 
assessment instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 
days after the date of publication of these final results of review, to 
liquidate shipments of subject merchandise produced and/or exported by 
Pidilite and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on 
or after January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, at the ad valorem 
assessment rate listed above.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice 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 date of 
publication, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The 
cash deposit rate for the companies listed in these final results will 
be equal to the subsidy rates established in the final results of this 
review; (2) for all non-reviewed firms, CBP will continue to collect 
cash deposits at the most-recent company-specific or all-others rate 
applicable to the company, as appropriate. These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These final results are issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: September 28, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Subsidies Valuation Information
V. Analysis of Programs
VI. Analysis of Comments
    Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should Countervail the Duty Drawback 
Program
    Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should Countervail the Export 
Promotion of Capital Goods Scheme
    Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should Countervail the Income Tax 
Deduction for Research and Development Expenses Program Under 
Section 35 (2AB) of the Income Tax Act of 1961
VII. Recommendation

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