Notice2022-02558
Barium Chloride From India: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation
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February 8, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7100-7104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02558]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-908]
Barium Chloride From India: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value
Investigation
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable February 1, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Baker or Preston Cox; AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2924 or (202) 482-5041,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Petition
On January 12, 2022, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) received
an antidumping duty (AD) petition concerning imports of barium chloride
from India, filed in proper form on behalf of Chemical Products
Corporation (the petitioner), a domestic producer of barium
chloride.\1\ The Petition was accompanied by a countervailing duty
(CVD) petition concerning imports of barium chloride from India.\2\
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\1\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Petitions for the Imposition of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duties on Barium Chloride from
India,'' dated January 12, 2022 (the Petition).
\2\ Id.
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On January 14 and 24, 2022, Commerce requested supplemental
information pertaining to certain aspects of the Petition.\3\ The
petitioner filed responses to these requests on January 19, 20, and 25,
2022.\4\
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\3\ See Commerce's Letters, ``Petitions for the Imposition of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duties on Imports of Barium Chloride
from India: Supplemental Questions,'' dated January 14, 2022; and
``Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping Duties on Imports of
Barium Chloride from India: Supplemental Questions,'' dated January
14, 2022; see also Commerce's Memoranda, ``Petition for the
Imposition of Antidumping Duties on Imports of Barium Chloride from
India: Phone Call with Counsel to the Petitioner,'' dated January
24, 2022; and ``Petitions for the Imposition of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duties on Imports of Barium Chloride from India:
Phone Call with Counsel to the Petitioner,'' dated January 24, 2022.
\4\ See Petitioner's Letters, ``Barium Chloride from India:
Response to Supplemental Questionnaire on Volume I of Petition
(General Issues and Injury Information),'' dated January 19, 2022
(General Issues Supplement); ``Barium Chloride from India: Response
to Supplemental Questionnaire on Volume II (AD) of Petition,'' dated
January 20, 2022 (India AD Supplement); ``Barium Chloride from
India: Response to Supplemental Question on Volume I of Petition
(General Issues and Injury Information),'' dated January 25, 2022
(Revised Exhibit I-4); and ``Barium Chloride from India: Response to
Supplemental Question on Volume II of Petition (Antidumping
Duties),'' dated January 25, 2022 (Second India AD Supplement).
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In accordance with section 732(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), the petitioner alleges that imports of barium
chloride from India are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United
States at less than fair value (LTFV) within the meaning of section 731
of the Act, and that imports of such products are materially injuring,
or threatening material injury to, the barium chloride industry in the
United States. Consistent with section 732(b)(1) of the Act, the
Petition is accompanied by information reasonably available to the
petitioner supporting its allegations.
Commerce finds that the petitioner filed the Petition on behalf of
the domestic industry, because the petitioner is an interested party,
as defined in section 771(9)(C) of the Act. Commerce also finds that
the petitioner demonstrated sufficient industry support for the
initiation of the requested AD investigation.\5\
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\5\ See infra, section on ``Determination of Industry Support
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Period of Investigation
Because the Petition was filed on January 12, 2022, the period of
investigation (POI) for this AD investigation is January 1, 2021,
through December 31, 2021, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.204(b)(1).
Scope of the Investigation
The product covered by this investigation is barium chloride from
India. For a full description of the scope of this investigation, see
the appendix to this notice.
Comments on the Scope of the Investigation
As discussed in the Preamble to Commerce's regulations, we are
setting aside a period for interested parties to raise issues regarding
product coverage (i.e., scope).\6\ Commerce will consider all comments
received from interested parties and, if necessary, will consult with
interested parties prior to the issuance of the preliminary
determination. If scope comments include factual information,\7\ all
such factual information should be limited to public information. To
facilitate preparation of its questionnaire, Commerce requests that all
interested parties submit scope comments by 5:00
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p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on February 22, 2022, which is the next business
day after 20 calendar days from the signature date of this notice.\8\
Any rebuttal comments, which may include factual information, must be
filed by 5:00 p.m. ET on March 4, 2022, which is 10 calendar days from
the initial comment deadline.
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\6\ See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, Final Rule,
62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997) (Preamble).
\7\ See 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) (defining ``factual
information'').
\8\ The deadline for comments falls on February 21, 2022, which
is a federal holiday. Commerce's practice dictates that where a
deadline falls on a weekend or federal holiday, the appropriate
deadline is the next business day (in this instance, February 22,
2022). See Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next Business
Day'' Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to
the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005)
(Notice of Clarification).
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Commerce requests that any factual information that parties
consider relevant to the scope of the investigations be submitted
during this period. However, if a party subsequently finds that
additional factual information pertaining to the scope of the
investigation may be relevant, the party must contact Commerce and
request permission to submit the additional information. All such
submissions must be filed on the records of each of the concurrent AD
and CVD investigations.
Filing Requirements
All submissions to Commerce must be filed electronically using
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS), unless an exception
applies.\9\ An electronically-filed document must be received
successfully in its entirety by the time and date on which it is due.
Note that Commerce has temporarily modified certain of its requirements
for serving documents containing business proprietary information,
until further notice.\10\
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\9\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Electronic Filing Procedures; Administrative Protective Order
Procedures, 76 FR 39263 (July 6, 2011); see also Enforcement and
Compliance; Change of Electronic Filing System Name, 79 FR 69046
(November 20, 2014) for details of Commerce's electronic filing
requirements, effective August 5, 2011. Information on help using
ACCESS can be found at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/help.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/help.aspx</a> and a
handbook can be found at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/help/Handbook_on_Electronic_Filing_Procedures.pdf">https://access.trade.gov/help/Handbook_on_Electronic_Filing_Procedures.pdf</a>.
\10\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements
Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July
10, 2020).
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Comments on Product Characteristics
Commerce is providing interested parties an opportunity to comment
on the appropriate physical characteristics of barium chloride to be
reported in response to Commerce's AD questionnaire. This information
will be used to identify the key physical characteristics of the
subject merchandise in order to report the relevant costs of production
accurately, as well as to develop appropriate product-comparison
criteria.
Interested parties may provide any information or comments that
they feel are relevant to the development of an accurate list of
physical characteristics. Specifically, they may provide comments as to
which characteristics are appropriate to use as: (1) General product
characteristics; and (2) product comparison criteria. We note that it
is not always appropriate to use all product characteristics as product
comparison criteria. We base product comparison criteria on meaningful
commercial differences among products. In other words, although there
may be some physical product characteristics utilized by manufacturers
to describe barium chloride, it may be that only a select few product
characteristics take into account commercially meaningful physical
characteristics. In addition, interested parties may comment on the
order in which the physical characteristics should be used in matching
products. Generally, Commerce attempts to list the most important
physical characteristics first and the least important characteristics
last.
In order to consider the suggestions of interested parties in
developing and issuing the AD questionnaire, all product
characteristics comments must be filed by 5:00 p.m. ET on February 22,
2022, which is the next business day after 20 calendar days from the
signature date of this notice.\11\ Any rebuttal comments must be filed
by 5:00 p.m. ET on March 4, 2022, which is 10 calendar days from the
initial comment deadline. All comments and submissions to Commerce must
be filed electronically using ACCESS, as explained above, on the record
of the AD investigation.
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\11\ The deadline for comments falls on February 21, 2022, which
is a federal holiday. Commerce's practice dictates that where a
deadline falls on a weekend or federal holiday, the appropriate
deadline is the next business day (in this instance, February 22,
2022). See Notice of Clarification.
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Determination of Industry Support for the Petition
Section 732(b)(1) of the Act requires that a petition be filed on
behalf of the domestic industry. Section 732(c)(4)(A) of the Act
provides that a petition meets this requirement if the domestic
producers or workers who support the petition account for: (i) At least
25 percent of the total production of the domestic like product; and
(ii) more than 50 percent of the production of the domestic like
product produced by that portion of the industry expressing support
for, or opposition to, the petition. Moreover, section 732(c)(4)(D) of
the Act provides that, if the petition does not establish support of
domestic producers or workers accounting for more than 50 percent of
the total production of the domestic like product, Commerce shall: (i)
Poll the industry or rely on other information in order to determine if
there is support for the petition, as required by subparagraph (A); or
(ii) determine industry support using a statistically valid sampling
method to poll the ``industry.''
Section 771(4)(A) of the Act defines the ``industry'' as the
producers as a whole of a domestic like product. Thus, to determine
whether a petition has the requisite industry support, the statute
directs Commerce to look to producers and workers who produce the
domestic like product. The International Trade Commission (ITC), which
is responsible for determining whether ``the domestic industry'' has
been injured, must also determine what constitutes a domestic like
product in order to define the industry. While both Commerce and the
ITC must apply the same statutory definition regarding the domestic
like product,\12\ they do so for different purposes and pursuant to a
separate and distinct authority. In addition, Commerce's determination
is subject to limitations of time and information. Although this may
result in different definitions of the like product, such differences
do not render the decision of either agency contrary to law.\13\
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\12\ See section 771(10) of the Act.
\13\ See USEC, Inc. v. United States, 132 F. Supp. 2d 1, 8 (CIT
2001) (citing Algoma Steel Corp. v. United States, 688 F. Supp. 639,
644 (CIT 1988), aff'd 865 F.2d 240 (Fed. Cir. 1989)).
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Section 771(10) of the Act defines the domestic like product as ``a
product which is like, or in the absence of like, most similar in
characteristics and uses with, the article subject to an investigation
under this title.'' Thus, the reference point from which the domestic
like product analysis begins is ``the article subject to an
investigation'' (i.e., the class or kind of merchandise to be
investigated, which normally will be the scope as defined in the
petition).
With regard to the domestic like product, the petitioner does not
offer a definition of the domestic like product distinct from the scope
of the investigation.\14\ Based on our analysis of the information
submitted on the record, we have determined that barium chloride, as
defined in the scope, constitutes a single domestic like product, and
we have analyzed industry
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support in terms of that domestic like product.\15\
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\14\ See General Issues Supplement at 2-3 and Exhibit GEN-3.
\15\ For a discussion of the domestic like product analysis as
applied to this case and information regarding industry support, see
Antidumping Duty Investigation Initiation Checklist: Barium Chloride
from India (AD Initiation Checklist) at Attachment II, Analysis of
Industry Support for the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Petitions Covering Barium Chloride from India (Attachment II). This
checklist is dated concurrently with this notice and on file
electronically via ACCESS.
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In determining whether the petitioner has standing under section
732(c)(4)(A) of the Act, we considered the industry support data
contained in the Petition with reference to the domestic like product
as defined in the ``Scope of the Investigation,'' in the appendix to
this notice. To establish industry support, the petitioner provided its
own production of the domestic like product in 2021.\16\ The petitioner
provided information from the ITC's fifth sunset review of barium
chloride from the People's Republic of China, published in June 2021,
in which the ITC found that Chemical Products Corporation was the only
domestic producer of barium chloride; therefore, the Petition is
supported by 100 percent of the U.S. industry.\17\ We relied on data
provided by the petitioner for purposes of measuring industry
support.\18\
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\16\ See General Issues Supplement at 4.
\17\ See Petition at Volume I at I-2 through I-4; see also
General Issues Supplement at 3-4 and Exhibit GEN-3 (containing
Barium Chloride from China, Inv. No. 731-TA-149 (Fifth Review),
USITC Pub. 5203 (June 2021) at 7).
\18\ See Petition at Volume I at I-2 through I-4; see also
General Issues Supplement at 3-4 and Exhibit GEN-3. For further
discussion, see AD Initiation Checklist at Attachment II.
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Our review of the data provided in the Petition, the General Issues
Supplement, and other information readily available to Commerce
indicates that the petitioner has established industry support for the
Petition. First, the Petition established support from domestic
producers (or workers) accounting for more than 50 percent of the total
production of the domestic like product, and, as such, Commerce is not
required to take further action in order to evaluate industry support
(e.g., polling).\19\ Second, the domestic producers (or workers) have
met the statutory criteria for industry support under section
732(c)(4)(A)(i) of the Act because the domestic producers (or workers)
who support the Petition account for at least 25 percent of the total
production of the domestic like product.\20\ Finally, the domestic
producers (or workers) have met the statutory criteria for industry
support under section 732(c)(4)(A)(ii) of the Act because the domestic
producers (or workers) who support the Petition account for more than
50 percent of the production of the domestic like product produced by
that portion of the industry expressing support for, or opposition to,
the Petition.\21\ Accordingly, Commerce determines that the Petition
was filed on behalf of the domestic industry within the meaning of
section 732(b)(1) of the Act.\22\
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\19\ See AD Initiation Checklist at Attachment II; see also
section 732(c)(4)(D) of the Act.
\20\ See AD Initiation Checklist at Attachment II.
\21\ Id.
\22\ Id.
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Allegations and Evidence of Material Injury and Causation
The petitioner alleges that the U.S. industry producing the
domestic like product is being materially injured, or is threatened
with material injury, by reason of the imports of the subject
merchandise sold at LTFV. In addition, the petitioner alleges that
subject imports exceed the negligibility threshold provided for under
section 771(24)(A) of the Act.\23\
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\23\ See Petition at Volume I at I-10 and Exhibit I-9; see also
General Issues Supplement at 5 and Exhibit GEN-4.
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The petitioner contends that the industry's injured condition is
illustrated by a significant volume of subject imports; increasing
market share of subject imports; underselling and price depression and/
or suppression; inventory levels; declines in production, shipments,
and revenues; and lost sales and revenues.\24\ We assessed the
allegations and supporting evidence regarding material injury, threat
of material injury, causation, as well as negligibility, and we have
determined that these allegations are properly supported by adequate
evidence, and meet the statutory requirements for initiation.\25\
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\24\ See Petition at Volume I at I-7 through I-30 and Exhibits
I-5 and I-8 through I-12; see also General Issues Supplement at 2-3,
5 and Exhibits GEN-2 and GEN-4.
\25\ See AD Initiation Checklist at Attachment III, Analysis of
Allegations and Evidence of Material Injury and Causation for the
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions Covering Barium
Chloride from India (Attachment III).
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Allegation of Sales at LTFV
The following is a description of the allegation of sales at LTFV
upon which Commerce based its decision to initiate this LTFV
investigation of imports of barium chloride from India. The sources of
data for the deductions and adjustments relating to U.S. price and
normal value (NV) are discussed in greater detail in the AD Initiation
Checklist.
U.S. Price
The petitioner based export price (EP) on the average unit value
(AUV) of publicly available import data for barium chloride from India
during the POI and made adjustments for foreign inland freight and
foreign brokerage and handling to calculate a net ex-factory U.S.
price.\26\
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\26\ See AD Initiation Checklist.
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Normal Value
The petitioner provided information indicating that the prices for
barium chloride sold or offered for sale in India were below the cost
of production (COP). Consequently, the petitioner based NV on
constructed value (CV).\27\ For further discussion of CV, see ``Normal
Value Based on Constructed Value'' section below.\28\
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\27\ See AD Initiation Checklist.
\28\ In accordance with section 773(b)(2) of the Act, for this
investigation, Commerce will request information necessary to
calculate the CV and COP to determine whether there are reasonable
grounds to believe or suspect that sales of the foreign like product
have been made at prices that represent less than the COP of the
product.
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Normal Value Based on Constructed Value
As noted above, the petitioner provided information indicating that
sales or offers for sale of barium chloride in India were made at
prices below COP. Therefore, the petitioner calculated NV based on
CV.\29\ Pursuant to section 773(e) of the Act, the petitioner
calculated CV as the sum of the cost of manufacturing; selling,
general, and administrative expenses; financial expenses; and
profit.\30\
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\29\ See AD Initiation Checklist.
\30\ Id.
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Fair Value Comparison
Based on the data provided by the petitioner, there is reason to
believe that imports of barium chloride from India are being, or are
likely to be, sold in the United States at LTFV. Based on comparisons
of EP to NV based on CV in accordance with section 773 of the Act, the
estimated dumping margin for barium chloride from India is 233.34
percent.\31\
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\31\ See AD Initiation Checklist for details of this margin
calculation.
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Initiation of LTFV Investigation
Based upon the examination of the Petition and supplemental
responses, we find that they meet the requirements of section 732 of
the Act. Therefore, we are initiating this LTFV investigation to
determine whether imports of barium chloride from India are being, or
are likely to be, sold in the United States at LTFV. In accordance with
section
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733(b)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(1), unless postponed, we
will make our preliminary determination no later than 140 days after
the date of this initiation.
Respondent Selection
In the Petition, the petitioner named 22 companies in India as
producers and/or exporters of barium chloride.\32\ Following standard
practice in AD investigations involving a market economy country, in
the event Commerce determines that the number of Indian exporters or
producers is large such that Commerce cannot individually examine each
company based upon its resources, where appropriate, Commerce intends
to select mandatory respondents based on U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) data for U.S. imports of barium chloride from India
during the POI under the appropriate Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States subheading listed in the ``Scope of the Investigation,''
in the appendix.
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\32\ See Revised Exhibit I-4.
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On January 26, 2022, Commerce released CBP data on U.S. imports of
barium chloride from India under administrative protective order (APO)
to all parties with access to information protected by APO and
indicated that interested parties wishing to comment on the CBP data
and/or respondent selection must do so within three business days of
the publication date of the notice of initiation of this
investigation.\33\ Comments on CBP data and respondent selection must
be filed electronically using ACCESS. An electronically-filed document
must be received successfully, in its entirety, via ACCESS no later
than 5:00 p.m. ET on the specified deadline. Commerce will not accept
rebuttal comments regarding the CBP data or respondent selection. We
intend to select respondents within 20 days of publication of this
notice.
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\33\ See Memorandum, ``Antidumping Duty Petition on Imports of
Barium Chloride from India: Release of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection Data,'' dated January 26, 2022.
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Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(b). Instructions for filing such
applications may be found on Commerce's website at <a href="http://enforcement.trade.gov/apo">http://enforcement.trade.gov/apo</a>.
Distribution of Copies of the Petition
In accordance with section 732(b)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.202(f), a copy of the public version of the Petition has been
provided to the government of India via ACCESS. To the extent
practicable, we will attempt to provide a copy of the public version of
the Petition to each exporter named in the Petition, as provided under
19 CFR 351.203(c)(2).
ITC Notification
We will notify the ITC of our initiation, as required by section
732(d) of the Act.
Preliminary Determination by the ITC
The ITC will preliminarily determine, within 45 days after the date
on which the Petition was filed, whether there is a reasonable
indication that imports of barium chloride from India are materially
injuring, or threatening material injury to, a U.S. industry.\34\ A
negative ITC determination will result in the investigation being
terminated.\35\ Otherwise, this AD investigation will proceed according
to statutory and regulatory time limits.
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\34\ See section 733(a) of the Act.
\35\ Id.
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Submission of Factual Information
Factual information is defined in 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) as: (i)
Evidence submitted in response to questionnaires; (ii) evidence
submitted in support of allegations; (iii) publicly available
information to value factors under 19 CFR 351.408(c) or to measure the
adequacy of remuneration under 19 CFR 351.511(a)(2); (iv) evidence
placed on the record by Commerce; and (v) evidence other than factual
information described in (i)-(iv). Section 351.301(b) of Commerce's
regulations requires any party, when submitting factual information, to
specify under which subsection of 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) the information
is being submitted \36\ and, if the information is submitted to rebut,
clarify, or correct factual information already on the record, to
provide an explanation identifying the information already on the
record that the factual information seeks to rebut, clarify, or
correct.\37\ Time limits for the submission of factual information are
addressed in 19 CFR 351.301, which provides specific time limits based
on the type of factual information being submitted. Interested parties
should review the regulations prior to submitting factual information
in this investigation.
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\36\ See 19 CFR 351.301(b).
\37\ See 19 CFR 351.301(b)(2).
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Particular Market Situation Allegation
Section 773(e) of the Act addresses the concept of particular
market situation (PMS) for purposes of CV, stating that ``if a
particular market situation exists such that the cost of materials and
fabrication or other processing of any kind does not accurately reflect
the cost of production in the ordinary course of trade, the
administering authority may use another calculation methodology under
this subtitle or any other calculation methodology.'' When an
interested party submits a PMS allegation pursuant to section 773(e) of
the Act, Commerce will respond to such a submission consistent with 19
CFR 351.301(c)(2)(v). If Commerce finds that a PMS exists under section
773(e) of the Act, then it will modify its dumping calculations
appropriately.
Neither section 773(e) of the Act, nor 19 CFR 351.301(c)(2)(v), set
a deadline for the submission of PMS allegations and supporting factual
information. However, in order to administer section 773(e) of the Act,
Commerce must receive PMS allegations and supporting factual
information with enough time to consider the submission. Thus, should
an interested party wish to submit a PMS allegation and supporting new
factual information pursuant to section 773(e) of the Act, it must do
so no later than 20 days after submission of a respondent's initial
section D questionnaire response.
Extensions of Time Limits
Parties may request an extension of time limits before the
expiration of a time limit established under 19 CFR 351.301, or as
otherwise specified by Commerce. In general, an extension request will
be considered untimely if it is filed after the expiration of the time
limit established under 19 CFR 351.301. For submissions that are due
from multiple parties simultaneously, an extension request will be
considered untimely if it is filed after 10:00 a.m. ET on the due date.
Under certain circumstances, we may elect to specify a different time
limit by which extension requests will be considered untimely for
submissions which are due from multiple parties simultaneously. In such
a case, we will inform parties in a letter or memorandum of the
deadline (including a specified time) by which extension requests must
be filed to be considered timely. An extension request must be made in
a separate, stand-alone submission; Commerce will grant untimely filed
requests for the extension of time limits only in limited cases where
we determine, based on 19 CFR 351.302, that extraordinary circumstances
exist. Parties should review Commerce's regulations concerning factual
information prior to
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submitting factual information in this investigation.\38\
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\38\ See 19 CFR 351.301; see also Extension of Time Limits;
Final Rule, 78 FR 57790 (September 20, 2013), available at <a href="https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/2013-22853.htm">https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/2013-22853.htm</a>.
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Certification Requirements
Any party submitting factual information in an AD or CVD proceeding
must certify to the accuracy and completeness of that information.\39\
Parties must use the certification formats provided in 19 CFR
351.303(g).\40\ Commerce intends to reject factual submissions if the
submitting party does not comply with the applicable certification
requirements.
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\39\ See section 782(b) of the Act.
\40\ See Certification of Factual Information to Import
Administration During Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July 17, 2013) (Final Rule). Answers to
frequently asked questions regarding the Final Rule are available at
<a href="http://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf">http://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf</a>.
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Notification to Interested Parties
Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Parties wishing to participate
in this investigation should ensure that they meet the requirements of
19 CFR 351.103(d) (e.g., by filing the required letter of appearance).
This notice is issued and published pursuant to sections 732(c)(2)
and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.203(c).
Dated: February 1, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Investigation
The merchandise covered by this investigation is barium
chloride, a chemical compound having the formulas BaCl<INF>2</INF>
or BaCl<INF>2</INF>-2H<INF>2</INF>O, currently classifiable under
subheading 2827.39.4500 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the
scope of this investigation is dispositive.
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