Notice2024-11659
Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 From India: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty New Shipper Review; 2022
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Published
May 28, 2024
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting a new shipper review (NSR) of Sudarshan Chemical Industries Limited (Sudarshan) regarding the countervailing duty (CVD) order on carbazole violet pigment 23 (CVP-23) from India. We preliminarily determine that countervailable subsidies were provided to Sudarshan with respect to the production and export of CVP-23 from India for the period of review (POR), January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46063-46064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-533-839]
Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 From India: Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty New Shipper Review; 2022
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting a new
shipper review (NSR) of Sudarshan Chemical Industries Limited
(Sudarshan) regarding the countervailing duty (CVD) order on carbazole
violet pigment 23 (CVP-23) from India. We preliminarily determine that
countervailable subsidies were provided to Sudarshan with respect to
the production and export of CVP-23 from India for the period of review
(POR), January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. Interested parties
are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable May 28, 2024.
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
On December 29, 2004, Commerce published in the Federal Register
the CVD order on CVP-23 from India.\1\ On August 2, 2023, Commerce
initiated an NSR based on a timely request from Sudarshan.\2\ For a
complete description of the events that followed since the initiation
of this NSR, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\3\ A list of
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as
the 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
<a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\1\ See Notice of Countervailing Duty Order: Carbazole Violet
Pigment 23 from India, 69 FR 77995 (December 29, 2004) (Order).
\2\ See Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 from India: Initiation of
Countervailing Duty New Shipper Review, 88 FR 50839 (August 2,
2023).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of New Shipper Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on
Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 from India; 2022,'' dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by the Order is CVP-23. For a complete
description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this NSR in accordance with section
751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19
CFR 351.214. For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Verification
As provided in 19 CFR 351.307(b)(iv), Commerce intends to verify
information submitted by Sudarshan in advance of the final results of
this NSR.
Preliminary Results
As a result of this NSR, Commerce preliminarily determines the
following net subsidy rate exists for the period January 1, 2022,
through December 31, 2022:
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
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Sudarshan Chemical Industries Limited................... 8.98
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Cash Deposit Requirements
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce
intends, upon publication of the final results, to instruct Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) to collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties in the amounts calculated in the final results of
this review for the company listed above, on shipments of subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication of the final results of this new shipper
review. If the rate calculated in the final results is zero or de
minimis, no cash deposit will be required on shipments of the subject
merchandise entered or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication of the final results of this new shipper
review, with respect to the company listed above. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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Assessment Rates
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), upon issuance of the final
results of this new shipper review, Commerce shall determine, and CBP
shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered
by this review.
Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties for these preliminary results within
five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this
notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may submit
case briefs no later than seven days after Commerce files its
verification report regarding Sudarshan. Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than seven days
after the date for filing case briefs.\4\ Parties who submit case or
rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit with each
argument: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table
of authorities.\5\
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\4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their briefs that should be limited to five pages
total, including footnotes. In this NSR, we instead request that
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public,
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\6\ Further, we
request that interested parties limit their public executive summary of
each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We
intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis of the
comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that
will accompany the final results of this NSR. We request that
interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the
public executive summary of each issue. Note that Commerce has amended
certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in
19 CFR 351.303(f).\7\
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\6\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\7\ See Administrative Protective Order, Service, and Other
Procedures in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR
67069, 67007 (September 29, 2023).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal
briefs, 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 Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this
notice.\8\ Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and
telephone number; (2) the number of participants and whether any party
is a foreign national; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. If a
request for a hearing is made, we will inform parties of the scheduled
date and time for the hearing.
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Final Results
Unless extended, Commerce intends to issue the final results of
this NSR, which will include the results of our analysis of the issues
raised in case and rebuttal briefs, within 90 days after the date of
publication of these preliminary results, pursuant to section
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(2).
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results and notice are issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(2)(B) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.214.
Dated: May 20, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Diversification of India's Economy
V. Subsidies Valuation Information
VI. Interest Rate Benchmarks
VII. Bona Fide Analysis
VIII. Analysis of Programs
IX. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2024-11659 Filed 5-24-24; 8:45 am]
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