Notice2026-02828

Sodium Nitrite From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2024

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Published
February 12, 2026

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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration

Abstract

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Deepak Nitrite Limited (Deepak) did not make sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) from August 17, 2022, through January 31, 2024.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 29 (Thursday, February 12, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6621-6623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-02828]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-906]


Sodium Nitrite From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2022-2024

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
Deepak Nitrite Limited (Deepak) did not make sales of subject 
merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) 
from August 17, 2022, through January 31, 2024.

DATES: Applicable February 12, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joy Zhang, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1168.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 4, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping 
duty (AD) order on sodium nitrite from India.\1\ On July 18, 2025, 
Commerce issued a post-preliminary analysis in this administrative 
review and invited interested parties to comment.\2\ On September 24, 
2025, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), Commerce extended the time period for issuing the 
final results of this review by an additional 60 days, until December 
1, 2025.\3\
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    \1\ See Sodium Nitrite From India: Preliminary Results and 
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-
2024, 90 FR 23673 (June 4, 2025) (Preliminary Results), and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Post-Preliminary Analysis for the 
Administrative Review of Sodium Nitrite from India; 2022-2024,'' 
dated July 18, 2025; see also Memorandum, ``Briefing Schedule for 
Post-Preliminary Results,'' dated July 21, 2025.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated September 24, 2025.
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    Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown, 
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative 
proceedings by 47 days.\4\ Additionally, due to a backlog of documents 
that were electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized

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Electronic Service System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government 
shutdown, on November 24, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in 
administrative proceedings by an additional 21 days.\5\ Accordingly, 
the deadline for these final results is now February 9, 2026.
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the 
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated 
November 24, 2025.
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    For a complete description of the events that occurred since the 
Preliminary Results and Post-Preliminary Analysis, see the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum. A full discussion of the issues raised by parties 
for these final results are discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\6\ The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document 
and is on file electronically via 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 Issues and 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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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Sodium Nitrite from India; 2022-2024,'' dated concurrently with, and 
hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>7</SUP>
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    \7\ See Sodium Nitrite from India: Antidumping Duty and 
Countervailing Duty Orders, 88 FR 12313 (February 27, 2023) (Order).
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    The product covered by the scope of the Order is sodium nitrite 
from India. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs submitted by 
interested parties in this review are addressed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum is attached in the appendix to this notice.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on a review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we made certain 
changes to Deepak's weighted-average dumping margin calculations. For a 
discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Final Results of Administrative Review

    We determine that the following estimated weighted-average dumping 
margin exists for the period August 17, 2022, through January 31, 2024:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                    Producer or exporter                       dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Deepak Nitrite Limited.....................................        0.00
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations and analysis 
performed in connection with the final results of this administrative 
review to interested parties within five days of any public 
announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days 
of the publication date of this notice in the Federal Register, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject 
merchandise in accordance with the final results of this review. 
Because the weighted-average dumping margin for Deepak is zero, we will 
instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to 
antidumping duties in accordance with the Final Modification for 
Reviews.\8\ For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced 
by Deepak for which it did not know that the merchandise was destined 
to the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate those entries 
at the all-others rate established in the original less-than-fair-value 
(LTFV) investigation of 42.76 percent,\9\ if there is no rate for the 
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\10\
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    \8\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012) 
(Final Modification for Reviews) at 8103; see also 19 CFR 
351.106(c)(2).
    \9\ See Order, 88 FR at 12314.
    \10\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this 
review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the 
U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will 
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties 
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 
90 days of publication).\11\
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.212(c)(2).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results 
of this administrative review in the Federal Register, as provided for 
by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for 
companies subject to this review will be the rates established in these 
final results of the review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers 
or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment 
of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the 
company-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the 
exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the 
original investigation but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate 
will be the rate established for the most recent period for the 
producer of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 
producers or exporters will continue to be 42.76 percent, the all-
others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\12\ These cash 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \12\ See Order, 88 FR at 12314.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties 
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure 
to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption 
that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties has 
occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties 
and/or an increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of 
the countervailing duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an APO 
of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of 
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary 
information in this segment of the proceeding. 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 the terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.

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Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: February 9, 2026.
Christopher Abbott,
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 Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issue
    Comment: Whether to Disallow Deepak's By-Product Offset for 
Sodium Nitrite
VI. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2026-02828 Filed 2-11-26; 8:45 am]
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