Notice2026-02878
Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 From India: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
February 13, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Western Chemical Industries P Limited did not make sales of subject merchandise at prices below normal value. The period of review (POR) is December 1, 2023, through November 30, 2024. In addition, we are rescinding this review, in part, with respect to Meghmani Pigments. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 30 (Friday, February 13, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6819-6821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-02878]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-838]
Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 From India: Preliminary Results and
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that Western Chemical Industries P Limited did not make
sales of subject merchandise at prices below normal value. The period
of review (POR) is December 1, 2023, through November 30, 2024. In
addition, we are rescinding this review, in part, with respect to
Meghmani Pigments. We invite interested parties to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable February 13, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure or Henry Wolfe, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5973, and (202)
482-0574, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 27, 2025, based on a timely request for review, and in
accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act), Commerce initiated this administrative review of the
antidumping duty (AD) order on carbazole violet pigment 23 (CVP-23)
from India covering two companies: Western Chemical Industries P
Limited (Western Chemical) and Meghmani Pigments.\1\ On December 9,
2024, Commerce tolled the deadline to issue the preliminary results in
this administrative review by 90 days.\2\ Due to the lapse in
appropriations and Federal Government shutdown, on November 14, 2025,
Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by 47
days.\3\ Additionally, due to a backlog of documents that were
electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's
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Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized 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.\4\ The deadline for the preliminary results is now
February 9, 2026. For a complete description of the events that
followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\5\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 8187 (January 27, 2025).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results and Partial Recission of the Antidumping Duty Order on
Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 form India; 2023-2024,'' dated
concurrently with, and herby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>6</SUP>
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\6\ 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) (Order).
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The product covered by the Order is CVP-23, in any form. For a full
description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Rescission of Administrative Review, In Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party who requested
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. On
January 22, 2025, Meghmani Pigments timely withdrew its request for
review of itself.\7\ No other parties requested an administrative
review of this company. Because there was a timely withdrawal of all
requests for review of Meghmani Pigments, we are rescinding this review
with respect to Meghmani Pigments, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
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\7\ See Meghmani Pigment's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review,'' dated January 22, 2025.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a) of the Act. Export price is calculated in accordance with
section 772 of the Act. Normal value is calculated in accordance with
section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A
list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included as an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum 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, 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>.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of our review, we preliminarily determine the following
weighted-average dumping margins for the period December 1, 2023,
through November 30, 2024:
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Western Chemical Industries P Limited...................... 0.00
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed to
interested parties in this review 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 the Federal Register, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Public Comment
Case briefs or written comments may be submitted to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.\8\ Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties
to submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 days after the
date of the publication of this notice.\9\ 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.\10\ Parties who submit case
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit
with each argument: (1) a statement of the issue; and (2) a brief
summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\11\ All briefs
must be filed electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed
document must be received successfully in its entirety in ACCESS by
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline.
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for
general filing requirements).
\9\ Commerce is exercising its discretion to alter the time
limit for filing of case briefs. See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Procedures).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we
request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their
briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their
briefs.\12\ 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 in this administrative
review. 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).\13\
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\12\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\13\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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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 via ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days
after the date of publication of this notice.\14\ Requests should
contain: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the
number of participants, and whether any participant is a foreign
national; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised in
the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case
briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties will be notified of
the time and date for the hearing.\15\ Parties should confirm by
telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing two days before
the scheduled date.
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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\15\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the administrative review, Commerce shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review.\16\ If a respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is not
zero or not de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in the final
results of this review, then Commerce will calculate importer-specific
ad valorem antidumping duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the
total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales
to the total entered value of those same sales in
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accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). If the weighted-average dumping
margin is zero or de minimis in the final results, or if an importer-
specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis in the final results,
Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without
regard to antidumping duties.
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise that entered the United States
during the POR that were produced by the respondent for which the
respondent did not know that its merchandise was destined to the United
States, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at
the all-others rate in the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigation (i.e., 27.48 percent), if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\17\
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\17\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003); see also Order.
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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).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of CVP-23 from India entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final
results of this administrative review, as provided for by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the companies
under review will be the rate established in the final results of this
review (except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, no cash deposit will
be required); (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies not
listed above, 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 LTFV
investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be
the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of
the 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.\18\ These cash
deposit rates, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, including the results of our
analysis of issues raised by the parties in any written briefs, within
120 days of publication of these preliminary results in the Federal
Register, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(1).
Notification to Importers
This notice also 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 and/or countervailing duties
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period.
Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's
presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing
duties 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 to Interested Parties
These preliminary results of administrative review are issued and
published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4) and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: February 9, 2026.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistance 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. Partial Rescission of Review
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2026-02878 Filed 2-12-26; 8:45 am]
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