Notice2026-18926
Sodium Nitrite From India: Final Results and Rescission, in Part, of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025
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Published
September 16, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain producers/exporters of sodium nitrite from India subject to this review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) February 1, 2024, through January 31, 2025. Additionally, Commerce is rescinding this administrative review with respect to certain companies.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58657-58658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18926]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-906]
Sodium Nitrite From India: Final Results and Rescission, in Part,
of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
certain producers/exporters of sodium nitrite from India subject to
this review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value
during the period of review (POR) February 1, 2024, through January 31,
2025. Additionally, Commerce is rescinding this administrative review
with respect to certain companies.
DATES: Applicable September 16, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brendan Quinn, 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) 482-5848.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 13, 2026, Commerce published the Preliminary Results in the
Federal Register and invited comments from interested parties.\1\ We
received no comments from interested parties on the Preliminary
Results, and we have made no changes to the Preliminary Results.
Accordingly, no decision memorandum accompanies this Federal Register
notice. The Preliminary Results are hereby adopted in these final
results. Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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\1\ See Sodium Nitrite from India: Preliminary Results and
Notice of Intent to Rescind, In Part, of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2024-2025, 91 FR 26994 (May 13, 2026)
(Preliminary Results), accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum
(PDM).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>2</SUP>
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\2\ See Sodium Nitrite from India: Antidumping Duty and
Countervailing Duty Orders, 88 FR 12313 (February 23, 2023) (Order).
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The merchandise covered by the Order is sodium nitrite from India.
For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Results PDM.
Rescission of the Review, In Part
In the Preliminary Results, we notified our intent to rescind
administrative review with respect to non-individually examined
companies Buradon Inc., Palvi Industries Limited, and Lotus Global Pvt.
Ltd. and invited interested parties to comment.\3\ We received no
comments opposing our intent to rescind. Accordingly, we are rescinding
the administrative review, in part, with respect to these three
companies for which the record provides no evidence of suspended
entries during the POR, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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\3\ See Preliminary Results, 91 FR at 26995.
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Rate for Non-Individually Examined Companies
The Act does not address the establishment of a rate to be applied
to companies not selected for individual examination when Commerce
limits its examination in an administrative review pursuant to section
777A(c)(2) of the Act. However, 19 CFR 351.109(g) states that Commerce
will determine the rate for non-selected companies by applying the
methodology set forth in 19 CFR 351.109(f)(1)-(2), which generally
parallels the methodology for determining the all-others rate in an
investigation under section 735(c)(5) of the Act. Under 19 CFR
351.109(f)(1) and section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate
is normally ``an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated
weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters and
producers individually investigated, excluding any zero and de minimis
margins, and any margins determined entirely {on the basis of facts
available{time} .''
For the final results, we have calculated a dumping margin of zero
percent for DNL, the sole respondent individually examined. Therefore,
there are no non-zero weighted-average dumping margins established for
exporters and producers individually examined in this POR. In the
Preliminary Results, we applied the investigation all-others rate of
42.76 percent to the non-selected companies subject to this review. We
received no comments on this rate selection. Therefore, we continue to
apply the 42.76 percent rate as the rate applicable to the non-
individually examined respondents in this review.
Final Results of Review
As a result of this review, we determine the following estimated
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period February 1, 2024,
through January 31, 2025:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Deepak Nitrite Limited...................................... 0.00
Kronox Lab Sciences Pvt Ltd................................. 42.76
Kutch Chemical Industries Ltd............................... 42.76
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Disclosure
Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations
of the final results of an administrative review within five days of
the date of publication of the notice of final results in the Federal
Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because we
have made no changes to the Preliminary Results, there are no new
calculations to disclose.
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 covered by this review.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), where the respondent reported the
entered value of its U.S. sales, we calculated importer-specific
assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for each importer's examined sales and the total entered
value of those same sales. Where the respondent did not report entered
value, we calculated a per-unit assessment rate for each importer by
dividing the total amount of dumping calculated for the examined sales
made to that importer by the total quantity associated with those
sales. To determine whether an importer-specific, per-unit assessment
rate is de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), in accordance with 19
CFR 351.106(c)(2), we also calculated an importer-specific ad valorem
rate based on estimated entered values. Where either the respondent's
weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, within the
meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an
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importer-specific rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping
duties.\4\
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\4\ See 19 CFR 352.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceeding:
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR
8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
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Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice will apply to entries
of subject merchandise during the POR produced by DNL for which it did
not know that the merchandise it sold to an intermediary (e.g., a
reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the United
States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate such
entries at the all-others rate (i.e., 42.76 percent),\5 \if there is no
rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\6\
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\5\ See Sodium Nitrite from India: Final Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 88 FR 1052 (January
6, 2023) (Final Determination).
\6\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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For the non-examined companies, we intend to instruct CBP to assess
antidumping duties at a rate equal to the weighted-average dumping
margin determined in these final results of review.
For the companies listed above for which this review is being
rescinded, antidumping duties shall be assessed on entries at rates
equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at
the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i).
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 cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for subject
merchandise exported by the companies listed above will be equal to the
weighted-average dumping margin that is established in the final
results of this review; (2) for subject merchandise exported by
previously investigated or reviewed companies not covered in this
review, the cash deposit rate will continue to be equal to the company-
specific weighted-average dumping margin published for the most
recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the company
participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review,
or the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the producer is,
then the cash deposit rate will be equal to the company-specific
weighted-average dumping margin established for the most recently
completed segment for the producer of the subject merchandise; and (4)
the cash deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will
continue to be 42.76 percent, the all-others rate established in the
Final Determination of the LTFV investigation.\7\
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These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in
effect until further notice.
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 duties 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 or
countervailing duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties, and/or increase in the amount of antidumping duties
by the amount of the countervailing duties.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to APO
of their responsibility concerning the disposition 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.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: September 10, 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.
[FR Doc. 2026-18926 Filed 9-15-26; 8:45 am]
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