Oleoresin Paprika From India: Antidumping Duty Order and Countervailing Duty Order

Issuing agencies

Abstract

Based on affirmative final determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on oleoresin paprika from India.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 194 (Thursday, October 8, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64344-64347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-20690]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-938, C-533-939]


Oleoresin Paprika From India: Antidumping Duty Order and 
Countervailing Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the U.S. 
Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade 
Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing antidumping duty (AD) and 
countervailing duty (CVD) orders on oleoresin paprika from India.

DATES: Applicable October 8, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Russ (AD) at (202) 482-5516; 
or Charles Doss (CVD) at (202) 482-4474, AD/CVD Operations, Office III, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background

    In accordance with sections 705(d) and 735(d) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act), on August 21, 2026, Commerce published in 
the Federal Register and its affirmative final determination that 
countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters 
of paprika from India and its affirmative final determination of sales 
at less than fair value (LTFV) of paprika from India.\1\
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    \1\ See Oleoresin Paprika from India: Final Affirmative 
Countervailing Duty Determination and Final Affirmative Critical 
Circumstances Determination, in Part, 91 FR 54300 (August 21, 2026) 
(CVD Final Determination); see also Oleoresin Paprika from India: 
Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Final Negative Determination of Critical Circumstances, 91 FR 54302 
(August 21, 2026) (AD Final Determination) (collectively, Final 
Determinations).
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    On October 5, 2026, pursuant to sections 705(d) and 735(d) of the 
Act, the ITC notified Commerce of its final affirmative determinations 
that an industry in the United States is materially injured by reason 
of subsidized imports of oleoresin paprika from India, and dumped 
imports of oleoresin paprika from India, within the meaning of sections 
705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act.\2\
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    \2\ See ITC's Letter, ``Chairman Transmittal of Determination,'' 
dated October 5, 2026 (ITC Notification Letter).
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Scope of the Orders

    The product covered by these orders is oleoresin paprika from 
India. For a full description of the scope of these orders, see the 
appendix to this notice.

AD Order

    On October 5, 2026, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, 
the ITC notified Commerce of its final determination that an industry 
in the United States is materially injured within the meaning of 
section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of imports of oleoresin 
paprika from India that is sold in the United States at LTFV.\3\ 
Therefore, in accordance with sections 735(c)(2) and 736 of the Act, 
Commerce is issuing this AD order. Because the ITC determined that an 
industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of 
imports of oleoresin paprika from India, unliquidated entries of such 
merchandise from India, entered or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, are subject to the assessment of antidumping duties.
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    \3\ See ITC Notification Letter.
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    Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, 
Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties equal 
to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the 
export price (or constructed export price) of the merchandise on all 
relevant entries of oleoresin paprika from India. Antidumping duties 
will be assessed on unliquidated entries of oleoresin paprika entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after April 2, 2026, 
the date of publication of the LTFV Preliminary Determination,\4\ but 
will not include entries occurring after the expiration of the 
provisional measures period and before publication of the ITC's final 
injury determination under section 735(b) of the Act, as further 
described in the ``Provisional Measures--AD'' section of this notice.
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    \4\ See Oleoresin Paprika from India: Preliminary Affirmative 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary Negative 
Determination of Critical Circumstances, Postponement of Final 
Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures, 91 FR 16636 
(April 2, 2026) (LTFV Preliminary Determination).
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Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposits--AD

    Except as noted in the ``Provisional Measures--AD'' section of this 
notice, in accordance with section 736 of the Act, Commerce intends to 
instruct CBP to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation and continue 
the suspension of liquidation, as applicable, on all relevant entries 
of oleoresin paprika from India, effective the date of publication of 
the ITC's final affirmative injury determination in the Federal 
Register.\5\
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    \5\ See ITC Final Determination.
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    Commerce also intends to instruct CBP to require cash deposits 
equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping margins indicated in 
the tables below, adjusted by the relevant export subsidy offsets. 
Accordingly, effective on the date of publication in the Federal 
Register of the notice of the ITC's final affirmative injury 
determination, CBP will require, at the same time as importers would 
normally deposit estimated customs duties on subject merchandise, a 
cash deposit equal to the rates listed in the table below. The all-
others rate applies to all producers or exporters not specifically 
listed, as appropriate. These instructions suspending liquidation and 
cash deposit requirements will remain in effect until further notice.

Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins

    The estimated weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:

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                                             Weighted-     Cash deposit
                                              average     rate (adjusted
          Exporter or producer            dumping margin    for subsidy
                                             (percent)       offsets)
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Synthite Industries Pvt. Ltd............            5.78            0.00
Mane Kancor Ingredients Private Ltd.....            4.24            0.00
All Others..............................            5.08            0.00
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Provisional Measures--AD

    Section 773(d) of the Act states that suspension of liquidation 
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in 
effect for more than four months, except where exporters representing a 
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request 
that Commerce extend the four-month period to no more than six months. 
At the request of exporters that account for a significant proportion 
of oleoresin paprika from India, Commerce extended the four-month 
period to six months.\6\
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    \6\ See LTFV Preliminary Determination, 91 FR at 16638.
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    In the underlying investigation, Commerce published the LTFV 
Preliminary Determination on April 2, 2026. Therefore, the six-month 
period beginning on the date of the publication of the LTFV Preliminary 
Determination ended on September 28, 2026. Pursuant to section 737(b) 
of the Act, the collection of cash deposits will resume on the date of 
publication of the ITC's final injury determination. Therefore, in 
accordance with section 733(d) of the

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Act and our practice, Commerce will instruct CBP to terminate the 
suspension of liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to 
antidumping duties, unliquidated entries of oleoresin paprika from 
India entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 
September 29, 2026, the first day provisional AD measures were no 
longer in effect, until and through the day preceding the date of 
publication of the ITC's final injury determination in the Federal 
Register.\7\ Suspension of liquidation and the collection of cash 
deposits will resume on the date of publication of the ITC's final 
determinations in the Federal Register.
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    \7\ See ITC Final Determination.
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CVD Order

    As stated above, on October 5, 2026, the ITC notified Commerce of 
its final determination that an industry is materially injured within 
the meaning of section 705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of 
subsidized imports of oleoresin paprika from India.\8\ Therefore, in 
accordance with sections 705(c)(2) and 706 of the Act, Commerce is 
issuing this CVD order. Because the ITC determined that an industry in 
the United States is materially injured by reason of subsidized imports 
of oleoresin paprika from India, unliquidated entries of such 
merchandise from the countries, entered or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, are subject to the assessment of countervailing duties.
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    \8\ See ITC Notification Letter.
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    Therefore, in accordance with section 706(a) of the Act, Commerce 
will direct CBP to assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, 
countervailing duties on all relevant entries of oleoresin paprika from 
India, which are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption 
on or after February 6, 2026, the date of publication of the CVD 
Preliminary Determination,\9\ but will not include entries occurring 
after the expiration of the provisional measures period and before 
publication of the ITC's final injury determination under section 
705(b) of the Act, as further described in the ``Provisional Measures--
CVD'' section of this notice.
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    \9\ See Oleoresin Paprika from India: Preliminary Affirmative 
Countervailing Duty Determination, Preliminary Affirmative Critical 
Circumstances Determination, In Part, and Alignment of Final 
Determination with Final Antidumping Duty Determination, 91 FR 5427 
(February 6, 2026) (CVD Preliminary Determination).
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Critical Circumstances--CVD

    In the CVD Final Determination, Commerce found that critical 
circumstances exist with respect to Synthite Industries Pvt. Ltd. 
(Synthite).\10\ The ITC found that critical circumstances do not exist 
with respect to Synthite's imports of oleoresin paprika from India. As 
a result, we intend to instruct CBP to lift the suspension of 
liquidation and to refund all cash deposits for estimated 
countervailing duties with respect to Synthite's entries of subject 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after November 8, 2025 (i.e., 90 days prior to the date of publication 
of the affirmative CVD Preliminary Determination), but before February 
6, 2026 (i.e., the date of publication of the CVD Preliminary 
Determination).\11\
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    \10\ See CVD Final Determination, 91 FR at 54300.
    \11\ See CVD Preliminary Determination.
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Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposits--CVD

    In accordance with section 706 of the Act, Commerce intends to 
instruct CBP to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation and continue 
the suspension of liquidation, as applicable, on all relevant entries 
of oleoresin paprika from India, effective the date of publication of 
the ITC's final affirmative injury determination in the Federal 
Register,\12\ and to assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, 
countervailing duties on each entry of subject merchandise in an amount 
based on the net countervailable subsidy rates below.
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    \12\ See ITC Final Determination.
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    Commerce also intends, pursuant to section 706(a)(1) of the Act, to 
instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to the amounts indicated in 
the tables below. Accordingly, effective on the date of publication in 
the Federal Register of the notice of the ITC's final affirmative 
injury determination, CBP will require, at the same time as importers 
would normally deposit estimated customs duties on subject merchandise, 
a cash deposit equal to the rates listed in the tables below. The all-
others rate applies to all producers or exporters not specifically 
listed, as appropriate. These instructions suspending liquidation and 
cash deposit requirements will remain in effect until further notice.

Estimated CVD Subsidy Rates

    The estimated CVD subsidy rates, as published in Commerce's CVD 
Final Determination, are as follows:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                         Company                            (percent ad
                                                             valorem)
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Mane Kancor Ingredients Private Limited.................           18.67
Synthite Industries Pvt. Ltd............................           25.42
All Others..............................................           21.90
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Provisional Measures--CVD

    Section 703(d) of the Act states that the suspension of liquidation 
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in 
effect for more than four months. Commerce published the CVD 
Preliminary Determination on February 6, 2026. Therefore, the four-
month period beginning on the date of the publication of the CVD 
Preliminary Determination ended on June 5, 2026, so that entries made 
after this date, and prior to the date of publication of the ITC's 
final determination in the Federal Register, are not subject to the 
assessment of countervailing duties due to Commerce's discontinuation 
of the suspension of liquidation.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 703(d) of the Act and our 
practice, Commerce instructed CBP to terminate the suspension of 
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to countervailing duties, 
unliquidated entries of oleoresin paprika from India entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after June 6, 2026, the 
first day provisional measures were no longer in effect, until and 
through the day preceding the date of publication of the ITC's final 
injury determinations in the Federal Register. Suspension of 
liquidation and the collection of cash deposits will resume on the date 
of publication of the ITC's affirmative final injury determination in 
the Federal Register.

Establishment of the Annual Inquiry Service List

    On September 20, 2021, Commerce published the Final Rule in the 
Federal Register.\13\ On September 27, 2021, Commerce also published 
the Procedural Guidance in the Federal Register.\14\ The Final Rule and 
Procedural Guidance provide that Commerce will maintain an annual 
inquiry service list for each order or suspended investigation, and any 
interested party submitting a scope ruling application or request for

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circumvention inquiry shall serve a copy of the application or request 
on the persons on the annual inquiry service list for that order, as 
well as any companion order covering the same merchandise from the same 
country of origin.\15\
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    \13\ See Regulations to Improve Administration and Enforcement 
of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300 (September 
20, 2021) (Final Rule).
    \14\ See Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry Service List; 
and Informational Sessions, 86 FR 53205 (September 27, 2021) 
(Procedural Guidance).
    \15\ Id.
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    In accordance with the Procedural Guidance, for orders published in 
the Federal Register after November 4, 2021, Commerce will create an 
annual inquiry service list segment in Commerce's online e-filing and 
document management system, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Electronic Service System (ACCESS), available at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>, within five business days of publication of the 
notice of the order. Each annual inquiry service list will be saved in 
ACCESS, under each case number, and under a specific segment type 
called ``AISL-Annual Inquiry Service List.'' \16\
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    \16\ This segment will be combined with the ACCESS Segment 
Specific Information (SSI) field which will display the month in 
which the notice of the order or suspended investigation was 
published in the Federal Register, also known as the anniversary 
month. For example, for an order under case number A-000-000 that 
was published in the Federal Register in January, the relevant 
segment and SSI combination will appear in ACCESS as ``AISL-January 
Anniversary.'' Note that there will be only one annual inquiry 
service list segment per case number, and the anniversary month will 
be pre-populated in ACCESS.
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    Interested parties who wish to be added to the annual inquiry 
service list for an order must submit an entry of appearance to the 
annual inquiry service list segment for the order in ACCESS within 30 
days after the date of publication of the order. For ease of 
administration, Commerce requests that law firms with more than one 
attorney representing interested parties in an order designate a lead 
attorney to be included on the annual inquiry service list. Commerce 
will finalize the annual inquiry service list within five business days 
thereafter. As mentioned in the Procedural Guidance,\17\ the new annual 
inquiry service list will be in place until the following year, when 
the Opportunity Notice for the anniversary month of the order is 
published.
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    \17\ See Procedural Guidance, 86 FR at 53206.
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    Commerce may update an annual inquiry service list at any time as 
needed based on interested parties' amendments to their entries of 
appearance to remove or otherwise modify their list of members and 
representatives, or to update contact information. Any changes or 
announcements pertaining to these procedures will be posted to the 
ACCESS website.

Special Instructions for Petitioners and Foreign Governments

    In the Final Rule, Commerce stated that, ``after an initial request 
and placement on the annual inquiry service list, both petitioners and 
foreign governments will automatically be placed on the annual inquiry 
service list in the years that follow.'' \18\ Accordingly, as stated 
above, the petitioners and foreign governments should submit their 
initial entry of appearance after publication of this notice in order 
to appear in the first annual inquiry service list. Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.225(n)(3), the petitioners and foreign governments will not need to 
resubmit their entries of appearance each year to continue to be 
included on the annual inquiry service list. However, the petitioners 
and foreign governments are responsible for making amendments to their 
entries of appearance during the annual update to the annual inquiry 
service list in accordance with the procedures described above.
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    \18\ See Final Rule, 86 FR at 52335.
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice constitutes the AD and CVD orders with respect to 
oleoresin paprika from India, pursuant to sections 706(a) and 736(a) of 
the Act. Interested parties can find a list of AD and CVD orders 
currently in effect at <a href="https://www.trade.gov/data-visualization/adcvd-proceedings">https://www.trade.gov/data-visualization/adcvd-proceedings</a>.
    These orders are published in accordance with sections 706(a) and 
736(a) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.211(b).

    Dated: October 5, 2026.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.

Appendix

    The merchandise covered by the scope of these orders is the 
coloring additive oleoresin paprika. Oleoresin paprika is a viscous, 
highly colored liquid in various shades of red or orange made from 
the extract of Capsicum peppers. Covered merchandise includes all 
oleoresin paprika, regardless of pepper variety, with an American 
Spice Trade Association (ASTA) value of at least 500 or a color unit 
(CU) value of at least 20,000 as determined by spectrophotometric 
measurement. The Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Registry numbers 
for oleoresin paprika are 68917-78-2 and 84625-29-6; the Center for 
Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) number is 977006-45-3; the 
Flavoring Extract Manufacturers' Association (FEMA) number is 2834; 
and the E number is E160c. Subject oleoresin paprika may also be 
referred to by other product names, including, but not limited to, 
paprika oleoresin, oleoresin of paprika, paprika extract, extract of 
paprika, paprika oil, or paprika essential oil.
    Subject oleoresin paprika may be blended with oil or water prior 
to importation or may be imported in its crude or unstandardized 
form. Subject oleoresin paprika may also be blended with emulsifiers 
or preservatives. The scope includes all oleoresin paprika meeting 
the specifications above regardless of whether or not blended with 
or soluble in oil or water, and regardless of weight, pungency, 
quality, solvent content, or additives. Further, the scope includes 
crude or unstandardized oleoresin paprika that has been blended, 
finished, packaged, or otherwise processed in a third country, if 
the blending, finishing, packaging, or processing performed would 
not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope. Oleoresin 
paprika that is otherwise subject to these orders is not excluded 
when commingled with oleoresin paprika from sources not subject to 
these orders, or when commingled with other oleoresins. Only the 
subject component of such commingled products is covered by the 
scope of these orders.
    The merchandise subject to these orders is classified in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under 
subheadings 3203.00.8000 and 3301.90.1010. Subject merchandise may 
also enter under HTSUS subheading 1301.90.9190, 1302.19.9140, and 
3205.00.0500. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the 
scope of these orders is dispositive.

[FR Doc. 2026-20690 Filed 10-7-26; 8:45 am]
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