[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 118 (Monday, June 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37961-37962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15400]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-856]


Notice of Amendment of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Synthetic Indigo From the 
People's Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 19, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David J. Goldberger or Dinah 
McDougall, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4136 or (202) 482-3773, 
respectively.

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``the Act''), are references to the provisions 
effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to 
the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (``URAA''). In addition, 
unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department of 
Commerce's (``the Department's'') regulations refer to 19 CFR Part 351 
(1999).

Amendment to the Final Determination

    On May 3, 2000, the Department published its final determination 
that synthetic indigo from the People's Republic of China (PRC) is 
being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair 
value. See Synthetic Indigo from the People's Republic of China; Notice 
of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 65 FR 25706, 
May, 3, 2000) (``Final Determination''). On May 9, 2000, we received a 
timely submission from the petitioners, Buffalo Color Corporation and 
the United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO/CLC, alleging ministerial 
errors pertaining to the margin calculations in the Department's final 
determination.
    After analyzing the submissions, we determined, in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.224, that ministerial errors were made in the margin 
calculations for the exporter Wonderful Chemical Industrial Ltd. 
(``Wonderful''). Specifically:
    <bullet> In valuing the dispersing agent factor in the final 
determination calculation of normal value, the Department inadvertently 
applied the per-kilogram price to the per-metric-ton factor.
    <bullet> The Department inadvertently omitted price corrections for 
certain sales made by Wonderful, which were identified at verification.
For a detailed discussion of the ministerial error allegations and the 
Department's analysis, see Memorandum to Richard W. Moreland from the 
Team, dated May 25, 2000.
    Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(e), we are amending 
the final determination of the antidumping duty investigation of 
synthetic indigo from the PRC. The revised weighted-average dumping 
margins are listed in the ``Antidumping Order'' section below.

Scope of Order

    The products subject to this investigation are the deep blue 
synthetic vat dye known as synthetic indigo and those of its 
derivatives designated commercially as ``Vat Blue 1.'' Included are Vat 
Blue 1 (synthetic indigo), Color Index No. 73000, and its derivatives, 
pre-reduced indigo or indigo white (Color Index No. 73001) and 
solubilized indigo (Color Index No. 73002). The subject merchandise may 
be sold in any form (e.g., powder, granular, paste, liquid, or 
solution) and in any strength. Synthetic indigo and its derivatives 
subject to this investigation are currently classifiable under 
subheadings 3204.15.10.00, 3204.15.40.00 or 3204.15.80.00 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS''). Although 
the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written description of the merchandise under 
investigation is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Order

    On June 12, 2000, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, the 
U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) notified the Department that 
a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason

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of imports of synthetic indigo from the PRC, pursuant to section 
735(b)(1)(A) of the Act. In addition, the ITC found that critical 
circumstances exist with regard to such imports from the PRC.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the 
Department will direct the United States Customs Service to assess, 
upon further advice by the Department, 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 for all relevant 
entries of synthetic indigo from the PRC. These antidumping duties will 
be assessed on all unliquidated entries of imports of the subject 
merchandise that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after September 15, 1999, the date 90 days prior to 
the date of publication of the preliminary determination in the Federal 
Register, in accordance with the critical circumstances finding in the 
final determination.
    On or after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, U.S. Customs officers must require, at the same time as 
importers would normally deposit estimated duties, the cash deposits 
listed below for the subject merchandise. The ``PRC-wide Rate'' applies 
to all exporters of synthetic indigo not specifically listed below.
    The revised final weighted-average margins are as follows:

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                                          Original final   Revised final
          Exporter/Manufacturer               margin          margin
                                            percentage      percentage
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Wonderful Chemical Industrial Ltd./                77.89           79.70
 Jiangsu Taifeng Chemical Industry Co.,
 Ltd....................................
China National Chemical Construction               77.89           79.70
 Jiangsu Company........................
China Jiangsu International Economic               77.89           79.70
 Technical Cooperation Corp.............
Shanghai Yongchen International Trading            77.89           79.70
 Company Ltd............................
Hebei Jinzhou Import & Export                      77.89           79.70
 Corporation............................
Sinochem Hebei Import & Export Corp.....           77.89           79.70
Chongqing Dyestuff Import & Export                 77.89           79.70
 United Corp............................
Wuhan Tianjin Chemicals Imports &         ..............  ..............
 Exports Corp., Ltd.....................
PRC-wide Rate...........................          129.60          129.60
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    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
synthetic indigo from the PRC, pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act. 
Interested parties may contact the Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of 
the Main Commerce Building, for copies of an updated list of 
antidumping duty orders currently in effect.
    This order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.211.

    Dated: June 13, 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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