[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 61 (Friday, March 30, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15099-15101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5927]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-904]


Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value: Certain Activated Carbon From the People's Republic of China

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 30, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Bertrand or Anya Naschak, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3207 or 482-6375, respectively.

Amendment to the Final Determination

    In accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended, (``the Act''), on March 2, 2007, the Department of 
Commerce (``the Department'') published its final determination of 
sales at less than fair value (``LTFV''). See Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Activated Carbon from the 
People's Republic of China, 72 FR 9508 (March 2, 2007) (Final 
Determination).
    On March 5, 2007, NORIT Americas, Inc., and Calgon Carbon 
Corporation (collectively ``Petitioners'') filed timely allegations 
that the Department made various ministerial errors in the Final 
Determination and requested, pursuant to19 CFR 351.224(c), that the 
Department correct the alleged ministerial errors in the calculation of 
the margins for respondents. Also, on March 5, 2007, both Jacobi 
Carbons AB (``Jacobi'') and Calgon Carbon (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. 
(``CCT''), respondents in this investigation, filed timely allegations 
that the Department made ministerial errors and also requested that the 
Department correct these errors. Also, on March 5, 2007, Jilin Province 
Bright Future Chemicals Co. Ltd. (``JBF Chemical'') and its affiliated 
company Jilin Province Bright Future Industry & Commerce Co. Ltd. 
(``JBF Industry'') (collectively ``Jilin Bright Future'') requested 
clarification of the producer for the rate applied to the producer-
exporter combination Shanxi DMD Corporation/Tonghua Xinpeng Activated 
Carbon Factory.
    A ministerial error is defined as an error in addition, 
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical error resulting 
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other 
similar type of unintentional error which the Department considers 
ministerial. See Section 735(e) of the Act; see also 19 CFR 351.224(f).
    After analyzing all interested party comments and rebuttals, we 
have determined, in accordance with section 735 (e) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.224(e), that we made ministerial errors in our calculations 
performed for the final determination with respect to Jacobi and CCT. 
For a detailed discussion of these ministerial errors, as well as the 
Department's analysis, see Memorandum to James C. Doyle from Catherine 
Bertrand and Anya Naschak: Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain 
Activated Carbon from the People's Republic of China: Analysis of 
Ministerial Error Allegations (``Ministerial Error Memo''). 
Additionally, in the Final Determination, we determined that several 
companies qualified for a separate rate. The separate rate was the 
weighted average of the margins for Jacobi and CCT, the mandatory 
respondents which received a calculated margin. Because the rates of 
Jacobi and CCT have changed since the Final Determination, we have 
recalculated the separate rate. The separate rate is now 67.14 percent. 
See Ministerial Error Memo at Attachment VI.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 735(e) of the Act, we are 
amending the final determination of sales at LTFV in the antidumping 
duty investigation of certain activated carbon from the People's 
Republic of China (``PRC''). For the revisions to the calculations for 
all companies, see Ministerial Error Memo. The revised final dumping 
margins, some of which did not change, are as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Exporter                      Supplier          WA margin
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Beijing Pacific Activated Carbon     Alashan Yongtai               67.14
 Products Co., Ltd.                   Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Beijing Pacific Activated Carbon     Changji Hongke                67.14
 Products Co., Ltd.                   Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Beijing Pacific Activated Carbon     Datong Forward                67.14
 Products Co., Ltd.                   Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Beijing Pacific Activated Carbon     Datong Locomotive Coal        67.14
 Products Co., Ltd.                   & Chemicals Co., Ltd.
Beijing Pacific Activated Carbon     Datong Yunguang               67.14
 Products Co., Ltd.                   Chemicals Plant.
Beijing Pacific Activated Carbon     Ningxia Guanghua              67.14
 Products Co., Ltd.                   Cherishmet Activated
                                      Carbon Co., Ltd.
Beijing Pacific Activated Carbon     Ningxia Luyuangheng           67.14
 Products Co., Ltd.                   Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Calgon Carbon Tianjin         69.54
                                      Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Datong Carbon                 69.54
                                      Corporation.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Datong Changtai               69.54
                                      Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Datong Forward                69.54
                                      Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Datong Fuping                 69.54
                                      Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Datong Hongtai                69.54
                                      Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Datong Huanqing               69.54
                                      Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Datong Huibao                 69.54
                                      Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Datong Kangda                 69.54
                                      Activated Carbon
                                      Factory.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Datong Runmei                 69.54
                                      Activated Carbon
                                      Factory.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Dushanzi Chemical             69.54
                                      Factory.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Fangyuan Carbonization        69.54
                                      Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Hongke Activated              69.54
                                      Carbon Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Huairen Jinbei                69.54
                                      Chemical Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Jiaocheng Xinxin              69.54
                                      Purification Material
                                      Co., Ltd.

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Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Ningxia Guanghua              69.54
                                      Cherishment Activated
                                      Carbon Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Ningxia Guanghua A/C          69.54
                                      Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Ningxia Honghua Carbon        69.54
                                      Industrial
                                      Corporation.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Ningxia Luyuanheng            69.54
                                      Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Ningxia Pingluo Yaofu         69.54
                                      Activated Carbon
                                      Factory.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Ningxia Tianfu                69.54
                                      Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Ningxia Yinchuan              69.54
                                      Lanqiya Activated
                                      Carbon Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Nuclear Ningxia               69.54
                                      Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Pingluo Xuanzhong             69.54
                                      Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Shanxi Xuanzhong              69.54
                                      Chemical Industry
                                      Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Xingtai Coal Chemical         69.54
                                      Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.....  Yuyang Activated              69.54
                                      Carbon Co., Ltd.
Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon      Datong Juqiang                67.14
 Co., Ltd.                            Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Datong Locomotive Coal & Chemicals   Datong Locomotive Coal        67.14
 Co., Ltd.                            & Chemicals Co., Ltd.
Datong Municipal Yunguang Activated  Datong Municipal              67.14
 Carbon Co., Ltd.                     Yunguang Activated
                                      Carbon Co., Ltd.
Datong Yunguang Chemicals Plant....  Datong Yunguang               67.14
                                      Chemicals Plant.
Hebei Foreign Trade and Advertising  Da Neng Zheng Da              67.14
 Corporation.                         Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Hebei Foreign Trade and Advertising  Shanxi Bluesky                67.14
 Corporation.                         Purification Material
                                      Co., Ltd.
Jacobi Carbons AB..................  Datong Forward                61.95
                                      Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Jacobi Carbons AB..................  Datong Hongtai                61.95
                                      Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Jacobi Carbons AB..................  Datong Huibao                 61.95
                                      Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Jacobi Carbons AB..................  Ningxia Guanghua              61.95
                                      Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Jacobi Carbons AB..................  Ningxia Huahui                61.95
                                      Activated Carbon
                                      Company Limited.
Jilin Bright Future Chemicals        Shanxi Xinhua                228.11
 Company, Ltd.                        Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Jilin Bright Future Chemicals        Tonghua Bright Future        228.11
 Company, Ltd.                        Activated Carbon
                                      Plant.
Jilin Bright Future Chemicals        Zuoyun Bright Future         228.11
 Company, Ltd.                        Activated Carbon
                                      Plant.
Jilin Province Bright Future         Shanxi Xinhua                228.11
 Industry and Commerce Co., Ltd.      Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Jilin Province Bright Future         Tonghua Bright Future        228.11
 Industry and Commerce Co., Ltd.      Activated Carbon
                                      Plant.
Jilin Province Bright Future         Zuoyun Bright Future         228.11
 Industry and Commerce Co., Ltd.      Activated Carbon
                                      Plant.
Ningxia Guanghua Cherishmet          Ningxia Guanghua              67.14
 Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.           Cherishmet Activated
                                      Carbon Co., Ltd.
Ningxia Huahui Activated Carbon      Ningxia Huahui                67.14
 Co., Ltd.                            Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Ningxia Mineral & Chemical Limited.  Ningxia Baota                 67.14
                                      Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Shanxi DMD Corporation.............  China Nuclear Ningxia         67.14
                                      Activated Carbon
                                      Plant.
Shanxi DMD Corporation.............  Ningxia Guanghua              67.14
                                      Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Shanxi DMD Corporation.............  Shanxi Xinhua Chemical        67.14
                                      Co., Ltd.
Shanxi DMD Corporation.............  Tonghua Xinpeng               67.14
                                      Activated Carbon
                                      Factory.
Shanxi Industry Technology Trading   Actview Carbon                67.14
 Co., Ltd.                            Technology Co., Ltd.
Shanxi Industry Technology Trading   Datong Forward                67.14
 Co., Ltd.                            Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Shanxi Industry Technology Trading   Datong Tri-Star &             67.14
 Co., Ltd.                            Power Carbon Plant.
Shanxi Industry Technology Trading   Fu Yuan Activated             67.14
 Co., Ltd.                            Carbon Co., Ltd.
Shanxi Industry Technology Trading   Jing Mao (Dongguan)           67.14
 Co., Ltd.                            Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Shanxi Industry Technology Trading   Xi Li Activated Carbon        67.14
 Co., Ltd.                            Co., Ltd.
Shanxi Newtime Co., Ltd............  Datong Forward                67.14
                                      Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Shanxi Newtime Co., Ltd............  Ningxia Guanghua              67.14
                                      Chemical Activated
                                      Carbon Co., Ltd.
Shanxi Newtime Co., Ltd............  Ningxia Tianfu                67.14
                                      Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Shanxi Qixian Foreign Trade          Datong Locomotive Coal        67.14
 Corporation.                         & Chemicals Co., Ltd.
Shanxi Qixian Foreign Trade          Datong Tianzhao               67.14
 Corporation.                         Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Shanxi Qixian Foreign Trade          Ningxia Huinong               67.14
 Corporation.                         Xingsheng Activated
                                      Carbon Co., Ltd.
Shanxi Qixian Foreign Trade          Ningxia Yirong Alloy          67.14
 Corporation.                         Iron Co., Ltd.
Shanxi Qixian Foreign Trade          Ninxia Tongfu Coking          67.14
 Corporation.                         Co., Ltd.
Shanxi Qixian Foreign Trade          Shanxi Xiaoyi Huanyu          67.14
 Corporation.                         Chemicals Co., Ltd.
Shanxi Sincere Industrial Co., Ltd.  Datong Guanghua               67.14
                                      Activated Co., Ltd.
Shanxi Sincere Industrial Co., Ltd.  Ningxia Guanghua-             67.14
                                      Cherishmet Activated
                                      Carbon Co., Ltd.
Shanxi Sincere Industrial Co., Ltd.  Ningxia Pingluo County        67.14
                                      YaoFu Activated
                                      Carbon Factory.
Shanxi Xuanzhong Chemical Industry   Ningxia Pingluo               67.14
 Co., Ltd.                            Xuanzhong Activated
                                      Carbon Co., Ltd.
Tangshan Solid Carbon Co., Ltd.....  Datong Zuoyun Biyun           67.14
                                      Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Tangshan Solid Carbon Co., Ltd.....  Ningxia Guanghua              67.14
                                      Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Tangshan Solid Carbon Co., Ltd.....  Ningxia Xingsheng Coal        67.14
                                      and Active Carbon
                                      Co., Ltd.
Tangshan Solid Carbon Co., Ltd.....  Pingluo Yu Yang               67.14
                                      Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
Tianjin Maijin Industries Co., Ltd.  Hegongye Ninxia               67.14
                                      Activated Carbon
                                      Factory.
Tianjin Maijin Industries Co., Ltd.  Ningxia Pingluo County        67.14
                                      YaoFu Activated
                                      Carbon Plant.
Tianjin Maijin Industries Co., Ltd.  Yinchuan Lanqiya              67.14
                                      Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
United Manufacturing International   Datong Fu Ping                67.14
 (Beijing) Ltd.                       Activated Carbon Co.,
                                      Ltd.
United Manufacturing International   Datong Locomotive Coal        67.14
 (Beijing) Ltd.                       & Chemical Co. Ltd.
United Manufacturing International   Xinhua Chemical               67.14
 (Beijing) Ltd.                       Company Ltd.
Xi'an Shuntong International Trade   DaTong Tri-Star &             67.14
 & Industrials Co., Ltd.              Power Carbon Plant.
Xi'an Shuntong International Trade   Ningxia Huahui                67.14
 & Industrials Co., Ltd.              Activated Carbon
                                      Company Limited.
PRC-Wide Rate......................  ......................       228.11
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will 
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to continue to 
suspend liquidation of all entries of subject merchandise from the PRC. 
We will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits or the posting of a 
bond equal to the estimated amount by which the normal value exceeds 
the U.S. price as indicated in the chart above. These instructions 
suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further notice.
    This determination is issued and published pursuant to sections 
735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.224(e).

    Dated: March 22, 2007.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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