[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 225 (Friday, November 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82316-82318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25935]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-838]


Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 From India: Preliminary Results of 
New Shipper Review; 2021-2022

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

DATES: Applicable November 24, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure at (202) 482-5973 or 
Henry Wolfe at (202) 482-0574, AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 29, 2004, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
published in the Federal Register the antidumping duty order on 
carbazole violet pigment 23 (CVP-23) from India.\1\ On January 27, 
2023, we initiated a new shipper review (NSR) based on a timely request 
from Sudarshan Chemical Industries Limited (Sudarshan).\2\
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    \1\ 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).
    \2\ See Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 from India: Initiation of 
Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review, 88 FR 5309 (January 27, 2023).
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    For a complete description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this NSR, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\3\ A 
list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 
included as the appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via 
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 
registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of New Shipper Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on 
Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 from India; 2021-2022,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the Order is carbazole violet pigment 23. 
The

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merchandise subject to the Order is classifiable under subheading 
3204.17.9040 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and 
customs purposes, our written description of the scope of this Order is 
dispositive. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Methodology

    Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For a full description of 
the methodology underlying the preliminary determination, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Verification

    As provided in 19 CFR 351.307(b)(iv), Commerce intends to verify 
the information submitted by Sudarshan in advance of the final results 
of the review.

Preliminary Results

    As a result of this NSR, Commerce preliminarily determines the 
following weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period, 
December 1, 2021, through November 30, 2022.

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Sudarshan Chemical Industries Limited......................         0.00
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in 
connection with these preliminary results to interested parties 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 accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    Interested parties will be notified of the deadline for the 
submission of case briefs at a later date.\4\ 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.\5\ Parties who submit case 
or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit with 
each argument: (1) a statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the 
argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\6\ Executive summaries should 
be limited to five pages total, including footnotes.
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    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1) and (2); see also Administrative 
Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Final Rule, 88 FR 67069 (September 
29, 2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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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. Requests should contain the following information: (1) the 
party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of 
participants; (3) whether any participant is a foreign national; and 
(4) 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, Commerce intends to notify parties of the time 
and date for the hearing.
    An electronically filed hearing request must be received 
successfully in its entirety by Commerce's electronic records system, 
ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of 
publication of this notice.\7\ Note that Commerce has amended certain 
of its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR 
351.303(f).\8\
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \8\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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    Commerce intends to issue the final results of this NSR, including 
the results of its analysis of issues raised in any written briefs, no 
later than 90 days after the date of issuance of the preliminary 
determination of this notice, unless extended, pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuing the final results of this review, Commerce will 
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this 
review.\9\ If the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero 
or de minimis in the final results of this review, Commerce will 
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) not to assess 
antidumping duties on any of its entries in accordance with the Final 
Modification for Reviews.\10\ If the respondent's weighted-average 
dumping margin is above de minimis (i.e., 0.5 percent) in the final 
results of this review, Commerce will calculate importer-specific 
assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of 
dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales to the total 
entered value of those sales, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 
If an importer-specific rate is zero or de minimis, Commerce will 
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to 
antidumping duties.
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
    \10\ In these preliminary results, Commerce applied the 
assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping 
Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final 
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012) (Final Modification for 
Reviews).
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Cash Deposit Instructions

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this review for shipments of the 
subject merchandise from India entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by 
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for subject merchandise produced 
and exported by Sudarshan, the cash deposit rate will be the rate 
established for Sudarshan in the final results of this NSR (except, if 
the rate is zero or de minimis, then no cash deposit will be required); 
\11\ (2) for subject merchandise exported by Sudarshan, but not 
produced by Sudarshan, the cash deposit rate will be the producer's 
rate, or the all others rate (i.e., 27.48 percent) \12\ if the producer 
does not have its own rate; and (3) for subject merchandise produced by 
Sudarshan, but not exported by Sudarshan, the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate applicable to the exporter, or the all other's rate if the 
exporter does not have its own rate. These cash deposit requirements, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \11\ See Certain Cut-To-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate 
Products from The Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative and New Shipper Reviews and 
Rescission of Administrative Review, In Part; 2014-2015, 81 FR 12870 
(March 11, 2016).
    \12\ See Order, 69 FR at 77989.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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 increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the 
amount of the countervailing duties.

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Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(2)(B) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214.

    Dated: November 17, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia, Deputy Assistant 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. Discussion of Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation

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