[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 174 (Monday, September 8, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52007-52012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-20750]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-892


Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 from the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on carbazole violet 
pigment 23 (CVP 23) from the People's Republic of China (PRC). The 
period of review (POR) is December 1, 2006, through November 30, 2007. 
We preliminarily determine that 11 companies have failed to cooperate 
by not acting to the best of their ability to comply with our requests 
for information and, as a result, should be assigned a rate based on 
adverse facts available (AFA). We are also rescinding this 
administrative review with respect to three companies. If these 
preliminary results are adopted in our final results of this review, we 
will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise 
during the POR.
    Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary 
results. We will issue the final results no later than 120 days from 
the date of publication of this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 8, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Scott or Robert James, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
2657 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background

    On December 29, 2004, the Department published the antidumping duty 
order on CVP 23 from the PRC. See Antidumping Duty Order: Carbazole 
Violet Pigment 23 From the People's Republic of China, 69 FR 77987 
(December 29, 2004). On December 3, 2007, the Department published 
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 
Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review, 72 FR 
67889 (December 3, 2007). On December 31, 2007, Nation Ford Chemical 
Company and Sun Chemical Corporation (collectively, petitioners) 
requested an administrative review of entries of subject merchandise 
made during the POR by 14 Chinese exporters, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(b)(1). The 14 exporters included in petitioners' request for 
review were: Aesthetic Colortech (Shanghai) Company, Limited (Aesthetic 
Colortech); Anhui Worldbest IE Company, Limited (Anhui Worldbest); 
Cidic Company, Limited (Cidic); Ganguink Company, Pigment Division 
(Ganguink); Goldlink Industries Company, Limited (Goldlink); Hunan 
Sunlogistics International Company, Limited (Hunan Sunlogistics); 
Hygeia-Chem (Shanghai) Company, Limited (Hygeia-Chem); Nantong Haidi 
Chemical Company, Limited (Nantong Chemical); Pudong Prime 
International Logistic Incorporated (Pudong Prime); Shanghai Rainbow 
Dyes Import and Export (Shanghai Rainbow); Sinocol Corporation, Limited 
(Sinocol); Tianjin Hanchem International Trading Company, Limited 
(Tianjin Hanchem); Trust Chem Company, Limited (Trust Chem); and 
Yangcheng Tiacheng Chemical Company, Limited (Yangcheng Chemical).
    On January 28, 2008, the Department initiated an administrative 
review of these 14 companies. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation 
in Part, 73 FR 4829 (January 28, 2008). On February 1, 2008, the 
Department issued a letter to interested parties announcing its 
intention to limit the number of respondents selected for review and to 
select respondents based on CBP data for U.S. imports of CVP 23 during 
the POR. On February 4, 2008, the Department requested that petitioners 
submit addresses for each of the companies included in their request 
for review; petitioners provided address information to the Department 
on that same date. On February 5, 2008, the Department released the 
letter regarding its respondent-selection methodology and the CBP 
import data to the 14 Chinese exporters and extended the deadline for 
parties to submit comments until February 12, 2008. For information 
related to the delivery of these letters, see the memorandum entitled 
``Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 from the People's Republic of China: 
Delivery of Various Documents to Respondents in the 2006-2007 
Administrative Review,'' dated August 27, 2008 (Delivery Tracking 
Memorandum) at Attachment 1. No interested parties submitted comments 
to the Department.
    On February 25, 2008, because it was not feasible to examine all 14 
exporters of the subject merchandise, for purposes of this 
administrative review, the Department selected the largest company by 
export volume, Goldlink, as a mandatory respondent in accordance with 
section 777A(c)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). See 
Memorandum from Blanche Ziv to Wendy J. Frankel, ``2006-2007 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 
from the People's Republic of China: Selection of Respondents,'' dated 
February 25, 2008. On February 26, 2008, the Department issued an 
antidumping questionnaire to Goldlink. For information regarding the 
delivery of this questionnaire, see the Delivery Tracking Memorandum at 
Attachment 2. Goldlink did not respond to the Department's 
questionnaire.
    On March 3, 2008, the Department sent separate rate applications/
certifications to the following 12 Chinese exporters of CVP 23: 
Aesthetic Colortech; Anhui Worldbest; Cidic; Ganguink; Goldlink; Hunan 
Sunlogistics; Nantong Chemical; Pudong Prime; Shanghai Rainbow; 
Sinocol; Tianjin Hanchem; and Trust Chem. On March 4, 2008, the 
Department sent separate rates applications/certifications to Hygeia-
Chem and Yangcheng Chemical after petitioners provided more accurate 
addresses for these two exporters. For information regarding the 
delivery of the separate rate applications/certifications, see the 
Delivery Tracking Memorandum at Attachment 3. The Department did not 
receive a response to the separate rate application/certification from 
any of the 14 companies.
    On April 18, 2008, the Department sent a second letter to each of 
the four companies that had been assigned a separate rate in a prior 
segment of this proceeding, namely, Goldlink, Nantong Chemical, Tianjin 
Hanchem, and Trust Chem. For information regarding the delivery of 
these letters, see the Delivery Tracking Memorandum at Attachment 4. In 
its letter to Goldlink, the Department stated that since Goldlink did 
not respond to the antidumping questionnaire, the Department may resort 
to the use of facts available with an adverse inference. The Department 
further stated that because Goldlink did not submit its response by the 
Department's deadline, Goldlink may not be eligible to receive a 
separate rate in this proceeding and thus would be considered part of 
the PRC entity and assigned the PRC-wide rate. The Department granted 
Goldlink until April 28, 2008, to provide an explanation as to why it 
did not submit a response to the questionnaire, and stated the 
Department would determine at that time whether an extension was 
warranted for Goldlink to submit its questionnaire response. In its 
April 18, 2008, letters to Nantong Chemical, Tianjin Hanchem, and Trust 
Chem, the Department declared that as each company did not provide a 
response to the Department's separate rate certification, these 
companies may not be eligible to receive a separate rate in this 
proceeding and thus would be considered part of the PRC entity and 
assigned the PRC-wide rate. The Department granted Nantong Chemical, 
Tianjin Hanchem, and Trust Chem until April 28, 2008, to provide an 
explanation as to why they were unable to submit a separate rate 
certification, and stated the Department would determine at that time 
whether an extension was warranted for each company to submit a 
separate rate certification. None of the four companies responded to 
the Department's April 18, 2008, letters by the established deadline.
    On April 29, 2008, Tianjin Hanchem submitted a letter stating it 
did not make any sales or exports during the POR, and explaining it did 
not respond to the Department's separate rate application/certification 
letter because it was not aware it needed to respond when it had no 
shipments to the United States. On May 7, 2008, Trust Chem filed a 
letter stating it had no shipments and no sales of CVP 23 during the 
POR.
    On July 17, 2008, the Department sent another separate rate 
application/certification to one company, Ganguink, because the 
Department found the separate rate application/certification sent to 
this company on March 3, 2008, had not been delivered. For information 
related to the delivery of this document, see the Delivery Tracking 
Memorandum at Attachment 5. The Department did not receive a response 
from Ganguink.

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Period of Review

    The POR is December December 1, 2006, through November 30, 2007.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order is carbazole violet pigment 
23 identified as Color Index No. 51319 and Chemical Abstract No. 6358-
30-1, with the chemical name of diindolo [lsqb]3,2-b:3',2'-m[rsqb] 
triphenodioxazine, 8,18-dichloro-5, 15-diethy-5,15-dihydro-, and 
molecular formula of C34H22Cl2N4O2.\1\ The subject merchandise includes 
the crude pigment in any form (e.g., dry powder, paste, wet cake) and 
finished pigment in the form of presscake and dry color. Pigment 
dispersions in any form (e.g., pigments dispersed in oleoresins, 
flammable solvents, water) are not included within the scope of this 
order. The merchandise subject to this 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, the written description of the scope 
of this order is dispositive.
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    \1\ The bracketed section of the product description, [lsqb]3,2-
b:3',2'-m[rsqb], is not business proprietary information, but is 
part of the chemical nomenclature.
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Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

    Section 351.213(d)(1) of the Department's regulations provides that 
the Department will rescind an administrative review if the party that 
requested the review withdraws its request for review within 90 days of 
the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested 
review, or withdraws at a later date if the Department determines it is 
reasonable to extend the time limit for withdrawing the request.
    In this case, the 90-day deadline to withdraw requests for an 
administrative review fell on April 28, 2008. However, on April 25, 
2008, petitioners requested that the Department extend this deadline by 
ten days. Consequently, on April 28, 2008, the Department granted 
petitioners' request and extended the deadline until May 8, 2008. On 
May 8, 2008, petitioners submitted a letter withdrawing their request 
for an administrative review of Nantong Chemical, Tianjin Hanchem, and 
Trust Chem.
    Thus, the petitioners timely withdrew their requests for an 
administrative review of Nantong Chemical, Tianjin Hanchem, and Trust 
Chem within the extended deadline. Because the petitioners were the 
only party to request administrative review of each of these companies, 
we are rescinding this administrative review with respect to Nantong 
Chemical, Tianjin Hanchem, and Trust Chem. Each of these three 
companies has a separate rate, and we will issue liquidation 
instructions for these companies' entries 15 days after publication of 
this notice.

Non-Market Economy Country Status

    In every case conducted by the Department involving the PRC, the 
PRC has been treated as a non-market economy (NME) country. See, e.g., 
Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Partial Rescission of Review, 72 FR 51588, 51590 (September 10, 2007), 
unchanged in Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from the People's 
Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review and Partial Rescission of Review, 73 FR 14216 (March 17, 2008). 
Pursuant to section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Act, any determination that a 
foreign country is an NME country shall remain in effect until revoked 
by the administering authority. See, e.g., Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 
From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review and Rescission in Part, 71 FR 65073, 65074 
(November 7, 2006) unchanged in Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 from the 
People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 72 FR 26589 (May 10, 2007). None of the parties 
to this proceeding have contested such treatment.

Separate Rates

    In proceedings involving NME countries, the Department begins with 
a rebuttable presumption that all companies within the country are 
subject to government control and, thus, should be assigned a single 
antidumping duty deposit rate. It is the Department's policy to assign 
all exporters of merchandise in an NME country subject to review this 
single rate unless an exporter can demonstrate it is sufficiently 
independent so as to be entitled to a separate rate. To establish 
whether a company is sufficiently independent from government control 
of its export activities to be entitled to a separate company-specific 
rate, the Department analyzes each entity exporting the subject 
merchandise under a test arising from Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value: Sparklers From the People's Republic of China, 56 
FR 20588 at Comment 1 (May 6, 1991), as amplified by Notice of Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Silicon Carbide from 
the People's Republic of China, 59 FR 22585, 22586-7 (May 2, 1994). The 
Department assigns separate rates in NME cases only if respondents can 
affirmatively demonstrate the absence of both de jure and de facto 
government control over export activities. The Department has 
preliminarily determined that none of the 11 respondents remaining in 
this administrative review qualify for a separate rate. For more 
information, see ``The PRC-Wide Entity'' section below.

The PRC-Wide Entity

    Based on a timely request by petitioners, the Department originally 
initiated this administrative review with respect to 14 companies. As 
noted above, petitioners timely withdrew their request for review of 
three of these companies. Of the 11 companies remaining in this review, 
none of them responded to the Department's separate rate application/
certification, including the mandatory respondent in this review, 
Goldlink, which also did not respond to the Department's antidumping 
questionnaire. See ``Background'' section above. Thus, Aesthetic 
Colortech, Anhui Worldbest, Cidic, Ganguink, Goldlink, Hunan 
Sunlogistics, Hygeia-Chem, Pudong Prime, Shanghai Rainbow, Sinocol, and 
Yangcheng Chemical have not demonstrated the lack of both de jure and 
de facto government control over export activities. Therefore, we have 
preliminarily determined that none of these 11 exporters have 
demonstrated their eligibility for separate-rate status. As a result, 
the Department is treating these 11 companies as part of the PRC-wide 
entity. Because we have determined Aesthetic Colortech, Anhui 
Worldbest, Cidic, Ganguink, Goldlink, Hunan Sunlogistics, Hygeia-Chem, 
Pudong Prime, Shanghai Rainbow, Sinocol, and Yangcheng Chemical are 
part of the PRC-wide entity, the PRC-wide entity is now under review.

Application of Facts Available

    Section 776(a)(1) of the Act mandates that the Department use the 
facts available if necessary information is not available on the record 
of an antidumping proceeding. In addition, section 776(a)(2) of the Act 
provides that if an interested party or any other person: (A) withholds 
information that has been requested by the administering authority; (B) 
fails to provide such information by the deadlines for the submission 
of the information or in the

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form and manner requested, subject to subsections (c)(1) and (e) of 
section 782 of the Act; (C) significantly impedes a proceeding under 
this title; or (D) provides such information but the information cannot 
be verified as provided in section 782(i) of the Act, the Department 
shall, subject to section 782(d) of the Act, use the facts otherwise 
available in reaching the applicable determination under this title.
    Where the Department determines that a response to a request for 
information does not comply with the request, section 782(d) of the Act 
provides that the Department shall promptly inform the party submitting 
the response of the nature of the deficiency and shall, to the extent 
practicable, provide that party with an opportunity to remedy or 
explain the deficiency. Section 782(d) of the Act additionally states 
that if the party submits further information that is unsatisfactory or 
untimely, the administering authority may, subject to subsection (e), 
disregard all or part of the original and subsequent responses. Section 
782(e) of the Act provides that the Department shall not decline to 
consider information that is submitted by an interested party and is 
necessary to the determination but does not meet all the applicable 
requirements established by the administering authority if: (1) the 
information is submitted by the deadline established for its 
submission; (2) the information can be verified; (3) the information is 
not so incomplete that it cannot serve as a reliable basis for reaching 
the applicable determination; (4) the interested party has demonstrated 
that it acted to the best of its ability in providing the information 
and meeting the requirements established by the administering authority 
with respect to the information; and (5) the information can be used 
without undue difficulties.
    The Department finds that the PRC-wide entity (including Aesthetic 
Colortech, Anhui Worldbest, Cidic, Ganguink, Goldlink, Hunan 
Sunlogistics, Hygeia-Chem, Pudong Prime, Shanghai Rainbow, Sinocol, and 
Yangcheng Chemical) did not respond to our requests for information and 
that necessary information is not available on the record. Therefore, 
we have preliminarily determined that the use of facts otherwise 
available is warranted for the PRC-wide entity under sections 776(a)(1) 
and (2) of the Act.
    As stated above in the ``Background'' section, on February 25, 
2008, the Department selected Goldlink, the largest exporter of subject 
merchandise by volume, as a mandatory respondent. On February 26, 2008, 
the Department sent an antidumping questionnaire to Goldlink. On March 
3, 2008, the Department also sent a separate rate application/
certification to Goldlink. Goldlink did not respond to the 
questionnaire or the separate rate application/certification. On April 
18, 2008, the Department sent a letter to Goldlink stating that since 
it did not respond to the antidumping questionnaire, the Department may 
resort to the use of facts available with an adverse inference. The 
Department also informed Goldlink that because it did not submit its 
response by the Department's deadline, Goldlink may not be eligible to 
receive a separate rate in this proceeding and thus would be considered 
part of the PRC entity and assigned the PRC-wide rate. In its April 18, 
2008, letter, the Department granted Goldlink until April 28, 2008, to 
provide an explanation as to why it did not submit a response to the 
questionnaire and stated it would determine at that time whether an 
extension was warranted for Goldlink to submit its questionnaire 
response. Goldlink did not respond to the Department's April 18, 2008, 
letter. The Department has no information on the record for Goldlink 
with which to calculate a dumping margin or determine if it is eligible 
for a separate rate in this proceeding, and hence we preliminarily find 
that Goldlink has significantly impeded the proceeding by withholding 
information and failing to respond to the Department's request for 
information within the specified deadlines. Therefore, pursuant to 
sections 776(a)(1) and 776(a)(2)(A),(B), and (C) of the Act, the 
Department preliminarily determines that the application of facts 
available is appropriate. Because Goldlink did not respond to the 
Department's requests for information, sections 782(d) and (e) of the 
Act are not applicable.

Application of Adverse Facts Available

    Section 776(b) of the Act provides that the Department may use an 
adverse inference in applying the facts otherwise available when a 
party has failed to cooperate by not acting to the best of its ability 
to comply with a request for information. Section 776(b) of the Act 
also authorizes the Department to use as AFA information derived from 
the petition, the final determination, a previous administrative 
review, or other information placed on the record.
    Pursuant to section 776(b) of the Act, we find the PRC-wide entity, 
which includes Goldlink and the other companies remaining under review 
that did not provide separate rate applications or certifications 
(Aesthetic Colortech, Anhui Worldbest, Cidic, Ganguink, Hunan 
Sunlogistics, Hygeia-Chem, Pudong Prime, Shanghai Rainbow, Sinocol, and 
Yangcheng Chemical), failed to cooperate by not acting to the best of 
its ability. As noted above, the PRC-wide entity did not provide the 
requested information. This information was in the sole possession of 
the respondents, and could not be obtained otherwise. Thus, because the 
PRC-wide entity refused to participate fully in this proceeding, we 
preliminarily determine that in selecting from among the facts 
otherwise available, an adverse inference is warranted for the PRC-wide 
entity pursuant to section 776(b) of the Act. By using an inference 
that is adverse to the interests of the PRC-wide entity, we ensure the 
companies that are part of the PRC-wide entity will not obtain a more 
favorable result by failing to cooperate than had they cooperated fully 
in this review.

Selection of Adverse Facts Available Rate

    In deciding which facts to use as AFA, section 776(b) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.308(c) authorize the Department to rely on information 
derived from: (1) the petition; (2) a final determination in the 
investigation; (3) any previous review or determination; or (4) any 
information placed on the record. In reviews, the Department normally 
selects, as AFA, the highest rate on the record of any segment of the 
proceeding. See, e.g., Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the People's 
Republic of China; Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 68 FR 19504, 19506 (April 21, 2003). The U.S. 
Court of International Trade (CIT) and the Court of Appeals for the 
Federal Circuit have consistently upheld the Department's practice in 
this regard. See Rhone Poulenc, Inc. v. United States, 899 F.2d 1185, 
1190 (Fed. Circ. 1990) (Rhone Poulenc); NSK Ltd. v. United States, 346 
F. Supp. 2d 1312, 1335 (CIT 2004) (upholding a 73.55 percent total AFA 
rate, the highest available dumping margin from a different respondent 
in a less-than-fair-value investigation); see also Kompass Food Trading 
Int'l v. United States, 24 CIT 678, 683-84 (2000) (upholding a 51.16 
percent total AFA rate, the highest available dumping margin from a 
different, fully cooperative respondent); and Shanghai Taoen 
International Trading Co., Ltd. v. United States, 360 F. Supp. 2d 1339, 
1348 (CIT 2005) (upholding a 223.01 percent total AFA rate, the highest

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available dumping margin from a different respondent in a previous 
administrative review).
    The Department's practice when selecting an adverse rate from among 
the possible sources of information is to ensure that the margin is 
``sufficiently adverse so as to effectuate the statutory purposes of 
the adverse facts available rule to induce respondents to provide the 
Department with complete and accurate information in a timely manner.'' 
See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: 
Static Random Access Memory Semiconductors from Taiwan, 63 FR 8909, 
8932 (February 23, 1998). The Department's practice also ensures ``that 
the party does not obtain a more favorable result by failing to 
cooperate than if it had cooperated fully.'' See Statement of 
Administrative Action accompanying the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, 
H.R. Doc. No. 103-316, vol. 1 (1994) (SAA) at 870; see also Notice of 
Final Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value: Certain Frozen 
and Canned Warmwater Shrimp From Brazil, 69 FR 76910, 76912 (December 
23, 2004). In choosing the appropriate balance between providing 
respondents with an incentive to respond accurately and imposing a rate 
that is reasonably related to the respondent's prior commercial 
activity, selecting the highest prior margin ``reflects a common sense 
inference that the highest prior margin is the most probative evidence 
of current margins, because, if it were not so, the importer, knowing 
of the rule, would have produced current information showing the margin 
to be less.'' See Rhone Poulenc, 899 F.2d at 1190.
    Consistent with the statute, court precedent, and its normal 
practice, the Department has preliminarily assigned the rate of 241.32 
percent, the highest rate determined in any segment of this proceeding, 
to the PRC-wide entity, which includes Aesthetic Colortech, Anhui 
Worldbest, Cidic, Ganguink, Goldlink, Hunan Sunlogistics, Hygeia-Chem, 
Pudong Prime, Shanghai Rainbow, Sinocol, and Yangcheng Chemical, as 
AFA. See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to United States 
Court of International Trade Remand Order, Goldlink Industries Co., 
Ltd. v. United States, 431 F. Supp. 2d 1323 (CIT May 4, 2006), affirmed 
by the CIT on December 8, 2006 (CVP 23 from the PRC - Remand on Final 
Determination); see also Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 from the People's 
Republic of China: Notice of Amended Final Determination in Accordance 
with Court Decision, 72 FR 15101 (March 30, 2007) (CVP 23 from the PRC 
- Amended Final Determination). As discussed further below, this rate 
has been corroborated.

Corroboration of Secondary Information Used as Adverse Facts Available

    Section 776(c) of the Act provides that, where the Department 
selects from among the facts otherwise available and relies on 
``secondary information,'' the Department shall, to the extent 
practicable, corroborate that information from independent sources 
reasonably at the Department's disposal. Secondary information is 
described in the SAA as ``{i{time} nformation derived from the petition 
that gave rise to the investigation or review, the final determination 
covering the subject merchandise, or any previous review under section 
751 concerning the subject merchandise.'' See SAA at 870. The SAA 
states that ``corroborate'' means to determine that the information 
used has probative value. Id. The Department has determined that to 
have probative value, information must be reliable and relevant. See 
Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, 
From Japan, and Tapered Roller Bearings Four Inches or Less in Outside 
Diameter, and Components Thereof, from Japan; Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews and Partial Termination of 
Administrative Reviews, 61 FR 57391, 57392 (November 6, 1996), 
unchanged in Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and 
Unfinished, From Japan, and Tapered Roller Bearings, Four Inches or 
Less in Outside Diameter, and Components Thereof, From Japan; Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews and Termination in 
Part, 62 FR 11825 (March 13, 1997). The SAA also states that 
independent sources used to corroborate such evidence may include, for 
example, published price lists, official import statistics and customs 
data, and information obtained from interested parties during the 
particular investigation or review. See SAA at 870; see also Notice of 
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: High and 
Ultra-High Voltage Ceramic Station Post Insulators from Japan, 68 FR 
35627 (June 16, 2003), unchanged in Notice of Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: High and Ultra-High Voltage Ceramic 
Station Post Insulators from Japan, 68 FR 62560 (November 5, 2003); and 
Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Live 
Swine From Canada, 70 FR 12181, 12183 (March 11, 2005).
    To be considered corroborated, information must be found to be both 
reliable and relevant. Unlike other types of information, such as input 
costs or selling expenses, there are no independent sources for 
calculated dumping margins. The only sources for calculated margins are 
administrative determinations. The AFA rate we are applying for the 
current review was calculated pursuant to a remand order from the CIT 
with respect to the original investigation of CVP 23 from the PRC. See 
CVP 23 from the PRC - Remand on Final Determination and CVP 23 from the 
PRC - Amended Final Determination. Furthermore, no information has been 
presented in the current review that calls into question the 
reliability of this information. Thus, the Department finds that the 
information is reliable.
    With respect to the relevance aspect of corroboration, the 
Department will consider information reasonably at its disposal to 
determine whether a margin continues to have relevance. Where 
circumstances indicate the selected margin is not appropriate as AFA, 
the Department will disregard the margin and determine an appropriate 
margin. See, e.g., Fresh Cut Flowers from Mexico: Final Results of 
Antidumping Administrative Review, 61 FR 6812, 6814 (February 22, 
1996). Similarly, the Department does not apply a margin that has been 
discredited. See D & L Supply Co. v. United States, 113 F. 3d 1220, 
1221 (Fed. Cir. 1997) (the Department will not use a margin that has 
been judicially invalidated.) The AFA rate we are applying for the 
instant review was calculated based on export price information from 
the petition, as well as on production data of a respondent in the 
investigation and the most appropriate surrogate value information 
available to the Department. Furthermore, the calculation of this 
margin was subject to comment from interested parties in the 
proceeding. See CVP 23 from the PRC - Remand on Final Determination and 
CVP 23 from the PRC - Amended Final Determination. Moreover, as there 
is no information on the record of this review that demonstrates this 
rate is not appropriately used as AFA, we determine this rate has 
relevance.
    As the AFA rate is both reliable and relevant, we find it has 
probative value. As a result, the Department preliminarily determines 
that the AFA margin (i.e., the PRC-wide rate from CVP 23 from the PRC - 
Remand on Final Determination and CVP 23 from the PRC - Amended Final 
Determination) is corroborated for the purposes of this administrative 
review

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and may reasonably be applied to the PRC-wide entity, which includes 
Aesthetic Colortech, Anhui Worldbest, Cidic, Ganguink, Goldlink, Hunan 
Sunlogistics, Hygeia-Chem, Pudong Prime, Shanghai Rainbow, Sinocol, and 
Yangcheng Chemical. Because these are the preliminary results of 
review, the Department will consider all margins on the record at the 
time of the final results of review for the purpose of determining the 
most appropriate final margin for Aesthetic Colortech, Anhui Worldbest, 
Cidic, Ganguink, Goldlink, Hunan Sunlogistics, Hygeia-Chem, Pudong 
Prime, Shanghai Rainbow, Sinocol, and Yangcheng Chemical. See Notice of 
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Solid 
Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate From the Russian Federation, 65 FR 
1139 (January 7, 2000), unchanged in Notice of Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value; Solid Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate 
from the Russian Federation, 65 FR 42669 (July 11, 2000).

Preliminary Results of Review

    We preliminarily determine that the following antidumping duty 
margins exist for the period December 1, 2006, through November 30, 
2007:

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                                                                Margin
                    Exporter/Manufacturer                      (percent)
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PRC-Wide Rate (including Aesthetic Colortech, Anhui               241.32
 Worldbest, Cidic, Ganguink, Goldlink, Hunan Sunlogistics,
 Hygeia-Chem, Pudong Prime, Shanghai Rainbow, Sinocol, and
 Yangcheng Chemical)........................................
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Schedule for Final Results of Review

    Interested parties may submit case briefs no later than 30 days 
after the date of publication of these preliminary results of review. 
See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised 
in the case briefs, may be filed no later than five days after the time 
limit for filing the case briefs. See 19 CFR 351.309(d). Parties who 
submit case or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are requested to 
submit with each argument (1) a statement of the issue and (2) a brief 
summary of the argument. Parties are also encouraged to provide a 
summary of the arguments not to exceed five pages and a table of 
statutes, regulations, and cases cited.
    Interested parties who wish to request a hearing or to participate 
if one is requested must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Import Administration within 30 days of publication of 
these preliminary results. See 19 CFR 351.310(c). Requests should 
contain the following information: (1) the party's name, address, and 
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of the 
issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to 
those raised in the case and rebuttal briefs. Any hearing, if 
requested, will be held 37 days after the date of publication, or the 
first business day thereafter, unless the Department alters the date 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(d)(1).
    The Department intends to issue the final results of this 
administrative review, which will include the results of its analysis 
of issues raised in any such comments, within 120 days of publication 
of these preliminary results, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department will determine, 
and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. 
The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days 
after the date of publication of the final results of review. If these 
preliminary results are adopted in our final results of review, the 
Department shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on 
all appropriate entries.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash-deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results for shipments of the subject 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the publication date of the final results, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for PRC exporters 
who received a separate rate in a prior segment of the proceeding 
(i.e., Nantong Chemical, Tianjin Hanchem, and Trust Chem) will continue 
to be the rate assigned in that segment of the proceeding; (2) for all 
other PRC exporters of subject merchandise which have not been found to 
be entitled to a separate rate (including Aesthetic Colortech, Anhui 
Worldbest, Cidic, Ganguink, Goldlink, Hunan Sunlogistics, Hygeia-Chem, 
Pudong Prime, Shanghai Rainbow, Sinocol, and Yangcheng Chemical), the 
cash-deposit rate will be the PRC-wide rate of 241.32 percent; (3) for 
all non-PRC exporters of subject merchandise, the cash-deposit rate 
will be the rate applicable to the PRC supplier of that exporter.
    These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until publication 
of the final results of the next administrative review.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: September 2, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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