Sulfanilic Acid From India and the People's Republic of China: Continuation of Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders, 21520-21521 [2017-09302]
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Dated: May 1, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
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Appendix I
Scope of the Investigation
The scope of this investigation covers
certain metal tool chests and tool cabinets,
with drawers, (tool chests and cabinets), from
the People’s Republic of China (the PRC).
The scope covers all metal tool chests and
cabinets, including top chests, intermediate
chests, tool cabinets and side cabinets,
storage units, mobile work benches, and
work stations and that have the following
physical characteristics:
(1) A body made of carbon, alloy, or
stainless steel and/or other metals;
(2) two or more drawers for storage in each
individual unit;
(3) a width (side to side) exceeding 15
inches for side cabinets and exceeding 21
inches for all other individual units but not
exceeding 60 inches;
(4) a drawer depth (front to back)
exceeding 10 inches but not exceeding 24
inches; and
(5) prepackaged for retail sale.
For purposes of this scope, the width
parameter applies to each individual unit,
i.e., each individual top chest, intermediate
top chest, tool cabinet, side cabinet, storage
unit, mobile work bench, and work station.
Prepackaged for retail sale means the units
are packaged in a cardboard box or other
container suitable for retail display and sale.
Subject tool chests and cabinets are covered
whether imported in assembled or
unassembled form. Subject merchandise
includes tool chests and cabinets produced
in the PRC but assembled, prepackaged for
sale, or subject to other minor processing in
a third country prior to importation into the
United States. Similarly, it would include
tool chests and cabinets produced in the PRC
that are later found to be assembled,
prepackaged for sale, or subject to other
minor processing after importation into the
United States.
Subject tool chests and cabinets may also
have doors and shelves in addition to
drawers, may have handles (typically
mounted on the sides), and may have a work
surface on the top. Subject tool chests and
cabinets may be uncoated (e.g., stainless
steel), painted, powder coated, galvanized, or
otherwise coated for corrosion protection or
aesthetic appearance.
Subject tool chests and cabinets may be
packaged as individual units or in sets. When
packaged in sets, they typically include a
cabinet with one or more chests that stack on
top of the cabinet. Tool cabinets act as a base
tool storage unit and typically have rollers,
casters, or wheels to permit them to be
moved more easily when loaded with tools.
Work stations and work benches are tool
cabinets with a work surface on the top that
may be made of rubber, plastic, metal, wood,
or other materials.
Top chests are designed to be used with a
tool cabinet to form a tool storage unit. The
top chests may be mounted on top of the base
tool cabinet or onto an intermediate chest.
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They are often packaged as a set with tool
cabinets or intermediate chests, but may also
be packaged separately. They may be
packaged with mounting hardware (e.g.,
bolts) and instructions for assembling them
onto the base tool cabinet or onto an
intermediate tool chest which rests on the
base tool cabinet. Smaller top chests typically
have handles on the sides, while the larger
top chests typically lack handles.
Intermediate tool chests are designed to fit on
top of the floor standing tool cabinet and to
be used underneath the top tool chest.
Although they may be packaged or used
separately from the tool cabinet, intermediate
chests are designed to be used in conjunction
with tool cabinets. The intermediate chests
typically do not have handles. The
intermediate and top chests may have the
capability of being bolted together.
Side cabinets are designed to be bolted or
otherwise attached to the side of the base
storage cabinet to expand the storage capacity
of the base tool cabinet.
Subject tool chests and cabinets also may
be packaged with a tool set included.
Packaging a subject tool chest and cabinet
with a tool set does not remove an otherwise
covered subject tool chest and cabinet from
the scope. When this occurs the tools are not
part of the subject merchandise.
Excluded from the scope of the
investigation are tool boxes, chests and
cabinets with bodies made of plastic, carbon
fiber, wood, or other non-metallic substances.
Also excluded from the scope of the
investigation are portable metal tool boxes.
Portable metal tool boxes have each of the
following characteristics: (1) Fewer than
three drawers; (2) a handle on the top that
allows the tool box to be carried by hand; and
(3) a width that is 21 inches or less; and
depth (front to back) not exceeding 10 inches.
Also excluded from the scope of the
investigation are industrial grade steel tool
chests and cabinets. The excluded industrial
grade steel tool chests and cabinets are those:
(1) Having a body that is over 60 inches
wide; or
(2) having each of the following physical
characteristics:
(a) A body made of steel that is 0.055″ or
more in thickness;
(b) all drawers over 21″ deep;
(c) all drawer slides rated for 200 lbs. or
more; and
(d) not prepackaged for retail sale.
Also excluded from the scope of the
investigation are work benches with fewer
than two drawers. Excluded work benches
have a solid top working surface, fewer than
two drawers, are supported by legs and have
no solid front, side, or back panels enclosing
the body of the unit.
Also excluded from the scope of the
investigation are metal filing cabinets that are
configured to hold hanging file folders and
are classified in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) at
subheading 9403.10.0020.
Merchandise subject to the investigation is
classified under HTSUS categories
9403.20.0021, 9403.20.0026, 9403.20.0030
and 7326.90.8688, but may also be classified
under HTSUS category 7326.90.3500. While
HTSUS subheadings are provided for
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convenience and Customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of this
investigation is dispositive.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–815, A–533–806, C–533–807]
Sulfanilic Acid From India and the
People’s Republic of China:
Continuation of Antidumping Duty and
Countervailing Duty Orders
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of determinations
by the Department of Commerce
(Department) and the International
Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation
of the antidumping duty (AD) orders on
sulfanilic acid from the People’s
Republic of China (PRC) and India and
the countervailing duty (CVD) order on
sulfanilic acid from India would likely
lead to continuation or recurrence of
dumping and a countervailable subsidy
and material injury to an industry in the
United States, the Department is
publishing this notice of continuation of
these AD and CVD orders.
DATES: Effective May 9, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mandy Mallott (India and PRC AD
Orders), John Conniff (India CVD
Order), AD/CVD Operations, Office III,
Enforcement and Compliance
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–6430 or
(202) 482–1009, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
September 1, 2016, the Department
initiated the fourth sunset reviews of the
AD orders on sulfanilic acid from the
PRC and India and the CVD order on
sulfanilic acid from India pursuant to
section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (Act).1
As a result of its reviews, pursuant to
sections 751(c) and 752(b) of the Act,
the Department determined that
revocation of the AD orders on
sulfanilic acid from India and the PRC
and the CVD order on sulfanilic acid
from India would be likely to lead to a
continuation or recurrence of dumping
and a countervailable subsidy, and,
therefore, notified the ITC of the
magnitude of the margins and net
AGENCY:
1 See Initiation of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews,
81 FR 60386 (September 1, 2016) (‘‘Notice of
Initiation’’).
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countervailable subsidy likely to prevail
should the orders be revoked.2
On April 21, 2017, the ITC published
its determination, pursuant to section
751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the
existing AD orders on sulfanilic acid
from India and the PRC and the CVD
order on sulfanilic acid from India
would be likely to lead to a continuation
or recurrence of material injury to an
industry in the United States within a
reasonably foreseeable time.3
Scope of the Orders
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The merchandise covered by the AD
and CVD orders is all grades of
sulfanilic acid, which include technical
(or crude) sulfanilic acid, refined (or
purified) sulfanilic acid and sodium salt
of sulfanilic acid.
Sulfanilic acid is a synthetic organic
chemical produced from the direct
sulfonation of aniline with sulfuric acid.
Sulfanilic acid is used as a raw material
in the production of optical brighteners,
food colors, specialty dyes, and concrete
additives. The principal differences
between the grades are the undesirable
quantities of residual aniline and alkali
insoluble materials present in the
sulfanilic acid. All grades are available
as dry, free flowing powders.
Technical sulfanilic acid, classifiable
under the subheading 2921.42.22 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS),
contains 96 percent minimum sulfanilic
acid, 1.0 percent maximum aniline, and
1.0 percent maximum alkali insoluble
materials. Refined sulfanilic acid, also
classifiable under the subheading
2921.42.22 of the HTS, contains 98
percent minimum sulfanilic acid, 0.5
percent maximum aniline and 0.25
percent maximum alkali insoluble
materials.
Sodium salt (sodium sulfanilate),
classifiable under the HTS subheading
2921.42.90, is a powder, granular or
crystalline material which contains 75
percent minimum equivalent sulfanilic
acid, 0.5 percent maximum aniline
based on the equivalent sulfanilic acid
content, and 0.25 percent maximum
alkali insoluble materials based on the
equivalent sulfanilic acid content.
Although the HTS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs
2 See Sulfanilic Acid from India and the People’s
Republic of China: Final Results of Expedited
Fourth Sunset Reviews of Antidumping Duty
Orders, 82 FR 1321 (January 5, 2017); Sulfanilic
Acid From India: Final Results of Expedited Sunset
Review of the Countervailing Duty Order, 82 FR
1693 (January 6, 2017).
3 See USITC Publication USITC Publication 4680,
April 2017, Sulfanilic Acid from China and India:
Inv. Nos. 701–TA–318 and 731–TA–538 and 561
(Fourth Review). See also Sulfanilic Acid from
China and India, 82 FR 18776 (April 21, 2017).
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purposes, our written description of the
scope of these orders is dispositive.4
Continuation of the Orders
As a result of the determinations by
the Department and the ITC that
revocation of the AD orders on
sulfanilic acid from the PRC and India
and the CVD order from India would be
likely to lead to a continuation or
recurrence of dumping and a
countervailable subsidy and material
injury to an industry in the United
States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of
the Act, the Department hereby orders
the continuation of the AD orders on
sulfanilic acid from the PRC and India,
and the CVD order on sulfanilic acid
from India. U.S. Customs and Border
Protection will continue to collect cash
deposits at the rates in effect at the time
of entry for all imports of subject
merchandise. The effective date of the
continuation of the orders will be the
date of publication in the Federal
Register of this notice of continuation.
Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act,
the Department intends to initiate the
next five-year review of the orders not
later than 30 days prior to the fifth
anniversary of the effective date of this
continuation.
These five-year (sunset) reviews and
this notice are in accordance with
section 751(c) of the Act and published
pursuant to section 777(i)(1) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).
Dated: May 2, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–823–805]
Silicomanganese From Ukraine:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2015–
2016
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on
AGENCY:
4 In response to a request from 3V Corporation, on
May 5, 1999, the Department clarified that sodium
sulfanilate processed in Italy from sulfanilic acid
produced in India is within the scope of the AD and
CVD orders on sulfanilic acid from India. See
Notice of Scope Rulings, 65 FR 41957 (July 7, 2000).
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silicomanganese from Ukraine. The
period of review (POR) is August 1,
2015, through July 31, 2016. The review
covers two exporters of the subject
merchandise, PJSC Zaporozhye
Ferroalloy Plant (ZFP), and PJSC
Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant (NFP). The
Department preliminarily finds, based
on the application of adverse facts
available, that subject merchandise has
been sold in the United States at prices
below normal value during the POR.
DATES: Effective May 9, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dmitry Vladimirov, AD/CVD
Operations, Office I, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–0665.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The product covered by this order is
silicomanganese from Ukraine. Most
silicomanganese is currently classifiable
under subheading 7202.30.0000 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS). Some
silicomanganese may also currently be
classifiable under HTSUS subheading
7202.99.8040. While the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description is dispositive. A full
description of the scope of the order is
contained in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.1
Methodology
The Department is conducting this
review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). For a full
description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A
list of the topics included in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included as an appendix to this notice.
The Preliminary Decision Memorandum
is a public document and is made
available to the public via Enforcement
and Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users
1 See Memorandum from Gary Taverman,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary
for Enforcement and Compliance, entitled,
‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results
in the Administrative Review of the Antidumping
Duty Order on Silicomanganese from Ukraine;
2015–2016,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-815, A-533-806, C-533-807]
Sulfanilic Acid From India and the People's Republic of China:
Continuation of Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of determinations by the Department of Commerce
(Department) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) that
revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) orders on sulfanilic acid from
the People's Republic of China (PRC) and India and the countervailing
duty (CVD) order on sulfanilic acid from India would likely lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping and a countervailable subsidy and
material injury to an industry in the United States, the Department is
publishing this notice of continuation of these AD and CVD orders.
DATES: Effective May 9, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mandy Mallott (India and PRC AD
Orders), John Conniff (India CVD Order), AD/CVD Operations, Office III,
Enforcement and Compliance International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20230; telephone: (202) 482-6430 or (202) 482-1009, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 1, 2016, the Department
initiated the fourth sunset reviews of the AD orders on sulfanilic acid
from the PRC and India and the CVD order on sulfanilic acid from India
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(Act).\1\
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\1\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 81 FR
60386 (September 1, 2016) (``Notice of Initiation'').
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As a result of its reviews, pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752(b)
of the Act, the Department determined that revocation of the AD orders
on sulfanilic acid from India and the PRC and the CVD order on
sulfanilic acid from India would be likely to lead to a continuation or
recurrence of dumping and a countervailable subsidy, and, therefore,
notified the ITC of the magnitude of the margins and net
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countervailable subsidy likely to prevail should the orders be
revoked.\2\
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\2\ See Sulfanilic Acid from India and the People's Republic of
China: Final Results of Expedited Fourth Sunset Reviews of
Antidumping Duty Orders, 82 FR 1321 (January 5, 2017); Sulfanilic
Acid From India: Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order, 82 FR 1693 (January 6, 2017).
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On April 21, 2017, the ITC published its determination, pursuant to
section 751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the existing AD orders on
sulfanilic acid from India and the PRC and the CVD order on sulfanilic
acid from India would be likely to lead to a continuation or recurrence
of material injury to an industry in the United States within a
reasonably foreseeable time.\3\
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\3\ See USITC Publication USITC Publication 4680, April 2017,
Sulfanilic Acid from China and India: Inv. Nos. 701-TA-318 and 731-
TA-538 and 561 (Fourth Review). See also Sulfanilic Acid from China
and India, 82 FR 18776 (April 21, 2017).
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Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by the AD and CVD orders is all grades of
sulfanilic acid, which include technical (or crude) sulfanilic acid,
refined (or purified) sulfanilic acid and sodium salt of sulfanilic
acid.
Sulfanilic acid is a synthetic organic chemical produced from the
direct sulfonation of aniline with sulfuric acid. Sulfanilic acid is
used as a raw material in the production of optical brighteners, food
colors, specialty dyes, and concrete additives. The principal
differences between the grades are the undesirable quantities of
residual aniline and alkali insoluble materials present in the
sulfanilic acid. All grades are available as dry, free flowing powders.
Technical sulfanilic acid, classifiable under the subheading
2921.42.22 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), contains 96 percent
minimum sulfanilic acid, 1.0 percent maximum aniline, and 1.0 percent
maximum alkali insoluble materials. Refined sulfanilic acid, also
classifiable under the subheading 2921.42.22 of the HTS, contains 98
percent minimum sulfanilic acid, 0.5 percent maximum aniline and 0.25
percent maximum alkali insoluble materials.
Sodium salt (sodium sulfanilate), classifiable under the HTS
subheading 2921.42.90, is a powder, granular or crystalline material
which contains 75 percent minimum equivalent sulfanilic acid, 0.5
percent maximum aniline based on the equivalent sulfanilic acid
content, and 0.25 percent maximum alkali insoluble materials based on
the equivalent sulfanilic acid content.
Although the HTS subheadings are provided for convenience and
customs purposes, our written description of the scope of these orders
is dispositive.\4\
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\4\ In response to a request from 3V Corporation, on May 5,
1999, the Department clarified that sodium sulfanilate processed in
Italy from sulfanilic acid produced in India is within the scope of
the AD and CVD orders on sulfanilic acid from India. See Notice of
Scope Rulings, 65 FR 41957 (July 7, 2000).
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Continuation of the Orders
As a result of the determinations by the Department and the ITC
that revocation of the AD orders on sulfanilic acid from the PRC and
India and the CVD order from India would be likely to lead to a
continuation or recurrence of dumping and a countervailable subsidy and
material injury to an industry in the United States, pursuant to
section 751(d)(2) of the Act, the Department hereby orders the
continuation of the AD orders on sulfanilic acid from the PRC and
India, and the CVD order on sulfanilic acid from India. U.S. Customs
and Border Protection will continue to collect cash deposits at the
rates in effect at the time of entry for all imports of subject
merchandise. The effective date of the continuation of the orders will
be the date of publication in the Federal Register of this notice of
continuation. Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act, the Department
intends to initiate the next five-year review of the orders not later
than 30 days prior to the fifth anniversary of the effective date of
this continuation.
These five-year (sunset) reviews and this notice are in accordance
with section 751(c) of the Act and published pursuant to section
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).
Dated: May 2, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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