Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Activated Carbon from the People's Republic of China, 9508-9513 [E7-3693]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–904]
Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value: Certain Activated
Carbon from the People’s Republic of
China
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: March 2, 2007.
SUMMARY: On October 11, 2006, the
Department of Commerce (‘‘the
Department’’) published its preliminary
determination of sales at less than fair
value (‘‘LTFV’’) in the antidumping
investigation of certain activated carbon
from the People’s Republic of China
(‘‘PRC’’). The period of investigation
(‘‘POI’’) is July 1, 2005, through
December 31, 2005. We invited
interested parties to comment on our
preliminary determination of sales at
LTFV. Based on our analysis of the
comments we received, we have made
changes to our calculations for the
mandatory respondents. The final
dumping margins for this investigation
are listed in the ‘‘Final Determination
Margins’’ section below.
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.
AGENCY:
Final Determination
We determine that certain activated
carbon from the PRC is being, or is
likely to be, sold in the United States at
LTFV as provided in section 735 of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the
Act’’). The estimated margins of sales at
LTFV are shown in the ‘‘Final
Determination Margins’’ section of this
notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Case History
The Department published its
preliminary determination of sales at
LTFV on October 11, 2006. See
Preliminary Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value and Postponement
of Final Determination: Certain
Activated Carbon from the People’s
Republic of China, 71 FR 59721
(October 11, 2006) (‘‘Preliminary
Determination’’). The Department
conducted verification of Calgon Carbon
(Tianjin) Co., Ltd. (‘‘CCT’’) and certain
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of its suppliers. As the Department
determined in the Preliminary
Determination that Jacobi Carbons AB
(‘‘Jacobi AB’’) was the appropriate
mandatory respondent in this case (see
Preliminary Determination at 71 FR at
59725), the Department conducted
verification of Jacobi AB and certain of
its suppliers. The Department also
conducted verification of 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’’) and
one of its suppliers, in both the PRC and
the United States (where applicable),
and Ningxia Huahui Activated Carbon
Co., Ltd., one of the separate rate
applicants. See the ‘‘Verification’’
section below for additional
information.
We invited parties to comment on the
Preliminary Determination. We received
a case brief from Carbochem Inc.
(‘‘Carbochem’’) on January 11, 2007. We
received case briefs from respondents
Jacobi AB and CCT on January 16, 2007.
We also received a case brief from
Calgon Carbon Corporation and Norit
Americas Inc. (‘‘Petitioners’’), on
January 12, 2007. We received rebuttal
briefs on January 22, 2007, from the
following companies: Jacobi AB, CCT,
Jilin Bright Future, and Petitioners. All
parties that timely requested a hearing
in this case withdrew those requests
prior to the submission of case briefs.
Therefore, the Department did not hold
a hearing in this case.
On February 2, 2007, we invited
parties to comment on the revised NME
wage rate, to be used in the final
determination of this investigation. No
parties submitted comments on this
issue.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and
rebuttal briefs by parties to this
investigation are addressed in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Determination in the Investigation
of Certain Activated Carbon from the
People’s Republic of China, dated
February 23, 2007, which is hereby
adopted by this notice (‘‘Issues and
Decision Memorandum’’). A list of the
issues which parties raised and to
which we respond in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum is attached to
this notice as an Appendix. The Issue
and Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file in the Central
Records Unit (‘‘CRU’’), Main Commerce
Building, Room B–099, and is accessible
on the Web at https://www.trade.gov/ia.
The paper copy and electronic version
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of the memorandum are identical in
content.
Changes Since the Preliminary
Determination
Based on our analysis of comments
received, we have made changes to the
margin calculation for CCT, Jacobi AB
and Jilin Bright Future as follows.
CCT:
We have made changes resulting from
minor corrections and findings at CCT’s
verifications. For a detailed analysis of
CCT’s margin calculation see the Final
Analysis Memorandum for CCT, dated
February 23, 2007.
Jacobi:
We have made the following changes
to Jacobi AB’s margin calculation:
We have determined that it is
appropriate to apply partial adverse
facts available (‘‘AFA’’) to Jacobi for its
reported factors of production supplied
by Ningxia Guanghua Activated Carbon
Co., Ltd.’s (‘‘NXGH’’). See below and
Issues and Decision Memorandum at
Comment 7. We have revised the
application of facts available for one of
Jacobi AB’s suppliers. In addition, we
have made changes to Jacobi AB’s U.S.
sales and factors of production resulting
from minor corrections and findings at
Jacobi AB’s verifications. See Issues and
Decision Memorandum at Comment 19
and Memorandum to the File from Anya
L. Naschak: Jacobi Carbons AB, Tianjin
Jacobi International Trading Co., Ltd.,
and Jacobi Carbons, Inc. Program
Analysis for the Final Determination,
dated February 23, 2007 (‘‘Jacobi Final
Analysis Memorandum’’). For a detailed
analysis of Jacobi AB’s margin
calculation, see Jacobi Final Analysis
Memorandum. Jilin Bright Future:
As discussed in Comment 27 of the
Issues and Decision Memorandum, we
have determined to apply total adverse
facts available to Jilin Bright Future. We
have assigned the PRC–wide margin of
228.11 percent to Jilin Bright Future.
In addition, the Department has made
changes to its calculation of the truck
freight surrogate value as described in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum at
Comment 3, and to the calculation of
certain chemical inputs as described in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum at
Comment 18. See also, Jacobi and CCT’s
Final Analysis Memoranda. The
Department has also revised the
surrogate value for labor to $0.83, a the
revised expected wage rate posted on
the Department’s website on February 2,
2007. Further, the Department
determines that it is appropriate to
apply the methodology described in the
December 27, 2006 Federal Register
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Notice to this investigation. See Issues
and Decision Memorandum at Comment
4 and Final Modification; Calculation of
the Weighted–Average Dumping Margin
During an Antidumping Investigation,
71 FR 77722 (December 27, 2006).
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Affiliation
The Department preliminarily
determined that Jacobi AB, Tianjin
Jacobi International Trading Co., Ltd.
(‘‘Jacobi Tianjin’’), and Jacobi Carbons,
Inc. (‘‘Jacobi US’’) (collectively,
‘‘Jacobi’’) are affiliated with each other,
and that Jacobi AB is the appropriate
mandatory respondent in this case. See
Memorandum to the File: Certain
Activated Carbon from the People’s
Republic of China: Affiliation and
Treatment of Sales of Jacobi Tianjin
International Trading Co., Ltd., Jacobi
Carbons AB, and Jacobi Carbons, Inc.,
dated October 4, 2006, for further details
regarding this issue. No comments were
received on this issue and no
information was placed on the record
that would call into question the
Department’s determination in this
regard. Therefore, the Department
continues to find that Jacobi AB, Jacobi
Tianjin, and Jacobi US are affiliated and
Jacobi AB is the appropriate mandatory
respondent in this case.
Scope of Investigation
The merchandise subject to this
investigation is certain activated carbon.
Certain activated carbon is a powdered,
granular, or pelletized carbon product
obtained by ‘‘activating’’ with heat and
steam various materials containing
carbon, including but not limited to coal
(including bituminous, lignite, and
anthracite), wood, coconut shells, olive
stones, and peat. The thermal and steam
treatments remove organic materials and
create an internal pore structure in the
carbon material. The producer can also
use carbon dioxide gas (CO2) in place of
steam in this process. The vast majority
of the internal porosity developed
during the high temperature steam (or
CO2 gas) activated process is a direct
result of oxidation of a portion of the
solid carbon atoms in the raw material,
converting them into a gaseous form of
carbon.
The scope of this investigation covers
all forms of activated carbon that are
activated by steam or CO2, regardless of
the raw material, grade, mixture,
additives, further washing or post
activation chemical treatment (chemical
or water washing, chemical
impregnation or other treatment), or
product form. Unless specifically
excluded, the scope of this investigation
covers all physical forms of certain
activated carbon, including powdered
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activated carbon (‘‘PAC’’), granular
activated carbon (‘‘GAC’’), and
pelletized activated carbon.
Excluded from the scope of the
investigation are chemically–activated
carbons. The carbon–based raw material
used in the chemical activation process
is treated with a strong chemical agent,
including but not limited to phosphoric
acid, zinc chloride sulfuric acid or
potassium hydroxide, that dehydrates
molecules in the raw material, and
results in the formation of water that is
removed from the raw material by
moderate heat treatment. The activated
carbon created by chemical activation
has internal porosity developed
primarily due to the action of the
chemical dehydration agent. Chemically
activated carbons are typically used to
activate raw materials with a
lignocellulosic component such as
cellulose, including wood, sawdust,
paper mill waste and peat.
To the extent that an imported
activated carbon product is a blend of
steam and chemically activated carbons,
products containing 50 percent or more
steam (or CO2 gas) activated carbons are
within this scope, and those containing
more than 50 percent chemically
activated carbons are outside this scope.
This exclusion language regarding
blended material applies only to
mixtures of steam and chemically
activated carbons.
Also excluded from the scope are
reactivated carbons. Reactivated carbons
are previously used activated carbons
that have had adsorbed materials
removed from their pore structure after
use through the application of heat,
steam and/or chemicals.
Also excluded from the scope is
activated carbon cloth. Activated carbon
cloth is a woven textile fabric made of
or containing activated carbon fibers. It
is used in masks and filters and clothing
of various types where a woven format
is required.
Any activated carbon meeting the
physical description of subject
merchandise provided above that is not
expressly excluded from the scope is
included within this scope. The
products under investigation are
currently classifiable under the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) subheading
3802.10.00. Although HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of this
investigation is dispositive. Scope
Comments
We have addressed comments to the
Scope in our Issues and Decision
Memorandum and have determined not
to revise the scope of this investigation
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other than to clarify that the exclusion
for certain blended activated carbon
only applies to mixtures of steam and
chemically activated carbons.
Facts Available
Section 776(a)(2) of the Act provides
that if an interested party: (A) withholds
information that has been requested by
the Department; (B) fails to provide such
information in a timely manner or in the
form or manner requested, subject to
subsections 782(c)(1) and (e) of the Act;
(C) significantly impedes a
determination under the antidumping
statute; or (D) provides such information
but the information cannot be verified,
the Department shall, subject to
subsection 782(d) of the Act, use facts
otherwise available in reaching the
applicable determination.
Section 776(b) of the Act states that if
the administering authority finds that an
interested party has not acted to the best
of its ability to comply with a request
for information, the administering
authority may, in reaching its
determination, use an inference that is
adverse to that party. The adverse
inference may be based upon: (1) the
petition, (2) a final determination in the
investigation under this title, (3) any
previous review under section 751 or
determination under section 753, or (4)
any other information placed on the
record.
CCT:
For this final determination, in
accordance with section 776(a)(2) of the
Act and 776(b) of the Act, we have
determined that the use of adverse facts
available (‘‘AFA’’) is appropriate for
CCT’s suppliers that have been deemed
uncooperative. See Issues and Decision
Memorandum at Comment 20. As
partial AFA, we are applying the
weighted–average of the two highest
calculated CONNUM–specific NVs
selected from all of the cooperating
suppliers1 of CCT andJacobi to all sales
made by CCT of these suppliers
products. See Memorandum to the File
from Anya Naschak: Calculation of
Adverse Facts Available Rate dated
February 23, 2007.
Jacobi:
For this final determination, in
accordance with section 776(a)(2) of the
Act and 776(b) of the Act, we have
determined that the use of adverse facts
available (‘‘AFA’’) is appropriate for
Jacobi’s reported factors of production
supplied by Ningxia Guanghua
1 We excluded the supplier NXGH of Jacobi as
well as CCT’s suppliers who did not provide FOP
information.
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Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.’s (‘‘NXGH’’).
See Issues and Decision Memorandum
at Comment 7. As partial AFA, we are
applying the weighted–average of the
two highest calculated CONNUM–
specific NVs selected from all of the
cooperating suppliers2 of CCT and
Jacobi to all sales made by Jacobi of
NXGH–produced products. See
Memorandum to the File From Anya
Naschak: Calculation of Adverse Facts
Available Rate dated February 23, 2007.
Jilin Bright Future:
For the final determination, the
Department is applying total adverse
facts available to Jilin Bright Future. The
Department is applying the facts
otherwise available to Jilin Bright
Future because it failed to provide
verifiable factors of production data and
misrepresented and misreported its
production operations and factors of
production, in accordance with sections
776(a)(2)(A), (C) & (D) of the Act.
Furthermore, in accordance with section
776(b) of the Act, the Department found
that Jilin Bright Future failed to
cooperate to the best of its ability to
comply with the Department’s request
for information, and, therefore, finds an
adverse inference is warranted in
determining the facts otherwise
available. For a complete discussion of
this matter, see Comment 27 of the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Verification
As provided in section 782(i) of the
Act, we verified the information
submitted by the respondents and one
separate rate applicant for use in our
final determination. See the
Department’s verification reports on the
record of this investigation in the CRU
with respect to CCT, Jacobi, Jilin Bright
Future, and Ningxia Huahui Activated
Carbon Co., Ltd. For all verified
companies, we used standard
verification procedures, including
examination of relevant accounting and
production records, as well as original
source documents provided by
respondents.
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Surrogate Country
In the Preliminary Determination, we
stated that we had selected India as the
appropriate surrogate country to use in
this investigation for the following
reasons: (1) it is a significant producer
of comparable merchandise; (2) it is at
a similar level of economic development
pursuant to 773(c)(4) of the Act; and (3)
we have reliable data from India that we
2 We excluded the supplier NXGH of Jacobi as
well as the CCT’s suppliers who did not provided
FOP information.
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can use to value the factors of
production. See Preliminary
Determination. For the final
determination, we received no
comments and made no changes to our
findings with respect to the selection of
a surrogate country.
Separate Rates
In proceedings involving non–marketeconomy (‘‘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 subject to an
investigation in an NME country this
single rate unless an exporter can
demonstrate that it is sufficiently
independent so as to be entitled to a
separate rate. See Final Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sparklers
from the People’s Republic of China, 56
FR 20588 (May 6, 1991) (‘‘Sparklers’’),
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
(May 2, 1994) (‘‘Silicon Carbide’’), and
Section 351.107(d) of the Department’s
regulations.
In the Preliminary Determination, we
found that CCT, Jacobi and Jilin Bright
Future, and the separate rate applicants
who received a separate rate (‘‘Separate
Rate Applicants’’) in the Preliminary
Determination demonstrated their
eligibility for separate–rate status. For
the final determination, we continue to
find that the evidence placed on the
record of this investigation by CCT,
Jacobi and Jilin Bright Future, and the
Separate Rate Applicants demonstrate
both a de jure and de facto absence of
government control, with respect to
their respective exports of the
merchandise under investigation, and,
thus are eligible for separate rate status.
We determined in the Preliminary
Determination that Panshan Import and
Export Corporation is not entitled to a
separate rate. We received no comments
on this issue and we continue to find
that Panshan Import and Export
Corporation is not entitled to a separate
rate.
The PRC–Wide Rate
In the Preliminary Determination, the
Department found that certain
companies and the PRC–wide entity did
not respond to our requests information.
In the Preliminary Determination we
treated these PRC producers/exporters
as part of the PRC–wide entity because
they did not demonstrate that they
operate free of government control. No
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additional information has been placed
on the record with respect to these
entities after the Preliminary
Determination. The PRC–wide entity
has not provided the Department with
the requested information; therefore,
pursuant to section 776(a)(2)(A) of the
Act, the Department continues to find
that the use of facts available is
appropriate to determine the PRC–wide
rate. Section 776(b) of the Act provides
that, in selecting from among the facts
otherwise available, the Department
may employ an adverse inference if an
interested party fails to cooperate by not
acting to the best of its ability to comply
with requests for information. See
Notice of Final Determination of Sales
at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Cold–
Rolled Flat–Rolled Carbon–Quality Steel
Products from the Russian Federation,
65 FR 5510, 5518 (February 4, 2000).
See also, ‘‘Statement of Administrative
Action’’ accompanying the URAA, H.R.
Rep. No. 103–316, vol. 1, at 870 (1994)
(‘‘SAA’’). We find that, because the
PRC–wide entity did not respond to our
request for information, it has failed to
cooperate to the best of its ability. The
PRC wide entity includes Datong
Huibao Activated Carbon Co., Ltd and
its affiliated company Beijing Hibridge
Trading Co., Ltd., who we preliminary
determined was part of the PRC–wide
entity as it was selected as a mandatory
respondent and then withdrew.
Therefore, the Department finds that, in
selecting from among the facts
otherwise available, an adverse
inference is appropriate for the PRC–
wide entity.
Because we begin with the
presumption that all companies within
a NME country are subject to
government control and because only
the companies listed under the ‘‘Final
Determination Margins’’ section below
have overcome that presumption, we are
applying a single antidumping rate - the
PRC–wide rate - to all other exporters of
subject merchandise from the PRC. Such
companies did not demonstrate
entitlement to a separate rate. See, e.g.,
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).
The PRC–wide rate applies to all entries
of subject merchandise except for
entries from the respondents which are
listed in the ‘‘Final Determination
Margins’’ section below (except as
noted).
Corroboration
At the Preliminary Determination, in
accordance with section 776(c) of the
Act, we corroborated our adverse facts
available (‘‘AFA’’) margin using
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information submitted by certain
respondents. To assess the probative
value of the total AFA rate it has chosen
for the PRC–wide entity, the Department
compared the final margin calculations
of certain respondents in this
investigation with the rate of 228.11
percent from the petition, as used in the
Preliminary Determination. We
continue to find that the rate is within
the range of the highest margins we
have determined in this investigation.
See Memorandum to the File:
Corroboration of the PRC–Wide Facts
Available Rate for the Final
Determination in the Antidumping Duty
Investigation of Certain Activated
Carbon from the People’s Republic of
China, dated February 23, 2007 (‘‘Final
Corroboration Memo’’). Since the record
of this investigation contains margins
within the range of 228.11 percent, the
margin selected from the petition, we
determine that the rate used in the
Preliminary Determination continues to
be relevant for use in this investigation.
As discussed therein, we found that the
margin of 228.11 percent has probative
value. See Final Corroboration Memo.
Accordingly, we find that the rate of
228.11 percent is corroborated within
the meaning of section 776(c) of the Act.
Combination Rates
In its initiation notice, the Department
stated that it would calculate
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Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd. ................................................................
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd. ................................................................
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd. ................................................................
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd. ................................................................
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd. ................................................................
Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. ..............................................
Datong Locomotive Coal & Chemicals Co., Ltd. .......................................
Datong Municipal Yunguang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. .........................
Datong Yunguang Chemicals Plant ..........................................................
Hebei Foreign Trade and Advertising Corporation ...................................
Hebei Foreign Trade and Advertising Corporation ...................................
Jacobi Carbons AB ....................................................................................
Jacobi Carbons AB ....................................................................................
Jacobi Carbons AB ....................................................................................
Jacobi Carbons AB ....................................................................................
Jacobi Carbons AB ....................................................................................
Jilin Bright Future Chemicals Company, Ltd. ............................................
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Final Determination Margins
We determine that the following
percentage weighted–average margins
exist for the POI:
Supplier
Beijing Pacific Activated Carbon
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.
Carbon
Carbon
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Carbon
Carbon
Carbon
combination rates for certain
respondents that are eligible for a
separate rate in this investigation. See
Initiation of Antidumping Duty
Investigation: Certain Activated Carbon
From the People’s Republic of China, 71
FR 16757 (April 4, 2006) (‘‘Initiation
Notice’’). Therefore, for the final
determination, we have assigned a
combination rate to respondents that are
eligible for a separate rate.
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WA Margin
Alashan Yongtai Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Changji Hongke Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Datong Forward Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Datong Locomotive Coal & Chemicals Co., Ltd.
Datong Yunguang Chemicals Plant
Ningxia Guanghua Cherishmet Activated Carbon
Co., Ltd.
Ningxia Luyuangheng Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd.
Datong Carbon Corporation
Datong Changtai Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Datong Forward Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Datong Fuping Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Datong Hongtai Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Datong Huanqing Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Datong Huibao Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Datong Kangda Activated Carbon Factory
Datong Runmei Activated Carbon Factory
Dushanzi Chemical Factory
Fangyuan Carbonization Co., Ltd.
Hongke Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Huairen Jinbei Chemical Co., Ltd.
Jiaocheng Xinxin Purification Material Co., Ltd.
Ningxia Guanghua Cherishment Activated
Carbon Co., Ltd.
Ningxia Guanghua A/C Co., Ltd.
Ningxia Honghua Carbon Industrial Corporation
Ningxia Luyuanheng Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Ningxia Pingluo Yaofu Activated Carbon Factory
Ningxia Tianfu Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Ningxia Yinchuan Lanqiya Activated Carbon Co.,
Ltd.
Nuclear Ningxia Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Pingluo Xuanzhong Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Shanxi Xuanzhong Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
Xingtai Coal Chemical Co., Ltd.
Yuyang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Datong Locomotive Coal & Chemicals Co., Ltd.
Datong Municipal Yunguang Activated Carbon
Co., Ltd.
Datong Yunguang Chemicals Plant
Da Neng Zheng Da Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Shanxi Bluesky Purification Material Co., Ltd.
Datong Forward Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Datong Hongtai Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Datong Huibao Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Ningxia Guanghua Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Ningxia Huahui Activated Carbon Company
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Shanxi Xinhua Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
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Exporter
Supplier
Jilin Bright Future Chemicals Company, Ltd. ............................................
Jilin Bright Future Chemicals Company, Ltd. ............................................
Jilin Province Bright Future Industry and Commerce Co., Ltd. ................
Jilin Province Bright Future Industry and Commerce Co., Ltd. ................
Jilin Province Bright Future Industry and Commerce Co., Ltd. ................
Ningxia Guanghua Cherishmet Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. .....................
Tonghua Bright Future Activated Carbon Plant
Zuoyun Bright Future Activated Carbon Plant
Shanxi Xinhua Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Tonghua Bright Future Activated Carbon Plant
Zuoyun Bright Future Activated Carbon Plant
Ningxia Guanghua Cherishmet Activated Carbon
Co., Ltd.
Ningxia Huahui Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Ningxia Baota Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Ningxia Activated Carbon Plant
Ningxia Guanghua Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Shanxi Xinhua Chemical Co., Ltd.
Tonghua Xinpeng Activated Carbon Factory
Actview Carbon Technology Co., Ltd.
Datong Forward Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Datong Tri–Star & Power Carbon Plant
Fu Yuan Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Jing Mao (Dongguan) Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Xi Li Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Datong Forward Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Ningxia Guanghua Chemical Activated Carbon
Co., Ltd.
Ningxia Tianfu Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Datong Locomotive Coal & Chemicals Co., Ltd.
Datong Tianzhao Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Ningxia Huinong Xingsheng Activated Carbon
Co., Ltd.
Ningxia Yirong Alloy Iron Co., Ltd.
Ninxia Tongfu Coking Co., Ltd.
Shanxi Xiaoyi Huanyu Chemicals Co., Ltd.
Datong Guanghua Activated Co., Ltd.
Ningxia Guanghua–Cherishmet Activated Carbon
Co., Ltd.
Ningxia Pingluo County YaoFu Activated Carbon
Factory
Ningxia Pingluo Xuanzhong Activated Carbon
Co., Ltd.
Datong Zuoyun Biyun Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Ningxia Guanghua Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Ningxia Xingsheng Coal and Active Carbon Co.,
Ltd.
Pingluo Yu Yang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Hegongye Ninxia Activated Carbon Factory
Ningxia Pingluo County YaoFu Activated Carbon
Plant
Yinchuan Lanqiya Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Datong Fu Ping Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.
Datong Locomotive Coal & Chemical Co. Ltd.
Xinhua Chemical Company Ltd.
DaTong Tri–Star & Power Carbon Plant
Ningxia Huahui Activated Carbon Company
Limited
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Ningxia Huahui Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. ..............................................
Ningxia Mineral & Chemical Limited .........................................................
Shanxi DMD Corporation China Nuclear ..................................................
Shanxi DMD Corporation ...........................................................................
Shanxi DMD Corporation ...........................................................................
Shanxi DMD Corporation ...........................................................................
Shanxi Industry Technology Trading Co., Ltd. ..........................................
Shanxi Industry Technology Trading Co., Ltd. ..........................................
Shanxi Industry Technology Trading Co., Ltd. ..........................................
Shanxi Industry Technology Trading Co., Ltd. ..........................................
Shanxi Industry Technology Trading Co., Ltd. ..........................................
Shanxi Industry Technology Trading Co., Ltd. ..........................................
Shanxi Newtime Co., Ltd. ..........................................................................
Shanxi Newtime Co., Ltd. ..........................................................................
Shanxi
Shanxi
Shanxi
Shanxi
Newtime Co., Ltd. ..........................................................................
Qixian Foreign Trade Corporation .................................................
Qixian Foreign Trade Corporation .................................................
Qixian Foreign Trade Corporation .................................................
Shanxi
Shanxi
Shanxi
Shanxi
Shanxi
Qixian Foreign Trade Corporation .................................................
Qixian Foreign Trade Corporation .................................................
Qixian Foreign Trade Corporation .................................................
Sincere Industrial Co., Ltd. ............................................................
Sincere Industrial Co., Ltd. ............................................................
Shanxi Sincere Industrial Co., Ltd. ............................................................
Shanxi Xuanzhong Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. .......................................
Tangshan Solid Carbon Co., Ltd. ..............................................................
Tangshan Solid Carbon Co., Ltd. ..............................................................
Tangshan Solid Carbon Co., Ltd. ..............................................................
Tangshan Solid Carbon Co., Ltd. ..............................................................
Tianjin Maijin Industries Co., Ltd. ..............................................................
Tianjin Maijin Industries Co., Ltd. ..............................................................
Tianjin Maijin Industries Co., Ltd. ..............................................................
United Manufacturing International (Beijing) Ltd. ......................................
United Manufacturing International (Beijing) Ltd. ......................................
United Manufacturing International (Beijing) Ltd. ......................................
Xi’an Shuntong International Trade & Industrials Co., Ltd. .......................
Xi’an Shuntong International Trade & Industrials Co., Ltd. .......................
PRC–Wide Rate ........................................................................................
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Disclosure
We will disclose the calculations
performed within five days of the date
of publication of this notice to parties in
this proceeding in accordance with 19
CFR 351.224(b).
Continuation of Suspension of
Liquidation
Pursuant to 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
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after October 11,
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2006, the date of publication of the
Preliminary Determination. CBP shall
continue to require a cash deposit or the
posting of a bond equal to the estimated
amount by which the normal value
exceeds the U.S. price as shown above.
These instructions suspending
liquidation will remain in effect until
further notice.
ITC Notification
In accordance with section 735(d) of
the Act, we have notified the
International Trade Commission (‘‘ITC’’)
of our final determination of sales at
LTFV. As our final determination is
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affirmative, in accordance with section
735(b)(2) of the Act, within 45 days the
ITC will determine whether the
domestic industry in the United States
is materially injured, or threatened with
material injury, by reason of imports or
sales (or the likelihood of sales) for
importation of the subject merchandise.
If the ITC determines that material
injury or threat of material injury does
not exist, the proceeding will be
terminated and all securities posted will
be refunded or canceled. If the ITC
determines that such injury does exist,
the Department will issue an
antidumping duty order directing CBP
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to assess antidumping duties on all
imports of the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the effective
date of the suspension of liquidation.
Notification Regarding APO
This notice also serves as a reminder
to the parties subject to administrative
protective order (‘‘APO’’) of their
responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely
notification of return or destruction of
APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested.
Failure to comply with the regulations
and the terms of an APO is a
sanctionable violation. This
determination and notice are issued and
published in accordance with sections
735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
This determination and notice are
issued and published in accordance
with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the
Act.
Dated: February 23, 2007.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
General Issues
Comment 1: Whether to Clarify the
Scope With Respect to Blended
Products
CCT Issues
Comment 20: Whether to Continue to
Apply Adverse Facts Available to
Certain CCT Suppliers
Comment 21: PXZ’s Pressroom Product
Comment 22: Whether to Impute the
Verification Findings of NXGH to CCT
Comment 23: Production Denominator
Comment 24: Calculation of Indirect
Selling Expense
Comment 25: U.S. Warehousing
Expense
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Comment 2: Whether to Exclude
Carbochem Products from the Scope
Comment 3: Whether to Correct Freight
Ministerial Error
Comment 4: Whether to Change the
Department’s Zeroing Methodology
Comment 5: Whether to Grant a By–
Product Offset for Activated Carbon
Products
Comment 6: Treatment of Non–
Production Electricity and Labor
Company–Specific Issues
Jacobi Issues
Comment 7: Whether to Apply Total
Adverse Facts Available to Jacobi
Comment 8: Treatment of Powdered
Activated Carbon Sold to the United
States
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Comment 19: Calculation of Indirect
Selling Expense
Jilin Issues
Comment 27: Whether to Apply
Adverse Facts Available to Jilin Bright
Future
Changes from the Preliminary
Determination
Comment 9: Whether to Recalculate
Jacobi’s FOPs to Include By–products in
the Denominator
Comment 10: Whether to Apply
Adverse Facts Available for DTFH
Comment 11: Whether to Apply
Adverse Facts Available to Jacobi’s
Electricity and Labor
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Comment 17: Valuation of Coal
Comment 18: Valuation of Chemical
Inputs
Comment 26: Marine Insurance
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Comment 12: Treatment of Impregnated
Material at NXGH for which No Data
Were Reported
Comment 13: Whether to Impute
Verification Findings of NXGH and
DTHB to Jacobi’s Other Suppliers
Comment 14: Treatment of Water
Comment 15: Treatment of Packing and
Factory Labor
Comment 16: Valuation of Carbonized
Material
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
(A–427–801)
Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from
France: Initiation of an Antidumping
Duty Changed–Circumstances Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to a request for a
changed–circumstances review from
Societe Nouvelle de Fabrication
Aeronautique S.A.S.U., SKF France
S.A., and SKF Aerospace France S.A.S.
and pursuant to section 751(b) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19
CFR § 351.216 and 351.221(c)(3), the
Department of Commerce is initiating a
changed–circumstances review of the
antidumping duty order on ball bearings
and parts thereof from France.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 2, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Edythe Artman at (202) 482–3931 or
Richard Rimlinger at (202) 482–4477,
AD/CVD Operations, Office 5, Import
AGENCY:
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Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department of Commerce (the
Department) published antidumping
duty orders on ball bearings, cylindrical
roller bearings, and spherical plain
bearings and parts thereof from France
on May 15, 1989. See Antidumping Duty
Orders: Ball Bearings, Cylindrical Roller
Bearings, Spherical Plain Bearings, and
Parts Thereof From France, 54 FR 20902
(May 15, 1989). The order on cylindrical
roller bearings and parts thereof from
France was revoked, effective January 1,
2000. See Revocation of Antidumping
Duty Orders on Certain Bearings From
Hungary, Japan, Romania, Sweden,
France, Germany, Italy, and the United
Kingdom, 65 FR 42667 (July 11, 2000).
The order on spherical plain bearings
and parts thereof from France was also
revoked, effective July 11, 2005. See
Antifriction Bearings and Parts Thereof
from France and Singapore: Revocation
of Antidumping Duty Orders, 71 FR
54468 (September 15, 2006).
Societe Nouvelle de Fabrication
Aeronautique S.A.S.U. (SNFA) and SKF
France S.A. have participated in
numerous administrative reviews of the
order on ball bearings and parts thereof
from France. On August 11, 2000, the
Department revoked the order, effective
May 1, 1999, with respect to sales of
bearings by SNFA. See Antifriction
Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller
Bearings) and Parts Thereof from
France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
Romania, Singapore, Sweden and the
United Kingdom; Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Reviews and Revocation of Orders in
Part, 65 FR 49219 (August 11, 2000).
On January 9, 2007, SNFA and SKF
France S.A. and SKF Aerospace France
S.A.S. (collectively SKF France)
requested that the Department initiate
and conduct a changed–circumstances
review in order to determine that, for
purposes of the order on ball bearings
and parts thereof, SNFA is not a
successor–in-interest to SKF France
following SNFA’s acquisition by that
company and that it is the successor–ininterest to the pre–acquisition SNFA.
We did not receive any other
comments.
Scope of the Order
The products covered by these orders
are ball bearings (other than tapered
roller bearings) and parts thereof. These
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-904]
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.
DATES: March 2, 2007.
SUMMARY: On October 11, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``the
Department'') published its preliminary determination of sales at less
than fair value (``LTFV'') in the antidumping investigation of certain
activated carbon from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). The
period of investigation (``POI'') is July 1, 2005, through December 31,
2005. We invited interested parties to comment on our preliminary
determination of sales at LTFV. Based on our analysis of the comments
we received, we have made changes to our calculations for the mandatory
respondents. The final dumping margins for this investigation are
listed in the ``Final Determination Margins'' section below.
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.
Final Determination
We determine that certain activated carbon from the PRC is being,
or is likely to be, sold in the United States at LTFV as provided in
section 735 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). The
estimated margins of sales at LTFV are shown in the ``Final
Determination Margins'' section of this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Case History
The Department published its preliminary determination of sales at
LTFV on October 11, 2006. See Preliminary Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination: Certain
Activated Carbon from the People's Republic of China, 71 FR 59721
(October 11, 2006) (``Preliminary Determination''). The Department
conducted verification of Calgon Carbon (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. (``CCT'')
and certain of its suppliers. As the Department determined in the
Preliminary Determination that Jacobi Carbons AB (``Jacobi AB'') was
the appropriate mandatory respondent in this case (see Preliminary
Determination at 71 FR at 59725), the Department conducted verification
of Jacobi AB and certain of its suppliers. The Department also
conducted verification of 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'') and one of its suppliers, in
both the PRC and the United States (where applicable), and Ningxia
Huahui Activated Carbon Co., Ltd., one of the separate rate applicants.
See the ``Verification'' section below for additional information.
We invited parties to comment on the Preliminary Determination. We
received a case brief from Carbochem Inc. (``Carbochem'') on January
11, 2007. We received case briefs from respondents Jacobi AB and CCT on
January 16, 2007. We also received a case brief from Calgon Carbon
Corporation and Norit Americas Inc. (``Petitioners''), on January 12,
2007. We received rebuttal briefs on January 22, 2007, from the
following companies: Jacobi AB, CCT, Jilin Bright Future, and
Petitioners. All parties that timely requested a hearing in this case
withdrew those requests prior to the submission of case briefs.
Therefore, the Department did not hold a hearing in this case.
On February 2, 2007, we invited parties to comment on the revised
NME wage rate, to be used in the final determination of this
investigation. No parties submitted comments on this issue.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to
this investigation are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
for the Final Determination in the Investigation of Certain Activated
Carbon from the People's Republic of China, dated February 23, 2007,
which is hereby adopted by this notice (``Issues and Decision
Memorandum''). A list of the issues which parties raised and to which
we respond in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached to this
notice as an Appendix. The Issue and Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file in the Central Records Unit (``CRU''), Main
Commerce Building, Room B-099, and is accessible on the Web at https://
www.trade.gov/ia. The paper copy and electronic version of the
memorandum are identical in content.
Changes Since the Preliminary Determination
Based on our analysis of comments received, we have made changes to
the margin calculation for CCT, Jacobi AB and Jilin Bright Future as
follows.
CCT:
We have made changes resulting from minor corrections and findings
at CCT's verifications. For a detailed analysis of CCT's margin
calculation see the Final Analysis Memorandum for CCT, dated February
23, 2007.
Jacobi:
We have made the following changes to Jacobi AB's margin
calculation:
We have determined that it is appropriate to apply partial adverse
facts available (``AFA'') to Jacobi for its reported factors of
production supplied by Ningxia Guanghua Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.'s
(``NXGH''). See below and Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 7.
We have revised the application of facts available for one of Jacobi
AB's suppliers. In addition, we have made changes to Jacobi AB's U.S.
sales and factors of production resulting from minor corrections and
findings at Jacobi AB's verifications. See Issues and Decision
Memorandum at Comment 19 and Memorandum to the File from Anya L.
Naschak: Jacobi Carbons AB, Tianjin Jacobi International Trading Co.,
Ltd., and Jacobi Carbons, Inc. Program Analysis for the Final
Determination, dated February 23, 2007 (``Jacobi Final Analysis
Memorandum''). For a detailed analysis of Jacobi AB's margin
calculation, see Jacobi Final Analysis Memorandum. Jilin Bright Future:
As discussed in Comment 27 of the Issues and Decision Memorandum,
we have determined to apply total adverse facts available to Jilin
Bright Future. We have assigned the PRC-wide margin of 228.11 percent
to Jilin Bright Future.
In addition, the Department has made changes to its calculation of
the truck freight surrogate value as described in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum at Comment 3, and to the calculation of certain
chemical inputs as described in the Issues and Decision Memorandum at
Comment 18. See also, Jacobi and CCT's Final Analysis Memoranda. The
Department has also revised the surrogate value for labor to $0.83, a
the revised expected wage rate posted on the Department's website on
February 2, 2007. Further, the Department determines that it is
appropriate to apply the methodology described in the December 27, 2006
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Notice to this investigation. See Issues and Decision Memorandum at
Comment 4 and Final Modification; Calculation of the Weighted-Average
Dumping Margin During an Antidumping Investigation, 71 FR 77722
(December 27, 2006).
Affiliation
The Department preliminarily determined that Jacobi AB, Tianjin
Jacobi International Trading Co., Ltd. (``Jacobi Tianjin''), and Jacobi
Carbons, Inc. (``Jacobi US'') (collectively, ``Jacobi'') are affiliated
with each other, and that Jacobi AB is the appropriate mandatory
respondent in this case. See Memorandum to the File: Certain Activated
Carbon from the People's Republic of China: Affiliation and Treatment
of Sales of Jacobi Tianjin International Trading Co., Ltd., Jacobi
Carbons AB, and Jacobi Carbons, Inc., dated October 4, 2006, for
further details regarding this issue. No comments were received on this
issue and no information was placed on the record that would call into
question the Department's determination in this regard. Therefore, the
Department continues to find that Jacobi AB, Jacobi Tianjin, and Jacobi
US are affiliated and Jacobi AB is the appropriate mandatory respondent
in this case.
Scope of Investigation
The merchandise subject to this investigation is certain activated
carbon. Certain activated carbon is a powdered, granular, or pelletized
carbon product obtained by ``activating'' with heat and steam various
materials containing carbon, including but not limited to coal
(including bituminous, lignite, and anthracite), wood, coconut shells,
olive stones, and peat. The thermal and steam treatments remove organic
materials and create an internal pore structure in the carbon material.
The producer can also use carbon dioxide gas (CO[bdi2]) in place of
steam in this process. The vast majority of the internal porosity
developed during the high temperature steam (or CO[bdi2] gas) activated
process is a direct result of oxidation of a portion of the solid
carbon atoms in the raw material, converting them into a gaseous form
of carbon.
The scope of this investigation covers all forms of activated
carbon that are activated by steam or CO[bdi2], regardless of the raw
material, grade, mixture, additives, further washing or post activation
chemical treatment (chemical or water washing, chemical impregnation or
other treatment), or product form. Unless specifically excluded, the
scope of this investigation covers all physical forms of certain
activated carbon, including powdered activated carbon (``PAC''),
granular activated carbon (``GAC''), and pelletized activated carbon.
Excluded from the scope of the investigation are chemically-
activated carbons. The carbon-based raw material used in the chemical
activation process is treated with a strong chemical agent, including
but not limited to phosphoric acid, zinc chloride sulfuric acid or
potassium hydroxide, that dehydrates molecules in the raw material, and
results in the formation of water that is removed from the raw material
by moderate heat treatment. The activated carbon created by chemical
activation has internal porosity developed primarily due to the action
of the chemical dehydration agent. Chemically activated carbons are
typically used to activate raw materials with a lignocellulosic
component such as cellulose, including wood, sawdust, paper mill waste
and peat.
To the extent that an imported activated carbon product is a blend
of steam and chemically activated carbons, products containing 50
percent or more steam (or CO[bdi2] gas) activated carbons are within
this scope, and those containing more than 50 percent chemically
activated carbons are outside this scope. This exclusion language
regarding blended material applies only to mixtures of steam and
chemically activated carbons.
Also excluded from the scope are reactivated carbons. Reactivated
carbons are previously used activated carbons that have had adsorbed
materials removed from their pore structure after use through the
application of heat, steam and/or chemicals.
Also excluded from the scope is activated carbon cloth. Activated
carbon cloth is a woven textile fabric made of or containing activated
carbon fibers. It is used in masks and filters and clothing of various
types where a woven format is required.
Any activated carbon meeting the physical description of subject
merchandise provided above that is not expressly excluded from the
scope is included within this scope. The products under investigation
are currently classifiable under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (``HTSUS'') subheading 3802.10.00. Although HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of this investigation is dispositive.
Scope Comments
We have addressed comments to the Scope in our Issues and Decision
Memorandum and have determined not to revise the scope of this
investigation other than to clarify that the exclusion for certain
blended activated carbon only applies to mixtures of steam and
chemically activated carbons.
Facts Available
Section 776(a)(2) of the Act provides that if an interested party:
(A) withholds information that has been requested by the Department;
(B) fails to provide such information in a timely manner or in the form
or manner requested, subject to subsections 782(c)(1) and (e) of the
Act; (C) significantly impedes a determination under the antidumping
statute; or (D) provides such information but the information cannot be
verified, the Department shall, subject to subsection 782(d) of the
Act, use facts otherwise available in reaching the applicable
determination.
Section 776(b) of the Act states that if the administering
authority finds that an interested party has not acted to the best of
its ability to comply with a request for information, the administering
authority may, in reaching its determination, use an inference that is
adverse to that party. The adverse inference may be based upon: (1) the
petition, (2) a final determination in the investigation under this
title, (3) any previous review under section 751 or determination under
section 753, or (4) any other information placed on the record.
CCT:
For this final determination, in accordance with section 776(a)(2)
of the Act and 776(b) of the Act, we have determined that the use of
adverse facts available (``AFA'') is appropriate for CCT's suppliers
that have been deemed uncooperative. See Issues and Decision Memorandum
at Comment 20. As partial AFA, we are applying the weighted-average of
the two highest calculated CONNUM-specific NVs selected from all of the
cooperating suppliers\1\ of CCT andJacobi to all sales made by CCT of
these suppliers products. See Memorandum to the File from Anya Naschak:
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Jacobi:
For this final determination, in accordance with section 776(a)(2)
of the Act and 776(b) of the Act, we have determined that the use of
adverse facts available (``AFA'') is appropriate for Jacobi's reported
factors of production supplied by Ningxia Guanghua
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Activated Carbon Co., Ltd.'s (``NXGH''). See Issues and Decision
Memorandum at Comment 7. As partial AFA, we are applying the weighted-
average of the two highest calculated CONNUM-specific NVs selected from
all of the cooperating suppliers\2\ of CCT and Jacobi to all sales made
by Jacobi of NXGH-produced products. See Memorandum to the File From
Anya Naschak: Calculation of Adverse Facts Available Rate dated
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Jilin Bright Future:
For the final determination, the Department is applying total
adverse facts available to Jilin Bright Future. The Department is
applying the facts otherwise available to Jilin Bright Future because
it failed to provide verifiable factors of production data and
misrepresented and misreported its production operations and factors of
production, in accordance with sections 776(a)(2)(A), (C) & (D) of the
Act. Furthermore, in accordance with section 776(b) of the Act, the
Department found that Jilin Bright Future failed to cooperate to the
best of its ability to comply with the Department's request for
information, and, therefore, finds an adverse inference is warranted in
determining the facts otherwise available. For a complete discussion of
this matter, see Comment 27 of the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Verification
As provided in section 782(i) of the Act, we verified the
information submitted by the respondents and one separate rate
applicant for use in our final determination. See the Department's
verification reports on the record of this investigation in the CRU
with respect to CCT, Jacobi, Jilin Bright Future, and Ningxia Huahui
Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. For all verified companies, we used standard
verification procedures, including examination of relevant accounting
and production records, as well as original source documents provided
by respondents.
Surrogate Country
In the Preliminary Determination, we stated that we had selected
India as the appropriate surrogate country to use in this investigation
for the following reasons: (1) it is a significant producer of
comparable merchandise; (2) it is at a similar level of economic
development pursuant to 773(c)(4) of the Act; and (3) we have reliable
data from India that we can use to value the factors of production. See
Preliminary Determination. For the final determination, we received no
comments and made no changes to our findings with respect to the
selection of a surrogate country.
Separate Rates
In proceedings involving non-market-economy (``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 subject to
an investigation in an NME country this single rate unless an exporter
can demonstrate that it is sufficiently independent so as to be
entitled to a separate rate. See Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value: Sparklers from the People's Republic of China, 56 FR
20588 (May 6, 1991) (``Sparklers''), 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 (May 2, 1994) (``Silicon
Carbide''), and Section 351.107(d) of the Department's regulations.
In the Preliminary Determination, we found that CCT, Jacobi and
Jilin Bright Future, and the separate rate applicants who received a
separate rate (``Separate Rate Applicants'') in the Preliminary
Determination demonstrated their eligibility for separate-rate status.
For the final determination, we continue to find that the evidence
placed on the record of this investigation by CCT, Jacobi and Jilin
Bright Future, and the Separate Rate Applicants demonstrate both a de
jure and de facto absence of government control, with respect to their
respective exports of the merchandise under investigation, and, thus
are eligible for separate rate status. We determined in the Preliminary
Determination that Panshan Import and Export Corporation is not
entitled to a separate rate. We received no comments on this issue and
we continue to find that Panshan Import and Export Corporation is not
entitled to a separate rate.
The PRC-Wide Rate
In the Preliminary Determination, the Department found that certain
companies and the PRC-wide entity did not respond to our requests
information. In the Preliminary Determination we treated these PRC
producers/exporters as part of the PRC-wide entity because they did not
demonstrate that they operate free of government control. No additional
information has been placed on the record with respect to these
entities after the Preliminary Determination. The PRC-wide entity has
not provided the Department with the requested information; therefore,
pursuant to section 776(a)(2)(A) of the Act, the Department continues
to find that the use of facts available is appropriate to determine the
PRC-wide rate. Section 776(b) of the Act provides that, in selecting
from among the facts otherwise available, the Department may employ an
adverse inference if an interested party fails to cooperate by not
acting to the best of its ability to comply with requests for
information. See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value: Certain Cold-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel
Products from the Russian Federation, 65 FR 5510, 5518 (February 4,
2000). See also, ``Statement of Administrative Action'' accompanying
the URAA, H.R. Rep. No. 103-316, vol. 1, at 870 (1994) (``SAA''). We
find that, because the PRC-wide entity did not respond to our request
for information, it has failed to cooperate to the best of its ability.
The PRC wide entity includes Datong Huibao Activated Carbon Co., Ltd
and its affiliated company Beijing Hibridge Trading Co., Ltd., who we
preliminary determined was part of the PRC-wide entity as it was
selected as a mandatory respondent and then withdrew. Therefore, the
Department finds that, in selecting from among the facts otherwise
available, an adverse inference is appropriate for the PRC-wide entity.
Because we begin with the presumption that all companies within a
NME country are subject to government control and because only the
companies listed under the ``Final Determination Margins'' section
below have overcome that presumption, we are applying a single
antidumping rate - the PRC-wide rate - to all other exporters of
subject merchandise from the PRC. Such companies did not demonstrate
entitlement to a separate rate. See, e.g., 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). The PRC-wide rate
applies to all entries of subject merchandise except for entries from
the respondents which are listed in the ``Final Determination Margins''
section below (except as noted).
Corroboration
At the Preliminary Determination, in accordance with section 776(c)
of the Act, we corroborated our adverse facts available (``AFA'')
margin using
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information submitted by certain respondents. To assess the probative
value of the total AFA rate it has chosen for the PRC-wide entity, the
Department compared the final margin calculations of certain
respondents in this investigation with the rate of 228.11 percent from
the petition, as used in the Preliminary Determination. We continue to
find that the rate is within the range of the highest margins we have
determined in this investigation. See Memorandum to the File:
Corroboration of the PRC-Wide Facts Available Rate for the Final
Determination in the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain
Activated Carbon from the People's Republic of China, dated February
23, 2007 (``Final Corroboration Memo''). Since the record of this
investigation contains margins within the range of 228.11 percent, the
margin selected from the petition, we determine that the rate used in
the Preliminary Determination continues to be relevant for use in this
investigation. As discussed therein, we found that the margin of 228.11
percent has probative value. See Final Corroboration Memo. Accordingly,
we find that the rate of 228.11 percent is corroborated within the
meaning of section 776(c) of the Act.
Combination Rates
In its initiation notice, the Department stated that it would
calculate combination rates for certain respondents that are eligible
for a separate rate in this investigation. See Initiation of
Antidumping Duty Investigation: Certain Activated Carbon From the
People's Republic of China, 71 FR 16757 (April 4, 2006) (``Initiation
Notice''). Therefore, for the final determination, we have assigned a
combination rate to respondents that are eligible for a separate rate.
Final Determination Margins
We determine that the following percentage weighted-average margins
exist for the POI:
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Exporter Supplier WA Margin
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Beijing Pacific Activated Carbon Products Co., Alashan Yongtai Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 73.60
Ltd..........................................
Beijing Pacific Activated Carbon Products Co., Changji Hongke Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 73.60
Ltd..........................................
Beijing Pacific Activated Carbon Products Co., Datong Forward Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 73.60
Ltd..........................................
Beijing Pacific Activated Carbon Products Co., Datong Locomotive Coal & Chemicals Co., Ltd. 73.60
Ltd..........................................
Beijing Pacific Activated Carbon Products Co., Datong Yunguang Chemicals Plant 73.60
Ltd..........................................
Beijing Pacific Activated Carbon Products Co., Ningxia Guanghua Cherishmet Activated Carbon 73.60
Ltd.......................................... Co., Ltd.
Beijing Pacific Activated Carbon Products Co., Ningxia Luyuangheng Activated Carbon Co., 73.60
Ltd.......................................... Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd. 78.89
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Datong Carbon Corporation 78.89
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Datong Changtai Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 78.89
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Datong Forward Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 78.89
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Datong Fuping Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 78.89
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Datong Hongtai Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 78.89
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Datong Huanqing Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 78.89
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Datong Huibao Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 78.89
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Datong Kangda Activated Carbon Factory 78.89
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Datong Runmei Activated Carbon Factory 78.89
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Dushanzi Chemical Factory 78.89
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Fangyuan Carbonization Co., Ltd. 78.89
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Hongke Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 78.89
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Huairen Jinbei Chemical Co., Ltd. 78.89
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Jiaocheng Xinxin Purification Material Co., 78.89
Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Ningxia Guanghua Cherishment Activated Carbon 78.89
Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Ningxia Guanghua A/C Co., Ltd. 78.89
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Ningxia Honghua Carbon Industrial Corporation 78.89
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Ningxia Luyuanheng Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 78.89
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Ningxia Pingluo Yaofu Activated Carbon 78.89
Factory
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Ningxia Tianfu Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 78.89
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Ningxia Yinchuan Lanqiya Activated Carbon 78.89
Co., Ltd.
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Nuclear Ningxia Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 78.89
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Pingluo Xuanzhong Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 78.89
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Shanxi Xuanzhong Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. 78.89
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Xingtai Coal Chemical Co., Ltd. 78.89
Calgon Carbon Tianjin Co., Ltd................ Yuyang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 78.89
Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd...... Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 73.60
Datong Locomotive Coal & Chemicals Co., Ltd... Datong Locomotive Coal & Chemicals Co., Ltd. 73.60
Datong Municipal Yunguang Activated Carbon Datong Municipal Yunguang Activated Carbon 73.60
Co., Ltd..................................... Co., Ltd.
Datong Yunguang Chemicals Plant............... Datong Yunguang Chemicals Plant 73.60
Hebei Foreign Trade and Advertising Da Neng Zheng Da Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 73.60
Corporation..................................
Hebei Foreign Trade and Advertising Shanxi Bluesky Purification Material Co., 73.60
Corporation.................................. Ltd.
Jacobi Carbons AB............................. Datong Forward Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 62.08
Jacobi Carbons AB............................. Datong Hongtai Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 62.08
Jacobi Carbons AB............................. Datong Huibao Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 62.08
Jacobi Carbons AB............................. Ningxia Guanghua Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 62.08
Jacobi Carbons AB............................. Ningxia Huahui Activated Carbon Company 62.08
Limited
Jilin Bright Future Chemicals Company, Ltd.... Shanxi Xinhua Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 228.11
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Jilin Bright Future Chemicals Company, Ltd.... Tonghua Bright Future Activated Carbon Plant 228.11
Jilin Bright Future Chemicals Company, Ltd.... Zuoyun Bright Future Activated Carbon Plant 228.11
Jilin Province Bright Future Industry and Shanxi Xinhua Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 228.11
Commerce Co., Ltd............................
Jilin Province Bright Future Industry and Tonghua Bright Future Activated Carbon Plant 228.11
Commerce Co., Ltd............................
Jilin Province Bright Future Industry and Zuoyun Bright Future Activated Carbon Plant 228.11
Commerce Co., Ltd............................
Ningxia Guanghua Cherishmet Activated Carbon Ningxia Guanghua Cherishmet Activated Carbon 73.60
Co., Ltd..................................... Co., Ltd.
Ningxia Huahui Activated Carbon Co., Ltd...... Ningxia Huahui Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 73.60
Ningxia Mineral & Chemical Limited............ Ningxia Baota Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 73.60
Shanxi DMD Corporation China Nuclear.......... Ningxia Activated Carbon Plant 73.60
Shanxi DMD Corporation........................ Ningxia Guanghua Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 73.60
Shanxi DMD Corporation........................ Shanxi Xinhua Chemical Co., Ltd. 73.60
Shanxi DMD Corporation........................ Tonghua Xinpeng Activated Carbon Factory 73.60
Shanxi Industry Technology Trading Co., Ltd... Actview Carbon Technology Co., Ltd. 73.60
Shanxi Industry Technology Trading Co., Ltd... Datong Forward Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 73.60
Shanxi Industry Technology Trading Co., Ltd... Datong Tri-Star & Power Carbon Plant 73.60
Shanxi Industry Technology Trading Co., Ltd... Fu Yuan Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 73.60
Shanxi Industry Technology Trading Co., Ltd... Jing Mao (Dongguan) Activated Carbon Co., 73.60
Ltd.
Shanxi Industry Technology Trading Co., Ltd... Xi Li Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 73.60
Shanxi Newtime Co., Ltd....................... Datong Forward Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 73.60
Shanxi Newtime Co., Ltd....................... Ningxia Guanghua Chemical Activated Carbon 73.60
Co., Ltd.
Shanxi Newtime Co., Ltd....................... Ningxia Tianfu Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 73.60
Shanxi Qixian Foreign Trade Corporation....... Datong Locomotive Coal & Chemicals Co., Ltd. 73.60
Shanxi Qixian Foreign Trade Corporation....... Datong Tianzhao Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 73.60
Shanxi Qixian Foreign Trade Corporation....... Ningxia Huinong Xingsheng Activated Carbon 73.60
Co., Ltd.
Shanxi Qixian Foreign Trade Corporation....... Ningxia Yirong Alloy Iron Co., Ltd. 73.60
Shanxi Qixian Foreign Trade Corporation....... Ninxia Tongfu Coking Co., Ltd. 73.60
Shanxi Qixian Foreign Trade Corporation....... Shanxi Xiaoyi Huanyu Chemicals Co., Ltd. 73.60
Shanxi Sincere Industrial Co., Ltd............ Datong Guanghua Activated Co., Ltd. 73.60
Shanxi Sincere Industrial Co., Ltd............ Ningxia Guanghua-Cherishmet Activated Carbon 73.60
Co., Ltd.
Shanxi Sincere Industrial Co., Ltd............ Ningxia Pingluo County YaoFu Activated Carbon 73.60
Factory
Shanxi Xuanzhong Chemical Industry Co., Ltd... Ningxia Pingluo Xuanzhong Activated Carbon 73.60
Co., Ltd.
Tangshan Solid Carbon Co., Ltd................ Datong Zuoyun Biyun Activated Carbon Co., 73.60
Ltd.
Tangshan Solid Carbon Co., Ltd................ Ningxia Guanghua Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 73.60
Tangshan Solid Carbon Co., Ltd................ Ningxia Xingsheng Coal and Active Carbon Co., 73.60
Ltd.
Tangshan Solid Carbon Co., Ltd................ Pingluo Yu Yang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 73.60
Tianjin Maijin Industries Co., Ltd............ Hegongye Ninxia Activated Carbon Factory 73.60
Tianjin Maijin Industries Co., Ltd............ Ningxia Pingluo County YaoFu Activated Carbon 73.60
Plant
Tianjin Maijin Industries Co., Ltd............ Yinchuan Lanqiya Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 73.60
United Manufacturing International (Beijing) Datong Fu Ping Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. 73.60
Ltd..........................................
United Manufacturing International (Beijing) Datong Locomotive Coal & Chemical Co. Ltd. 73.60
Ltd..........................................
United Manufacturing International (Beijing) Xinhua Chemical Company Ltd. 73.60
Ltd..........................................
Xi'an Shuntong International Trade & DaTong Tri-Star & Power Carbon Plant 73.60
Industrials Co., Ltd.........................
Xi'an Shuntong International Trade & Ningxia Huahui Activated Carbon Company 73.60
Industrials Co., Ltd......................... Limited
PRC-Wide Rate................................. ............................................. 228.11
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Disclosure
We will disclose the calculations performed within five days of the
date of publication of this notice to parties in this proceeding in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation
Pursuant to 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 entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after October 11,
2006, the date of publication of the Preliminary Determination. CBP
shall continue to require a cash deposit or the posting of a bond equal
to the estimated amount by which the normal value exceeds the U.S.
price as shown above. These instructions suspending liquidation will
remain in effect until further notice.
ITC Notification
In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, we have notified the
International Trade Commission (``ITC'') of our final determination of
sales at LTFV. As our final determination is affirmative, in accordance
with section 735(b)(2) of the Act, within 45 days the ITC will
determine whether the domestic industry in the United States is
materially injured, or threatened with material injury, by reason of
imports or sales (or the likelihood of sales) for importation of the
subject merchandise. If the ITC determines that material injury or
threat of material injury does not exist, the proceeding will be
terminated and all securities posted will be refunded or canceled. If
the ITC determines that such injury does exist, the Department will
issue an antidumping duty order directing CBP
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to assess antidumping duties on all imports of the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
effective date of the suspension of liquidation.
Notification Regarding APO
This notice also serves as a reminder to the parties subject to
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely notification of return or
destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order
is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the
terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation. This determination and
notice are issued and published in accordance with sections 735(d) and
777(i)(1) of the Act.
This determination and notice are issued and published in
accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: February 23, 2007.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
Appendix I
Changes from the Preliminary Determination
General Issues
Comment 1: Whether to Clarify the Scope With Respect to Blended
Products
Comment 2: Whether to Exclude Carbochem Products from the Scope
Comment 3: Whether to Correct Freight Ministerial Error
Comment 4: Whether to Change the Department's Zeroing Methodology
Comment 5: Whether to Grant a By-Product Offset for Activated Carbon
Products
Comment 6: Treatment of Non-Production Electricity and Labor
Company-Specific Issues
Jacobi Issues
Comment 7: Whether to Apply Total Adverse Facts Available to Jacobi
Comment 8: Treatment of Powdered Activated Carbon Sold to the United
States
Comment 9: Whether to Recalculate Jacobi's FOPs to Include By-products
in the Denominator
Comment 10: Whether to Apply Adverse Facts Available for DTFH
Comment 11: Whether to Apply Adverse Facts Available to Jacobi's
Electricity and Labor
Comment 12: Treatment of Impregnated Material at NXGH for which No Data
Were Reported
Comment 13: Whether to Impute Verification Findings of NXGH and DTHB to
Jacobi's Other Suppliers
Comment 14: Treatment of Water
Comment 15: Treatment of Packing and Factory Labor
Comment 16: Valuation of Carbonized Material
Comment 17: Valuation of Coal
Comment 18: Valuation of Chemical Inputs
Comment 19: Calculation of Indirect Selling Expense
CCT Issues
Comment 20: Whether to Continue to Apply Adverse Facts Available to
Certain CCT Suppliers
Comment 21: PXZ's Pressroom Product
Comment 22: Whether to Impute the Verification Findings of NXGH to CCT
Comment 23: Production Denominator
Comment 24: Calculation of Indirect Selling Expense
Comment 25: U.S. Warehousing Expense
Comment 26: Marine Insurance
Jilin Issues
Comment 27: Whether to Apply Adverse Facts Available to Jilin Bright
Future
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