Chlorinated Isocyanurates From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 40689-40697 [2011-17276]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• International Trade Administration

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 132 (Monday, July 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40689-40697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17276]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-898]


Chlorinated Isocyanurates From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

SUMMARY: In response to requests from interested parties, the 
Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on chlorinated isocyanurates 
(chlorinated

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isos) from the People's Republic of China (PRC). The period of review 
(POR) for this administrative review is June 1, 2009, through May 31, 
2010. This administrative review covers four producers/exporters of the 
subject merchandise, i.e., Hebei Jiheng Chemical Co., Ltd. (Jiheng); 
Zhucheng Taisheng Chemical Co., Ltd. (Zhucheng); Juancheng Kangtai 
Chemical Co., Ltd. (Kangtai); and Arch Chemicals (China) Co., Ltd. 
(Arch China). Jiheng is the only producer/exporter being individually 
examined as a mandatory respondent.
    We preliminarily determine that Jiheng made sales in the United 
States at prices below normal value (NV). With respect to the three 
remaining respondents in this administrative review, we preliminarily 
determine that Zhucheng, Kangtai, and Arch China have demonstrated that 
they are entitled to a separate rate, and we are assigning to these 
companies Jiheng's calculated rate. If these preliminary results are 
adopted in our final results of review, we will instruct U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping duties on entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR for which the importer-specific 
assessment rates are above de minimis. We invite interested parties to 
comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Effective Date: July 11, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Halle, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
6, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0176.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 24, 2005, the Department published in the Federal Register 
the antidumping duty order on chlorinated isos from the PRC.\1\ On June 
1, 2010, the Department published in the Federal Register a notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on chlorinated isos from the PRC for the period June 1, 2009, 
through May 31, 2010.\2\ Between June 24 and June 30, 2010, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(2), Zhucheng, Kangtai, and Jiheng, 
foreign producers/exporters of subject merchandise, each requested that 
the Department review their respective sales of subject merchandise. On 
June 30, 2010, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(3), Arch Chemicals, 
Inc. (Arch USA), a U.S. importer of subject merchandise, requested that 
the Department review sales of subject merchandise made to the United 
States during the POR by Arch China, a PRC exporter of subject 
merchandise. On June 30, 2010, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1), 
Clearon Corporation and Occidental Chemical Corporation, domestic 
producers of chlorinated isos (collectively, Petitioners), requested 
that the Department review sales of subject merchandise produced during 
the POR by Jiheng and Kangtai.
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    \1\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Chlorinated 
Isocyanurates from the People's Republic of China, 70 FR 36561 (June 
24, 2005). On October 13, 2010, upon conclusion of the first sunset 
review of chlorinated isos from the PRC, the Department published in 
the Federal Register a notice of continuation of the antidumping 
duty order on chlorinated isos from the PRC. See Chlorinated 
Isocyanurates From Spain and the People's Republic of China: 
Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order, 75 FR 62764 (October 13, 
2010).
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative 
Review, 75 FR 30383, 30384 (June 1, 2010).
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    On July 28, 2010, the Department initiated the administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on chlorinated isos from the PRC 
covering the period June 1, 2009, through May 31, 2010.\3\ In the 
Initiation Notice, parties were notified that, due to the 
administrative burden of reviewing each company, the Department might 
exercise its authority to limit the number of respondents selected for 
review in accordance with section 777A(c)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (the Act). Accordingly, the Department requested that all 
companies listed in the Initiation Notice wishing to qualify for 
separate rate status in this administrative review complete either a 
separate rate application or separate rate certification, as 
appropriate.\4\ The Department also stated in the Initiation Notice its 
intention to select respondents based on CBP data for U.S. imports 
during the POR. For this administrative review, because the Department 
determined that it could only review one producer/exporter and based on 
CBP data, it selected Jiheng as the only mandatory respondent in this 
review.\5\
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    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocations in Part, 75 FR 
44224 (July 28, 2010) (Initiation Notice).
    \4\ In order to demonstrate separate rate eligibility, the 
Department requires companies for which a review was requested that 
were assigned a separate rate in the previous segment of this 
proceeding to certify that they continue to meet the criteria for 
obtaining a separate rate. See Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts 
Thereof, Finished or Unfinished, from the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results of 2005-2006 Administrative Review and Partial 
Rescission of Review, 72 FR 56724 (October 4, 2007) (TRBs from the 
PRC); upheld by Peer Bearing Co.-Changshan v. United States, 587 F. 
Supp. 2d 1319 (Court of International Trade 2008) (Peer Bearing 
Co.). For companies that have not previously been assigned a 
separate rate, the Department requires that they demonstrate 
eligibility for a separate rate by submitting a separate rate 
application. See Separate Rates and Combination Rates in Antidumping 
Investigations involving Non-Market Economy Countries, 70 FR 17233 
(April 5, 2005).
    \5\ See the Memorandum regarding ``Administrative Review of the 
2009-2010 Antidumping Duty Order on Chlorinated Isocyanurates from 
the People's Republic of China: Respondent Selection,'' dated August 
31, 2010 (Respondent Selection Memorandum).
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    On September 1, 2010, the Department issued its antidumping duty 
questionnaire to Jiheng. Between September 22 and 27, 2010, Kangtai, 
Jiheng, Arch China, and Zhucheng each submitted either a separate rate 
application or certification, as appropriate. On September 29, 2010, 
Jiheng submitted its section A questionnaire response, and it submitted 
its sections C and D responses on October 25, 2010. On November 23, 
2010, Petitioners submitted deficiency comments regarding Jiheng's 
questionnaire responses. In response, on December 1, 2010, Jiheng 
submitted reply comments to Petitioners' deficiency comments. The 
Department issued supplemental questionnaires to Jiheng on December 23, 
2010, and March 15, 2011, for which Jiheng provided timely responses on 
January 18, 2011, and April 8, 2011, respectively.
    On October 22, 2010, the Department issued a list of possible 
surrogate countries to use in this review,\6\ and provided interested 
parties with an opportunity to comment on the surrogate country 
selection and surrogate values. On January 19, 2011, Petitioners 
submitted comments regarding the selection of a surrogate country. On 
January 26, 2011, Jiheng and Petitioners each submitted publicly 
available information in order to value Jiheng's factors of production 
(FOPs). On January 31, 2011, Arch USA submitted comments regarding 
Petitioners' surrogate country comments. On February 28, 2011, the 
Department published a notice in the Federal Register extending the 
time limit for the preliminary results of review from March 2, 2011, 
until June 30, 2011.\7\ On March 7, 2011, the

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Department issued a memorandum to all interested parties requesting 
further information on surrogate values.\8\ On March 21, 2011, Jiheng 
and Petitioners each provided additional surrogate value information. 
On March 22, 2011, the Department placed on the record an Indian 
company's annual financial statement for the 2009-2010 fiscal year for 
consideration in the calculation of certain surrogate values.\9\ On May 
16, 2011, Jiheng responded to the Department's request for further 
information on magnesium stearate.\10\ Finally, on May 16, 2011, the 
Department placed on the record CBP rulings for magnesium stearate.\11\
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    \6\ See Memorandum regarding ``Request for Surrogate Country 
Selection: 2009-2010 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty 
Order on Chlorinated Isocyanurates from the People's Republic of 
China,'' dated October 1, 2010; see also Memorandum regarding 
``Request for a List of Surrogate Countries for an Administrative 
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Chlorinated Isocyanurates 
from the People's Republic of China,'' dated October 22, 2010 
(Surrogate Country List).
    \7\ See Chlorinated Isocyanurates From the People's Republic of 
China: Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of the 
Antidumping Duty Administration Review, 76 FR 10875 (February 28, 
2011).
    \8\ See Memorandum regarding ``2009-2010 Administrative Review 
of the Antidumping Duty Order on Chlorinated Isocyanurates from the 
People's Republic of China,'' dated March 7, 2011.
    \9\ See Memorandum regarding ``Placing an Indian Company Annual 
Statement on the Record of this Administrative Review,'' dated March 
22, 2011.
    \10\ See Memorandum regarding ``Request for Magnesium Stearate 
Details,'' dated May 19, 2011, memorializing an e-mail exchange with 
parties that took place on May 9, 2011.
    \11\ See Memorandum regarding ``Tariff Classification of 
Magnesium Stearate,'' dated May 9, 2011.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are chlorinated isocyanurates, 
which are derivatives of cyanuric acid, described as chlorinated s-
triazine triones. There are three primary chemical compositions of 
chlorinated isos: (1) Trichloroisocyanuric acid 
(Cl3(NCO)3), (2) sodium dichloroisocyanurate 
(dihydrate) (NaCl2(NCO)3(2H2O), and 
(3) sodium dichloroisocyanurate (anhydrous) 
(NaCl2(NCO)3). Chlorinated isos are available in 
powder, granular, and tableted forms. The order covers all chlorinated 
isos. Chlorinated isos are currently classifiable under subheadings 
2933.69.6015, 2933.69.6021, 2933.69.6050, 3808.40.50, 3808.50.40 and 
3808.94.50.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS). The tariff classification 2933.69.6015 covers sodium 
dichloroisocyanurates (anhydrous and dihydrate forms) and 
trichloroisocyanuric acid. The tariff classifications 2933.69.6021 and 
2933.69.6050 represent basket categories that include chlorinated isos 
and other compounds including an unfused triazine ring. Although the 
HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, 
the written description of the scope of the order is dispositive.

Respondent Selection

    In accordance with section 777A(c)(2) of the Act, the Department 
selected the largest exporter (by quantity) of chlorinated isos from 
the PRC (i.e., Jiheng) based on the CBP data for entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR as the mandatory respondent in this 
review.\12\
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    \12\ See Respondent Selection Memorandum.
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    On September 9, 2010, and November 1, 2010, Kangtai and 
Petitioners, respectively, requested that the Department reconsider its 
selection of mandatory respondents. In addition, on November 5, 2010, 
Petitioners requested that the Department conduct a verification of 
Kangtai, Zhucheng, and Arch China if they were selected for review as 
mandatory or voluntary respondents. On September 22, 2010, Kangtai 
submitted an unsolicited response to section A of the Department's 
antidumping duty questionnaire, and on October 8, 2010, it submitted 
responses to sections C and D of the questionnaire. Subsequently, on 
November 17, 2010, Kangtai submitted a request to be considered as a 
voluntary respondent. However, for the reasons explained in the 
Respondent Selection Memorandum, e.g., the complexities expected to 
arise and the workload required for this review, the Department is 
continuing to review only Jiheng as a mandatory respondent in this 
administrative review.\13\
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    \13\ See id.
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Non-Market Economy Country

    The Department has treated the PRC as a non-market economy (NME) 
country in all past antidumping duty investigations and administrative 
reviews and continues to do so in this review.\14\ No interested party 
in this case has argued that we should do otherwise. Designation as an 
NME country remains in effect until it is revoked by the 
Department.\15\ Accordingly, we calculated NV in accordance with 
section 773(c) of the Act, which applies to NME countries.
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    \14\ See, e.g., Chlorinated Isocyanurates From the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 27302, 27304 (May 14, 
2010), unchanged in Chlorinated Isocyanurates From the People's 
Republic of China: Final Results of 2008-2009 Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 75 FR 70212 (November 17, 2010); see also 
Folding Metal Tables and Chairs from the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Intent to Revoke in Part, 73 FR 40285, 40287 (July 14, 2008), 
unchanged in Folding Metal Tables and Chairs from the People's 
Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 74 FR 3560 (January 21, 2009).
    \15\ See section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Act.
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Surrogate Country

    When the Department is investigating imports from an NME country, 
section 773(c)(1) of the Act directs it, in most instances, to base NV 
on the NME producer's FOPs. The Act further instructs that valuation of 
the FOPs shall be based on the best available information in the 
surrogate market economy (ME) country or countries considered to be 
appropriate by the Department.\16\ When valuing the FOPs, the 
Department shall utilize, to the extent possible, the prices or costs 
of FOPs in one or more ME countries that are: (1) At a level of 
economic development comparable to that of the NME country; and (2) 
significant producers of comparable merchandise.\17\ Further, the 
Department normally values all FOPs in a single surrogate country.\18\ 
The sources of the surrogate factor values are discussed under the 
``Normal Value'' section, below, and in the Preliminary Surrogate Value 
Memorandum,\19\ which is on file in the Central Records Unit, Room 7046 
of the main Commerce building. In examining which country to select as 
its primary surrogate for this proceeding, the Department determined 
that India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Ukraine, Thailand, and Peru are 
countries comparable to the PRC in terms of economic development.\20\
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    \16\ See section 773(c)(1) of the Act.
    \17\ See section 773(c)(4) of the Act.
    \18\ See 19 CFR 351.408(c)(2).
    \19\ See Memorandum regarding ``Preliminary Results of the 2009-
2010 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on 
Chlorinated Isocyanurates from the People's Republic of China: 
Surrogate Value Memorandum,'' dated concurrently with this notice 
(Preliminary Surrogate Value Memorandum).
    \20\ See Surrogate Country List.
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    In their January 19, 2011 comments regarding the selection of a 
surrogate country, Petitioners argue that there are several countries 
besides India that are both economically comparable to the PRC and 
produce a significant amount of subject merchandise, including Peru, 
Pakistan (which has a gross national income similar to India, but was 
not included in the Surrogate Country List), and Egypt (also not 
included in the Surrogate Country List). On January 31, 2011, Arch USA 
responded to Petitioners' comments, contending that the Department 
should continue to use India as the surrogate country for this segment 
of the proceeding, as it has in previous segments, because, in this 
case, India produces a significant amount of comparable merchandise and 
there are publicly available data with which to value the reported FOP 
information. We note that all parties which submitted

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surrogate value data submitted only Indian-sourced data.
    After evaluating the interested parties' comments, the Department 
finds that India is the appropriate surrogate country to use in this 
review. The Department based its decision on the following facts: (1) 
India is at a level of economic development comparable to that of the 
PRC; (2) India is a significant producer of comparable merchandise, 
i.e., calcium hypochlorite; and (3) India provides more sources of 
reliable, publicly available data to value the FOPs. On the record of 
this review, we have usable surrogate financial data from India, but no 
such surrogate financial data from any other potential surrogate 
country. Therefore, we have selected India as the surrogate country 
and, accordingly, have calculated NV using Indian prices to value the 
respondents' FOPs, when available and appropriate.\21\ We have obtained 
and relied upon publicly available information wherever possible.
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    \21\ See Preliminary Surrogate Value Memorandum.
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    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(3)(ii), interested parties may 
submit publicly available information to value FOPs until 20 days after 
the date of publication of these preliminary results.\22\
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    \22\ In accordance with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(1), for the final 
results of this administrative review, interested parties may submit 
factual information to rebut, clarify, or correct factual 
information submitted by an interested party less than ten days 
before, on, or after, the applicable deadline for submission of such 
factual information. However, the Department notes that 19 CFR 
351.301(c)(1) permits new information only insofar as it rebuts, 
clarifies, or corrects information placed on the record. The 
Department generally will not accept the submission of additional, 
previously absent-from-the-record alternative surrogate value 
information pursuant to 19 CFR 351.301(c)(1). See e.g., Glycine from 
the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and Final Rescission, in Part, 72 FR 58809 
(October 17, 2007), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum 
at Comment 2.
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Separate Rates

    In proceedings involving NME countries, the Department has a 
rebuttable presumption that all companies within the country are 
subject to government control and, thus, should be assessed a single 
antidumping duty rate. It is the Department's policy to assign all 
exporters of merchandise subject to review 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.
    In the Initiation Notice, the Department notified parties of the 
process by which exporters and producers may obtain separate-rate 
status. This process requires exporters and producers wishing to 
qualify for separate-rate status in this administrative review to 
complete, as appropriate, either a separate rate application or 
certification.\23\ In particular, companies for which a review was 
requested, and which were assigned a separate rate in the most recent 
segment of the same proceeding in which they participated, need to 
certify that they continue to meet the criteria for obtaining a 
separate rate.\24\ For companies that have not previously been assigned 
a separate rate, the companies must submit a separate rate application 
demonstrating eligibility for a separate rate.
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    \23\ See Initiation Notice, 75 FR at 44224.
    \24\ See TRBs from the PRC, 72 FR at 56726 and accompanying 
Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 2; upheld by Peer Bearing 
Co., 587 F. Supp. 2d at 1324-25.
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    Kangtai and Jiheng were assigned a separate rate in the most recent 
segment of this proceeding in which they participated, and they timely 
certified in this administrative review that they continue to meet the 
criteria for obtaining a separate rate. In addition, Arch China and 
Zhucheng timely filed separate rate applications.
    In order to establish independence from the NME entity, exporters 
must demonstrate the absence of both de jure and de facto government 
control over export activities. The Department analyzes each entity 
exporting the subject merchandise under a test arising from the 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 
further developed in 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). However, if the Department 
determines that a company is wholly foreign-owned or located in an ME 
country, then a separate-rate analysis is not necessary to determine 
whether it is independent from government control.

Separate Rate Analysis

1. Wholly Foreign-Owned Companies
    Arch China's separate rate application provided evidence that it is 
wholly owned by individuals or companies located in an ME. Therefore, 
because it is wholly foreign-owned, and the Department has no evidence 
indicating that it is under the control of the PRC, a separate rate 
analysis is not necessary to determine that Arch China is independent 
from government control.\25\ Accordingly, the Department has 
preliminarily granted Arch China a separate rate.
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    \25\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value: Creatine Monohydrate From the People's Republic of 
China, 64 FR 71104, 71104 (December 20, 1999) (where the respondent 
was wholly foreign-owned and, thus, qualified for a separate rate).
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2. Joint Ventures or Wholly Chinese-Owned Companies
    Jiheng, Kangtai, and Zhucheng stated that they are either joint 
ventures between Chinese and foreign companies or are wholly Chinese-
owned companies. Thus, the Department has analyzed whether each of 
these companies has demonstrated the absence of de jure and de facto 
governmental control over their respective export activities.
a. Absence of De Jure Control
    The Department considers the following de jure criteria in 
determining whether an individual company may be granted a separate 
rate: (1) An absence of restrictive stipulations associated with an 
individual exporter's business and export licenses; (2) any legislative 
enactments decentralizing control of companies; and (3) other formal 
measures by the government decentralizing control of companies.\26\
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    \26\ See Sparklers, 56 FR at 20589.
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    The evidence Jiheng, Kangtai and Zhucheng provided in their 
separate rate certifications and separate rate application supports a 
preliminary finding of absence of de jure government control based on 
the following factors: (1) An absence of restrictive stipulations 
associated with the individual exporter's business and export licenses; 
(2) applicable legislative enactments decentralizing control of the 
companies; and (3) formal measures by the government decentralizing 
control of PRC companies.
b. Absence of De Facto Control
    Typically, the Department considers four factors in evaluating 
whether each respondent is subject to de facto government control of 
its export functions: (1) Whether the export prices are set by or are 
subject to the approval of a government agency; (2) whether the 
respondent has authority to negotiate and sign contracts and other 
agreements; (3) whether the respondent has autonomy from the government 
in making decisions regarding the selection of management; and (4) 
whether the respondent retains the proceeds of its export sales and 
makes independent decisions regarding disposition of profits or 
financing of

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losses.\27\ The Department has determined that an analysis of de facto 
control is critical in determining whether respondents are, in fact, 
subject to a degree of government control which would preclude the 
Department from assigning separate rates.
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    \27\ See Silicon Carbide, 59 FR at 22586-87; see also Notice of 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Furfuryl 
Alcohol From the People's Republic of China, 60 FR 22544, 22545 (May 
8, 1995).
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    The evidence Jiheng and Kangtai provided in their separate rate 
certifications, and the evidence Zhucheng provided in its separate rate 
application, supports a preliminary finding of absence of de facto 
government control based on the following factors: (1) An absence of 
restrictive government control on export prices; (2) a showing of 
authority to negotiate and sign contracts and other agreements; (3) a 
showing that Jiheng, Kangtai, and Zhucheng maintain autonomy from the 
government in making decisions regarding the selection of management; 
and (4) a showing that Jiheng, Kangtai, and Zhucheng retain the 
proceeds of their respective export sales and make independent 
decisions regarding disposition of profits or financing of losses.
    Ultimately, the evidence placed on the record of this 
administrative review by Jiheng, Kangtai, and Zhucheng demonstrates an 
absence of de jure and de facto government control, in accordance with 
the criteria identified in Sparklers and Silicon Carbide. Therefore, 
the Department has preliminarily granted Jiheng, Kangtai, and Zhucheng 
a separate rate.

Margin for Separate-Rate Companies

    In accordance with section 777A(c)(2)(B) of the Act, the Department 
employed a limited examination methodology, as it did not have the 
resources to examine all companies for which a review request was made. 
As stated above, the Department selected Jiheng as the mandatory 
respondent in this review. In addition to the mandatory respondent, 
Arch China, Kangtai, and Zhucheng submitted timely information as 
requested by the Department and remain subject to review as cooperative 
separate rate respondents.
    We note that the statute and the Department's regulations do not 
directly address the establishment of a rate to be applied to 
individual companies not selected for examination where the Department 
limited its examination in an administrative review pursuant to section 
777A(c)(2) of the Act. The Department's practice in cases involving 
limited selection based on exporters accounting for the largest volumes 
of trade has been to look to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which 
provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in an 
investigation, for guidance. Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act instructs 
that we are not to calculate an all-others rate using any zero or de 
minimis margins or any margins based entirely on facts available. 
Section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act also provides that, where all margins 
are zero rates, de minimis rates, or rates based entirely on facts 
available, we may use ``any reasonable method'' for assigning the rate 
to non-selected respondents. In this instance, we have calculated a de 
minimis rate for the sole mandatory respondent, Jiheng.
    In exercising this discretion to determine a non-examined rate, the 
Department considers relevant the fact that section 735(c)(5) of the 
Act: (a) Is explicitly applicable to the determination of an all-others 
rate in an investigation; and (b) articulates a preference that the 
Department avoid zero, de minimis rates or rates based entirely on 
facts available when it determines the all others rate. The statute's 
statement that averaging of zero/de minimis margins and margins based 
entirely on facts available may be a reasonable method, and the 
Statement of Administrative Action's (SAA) indication that such 
averaging may be the expected method, should be read in the context of 
an investigation.\28\ First, if there are only zero or de minimis 
margins determined in the investigation (and there is no other entity 
to which a facts available margin has been applied), the investigation 
would terminate and no order would be issued. Thus, the provision 
necessarily only applies to circumstances in which there are either 
both zero/de minimis and total facts available margins, or only total 
facts available margins. Second, when such rates are the only rates 
determined in an investigation, there is little information on which to 
rely to determine an appropriate all-others rate. In this context, 
therefore, the SAA's stated expected method is reasonable: The zero/de 
minimis and facts available margins may be the only or best data the 
Department has available to apply to non-selected companies.
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    \28\ See SAA accompanying the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, H.R. 
Doc. No. 103-316 at 872 (1994), reprinted in 1994 U.S.C.C.A.N. 4040, 
4200.
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    We note that the Department has sought other reasonable means to 
assign separate-rate margins to non-reviewed companies in instances 
with calculated zero rates, de minimis rates, or rates based entirely 
on facts available for the mandatory respondents.\29\
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    \29\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam: Final Results and Final Partial Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR 47191, 47194 
(September 15, 2009) (Vietnam Shrimp).
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    In Vietnam Shrimp, the Department assigned to those separate rate 
companies with no history of an individually calculated rate the margin 
calculated for cooperative separate rate respondents in the underlying 
investigation. However, for those separate rate respondents that had 
received a calculated rate in a prior segment, concurrent with or more 
recent than the calculated rate in the underlying investigation, the 
Department assigned that calculated rate as the company's separate rate 
in the review at hand.
    Thus, we find that a reasonable method in the instant review is to 
assign to the non-reviewed company, Kangtai, its most recent calculated 
rate. Pursuant to this method, we are preliminarily assigning a rate of 
20.54 percent to Kangtai, its calculated rate in its new shipper 
review.\30\ We find that a reasonable method in the instant review is 
to assign to the non-reviewed companies, Arch China and Zhucheng, each 
with no history of an individually calculated rate, the margin 
calculated for cooperative separate rate respondents in the underlying 
investigation. Pursuant to this method, we are preliminarily assigning 
a rate of 137.69 percent to Arch China and Zhucheng, the calculated 
rate for cooperative separate rate respondents in the underlying 
investigation.\31\ In assigning these separate rates, the Department 
did not impute the actions of any other companies to the behavior of 
the non-individually examined company, but based this determination on 
record evidence that may be deemed reasonably reflective of the 
potential dumping margin for the non-individually examined companies in 
this administrative review.
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    \30\ See Chlorinated Isocyanurates From the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results of June 2008 Through November 2008 Semi-Annual 
New Shipper Review, 74 FR 68575, 68576 (December 28, 2009).
    \31\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value: Chlorinated Isocyanurates From the People's Republic of 
China, 70 FR 24502, 24505 (May 10, 2005).
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Date of Sale

    We preliminarily determine that the invoice date is the most 
appropriate date to use as Jiheng's date of sale in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.401(i). According to Jiheng's questionnaire

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responses, the material terms of the sale are not fixed until invoice 
date. Thus, the Department finds that the invoice date is the date of 
sale. Evidence on the record also demonstrates that, with respect to 
Jiheng's sales to the United States, for some sales the shipment date 
occurs prior to the invoice date.\32\ In such cases, we limit the sales 
date (i.e., invoice date) to no later than shipment date.\33\
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    \32\ See Jiheng's October 25, 2010 questionnaire response at 
exhibit C-1.
    \33\ See, e.g., Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from 
the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Determination of Sales 
at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination, 75 
FR 7244, 7251. (February 18, 2010), unchanged in Narrow Woven 
Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From the People's Republic of China: 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 75 FR 41808 
(July 19, 2010).
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Fair Value Comparisons

    To determine whether sales of chlorinated isos to the United States 
by Jiheng were made at less than NV, we compared export price (EP) to 
NV, as described in the ``Export Price'' and ``Normal Value'' sections 
of this notice, pursuant to section 771(35) of the Act.

Export Price

    Jiheng sold the subject merchandise directly to unaffiliated 
purchasers in the United States prior to importation into the United 
States. Therefore, we have used EP in accordance with section 772(a) of 
the Act because the use of the constructed export price methodology is 
not otherwise indicated. We calculated EP based on the price, including 
the appropriate shipping terms, to the first unaffiliated purchasers 
reported by Jiheng. To this price, we added amounts for components that 
were supplied free of charge or reimbursed by the customer, where 
applicable, pursuant to section 772(c)(1)(A) of the Act and consistent 
with our treatment of Jiheng's sales in prior reviews.\34\ For free raw 
materials and packing materials, we added the surrogate values for 
these materials, multiplied by the reported FOPs for these items, to 
the U.S. price paid by Jiheng's customer.\35\ The reimbursed raw 
materials were always listed separately on sales invoices, and were not 
included in the U.S. prices reported by Jiheng.\36\ Since these 
reimbursed items were raw materials, we added the amount paid by the 
U.S. customer for these materials to the U.S. price.
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    \34\ See Memorandum regarding ``Analysis for the Preliminary 
Results of the 2009-2010 Administrative Review of Chlorinated 
Isocyanurates from the People's Republic of China: Hebei Jiheng 
Chemical Company Ltd.,'' dated concurrently with this notice.
    \35\ See, e.g., Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value, and Affirmative Critical Circumstances, In Part: 
Certain Lined Paper Products From the People's Republic of China, 71 
FR 53079 (September 8, 2006), and accompanying Issues and Decision 
Memorandum at Comment 17.
    \36\ See Jiheng's April 8, 2011 Supplemental Questionnaire 
response at page SS-9.
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Normal Value

    Section 773(c)(1) of the Act provides that, in an NME proceeding, 
the Department shall determine NV using an FOP methodology if the 
merchandise is exported from an NME and the information does not permit 
the calculation of NV using home-market prices, third-country prices, 
or constructed value under section 773(a) of the Act.
    The Department bases NV on FOPs in NMEs because the presence of 
government controls on various aspects of these economies renders price 
comparisons and the calculation of production costs invalid under the 
Department's normal methodologies. Therefore, we calculated NV based on 
FOPs in accordance with sections 773(c)(3) and (4) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.408(c). The FOPs include: (1) Hours of labor required; (2) 
quantities of raw materials consumed; (3) amounts of energy and other 
utilities consumed; and (4) representative capital costs. We used the 
FOPs reported by the respondent for materials, energy, labor, by-
products, and packing. These reported FOPs included FOPs for various 
materials provided free of charge or reimbursed by the customer as 
discussed in the ``Export Price'' section, above.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.408(c)(1), the Department will 
normally use publicly available information to value the FOPs, but when 
a producer sources an input from a market-economy country and pays for 
this input in a market-economy currency, the Department may value the 
factor using the actual price paid for this input.\37\ Jiheng reported 
that it did not purchase any inputs from ME suppliers for the 
production of the subject merchandise.\38\
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    \37\ See 19 CFR 351.408(c)(1); see also Shakeproof Assembly 
Components, Div. of Illinois Tool Works, Inc. v. United States, 268 
F.3d 1376, 1382-1383 (Fed. Cir. 2001) (affirming the Department's 
use of market-based prices to value certain FOPs).
    \38\ See Jiheng's October 25, 2010 Section D response at page D-
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    With regard to the Indian import-based surrogate values, we have 
disregarded prices that we have reason to believe or suspect may be 
subsidized, such as those imports from Indonesia, South Korea, and 
Thailand. We have found in other proceedings that these countries 
maintain broadly available, non-industry-specific export subsidies and, 
therefore, it is reasonable to infer that all exports to all markets 
from these countries may be subsidized.\39\ We are also guided by the 
statute's legislative history that explains that it is not necessary to 
conduct a formal investigation to ensure that such prices are not 
subsidized.\40\ Rather, the Department bases its decision on 
information that is available to it at the time it is making its 
determination. Therefore, we have not used prices from these countries 
in calculating the Indian import-based surrogate values. Additionally, 
we disregarded prices from NME countries.\41\ Finally, imports that 
were labeled as originating from an ``unspecified'' country were 
excluded from the average value, because the Department could not be 
certain that they were not from either an NME country or a country with 
general export subsidies.
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    \39\ See, e.g., Frontseating Service Valves from the People's 
Republic of China; Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value, Preliminary Negative Determination of Critical 
Circumstances, and Postponement of Final Determination, 73 FR 62952, 
62957 (October 22, 2008), unchanged in Frontseating Service Valves 
From the People's Republic of China: Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value and Final Negative Determination of Critical 
Circumstances, 74 FR 10886 (March 13, 2009); and China National 
Machinery Import & Export Corporation v. United States, 293 F. Supp. 
2d 1334, 1339 (CIT 2003), affirmed 104 Fed. Appx. 183 (Fed. Cir. 
2004).
    \40\ See H.R. Rep. No. 100-576 (1988), at 590.
    \41\ The list of excluded NME countries includes: Armenia, 
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, China, 
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.
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Factor Valuations

    In accordance with section 773(c) of the Act, we calculated NV 
based on the FOPs reported by Jiheng for the POR. To calculate NV, we 
multiplied the reported per-unit factor quantities by publicly 
available Indian surrogate values (except as noted below). In selecting 
the surrogate values, we selected, where possible, publicly available 
data, which represent an average non-export value and are 
contemporaneous with the POR, product-specific, and tax-exclusive. As 
appropriate, we adjusted input prices by including freight costs to 
render them delivered prices. Specifically, we added to Indian import 
surrogate values a surrogate freight cost using the shorter of the 
reported distance from the domestic supplier to the factory or the 
distance from the nearest seaport to the factory. This adjustment is in 
accordance with the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 
Federal Circuit

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(CAFC) in Sigma Corp. v. United States, 117 F.3d 1401, 1408 (Fed. Cir. 
1997).\42\
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    \42\ For a detailed description of all surrogate values used for 
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    Except as noted below, we valued raw material inputs using the 
weighted-average unit import values derived from the Monthly Statistics 
of the Foreign Trade of India, as published by the Directorate General 
of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics of the Ministry of Commerce 
and Industry, Government of India, in the Global Trade Atlas, available 
at https://www.gtis.com/gta (GTA). Where we could not obtain publicly 
available information contemporaneous with the POR with which to value 
FOPs, we adjusted the surrogate values using, where appropriate, the 
Indian Wholesale Price Index as published in the International 
Financial Statistics of the International Monetary Fund.\43\ We further 
adjusted these prices to account for freight expenses incurred between 
the input supplier and respondent. For business proprietary factors, 
valuation descriptions are provided in the Preliminary Surrogate Value 
Memorandum.
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    \43\ See Preliminary Surrogate Value Memorandum.
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    To value calcium chloride, barium chloride, zinc sulfate, and 
sulfuric acid, we used Chemical Weekly data because Indian import data 
was unavailable in the GTA. We adjusted these values for taxes and to 
account for freight expenses incurred between the supplier and the 
respondent.\44\
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    \44\ See id.
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    Jiheng reported that a U.S. customer provided certain raw materials 
and packing materials free of charge. For Jiheng's products that 
included raw materials and packing materials provided free of charge, 
consistent with the Department's practice and section 773(c)(1)(B) of 
the Act, we used the built-up cost (i.e., the surrogate value for these 
raw materials and packing materials multiplied by the reported FOPs for 
these items) in the NV calculation.\45\ The raw materials that were 
reimbursed by the U.S. customer and included in the EP are considered 
part of the cost of manufacturing, and must be included when 
calculating NV. We added the built-up costs for the raw materials that 
were reimbursed by the U.S. customers to the NV. Where applicable, we 
also adjusted these values to account for freight expenses incurred 
between the nearest port of entry and Jiheng's plants.\46\
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    \45\ See, e.g., Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value, and Affirmative Critical Circumstances, In Part: 
Certain Lined Paper Products From the People's Republic of China, 
and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 17.
    \46\ See Preliminary Surrogate Value Memorandum.
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    To value water, we used the Maharashtra Industrial Development 
Corporation water rates.\47\
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    \47\ Available at: https://www.midcindia.org/Pages/FilterWaterTariff.aspx?IndusArea=All&Region=All; see also 
Preliminary Surrogate Value Memorandum.
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    For packing materials, we used the per-kilogram values obtained 
from the GTA and made adjustments to account for freight expense 
incurred between the PRC supplier and Jiheng's plants.\48\
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    \48\ See Preliminary Surrogate Value Memorandum.
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    Jiheng reported chlorine, hydrogen gas, ammonia gas, and sulfuric 
acid as by-products in the production of subject merchandise. We find 
in this administrative review that Jiheng has appropriately explained 
how by-products are produced during the manufacture of chlorinated isos 
and has appropriately supported its claim that a by-product offset to 
NV should be granted. We valued ammonia gas and sulfuric acid using GTA 
data. Because our record indicates that chlorine and hydrogen are 
rarely traded via ocean transport on an international basis, we used 
Indian financial statements to provide more representative values for 
chlorine and hydrogen gas.\49\ We valued chlorine with POR data 
obtained from the financial statements of Kanoria Chemicals & 
Industries Limited (Kanoria) and DCM Shriram Consolidated LTD (DCM), 
both of which are Indian producers and sellers of chlorine gas and 
other chemicals. We valued hydrogen gas with POR data obtained from the 
financial statements of DCM.\50\
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    \49\ See Memorandum to the File, ``Transporting Chlorine and 
Hydrogen,'' dated June 30, 2011. Furthermore, the use of Indian 
financial statements to value chlorine and hydrogen is consistent 
with previous reviews' methodology. See also Chlorinated 
Isocyanurates From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary 
Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 75 FR at 27307.
    \50\ See Preliminary Surrogate Value Memorandum.
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    To value steam coal for these preliminary results, we have obtained 
and selected the grades B and C steam coal prices from Coal India 
Ltd.'s price list effective October 15, 2009.\51\ To value steam, we 
used data obtained from the 2009-2010 financial statements of Hindalco 
Industries Limited.\52\
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    \51\ See id.
    \52\ See id.
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    For electricity, we used an average price data for small, medium, 
and large industries, as published by the Central Electricity Authority 
of the Government of India in its publication entitled Electricity 
Tariff & Duty and Average Rates of Electricity Supply in India, dated 
March 2008. These electricity rates represent actual country-wide, 
publicly-available information on tax-exclusive electricity rates 
charged to industries in India.\53\
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    \53\ See id.
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    To calculate the labor input, on June 21, 2011, the Department 
revised its methodology for valuing the labor input in NME antidumping 
proceedings.\54\ Section 773(c) of the Act provides that the Department 
will value FOPs in NME cases using the best available information 
regarding the value of such factors in an ME country or countries 
considered to be appropriate by the administering authority. The Act 
requires that when valuing FOPs, the Department utilize, to the extent 
possible, the prices or costs of FOPs in one or more ME countries that 
are (1) At a comparable level of economic development and (2) 
significant producers of comparable merchandise.\55\
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    \54\ See Antidumping Methodologies in Proceedings Involving Non-
Market Economies: Valuing the Factor of Production: Labor, 76 FR 
36092 (June 21, 2011) (Labor Methodologies).
    \55\ See section 773(c)(4) of the Act.
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    Previously, the Department used regression-based wages that 
captured the worldwide relationship between per capita Gross National 
Income and hourly manufacturing wages, pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.408(c)(3), to value the respondent's cost of labor. However, on May 
14, 2010, the CAFC, in Dorbest Ltd. v. United States, 604 F.3d 1363, 
1372 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (Dorbest), invalidated 19 CFR 351.408(c)(3). As a 
consequence of the CAFC's ruling in Dorbest, the Department no longer 
relies on the regression-based wage rate methodology described in its 
regulations. On February 18, 2011, the Department published in the 
Federal Register a request for public comment on the interim 
methodology, and the data sources.\56\
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    \56\ See Antidumping Methodologies in Proceedings Involving Non-
Market Economies: Valuing the Factor of Production: Labor; Request 
for Comment, 76 FR 9544 (February 18, 2011).
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    In Labor Methodologies, the Department determined that the best 
methodology to value the labor input is to use industry-specific labor 
rates from the primary surrogate country. Additionally, the Department 
determined that the best data source for industry-specific labor rates 
is Chapter 6A: Labor Cost in Manufacturing, from the International 
Labor Organization (ILO) Yearbook of Labor Statistics (Yearbook).

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    In these preliminary results, the Department calculated the labor 
input using the wage method described in Labor Methodologies. To value 
the respondent's labor input, the Department relied on data reported 
India to the ILO in Chapter 6A of the Yearbook. The Department further 
finds the two-digit description under ISIC-Revision 3 (Manufacture of 
Chemicals and Chemical Products) to be the best available information 
on the record because it is specific to the industry being examined, 
and is therefore derived from industries that produce comparable 
merchandise. This is the same classification used in the prior review 
of this case when the Department relied on Chapter 5B data. 
Accordingly, relying on Chapter 6A of the Yearbook, the Department 
calculated the labor input using labor data reported by India to the 
ILO under Sub-Classification 24 of the ISIC-Revision 3 standard, in 
accordance with Section 773(c)(4) of the Act. For these preliminary 
results, the calculated industry-specific wage rate is $1.54. A more 
detailed description of the wage rate calculation methodology is 
provided in the Preliminary Surrogate Value Memorandum.
    As stated above, the Department used India ILO data reported under 
Chapter 6A of the Yearbook, which reflects all costs related to labor, 
including wages, benefits, housing, training, etc. Since the financial 
statements used to calculate the surrogate financial ratios include 
itemized detail of indirect labor costs, the Department made 
adjustments to the surrogate financial ratios.\57\
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    \57\ See Labor Methodologies and Surrogate Value Memorandum for 
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    To value truck freight, we used the freight rates published by 
Infobanc, The Great Indian Bazaar, Gateway to Overseas Markets.\58\ The 
logistics section of the Web site contains inland freight truck rates 
between many large Indian cities. The truck freight rates are for the 
period June 2009 through May 2010 and, therefore, are contemporaneous 
with the POR.\59\
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    \58\ Available at https://www.infobanc.com.
    \59\ See Preliminary Surrogate Value Memorandum.
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    The Department valued brokerage and handling using a price list for 
export procedures necessary to export a standardized cargo of goods 
from India. The price list is compiled based on a survey case study of 
the procedural requirements for trading a standard shipment of goods by 
ocean transport in India that is published in Doing Business 2010: 
India, published by the World Bank.\60\
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    \60\ See id.
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Financial Ratios

    To calculate surrogate values for factory overhead, selling, 
general, and administrative expenses (SG&A), and profit for these 
preliminary results, we used financial information from Kanoria 
Chemicals & Industries Limited (a producer of similar merchandise--
stable bleaching powder) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010.\61\ 
From this information, we were able to determine average factory 
overhead as a percentage of the total raw materials, labor, and energy 
(ML&E), average SG&A as a percentage of ML&E plus overhead (i.e., cost 
of manufacture), and an average profit rate as a percentage of the cost 
of manufacture plus SG&A.\62\
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    \61\ See Preliminary Surrogate Value Memorandum for a discussion 
on the selection of financial statements to value financial ratios.
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Currency Conversion

    Where the factor valuations were reported in a currency other than 
U.S. dollars, in accordance with section 773A(a) of the Act, we made 
currency conversions into U.S. dollars based on the exchange rates in 
effect on the dates of the U.S. sales, as certified by the Federal 
Reserve Bank.

Preliminary Results

    We preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average 
dumping margins exist:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                          Exporter                              margin
                                                              percentage
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Hebei Jiheng Chemical Co., Ltd.............................        \1\ 0
Juancheng Kangtai Chemical Co., Ltd........................        20.54
Arch Chemicals (China) Co., Ltd............................       137.69
Zhucheng Taisheng Chemical Co., Ltd........................       137.69
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\1\ (de minimis.)

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department will determine, 
and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries 
covered by this review. The Department intends to issue assessment 
instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication date of the final 
results of this review. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we are 
calculating importer- (or customer-) specific assessment rates for the 
merchandise subject to this review. Where the respondent has reported 
reliable entered values, we calculate importer- (or customer-) specific 
ad valorem rates by aggregating the dumping margins calculated for all 
U.S. sales to each importer (or customer) and dividing this amount by 
the total entered value of the sales to each importer (or customer). 
Where an importer- (or customer-) specific ad valorem rate is greater 
than de minimis, we will apply the assessment rate to the entered value 
of the importers'/customers' entries during the POR, pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1).
    Where we do not have entered values for all U.S. sales to a 
particular importer/customer, we calculate a per-unit assessment rate 
by aggregating the antidumping duties due for all U.S. sales to that 
importer (or customer) and dividing this amount by the total quantity 
sold to that importer (or customer).\63\ To determine whether the duty 
assessment rates are de minimis, in accordance with the requirement set 
forth in 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we calculated importer- (or customer-) 
specific ad valorem ratios based on the estimated entered value. Where 
an importer- (or customer-) specific ad valorem rate is zero or de 
minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without 
regard to antidumping duties.\64\
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    \63\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the exporter's 
listed above, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established in the 
final results of this review (except, if the rate is zero or de 
minimis, i.e., less than 0.5 percent, a zero cash deposit rate will be 
required for that company); (2) for previously investigated or reviewed 
PRC and non-PRC exporters not listed above that have separate rates, 
the cash deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate 
published for the most recent period; (3) for all PRC exporters of 
subject merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a 
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the PRC-wide rate of 
285.63 percent; \65\ and (4) for all non-PRC

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exporters of subject merchandise which have not received their own 
rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the PRC 
exporter(s) that supplied that non-PRC exporter. These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \65\ For an explanation on the derivation of the PRC-wide rate, 
see Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: 
Chlorinated Isocyanurates From the People's Republic of China, 70 FR 
at 24505.
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    We will disclose the calculations used in our analysis to parties 
to this proceeding within five days of the publication date of this 
notice, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Interested parties are 
invited to comment on the preliminary results and may submit case 
briefs within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice, 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). Rebuttal briefs, limited to 
issues raised in case briefs, may be filed no later than five days 
after the time limit for filing the case briefs, as specified by 19 CFR 
351.309(d). The Department requests that parties submitting case or 
rebuttal briefs provide an executive summary and a table of authorities 
as well as an electronic copy.
    Any interested party may request a hearing within 30 days of 
publication of this notice, as provided by 19 CFR 351.310(c). Hearing 
requests should contain the following information: (1) The party's 
name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; 
and (3) a list of the issues to be discussed. Oral presentations will 
be limited to issues raised in the case briefs. If a request for a 
hearing is made, parties will be notified of the time and date for the 
hearing to be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
    The Department intends to issue the final results of this 
administrative review, which will include the results of its analysis 
of issues raised in any comments, within 120 days of publication of 
these preliminary results, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, 
unless otherwise extended.

Notification to Importers

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

    Dated: June 30, 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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