[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 193 (Monday, October 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62697-62698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21965]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-533-839]
Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 From the Republic of India: Final
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2017
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Pidilite
Industries Limited (Pidilite) a producer/exporter of carbazole violet
pigment 23 (CVP 23) from the Republic of India (India) received
countervailable subsidies during the period of review January 1, 2017
through December 31, 2017.
DATES: Applicable October 5, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene H. Calvert, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3586.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this administrative
review on February 11, 2020.\1\ On April 24, 2020, Commerce exercised
its discretion to toll all deadlines in administrative reviews by 50
days.\2\ On July 21, 2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines in
administrative reviews by an additional 60 days.\3\ The deadline for
the final results of this review is now September 28, 2020. For a
history of all events that occurred since the Preliminary Results,
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see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\
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\1\ See Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 from the Republic of India:
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review;
2017, 85 FR 7730 (February 11, 2020) (Preliminary Results), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews in Response to
Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19,'' dated April 24, 2020.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,'' dated July 21, 2020.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of
Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 from the Republic of Turkey; 2017,''
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues
and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order is CVP 23 identified as Color
Index No. 51319 and Chemical Abstract No. 6358-30-1, with the chemical
name of diindolo [3,2-b:3',2'-m] triphenodioxazine, 8,18-dichloro-5,15-
diethy-5,15-dihydro-, and molecular formula of
C34H22Cl2N4O2.\5\
For a complete description of the scope of the order, see the Issues
and Decision Memorandum.
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\5\ The bracketed section of the product description, [3,2-
b:3',2'-m], is not business proprietary information; the brackets
are simply part of the chemical nomenclature.
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in interested parties' briefs are addressed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. The Issues and Decision Memorandum
is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic
Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at
http://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues
and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and electronic versions of the
Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in content. A list of the
issues raised by interested parties, and to which we responded in the
Issues and Decision Memorandum, is provided in the appendix to this
notice.
Methodology
Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with
section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
For each of the subsidy programs found to be countervailable, Commerce
determines that there is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided
financial contribution that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient,
and that the subsidy is specific.\6\ For a full description of the
methodology underlying Commerce's conclusions, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
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\6\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding
benefit; and 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on the comments received from interested parties, Commerce
made no changes to the subsidy rate calculations since the Preliminary
Results.
Final Results of the Administrative Review
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), Commerce determines the
following net countervailable subsidy rate for Pidilite for the period
January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017:
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent) (ad
valorem)
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Pidilite Industries Limited............................. 3.13
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Disclosure
Because Commerce made no changes to the subsidy rate calculations
since the Preliminary Results, there are no further calculations
performed to disclose to interested parties in connection with these
final results.\7\
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\7\ In accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b), Commerce is normally
required to disclose calculations performed in connection with the
final results of an administrative review within five days of its
public announcement or, if there is no public announcement of,
within five days after the date of publication of the final results
of an administrative review.
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Assessment Rate
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15
days after the date of publication of these final results of review, to
liquidate shipments of subject merchandise produced and/or exported by
Pidilite and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on
or after January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, at the ad valorem
assessment rate listed above.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice 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 date of
publication, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The
cash deposit rate for the companies listed in these final results will
be equal to the subsidy rates established in the final results of this
review; (2) for all non-reviewed firms, CBP will continue to collect
cash deposits at the most-recent company-specific or all-others rate
applicable to the company, as appropriate. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
These final results are issued and published in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: September 28, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Subsidies Valuation Information
V. Analysis of Programs
VI. Analysis of Comments
Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should Countervail the Duty Drawback
Program
Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should Countervail the Export
Promotion of Capital Goods Scheme
Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should Countervail the Income Tax
Deduction for Research and Development Expenses Program Under
Section 35 (2AB) of the Income Tax Act of 1961
VII. Recommendation
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