MESSAGE NO: 2156115
DATE: 06 04 1992
CATEGORY: ADA
TYPE: INI
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
A - 533 - 806
A - 437 - 802
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PERIOD COVERED:
06 03 1992
TO
LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:
TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS
FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION
RE: INITIATION OF ANTIDUMPING DUTY INVESTIGATIONS ON
SULFANILIC ACID FROM INDIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY
(060392 IS FED REG PUBLICATION DATE)
1.
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER
ON
JUNE
03,
1992,
ITS
INITIATION
OF
ANTIDUMPING
DUTY
INVESTIGATIONS OF SULFANILIC ACID FROM INDIA AND
THE REPUBLIC OF
HUNGARY (HUNGARY).
2. THE MERCHANDISE SUBJECT TO THESE INVESTIGATIONS ARE ALL GRADES
OF SULFANILIC ACID, WHICH INCLUDE TECHNICAL (OR CRUDE) SULFANILIC
ACID, REFINED
(OR PURIFIED) SULFANILIC ACID
AND
REFINED SODIUM
SALT OF SULFANILIC ACID (SODIUM SULFANILATE).
SULFANILIC ACID IS A SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMICAL PRODUCED FROM THE
DIRECT SULFONATION OF
ANILINE
WITH
SULFURIC
ACID.
SULFANILIC
ACID
IS
USED
AS
A
RAW MATERIAL IN
THE PRODUCTION OF OPTICAL
BRIGHTNERS, FOOD COLORS, SPECIALTY DYES, AND CONCRETE ADDITIVES.
THE PRINCIPAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GRADES ARE
THE UNDESIRABLE
QUANTITIES OF
RESIDUAL
ANILINE
AND
ALKALI
INSOLUBLE MATERIAL
PRESENT IN
THE SULFANILIC ACID.
ALL GRADES ARE AVAILABLE A DRY,
FREE FLOWING POWDERS.
TECHNICAL
SULFANILIC
ACID, CLASSIFIABLE
UNDER
THE
SUBHEADING
2921.42.24.20 OF
THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE (HTS),
CONTAINS
96
PERCENT MINIMUM SULFANILIC ACID,
1.0 PERCENT MAXIMUM ANILINE
AND
1.0
PERCENT
MAXIMUM
ALKALI
INSOLUBLE MATERIALS.
REFINED
SULFANILIC
ACID,
CLASSIFIABLE
UNDER
THE
HTS
SUBHEADING
2921.42.24.20, CONTAINS 98
PERCENT MINIMUM SULFANILIC ACID,
0.5
PERCENT
MAXIMUM
ANILINE
AND
0.25
PERCENT
MAXIMUM
ALKALI
INSOLUBLE MATERIALS.
REFINED
SODIUM
SALT
OF
SULFANILIC ACID,
(SODIUM
SULFANILATE)
CLASSIFIABLE
UNDER
THE
HTS
SUBHEADING
2921.42.70, IS
A
GRANULAR OR CRYSTALLINE MATERIAL CONTAINING 75
PERCENT MINIMUM EQUIVALENT SULFANILIC ACID,
0.5
PERCENT MAXIMUM
ANILINE,
AND
0.25
PERCENT
MAXIMUM
ALKALI INSOLUBLE MATERIALS
BASED ON THE EQUIVALENT SULFANILIC ACID CONTENT.
THE
HTS SUBHEADINGS ARE
PROVIDED
FOR CONVENIENCE
AND
CUSTOMS
PURPOSES.
OUR
WRITTEN
DESCRIPTION
OF
THE
SCOPE
OF
THESE
INVESTIGATIONS IS DISPOSITIVE.
3. FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES, THESE CASES HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED
INVESTIGATION NUMBERS A-533-806 (INDIA) AND A-437-802 (HUNGARY).
4.
IF
THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS,
THEY
SHOULD
BE
REFERRED
TO
THE
IMPORT SPECIALIST
DIVISION,
OTHER
AGENCY
BRANCH,
CUSTOMS
HEADQUARTERS
(FTS)
535-4931, OR
BY
EMAIL
TO
ATTRIBUTE "HQ
OAB."
THE IMPORTING
PUBLIC
AND
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTACT MARY JENKINS
OF THE OFFICE OF ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATIONS, IMPORT
ADMINISTRATION. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TELEPHONE:
(202) 377-1756
5.
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN