MESSAGE NO: 2233112
DATE: 08 20 1992
CATEGORY: ADA
TYPE: ORD
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
A - 570 - 815
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PERIOD COVERED:
09 19 1992
TO
LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:
TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS
FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION
RE: ANTIDUMPING DUTY ORDER ON SULFANILIC ACID FROM THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
1.
THE DEPARTMENT
OF
COMMERCE
WILL
PUBLISH
IN
THE
FEDERAL
REGISTER AUGUST 19, 1992, NOTICE OF ITS ANTIDUMPING DUTY ORDER ON
SULFANILIC ACID FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
2.
THE
PRODUCTS
COVERED
BY
THIS
ORDER
ARE
ALL
GRADES
OF
SULFANILIC ACID,
WHICH
INCLUDE TECHNICAL (OR
CRUDE) SULFANILIC
ACID, REFINED (OR PURIFIED) SULFANILIC ACID
AND
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
BRIGHTENERS, FOOD COLORS, SPECIALTY DYES, AND CONCRETE ADDITIVES.
THE PRINCIPAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GRADES ARE
THE UNDESIRABLE
QUANTITIES OF
RESIDUAL
ANILINE
AND
ALKALI INSOLUBLE MATERIALS
PRESENT IN
THE SULFANIC ACID.
ALL GRADES ARE AVAILABLE AS
DRY
FREE FLOWING POWDERS.
TECHNICAL SULFANILIC ACID, CLASSIFIABLE UNDER
THE SUBHEADING
2921.42.2420 OF
THE HARMONIZED TARIFF
SCHEDULE
OF
THE
UNITED
STATES
(HTS), CONTAINS 96
PERCENT MINIMUM SULFANILIC ACID,
1.0
PERCENT MAXIMUM ANILINE, AND 1.0 PERCENT MAXIMUM ALKALI INSOLUBLE
MATERIALS.
REFINED SULFANILIC ACID, ALSO CLASSIFIABLE UNDER
THE
HTS
SUBHEADING
2921.42.2420
CONTAINS
98
PERCENT
MINIMUM
SULFANILIC ACID,
0.5 PERCENT MAXIMUM ANILINE, AND
0.25
PERCENT
MAXIMUM
ALKALI INSOLUBLE MATERIALS.
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 SULFANILIC ACID,
0.5 PERCENT MAXIMUM ANILINE,
AND 0.25 PERCENT MAXIMUM ALKALI INSOLUBLE MATERIALS BASED ON
THE
EQUIVALENT SULFANILIC ACID CONTENT.
ALTHOUGH THE HTS SUBHEADINGS
ARE PROVIDED
FOR CONVENIENCE AND
CUSTOMS PURPOSES, OUR
WRITTEN
DESCRIPTION OF THE SCOPE OF THIS PROCEEDING IS DISPOSITIVE.
3. FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES THIS
CASE
HAS
BEEN ASSIGNED
INVESTIGATION NUMBER A-570-815.
4.
BLUE
LINE REPORTS ARE REQUIRED FOR WAREHOUSE WITHDRAWALS FOR
CONSUMPTION.
5.
THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION (ITC) FOUND
THAT
A
U.S.
INDUSTRY IS THREATENED WITH MATERIAL INJURY BY REASON
OF IMPORTS
OF SULFANILIC ACID FROM
THE
PRC.
THE
ITC
DID
NOT DETERMINE
PURSUANT TO SECTION 735 (B)(4)(B) OF
THE ACT THAT, BUT
FOR
THE
SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION OF ENTRIES OF SULFANILIC ACID FROM
THE
PRC,
THE DOMESTIC INDUSTRY WOULD
HAVE
BEEN MATERIALLY INJURED.
THEREFORE, THE
"SPECIAL
RULE"
PROVISION
OF
SECTION 736(B)(2)
APPLIES.
6.
THEREFORE, FOR SULFANILIC ACID
FROM
THE
PRC,
THE
CUSTOMS
SERVICE SHALL ASSESS ANTIDUMPING DUTIES ON
ALL ENTRIES THAT
ARE
ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION ON
OR
AFTER
AUGUST 10, 1992, THE
DATE
ON
WHICH
THE
ITC ISSUED ITS
FINAL
AFFIRMATIVE
DETEMINATION OF
THREAT
OF
MATERIAL
INJURY.
THE
CUSTOMS SERVICE SHALL TERMINATE THE SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION FOR
ENTRIES
ENTERED,
OR
WITHDRAWN
FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION
BEFORE AUGUST 10,
1992,
AND
SHALL RELEASE ANY
BOND
OR
OTHER
SECURITY, AND
REFUND
ANY
CASH
DEPOSIT POSTED
TO
SECURE
THE
PAYMENT
OF ESTIMATED ANTIDUMPING DUTIES
WITH RESPECT
TO
THERE
ENTRIES.
CUSTOMS OFFICERS MUST REQUIRE,
AT
THE
SAME
TIME
AS
IMPORTERS WOULD NORMALLY DEPOSIT ESTIMATED DUTIES,
THE FOLLOWING
CASH DEPOSITS FOR THE SUBJECT MERCHANDISE:
MANUFACTURER/EXPORTER
IDENTIFICATION
FINAL MARGIN
PRODUCER
NUMBER
PERCENTAGES
CHINA NATIONAL CHEMICALS IMPORT
& EXPORT CORP. HEBEI BRANCH
A-570-815-001
19.14
ALL OTHERS
A-570-815-000
85.20
7.
IF
THERE ARE
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS,
THEY
SHOULD
BE
REFERRED
TO
THE
IMPORT SPECIALIST
DIVISION, OTHER AGENCY BRANCH VIA E-MAIL ATTRIBUTE "HQ OAB".
THE
IMPORTING PUBLIC AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTACT MARY
JENKINS
OR
BRIAN
SMITH, OFFICE
OF ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATIONS,
IMPORT ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL
TRADE ADMINISTRATION,
U.S.
DEPARTMENT
OF
COMMERCE,
TELEPHONE
(202)
377-1756
OR
(202)
377-1766, RESPECTIVELY.
8.
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN