MESSAGE NO: 4217111 DATE: 08 05 1994
CATEGORY: ADA TYPE: PRE
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: A - 570 - 830 - -
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PERIOD COVERED: 08 04 1994 TO

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, TRADE COMPLIANCE DIVISION

RE: NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF SALES AT LESS
THAN FAIR VALUE; COUMARIN FROM THE PEOPLES'S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA (PRC) (A-570-830)

1. THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 04, 1994, THE
NOTICE OF ITS PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF SALES AT LESS THAN
FAIR VALUE IN THE ANTIDUMPING DUTY INVESTIGATION OF COUMARIN FROM
THE PRC (A-570-830).

2. THE PRODUCT COVERED IN THIS INVESTIGATION IS COUMARIN.
COUMARIN IS AN AROMA CHEMICAL WITH THE CHEMICAL FORMULA C9H6O2
THAT IS ALSO KNOWN BY OTHER NAMES, INCLUDING
2H-1-BENZOPYRAN-2-ONE, 1,2-BENZOPYRONE, CIS-O-COUMARIC ACID
LACTONE, COUMARINIC ANHYDRIDE, 2-OXO-1,2-BENZOPYRAN,
5,6-BENZO-ALPHA-PYRONE, ORTHO-HYDROXYC INNAMIC ACID LACTONE,
CIS-ORTHO-COUMARIC ACID ANHYDRIDE, AND TONKA BEAN CAMPHOR.

ALL FORMS AND VARIATIONS OF COUMARIN ARE INCLUDED WITHIN THE
SCOPE OF THIS INVESTIGATION, SUCH AS COUMARIN IN CRYSTAL, FLAKE,
OR POWDER FORM, AND "CRUDE" OR UNREFINED COUMARIN (I.E., PRIOR TO
PURIFICATION OR CRYSTALLIZATION). EXCLUDED FROM THE SCOPE ARE
ETHYLCOUMARINS (C11H10O2) AND METHYLCOUMARINS (C10H802).

THE PRODUCT SUBJECT TO THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLASSIFIABLE
UNDER SUBHEADING 2932.21.0000 OF THE HTSUS. ALTHOUGH THE HTSUS
SUBHEADING IS PROVIDED FOR CONVENIENCE AND CUSTOMS PURPOSES, THE
WRITTEN DESCRIPTION IS DISPOSITIVE.

3. FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES, THIS CASE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED
INVESTIGATION NUMBER (A-570-830).

4. FOR ALL IMPORTS OF THE SUBJECT MERCHANDISE, THE CUSTOMS
SERVICE SHALL SUSPEND LIQUIDATION OF SUCH MERCHANDISE FROM THE
PRC THAT ARE ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR
CONSUMPTION ON OR PRIOR TO THE DATE 90 DAYS BEFORE THE DATE OF
PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER, MAY 06, 1994. FOR JIANGSU
NATIVE ONLY, THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION IS
AUGUST 04, 1994, THE DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE PRELIMINARY
DETERMINATION NOTICE IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER. CUSTOMS SHALL
REQUIRE A CASH DEPOSIT OR POSTING OF A BOND EQUAL TO THE
ESTIMATED PRELIMINARY MARGINS, AS SHOWN BELOW:

MANUFACTURER\ CUSTOMS IDENTIFICATION MARGIN
EXPORTER NUMBER PERCENTAGE

JIANGSU NATIVE A-570-830-001 97.61%
PRODUCE IM\EX CORP

TIANJIN CHEMICALS A-570-830-002 143.40%
IM\EX CORP.

TIANJIN NATIVE
PRODUCE IM\EX CORP A-570-830-003 35.21%

ALL OTHERS A-570-830-000 444.37%

5. ANY QUESTIONS BY CUSTOMS OFFICERS REGARDING THIS MATTER
PLEASE CONTACT VIAE-MAIL, THROUGH THE REGIONAL
ANTIDUMPING\ COUNTERVAILING COORDINATOR, THE TRADE COMPLIANCE
DIVISION, ANTIDUMPING\COUNTERVAILING DUTY BRANCH, USING ATTRIBUTE
"HQ OAB". OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTACT DAVID J.
GOLDBERGER OR LOUIS APPLE, OFFICE OF ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATIONS,
IMPORT ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE; TELEPHONE: (202) 482-4136 AND
(202) 482-1769, RESPECTIVELY.

6. THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.

NANCY MCTIERNAN