MESSAGE NO: 9176115 DATE: 06 25 1999
CATEGORY: ADA TYPE: INI
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: A - 570 - 853 - -
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PERIOD COVERED: 06 23 1999 TO

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: DIRECTORS OF FIELD OPERATIONS
PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT OPERATIONS

RE: INITIATION OF ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATION OF BULK ASPIRIN
FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (A-570-853)


1. ON JUNE 23, 1999 THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED IN THE
FEDERAL REGISTER ITS INITIATION OF ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATION
OF BULK ASPIRIN FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (A-570-
853).

2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS INVESTIGATION, THE PRODUCT COVERED IS
BULK ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS BULK
ASPIRIN, WHETHER OR NOT IN PHARMACEUTICAL OR COMPOUND FORM,
NOT PUT UP IN DOSAGE FORM (TABLET, CAPSULE, POWDERS OR
SIMILAR FORM FOR DIRECT HUMAN CONSUMPTION). BULK ASPIRIN
MAY BE IMPORTED IN TWO FORMS, AS PURE ORTHO-ACETYLSALICYLIC
ACID OR AS MIXED ORTHO-ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID. PURE ORTHO-
ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID CAN EITHER BE IN CRYSTAL FORM OR
GRANULATED INTO A FINE POWDER (PHARMACEUTICAL FORM). THIS
PRODUCT HAS THE CHEMICAL FORMULA C9H8O4. IT IS DEFINED BY
THE OFFICIAL MONOGRAPH OF THE UNITED STATES PHARMACOPOEIA
(USP) 23. IT IS CLASSIFIED UNDER THE HARMONIZED TARIFF
SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES (HTSUS) SUBHEADING
2918.22.1000.

MIXED ORTHO-ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID CONSISTS OF ORTHO-
ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID COMBINED WITH OTHER INACTIVE SUBSTANCES
SUCH AS STARCH, LACTOSE, CELLULOSE, OR COLORING MATERIALS
AND/OR OTHER ACTIVE SUBSTANCES. THE PRESENCE OF OTHER
ACTIVE SUBSTANCES MUST BE IN CONCENTRATIONS LESS THAN THAT
SPECIFIED FOR PARTICULAR NONPRESCRIPTION DRUG COMBINATIONS
OF ASPIRIN AND ACTIVE SUBSTANCES AS PUBLISHED IN THE
HANDBOOK OF NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS, EIGHTH EDITION, AMERICAN
PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. THIS PRODUCT IS CLASSIFIED
UNDER HTS SUBHEADING 3003.90.0000. ALTHOUGH THE HTSUS
SUBHEADINGS ARE PROVIDED FOR CONVENIENCE AND CUSTOMS
PURPOSES, THE WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF THE MERCHANDISE UNDER
INVESTIGATION IS DISPOSITIVE.

3. FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES THIS CASE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED
INVESTIGATION NUMBER A-570-853.

4. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS, PLEASE CONTACT VIA E-MAIL, THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE
SUPERVISORY CHANNELS, OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY LIAISON, USING
THE ATTRIBUTE "HQ OAB." THE IMPORTING PUBLIC AND OTHER
INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTACT CRAIG MATNEY OR ALYSIA
WILSON, OFFICE OF AD/CVD ENFORCEMENT, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION,
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE, AT (202) 482-1778 OR 482-0108, RESPECTIVELY.

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

PAUL SCHWARTZ