Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 From India: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-838]

Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 From India: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024

AGENCY:

Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY:

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Western Chemical Industries P Limited did not make sales of subject merchandise at prices below normal value. The period of review (POR) is December 1, 2023, through November 30, 2024. In addition, we are rescinding this review, in part, with respect to Meghmani Pigments. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES:

Applicable February 13, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dennis McClure or Henry Wolfe, AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5973, and (202) 482-0574, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On January 27, 2025, based on a timely request for review, and in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), Commerce initiated this administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on carbazole violet pigment 23 (CVP-23) from India covering two companies: Western Chemical Industries P Limited (Western Chemical) and Meghmani Pigments.

1

On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the deadline to issue the preliminary results in this administrative review by 90 days.

2

Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown, on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by 47 days.

3

Additionally, due to a backlog of documents that were electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government shutdown, on November 24, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an additional 21 days.

4

The deadline for the preliminary results is now February 9, 2026. For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this review,

see

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

5

1

See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,

90 FR 8187 (January 27, 2025).

2

See

Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,” dated December 9, 2024.

3

See

Memorandum, “Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the Federal Government,” dated November 14, 2025.

4

See

Memorandum, “Tolling of all Case Deadlines,” dated November 24, 2025.

5

See

Memorandum, “Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results and Partial Recission of the Antidumping Duty Order on Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 form India; 2023-2024,” dated concurrently with, and herby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).

Scope of the Order

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6

See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 from India,

69 FR 77988 (December 29, 2004) (

Order

).

The product covered by the

Order

is CVP-23, in any form. For a full description of the scope of the

Order, see

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Rescission of Administrative Review, In Part

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party who requested the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. On January 22, 2025, Meghmani Pigments timely withdrew its request for review of itself.

7

No other parties requested an administrative review of this company. Because there was a timely withdrawal of all requests for review of Meghmani Pigments, we are rescinding this review with respect to Meghmani Pigments, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).

7

See

Meghmani Pigment's Letter, “Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,” dated January 22, 2025.

Methodology

Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 751(a) of the Act. Export price is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions,

see

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is on file electronically via ACCESS. ACCESS is available to registered users at

https://access.trade.gov.

In addition, the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at

https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Preliminary Results of Review

As a result of our review, we preliminarily determine the following weighted-average dumping margins for the period December 1, 2023, through November 30, 2024:

Producer/exporter

Weighted-average dumping margin

(percent)

Western Chemical Industries P Limited

0.00

Disclosure

Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed to interested parties in this review within five days of any public announcement, or if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this notice in the

Federal Register

, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Public Comment

Case briefs or written comments may be submitted to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

8

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties to submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 days after the date of the publication of this notice.

9

Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing case briefs.

10

Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) a statement of the issue; and (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.

11

All briefs must be filed electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline.

8

See

19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii);

see also

19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).

9

Commerce is exercising its discretion to alter the time limit for filing of case briefs.

See

19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).

10

See

19 CFR 351.309(d);

see also Administrative Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,

88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (

APO and Service Procedures

).

11

See

19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).

As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.

12

Further, we request that interested parties limit their public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the public executive summary of each issue. Note that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).

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12

We use the term “issue” here to describe an argument that Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

13

See APO and Service Procedures.

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its entirety via ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.

14

Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants, and whether any participant is a foreign national; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties will be notified of the time and date for the hearing.

15

Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.

14

See

19 CFR 351.310(c).

15

See

19 CFR 351.310(d).

Assessment Rates

Upon completion of the administrative review, Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.

16

If a respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or not

de minimis

(

i.e.,

less than 0.5 percent) in the final results of this review, then Commerce will calculate importer-specific

ad valorem

antidumping duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales to the total entered value of those same sales in

accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). If the weighted-average dumping margin is zero or

de minimis

in the final results, or if an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or

de minimis

in the final results, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.

16

See

19 CFR 351.212(b).

In accordance with Commerce's “automatic assessment” practice, for entries of subject merchandise that entered the United States during the POR that were produced by the respondent for which the respondent did not know that its merchandise was destined to the United States, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate in the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation (

i.e.,

27.48 percent), if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.

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17

For a full discussion of this practice,

see Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,

68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003);

see also Order.

Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this review in the

Federal Register

. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (

i.e.,

within 90 days of publication).

Cash Deposit Requirements

The following deposit requirements will be effective for all shipments of CVP-23 from India entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of this administrative review, as provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the companies under review will be the rate established in the final results of this review (except, if the rate is zero or

de minimis,

no cash deposit will be required); (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the LTFV investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 27.48 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.

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These cash deposit rates, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

18

See Order.

Final Results of Review

Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative review, including the results of our analysis of issues raised by the parties in any written briefs, within 120 days of publication of these preliminary results in the

Federal Register

, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).

Notification to Importers

This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties, and/or an increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of the countervailing duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

These preliminary results of administrative review are issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4) and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

Dated: February 9, 2026.

Christopher Abbott,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistance Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary

II. Background

III. Scope of the

Order

IV. Partial Rescission of Review

V. Discussion of the Methodology

VI. Currency Conversion

VII. Recommendation

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