India's violet pigment gets subsidy slap—U.S. fights back.
Published Date: 4/14/2025
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce found that Indian producers and exporters of carbazole violet pigment 23 (CVP-23) received unfair government subsidies in 2022. This means extra duties might be charged to keep things fair for U.S. businesses. The review covers all of 2022, and the preliminary results were announced on April 14, 2025, with a chance for comments before final decisions.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 3 costs, 0 mixed.
Preliminary countervailing rates for CVP-23
Commerce preliminarily found countervailable subsidies for carbazole violet pigment 23 (CVP-23) from India covering January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022, and announced preliminary results on April 14, 2025. Commerce preliminarily assigned ad valorem subsidy rates of 3.36% to Gharda Chemicals, Ltd., 8.70% to Meghmani Pigments, and 6.03% to Navapd Pigments Pvt. Ltd.
Timing of duty assessment and cash deposits
Commerce will issue final results within 120 days after the publication of these preliminary results, and upon publication of the final results U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will assess countervailing duties on entries covered by this review. Commerce intends to instruct CBP to issue assessment instructions no earlier than 35 days after publication of the final results, and CBP will collect cash deposits for shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results.
Rate for non-selected Indian exporters set by averaging
For companies not selected for individual examination in this review, Commerce preliminarily used a simple average of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for the examined respondents to determine the rate for non-selected companies. CBP will collect cash deposits for non-reviewed firms at that all-others rate or the firm's most recent company-specific rate, as appropriate.
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