MESSAGE NO: 4180203
DATE: 06 28 2004
CATEGORY: ADA
TYPE: INI
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
A - 570 - 898
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PERIOD COVERED:
06 10 2004
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TO: DIRECTORS OF FIELD OPERATIONS
PORT DIRECTORS
FROM: DIRECTOR, SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT
RE: INITIATION OF ANTIDUMPING DUTY INVESTIGATION OF
CHLORINATED ISOCYANURATES FROM CHINA (A-570-898)
1.
ON JUNE 10, 2004, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED IN
THE FEDERAL REGISTER (69 FR 32488) ITS INITIATION OF THE
ANTIDUMPING DUTY INVESTIGATION OF CHLORINATED ISOCYANURATES FROM
CHINA.
2.
THE PRODUCTS COVERED BY THESE INVESTIGATIONS ARE CHLORINATED
ISOCYANURATES.
CHLORINATED ISOCYANURATES ARE DERIVATIVES OF
CYANURIC ACID, DESCRIBED AS CHLORINATED S-TRIAZINE TRIONES.
THERE ARE THREE PRIMARY CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS OF CHLORINATED
ISOCYANURATES:
(1) TRICHLOROISOCYANURIC ACID (CL3 (NCO)3),
(2) SODIUM DICHLOROISOCYANURATE (DIHYDRATE) (NACL2(NCO)3
2H2O),
AND
(3) SODIUM DICHLOROISOCYANURATE (ANHYDROUS) (NACL2(NCO)3).
CHLORINATED ISOCYANURATES ARE AVAILABLE IN POWDER, GRANULAR, AND
TABLETTED FORMS.
THESE INVESTIGATIONS COVER ALL CHLORINATED
ISOCYANURATES.
CHLORINATED ISOCYANURATES ARE CURRENTLY
CLASSIFIABLE UNDER SUBHEADING 2933.69.6050 OF THE HARMONIZED
TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES (HTSUS).
THIS TARIFF
CLASSIFICATION REPRESENTS A BASKET CATEGORY THAT INCLUDES
CHLORINATED ISOCYANURATES AND OTHER COMPOUNDS INCLUDING AN
UNFUSED TRIAZINE RING.
ALTHOUGH THE HTSUS SUBHEADING IS PROVIDED
FOR CONVENIENCE AND CUSTOMS PURPOSES, THE WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF
THE MERCHANDISE REMAINS DISPOSITIVE.
3.
FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES THIS CASE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED
THE INVESTIGATION NUMBER A-570-898.
4.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CBP
OFFICERS, THE IMPORTING PUBLIC OR INTERESTED PARTIES, PLEASE
CONTACT DAVINA HASHMI AT OFFICE OF AD/CVD ENFORCEMENT, IMPORT
ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AT (202) 482-0984 (GENERATED BY G1O3:SM).
5.
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.
CATHY SAUCEDA