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Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 From China and India Investigations Nos. 701-TA-437 and 731-TA-1060 and 1061 (Final) Publication 3744 December 2004 U.S. International Trade Commission Washington, DC 20436 U.S. International Trade Commission COMMISSIONERS Stephen Koplan, Chairman Deanna Tanner Okun, Vice Chairman Marcia E. Miller Jennifer A. Hillman Charlotte R. Lane Daniel R. Pearson Robert A. Rogowsky Director of Operations Staff assigned Cynthia Trainor, Investigator Cynthia Foreso, Industry Analyst Craig Thomsen, Economist David Boyland, Accountant Mary Jane Alves, Attorney David Goldfine, Attorney Lemuel Shields, Statistician George Deyman, Supervisory Investigator Address all communications to Secretary to the Commission United States International Trade Commission Washington, DC 20436 U.S. International Trade Commission Washington, DC 20436 www.usitc.gov Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 From China and India Investigations Nos. 701-TA-437 and 731-TA-1060 and 1061 (Final) Publication 3744 December 2004 CONTENTS Page Determinations ................................................................. 1 Views of the Commission ......................................................... 3 Part I: Introduction ............................................................ I-1 Background .................................................................. I-1 Major firms involved in violet 23 market ........................................... I-2 Summary data................................................................ I-2 Nature and extent of subsidies and sales at LTFV .................................... I-3 Countervailable subsidies on India ............................................. I-3 Dumping margins on China................................................... I-4 Dumping margins on India ................................................... I-4 The subject product ............................................................ I-5 The domestic like product ....................................................... I-5 Traditional domestic like product analysis ....................................... I-5 Physical characteristics and uses............................................... I-6 Manufacturing process ...................................................... I-6 Interchangeability and customer and producer perceptions .......................... I-7 Channels of distribution...................................................... I-8 Price .................................................................... I-8 Semi-finished domestic like product analysis ..................................... I-9 Part II: Conditions of competition in the U.S. market ................................ II-1 Channels of distribution and market segmentation.................................... II-1 Supply and demand considerations ................................................ II-2 U.S. supply ............................................................... II-2 U.S. demand .............................................................. II-3 Substitutability issues .......................................................... II-6 Factors affecting purchasing decisions .......................................... II-7 Comparison of domestic product, subject imports, and nonsubject imports .............. II-9 Part III: U.S. producers’ production, shipments, and employment ...................... III-1 U.S. producers ............................................................... III-1 U.S. capacity, production, and capacity utilization ................................... III-3 U.S. producers’ U.S. shipments and exports ........................................ III-3 Captive production ............................................................ III-4 The first statutory criterion ................................................... III-5 The second statutory criterion ................................................. III-5 The third statutory criterion................................................... III-5 U.S. producers’ purchases ...................................................... III-6 U.S. producer’s inventories ..................................................... III-6 U.S. employment, wages, and productivity ......................................... III-6 Part IV: U.S. imports, apparent consumption, and market shares ...................... IV-1 U.S. importers................................................................ IV-1 U.S. imports ................................................................. IV-1 Negligibility considerations ..................................................... IV-2 Critical circumstances.......................................................... IV-3 i CONTENTS–Continued Page Part IV: U.S. imports, apparent consumption, and market shares–Continued Cumulation considerations...................................................... IV-4 Fungibility ................................................................ IV-5 Geographical markets ....................................................... IV-5 Channels of distribution...................................................... IV-6 Simultaneous presence in the market ........................................... IV-7 Apparent U.S. consumption ..................................................... IV-8 U.S. market shares ............................................................ IV-8 Ratio of subject imports to U.S. production ......................................... IV-9 Part V: Pricing and related information ............................................ V-1 Factors affecting prices......................................................... V-1 U.S. inland transportation .................................................... V-1 Exchange rates............................................................. V-2 Pricing practices.............................................................. V-2 Pricing methods ............................................................ V-2 Sales terms and discounts .................................................... V-3 Price data ................................................................... V-3 Price comparisons .......................................................... V-4 Lost sales and lost revenues ..................................................... V-7 Part VI: Financial experience of U.S. producers ..................................... VI-1 Background .................................................................. VI-1 Crude violet 23 ............................................................ VI-1 Finished violet 23 .......................................................... VI-1 Consolidated (crude and finished) violet 23 ...................................... VI-3 Capital expenditures and R&D expenses........................................... VI-3 Assets and return on investment .................................................. VI-4 Capital and investment......................................................... VI-4 Part VII: Threat considerations .................................................. VII-1 The industry in China .......................................................... VII-1 The industry in India ........................................................... VII-2 U.S. importers’ inventories ..................................................... VII-3 U.S. importers’ imports subsequent to June 30, 2004 ................................. VII-3 Dumping in third-country markets ................................................ VII-3 Appendixes A. Federal Register notices....................................................... A-1 B. Calendar of the public hearing.................................................. B-1 C. Summary data............................................................... C-1 D. Commerce data.............................................................. D-1 E. U.S. shipments by end use .................................................... E-1 F. Purchaser price data .......................................................... F-1 G. Effects of imports of violet 23 from China and/or India on U.S. producers’ existing development and production efforts, growth, investment, ability to raise capital, or the scale of capital investments ............................................ G-1 ii GLOSSARY OF TERMS AUV.............................. Average unit value COGS............................. Cost of goods sold Commission........................ U.S. International Trade Commission Customs........................... U.S. Customs and Border Protection f.o.b............................... Free on board FR ................................ Federal Register HTS .............................. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States PRWs............................. Production and related workers R&D ............................. Research and development expenses SG&A ........................... Selling, general, and administrative GLOSSARY OF FIRMS Aesthetic .......................... Aesthetic Color Tech (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Allegheny.......................... Allegheny Color Corp. Alpanil............................ Alpanil Industries AMI.............................. AMI Pigments Pvt. Ltd. Baihe ............................. Hangzhou Baihe Chemical Co., Ltd. Barker............................. Barker Fine Color Ciba .............................. Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp. Clariant............................ Clariant Corp. Flint .............................. Flint Ink GoldLink .......................... GoldLink