U.S. Commerce Department Announces Preliminary Antidumping Review Results for Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 from India

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The U.S. Department of Commerce has issued the preliminary results of the antidumping duty administrative review on Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 (CVP-23) from India. The review covers the period from December 1, 2023, through November 30, 2024.

The review found that Western Chemical Industries P Limited did not sell CVP-23 in the U.S. at prices below normal value. Therefore, a weighted-average dumping margin of 0.00 percent was preliminarily assigned to Western Chemical Industries P Limited.

The review was conducted under section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930. Commerce used section 772 of the Act to calculate export prices and section 773 to calculate normal values.

Commerce will disclose its calculations to the interested parties within five days of publication. The public may view these through the ACCESS system at https://access.trade.gov.

Commerce also announced the partial rescission of the review for Meghmani Pigments. The company withdrew its request for review on January 22, 2025. Since no other parties requested a review for Meghmani Pigments, the Department has rescinded the review for this company under regulation 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).

Case briefs or written comments on the preliminary results may be submitted within 21 days of the Federal Register publication date. Rebuttal briefs must be submitted within five days after the deadline for case briefs. All briefs must be filed through the ACCESS system.

Interested parties submitting briefs should include a statement of the issue, a brief argument summary, a list of authorities, and a public summary of each issue limited to 450 words. Footnotes are required for citations in the public summary.

Requests for a public hearing must be filed within 30 days of publication. Requests must include the participant’s name, address, phone number, the number of participants, nationality status, and a list of topics to discuss. Only topics raised in case briefs can be discussed.

Once the review is complete, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess duties. If the final rate is zero or de minimis (less than 0.5%), entries will be liquidated without antidumping duties. Otherwise, importer-specific rates will be used.

Entries of CVP-23 during the period that were produced by the respondent, but not known to be sold to the U.S., will be assessed at the “all-others” rate of 27.48 percent. This default rate came from the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation.

Commerce plans to issue final results of this administrative review within 120 days of publication, unless this period is extended.

Once final results are issued, cash deposit rates for future entries of CVP-23 from India will change. If the final rate is zero or de minimis, no cash deposit will be required for Western Chemical Industries P Limited. Other deposit rates will depend on whether a rate for the company or its manufacturer has been previously established.

This serves as a reminder to importers to submit a certificate of non-reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties before liquidation. Failure to do so may lead to double duties or higher assessments.

The preliminary results were signed by Deputy Assistant Secretary Christopher Abbott on February 9, 2026.

Appendix – Topics Included 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

Reference: Federal Register, Volume 91, Number 30 (February 13, 2026), Document Number: 2026-02878, Pages 6819–6821.


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