Sodium Nitrite From India and the Russian Federation: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-533-906, A-821-836] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. DATES: Applicable February 2, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joy Zhang (India) or Paola Aleman Ordaz (the Russian Federation (Russia)); AD/CVD Operations, Offices III and IV, respectively, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1168 and (202) 482-4031, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Petitions On January 13, 2022, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) received antidumping duty (AD) petitions concerning imports of sodium nitrite from India and Russia filed in proper form on behalf of Chemtrade Chemicals US, LLC (the petitioner), a domestic producer of sodium nitrite. [ 1 ] The Petitions were accompanied by countervailing duty (CVD) petitions concerning imports of sodium nitrite from India and Russia. [ 2 ] Between January 19 and 27, 2022, Commerce requested supplemental information pertaining to certain aspects of the Petitions in separate supplemental questionnaires and telephone calls. [ 3 ] The petitioner filed responses to the supplemental questionnaires on January 21, 24, and 27, 2022. [ 4 ] ( printed page 7123) In accordance with section 732(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the petitioner alleges that imports of sodium nitrite from In…