Sulfanilic Acid From the People's Republic of China; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on sulfanilic acid from the People's Republic of China. The review covers exports of this merchandise to the United States for the period August 1, 1998, through July 31, 1999, and two firms: Zhenxing Chemical Industry Company (Zhenxing) and Yude Chemical Industry Company (Yude). The preliminary results of this review indicate that the two responding parties, Zhenxing and Yude, failed to cooperate by not acting to the best of their ability in responding to our requests for information. Consequently, we have preliminarily decided to use the single margin "PRC rate" as adverse facts available with respect to Zhenxing and Yude, which is listed below in the "Preliminary Results of the Review" section of this notice.