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Countervailing-duty investigation into oleoresin paprika (HS 3301/2103 spice-extract, used as a colorant and flavoring in processed food and seasoning blends) from India, initiated 2025-07-15 following a petition by the sole identified US domestic producer, Rezolex, Ltd. Co. (Las Cruces, NM). Commerce postponed its original preliminary-determination deadline once (from 2025-09-18 to 2025-11-24), then issued the preliminary affirmative determination on 2026-01-30, published 2026-02-06. Two named Indian respondents drew materially different subsidy rates — Mane Kancor at 18.56%, Synthite Industries at 25.41% — with unnamed exporters defaulting to the 22.95% all-others rate. Commerce also found critical circumstances existed in part, which allows Customs to apply provisional measures retroactively to entries made in the 90 days before the preliminary determination for respondents with that finding. A companion antidumping (less-than-fair-value) investigation into the same product from India is running in parallel, with its own preliminary determination separately published 2026-04-02 ([GTA] United States of America: Provisional antidumping duty on imports of oleoresin paprika from India, queued but not yet filed in this register).
18.56%-25.41% (22.95% for unnamed exporters) on covered entries from 2026-02-06 onward, raising landed cost for US spice/food-color blenders sourcing from India's two largest paprika-extract producers.
duty liability on pre-determination entries for the respondents it covers, an added working-capital risk beyond the standard prospective cash-deposit regime.
CVD determination — the register frontmatter notes a final determination originally scheduled 2026-06-15; confirm status when filing the AD companion action.
confirm, raise, or lower the preliminary subsidy rates?
CVD order ultimately issue?
antidumping case (implemented 2026-04-02 per GTA) is filed?