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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-508-604]

 

Industrial Phosphoric Acid From Israel; Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Import Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Reviews.

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SUMMARY: On March 8, 1994, the Department of Commerce published the 
preliminary results of its administrative reviews of the antidumping 
duty order on industrial phosphoric acid from Israel (59 FR 10787). The 
review periods are August 1, 1991 through July 31, 1992 and August 1, 
1992 through July 31, 1993. These reviews involve Haifa Chemicals, 
Ltd., a manufacturer/exporter of this merchandise to the United States. 
We have now completed these reviews and determine the margin to be 6.82 
percent ad valorem for Haifa Chemicals.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 22, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Longest or Kelly Parkhill, 
Office of Countervailing Compliance, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 8, 1994, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of its 
administrative reviews of the antidumping duty order on industrial 
phosphoric acid from Israel (59 FR 10787) covering the periods August 
1, 1991 through July 31, 1992 and August 1, 1992 through July 31, 1993, 
the fifth and sixth review periods respectively. The review of Rotem 
Fertilizers (Rotem) was terminated in the preliminary results of these 
reviews (59 FR 10787) because Rotem was determined to be the successor 
to Negev Phosphates, Ltd. (Negev), a company that was revoked from the 
antidumping order in the final results of the changed circumstances 
review. The Department has now completed these administrative reviews 
in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act).

Scope of the Review

    Imports covered by these reviews are shipments of industrial 
phosphoric acid (IPA). This product is classifiable under item number 
2809.20.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). The HTS item number 
is provided for convenience and customs purposes. The written 
description remains dispositive.
    The review periods are August 1, 1991 through July 31, 1992 and 
August 1, 1992 through July 31, 1993. These reviews involve Haifa 
Chemicals Ltd. (Haifa), an Israeli manufacturer/exporter to the United 
States of the subject merchandise.
    Haifa reported that it did not have any shipments of the subject 
merchandise to the United States during these review periods. We 
subsequently confirmed with the United States Customs Service that 
there were no entries of this merchandise to the United States by Haifa 
during these review periods. Therefore, we are using the rate found in 
the previous review for this company for cash deposit purposes. See 
Industrial Phosphoric Acid from Israel; Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review (57 FR 38471; August 25, 1992). Because 
Haifa did not respond to the Department's questionnaire in that review, 
it was assigned a rate of 6.82 percent, the highest margin assigned to 
any company in a previous review or in the investigation.

Analysis of Comments Received

    We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the 
preliminary results. We received no comments.

Final Results of the Review

    We determine the following dumping margin for the periods August 1, 
1991 through July 31, 1992 and August 1, 1992 through July 31, 1993:

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                                                                 Margin 
                    Manufacturer/Exporter                      (Percent)
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Haifa Chemicals Ltd..........................................      6.82 
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    The Department will instruct the Customs Service to assess 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Individual differences 
between United States price and foreign market value may vary from the 
percentages stated above. The Department will issue appraisement 
instructions directly to the Customs Service.
    Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective 
upon publication of these final results of administrative reviews for 
all shipments of the subject merchandise, entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption as provided by section 751(a)(1) of the 
Tariff Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for the reviewed company will be 
the rate as listed; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated 
companies not listed above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be 
the company-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if 
the exporter is not a firm covered in these reviews, a prior review, or 
the original less-than-fair-value investigation, but the manufacturer 
is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most 
recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) cash 
deposits for all other manufacturers or exporters will be the ``all 
other'' rate of 1.77 percent. This is the rate established during the 
LTFV investigation.
    These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until publication 
of the final results of the next administrative review.
    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 353.26 to file a certificate regarding the 
reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the 
relevant entries during these review periods. Failure to comply with 
this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and subsequent assessment 
of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibilities 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d). Failure to 
comply is a violation of the APO.
    These administrative reviews and notice are in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and 19 CFR 353.22.

    Dated: June 15, 1994.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-15181 Filed 6-21-94; 8:45 am]
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