[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 52 (Friday, March 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14420-14421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6681]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-807]


Ceiling Fans From the People's Republic of China: Final Results 
of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order

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

ACTION: Notice of Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review and Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order.

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SUMMARY: On December 9, 1991, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published in the Federal Register an antidumping duty order 
on ceiling fans from the People's Republic of China (PRC). We are now 
revoking the order, based on the fact that this order is no longer of 
interest to domestic parties.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 17, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrea Chu or Michael Rill, Office of 
Antidumping Compliance, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-4733.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 9, 1991, the Department published in the Federal 
Register (56 FR 64249) an antidumping duty order on ceiling fans from 
the PRC (the order). On September 27, 1994, Lasko Metal Products, Inc. 
(Lasko), the petitioner in this proceeding, submitted a request for a 
changed circumstances administrative review and revocation of the order 
on the basis that the order no longer is of interest to the petitioner. 
On October 14, 1994, Lasko reaffirmed its September 27, 1994, request 
for the revocation of the order.
    On January 17, 1995, the Department published in the Federal 
Register a notice of initiation and preliminary results of changed 
circumstances review to determine whether to revoke the order. (See 
Ceiling Fans from the People's Republic of China: Termination of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Initiation and Preliminary 
Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, and Intent to Revoke Order, 60 FR 3390.) We found that Lasko's 
affirmative statement of no interest constitutes good cause for 
conducting a changed circumstances review. We gave 
[[Page 14421]] interested parties an opportunity to comment on the 
preliminary results of this changed circumstances review. We received 
no comments.

Scope of the Review

    Ceiling fans are electric fans that direct a downward and/or upward 
flow of air using a fan blade/motor unit. Ceiling fans incorporate a 
self-contained electric motor of an output not exceeding 125 watts. 
Ceiling fans are designed for permanent or semi-permanent installation. 
Industrial ceiling fans are defined as ceiling fans that meet six or 
more of the following criteria in any combination: A maximum speed of 
greater than 280 revolutions per minute (RPMs); a minimum air delivery 
capacity of 8000 cubic feet per minute (CFM); no reversible motor 
switch; controlled by wall-mounted electronic switch; no built-in motor 
controls; no decorative features; not light adaptable; fan blades 
greater than 52 inches in diameter; metal fan blades; downrod mounting 
only--no hugger mounting capability; three fan blades; fan blades 
mounted on top of motor housing; single-speed motor.
    The Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) subheading under which ceiling 
fans are classifiable is 8414.51.0030. Although the HTS subheading is 
provided for convenience and Customs purposes, our written description 
of the scope of this proceeding is dispositive.
    This changed circumstances administrative review covers all 
manufacturers/exporters of ceiling fans from the PRC.

Final Results of Review; Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order

    The affirmative statement of no interest by Lasko, the petitioner, 
constitutes changed circumstances sufficient to warrant revocation of 
the order. Therefore, the Department is revoking the order on ceiling 
fans from the PRC in accordance with sections 751 (b) and (c) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) and 19 CFR 353.25(d)(1). This revocation 
applies to all entries of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after June 5, 1991.
    The Department will instruct the Customs Service to proceed with 
liquidation, without regard to antidumping duties, of all unliquidated 
entries of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after June 5, 1991. The Department will further 
instruct the Customs Service to refund with interest any estimated 
duties collected with respect to unliquidated entries of subject 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after December 9, 1991, in accordance with section 778 of the Act.
    This changed circumstances review, revocation of the antidumping 
duty order, and notice are in accordance with sections 751 (b) and (c) 
of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675 (b) and (c)) and sections 353.22(f) and 
353.25(d) of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: March 10, 1995.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.
[FR Doc. 95-6681 Filed 3-16-95; 8:45 am]
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