[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 77 (Friday, April 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19884-19885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9939]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-475-703]


Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin From Italy; Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of final results of antidumping duty administrative 
review.

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SUMMARY: On December 21, 1994, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published its preliminary results of the administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on granular 
polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin from Italy for the period August 
1, 1991 through July 31, 1992. The review covers one manufacturer/
exporter of this merchandise to the United States, Ausimont S.p.A. We 
did not receive any comments on our preliminary results, and, 
therefore, the final results are unchanged from those presented in our 
preliminary results.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 21, 1995.

[[Page 19885]] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Copyak or 
Richard Herring, Office of Countervailing Compliance, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC.; 
telephone: (202) 482-2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 12, 1992, the Department published in the Federal 
Register a notice of ``Opportunity to Request Administrative Review'' 
(57 FR 36063) of the antidumping order on PTFE resin from Italy (53 FR 
33163; August 30, 1988). On August 31, 1992, Ausimont S.p.A. and 
Ausimont U.S.A. requested an administrative review of the order for the 
period August 1, 1991 through July 31, 1992. We initiated the review on 
September 28, 1992 (57 FR 44551). Verifications were conducted in 
Milan, Italy, September 13-16, 1993, and in Morristown, New Jersey, 
November 22-23, 1993. On December 21, 1994, the preliminary results of 
this administrative review were published (59 FR 65753). We have now 
completed this administrative review in accordance with section 751 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Scope of the Review

    Imports covered by this review are shipments of PTFE resin which is 
classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) item number 
3904.61.00. PTFE dispersions in water and fine powders are not covered 
by this order. The HTS item number is provided for convenience and 
Customs purposes. The written description remains dispositive. The 
order on PTFE resin from Italy also covers PTFE wet raw polymer 
exported from Italy to the United States (see Granular 
Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from Italy; Final Determination of 
Circumvention of Antidumping Duty Order (58 FR 26100; April 30, 1993)). 
However, because the Department issued its preliminary affirmative 
determination of circumvention and ordered the suspension of 
liquidation of wet raw polymer entries after the review period, entries 
of PTFE wet raw polymer were not subject to this particular review (see 
Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from Italy; Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Administrative Review, 59 FR 65753, and Memorandum to 
Joseph A. Spetrini, Acting Assistant Secretary for Import 
Administration, dated September 10, 1993; The Third Administrative 
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Granular 
Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from Italy, which is on file in the 
Central Records Unit (room B099 of the Main Commerce Building)). The 
review covers one manufacturer/exporter of Italian PTFE resin to the 
United States, Ausimont S.p.A., and the review period is August 1, 1991 
through July 31, 1992.

Final Results of the Review

    We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the 
preliminary results. We did not receive any comments. Therefore, the 
final results are unchanged from those presented in the preliminary 
results. As a result of our comparison of United States price with 
foreign market value, we determine that the following weighted-average 
dumping margin existed during the period August 1, 1991 through July 
31, 1992:

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                                                                 Margin 
          Manufacturer/exporter                  Period        (percent)
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Ausimont S.p.A..........................    08/01/91-07/31/92      13.31
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    Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective 
upon publication of these final results of this administrative review, 
for all shipments of the subject merchandise, entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided for by section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate 
for the reviewed company will be 13.31 percent; (2) for exporters not 
covered in this review, but covered in previous reviews or the original 
less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, 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 this review, a 
prior review, or the original LTFV 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) the cash 
deposit rate for all other manufactures and exporters will be 46.46 
percent, the ``all other'' rate established in the original LTFV 
investigation by the Department (53 FR 26096, July 11, 1988), in 
accordance with the decisions of the CIT in Floral Trade Council v. 
United States, 822 F. Supp. 766 (1993), and Federal-Mogul Corporation 
v. United States, 822 F. Supp. 782 (1993).
    These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until publication 
of the final results of the next administrative review.
    This notice 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 this review period. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the 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.
    This administrative review and notice are in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)(B)) and 19 CFR 
353.22(c)(5).

    Dated: April 7, 1995.
Paul L. Joffe,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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