[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4766-4767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2691]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-508-604]


Industrial Phosphoric Acid From Israel; Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

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

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SUMMARY: On September 15, 1995, the Department of Commerce initiated an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on industrial 
phosphoric acid from Israel. The review covers one exporter, Haifa 
Chemicals, Ltd. (Haifa), and the period August 1, 1994 through July 31, 
1995. Since there were no shipments of the subject merchandise during 
the period of review, we preliminarily determine that the dumping 
margin for Haifa is 6.82 percent, the rate Haifa received in its most 
recent review. Interested parties are invited to comment on these 
preliminary results.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 8, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy S. Wei or Zev Primor, Office of 
Antidumping Compliance, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution 


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Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-5253.

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act), by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the 
current regulations, as amended by the interim regulations published in 
the Federal Register on May 11, 1995 (60 FR 25130).

Background

    On September 15, 1995, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the initiation of its administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on industrial phosphoric acid from Israel (60 FR 
47930). The Department is now conducting this administrative review in 
accordance with section 751 of the Act.

Scope of the Review

    Imports covered by the review are shipments of industrial 
phosphoric acid, classifiable under item number 2809.20.00 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). HTS item numbers are provided for 
convenience and for Customs purposes. The written description remains 
dispositive.

Preliminary Results of Review

    On September 21, 1995, a questionnaire was sent to Haifa. On 
October 18, 1995, Haifa responded that there were no shipments of 
covered merchandise by Haifa during the period August 1, 1994 through 
July 31, 1995. The Department verified this information with the U.S. 
Customs Service. Therefore, we have preliminarily assigned Haifa the 
rate applicable to it from its most recent administrative review. This 
rate is 6.82 percent. See Industrial Phosphoric Acid From Israel; Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, 59 FR 32184, June 
22, 1994.
    Furthermore, the following deposit requirement will be effective 
for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided for by section 
751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for Haifa will be 
Haifa's rate established in the final results of this administrative 
review; (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 any review or the original less-than-fair-
value (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; (4) for all other producers and/or 
exporters of this merchandise, the cash deposit rate shall be 1.77 
percent, the ``all others'' rate from the LTFV investigation. These 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
publication of the final results of the next administrative review.
    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 353.26(b) 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 the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This administrative review 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: January 31, 1996.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-2691 Filed 2-7-96; 8:45 am]
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