[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30852-30853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15461]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-427-098]


Anhydrous Sodium Metasilicate From France; 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 March 8, 1996, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on anhydrous sodium metasilicate (ASM) from 
France (61 FR 9425). The review covers Rhone Poulenc Chimie de Base 
(Rhone Poulenc), a manufacturer/exporter of ASM, and shipments of this 
merchandise to the United States during the period from January 1, 1994 
through December 31, 1994. The Department gave interested parties an 
opportunity to comment on our preliminary results. No comments were 
received. Therefore, the final results are the same as the preliminary 
results.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 18, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Ross or Richard Rimlinger, Office 
of Antidumping Compliance, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4733.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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

    The Department initiated the January 1, 1994 through December 31, 
1994 administrative review for Rhone Poulenc on February 15, 1995 (60 
FR 8629) at the request of the petitioner, the PQ Corporation. On March 
8, 1996, the Department issued the preliminary results for this 
administrative review (61 FR 9425).

Scope of Review

    Imports covered by the review are shipments of ASM, a crystallized 
silicate (Na2 SiO3) which is alkaline and readily soluble in 
water. Applications include waste paper de-inking, ore-flotation, 
bleach stabilization, clay processing, medium or heavy duty cleaning, 
and compounding into other detergent formulations. This merchandise is 
classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedules (HTS) item numbers 
2839.11.00 and 2839.19.00. The HTS item numbers are provided for 
convenience and Customs purposes. The written description remains 
dispositive.

Final Results of Review

    The Department gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on 
its preliminary results. The Department did not receive any comments. 
Accordingly, for reasons discussed in the preliminary results, the 
Department has, pursuant to section 776 of the Act, used facts 
available. As discussed in the preliminary results, the Department used 
as facts available the 60-percent margin calculated in the original 
less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation using information provided by 
Rhone Poulenc. For a discussion of the reasons for application of facts 
available, see Anhydrous Sodium Metasilicate from France: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 61 FR 9425 (March 8, 
1995).
    The Department will determine, and the Customs Service will assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Furthermore, the 
following deposit requirements will be effective for all shipments of 
the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the publication date of these final results of 
this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 
Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for Rhone Poulenc will be 60 percent; 
(2) for companies not covered in this review, but covered in previous 
reviews or the original 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 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) if neither the 
exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or any previous 
review or the original investigation, the

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cash deposit rate will be 60 percent, the ``All Others'' rate 
established in the LTFV investigation (45 FR 77498, November 24, 1980).
    These deposit requirements will 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 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 administrative review and notice are in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and 19 CFR 
353.22.

    Dated: June 11, 1996.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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