[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 148 (Wednesday, July 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39946-39947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19476]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-588-817]


Electroluminescent High Information Content Flat Panel Displays 
and Display Glass Therefor From Japan; Notice of Court Decision and 
Rescission of Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order

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

ACTION: Notice of court decision and rescission of revocation of 
antidumping duty order.

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SUMMARY: On August 25, 1994, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published a notice of revocation of the antidumping duty 
order on electroluminescent (EL) high information content flat panel 
displays (FPDs) and display glass therefor from Japan (see 
Electroluminescent High Information Content Flat Panel Displays and 
Display Glass Therefor from Japan; Amendment of Notice of Court 
Decision and Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order, 59 FR 43809 (Aug. 
25, 1994)) pursuant to a mandamus order to enforce judgment issued by 
the United States Court of International Trade (the CIT) in Hosiden 
Corporation v. United States, 861 F. Supp. 115 (CIT August 12, 1994) 
(Hosiden II). In Hosiden II, the CIT ordered the Department to suspend 
liquidation of entries, but to otherwise reverse all action taken by 
the Department pursuant to its determination of sales at less-than-fair 
value, in order to implement its earlier decision affirming the 
International Trade Commission's (ITC's) negative injury determination 
on remand (Hosiden Corporation v. United States, 852 F. Supp. 1050 (CIT 
April 14, 1994) (Hosiden I). The Department appealed the CIT's mandamus 
order and, on May 31, 1996, the United States Court of Appeals for the 
Federal Circuit (the Federal Circuit) held that the mandamus order was 
contrary to law and, thus, vacated the CIT's mandamus order in Hosiden 
Corp., et al. v. United States, Appeal No. 95-1027 (Fed. Cir. May 31, 
1996) . Therefore, we are now rescinding the revocation of the 
antidumping duty order on EL FPDs from Japan, reinstating the 
suspension of liquidation of entries of EL FPDs from Japan pursuant to 
the Department's May 6, 1994 notice of court decision and suspension of 
liquidation (59 FR 23690), and reinstating the collection of cash 
deposits on EL FPDs from Japan as of the date of this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 31, 1996.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 4, 1991, the Department published an antidumping duty 
order on EL FPDs (56 FR 43937) following an affirmative determination 
of sales at less-than-fair value by the Department on July 16, 1991 (56 
FR 32376) and an August 26, 1991 decision by the ITC that a U.S. 
industry was being materially injured by reason of imports of flat 
panel displays and display glass therefor from Japan (56 FR 43937, 
September 5, 1991). Exporters of EL FPDs appealed the ITC determination 
to the CIT. The CIT remanded the determination to the ITC to reconsider 
its injury determination, and on March 8, 1993, the ITC determined on 
remand that no U.S. industry was being materially injured by reason of 
imports of EL FPDs. The ITC's remand was affirmed by the CIT on April 
14, 1994, in Hosiden I. In accordance with the decision of the Federal 
Circuit in Timken v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir. 1990) 
(Timken), the Department published a notice on May 6, 1994 (59 FR 
23690) stating that the Department would continue to order the 
suspension of liquidation of the subject merchandise and that ``[i]f 
the case is not appealed, or is affirmed on appeal, then the 
antidumping duty order on EL FPDs will be revoked.''
    Subsequently, on August 12, 1994, the CIT issued a decision and 
mandamus order in Hosiden II requiring that the Department: (1) direct 
the U.S. Customs Service to cease the collection of cash deposits for 
estimated antidumping duties on EL FPDs and return any previously 
collected cash deposits; (2) end any previously ordered suspension of 
liquidation and suspend the liquidation of entries of EL FPDs in 
accordance with the CIT's Preliminary Injunction order, dated January 
20, 1994; (3) refrain from imposing any further obligation on any party 
involved in any administrative review by the Department relating to EL 
FPDs; and (4) execute all documents and take all necessary actions to 
effectuate a revocation of the antidumping duty order. On August 25, 
1994, the Department published the revocation of the antidumping duty 
order on EL FPDs (59 FR 43809, August 25, 1994) and took all other 
action required by the CIT's mandamus order.
    The Department then appealed the CIT's August 12, 1994 decision and 
mandamus order to the Federal Circuit. On May 31, 1996, the Federal 
Circuit issued a decision that held that the August 12, 1994 mandamus 
order was contrary to law, and vacated the CIT's mandamus order. 
Hosiden Corp., et al. v. United States, Appeal No. 95-1027 (Fed. Cir. 
May 31, 1996). On July 22, 1996, the Federal Circuit issued a mandate 
finalizing its May 31, 1996 decision in Appeal No. 95-1027.
    On May 31, 1996, the Federal Circuit also rendered a decision in a 
related case concerning the ITC's injury determination with respect to 
EL FPDs from Japan. In Advanced Display Manufacturers Assn. v. United 
States, Appeal No. 94-1380 (Fed. Cir. May 31, 1996), the Federal 
Circuit vacated the CIT's decision in Hosiden I with respect to the 
ITC's injury determination on remand, and remanded the matter for 
appropriate further proceedings. Thus,

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in accordance with the Federal Circuit's Timken decision, the 
Department will continue to order the suspension of liquidation of EL 
FPDs from Japan and will not instruct the U.S. Customs Service to 
liquidate entries of the subject merchandise until there is a final and 
conclusive court decision in the matter within the meaning of 19 U.S.C. 
Sec. 1516a(e).
    The Federal Circuit's May 31, 1996 decision concerning Appeal No. 
95-1027 vacated the CIT's decision and mandamus order in Hosiden II. 
Thus, consistent with the Federal Circuit's decision, the Department 
hereby rescinds the revocation of the antidumping duty order on 
electroluminescent high information content flat panel displays and 
display glass therefor from Japan. Further, the Department is directing 
the U.S. Customs Service to reinstate the suspension of liquidation 
pursuant to the Department's May 6, 1994 notice of court decision and 
suspension of liquidation, and reinstate the collection of cash 
deposits in the amount of 7.02 percent ad valorem, the last published 
deposit rate, for each entry of the subject merchandise which is 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, on or after the 
date of the publication of this notice. Thus, the purpose of this 
notice is to effect the rescission of the revocation of the antidumping 
duty order on EL FPDs from Japan and to reinstate all agency action 
taken pursuant to the Department's May 6, 1994 notice of court decision 
and suspension of liquidation (59 FR 23690).
    For all purposes under the statute, the anniversary month of the 
antidumping duty order on EL FPDs, which was published on September 4, 
1991, will continue to be September. With the reinstatement of the 
antidumping duty order, the Department is also reinstating the 
administrative review of the order on EL FPDs from Japan for the 
September 1, 1992 through August 31, 1993 period, which was being 
conducted by the Department at the time of the court-ordered revocation 
of the order.
    Because we revoked the order in August 1994, we necessarily did not 
publish an opportunity to request review, and did not initiate an 
administrative review, of entries for the September 1, 1993 through 
August 31, 1994 period, or any subsequent period. Therefore, in 
September 1996, the Department will publish a notice of opportunity to 
request review of the order on entries of EL FPDs from Japan during the 
periods September 1, 1993 through August 31, 1994; September 1, 1994 
through August 31, 1995; and September 1, 1995 through August 31 , 
1996.

    Dated: July 25, 1996.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-19476 Filed 7-30-96; 8:45 am]
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