[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58861-58862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29582]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-588-815]


Gray Portland Cement and Clinker From Japan: Final Results of 
Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and 
Revocation in Part 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 in part of antidumping duty 
order.

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SUMMARY: On August 5, 1996, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of a changed circumstances antidumping duty administrative 
review and preliminary results of review with intent to revoke, in 
part, the antidumping duty order on gray portland cement and clinker 
from Japan. We are now revoking this order in part, with regard to New 
Super Fine Cement, based on the fact that domestic parties have 
expressed no interest in the importation or sale of New Super Fine 
Cement imported from Japan.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 19, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy S. Wei or Zev Primor, Office of 
AD/CVD Enforcement, Office 4, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-
5253.

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

    On April 9, 1996, Surecrete, Inc., (Surecrete) requested that the 
Department conduct a changed circumstances administrative review to 
determine whether to partially revoke the order with regard to imports 
of New Super Fine Cement from Japan. The order with regard to imports 
of other types of gray portland cement and clinker is not affected by 
this request. In addition, on April 15, 1996, the Ad Hoc Committee of 
Southern California Producers of Gray Portland Cement (petitioner) 
informed the Department in writing that it did not object to the 
changed circumstances review and had no interest in the importation or 
sale of New Super Fine Cement produced in Japan.
    We preliminarily determined that petitioner's affirmative statement 
of no interest constituted changed circumstances sufficient to warrant 
a partial revocation of this order. Consequently, on August 5, 1996, 
the Department published a notice of initiation and preliminary results 
of changed circumstances antidumping duty administrative review and 
intent to revoke this order in part (61 FR 40607). We gave interested 
parties an opportunity to comment on the preliminary results of this 
changed circumstances review. We received no comments.

Scope of Review

    The merchandise covered by this changed circumstances review is New 
Super Fine Cement from Japan. This changed circumstances administrative 
review covers all manufacturers/exporters of cement meeting the

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following specifications of New Super Fine Cement: (1) a median grain 
size of less than three microns; and (2) a maximum grain size of 
approximately ten microns. This cement is not feasible for use in 
concrete production.

Final Results of Review; Partial Revocation of Antidumping Duty 
Order

    The affirmative statement of no interest by petitioners in New 
Super Fine Cement from Japan constitutes changed circumstances 
sufficient to warrant partial revocation of this order. Therefore, the 
Department is partially revoking the order on gray portland cement and 
clinker from Japan with regard to cement which meets the specifications 
of New Super Fine Cement from Japan, in accordance with sections 751 
(b) and (d) and 782(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) 
and 19 CFR 353.25(d)(1). This partial revocation applies to all entries 
of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after August 18, 1995.
    The Department will instruct the U.S. Customs Service (Customs) to 
proceed with liquidation, without regard to antidumping duties, of all 
unliquidated entries of New Super Fine Cement from Japan entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after August 18, 1995. 
The Department will further instruct Customs to refund with interest 
any estimated duties collected with respect to unliquidated entries of 
New Super Fine Cement from Japan entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after August 18, 1995, in accordance with Section 
778 of the Act.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protection orders (APOs) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d). Timely written notification of 
the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial 
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the 
regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    This changed circumstances administrative review, partial 
revocation of the antidumping duty order and notice are in accordance 
with sections 751 (b) and (d) and 782(h) of the Act and sections 
353.22(f) and 353.25(d) of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: November 13, 1996.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-29582 Filed 11-18-96; 8:45 am]
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