[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 246 (Friday, December 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67318-67319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32398]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-588-046]


Polychloroprene Rubber From Japan; 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 September 11, 1996, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published the preliminary results and partial termination 
of antidumping duty administrative review of the antidumping duty order 
on polychloroprene rubber (rubber) from Japan. The review covers eight 
manufacturers/exporters of the subject merchandise to the United States 
for the period December 1, 1994 through November 30, 1995. These

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manufacturers/exporters are Denki Kaguku, K.K. (Denki), Denki/Hoei 
Sangyo Co., Ltd. (Denki/Hoei Sangyo), Mitsui Bussan K.K. (Mitsui 
Bussan), Suzugo Corporation (Suzugo), Showa Neoprene K.K. (Showa), 
Showa/Hoei Sangyo Co., Ltd. (Showa/Hoei Sangyo), Tosoh Corporation 
(formerly Toyo Soda) and Tosoh/Hoei Sangyo Co., Ltd. (Tosoh/Hoei 
Sangyo).
    We gave interested parties an opportunity to submit oral or written 
comments on the preliminary results of review. We received no comments. 
Based on our analysis, these final results of review are unchanged from 
those presented in our preliminary results of review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 20, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy F. Unger, Jr. or Thomas Futtner, 
Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
0651 or 482-3814.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 11, 1996, the Department published in the Federal 
Register (61 FR 47871) the preliminary results and partial termination 
of antidumping duty administrative review of the antidumping finding on 
rubber from Japan. The Department has now conducted that administrative 
review in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Tariff Act).

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 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).

Scope of the Review

    Imports covered by the review are shipments of polychloroprene 
rubber, an oil resistant synthetic rubber also known as polymerized 
chlorobutadiene or neoprene, currently classifiable under items 
4002.42.00, 4002.49.00, 4003.00.00, 4462.15.21 and 4462.00.00. HTS item 
numbers are provided for convenience and for Customs purposes. The 
written descriptions remain dispositive.

Final Results of Review

    The Department determined in the preliminary results of 
administrative review that Denki, Tosoh, and Mitsui Bussan had no 
shipments of the subject merchandise to the United States during the 
period of review, and therefore, terminated the review with respect to 
these companies.
    We were unable to locate the following companies, Denki/Hoei 
Sangyo, Tosoh/Hoei Sangyo, Showa Neoprene K.K., Showa/Hoei Sangyo, and 
Suzugo, despite assistance from various sources including the American 
Embassy in Tokyo, the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C., and the 
U.S. Customs Service. Therefore, we were unable to conduct 
administrative reviews for these firms, and upon issuance of these 
final results we will instruct the U.S. Customs Service to continue to 
assess any entries by these firms at the rate determined in the last 
completed administrative review on November 26, 1984 (49 FR 46454). See 
Certain Fresh Cut Flowers from Colombia; Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Partial Termination of 
Administrative Reviews, and Notice of Intent to Revoke Order (In Part) 
(Flowers from Colombia), 60 FR 30271 (June 8, 1995)).
    We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the 
preliminary results of review. The Department received no written 
comments or requests for a hearing. Based on our analysis, these final 
results of review are the same as those presented in the preliminary 
results of review.
    The U.S. Customs Service shall assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries. Individual differences between United States Price 
(USP) and Foreign Market Value (FMV) may vary from the percentages 
stated above. The Department will issue appraisement instructions 
concerning each respondent directly to the U.S. Customs Service.
    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 administrative review, as provided for by 
section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for 
Denki/Hoei Sangyo, Suzugo, Showa Neoprene, Showa/Hoei Sangyo, and 
Tosoh/Hoei Sangyo will be the rate determined by the last completed 
administrative review on November 26, 1984 (49 FR 46454); (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 this review, a prior review, or in 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) if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer 
is a firm covered in this or any previous review conducted by the 
Department, the cash deposit rate will be the ``all others'' rate 
established in the final results of administrative review published on 
April 6, 1982 (47 FR 14746).
    These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until publication 
of the final results of the next administrative review.
    This notice serves as the 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 a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d). Timely written notification or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and the terms of the APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    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: December 10, 1996.
Jeffrey P. Bialos,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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