[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 250 (Friday, December 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 68237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32870]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-583-824]


Polyvinyl Alcohol From Taiwan: Initiation of New Shipper 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') has received a 
request to conduct a new shipper administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on polyvinyl alcohol from Taiwan. In accordance 
with 19 CFR 353.22(h), we are initiating this administrative review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 27, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Everett Kelly or Dorothy Tomaszewski, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-4194 or 482-0631, 
respectively.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act), are references to the provisions effective 
January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Act 
by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. 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).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department has received a request, pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, and in accordance with 19 CFR 353.22(h), for a 
new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on polyvinyl alcohol 
from Taiwan, which has a March anniversary date.

Initiation of Review

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 
353.22(h)(6), we are initiating a new shipper review of the antidumping 
duty order on polyvinyl alcohol from Taiwan. We intend to issue the 
final results of review not later than 270 days from the date of 
publication of this notice.

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           Antidumping duty proceeding            Period to be reviewed 
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Taiwan: Polyvinyl Alcohol, A-583-824:                                   
Perry Chemical Corporation.....................        05/01/96-10/31/96
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    We will instruct the U.S. Customs Service to allow, at the option 
of the importer, the posting, until the completion of the review, of a 
bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of the 
merchandise exported by the above listed companies, in accordance with 
19 CFR 353.22(h)(4).
    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(b).
    This initiation and this notice are in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 353.22(h).

    Dated: December 18, 1996.
Jeffrey P. Bialos,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-32870 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am]
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