[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 9176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5032]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-588-005]


High Power Microwave Amplifiers and Components Thereof 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 November 1, 1996, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) initiated a changed circumstances antidumping 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on high power 
microwave amplifiers (HPMAs) from Japan and issued the preliminary 
results of this review expressing an intent to revoke the order in part 
(61 FR 56512). We received no comments regarding the preliminary 
results. We are now revoking the order, in part, with regard to 
traveling wave tubes (TWTs) and klystron tubes, two components of 
HPMAs, based on the fact that this portion of the order is no longer of 
interest to domestic interested parties.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 28, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hermes Pinilla or Kris Campbell, 
Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-
3477.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 28, 1996, respondent NEC Corporation and NEC America, Inc. 
(NEC), requested that the Department conduct a changed-circumstances 
administrative review to determine whether to revoke the order 
partially with regard to TWTs and klystron tubes. In addition, on 
August 26, 1996, MCL Inc. (MCL), the petitioner in this proceeding, 
submitted a letter supporting NEC's request for a review and partial 
revocation of the order. On October 22, 1996, MCL submitted a letter 
requesting that the partial revocation be effective July 1, 1996.
    We preliminarily determined that MCL's affirmative statement of no 
interest constitutes good cause for conducting a changed-circumstances 
review. Consequently, on November 1, 1996, we published a notice of 
initiation and preliminary results of changed-circumstances antidumping 
duty administrative review (61 FR 56512), in which we preliminarily 
determined to revoke this order in part. 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 products covered by this changed-circumstances review are 
imports of TWTs and klystron tubes, which are components of HPMAs.
    The products covered by the order are HPMAs and components thereof. 
High power microwave amplifiers are radio-frequency power amplifier 
assemblies, and components thereof, specifically designed for uplink 
transmission in C, X, and Ku bands from fixed earth stations to 
communications satellites and having a power output of one kilowatt or 
more. High power microwave amplifiers may be imported in subassembly 
form, as complete amplifiers, or as a component of higher level 
assemblies (generally earth stations). This merchandise is currently 
classifiable under item 8525.10.80 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
(HTS). The HTS item number is provided for convenience and customs 
purposes. The written description remains dispositive.

Final Results of Review; Partial Revocation of Antidumping Duty 
Order

    The lack of further interest by domestic interested parties 
constitutes changed circumstances sufficient to warrant partial 
revocation of this order. Therefore, we are partially revoking the 
order on HPMAs from Japan with regard to TWTs and klystron tubes, 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). The revocation is 
effective as of July 1, 1996, consistent with MCL's request.
    The Department will instruct the U.S. Customs Service (Customs) to 
proceed with liquidation, without regard to antidumping duties, of all 
unliquidated entries of TWTs and klystron tubes from Japan entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after July 1, 1996, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 353.25(d)(5). The Department will further 
instruct Customs to refund with interest any estimated duties collected 
with respect to unliquidated entries of TWTs and klystron tubes 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after July 
1, 1996, in accordance with section 778 of the Act.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective 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.

Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
    Dated: February 20, 1997.
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