[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 137 (Thursday, July 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38256-38257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18869]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-428-602]


Brass Sheet and Strip From Germany; Amended Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Final Court Decision and Amended Final Results of 
Administrative Review.

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SUMMARY: On February 13, 1997, the Court of International Trade (CIT) 
affirmed the Department of Commerce's (the Department's) final remand 
results affecting final assessment rates for the administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order on brass sheet and strip from Germany for 
the period October 22, 1986 through February 29, 1988. As there is now 
a final and conclusive court decision in this action, we are amending 
our final results of review and we will subsequently instruct the U.S. 
Customs Service to liquidate entries subject to this review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 23, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Dirstine or Richard Rimlinger, 
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 November 27, 1991, the Department published in the Federal 
Register (56 FR 60087) the final results of its administrative review 
of the

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antidumping duty order on brass sheet and strip from Germany for the 
period August 22, 1986 through February 29, 1988, amended by 57 FR 276, 
January 3, 1992 (Brass 1). We reviewed imports of Weiland-Werke AG and 
its wholly owned subsidiaries, Langenberg Kupfer-und Messingwerke GmbH 
KG and Metallwerke Schwarzwald GmbH (collectively, the Wieland Group). 
Subsequently, a domestic producer, Hussey Copper, Ltd., challenged the 
final results. In the course of the litigation, the CIT issued a number 
of orders and opinions of which the following have resulted in changes 
to the antidumping margins initially calculated in Brass 1: Hussey 
Copper Ltd. et al. v. United States, Consol. Ct. No. 91-12-00919, Slip 
Op. 93-179 dated September 10, 1993, Slip Op. 94-81 dated May 16, 1994, 
and Slip Op. 95-145 dated August 11, 1995.
    Specifically, the CIT ordered the Department, inter alia,: (1) to 
determine the most similar home market (HM) merchandise based upon 
physical characteristics and to make any adjustments, including those 
for production costs, after selection of the most similar HM products; 
(2) to match specific-alloy United States sales with specific-alloy HM 
sales; (3) to match United States sales with contemporaneous HM sales 
involving the same alloy and correct any coding errors.
    On February 13, 1997, the CIT affirmed the final remand results of 
the Department for the above-cited case (Slip Op. 97-25) and ordered 
this case dismissed.
    No party appealed this decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for 
the Federal Circuit. As there is now a final and conclusive court 
decision in this action, we are amending our final results of review in 
this matter and we will subsequently instruct the U.S. Customs Service 
to liquidate the appropriate entries.

Amendment To Final Determination

    Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1516a(e), we are now amending the final 
results of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on brass 
sheet and strip from Germany for the period August 22, 1986 through 
February 29, 1988. The revised weighted-average dumping margin for the 
Wieland Group is 14.65 percent.
    Accordingly, the Department will determine and the Customs Service 
will assess appropriate antidumping duties on entries of the subject 
merchandise made by firms covered by this review of the period August 
22, 1986 through February 29, 1988. Individual differences between 
United States price and foreign market value may vary from the 
percentage listed above. The Department will issue appraisement 
instructions directly to the Customs Service.

    Dated: July 10, 1997.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-18869 Filed 7-16-97; 8:45 am]
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