[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 120 (Tuesday, June 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 34146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16681]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-489-602]


Acetylsalicylic Acid From Turkey; 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 April 30, 1998, the Department of Commerce published the 
preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on acetylsalicylic acid from Turkey. This review covers one 
manufacturer/exporter of the subject merchandise during the period of 
review August 1, 1996, through July 31, 1997.
    We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on our 
preliminary results; however, we received no comments. Therefore, these 
final results of review are the same as those presented in the 
preliminary results of review. The review indicates the existence of no 
dumping margin for the manufacturer/exporter during this period.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 23, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Tomlinson, David 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:

The Applicable Statute

    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 Rounds Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's (the 
Department's) regulations are to the regulations published on May 19, 
1997 (62 FR 27296).

Background

    On April 30, 1997, the Department published in the Federal Register 
(63 FR 23720) the preliminary results of the administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order on acetylsalicylic acid from Turkey (52 FR 
32030, August 25, 1987). The review covers one company, Atabay Kimya 
Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (AKS), a Turkish manufacturer/exporter of the 
subject merchandise. The Department has now completed the 
administrative review in accordance with section 751 of the Act.

Scope of Review

    The product covered by this review is acetylsalicylic acid 
(aspirin) containing no additives, other than inactive substances (such 
as starch, lactose, cellulose, or coloring material), and/or active 
substances in concentrations less than that specified for particular 
non-prescription drug combinations of aspirin and active substances as 
published in the Handbook of Non-Prescription Drugs, eighth edition, 
American Pharmaceutical Association, and is not in tablet, capsule or 
similar forms for direct human consumption. This product is currently 
classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) subheading 
2918.22.10. The HTS item number is provided for convenience and customs 
purposes. The written descriptions of the scope of this proceeding 
remains dispositive.

Final Results of Review

    We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the 
preliminary results of review, but we received no comments. Therefore, 
the final results of review are the same as those presented in our 
preliminary results. As a result of the review, we determine that the 
weighted-average dumping margin is as follows:

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                                                                Margin  
                   Manufacturer/exporter                      (percent) 
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Atabay Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.........................         0.00
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    The Department will issue appraisement instructions directly to the 
Customs Service. We will instruct the Customs Service not to assess 
antidumping duties on the merchandise subject to review.
    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 the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided for by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for AKS will be zero 
percent; (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, any prior review, or the original 
less-than-fair-value (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, the cash deposit rate will be 32.98 percent. This is the ``All 
Others'' rate from the LTFV investigation. (See Antidumping Duty Order; 
Acetylsalicylic Acid from Turkey, 52 FR 32030 (August 25, 1987).) These 
deposit rates shall remain in effect until publication of the final 
results of the next administrative review.
    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under section 351.402(f)(2) of the Department's 
regulations 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 Department's presumption that reimbursement of 
antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled 
antidumping duties.
    This administrative review and notice are in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: June 11, 1998.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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