[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 184 (Wednesday, September 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50882-50883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25437]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-475-059]


Pressure Sensitive Plastic Tape From Italy; 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 June 18, 1998, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of 
administrative review of the antidumping finding on pressure sensitive 
plastic tape (PSPT) for Italy. The review covers one manufacturer/
exporter of the subject merchandise shipped to the United States during 
the period October 1, 1996, through September 30, 1997. We did not 
receive any comments on the preliminary results. Therefore, the dumping 
margins for the reviewed companies are unchanged from the preliminary 
results.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 23, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Todd Peterson or Thomas Futtner, AD/CVD Enforcement, Office 4, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone (202) 482-4195 or 482-3814, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The Department published the prelimary results of this review on 
June 18, 1998 (63 FR 33350). The Department has now completed this 
administrative review in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the 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 made to the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements 
Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citation to 
the Department of Commerce's (the Department's) regulations refer to 
the regulations codified at 19 CFR Part 351 (62 FR 27296, May 19, 
1997).

Scope of the Review

    Imports covered by the review are shipments of PSPT measuring over 
1\3/8\ inches in width and not exceeding 4 mils in thickness. During 
the period of review (POR), the above described PSPT was classified 
under HTS subheading 3919.90.20 and 3919.90.50. The HTS subheading are 
provided for convenience and for U.S. Customs purposes. The written 
description remains dispositive as to the scope of the product 
coverage.

Final Results of Review

    The Department received no comments on its preliminary result. 
Therefore, the margins from the preliminary results have not changed 
for the final result of review.

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                                                                Margin
                   Manufacturer/Exporter                      (percent)
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N.A.R. S.p.A...............................................        12.66
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    The Department shall determine, and the U.S. Customs Service shall 
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. The Department 
shall issue appraisement instructions for each exporter 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 this administrative review, as provided for by 
section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the 
reviewed firm will be that firm's rate established in the final results 
of this administrative review; (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 or a prior 
review, or the original less than fair value 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) 
the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters not 
previously reviewed will be 12.66 percent, the ``new shipper'' rate 
established in the first notice of final results of administrative 
review published by the Department (48 FR 35686, August 5, 1983).
    These deposits requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until

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publication of the final results of the next administrative review.
    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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 the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO. Timely notification of return/destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    This administrative review and notice are in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1)(B) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: September 15, 1998.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-25437 Filed 9-22-98; 8:45 am]
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