[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1598-1599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-551]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-834-803]
Titanium Sponge From the Republic of Kazakhstan: 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 September 8, 1998, the Department of Commerce (the
Department) published the preliminary results of its administrative
review of the antidumping finding on titanium sponge from the Republic
of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan). The review covers the period August 1,
1996, through July 31, 1997.
We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on our
preliminary results. We received no comments and have not changed the
results from those presented in the preliminary results of review.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 11, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Manning or Wendy Frankel, Office
of 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) 482-3936
and 482-5849, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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 Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise
indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's regulations
refer to the regulations codified at 19 CFR part 351.
Background
On September 8, 1998, the Department published in the Federal
Register (63 FR 47478) the preliminary results of its administrative
review of the antidumping finding on titanium sponge from Kazakhstan.
We did not receive any comments from interested parties. The Department
has now completed the review in accordance with section 751 of the Act.
Scope of the Review
The product covered by this administrative review is titanium
sponge from Kazakhstan. Titanium sponge is chiefly used for aerospace
vehicles, specifically, in construction of compressor blades and
wheels, stator blades, rotors, and other parts in aircraft gas turbine
engines. Imports of titanium sponge are currently classifiable under
the harmonized tariff schedule (HTS) subheading 8108.10.50.10. The HTS
subheading is provided for convenience and U.S. Customs purposes. Our
written description of the scope of this proceeding is dispositive.
Final Results of Review
In the preliminary results, the Department stated that we would
confirm the information provided by Specialty Metals Company and Ust-
Kamenogorsk Titanium and Magnesium Plant regarding the existence of
sales of subject merchandise to the United States that were entered
under temporary importation bond (TIB). See preliminary results at
47478. We contacted the Customs Service and confirmed that certain
entries of subject merchandise manufactured by Specialty Metals Company
and Ust-Kamenogorsk Titanium and Magnesium Plant entered the United
States under TIB during the period of review. See Memorandum to the
File, ``Customs Service Confirmation of Temporary Importation Bond
Entries'', dated December 30, 1998.
For the reasons set out above and in the preliminary determination,
we determine that the following dumping margins exist:
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Margin
Manufacturer/Exporter Time period (percent)
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Specialty Metals Company/Ust- 8/1/96-7/31/97........... 00.0
Kamenogorsk Titanium and
Magnesium Plant (one entity).
Kazakhstan-wide rate......... 8/1/96-7/31/97........... 83.96
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The Department shall determine, and the U.S. Customs Service shall
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. The Department
will issue appraisement instructions directly to the Customs Service.
Since there were no sales with dumping margins, we will instruct
Customs not to assess dumping duties on any shipments of subject
merchandise exported by the above-referenced entity that entered the
United States during the POR.
Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective
upon publication of this notice of final results of review for all
shipments of titanium sponge from Kazakhstan entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for merchandise
manufactured and exported to the United States directly by Specialty
Metals Company/Ust-Kamenogorsk Titanium and Magnesium Plant (one
entity) will be 0.00 percent; (2) merchandise exported by manufacturers
or exporters not covered in this review but covered in the original
LTFV investigation or a previous administrative review and which have a
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the most
recent rate published in the final determination or final results for
which the manufacturer or exporter received a company-specific rate;
(3) for Kazakhstan manufacturers or exporters not covered in the LTFV
investigation or in this or prior administrative reviews, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the Kazakhstan-wide rate; and (4) the
cash deposit rate for non-Kazakhstan exporters of subject merchandise
from Kazakhstan that were not covered in the LTFV investigation or in
this or prior administrative reviews will be the rate applicable to the
Kazakhstan supplier of that exporter. These deposit rates, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until publication of the final results
of the next administrative review.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice also 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) in this review of their
responsibility concerning the disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.306. See 63 FR 24391,
24403 (May 4, 1998). 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 the
terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
This administrative review and notice are in accordance with
section 751(a)(1) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)).
Dated: January 5, 1999.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-551 Filed 1-8-99; 8:45 am]
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