[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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