[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66166-66167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30674]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-570-001]


Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order: Potassium Permanganate 
From the People's Republic of China

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

ACTION: Notice of Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order on Potassium 
Permanganate from the People's Republic of China.

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SUMMARY: On April 7, 1999, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department''), pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752 of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``the Act''), determined that revocation of the 
antidumping duty order on potassium permanganate from the People's 
Republic of China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence 
of dumping (64 FR 16907 (April 7, 1999)). On November 4, 1999, the 
International Trade Commission (``the Commission''), pursuant to 
section 751(c) of the Act, determined that revocation of the 
antidumping duty order on potassium permanganate from the People's 
Republic of China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence 
of material injury to an

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industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time (64 
FR 60225 (November 4, 1999)). Therefore, pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.218(e)(4), the Department is publishing notice of the continuation 
of the antidumping duty order on potassium permanganate from the 
People's Republic of China.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott E. Smith or Melissa G. Skinner, 
Office of Policy for Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
6397 or (202) 482-1560, respectively.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 24, 1999.

Background

    On November 2, 1998, the Department initiated, and the Commission 
instituted, a sunset review (63 FR 58709 and 63 FR 58765, respectively) 
of the antidumping duty order on potassium permanganate from the 
People's Republic of China pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act. As a 
result of this review, the Department found that revocation of the 
antidumping duty order would likely lead to continuation or recurrence 
of dumping and notified the Commission of the magnitude of the margin 
likely to prevail were the order to be revoked (see Final Results of 
Expedited Sunset Reviews: Potassium Permanganate from the People's 
Republic of China, 64 FR 16907 (April 7, 1999)).
    On November 4, 1999, the Commission determined, pursuant to section 
751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the antidumping duty order on 
potassium permanganate from the People's Republic of China would be 
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an 
industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time (see 
Potassium Permanganate from China and Spain, 64 FR 60225 (November 4, 
1999), and USITC Publication 3245, Inv. Nos. 731-TA-125-126 (October 
1999)).

Scope

    The merchandise subject to this antidumping order is potassium 
permanganate from the People's Republic of China, an inorganic chemical 
produced in free-flowing, technical, and pharmaceutical 
grades.1 Potassium permanganate is classifiable under item 
2841.61.0000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS). The HTSUS item number is provided for convenience and customs 
purposes. The written description remains dispositive.
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    \1\ On May 19, 1995, the Department determined that plastic 
ignitor spheres containing potassium permanganate are not within the 
scope of the order (60 FR 26871).
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Determination

    As a result of the determinations by the Department and the 
Commission that revocation of this antidumping duty order would be 
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and material 
injury to an industry in the United States, pursuant to section 
751(d)(2) of the Act, the Department hereby orders the continuation of 
the antidumping duty order on potassium permanganate from the People's 
Republic of China. The Department will instruct the U.S. Customs 
Service to continue to collect antidumping duty deposits at the rates 
in effect at the time of entry for all imports of subject merchandise. 
The effective date of continuation of this antidumping duty order will 
be the date of publication in the Federal Register of this Notice of 
Continuation. Pursuant to sections 751(c)(2) and 751(c)(6) the 
Department intends to initiate the next five-year review of this order 
not later than October 2004.

    Dated: November 18, 1999.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-30674 Filed 11-23-99; 8:45 am]
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