[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66881-66882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31096]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A-427-098
Anhydrous Sodium Metasilicate From France: Notice of Final
Results of the 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 August 23, 1999, the Department of Commerce published the
preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping
duty order on anhydrous sodium metasilicate from France for the period
January 1, 1998, through December 31, 1998. We gave interested parties
an opportunity to comment on the preliminary results of review but
received no comments. Therefore, these final results of review have not
changed from those presented in the preliminary results of review, in
which we applied total adverse facts available.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 30, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stacey King or Richard Rimlinger,
Office of Antidumping/Countervailing Duty Enforcement, Import
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
20230; telephone (202) 482-1757/4477.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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The Applicable Statute and Regulations
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 (URAA). In addition, unless
otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's (the
Department's) regulations are to the regulations codified at 19 CFR
Part 351 (1998).
Background
On August 23, 1999, the Department published in the Federal
Register (64 FR 45949) the preliminary results of the review of this
order. We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on our
preliminary results. We received no comments. In the preliminary
results, we determined the weighted-average dumping margin for the
period January 1, 1998, through December 31, 1998, to be 60.0 percent.
The Department has now completed the administrative review in
accordance with section 751 of the Act.
Scope of Review
Imports covered by the review are shipments of ASM, a crystallized
silicate which is alkaline and readily soluble in water. Applications
include waste paper de-inking, ore-flotation, bleach stabilization,
clay processing, medium or heavy duty cleaning, and compounding into
other detergent formulations. This merchandise is classified under
Harmonized Tariff Schedules (HTS) item numbers 2839.11.00 and
2839.19.00. The HTS item numbers are provided for convenience and
customs purposes. The written description remains dispositive.
Final Results of the Review
Because we received no comments from interested parties, we have
determined that no changes to the preliminary results are warranted for
purposes of these final results. The weighted-average dumping margin
for the period January 1, 1998, through December 31, 1998, is as
follows:
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Margin
Company (percent)
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Rhone-Poulenc, S.A......................................... 60.0
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The Department will issue appraisement instructions for Rhone-
Poulenc merchandise directly to the Customs Service.
Furthermore, the following deposit rates will be effective upon
publication of these final results for all shipments of the subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the publication date as provided for by section 751(a)(1) of the
Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Rhone-Poulenc, S.A., will be the
rate listed above; (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, a prior review, or
the original 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) for all other
producers and/or exporters of this merchandise, the cash deposit rate
shall be 60.0 percent, the ``all others'' rate established in the LTFV
investigation (45 FR 77498, November 24, 1980). This deposit rate, when
imposed, 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 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) 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 in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely notification of
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.
We are issuing and publishing this determination in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: November 19, 1999.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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