[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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