[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 247 (Monday, December 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72315-72316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33497]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-588-837]
Large Newspaper Printing Presses and Components Thereof, Whether
Assembled or Unassembled, from Japan: Final Results of Changed
Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Intent To
Revoke Antidumping Duty Order, In Part
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of final results of changed circumstances antidumping
duty administrative review and intent to revoke antidumping duty order,
in part.
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SUMMARY: On November 3, 1999, the Department of Commerce published a
notice of preliminary results of changed circumstances review and
intent to revoke the order, in part, of the antidumping duty order on
large newspaper printing presses and components thereof, whether
assembled or unassembled, from Japan. We gave interested parties an
opportunity to comment on the preliminary results. No party opposed the
preliminary results. We received comments only from Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries, Ltd., requesting that the Department of Commerce clarify
the application of the proposed certification requirements with respect
to entries of the merchandise covered by the partial revocation.
We are now revoking this order, in part, based on the fact that
producers accounting for substantially all production of the domestic
like product, as described in our preliminary results of changed
circumstances, support the request of Goss Graphic Systems, Inc., the
petitioner and a U.S. producer of the subject merchandise, for
revocation, in part, of the order with regard to large newspaper
printing presses (``LNPP'') and components thereof, whether assembled
or unassembled, from Japan, as described below.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 27, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David J. Goldberger or Dinah
McDougall, Office 2, AD/CVD Enforcement Group I, Import Administration,
Room B099, International Trade Administration, US Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230;
telephone (202) 482-4136 or (202) 482-3773, respectively.
The Applicable Statute and Regulations
Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the
Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated,
all citations to the Department of Commerce's (``the Department's'')
regulations are to the regulations at 19 CFR Part 351 (1999).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 3, 1999, the Department published in the Federal
Register (64 FR 59739) a notice of preliminary results of changed
circumstances
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antidumping duty administrative review and intent to revoke antidumping
duty order, in part, for large newspaper printing presses and
components thereof, whether assembled or unassembled, from Japan. On
November 18, 1999, we received comments from Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries, Ltd. requesting clarification of the certification
requirements.
Scope of Review
The products covered by this changed circumstances review are
elements and components of LNPP systems, and additions thereto,
imported to fulfill a contract for one or more complete LNPP systems
which feature a 22 inch cut-off, 50 inch web width and a rated speed no
greater than 75,000 copies per hour. In addition to the specifications
set out in this paragraph, all of which must be met in order for the
product to fall within this changed circumstances review, the product
must also possess all of the specifications detailed in the five (5)
numbered sections following this paragraph. If one or more of these
criteria is not fulfilled, the product is not within the scope of this
changed circumstances review:
1. Printing Unit: A printing unit which is a color keyless blanket-
to-blanket tower unit with a fixed gain infeed and fixed gain outfeed,
with a rated speed no greater than 75,000 copies per hour, which
includes the following features:
Each tower consisting of four levels, one or more of which
must be populated.
Plate cylinders which contain slot lock-ups and blanket
cylinders which contain reel rod lock-ups both of which are of solid
carbon steel with nickel plating and with bearers at both ends which
are configured in-line with bearers of other cylinders.
Keyless inking system which consists of a passive feed ink
delivery system, an eight roller ink train, and a non-anilox and non-
porous metering roller.
The dampener system which consists of a two nozzle per
page spraybar and two roller dampener with one chrome drum and one form
roller.
The equipment contained in the color keyless ink delivery
system is designed to achieve a constant, uniform feed of ink film
across the cylinder without ink keys. This system requires use of
keyless ink which accepts greater water content.
2. Folder: A module which is a double 3:2 rotary folder with 160
pages collect capability and double (over and under) delivery, with a
cut-off length of 22 inches. The upper section consists of three-high
double formers (total of 6) with six sets of nipping rollers.
3. RTP: A component which is of the two-arm design with core drives
and core brakes, designed for 50 inch diameter rolls; and arranged in
the press line in the back-to-back configuration (left and right hand
load pairs).
4. Conveyance and Access Apparatus: Conveyance and access apparatus
capable of manipulating a roll of paper more than two newspaper
broadsheets across through the production process, and a drive system
which is of conventional shafted design.
5. Computerized Control System: A computerized control system,
which is any computer equipment and/or software designed specifically
to control, monitor, adjust, and coordinate the functions and
operations of large newspaper printing presses or press components.
The order with regard to imports of other LNPPs is not affected by
this request.
Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review
Pursuant to section 751(d)(1) of the Act, the Department may
partially revoke an antidumping duty order based on a review under
section 751(b) of the Act (i.e., a changed circumstances review).
Section 751(b)(1) of the Act requires a changed circumstances review to
be conducted upon receipt of a request containing information
concerning changed circumstances sufficient to warrant a review.
The Department's regulations at 19 CFR 351.216 provide that the
Department will conduct a changed circumstances review based upon
changed circumstances sufficient to warrant a review. Section 782(h) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i) further provide that the Department
may revoke an order, or revoke an order in part, if it determines that
the order (or part of the order) under review is no longer of interest
to domestic interested parties.
Based on the fact that producers accounting for substantially all
production of the domestic like product, as described in our
preliminary results of changed circumstances review, support the
request of Goss Graphic Systems, Inc., the petitioner, to revoke the
antidumping duty order, in part, we have determined that there are
changed circumstances sufficient to warrant revocation of the order, in
part. Therefore, the Department is revoking, in part, the antidumping
duty order on LNPPs from Japan with respect to the import of the
elements and components of LNPP systems and additions thereto as
described above, in accordance with sections 751(b) and 782(h) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i). This partial revocation will apply to
all entries of LNPP systems and additions thereto as described above
from Japan entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after September 4, 1996, as requested by the petitioner.
We have taken into account comments from Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries, Ltd. requesting that the Department clarify the Customs
certification requirements proposed in the preliminary results.
We will instruct the Customs Service (Customs) to liquidate without
regard to antidumping duties, and to refund any cash deposits collected
for all entries of the merchandise described above, made on or after
September 4, 1996. Further, we will instruct Customs to require that a
party requesting a refund of cash deposits collected on entries of the
merchandise described above, made on or after September 4, 1996, or a
party importing the merchandise described above during this period,
submit a certification to Customs stating that the imported merchandise
meets the specifications of the merchandise covered by the partial
revocation.
We are issuing and publishing this determination and notice in
accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.216 and 351.222.
Dated: December 15, 1999.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-33497 Filed 12-23-99; 8:45 am]
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