[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 30 (Monday, February 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7361-7362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3392]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-427-001]


Sorbitol From France: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration.

ACTION: Notice of final results of antidumping duty administrative 
review.

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SUMMARY: On December 22, 1999 the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published the preliminary results of review of the 
antidumping duty order on sorbitol from France. This review covers one 
manufacturer/exporter of the subject merchandise to the United States 
and the period April 1, 1998 through March 31, 1999. We gave interested 
parties an opportunity to comment on our preliminary results. We 
received no comments. The final results of review are unchanged from 
those presented in the preliminary results of review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 14, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Baker or Robert James, AD/CVD 
Enforcement Group III--Office 8, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-
2924 (Baker), (202) 482-5222 (James).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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 (URAA). In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all references to the Department's regulations are 
to 19 CFR Part 351 (1999).

Background

    The Department published an antidumping duty order on sorbitol from 
France on April 9, 1982 (47 FR 15391). The Department published a 
notice of ``Opportunity to Request an Administrative Review'' of the 
antidumping duty order for the period April 1, 1998 through March 31, 
1999 on April 15, 1999 (64 FR 18600). On April 30, 1999, SPI Polyols, 
Inc. (petitioner) requested that the Department conduct an 
administrative review of Roquette Freres (Roquette). We published a 
notice of initiation of the review on May 28, 1999 (64 FR 28973).
    On December 22, 1999 the Department published in the Federal 
Register the preliminary results of review of the antidumping duty 
order (64 FR 71727). The Department has now completed this 
administrative review in accordance with section 751 of the Act.

Scope of the Review

    The merchandise under review is crystalline sorbitol. Crystalline 
sorbitol is a polyol produced by the catalytic hydrogenation of sugars 
(glucose). It is used in the production of sugarless gum, candy, 
groceries, and pharmaceuticals.
    Crystalline sorbitol is currently classifiable under item 
2905.440.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and 
Customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise under 
review is dispositive of whether or not the merchandise is covered by 
the review.

Final Results of the Review

    We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the 
preliminary results. We received no comments. We made no changes to our 
analysis; therefore, we determine that a weighted-average dumping 
margin of 12.07 percent exists for Roquette for the period April 1, 
1998 through March 31, 1999.
    The Department shall determine, and the U.S. Customs Service shall 
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. The Department 
shall issue appraisement instructions directly to the Customs Service. 
For assessment purposes, we intend to instruct Customs to collect 
duties equal to 12.07 percent of the entered value of the subject 
merchandise.
    Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective 
upon

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publication of this notice of final results of review 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 the 
reviewed company will be 12.07 percent; (2) for previously investigated 
or reviewed 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 in the original less-than-fair-value (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) if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer 
is a firm covered in this review, the cash deposit rate will continue 
to be 2.90 percent, which is the ``all others'' rate from the LTFV 
investigation (47 FR 7459, February 12, 1982).
    These deposit requirements will 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) 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 a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APOs) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
19 CFR 351.306. 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.
    We are issuing and publishing this administrative review and notice 
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 771(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: February 7, 2000.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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