[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 79 (Monday, April 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21719-21720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10190]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-351-505]


Certain Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings From Brazil: Final 
Results of Antidumping Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Administrative Review.

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SUMMARY: On February 8, 2000, the Department of Commerce published the 
preliminary results of administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on certain malleable cast iron pipe fittings from Brazil. This 
review covers one producer/exporter, Industria de Fundicao Tupy Ltda., 
during the period May 1, 1998, through April 30, 1999.
    Based on our analysis of comments received, we have made changes in 
the margin calculations. Therefore the final results differ from the 
preliminary results. The final weighted-average dumping margin is 
listed below in the section entitled ``Final Results of the Review.''

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 24, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Schauer or Richard Rimlinger, 
Office of AD/CVD Enforcement 3, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0410 
or (202) 482-4477, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as

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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 19 CFR part 351 (1999).

Background

    On February 8, 2000, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the preliminary results of administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain malleable cast iron pipe fittings 
from Brazil. See Certain Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings From Brazil: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Administrative Review, 65 FR 6153 
(preliminary results). Industria de Fundicao Tupy Ltda. (Tupy) 
submitted its case brief on March 9, 2000. No interested parties 
submitted rebuttal briefs. The Department has conducted this 
administrative review in accordance with section 751 of the Act.

Scope of Review

    Imports covered by this review are shipments of certain malleable 
cast iron pipe fittings, other than grooved, from Brazil. In the 
original antidumping duty order, these products were classifiable in 
the Tariff Schedules of the United States, Annotated, under item 
numbers 610.7000 and 610.7400. These products are currently 
classifiable under item numbers 7307.19.00 and 7307.19.90 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
    The HTSUS item numbers are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes. The written description remains dispositive.

Analysis of Comment Received

    Comment: Tupy contends that the Department made a clerical error by 
neglecting to convert two variables from a per-kilogram basis to a per-
piece basis.
    Department's Position: We agree with Tupy and have changed our 
calculations so that all prices, revenues, and expenses are on a per-
piece basis.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the clerical error comment received, we 
have corrected the programming error in our preliminary results 
described above.

Final Results of Review

    As a result of our analysis of the correction, we determine a final 
weighted-average margin of 0.00 percent for Tupy for the period May 1, 
1998, through April 30, 1999.
    Because the weighted-average dumping margin is zero, we will 
instruct the Customs Service to liquidate entries made during this 
review period without regard to dumping duties for the subject 
merchandise that Tupy exported.

Cash-Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirement shall be effective upon 
publication of this notice of final results of review for all shipments 
of certain malleable cast iron pipe fittings from Brazil, 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 Tupy will be 0.00 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 
or any previous reviews or 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 or any previous review, the cash-deposit rate 
will continue to be 5.64 percent, the ``all-others'' rate established 
in the LTFV investigation.
    The deposit requirements shall remain in effect until publication 
of the final results of the next administrative review.
    This notice 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 order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 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) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: April 14, 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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