[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 107 (Friday, June 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35321-35322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13880]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-803, A-570-803]


Final Results of Full Sunset Reviews: Bars and Wedges and Hammers 
and Sledges From the People's Republic of China

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

ACTION: Notice of Final Results of Full Sunset Reviews: Bars and Wedges 
and Hammers and Sledges from the People's Republic of China.

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SUMMARY: On January 24, 2000, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published a notice of preliminary results of the full 
sunset reviews of antidumping duty orders on bars and wedges and 
hammers and sledges from the People's Republic of China (65 FR 3658) 
\1\ pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``the Act''). We provided interested parties an opportunity to comment 
on our preliminary results. We did not receive comments from either 
domestic or respondent interested parties. As a result of these 
reviews, the Department finds that revocation of these orders would be 
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping at the rates 
indicated in the Final Results of Review section of this notice.
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    \1\ See also Bars and Wedges and Hammers and Sledges from the 
People's Republic of China: Corrected Preliminary Results of Full 
Sunset Reviews, 65 FR 16167 (March 27, 2000).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eun W. Cho or Carole Showers, Office 
of Policy for Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
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1698 or (202) 482-3217, respectively.

Effective Date: June 2, 2000.

Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to 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 regulations are to 19 CFR part 351 (1999). Guidance on 
methodological or analytical issues relevant to the Department's 
conduct of sunset reviews is set forth in the Department Policy 
Bulletin 98:3--Policies Regarding the Conduct of Five-year (``Sunset'') 
Reviews of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders; Policy Bulletin, 
63 FR 18871 (April 16, 1998) (Sunset Policy Bulletin).

Background

    On January 24, 2000, the Department published a notice of 
preliminary results of the full sunset reviews of the antidumping duty 
orders on bars and wedges and hammers and sledges from the People's 
Republic of China (``PRC'') (65 FR 3658) \2\ pursuant to section 751(c) 
of the Act. In our preliminary results, we determined that revocation 
of the antidumping duty orders would be likely to lead to continuation 
or recurrence of dumping. In addition, we preliminarily determined that 
the following weighted-average dumping margins are likely to prevail if 
the orders were revoked: PRC-wide rate of 31.76 percent ad valorem for 
bars/wedges and 45.42 percent ad valorem for hammers/sledges.
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    \2\ See footnote 1, supra.
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    Neither domestic nor respondent interested parties submitted case 
briefs within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(i).

Scope of Review

    The products covered by these orders include bars/wedges and 
hammers/sledges from the PRC. Although we provide the full scope 
language for the order on heavy forged hand tools (``HFHTs'') below, 
this determination applies only to the types of HFHTs which fall under 
the orders (A-570-803) on bars/wedges and hammers/sledges from the PRC. 
HFHTs include heads for drilling, hammers, sledges, axes, mauls, picks, 
and mattocks, which may or may not be painted, which may or may not be 
finished, or which may or may not be imported with handles; assorted 
bar products and track tools including wrecking bars, digging bars and 
tampers; and steel wood splitting wedges. HFHTs are manufactured 
through a hot forge operation in which steel is sheared to the required 
length, heated to forging temperature, and formed to final shape on 
forging equipment using dies specific to the desired product shape and 
size. Depending on the product, finishing operations may include shot-
blasting, grinding, polishing, and painting, and the insertion of 
handles for handled products. HFHTs are currently classifiable under 
the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule (``HTS'') item numbers 
8205.20.60, 8205.59.30, 8201.30.00, and 8201.40.60. Specifically 
excluded are hammers and sledges with heads 1.5 kilograms (3.33 pounds) 
in weight and under, and hoes and rakes, and bars 18 inches in length 
and under. The HTS item numbers are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes only. The written description of the scope remains 
dispositive.
    There has been one scope ruling with respect to the orders on HFHTs 
from the PRC in which the Forrest Tool Company's Max Multipurpose Tool 
was determined to be within the scope of the order (58 FR 59991, 
(November 12, 1993)).

Analysis of Comments Received

    The Department did not receive a case brief from either domestic or 
respondent interested parties. We have not made any changes to our 
preliminary results of January 24, 2000 (65 FR 3658).\3\
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    \3\ See footnote 1, supra.
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Final Results of Review

    As a result of these reviews, the Department finds that revocation 
of the antidumping duty orders would be likely to lead to continuation 
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recurrence of dumping at the rates listed below:

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                                                                Margin
                          PRC wide                            (percent)
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Bars/Wedges................................................        31.76
Hammers/Sledges............................................        45.42
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    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the return or disposition of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 of the 
Department's regulations. Timely written notification of the return or 
destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order 
is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms 
of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.
    This five-year (``sunset'') review and notice are in accordance 
with sections 751(c), 752, and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: May 26, 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-13880 Filed 6-1-00; 8:45 am]
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