[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 128 (Monday, July 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41050-41051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16793]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-307-803]


Gray Portland Cement and Cement Clinker From Venezuela; Final 
Results of Sunset Review of Suspended Antidumping Duty Investigation

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

ACTION: Notice of Final Results of Full Sunset Review: Gray Portland 
Cement and Cement Clinker From Venezuela.

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SUMMARY: On February 28, 2000, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published a notice of preliminary results of the full 
sunset review of the suspended antidumping duty investigation on gray 
portland cement and cement clinker from Venezuela (65 FR 10467) 
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 received comments only from domestic interested 
parties. As a result of this review, the Department finds that 
termination of this agreement 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.

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-
1698 or (202) 482-3217, respectively.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 3, 2000.

Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Act of 1930 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 February 28, 2000, the Department published in the Federal 
Register a notice of preliminary results of the suspended antidumping 
duty investigation on gray portland cement and cement clinker from 
Venezuela pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act. In our preliminary 
results, we determined that termination of the suspended antidumping 
duty investigation 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 order were revoked: 50.02 percent for Venezolana de Cementos, 
S.A.C.A. (``Vencemos''); 49.20 percent for Cementos Caribe, C.A. 
(``Caribe''); and 49.26 percent for all others.
    Only domestic interested parties submitted a case brief within the 
deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(i). (See domestic interested 
parties' April 10, 2000, case brief.)

Scope of Review

    The products covered by this order include gray portland cement and 
cement clinker (``portland cement'') from Venezuela. Gray portland 
cement is a hydraulic cement and the primary component of concrete. 
Clinker, an intermediate material product produced when manufacturing 
cement, has no use other than of being ground into finished cement. Oil 
well cement is also included within the scope of the investigation. 
Gray portland cement is currently classifiable under the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule (``HTS'') item number 2523.29 and cement clinker is 
currently classifiable under HTS item number 2523.10. Gray portland 
cement has also been entered under HTS item number 2523.90 as other 
hydraulic cements. The HTS subheadings are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes only. Our written description of the scope of the 
proceeding is dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 
this sunset review are addressed in the ``Issues and Decision 
Memorandum'' (``Decision Memo'') from Jeffrey A. May, Director, Office 
of Policy, Import Administration, to Troy H. Cribb, Acting Assistant 
Secretary for Import Administration, dated June 27, 2000, which is 
hereby adopted by this notice. The issues discussed in the Decision 
Memo include the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping 
and the magnitude of the margin likely to prevail were the order 
revoked. Parties can find a complete discussion of all issues raised in 
this review and the corresponding recommendations in this public 
memorandum which is on file in the Central Records Unit, room B-099, of 
the main Commerce Building.
    In addition, a complete version of the Decision Memo can be 
accessed directly on the Web at www.ita.doc.gov/import_admin/records/frn/. The paper copy and electronic version of the Decision Memo are 
identical in content.

Final Results of Review

    We determine that termination of the suspended antidumping duty 
investigation on portland cement from Venezuela would be likely to lead 
to continuation or recurrence of dumping at the following percentage 
weighted-average margins:

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                                                                Margin
                   Manufacturer/exporter                      (percent)
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Vencemos...................................................        50.02
Caribe.....................................................        49.20
All others.................................................        49.26
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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: June 27, 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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