[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 180 (Friday, September 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55939-55940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23797]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-806]


Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide From Japan: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review.

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SUMMARY: On May 8, 2000, the Department of Commerce published the 
preliminary results of administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on electrolytic manganese dioxide from Japan. The review covers 
one producer/exporter, Tosoh Corporation, during the period of review 
April 1, 1998, through March 31, 1999.
    We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the 
preliminary results. Based on our analysis of the comments received, we 
made no changes for the final results. The review indicates the 
existence of no dumping margins for Tosoh Corporations during this 
period.

DATE: September 15, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hermes Pinilla, Karin Ryerson, or 
Richard Rimlinger, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement 3, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3477, (202) 482-
3174 or (202) 482-4477; respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

    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 Agreement Act (URAA). In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's (the 
Departments) regulations are to 19 CFR Part 351 (1999).

Background

    On May 8, 2000, the Department published in the Federal Register 
the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
anitidumping duty order on electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD) from 
Japan. See Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review: Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide from Japan, 65 FR

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265780 (Preliminary Results). Kerr-McGee Chemical LLC and Chemetals, 
Inc. (collectively ``the petitioners''), submitted their case briefs on 
June 7, 2000. Tosoh Corporation (Tosoh), the sole respondent in this 
review, submitted its case brief on June 7, 2000. Both the petitioners 
and Tosoh submitted their rebuttal on June 12, 2000. 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 EMD from Japan. EMD 
is manganese dioxide (MnO2) that has been refined in an 
electrolysis process. The subject merchandise is an intermediate 
product used in the production of dry-cell batteries. EMD is sold in 
three physical forms, powder, chip or plate, and two grades, alkaline 
and zinc chloride. EMD is all three forms and both grades is included 
in the scope of the order. This merchandise is currently classifiable 
under item number 2820.10.0000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS). The HTSUS number is provided for convenience and 
customs purposes. It is not determinative of the products subject to 
the order. The written product description remains dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by the 
petitioners and Tosoh are addressed in the ``Issues and Decision 
Memorandum'' (Decision Memo) from Richard W. Moreland, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary to Troy H. Cribb, Acting Secretary, dated September 5, 2000, 
which is hereby adopted by this notice. A list of issues which parties 
have raised and to which we have responded, all of which are in the 
Decision Memo, is attached to this notice as an appendix. This Decision 
Memo, which is a public document, is on the file in the Central Records 
Unit, Main Commerce Building, Room B-099, and is accessible on the Web 
at www.ia.ita.doc.gov. The paper copy and electronic version of the 
Decision Memo are identical in content.

Sunset Revocation

    On April 20, 2000, the International Trade Commission (ITC), 
pursurant to section 751(c) of the Act, determined that revocation of 
the antidumping duty order on EMD from Japan would not be likely to 
lead to continuation of recurrence of material injury within a 
reasonably foreseeable time. Therefore, because the order will be 
revoked as a result of the ITC's determination with an effective date 
of January 1, 2000, no deposit requirements will be effective for 
shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the publication date of the final results of this administrative 
review

Final Results of Review

    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we made no changes 
for the final results. Therefore, the final results of review are the 
same as those we presented in our preliminary results. We have 
determined that a weighted-average margin of zero percent exists for 
Tosoh for the period April 1, 1998, through March 31, 1999.
    The Department will issue appraisement instruction directly to the 
Customs Service.
    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)(l) of the Act.

    Dated: September 5, 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Comments and Responses

1. Determination of U.S. Price
2. Affiliation
3. Matching Methodology


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