[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 190 (Friday, September 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58510-58511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25083]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-423-602]


Industrial Phosphoric Acid From Belgium: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

SUMMARY: On June 26, 2000, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published the preliminary results of its administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on industrial phosphoric acid from 
Belgium. See Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Industrial Phosphoric Acid From Belgium, 65 FR 
39355 (June 26, 2000) (``Preliminary Results''). The review covers one 
manufacturer/exporter of this merchandise to the United States, Societe 
Chimique Prayon-Rupel S.A. (``Prayon''). The period of review is August 
1, 1998, through July 31, 1999. We gave interested parties an 
opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results of review but 
received no comments. Therefore, the final results do not differ from 
the Preliminary Results of review, in which we found the dumping margin 
for Prayon to be 0.60 percent.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 29, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Thomson or Howard Smith, AD/CVD 
Enforcement, Group II, Office IV, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
4793, and 482-5193, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The 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 Rounds Agreements Act (``URAA''). In addition, 
unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's 
regulations are to 19 CFR part 351 (1999).

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Background

    On June 26, 2000, the Department published in the Federal Register 
(65 FR 39355) the Preliminary Results of the administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order on industrial phosphoric acid from Belgium 
for the 98-99 review period. We invited parties to comment on our 
Preliminary Results or review. We did not receive any interested party 
comments on our Preliminary Results.
    We have now completed the administrative review in accordance with 
section 751 of the Act and continue to find the dumping margin for 
Prayon to be 0.60 percent.
    Effective January 1, 2000, the Department revoked the antidumping 
duty order on industrial phosphoric acid from Belgium, pursuant to 
section 751(d)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(i)(1). See Revocation 
of Antidumping Duty Order: Industrial Phosphoric Acid From Belgium; and 
Revocation Countervailing Duty Order: Industrial Phosphoric Acid from 
Israel, 65 FR 37115 (June 13, 2000). Therefore, we will not issue cash 
deposit instructions to the U.S. Customs Service (``Customs'') based on 
the results of this review. We have not received any requests to 
conduct an administrative review for the August 1999 through December 
1999 period, and the deadline for such requests has passed. Since the 
revocation is currently in effect, current and future imports of 
industrial phosphoric acid from Belgium shall be entered into the 
United States without regard to antidumping duties. We will instruct 
Customs to liquidate imports during the August 1999 through December 
1999 period as entered. We have already instructed Customs to liquidate 
all entries as of January 1, 2000 without regard to antidumping duties. 
This is the notice of the final results in the final review of this 
antidumping duty order.

Scope of the Review

    The products covered by this review include shipments of IPA from 
Belgium. This merchandise is currently classifiable under the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule (``HTS'') item numbers 2809.2000 and 
4163.0000. The HTS item numbers are provided for convenience and 
Customs purposes. The written description remains dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    We did not receive any interested party comments on our Preliminary 
Results. Therefore, there is no Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
final results of review.

Final Results of Review

    We have determined that no changes to our analysis are warranted 
for purposes of these final results. As a result of our review, we 
determine that the following margin exists for the period August 1, 
1998, through July 31, 1999.

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                   Exporter/manufacturer                        margin
                                                              percentage
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Prayon.....................................................         0.60
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    The Department shall determine, and Customs shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. We have calculated an 
importer-specific duty assessment rate based on the ratio of the total 
amount of antidumping duties calculated for the importer-specific sales 
to the total entered value of the same sales. The rate will be assessed 
uniformly on all entries by that particular importer made during the 
POR. The Department will issue appraisement instructions directly to 
Customs.
    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 the 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 doubled 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 and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: September 22, 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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