[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 68974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29253]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-307-803, C-307-804]


Antidumping and Countervailing Duties; Gray Portland Cement and 
Cement Clinker From Venezuela

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

ACTION: Notice of final results of five-year (``sunset'') review, 
termination of the suspended antidumping duty and countervailing duty 
investigations on gray portland cement and cement clinker from 
Venezuela.

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SUMMARY: On February 27, 2000, and March 3, 2000, the Department of 
Commerce (``the Department''), pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), determined that 
termination of the suspended antidumping duty and countervailing duty 
investigations on gray portland cement and cement clinker from 
Venezuela would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of 
dumping. See Gray Portland Cement and Cement Clinker From Venezuela; 
Final Results of Sunset Review of Suspended Antidumping Duty 
Investigation, 65 FR 41050 (July 3, 2000), and Gray Portland Cement and 
Cement Clinker From Venezuela, Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review 
of Suspended Countervailing Duty Investigation, 65 FR 11554 (March 3, 
2000).
    On November 1, 2000, the International Trade Commission (``the 
Commission''), pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, determined that 
termination of the suspended antidumping duty and countervailing duty 
investigations on gray portland cement and cement clinker from 
Venezuela would not be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of 
material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably 
foreseeable time. See Gray Portland Cement and Cement Clinker from 
Japan, Mexico, and Venezuela, 65 FR 65327 (November 1, 2000). 
Therefore, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.222(i)(1), the Department is 
publishing this notice of termination of the suspended antidumping duty 
and countervailing duty investigations on gray portland cement and 
cement clinker from Venezuela.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha V. Douthit or James P. Maeder, 
Office of Policy, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
5050 or (202) 482-3330, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 2, 1999, the Department initiated, and the Commission 
instituted, sunset reviews of the suspended antidumping duty and 
countervailing duty investigations on gray portland cement and cement 
clinker from Venezuela. See 64 FR 41915, 41958, respectively. As a 
result of its reviews, the Department found that termination of the 
suspended antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations would 
likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, and notified the 
Commission of the magnitude of the margins likely to prevail were the 
suspended investigations revoked.
    On November 1, 2000, the Commission determined, pursuant to section 
751(c) of the Act, that termination of the suspended antidumping duty 
and countervailing duty investigations covering cement and cement 
clinker from Venezuela would not be likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States 
within a reasonably foreseeable time. See Gray Portland Cement and 
Cement Clinker from Japan, Mexico, and Venezuela, 65 FR 65327 (November 
1, 2000), and USITC Publication 3361, Investigation Nos. 303-TA-21 
(Review) and 731-TA-451, 461, and 519 (Review) (October 2000).

Scope of the Suspended Investigations

    The products covered by these investigations are gray portland 
cement and cement clinker (``portland cement'') from Venezuela. Gray 
portland cement is a hydraulic cement and the primary component of 
concrete. Cement clinker, an intermediate material produced when 
manufacturing cement, has no use other than grinding into finished 
cement. Oil well cement is also included within the scope. Microfine 
cement was specifically excluded from the scope. 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 item number 2523.90 as other hydraulic cements. 
The HTS item numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes. 
The written product description remains dispositive as to the scope of 
the product coverage.

Determination

    As a result of the determination by the Commission that termination 
of the suspended antidumping duty and countervailing duty 
investigations would not be likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States, 
pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act, the Department hereby orders 
the termination of the suspended antidumping duty and countervailing 
duty investigations on gray portland cement and cement clinker from 
Venezuela.

Effective Date of Termination

    The termination of the suspended investigations is effective as to 
all entries, or withdrawals from warehouse, of the subject merchandise 
on or after January 1, 2000.

    Dated: November 8, 2000.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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