[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 166 (Monday, August 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45005-45006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21603]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-046]


Polychloroprene Rubber from Japan: Notice of Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of rescission of antidumping duty administrative review.

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SUMMARY: On January 31, 2001, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published in the Federal Register the notice of initiation 
of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
polychloroprene rubber from Japan for Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. (Denka) 
and Tosoh Corporation (Tosoh). See 66 FR 8379. This review was 
requested by the petitioner, DuPont Dow Elastomers L.L.C. (DuPont), and 
covers the period December 1, 1999, through November 30, 2000. We are 
now rescinding this review as a result of DuPont's timely withdrawal of 
its request for an administrative review for Denka and the non-shipper 
status of Tosoh.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 27, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paige Rivas or Ron Trentham, Group II, 
Office 4, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-0651 or 482-6320, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In

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addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's 
regulations are to the regulations as codified at 19 CFR Part 351 
(2000).

Background

    On December 22, 2000, the petitioner, DuPont, requested that the 
Department conduct an administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on polychloroprene rubber from Japan for the period December 1, 
1999, through November 30, 2000, covering two producers and/or 
exporters: Denka and Tosoh. No other interested party requested that 
the Department conduct an administrative review. On January 31, 2001, 
the Department initiated an administrative review (66 FR 8379).

Scope of the Review

    Imports covered by this review are shipments of polychloroprene 
rubber, an oil resistant synthetic rubber also known as polymerized 
chlorobutadiene or neoprene, currently classifiable under items 
4002.42.00, 4002.49.00, 4003.00.00, 4462.15.21 and 4462.00.00 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). HTSUS item 
numbers are provided for convenience and for the U.S. Customs Service 
purposes. The written descriptions remain dispositive.

Rescission of 1999/2000 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

    On March 15, 2001, in response to the Department's questionnaire, 
Tosoh stated that it had made no shipments to the United States of the 
subject merchandise during the period of review (POR). The Department 
independently confirmed with the U.S. Customs Service that there were 
no shipments from Tosoh during the POR. Therefore, in accordance with 
section 351.213(d)(3) of the Department's regulations, and consistent 
with our practice, we are treating this firm as a non-shipper for 
purposes of this review. Moreover, the Department invited interested 
parties to comment on our intent to rescind this review with respect to 
Tosoh. See Memorandum to File from Ron Trentham, dated August 9, 2001. 
Interested parties were given until the close of business on August 17, 
2001, to submit their comments. No parties submitted comments. 
Therefore, we are rescinding this review with respect to Tosoh (see, 
e.g. Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipe and Tube from Turkey: Final 
Results and Partial Recission of Antidumping Administrative Review, 63 
FR 35190, 35191 (June 29, 1998)).
    On January 30, 2001, the petitioner filed a letter with the 
Department withdrawing its request that the Department conduct an 
administrative review of Denka's sales. This withdrawal complies with 
section 351.213(d)(1) of the Department's regulations which grants 
parties 90 days from the publication of the notice of initiation of 
review to withdraw their request for review. Because of the non-shipper 
status of Tosoh and DuPont's timely request for the termination of the 
review for Denka, the Department is rescinding this review in its 
entirety in accordance with section 351.213(d) of our regulations.
    This notice is in accordance with section 751 of the Act and 
section 351.213(d) of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: August 20, 2001.
Bernard T. Carreau,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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