[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 204 (Monday, October 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53387-53388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26548]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-427-098]


Anhydrous Sodium Metasilicate from France: Notice of 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 August 10, 2001, the Department of Commerce published the 
preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on anhydrous sodium metasilicate from France for sales made 
by Rhone-Poulenc, S.A., for the period January 1, 2000, through 
December 31, 2000. We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment 
on the preliminary results of review but received no comments. 
Therefore, these final results of review have not changed from those 
presented in the preliminary results of review, in which we applied 
total adverse facts available.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 22, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dunyako Ahmadu or Richard Rimlinger, 
Office of Antidumping/Countervailing Duty Enforcement, Office 3, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone (202) 482-0198 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 Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's (the 
Department's) regulations are to the regulations codified at 19 CFR 
Part 351 (2001).

Background

    On August 10, 2001, the Department published in the Federal 
Register (66 FR 42199) the preliminary results of the review of this 
order. In the preliminary results, we determined the weighted-average 
dumping margin for the period January 1, 2000, through December 31, 
2000 to be 60.00 percent. We gave interested parties an opportunity to 
comment on our preliminary results. We received no comments. The 
Department has now completed the administrative review in accordance 
with section 751 of the Act.

Scope of the Order

    Imports covered by the order are shipments of anhydrous sodium 
metasilicate, a crystallized silicate which is alkaline and readily 
soluble in water. Applications include waste paper de-inking, ore-
flotation, bleach stabilization, clay processing, medium or heavy duty 
cleaning, and compounding into other detergent formulations. This 
merchandise is classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedules of the 
United States (HTSUS) item numbers 2839.11.00 and 2839.19.00. The HTSUS 
item numbers

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are provided for convenience and customs purposes. The written 
description remains dispositive.

Final Results of the Review

    We received no comments from interested parties, and we have 
determined that no changes to the preliminary results are warranted for 
purposes of these final results. The weighted-average dumping margin 
for Rhone-Poulenc, S.A., for the period January 1, 2000, through 
December 31, 2000, is 60.00 percent.
    The Department will issue appraisement instructions for Rhone-
Poulenc merchandise directly to the Customs Service.
    Furthermore, the following deposit rates will be effective upon 
publication of these final results for all shipments of the subject 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the publication date as provided for by section 751(a)(1) of the 
Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Rhone-Poulenc, S.A., will be 60.00 
percent; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies not 
listed above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter 
is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original 
less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the manufacturer is, the 
cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent 
period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) for all other 
producers and/or exporters of this merchandise, the cash deposit rate 
shall be 60.0 percent, the ``all others'' rate established in the LTFV 
investigation (45 FR 77498, November 24, 1980). This deposit rate shall 
remain in effect until publication of the final results of the next 
administrative review.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) this notice serves as a final 
reminder to importers of their responsibility to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this 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 double antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as the only 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(a)(3). Timely notification of 
return or 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)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: October 15, 2001.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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