[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38641-38642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14071]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-427-098]


Anhydrous Sodium Metasilicate from France: 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 February 26, 2002, the Department of Commerce initiated an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on anhydrous sodium 
metasilicate from France. The review covers one manufacturer/exporter, 
Rhodia HCPCII (formely known as Rhone-Poulenc). The period of review is 
January 1, 2001, through December 31, 2001. The Department is 
rescinding this review because it found no entries of subject 
merchandise by this company into the United States during the period of 
review.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  June 5, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dunyako Ahmadu or Richard Rimlinger, 
AD/CVD Enforcement 3, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-
0198 or (202) 482-4477, 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 in effect 
as of January 1, 1995, the effective date of 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 at 19 CFR part 351 (2001).

Background

    On January 2, 2002, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on anhydrous sodium 
metasilicate (ASM) from France (67 FR 56). On January 29, 2002, the 
petitioner in this proceeding, PQ Corporation, submitted a request for 
an administrative review of sales by Rhodia HCPII, a manufacturer/
exporter of ASM, for the period January 1, 2001, through December 31, 
2001. The Department initiated an administrative review on February 26, 
2002, (67 FR 8780).
    On April 24, 2002, Rhodia submitted a letter to the Department 
stating that it did not export the subject merchandise to the United 
States during the period of review (POR).

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    Also on April 24, 2002, the Department sent a no-shipment inquiry 
concerning Rhodia to the U.S. Customs Service (Customs). The purpose of 
this inquiry was to determine whether Customs suspended liquidation of 
entry summaries of ASM during the POR. The Customs Service did not 
identify any suspended entry summaries of ASM manufactured and/or 
exported by Rhodia during the POR. Therefore, we have determined that 
there were no entries of subject merchandise produced or exported by 
Rhodia into the customs territory of the United States during the POR.

Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), the Department may rescind an 
administrative review, in whole, or only with respect to a particular 
exporter or producer, if the Department concludes that, during the 
period covered by the review, there were no entries, exports, or sales 
of the subject merchandise. In light of the fact that we have 
determined that the only company covered by the review did not have 
entries for consumption into the territory of the United States during 
the POR in question, we find that rescinding this review is 
appropriate. On May 1, 2002, we sent a letter to the petitioner to 
notify it of our findings and invited it to comment on our intent to 
rescind the review. The petitioner responded on May 16, 2002, stating 
that it does not object. Therefore, we are rescinding this 
administrative review. The cash-deposit rate for Rhodia will remain at 
60 percent, the rate established in the most recently completed segment 
of this proceeding (66 FR 57934, November 19, 2001).
    This notice is in accordance with section 777(i) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: May 24, 2002
Susan Kuhbach,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Import Administration.
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