[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76380-76381]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31375]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-812]


Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review: Furfuryl Alcohol from Thailand

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On August 7, 2002, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of its administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on furfuryl alcohol from Thailand. This review 
covers one producer/exporter of the subject merchandise, Indorama 
Chemicals (Thailand) Limited (Indorama). The period of review (POR) is 
July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001. Based on comments received, 
including the identification of certain ministerial errors, we have 
made changes in the margin calculations. Therefore, the final results 
differ from the preliminary results. The final weighted-average dumping 
margin is listed below in the section entitled Final Results of Review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 12, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tisha Loeper-Viti or Charles Riggle, 
Office 5, Group II, AD/CVD Enforcement, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-7425 or (202) 482-0650, 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 made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department regulations are references 
to the provisions codified at 19 CFR Part 351 (2001).

Background

    On August 7, 2002, the Department published in the Federal Register 
the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on furfuryl alcohol from Thailand. See Furfuryl Alcohol from 
Thailand: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 67 FR 51191 (Aug. 7, 2002). In response to the Department's 
invitation to comment on the preliminary results of this review, 
Indorama submitted comments on September 6, 2002. No other comments 
were submitted, nor was a hearing requested.

Scope of Review

    The merchandise covered by this review is furfuryl alcohol 
(C4H3OCH2OH). Furfuryl alcohol is a primary alcohol, and is colorless 
or pale yellow in appearance. It is used in the manufacture of resins 
and as a wetting agent and solvent for coating resins, nitrocellulose, 
cellulose acetate, and other soluble dyes.
    The product subject to this order is classifiable under subheading 
2932.13.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and 
Customs purposes, our written description of the scope of this 
proceeding is dispositive.

Analysis of Comment Received

    The sole issue raised in Indorama's case brief is addressed in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review: Furfuryl Alcohol from Thailand, from 
Bernard T. Carreau, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Group II, Import 
Administration, to Faryar Shirzad, Assistant Secretary for Import 
Administration, dated December 5, 2002, (Decision Memorandum) which is 
hereby adopted by this notice. The issue raised pertains to alleged 
sales outside the ordinary course of trade and not sold in usual 
commercial quantities. Parties can find a complete discussion of this 
issue and the corresponding recommendations in this public memorandum, 
which is on file in the Central Records Unit, room B-099 of the main 
Commerce building.
    In addition, a complete version of the Decision Memorandum can be 
accessed directly on the Internet at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/. The paper 
copy and electronic version of the Decision Memorandum are identical in 
content.

Final Results of Review

    As a result of our review, we determine that the following 
weighted-average percentage margin exists for the period July 1, 2000, 
through June 30, 2001:

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                Manufacturer/exporter                   Margin (percent)
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Indorama Chemicals (Thailand) Ltd. (Indorama)........               0.43
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    The Department shall determine, and the Customs Service shall 
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. In accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we have calculated importer-specific 
assessment rates by dividing the dumping margin found on the subject 
merchandise examined by the entered value of such merchandise. Where 
the importer-specific assessment rate is above de minimis we will 
instruct the Customs Service to assess antidumping duties on that 
importer's entries of subject merchandise. The Department will issue 
appropriate assessment instructions directly to the Customs Service 
within 15 days of publication of these final results of review.
    Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective 
for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of these 
final results of administrative review, as provided by section 751(a) 
of the Act: (1) for Indorama, because the margin is de minimis, no cash 
deposit will be required, (2) for merchandise exported by manufacturers 
or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a previous 
segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be 
the company-specific rate published in the most recent final results in 
which that manufacturer or exporter participated; (3) if the exporter 
is not a firm covered in this review or in any previous segment of this 
proceeding, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be that 
established for the manufacturer of the merchandise in these final 
results of review or in the most recent segment of the proceeding in 
which that manufacturer participated; and (4) if neither the

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exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this review or in 
any previous segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will be 
7.82 percent, the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-
value investigation. These deposit requirements shall remain in effect 
until publication of the final results of the next administrative 
review.
    This notice also serves as the 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 this review period. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred, and in 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 return/destruction or conversion to judicial protective 
order of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Failure to comply is a violation of the APO.
    This determination is issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    December 5, 2002.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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