[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 123 (Monday, June 28, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36058-36059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14621]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-813]


Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review: 
Canned Pineapple Fruit From Thailand

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

ACTION: Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed 
Circumstances Review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has determined 
that Tipco Foods (Thailand) Public Co., Ltd. (Tipco Foods) is the 
successor-in-interest to The Thai Pineapple Public Co., Ltd (TIPCO) 
and, as such, is entitled to TIPCO's cash deposit rate with respect to 
entries of subject merchandise.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 28, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristina Boughton or Charles Riggle at 
(202) 482-8173 or (202) 482-0650, respectively; AD/CVD Enforcement 
Office 5, Group II, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 26, 2004, Tipco Foods requested that the Department 
initiate a changed circumstances review to confirm that Tipco Foods is 
the successor-in-interest to TIPCO for purposes of determining 
antidumping duty liabilities. This name change is relevant to the 
ongoing 2002-2003 administrative review of the antidumping duty order 
on canned pineapple fruit (CPF) from Thailand because the Department 
has issued a preliminary determination to revoke the order with respect 
to this company. See Notice of Preliminary Results and Preliminary 
Determination To Revoke Order in Part: Canned Pineapple Fruit From 
Thailand, 69 FR 18524 (April 8, 2004).
    On June 1, 2004, the Department published the Initiation and 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review: 
Canned Pineapple Fruit from Thailand (69 FR 30878) (Preliminary 
Results). Interested parties were given an opportunity to comment on 
the preliminary results, and we received no comments. Therefore, the 
final results do not differ from the preliminary results of review.

Scope of the Review

    The product covered by this order is CPF, defined as pineapple 
processed and/or prepared into various product forms, including rings, 
pieces, chunks, tidbits, and crushed pineapple, that is packed and 
cooked in metal cans with either pineapple juice or sugar syrup added. 
CPF is currently classifiable under subheadings 2008.20.0010 and 
2008.20.0090 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS). HTSUS 2008.20.0010 covers CPF packed in a sugar-based syrup; 
HTSUS 2008.20.0090 covers CPF packed without added sugar (i.e., juice-
packed). Although these HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience 
and for customs purposes, the written description of the scope is 
dispositive.

Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review

    We find that Tipco Foods is the successor-in-interest to TIPCO and, 
as such, is entitled to TIPCO's cash deposit rate with respect to 
entries of subject merchandise. For a complete discussion of the basis 
of this decision, see the Preliminary Results. Because we received no 
comments, we have adopted the same position in these final results.
    Effective as of the date of these final results, we will instruct 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection to assign Tipco Foods the zero 
percent antidumping duty cash deposit rate applicable to TIPCO. The 
cash deposit determination from this changed circumstances review will 
apply to all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of 
the final results of this changed circumstances review. See Granular 
Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from Italy; Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 68 FR 25327 (May 12, 2003). This 
deposit rate shall remain in effect until publication of the final 
results of the eighth administrative review of CPF from Thailand.

Notification

    This notice serves as a final reminder to parties to administrative 
protective orders (APOs) of their responsibility concerning the 
disposition of proprietary information disclosed under APO in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(5). Failure to timely notify the 
Department in writing of the return/destruction of APO material is a 
sanctionable violation. We are issuing and publishing this finding and 
notice in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(I)(1) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.216 and 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(3).

    Dated: June 21, 2004.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-14621 Filed 6-25-04; 8:45 am]
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