[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 131 (Monday, July 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39734-39735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13500]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-405-803, A-201-834, A-421-811, A-401-808]


Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Purified 
Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland, Mexico, the Netherlands and Sweden

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) and the U.S. International Trade Commission 
(ITC), the Department is issuing antidumping duty orders on purified 
carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from Finland, Mexico, the Netherlands and 
Sweden. On June 30, 2005, the ITC notified the Department of its 
affirmative determination of injury to a U.S. industry. See letter from 
the ITC to the Secretary of Commerce, Notification of Final Affirmative 
Determination of Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland, Mexico, 
the Netherlands, and Sweden (Investigation Nos. 731-TA-1084-1087 
(Final)), dated June 30, 2005. See also Purified Carboxymethylcellulose 
from Finland, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Sweden, USITC Publication 
3787, June 30, 2005.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 11, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Flessner, Robert James, or 
Abdelali Elouaradia at (202) 482-6312, (202) 482-1374, or (202) 482-
0649, respectively, AD/CVD Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final determinations in these 
investigations were published on May 17, 2005. See Notice of Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Purified 
Carboxymethylcellulose From Finland, 70 FR 28279 (May 17, 2005); Notice 
of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Purified 
Carboxymethylcellulose from Mexico, 70 FR 28280 (May 17, 2005); Notice 
of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Purified 
Carboxymethylcellulose from the Netherlands, 70 FR 28275 (May 17, 
2005); and Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value: Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From Sweden, 70 FR 28278 (May 
17, 2005).

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Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise covered by these orders is all purified 
carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), sometimes also referred to as purified 
sodium CMC, polyanionic cellulose, or cellulose gum, which is a white 
to off-white, non-toxic, odorless, biodegradable powder, comprising 
sodium CMC that has been refined and purified to a minimum assay of 90 
percent. Purified CMC does not include unpurified or crude CMC, CMC 
Fluidized Polymer Suspensions, and CMC that is cross-linked through 
heat treatment. Purified CMC is CMC that has undergone one or more 
purification operations which, at a minimum, reduce the remaining salt 
and other by-product portion of the product to less than ten percent. 
The merchandise subject to this order is classified in the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States at subheading 3912.31.00. This 
tariff classification is provided for convenience and customs purposes; 
however, the written description of the scope of the order is 
dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Orders

    On June 30, 2005, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the ITC notified the Department of 
its final determination pursuant to section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act 
that an industry in the United States is materially injured by reason 
of less-than-fair-value imports of purified CMC from Finland, Mexico, 
the Netherlands and Sweden.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the 
Department will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess, upon further instruction by the Department, antidumping duties 
equal to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise 
exceeds the export price (or the constructed export price) of the 
merchandise for all relevant entries of purified CMC from Finland, 
Mexico, the Netherlands and Sweden. These antidumping duties will be 
assessed on (1) all entries of purified CMC from Finland, Mexico, the 
Netherlands and Sweden entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after December 27, 2004, the date on which the 
Department published its notices of preliminary determinations in the 
Federal Register\1\, and before June 25, 2005, the date on which the 
Department is required, pursuant to section 733(d) of the Act, to 
terminate the suspension of liquidation; and (2) on all subject 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the date of publication of the ITC's notice of final 
determination in the Federal Register. Entries of purified CMC from 
Finland, Mexico, the Netherlands and Sweden made between June 25, 2005, 
and the day preceding the date of publication of the ITC's notice of 
final determination in the Federal Register are not liable for the 
assessment of antidumping duties.
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    \1\ See Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination: Purified 
Carboxymethylcellulose From Finland, 69 FR 77216 (December 27, 
2004); Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination: Purified 
Carboxymethylcellulose From Mexico, 69 FR 77201 (December 27, 2004); 
Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value 
and Postponement of Final Determination: Purified 
Carboxymethylcellulose From the Netherlands, 69 FR 77205 (December 
27, 2004); and Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination: Purified 
Carboxymethylcellulose From Sweden, 69 FR 77213, (December 27, 
2004).
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    CBP officers must require, at the same time as importers would 
normally deposit estimated duties on this merchandise, a cash deposit 
equal to the estimated weighted-average antidumping duty margins as 
noted below. The ``all others''' rate applies to all manufacturers and 
exporters of subject merchandise not specifically listed. The weighted-
average dumping margins are as follows:

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                 Country                         Manufacturer/Exporter                      Margin
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Finland.................................                          Noviant OY                               6.65%
                                                                  All Others                               6.65%
Mexico..................................                       Quimica Amtex                              12.61%
                                                                  All Others                              12.61%
Netherlands.............................                        Noviant B.V.                              14.88%
                                                                  Akzo Nobel                              13.39%
                                                                  All Others                              14.57%
Sweden..................................                          Noviant AB                              25.29%
                                                                  All Others                              25.29%
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    Pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act, this notice constitutes the 
antidumping duty orders with respect to purified CMC from Finland, 
Mexico, the Netherlands and Sweden. Interested parties may contact the 
Department's Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the main Commerce 
Building, for copies of an updated list of antidumping duty orders 
currently in effect.
    These orders are issued and published in accordance with section 
736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).

    Dated: June 30, 2005.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-13500 Filed 7-8-05; 8:45 am]
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