[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 70581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6443]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-812]


Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 
Furfuryl Alcohol from Thailand

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 22, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Smith or Damian Felton, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone (202) 482-1276 and (202) 482-0133, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 25, 1995, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published an antidumping duty order on furfuryl alcohol from Thailand. 
See Notice of Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination and Order: 
Furfuryl Alcohol from Thailand, 60 FR 38035 (July 25, 1995).
    On July 1, 2005, the Department published in the Federal Register 
an Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 
Investigation: Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 70 FR 
38099 (July 1, 2005). On July 19, 2005, the Department received a 
timely filed request for an administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on furfuryl alcohol from Thailand with respect to Indorama 
Chemicals (Thailand) Ltd. (``IRCT'') from Penn Specialty Chemicals, 
Inc. (``petitioner''). On August 29, 2005, the Department published the 
initiation of an administrative review of IRCT covering the period July 
1, 2004, through June 30, 2005. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation 
in Part, 70 FR 51009 (August 29, 2005). This review covers imports of 
furfuryl alcohol from one producer/exporter, IRCT. On October 21, 2005, 
the petitioner timely withdrew its request for an administrative review 
of IRCT. The petitioner's request was the only request for an 
administrative review of IRCT's U.S. sales.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order 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 is dispositive.

Rescission of the Administrative Review

    Pursuant to the Department's regulations, the Department will 
rescind an administrative review ``if a party that requested a review 
withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of publication of the 
notice of initiation of the requested review''. See 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1). Since the petitioner withdrew its request for an 
administrative review on October 21, 2005, which is within the 90-day 
deadline, and no other party requested a review with respect to this 
company, the Department is rescinding this administrative review of 
IRCT in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).

Notification Regarding APOs

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (``APOs'') of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues 
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the 
proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction of 
APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO 
is a violation which is subject to sanction.
    The Department is issuing and publishing this notice in accordance 
with section 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended and 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(4).

    November 17, 2005.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-6443 Filed 11-21-05; 8:45 am]
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