[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 116 (Friday, June 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34892-34893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9476]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-588-815)


Gray Portland Cement and Cement Clinker from Japan: Continuation 
of Antidumping Duty Order

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the Department of 
Commerce and the International Trade Commission that revocation of the 
antidumping duty order on gray portland cement and cement clinker from 
Japan would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping 
and of material injury to an industry in the United States within a 
reasonably foreseeable time, the Department is publishing notice of the 
continuation of this antidumping duty order.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 16, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edythe Artman or Minoo Hatten, Office 
5, AD/CVD Operations, Import

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Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; 
telephone: (202) 482-3931 and (202) 482-1690, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 3, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated and the International Trade Commission (ITC) instituted the 
second sunset review of the antidumping duty order on gray portland 
cement and cement clinker from Japan, pursuant to section 751(c) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). See Initiation of Five-year 
(``Sunset'') Reviews, 70 FR 57560 (October 3, 2005); Institution of 
Five-year Reviews concerning the Antidumping Duty Orders on Gray 
Portland Cement and Cement Clinker from Japan and Mexico, 70 FR 57617 
(October 3, 2005). As a result of its review, the Department found that 
revocation of the antidumping duty order would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of dumping and notified the ITC of the 
magnitude of the margins likely to prevail were the order to be 
revoked. See Gray Portland Cement and Clinker from Japan; Final Results 
of the Expedited Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order, 71 FR 
6268 (February 7, 2006). On May 26, 2006, the ITC determined pursuant 
to section 751(c) of the Act that revocation of the antidumping duty 
orders on gray portland cement and cement clinker from Japan would be 
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an 
industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. See 
Gray Portland Cement and Cement Clinker from Japan, 71 FR 32127 (June 
2, 2006), and ITC Publication 3856 (May 2006), entitled Gray Portland 
Cement and Cement Clinker from Japan: Investigation No. 731-TA-461 
(Second Review).

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this order are cement and cement clinker 
from Japan. Cement is a hydraulic cement and the primary component of 
concrete. Cement clinker, an intermediate material produced when 
manufacturing cement, has no use other than grinding into finished 
cement. Microfine cement was specifically excluded from the antidumping 
duty order. Cement is currently classifiable under the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule (HTS) item number 2523.29, and cement clinker is 
currently classifiable under HTS item number 2523.10. Cement has also 
been entered under HTS item number 2523.90 as ``other hydraulic 
cements.'' The Department made two scope rulings regarding subject 
merchandise. See Scope Rulings, 57 FR 19602 (May 7, 1992), classes G 
and H of oil well cement are within the scope of the order, and Scope 
Rulings, 58 FR 27542 (May 10, 1993), ``Nittetsu Super Fine'' cement is 
not within the scope of the order. The order remains in effect for all 
manufacturers, producers, and exporters of cement from Japan.
    The HTS item numbers are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes. The written product description remains dispositive as to the 
scope of the product coverage.

Determination

    As a result of the determinations by the Department and ITC that 
revocation of this antidumping duty order would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of dumping and material injury to an 
industry in the United States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the 
Act, the Department hereby orders the continuation of the antidumping 
duty order on gray portland cement and cement clinker from Japan.
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect 
antidumping duty cash deposits at the rates in effect at the time of 
entry for all imports of subject merchandise.
    The effective date of continuation of this order will be the date 
of publication in the Federal Register of this Notice of Continuation. 
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(2) and 751(c)(6) of the Act, the Department 
intends to initiate the next five-year review of this order not later 
than May 2011.
    These five-year (sunset) reviews and this notice are in accordance 
with section 751(c) of the Act.

    Dated: June 9, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-9476 Filed 6-15-06; 8:45 am]
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