[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 246 (Friday, December 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67318-67319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32398]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-588-046]
Polychloroprene Rubber From Japan; final results of antidumping
duty administrative review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review.
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SUMMARY: On September 11, 1996, the Department of Commerce (the
Department) published the preliminary results and partial termination
of antidumping duty administrative review of the antidumping duty order
on polychloroprene rubber (rubber) from Japan. The review covers eight
manufacturers/exporters of the subject merchandise to the United States
for the period December 1, 1994 through November 30, 1995. These
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manufacturers/exporters are Denki Kaguku, K.K. (Denki), Denki/Hoei
Sangyo Co., Ltd. (Denki/Hoei Sangyo), Mitsui Bussan K.K. (Mitsui
Bussan), Suzugo Corporation (Suzugo), Showa Neoprene K.K. (Showa),
Showa/Hoei Sangyo Co., Ltd. (Showa/Hoei Sangyo), Tosoh Corporation
(formerly Toyo Soda) and Tosoh/Hoei Sangyo Co., Ltd. (Tosoh/Hoei
Sangyo).
We gave interested parties an opportunity to submit oral or written
comments on the preliminary results of review. We received no comments.
Based on our analysis, these final results of review are unchanged from
those presented in our preliminary results of review.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 20, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy F. Unger, Jr. or Thomas Futtner,
Office of 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-
0651 or 482-3814.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 11, 1996, the Department published in the Federal
Register (61 FR 47871) the preliminary results and partial termination
of antidumping duty administrative review of the antidumping finding on
rubber from Japan. The Department has now conducted that administrative
review in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Tariff Act).
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 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's regulations are to the
current regulations, as amended by the interim regulations published in
the Federal Register on May 11, 1995 (60 FR 25130).
Scope of the Review
Imports covered by the review are shipments of polychloroprene
rubber, an oil resistant synthetic rubber also known as polymerized
chlorobutadiene or neoprene, currently classifiable under items
4002.42.00, 4002.49.00, 4003.00.00, 4462.15.21 and 4462.00.00. HTS item
numbers are provided for convenience and for Customs purposes. The
written descriptions remain dispositive.
Final Results of Review
The Department determined in the preliminary results of
administrative review that Denki, Tosoh, and Mitsui Bussan had no
shipments of the subject merchandise to the United States during the
period of review, and therefore, terminated the review with respect to
these companies.
We were unable to locate the following companies, Denki/Hoei
Sangyo, Tosoh/Hoei Sangyo, Showa Neoprene K.K., Showa/Hoei Sangyo, and
Suzugo, despite assistance from various sources including the American
Embassy in Tokyo, the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C., and the
U.S. Customs Service. Therefore, we were unable to conduct
administrative reviews for these firms, and upon issuance of these
final results we will instruct the U.S. Customs Service to continue to
assess any entries by these firms at the rate determined in the last
completed administrative review on November 26, 1984 (49 FR 46454). See
Certain Fresh Cut Flowers from Colombia; Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Partial Termination of
Administrative Reviews, and Notice of Intent to Revoke Order (In Part)
(Flowers from Colombia), 60 FR 30271 (June 8, 1995)).
We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the
preliminary results of review. The Department received no written
comments or requests for a hearing. Based on our analysis, these final
results of review are the same as those presented in the preliminary
results of review.
The U.S. Customs Service shall assess antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries. Individual differences between United States Price
(USP) and Foreign Market Value (FMV) may vary from the percentages
stated above. The Department will issue appraisement instructions
concerning each respondent directly to the U.S. Customs Service.
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 for by
section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for
Denki/Hoei Sangyo, Suzugo, Showa Neoprene, Showa/Hoei Sangyo, and
Tosoh/Hoei Sangyo will be the rate determined by the last completed
administrative review on November 26, 1984 (49 FR 46454); (2) for
previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the
cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate
published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm
covered in this review, a prior review, or in the original LTFV
investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be
the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of
the merchandise; and (4) if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer
is a firm covered in this or any previous review conducted by the
Department, the cash deposit rate will be the ``all others'' rate
established in the final results of administrative review published on
April 6, 1982 (47 FR 14746).
These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until publication
of the final results of the next administrative review.
This notice serves as the final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 353.26 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 the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d). Timely written notification or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and the terms of the APO is a sanctionable
violation.
This administrative review and notice are in accordance with
section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and 19 CFR
353.22.
Dated: December 10, 1996.
Jeffrey P. Bialos,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-32398 Filed 12-19-96; 8:45 am]
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