[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 77 (Friday, April 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19884-19885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9939]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-475-703]
Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin From Italy; 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 December 21, 1994, the Department of Commerce (the
Department) published its preliminary results of the administrative
review of the antidumping duty order on granular
polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin from Italy for the period August
1, 1991 through July 31, 1992. The review covers one manufacturer/
exporter of this merchandise to the United States, Ausimont S.p.A. We
did not receive any comments on our preliminary results, and,
therefore, the final results are unchanged from those presented in our
preliminary results.
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 21, 1995.
[[Page 19885]] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Copyak or
Richard Herring, Office of Countervailing Compliance, Import
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC.;
telephone: (202) 482-2786.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 12, 1992, the Department published in the Federal
Register a notice of ``Opportunity to Request Administrative Review''
(57 FR 36063) of the antidumping order on PTFE resin from Italy (53 FR
33163; August 30, 1988). On August 31, 1992, Ausimont S.p.A. and
Ausimont U.S.A. requested an administrative review of the order for the
period August 1, 1991 through July 31, 1992. We initiated the review on
September 28, 1992 (57 FR 44551). Verifications were conducted in
Milan, Italy, September 13-16, 1993, and in Morristown, New Jersey,
November 22-23, 1993. On December 21, 1994, the preliminary results of
this administrative review were published (59 FR 65753). We have now
completed this administrative review in accordance with section 751 of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Review
Imports covered by this review are shipments of PTFE resin which is
classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) item number
3904.61.00. PTFE dispersions in water and fine powders are not covered
by this order. The HTS item number is provided for convenience and
Customs purposes. The written description remains dispositive. The
order on PTFE resin from Italy also covers PTFE wet raw polymer
exported from Italy to the United States (see Granular
Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from Italy; Final Determination of
Circumvention of Antidumping Duty Order (58 FR 26100; April 30, 1993)).
However, because the Department issued its preliminary affirmative
determination of circumvention and ordered the suspension of
liquidation of wet raw polymer entries after the review period, entries
of PTFE wet raw polymer were not subject to this particular review (see
Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from Italy; Preliminary Results
of Antidumping Administrative Review, 59 FR 65753, and Memorandum to
Joseph A. Spetrini, Acting Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, dated September 10, 1993; The Third Administrative
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Granular
Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from Italy, which is on file in the
Central Records Unit (room B099 of the Main Commerce Building)). The
review covers one manufacturer/exporter of Italian PTFE resin to the
United States, Ausimont S.p.A., and the review period is August 1, 1991
through July 31, 1992.
Final Results of the Review
We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the
preliminary results. We did not receive any comments. Therefore, the
final results are unchanged from those presented in the preliminary
results. As a result of our comparison of United States price with
foreign market value, we determine that the following weighted-average
dumping margin existed during the period August 1, 1991 through July
31, 1992:
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Margin
Manufacturer/exporter Period (percent)
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Ausimont S.p.A.......................... 08/01/91-07/31/92 13.31
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Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective
upon publication of these final results of this administrative review,
for all shipments of the subject merchandise, entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as
provided for by section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate
for the reviewed company will be 13.31 percent; (2) for exporters not
covered in this review, but covered in previous reviews or the original
less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, 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 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) the cash
deposit rate for all other manufactures and exporters will be 46.46
percent, the ``all other'' rate established in the original LTFV
investigation by the Department (53 FR 26096, July 11, 1988), in
accordance with the decisions of the CIT in Floral Trade Council v.
United States, 822 F. Supp. 766 (1993), and Federal-Mogul Corporation
v. United States, 822 F. Supp. 782 (1993).
These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until publication
of the final results of the next administrative review.
This notice serves as a 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 the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibilities
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d). Failure to
comply is a violation of the APO.
This administrative review and notice are in accordance with
section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)(B)) and 19 CFR
353.22(c)(5).
Dated: April 7, 1995.
Paul L. Joffe,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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