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[FR Doc No: 94-10451]
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[Federal Register: May 2, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-588-818]
Personal Word Processors From Japan; Final Results of Changed
Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; Revocation of
Order; Termination of Anticircumvention Inquiry
AGENCY: International Trade Administration/Import Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of final results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; Revocation of Order; Termination of
Anticircumvention Inquiry.
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SUMMARY: On March 24, 1994, the Department of Commerce published the
Notice of Initiation of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, Consideration of Revocation of Order,
Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, and Intent to Revoke Order on personal word
processors from Japan (59 FR 13930). We have completed this review and
are revoking the antidumping duty order on PWPs from Japan. We are also
terminating the ongoing anticircumvention inquiry of this order.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 2, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas O. Barlow or Wendy J. Frankel,
Office of Antidumping Compliance, Import Administration, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-5256
and 482-0367, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 28, 1991, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
published in the Federal Register (56 FR 42593) an antidumping duty
order on personal word processors (PWPs) from Japan (the order). On
August 20, 1992, (57 FR 37770), the Department published an amended
order. On February 15, 1994, Smith Corona Corporation (Smith Corona),
the petitioner in the underlying less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigation, submitted a request for a changed circumstances
administrative review and revocation of the order based on the
represented fact that the order no longer is of interest to the
domestic interested parties. For the same reasons, in its February 15,
1994, request, Smith Corona withdrew its petition requesting an
investigation to determine whether the order was being circumvented
pursuant to section 781(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act). Smith Corona made the withdrawal of that petition and the
revocation contingent upon termination of the suspended antidumping
investigation on portable electric typewriters from Singapore (A-559-
806). Smith Corona also made representations that other U.S. producers
of this merchandise (Canon Business Machines and Brother Industries
(USA), Inc.) consented to revocation of the order.
On March 24, 1994, the Department published the Notice of
Initiation of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, Consideration of Revocation of Order, Preliminary Results of
Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and
Intent to Revoke Order on PWPs from Japan (59 FR 13930). In that notice
the Department preliminarily determined that the order no longer is of
interest to domestic interested parties and notified the public of its
intent to revoke the order. The Department gave interested parties an
opportunity to comment on the preliminary results and none of the
interested parties commented. On April 8, 1994, Brother Industries
(USA), Inc., the petitioner in the investigation of portable electric
typewriters from Singapore (A-559-806), submitted its request, pursuant
to 19 CFR 353.17(a), to terminate the suspended investigation in that
case. A notice of such termination will be published simultaneously
with this notice.
Scope of Review
The scope of the order covers personal word processors from Japan
as defined in the Department's antidumping duty order on PWPs from
Japan (56 FR 42593, August 28, 1991), as amended (57 FR 37770, August
20, 1992). PWPs are currently classifiable under item number 8469.10.00
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) of the United States. HTS item
numbers are provided for convenience and Customs purposes. The written
description remains dispositive as to the scope of the product
coverage.
Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, Revocation of Order
Pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, the Department may revoke an
antidumping duty order if the Department determines, based on a review
under section 751(b)(1) of the Act, that changed circumstances exist
sufficient to warrant revocation. Section 751(b)(1) of the Act requires
a changed circumstances review to be conducted upon receipt of a
request containing sufficient information concerning changed
circumstances.
Section 353.25(d)(2) of the Department's regulations permits the
Department to conduct an administrative review under Sec. 353.22(f)
based upon an affirmative statement of no interest from the petitioner
in the proceeding. Section 353.25(d)(1)(i) further provides that if the
Department determines that the order under review is no longer of
interest to domestic interested parties, the Department may revoke the
antidumping duty order.
In accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and (c) of the Act and 19 CFR
353.25(d) and 353.22(f), based upon the facts of this case and the fact
that none of the interested parties objected to or otherwise commented
on our preliminary results, we have determined that the order no longer
is of interest to domestic interested parties. The Department
determines that the requirement for revocation based on the changed
circumstance that the order no longer is of interest to domestic
interested parties has been met. Therefore, we are hereby revoking the
antidumping duty order on PWPs from Japan. We are also terminating the
ongoing anticircumvention inquiry of the order on PWPs from Japan.
These final results will apply to all shipments of the merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after
August 1, 1993 (the day after the last administrative review period for
which automatic liquidation instructions were sent to the U.S. Customs
Service). We intend to instruct the U.S. Customs Service to liquidate
all entries of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after August 1, 1993, without regard
to antidumping duties.
We will instruct the U.S. Customs Service to refund with interest
any estimated antidumping duties collected with respect to those
entries.
This administrative review, revocation, and notice are in
accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and (c) of the Act and
Secs. 353.22(f) and 353.25(d) of the Department's regulations.
Dated: April 22, 1994.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-10451 Filed 4-29-94; 8:45 am]
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