[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 31719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15475]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-427-098]
Anhydrous Sodium Metasilicate from France; Notice of Recission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of recission of antidumping duty administrative review.
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SUMMARY: On February 27, 1998, the Department of Commerce published in
the Federal Register (63 FR 10002) a notice announcing the initiation
of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on anhydrous
sodium metasilicate from France. This review covered the period from
January 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997. The Department of Commerce
has now rescinded this review as a result of the absence of shipments
and entries into the United States of subject merchandise during the
period of review.
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 10, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Ross or Richard Rimlinger, Import
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
20230; telephone (202) 482-4733.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the
Federal Register on January 12, 1998 (63 FR 1820) a ``Notice of
Opportunity to Request Administrative Review'' of the antidumping duty
order on anhydrous sodium metasilicate (ASM) from France (46 FR 1667,
January 7, 1981). On January 22, 1998, the PQ Corporation, the
petitioner, requested an administrative review of Rhone-Poulenc, a
manufacturer/exporter of ASM. The Department initiated the review on
February 27, 1998 (63 FR 10002). On March 16, 1998, Rhodia Chimie, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Rhone-Poulenc that is responsible for Rhone-
Poulenc's speciality chemical, fiber, and polymer businesses, submitted
a letter explaining that the company did not export the subject
merchandise to the United States during the period of review (POR). On
April 3, 1998, the Department sent a no-shipment inquiry regarding
Rhone-Poulenc to the Customs Service. The purpose of this inquiry was
to determine whether the Customs Service suspended liquidation of entry
summaries of this merchandise during the POR. The Customs Service did
not identify any suspended entry summaries of ASM manufactured and/or
exported by Rhone-Poulenc during the POR. Therefore, we have determined
that there were no entries of subject merchandise into the customs
territory of the United States during the POR and we are rescinding
this review in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). The cash-deposit
rate for Rhone-Poulenc will remain at 60 percent, the rate established
in the most recently completed segment of this proceeding (61 FR 44038,
August 27, 1996). This notice is being published in accordance with
section 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.
Dated: June 4, 1998.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-15475 Filed 6-9-98; 8:45 am]
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