Personal Word Processors From Japan; Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; Revocation of Order; Termination of Anticircumvention Inquiry

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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