Antidumping Duty Order and Amended Final Determination: Aramid Fiber Formed of Poly-Phenylene Terephthalamide From The Netherlands

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-421-805]

Antidumping Duty Order and Amended Final Determination: Aramid

Fiber Formed of Poly-Phenylene Terephthalamide From The Netherlands

Agency: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 24, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Katt or Lori Way, Office of

Antidumping Duty Investigations, Import Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-0498 or (202) 482-0656, respectively.

Amended Final Determination

In accordance with section 735(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (the Act), on May 2, 1994, the Department made its final

determination that aramid fiber formed of poly-phenylene

terephthalamide from the Netherlands (PPD-T aramid) is being, or is

likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (59 FR

23684, May 6, 1994).

After publication of this determination, we determined that a

ministerial error was committed regarding currency conversions in our

calculations of constructed value. We are amending the final result of

the antidumping duty investigation of PPD-T aramid to correct this

ministerial error in the calculation for Aramide Maatschappij V.O.F.

and Akzo Fibers Inc. (collectively Akzo), the sole respondent in this

investigation. The correct margin percentage for Akzo and the ``all

others'' rate is 66.92.

Scope of Investigation and Order

The products covered by this order are all forms of poly para-

phenylene terephthalamide aramid fiber (PPD-T aramid) from the

Netherlands. These consist of PPD-T aramid in the form of filament yarn

(including single and corded), staple fiber, pulp (wet or dry), spun-

laced and spun-bonded nonwovens, chopped fiber and floc. Tire cord

fabric is excluded from the class or kind of merchandise under

investigation. PPD-T aramid fiber is classifiable under subheadings

5402.10.3020, 5402.10.3040, 5402.32.3000, 5503.10.0000 and 5601.30.0000

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).

Although the HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience and customs

purposes, our written description of the scope of this order is

dispositive.

The description above reflects a revision from the scope of

investigation published in our Notice of Final Determination of Sales

at Less Than Fair Value: Aramid Fiber Formed of Poly-Phenylene

Terephthalamide from the Netherlands, 59 FR 23684, May 6, 1994. We

deleted the words ``spun-based nonwovens'' and replaced them with the

words ``spun-bonded nonwovens'' and we excluded HTSUS number

5902.10.0000. (See the Memorandum to the File dated June 14, 1994 on

file in Room B-099 of the Main Commerce Building.)

Antidumping Duty Order

On June 15, 1994, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, the

U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) notified the Department that

imports of PPD-T aramid from the Netherlands materially injure a U.S.

industry. Therefore, in accordance with section 736 of the Act, the

Department will direct United States Customs officers to assess, upon

further advice by the administering authority pursuant to section

736(a)(1) of the Act, antidumping duties equal to the amount by which

the foreign market value of the merchandise exceeds the United States

price for all entries of PPD-T aramid from the Netherlands. These

antidumping duties will be assessed on all unliquidated entries of PPD-

T aramid from the Netherlands entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after December 16, 1993, the date on which the

Department published its preliminary determination notice in the

Federal Register (58 FR 65699).

On or after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal

Register, U.S. Customs officers must require, at the same time as

importers would normally deposit estimated duties, the following cash

deposits for the subject merchandise:

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Weighted-

average

Manufacturer/producer/exporter margin

percentage

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Akzo....................................................... 66.92

All Others................................................. 66.92

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This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to

PPD-T aramid from the Netherlands, pursuant to section 736(a) of the

Act. Interested parties may contact the Central Records Unit, Room B-

099 of the Main Commerce Building, for copies of an updated list of

antidumping duty orders currently in effect.

This order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of the

Act and 19 CFR 353.21.

Dated: June 21, 1994.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-15523 Filed 6-23-94; 8:45 am]

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