Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Furfuryl Alcohol From the People's Republic of China (PRC)

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-835]

Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Furfuryl Alcohol From the

People's Republic of China (PRC)

Agency: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 21, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Brinkmann or Donna Berg, Office

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

Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,

Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-5288 or (202) 482-0114,

respectively.

Scope of Order

The merchandise covered by this order is furfuryl alcohol

(C4H3OCH2OH). Furfuryl alcohol is a primary alcohol, and

is colorless or pale yellow in appearance. It is used in the

manufacture of resins and as a wetting agent and solvent for coating

resins, nitrocellulose, cellulose acetate, and other soluble dyes.

The product subject to this order is classifiable under subheading

2932.13.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

(HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and

customs purposes, our written description of the scope of this

proceeding is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Order

On June 14, 1995, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, the

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

imports of furfuryl alcohol from the PRC 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 furfuryl alcohol from the PRC. These

antidumping duties will be assessed on all unliquidated entries of

furfuryl alcohol from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after December 16, 1994, the date on which the

Department published its preliminary determination notice in the

Federal Register (59 FR 65009).

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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Qingdao Chemicals & Medicines Import and Export Corporation. 50.43

Sinochem Shandong Import and Export Group Corporation....... 43.54

China-Wide.................................................. 45.27

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This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to

furfuryl alcohol from the PRC, 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 14, 1995.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 95-15222 Filed 6-20-95; 8:45 am]

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