Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination and Order; Furfuryl Alcohol From Thailand

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[A-549-812]

Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination and Order; Furfuryl

Alcohol From Thailand

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 25, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Brinkmann or Greg Thompson,

Office of Antidumping Investigations, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:

(202) 482-5288 or (202) 482-3003, respectively.

Amended Final Determination

We presented counsel for the respondent, Indo-Rama Chemicals Ltd.

(Thailand) (IRCT), and counsel for the petitioner, QO Chemicals, with

the calculations and disclosure materials concerning the final

determination on May 4, and 8, 1995, respectively.

The petitioner filed a timely submission alleging a ministerial

error in the Department of Commerce's (Department) final determination

calculations. On May 12, 1995, the petitioner alleged that the

Department incorrectly calculated the number of credit days in the home

market by taking the difference from the sale date to the payment date.

(For specific details of these allegations and our analysis thereof,

see Memorandum from the Easton Team to Barbara R. Stafford dated May

25, 1995).

We have reviewed the petitioner's allegation and agree that we

erred in calculating the number of days for the home-market credit

expense. In accordance with 19 CFR 353.28, we have corrected the

calculations for the final determination. The final dumping margin for

IRCT and ``All Others'' has been amended from 5.49 to 7.82 percent.

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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 July 18, 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 Thailand 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 Thailand. These

antidumping duties will be assessed on all unliquidated entries of

furfuryl alcohol from Thailand entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,

for consumption on or after May 8, 1995, the date on which the

Department published its final determination notice in the Federal

Register (60 FR 22557).

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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Indo-Rama Chemicals Ltd. (Thailand)........................ 7.82

All Others................................................. 7.82

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This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to

furfuryl alcohol from Thailand, 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: July 19, 1995.

Paul L. Joffe,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 95-18263 Filed 7-24-95; 8:45 am]

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