Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Order: Gray Portland Cement and Clinker From Japan

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-815]

Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and

Antidumping Order: Gray Portland Cement and Clinker From Japan

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The appeal period for the court decision in Nihon Cement Co.,

Ltd. et al. v. United States, Slip Op. 95-53 has expired. Accordingly,

given that the decision was not appealed, the Department is amending

its final determination of sales at less than fair value and order in

the antidumping duty investigation of Gray Portland Cement and Clinker

from Japan (Cement from Japan) in accordance with that decision.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 1, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Frederick or John Brinkmann,

Office of Antidumping Investigations, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C., 20230;

telephone (202) 482-0186 or 482-5288, respectively.

BACKGROUND: On March 28, 1995, in the case of Nihon Cement Co., Ltd. et

al. v. United States, Slip Op. 95-53 (Nihon), the United States Court

of International Trade (CIT) affirmed the Department's redetermination

on remand of the investigation of sales at less than fair value of

Cement from Japan (56 FR 12156, March 22, 1991, as amended by 56 FR

21658, May 10, 1991). In that redetermination, the Department

recalculated the deposit rates of Onoda Cement Co. (Onoda), Nihon

Cement Co., Ltd.(Nihon), and the ``All Others'' rate. On May 10, 1995,

the Department published notice of the court decision and the new rates

(60 FR 24832, May 10, 1995). In that notice the Department stated that

it must continue to suspend liquidation until a ``conclusive'' decision

in this action is reached. Because none of the parties appealed the

CIT's decision and the opportunity to appeal has expired, the

Department is amending the rates calculated in the final determination

and order. The new rates are: 70.52 for Onoda; 69.89 for Nihon; and

70.23 for ``All Others''. We will instruct Customs to continue to

suspend liquidation, and collect cash deposits, at the new rates for

Nihon and ``All Others''. The effective cash deposit rate for Onoda has

been determined by a subsequent administrative review, and is therefore

not affected by the recalculation of these rates.

Dated: July 25, 1995.

Paul L. Joffe,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 95-18859 Filed 7-31-95; 8:45 am]

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