Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin From Italy; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[A-475-703]

Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin From Italy; Final Results

of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of antidumping duty administrative

review.

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SUMMARY: On December 21, 1994, the Department of Commerce (the

Department) published its preliminary results of the administrative

review of the antidumping duty order on granular

polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin from Italy for the period August

1, 1991 through July 31, 1992. The review covers one manufacturer/

exporter of this merchandise to the United States, Ausimont S.p.A. We

did not receive any comments on our preliminary results, and,

therefore, the final results are unchanged from those presented in our

preliminary results.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 21, 1995.

[[Page 19885]] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Copyak or

Richard Herring, Office of Countervailing Compliance, Import

Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC.;

telephone: (202) 482-2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On August 12, 1992, the Department published in the Federal

Register a notice of ``Opportunity to Request Administrative Review''

(57 FR 36063) of the antidumping order on PTFE resin from Italy (53 FR

33163; August 30, 1988). On August 31, 1992, Ausimont S.p.A. and

Ausimont U.S.A. requested an administrative review of the order for the

period August 1, 1991 through July 31, 1992. We initiated the review on

September 28, 1992 (57 FR 44551). Verifications were conducted in

Milan, Italy, September 13-16, 1993, and in Morristown, New Jersey,

November 22-23, 1993. On December 21, 1994, the preliminary results of

this administrative review were published (59 FR 65753). We have now

completed this administrative review in accordance with section 751 of

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Scope of the Review

Imports covered by this review are shipments of PTFE resin which is

classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) item number

3904.61.00. PTFE dispersions in water and fine powders are not covered

by this order. The HTS item number is provided for convenience and

Customs purposes. The written description remains dispositive. The

order on PTFE resin from Italy also covers PTFE wet raw polymer

exported from Italy to the United States (see Granular

Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from Italy; Final Determination of

Circumvention of Antidumping Duty Order (58 FR 26100; April 30, 1993)).

However, because the Department issued its preliminary affirmative

determination of circumvention and ordered the suspension of

liquidation of wet raw polymer entries after the review period, entries

of PTFE wet raw polymer were not subject to this particular review (see

Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from Italy; Preliminary Results

of Antidumping Administrative Review, 59 FR 65753, and Memorandum to

Joseph A. Spetrini, Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration, dated September 10, 1993; The Third Administrative

Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Granular

Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from Italy, which is on file in the

Central Records Unit (room B099 of the Main Commerce Building)). The

review covers one manufacturer/exporter of Italian PTFE resin to the

United States, Ausimont S.p.A., and the review period is August 1, 1991

through July 31, 1992.

Final Results of the Review

We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the

preliminary results. We did not receive any comments. Therefore, the

final results are unchanged from those presented in the preliminary

results. As a result of our comparison of United States price with

foreign market value, we determine that the following weighted-average

dumping margin existed during the period August 1, 1991 through July

31, 1992:

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Margin

Manufacturer/exporter Period (percent)

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Ausimont S.p.A.......................... 08/01/91-07/31/92 13.31

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Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective

upon publication of these final results of this administrative review,

for all shipments of the subject merchandise, entered, or withdrawn

from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as

provided for by section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate

for the reviewed company will be 13.31 percent; (2) for exporters not

covered in this review, but covered in previous reviews or the original

less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, the cash deposit rate will

continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent

period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a

prior review, or the original LTFV investigation, but the manufacturer

is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most

recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash

deposit rate for all other manufactures and exporters will be 46.46

percent, the ``all other'' rate established in the original LTFV

investigation by the Department (53 FR 26096, July 11, 1988), in

accordance with the decisions of the CIT in Floral Trade Council v.

United States, 822 F. Supp. 766 (1993), and Federal-Mogul Corporation

v. United States, 822 F. Supp. 782 (1993).

These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until publication

of the final results of the next administrative review.

This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their

responsibility under 19 CFR 353.26 to file a certificate regarding the

reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the

relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this

requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that

reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent

assessment of double antidumping duties.

This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to

administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibilities

concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information

disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d). Failure to

comply is a violation of the APO.

This administrative review and notice are in accordance with

section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)(B)) and 19 CFR

353.22(c)(5).

Dated: April 7, 1995.

Paul L. Joffe,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 95-9939 Filed 4-20-95; 8:45 am]

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