Industrial Nitrocellulose from the United Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-412-803]

Industrial Nitrocellulose from the United Kingdom: 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 February 21, 1996, the Department of Commerce (the

Department) published the preliminary results of its administrative

review of the antidumping duty order on industrial nitrocellulose (INC)

from the United Kingdom. This review covers one producer/exporter,

Imperial Chemical Industries, PLC (ICI), and entries of the subject

merchandise into the United States during the period July 1, 1993

through June 30, 1994.

We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on our

preliminary results, but we received no comments. We have not changed

the margin from that presented in our preliminary results of review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 10, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Trainor or Maureen Flannery,

Office of Antidumping Compliance, Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-

4733.

Applicable Statutes and Regulations

Unless otherwise stated, all citations to the statute and to the

Department's regulations are references to the provisions as they

existed on December 31, 1994.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On February 21, 1996, the Department published in the Federal

Register (61 FR 6624) the preliminary results of the administrative

review of the antidumping duty order on INC from the United Kingdom (55

FR 28270, July 10, 1990). The preliminary results indicated the

existence of a dumping margin for the respondent. We received no

comments from interested parties on our preliminary results. The

Department has now completed this administrative review in accordance

with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Scope of the Review

This review covers shipments of INC from the United Kingdom. INC is

a dry, white, amorphous synthetic chemical with a nitrogen content

between 10.8 and 12.2 percent, which is produced from the reaction of

cellulose with nitric acid. It is used as a film-former in coatings,

lacquers, furniture finishes, and printing inks. INC is currently

classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) item number

3912.20.00. The HTS subheadings are provided for convenience and U.S.

Customs Service purposes. The written description remains dispositive.

The scope of the antidumping order does not include explosive grade

nitrocellulose, which has a nitrogen content of greater than 12.2

percent.

This review covers sales of the subject merchandise manufactured by

ICI and entered into the United States during the period July 1, 1993

through June 30, 1994.

Final Results of Review

We determine that a margin of 1.48 percent exists for ICI for the

period July 1, 1993 through June 30, 1994.

The Department shall determine, and the Customs Service shall

assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Individual

differences between U.S. price and foreign market value may vary from

the percentage stated above. The Department will issue appraisement

instructions directly to the Customs Service.

Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective

upon publication of this notice of final results of review for all

shipments of INC from the United Kingdom entered, or withdrawn from

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

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

the reviewed company will be that established in these final results of

this administrative review; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated

companies not listed above, 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 or a previous review or the

less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the manufacturer is, the

cash deposit rate will be the most recent rate established for the

manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all

other manufacturers or exporters will be the ``all others'' rate of

11.13 percent established in the final notice of the LTFV

investigation.

This notice also serves as a 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 a reminder to parties subject to

administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility

concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under

APO in accordance with 19 C.F.R. 353.34(d). Timely written notification

of return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial

protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the

regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.

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This administrative review and notice are in accordance with

section 751(a)(1) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and section 353.22

of the Department's regulations.

Dated: June 4, 1996.

Paul L. Joffe,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

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