Pure Magnesium From Canada: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[A-122-814]

Pure Magnesium From Canada: Final Results of Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 23, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Yeske or Carole Showers,

Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-0189 or 482-3217,

respectively.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On July 31, 1996, the Department published the preliminary results

of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on pure

magnesium from Canada (61 FR 39947). The Department has now completed

this administrative review in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff

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

Applicable Statute 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.

Scope of the Review

The product covered by this review is pure magnesium. Pure

unwrought magnesium contains at least 99.8 percent magnesium by weight

and is sold in various slab and ingot forms and sizes. Granular and

secondary magnesium are excluded from the scope of this review. Pure

magnesium is currently classified under subheading 8104.11.0000 of the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule (``HTS''). HTS item numbers are provided for

convenience and for Customs purposes. The written description remains

dispositive.

The review covers one Canadian manufacturer/exporter, Norsk Hydro

Canada Inc. (``NHCI''), and the period February 20, 1992, through July

31, 1993.

Final Results of Review

In its preliminary results of administrative review, the Department

stated that there were no appropriate U.S. sales to analyze which were

associated with the entries covered by this review and hence, there was

no basis for assessing antidumping duties on these entries. The

Department received no comments regarding this finding. Therefore, as

stated in the preliminary results, we will liquidate these entries

without regard to antidumping duties.

Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective

for all shipments of the subject merchandise, entered, or withdrawn

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

final results of this administrative review, as provided for by section

751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for NHCI will be

0.00 percent, the rate established in the third administrative review

of this order (61 FR 41772, August 12, 1996); (2) for previously

reviewed or investigated companies, 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 or the

original less-than-fair-value 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) if neither the

exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or any previous

review, the cash deposit rate will be 21 percent, the ``all others''

rate established in Pure Magnesium from Canada: Amendment of Final

Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value and Order in Accordance

with Decision on Remand, 58 FR 62643 (November 29, 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 responsibility

concerning the disposition 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) of the Tariff Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and 19 CFR

353.22.

Dated: September 16, 1996.

Robert S. La Russa,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

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