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

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-814]

Pure Magnesium From Canada; 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 May 5, 1997, the Department of Commerce (the Department)

published the preliminary results of antidumping duty administrative

review of the antidumping duty order on pure magnesium from Canada. The

review covers one manufacturer/exporter, Norsk Hydro Canada Inc.

(NHCI), of the subject merchandise to the United States for the period

August 1, 1995 through July 31, 1996.

We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the

preliminary results of review but received no comments. Therefore,

these final results of review are the same as those presented in our

preliminary results. The review indicates the existence of no dumping

margins for NHCI during this period.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 14, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Ross or Richard Rimlinger, Import Administration, International

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

Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone: (202)

482-4733.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended (the Tariff Act), are references to the provisions

effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to

the Tariff Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

Background

On August 31, 1992, the Department published in the Federal

Register (57 FR 39399) the antidumping duty order on pure magnesium

from Canada. On May 5, 1997, the Department published in the Federal

Register the preliminary results of antidumping duty administrative

review of this antidumping duty order (62 FR 24417). The Department has

now completed the administrative review in accordance with section 751

of the Tariff Act.

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 currently classifiable

under subheading 8104.11.0000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS).

The HTS item number is provided for convenience and for customs

purposes. The written description remains dispositive.

The review covers one Canadian manufacturer/exporter, NHCI, and the

period August 1, 1995 through July 31, 1996.

Final Results of Review

We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the

preliminary results of review but received no comments. Therefore,

these final results of review are the same as those presented in our

preliminary results. We have determined that a margin of zero percent

exists for NHCI for the period August 1, 1995 through July 31, 1996.

The Department will issue appraisement instructions directly to the

Customs Service upon completion of this review.

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 these

final results, as provided for by section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act:

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(1) The cash deposit rate for NHCI will be zero percent; (2) for

manufacturers or exporters other than NHCI that were covered in the

original less-than-fair-value investigation or a previous review, the

cash deposit rate will continue to be the most recent rate published in

the final determination or final results for which the manufacturer or

exporter received a company-specific rate; (3) if the exporter is not a

firm covered in this review, a prior 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) the cash deposit rate for all

other manufacturers or exporters will continue to 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.

This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their

responsibility under 19 C.F.R. 353.26 (1997) 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) (1997). Timely written

notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion

to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply

with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is

subject to sanction.

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

C.F.R. 353.22 (1997).

Dated: August 5, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

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