Potassium Permanganate From the People's Republic of China; Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-001]

Potassium Permanganate From the People's Republic of China;

Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration/International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of rescission of antidumping duty administrative review.

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SUMMARY: On January 30, 1997, Zunyi Chemical Factory, a producer of

potassium permanganate in the People's Republic of China, requested

that the Department of Commerce conduct an administrative review of

their merchandise for the period January 1, 1996, through December 31,

1996. On March 3, 1997, we published a notice of initiation of this

antidumping duty administrative review. This review has now been

rescinded as a results because there have been on entries into the

United States of subject merchandise during the period of review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 9, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Paul Stolz or Thomas Futtner, Office of Antidumping/Countervailing Duty

Enforcement, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4474 and (202) 482-3814

respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 31, 1984, the Department of

Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal Register (49 FR

3898) the antidumping duty order on potassium permanganate from the

People's Republic of China (PRC). On January 30, 1997, Zunyi Chemical

Factory (Zunyi), a producer of the subject merchandise, requested that

the Department conduct an administrative review for the period January

1, 1996, through December 31, 1996, in accordance with 19 CFR

353.22(a). On March 3, 1997, we published a notice of initiation (62 FR

9413) of this antidumping duty administrative review. Subsequently,

Zunyi reported that it had made no shipments of the subject merchandise

during the period of review (POR). We verified this information with

the U.S. Customs Service.

Because the only firm for which a review was requested made no

entries into the Customs territory of the United States during the POR,

the Department is rescinding this review. Moreover, since Zunyi has

never demonstrated that it is an exporter entitled to a separate rate,

the cash deposit rate for sales of the subject merchandise will

continue to be the rate established for exporters of such merchandise

or, if Zunyi is the exporter, the PRC-wide rate from the most recently

completed administrative review.

This notice is published in accordance with section 751(a)(1) of

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. Sec. 1675(a)(1)) and 19

CFR 353.22 (1996).

Dated: October 3, 1997.

Richard W. Moreland,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Group II, Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 97-26850 Filed 10-8-97; 8:45 am]

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