Shop Towels From Bangladesh; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

A-538-802

Shop Towels From Bangladesh; 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 10, 1996, the Department of Commerce (the

Department) published the preliminary results of its 1995-1996

administrative review of the antidumping duty order on shop towels from

Bangladesh (61 FR 65025). The review covers four shop towel producers

that exported this merchandise to the United States during the period

March 1, 1995, through February 29, 1996. We gave interested parties an

opportunity to comment on our preliminary results. We did not receive

any comments. Therefore, the final results are the same as the

preliminary results.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 17, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Rosenbaum, Kristie Strecker or

Kris Campbell, Import Administration, International Trade

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

Constitution Avenue, 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 Act), are references to the provisions effective

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

by the Uruguay Round

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Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Department's regulations are to the current

regulations, as amended by the interim regulations published in the

Federal Register on May 11, 1995 (60 FR 25130).

Background

On December 10, 1996, the Department published in the Federal

Register the preliminary results of its 1995-1996 administrative review

of the antidumping duty order on shop towels from Bangladesh (61 FR

65025). We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on our

preliminary results. We did not receive any comments. There was no

request for a hearing. The Department has conducted this review in

accordance with section 751 of the Act.

Scope of Review

The product covered by this administrative review is shop towels.

Shop towels are absorbent industrial wiping cloths made from a loosely

woven fabric. The fabric may be either 100-percent cotton or a blend of

materials. Shop towels are currently classifiable under item numbers

6307.10.2005 and 6307.10.2015 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedules (HTS).

Although HTS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs

purposes, our written description of the scope of this proceeding

remains dispositive.

Final Results of Review

We determine that the following percentage weighted-average margins

exist for the period March 1, 1995, through February 29, 1996:

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Margin

Manufacturer/exporter (percent)

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Greyfab (Bangladesh) Ltd................................... 0.00

Hashem International....................................... 0.00

Khaled Textile Mills Ltd................................... 0.00

Shabnam Textiles........................................... 0.00

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The Department shall determine, and the Customs Service shall

assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. The Department

will issue appraisement instructions on each exporter directly to the

Customs Service.

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 of this administrative review, as provided by section

751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rates for the reviewed

companies will be those rates established above; (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

review, a prior review, or the original less-than-fair-value

investigation (LTFV), 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 or

the original investigation, the cash deposit rate will be 4.60 percent,

the ``All Others'' rate established in the LTFV Final Determination (57

FR 3996). These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until

publication of the final results of the next administrative review.

This notice also 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 a reminder to parties subject to

administrative protective orders (APOs) of their responsibility

concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under

APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d)(1). 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 the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.

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: February 27, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

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