Pressure Sensitive Plastic Tape From Italy; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-059]

Pressure Sensitive Plastic Tape From Italy; 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 June 18, 1998, the Department of Commerce (the Department)

published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of

administrative review of the antidumping finding on pressure sensitive

plastic tape (PSPT) for Italy. The review covers one manufacturer/

exporter of the subject merchandise shipped to the United States during

the period October 1, 1996, through September 30, 1997. We did not

receive any comments on the preliminary results. Therefore, the dumping

margins for the reviewed companies are unchanged from the preliminary

results.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 23, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Todd Peterson or Thomas Futtner, AD/CVD Enforcement, Office 4, Import

Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

20230; telephone (202) 482-4195 or 482-3814, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Department published the prelimary results of this review on

June 18, 1998 (63 FR 33350). The Department has now completed this

administrative review in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act

of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are

references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective

date of the amendments made to the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements

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

the Department of Commerce's (the Department's) regulations refer to

the regulations codified at 19 CFR Part 351 (62 FR 27296, May 19,

1997).

Scope of the Review

Imports covered by the review are shipments of PSPT measuring over

1\3/8\ inches in width and not exceeding 4 mils in thickness. During

the period of review (POR), the above described PSPT was classified

under HTS subheading 3919.90.20 and 3919.90.50. The HTS subheading are

provided for convenience and for U.S. Customs purposes. The written

description remains dispositive as to the scope of the product

coverage.

Final Results of Review

The Department received no comments on its preliminary result.

Therefore, the margins from the preliminary results have not changed

for the final result of review.

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Margin

Manufacturer/Exporter (percent)

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N.A.R. S.p.A............................................... 12.66

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The Department shall determine, and the U.S. Customs Service shall

assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. The Department

shall issue appraisement instructions for each exporter directly to the

U.S. 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 for by

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

reviewed firm will be that firm's rate established in the 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 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 not

previously reviewed will be 12.66 percent, the ``new shipper'' rate

established in the first notice of final results of administrative

review published by the Department (48 FR 35686, August 5, 1983).

These deposits requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect

until

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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 351.402(f) 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. Timely notification of return/destruction of APO materials or

conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to

comply with the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.

This administrative review and notice are in accordance with

sections 751(a)(1)(B) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

Dated: September 15, 1998.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 98-25437 Filed 9-22-98; 8:45 am]

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