Barium Chloride From the People's Republic of China; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-570-007)

Barium Chloride From the People's Republic of China; Final

Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of the antidumping duty administrative

review of Barium Chloride from the People's Republic of China.

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SUMMARY: On July 12, 1999, the Department of Commerce (the Department)

published the preliminary results of its administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on barium chloride from the People's Republic of

China (PRC) covering the period October 1, 1997 through September 30,

1998. This review covers the following Chinese manufacturers/exporters

of the subject merchandise: Hebei Xinji Chemical Plant (Hebei); Hengnan

Chemical Factory (Hengnan); Kunghan Chemical Factory (Kunghan); Linshu

Chemical Factory (Linshu); Qingdao Red Star Chemical Group Co. (Red

Star); Sichuan Emeishan Salt Chemical Industry Group Company, Ltd.

(Sichuan); Sinochem (U.S.A.) (Sinochem); Tangshan Chemical Factory

(Tangshan); Tianjin Chemical Industry Corporation (Tianjin); Tianjin

Bohai Chemical United Import/Export Company (Tianjin Bohai); and

Zhangjiaba Salt Chemical Plant (Zhangjiaba). We gave interested parties

an opportunity to comment on the preliminary results of review but

received no comments. Therefore, these final results of review have not

changed from those presented in the preliminary results of review, in

which we applied total adverse facts available.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 16, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nova J. Daly or Thomas Futtner, AD/CVD

Enforcement, Group II, Office Four, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone

(202) 482-0989, and 482-3814, respectively.

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 as of

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 citations to the Department's regulations are

to the regulations at 19 CFR part 351 (1998).

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Scope of the Review

The imports covered by this review are shipments of barium

chloride, a chemical compound having the formulas BaCl2 or BaCl2-2H2O,

currently classifiable under item number 2827.38.00 of the Harmonized

Tariff Schedule (HTS). Although the HTS item number is provided for

convenience and for Customs purposes, the written description remains

dispositive.

Background

On July 12, 1999, we published in the Federal Register (64 FR

37498) the preliminary results of the review of this order. We gave

interested parties an opportunity to comment on our preliminary

results. We received no comments. In the preliminary results, we

determined that it was appropriate to use, as adverse facts available

for the PRC-wide rate, the highest rate from this or previous segments

of the proceeding. We selected Sinochem's rate of 60.84 percent from

Barium Chloride From the People's Republic of China; Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 57 FR 29467 (July 2, 1992). The

Department has now completed the administrative review in accordance

with section 751 of the Act.

Final Results of Review

Because we received no comments from interested parties, we have

determined that no changes to the preliminary results are warranted for

purposes of these final results. The weighted-average dumping margin

for the period October 1, 1997 through April 30, 1998 is as follows:

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Weighted-

average

Manufacturer/producer/exporter margin

percentage

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PRC-wide Rate.............................................. 60.84

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The Department will issue appraisement instructions directly to the

Customs Service. Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will

be effective upon publication of the final results of this

administrative review for all shipments of barium chloride from the PRC

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the

publication date, as provided for by section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1)

The cash deposit rate for all Chinese exporters will be the rate

established in the final results of this review; and (2) for non-PRC

exporters of subject merchandise from the PRC, the cash deposit rate

will be the rate applicable to their PRC suppliers. These deposit

requirements, when imposed, 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 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 Department'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 351.305(a)(3). Timely notification of

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 Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)), section 777(i) of

the Act (19 U.S.C. section 1677f(i)), and 19 CFR 351.221.

Dated: November 3, 1999.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

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