Anhydrous Sodium Metasilicate From France: Notice of Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-427-098

Anhydrous Sodium Metasilicate From France: Notice of Final

Results of the 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 August 23, 1999, the Department of Commerce published the

preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping

duty order on anhydrous sodium metasilicate from France for the period

January 1, 1998, through December 31, 1998. 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 30, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stacey King or Richard Rimlinger,

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) 482-1757/4477.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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The Applicable Statute and Regulations

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 Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless

otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's (the

Department's) regulations are to the regulations codified at 19 CFR

Part 351 (1998).

Background

On August 23, 1999, the Department published in the Federal

Register (64 FR 45949) 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 the weighted-average dumping margin for the

period January 1, 1998, through December 31, 1998, to be 60.0 percent.

The Department has now completed the administrative review in

accordance with section 751 of the Act.

Scope of Review

Imports covered by the review are shipments of ASM, a crystallized

silicate which is alkaline and readily soluble in water. Applications

include waste paper de-inking, ore-flotation, bleach stabilization,

clay processing, medium or heavy duty cleaning, and compounding into

other detergent formulations. This merchandise is classified under

Harmonized Tariff Schedules (HTS) item numbers 2839.11.00 and

2839.19.00. The HTS item numbers are provided for convenience and

customs purposes. The written description remains dispositive.

Final Results of the 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 January 1, 1998, through December 31, 1998, is as

follows:

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Margin

Company (percent)

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Rhone-Poulenc, S.A......................................... 60.0

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The Department will issue appraisement instructions for Rhone-

Poulenc merchandise directly to the Customs Service.

Furthermore, the following deposit rates will be effective upon

publication of these final results for all shipments of the subject

merchandise 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 Rhone-Poulenc, S.A., will be the

rate listed 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 LTFV 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) for all other

producers and/or exporters of this merchandise, the cash deposit rate

shall be 60.0 percent, the ``all others'' rate established in the LTFV

investigation (45 FR 77498, November 24, 1980). This deposit rate, when

imposed, 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 351.402(f)(2) 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 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.

We are issuing and publishing this determination in accordance with

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

Dated: November 19, 1999.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-31096 Filed 11-29-99; 8:45 am]

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