Large Newspaper Printing Presses and Components Thereof, Whether Assembled or Unassembled, from Japan: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Intent To Revoke Antidumping Duty Order, In Part

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-837]

Large Newspaper Printing Presses and Components Thereof, Whether

Assembled or Unassembled, from Japan: Final Results of Changed

Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Intent To

Revoke Antidumping Duty Order, In Part

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of changed circumstances antidumping

duty administrative review and intent to revoke antidumping duty order,

in part.

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SUMMARY: On November 3, 1999, the Department of Commerce published a

notice of preliminary results of changed circumstances review and

intent to revoke the order, in part, of the antidumping duty order on

large newspaper printing presses and components thereof, whether

assembled or unassembled, from Japan. We gave interested parties an

opportunity to comment on the preliminary results. No party opposed the

preliminary results. We received comments only from Mitsubishi Heavy

Industries, Ltd., requesting that the Department of Commerce clarify

the application of the proposed certification requirements with respect

to entries of the merchandise covered by the partial revocation.

We are now revoking this order, in part, based on the fact that

producers accounting for substantially all production of the domestic

like product, as described in our preliminary results of changed

circumstances, support the request of Goss Graphic Systems, Inc., the

petitioner and a U.S. producer of the subject merchandise, for

revocation, in part, of the order with regard to large newspaper

printing presses (``LNPP'') and components thereof, whether assembled

or unassembled, from Japan, as described below.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 27, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David J. Goldberger or Dinah

McDougall, Office 2, AD/CVD Enforcement Group I, Import Administration,

Room B099, International Trade Administration, US Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230;

telephone (202) 482-4136 or (202) 482-3773, respectively.

The 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 Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated,

all citations to the Department of Commerce's (``the Department's'')

regulations are to the regulations at 19 CFR Part 351 (1999).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On November 3, 1999, the Department published in the Federal

Register (64 FR 59739) a notice of preliminary results of changed

circumstances

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antidumping duty administrative review and intent to revoke antidumping

duty order, in part, for large newspaper printing presses and

components thereof, whether assembled or unassembled, from Japan. On

November 18, 1999, we received comments from Mitsubishi Heavy

Industries, Ltd. requesting clarification of the certification

requirements.

Scope of Review

The products covered by this changed circumstances review are

elements and components of LNPP systems, and additions thereto,

imported to fulfill a contract for one or more complete LNPP systems

which feature a 22 inch cut-off, 50 inch web width and a rated speed no

greater than 75,000 copies per hour. In addition to the specifications

set out in this paragraph, all of which must be met in order for the

product to fall within this changed circumstances review, the product

must also possess all of the specifications detailed in the five (5)

numbered sections following this paragraph. If one or more of these

criteria is not fulfilled, the product is not within the scope of this

changed circumstances review:

1. Printing Unit: A printing unit which is a color keyless blanket-

to-blanket tower unit with a fixed gain infeed and fixed gain outfeed,

with a rated speed no greater than 75,000 copies per hour, which

includes the following features:

Each tower consisting of four levels, one or more of which

must be populated.

Plate cylinders which contain slot lock-ups and blanket

cylinders which contain reel rod lock-ups both of which are of solid

carbon steel with nickel plating and with bearers at both ends which

are configured in-line with bearers of other cylinders.

Keyless inking system which consists of a passive feed ink

delivery system, an eight roller ink train, and a non-anilox and non-

porous metering roller.

The dampener system which consists of a two nozzle per

page spraybar and two roller dampener with one chrome drum and one form

roller.

The equipment contained in the color keyless ink delivery

system is designed to achieve a constant, uniform feed of ink film

across the cylinder without ink keys. This system requires use of

keyless ink which accepts greater water content.

2. Folder: A module which is a double 3:2 rotary folder with 160

pages collect capability and double (over and under) delivery, with a

cut-off length of 22 inches. The upper section consists of three-high

double formers (total of 6) with six sets of nipping rollers.

3. RTP: A component which is of the two-arm design with core drives

and core brakes, designed for 50 inch diameter rolls; and arranged in

the press line in the back-to-back configuration (left and right hand

load pairs).

4. Conveyance and Access Apparatus: Conveyance and access apparatus

capable of manipulating a roll of paper more than two newspaper

broadsheets across through the production process, and a drive system

which is of conventional shafted design.

5. Computerized Control System: A computerized control system,

which is any computer equipment and/or software designed specifically

to control, monitor, adjust, and coordinate the functions and

operations of large newspaper printing presses or press components.

The order with regard to imports of other LNPPs is not affected by

this request.

Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review

Pursuant to section 751(d)(1) of the Act, the Department may

partially revoke an antidumping duty order based on a review under

section 751(b) of the Act (i.e., a changed circumstances review).

Section 751(b)(1) of the Act requires a changed circumstances review to

be conducted upon receipt of a request containing information

concerning changed circumstances sufficient to warrant a review.

The Department's regulations at 19 CFR 351.216 provide that the

Department will conduct a changed circumstances review based upon

changed circumstances sufficient to warrant a review. Section 782(h) of

the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i) further provide that the Department

may revoke an order, or revoke an order in part, if it determines that

the order (or part of the order) under review is no longer of interest

to domestic interested parties.

Based on the fact that producers accounting for substantially all

production of the domestic like product, as described in our

preliminary results of changed circumstances review, support the

request of Goss Graphic Systems, Inc., the petitioner, to revoke the

antidumping duty order, in part, we have determined that there are

changed circumstances sufficient to warrant revocation of the order, in

part. Therefore, the Department is revoking, in part, the antidumping

duty order on LNPPs from Japan with respect to the import of the

elements and components of LNPP systems and additions thereto as

described above, in accordance with sections 751(b) and 782(h) of the

Act and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i). This partial revocation will apply to

all entries of LNPP systems and additions thereto as described above

from Japan entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or

after September 4, 1996, as requested by the petitioner.

We have taken into account comments from Mitsubishi Heavy

Industries, Ltd. requesting that the Department clarify the Customs

certification requirements proposed in the preliminary results.

We will instruct the Customs Service (Customs) to liquidate without

regard to antidumping duties, and to refund any cash deposits collected

for all entries of the merchandise described above, made on or after

September 4, 1996. Further, we will instruct Customs to require that a

party requesting a refund of cash deposits collected on entries of the

merchandise described above, made on or after September 4, 1996, or a

party importing the merchandise described above during this period,

submit a certification to Customs stating that the imported merchandise

meets the specifications of the merchandise covered by the partial

revocation.

We are issuing and publishing this determination and notice in

accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR

351.216 and 351.222.

Dated: December 15, 1999.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

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