[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 83 (Monday, May 2, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page 0] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-10451] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: May 2, 1994] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE [A-588-818] Personal Word Processors From Japan; Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; Revocation of Order; Termination of Anticircumvention Inquiry AGENCY: International Trade Administration/Import Administration, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice of final results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; Revocation of Order; Termination of Anticircumvention Inquiry. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: On March 24, 1994, the Department of Commerce published the Notice of Initiation of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Consideration of Revocation of Order, Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and Intent to Revoke Order on personal word processors from Japan (59 FR 13930). We have completed this review and are revoking the antidumping duty order on PWPs from Japan. We are also terminating the ongoing anticircumvention inquiry of this order. EFFECTIVE DATE: May 2, 1994. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas O. Barlow or Wendy J. Frankel, Office of Antidumping Compliance, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-5256 and 482-0367, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On August 28, 1991, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal Register (56 FR 42593) an antidumping duty order on personal word processors (PWPs) from Japan (the order). On August 20, 1992, (57 FR 37770), the Department published an amended order. On February 15, 1994, Smith Corona Corporation (Smith Corona), the petitioner in the underlying less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, submitted a request for a changed circumstances administrative review and revocation of the order based on the represented fact that the order no longer is of interest to the domestic interested parties. For the same reasons, in its February 15, 1994, request, Smith Corona withdrew its petition requesting an investigation to determine whether the order was being circumvented pursuant to section 781(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Smith Corona made the withdrawal of that petition and the revocation contingent upon termination of the suspended antidumping investigation on portable electric typewriters from Singapore (A-559- 806). Smith Corona also made representations that other U.S. producers of this merchandise (Canon Business Machines and Brother Industries (USA), Inc.) consented to revocation of the order. On March 24, 1994, the Department published the Notice of Initiation of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Consideration of Revocation of Order, Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and Intent to Revoke Order on PWPs from Japan (59 FR 13930). In that notice the Department preliminarily determined that the order no longer is of interest to domestic interested parties and notified the public of its intent to revoke the order. The Department gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the preliminary results and none of the interested parties commented. On April 8, 1994, Brother Industries (USA), Inc., the petitioner in the investigation of portable electric typewriters from Singapore (A-559-806), submitted its request, pursuant to 19 CFR 353.17(a), to terminate the suspended investigation in that case. A notice of such termination will be published simultaneously with this notice. Scope of Review The scope of the order covers personal word processors from Japan as defined in the Department's antidumping duty order on PWPs from Japan (56 FR 42593, August 28, 1991), as amended (57 FR 37770, August 20, 1992). PWPs are currently classifiable under item number 8469.10.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) of the United States. HTS item numbers are provided for convenience and Customs purposes. The written description remains dispositive as to the scope of the product coverage. Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Revocation of Order Pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, the Department may revoke an antidumping duty order if the Department determines, based on a review under section 751(b)(1) of the Act, that changed circumstances exist sufficient to warrant revocation. Section 751(b)(1) of the Act requires a changed circumstances review to be conducted upon receipt of a request containing sufficient information concerning changed circumstances. Section 353.25(d)(2) of the Department's regulations permits the Department to conduct an administrative review under Sec. 353.22(f) based upon an affirmative statement of no interest from the petitioner in the proceeding. Section 353.25(d)(1)(i) further provides that if the Department determines that the order under review is no longer of interest to domestic interested parties, the Department may revoke the antidumping duty order. In accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and (c) of the Act and 19 CFR 353.25(d) and 353.22(f), based upon the facts of this case and the fact that none of the interested parties objected to or otherwise commented on our preliminary results, we have determined that the order no longer is of interest to domestic interested parties. The Department determines that the requirement for revocation based on the changed circumstance that the order no longer is of interest to domestic interested parties has been met. Therefore, we are hereby revoking the antidumping duty order on PWPs from Japan. We are also terminating the ongoing anticircumvention inquiry of the order on PWPs from Japan. These final results will apply to all shipments of the merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after August 1, 1993 (the day after the last administrative review period for which automatic liquidation instructions were sent to the U.S. Customs Service). We intend to instruct the U.S. Customs Service to liquidate all entries of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after August 1, 1993, without regard to antidumping duties. We will instruct the U.S. Customs Service to refund with interest any estimated antidumping duties collected with respect to those entries. This administrative review, revocation, and notice are in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and (c) of the Act and Secs. 353.22(f) and 353.25(d) of the Department's regulations. Dated: April 22, 1994. Susan G. Esserman, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration. [FR Doc. 94-10451 Filed 4-29-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P