[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 77 (Friday, April 21, 1995)] [Notices] [Pages 19884-19885] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 95-9939] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE [A-475-703] Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: On December 21, 1994, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published its preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on granular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin from Italy for the period August 1, 1991 through July 31, 1992. The review covers one manufacturer/ exporter of this merchandise to the United States, Ausimont S.p.A. We did not receive any comments on our preliminary results, and, therefore, the final results are unchanged from those presented in our preliminary results. EFFECTIVE DATE: April 21, 1995. [[Page 19885]] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Copyak or Richard Herring, Office of Countervailing Compliance, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC.; telephone: (202) 482-2786. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On August 12, 1992, the Department published in the Federal Register a notice of ``Opportunity to Request Administrative Review'' (57 FR 36063) of the antidumping order on PTFE resin from Italy (53 FR 33163; August 30, 1988). On August 31, 1992, Ausimont S.p.A. and Ausimont U.S.A. requested an administrative review of the order for the period August 1, 1991 through July 31, 1992. We initiated the review on September 28, 1992 (57 FR 44551). Verifications were conducted in Milan, Italy, September 13-16, 1993, and in Morristown, New Jersey, November 22-23, 1993. On December 21, 1994, the preliminary results of this administrative review were published (59 FR 65753). We have now completed this administrative review in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Scope of the Review Imports covered by this review are shipments of PTFE resin which is classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) item number 3904.61.00. PTFE dispersions in water and fine powders are not covered by this order. The HTS item number is provided for convenience and Customs purposes. The written description remains dispositive. The order on PTFE resin from Italy also covers PTFE wet raw polymer exported from Italy to the United States (see Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from Italy; Final Determination of Circumvention of Antidumping Duty Order (58 FR 26100; April 30, 1993)). However, because the Department issued its preliminary affirmative determination of circumvention and ordered the suspension of liquidation of wet raw polymer entries after the review period, entries of PTFE wet raw polymer were not subject to this particular review (see Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from Italy; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Administrative Review, 59 FR 65753, and Memorandum to Joseph A. Spetrini, Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, dated September 10, 1993; The Third Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from Italy, which is on file in the Central Records Unit (room B099 of the Main Commerce Building)). The review covers one manufacturer/exporter of Italian PTFE resin to the United States, Ausimont S.p.A., and the review period is August 1, 1991 through July 31, 1992. Final Results of the Review We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the preliminary results. We did not receive any comments. Therefore, the final results are unchanged from those presented in the preliminary results. As a result of our comparison of United States price with foreign market value, we determine that the following weighted-average dumping margin existed during the period August 1, 1991 through July 31, 1992: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Margin Manufacturer/exporter Period (percent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ausimont S.p.A.......................... 08/01/91-07/31/92 13.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective upon publication of these final results of this administrative review, 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 the reviewed company will be 13.31 percent; (2) for exporters not covered in this review, but covered in previous reviews or the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, 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) the cash deposit rate for all other manufactures and exporters will be 46.46 percent, the ``all other'' rate established in the original LTFV investigation by the Department (53 FR 26096, July 11, 1988), in accordance with the decisions of the CIT in Floral Trade Council v. United States, 822 F. Supp. 766 (1993), and Federal-Mogul Corporation v. United States, 822 F. Supp. 782 (1993). These deposit requirements 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 353.26 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 responsibilities concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d). Failure to comply is a violation of the APO. This administrative review and notice are in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)(B)) and 19 CFR 353.22(c)(5). Dated: April 7, 1995. Paul L. Joffe, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration. [FR Doc. 95-9939 Filed 4-20-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P