Antidumping: Titanium sponge from Kazakhstan,
[Federal Register: November 24, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 226)]
[Notices]
[Page 66169-66170]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr24no99-44]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-834-803]
Titanium Sponge From the Republic of Kazakhstan; Notice of 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 September 9, 1999, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping finding on titanium sponge from the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan). This review covers one manufacturer/ exporter, Ust-Kamenogorsk Titanium and Magnesium Plant, and an affiliated exporter, Specialty Metals Company. The period of review (POR) is August 1, 1997, through July 31, 1998. We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the preliminary results of review but received no comments. These final results of review have not changed from those presented in the preliminary results of review.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 24, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Manning, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Office 4, Group II, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482- 3936.
Applicable Statute
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, as amended (the Act) by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to 19 CFR part 351 (1998).
Scope of Review
The product covered by this administrative review is titanium sponge from Kazakhstan. Titanium sponge is chiefly used for aerospace vehicles, specifically, in construction of compressor blades and wheels, stator blades, rotors, and other parts in aircraft gas turbine engines. Imports of titanium sponge are currently classifiable under the harmonized tariff schedule (HTS) subheading 8108.10.50.10. The HTS subheading is provided for convenience and U.S. Customs purposes. Our written description of the scope of this proceeding is dispositive.
Background
On September 8, 1999, we published in the Federal Register (64 FR 48793) the preliminary results of the review of this finding. 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 August
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1, 1997, through July 31, 1998, to be zero.
The Department has now completed the administrative review in accordance with section 751 of the Act.
Final Results of Review
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 August 1, 1997, through July 31, 1998, is as follows:
Manufacturer/exporter
Period
Margin (percent)
Ust-Kamenogorsk Titanium and Magnesium Plant/
8/1/97-7/31/98 zero. Specialty Metals Company.
The Department will issue appraisement instructions directly to the Customs Service. Pursuant to the International Trade Commission's determination that revocation of the finding covering titanium sponge imports from Kazakhstan is not likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States, the Department revoked this finding on August 31, 1998, with an effective date of August 13, 1998. See Notice of Revocation of Antidumping Findings and Antidumping Duty Order and Termination of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews: Titanium Sponge from Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, and Japan, 63 FR 46215 (August 31, 1998). Since the revocation is currently in effect, current and future imports of titanium sponge from Kazakhstan shall be entered into the United States without regard to antidumping duties. Therefore, we will instruct Customs not to suspend future entries and to liquidate all future entries of this product, from Kazakhstan, without regard to antidumping duties.
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.
We are issuing and publishing this determination in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: November 17, 1999. Joseph A. Spetrini, Acting Assistant Secretary, Import Administration.
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