63 FR 66529, December 2, 1998

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

[A-337-804]

Notice of Antidumping Duty Order:

Certain Preserved Mushrooms from Chile

Wednesday, December 2, 1998

*66529  AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 2, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David J. Goldberger or
Katherine Johnson, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone:
(202) 482-4136 or (202) 482-4929, respectively.

The Applicable Statute

 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 ("Department") regulations are to the
regulations at 19 CFR part 351, (1998).

Scope of Order

 The products covered by this order are certain preserved
mushrooms whether imported whole, sliced, diced, or as stems and
pieces.  The preserved mushrooms covered by this order are the
species Agaricus bisporus and Agaricus bitorquis.  "Preserved
mushrooms" refer to mushrooms that have been prepared or
preserved by cleaning, blanching, and sometimes slicing or
cutting.  These mushrooms are then packed and heated in
containers including but not limited to cans or glass jars in a
suitable liquid medium, including but not limited to water,
brine, butter or butter sauce.  Preserved mushrooms may be
imported whole, sliced, diced, or as stems and pieces.  Included
within the scope of the order are "brined" mushrooms, which are
presalted and packed in a heavy salt solution to provisionally
preserve them for further processing.
 Excluded from the scope of the order are the following: (1) All
other species of mushroom, including straw mushrooms; (2) all
fresh and chilled mushrooms, including "refrigerated" or "quick
blanched mushrooms'; (3) dried mushrooms; (4) frozen mushrooms;
and (5) "marinated," "acidified" or "pickled" mushrooms, which
are prepared or preserved by means of vinegar or acetic acid,
but may contain oil or other additives.
 The merchandise subject to this order is classifiable under
subheadings 2003.1000.27, 2003.1000.31, 2003.1000.37,
2003.1000.43, 2003.1000.47, 2003.1000.53, and 0711.90.4000 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States ("HTS"). 
Although the HTS subheadings are provided for convenience and
Customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise
under investigation is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Order

 On November 25, 1998, in accordance with section 735(d) of the
Act, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) notified the
Department that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason
of imports of certain preserved mushrooms from Chile, pursuant
to section 735(b)(1)(A) of the Act.  Therefore, in accordance
with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department will direct
the United States Customs Service to assess, upon further advice
by the Department, antidumping duties equal to the amount by
which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the export
price and constructed export price of the merchandise for all
relevant entries of certain preserved mushrooms from Chile. 
These antidumping duties will be assessed on all unliquidated
entries of certain preserved mushrooms from Chile entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after August 5,
1998, the date on which the Department published its preliminary
determination notice in the Federal Register (63 FR 41786).
 On or after the date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register, Customs officers must require, at the same
time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties, the
cash deposits listed below for the subject merchandise.  The All
Others rate applies to all exporters of subject merchandise not
specifically listed below.
 The weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:

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Exporter/manufacturer          Weighted-average margin percentage
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Nature's Farm Products (Chile) S.A................................ 148.51
All Others ....................................................... 148.51
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  This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with
respect to certain preserved mushrooms from Chile, pursuant to
section 736(a) of the Act. Interested parties may contact the
Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the Main Commerce Building,
for copies of an updated list of antidumping duty orders
currently in effect.
 This order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of
the Act.
 Dated: November 19, 1998.

Holly Kuga,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 98-32118 Filed 12-1-98; 8:45 am]

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