65 FR 68979 November 15, 2000 

[A-588-815; A-201-802]

 
Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders: Gray Portland Cement and 
Cement Clinker from Japan and Mexico

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

ACTION: Notice of continuation of antidumping duty rrders: Gray 
portland cement and cement clinker from Japan and Mexico.

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SUMMARY: On March 3, 2000, and July 3, 2000, the Department of Commerce 
(``the Department''), pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752 of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), determined that revocation of 
the antidumping duty orders on gray portland cement and cement clinker 
from Japan and Mexico would be likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping. See Gray Portland Cement and Cement Clinker From 
Japan; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Expedited Sunset Review, 65 FR 
11549 (March 3, 2000), and Gray Portland Cement and Cement Clinker From 
Mexico; Final Results of Full Sunset Review, 65 FR 41049 (July 3, 
2000).
    On November 1, 2000, the International Trade Commission (``the 
Commission''), pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, determined that 
revocation of the antidumping duty orders on gray portland cement and 
cement clinker from Japan and Mexico would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the 
United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. See Gray Portland 
Cement and Cement Clinker

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from Japan, Mexico, and Venezuela, 65 FR 65327 (November 1, 2000). 
Therefore, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4), the Department is 
publishing this notice of continuation of the antidumping duty orders 
on gray portland cement and cement clinker from Japan and Mexico.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 15, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha V. Douthit or James P. Maeder, 
Office of Policy for Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5050 
or (202) 482-3330, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:   

Background

    On August 2, 1999, the Department initiated, and the Commission 
instituted, sunset reviews (64 FR 41915 and 64 FR 41958) of the 
antidumping duty orders on gray portland cement and cement clinker from 
Japan and Mexico, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act. As a result of 
its reviews, the Department found, on March 3, 2000, and July 3, 2000, 
that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on gray portland cement 
and cement clinker from Japan and Mexico would likely lead to 
continuation or recurrence of dumping and notified the Commission of 
the magnitude of the margins likely to prevail were the orders revoked. 
See 65 FR 11549 (March 3, 2000 and 65 FR 41049 (July 3, 2000), 
respectively.
    On November 1, 2000, the Commission determined, pursuant to section 
751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on 
gray portland cement and cement clinker from Japan and Mexico would be 
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an 
industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. See 
Gray Portland Cement and Cement Clinker From Japan, Mexico, and 
Venezuela, 65 FR 65327 (November 1, 2000) and USTIC Publication 3361, 
Investigation Nos. 303-TA-21 (Review) and 731-TA-451, 461, and 519 
(Review)(October 2000).

Scope of the Orders

    See Appendix

Determination

    As a result of the determinations by the Department and the 
Commission that revocation of the antidumping duty orders would be 
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and material 
injury to an industry in the United States, pursuant to section 
751(d)(2) of the Act, the Department hereby orders the continuation of 
the antidumping duty orders on gray portland cement and cement clinker 
from Japan and Mexico. The Department will instruct the Customs Service 
to continue to collect antidumping duty deposits at the rates in effect 
at the time of entry for all imports of subject merchandise. The 
effective date of continuation of these orders will be the date of 
publication in the Federal Register of this Notice of Continuation. 
Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) and 751(c)(6) of the Act, the Department 
intends to initiate the next five-year review of this order not later 
than October 2005.

    Dated: November 8, 2000.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix

Japan

    The products covered by this order are gray portland cement and 
cement clinker (``portland cement'') from Japan. Gray portland cement 
is a hydraulic cement and the primary component of concrete. Cement 
clinker, an intermediate material produced when manufacturing cement, 
has no use other than grinding into finished cement. Microfine cement 
was specifically excluded from the antidumping duty order. Gray 
portland cement is currently classifiable under the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule (``HTS'') item number 2523.29, and cement clinker is currently 
classifiable under HTS item number 2523.10. Gray portland cement has 
also been entered under item number 2523.90 as ``other hydraulic 
cements.'' The Department made two scope rulings regarding the subject 
merchandise. See Scope Rulings, 57 FR 19602 (May 7, 1992), classes G 
and H of oil well cement are within the scope of the order; and Scope 
Rulings, 58 FR 27542 (May 10, 1993), nittetsu super fine cements are 
not within the scope of the order.
    The HST item numbers are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes. The written product description remains dispositive as to the 
scope of the product coverage.

Mexico

    The products covered by this order include gray portland cement and 
clinker (``portland cement'') from Mexico. Gray portland cement is a 
hydraulic cement and the primary component of concrete. Clinker, an 
intermediate material product produced when manufacturing cement, has 
no use other than of being ground into finished cement. Gray portland 
cement is currently classifiable under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
(``HTS'') item number 2523.29 and cement clinker is currently 
classifiable under HTS item number 2523.10. Gray portland cement has 
also been entered under HTS item number 2523.90 as ``other hydraulic 
cements''. In its only scope ruling, the Department determined that 
masonry cement is not within the scope of the order. See Scope Ruling 
61 FR 18381 (April 25, 1996).
    The HTS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes only. The written product description remains dispositive as 
to the scope of the product coverage.

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