68 FR 60080, October 21, 2003

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-427-098]
 
Anhydrous Sodium Metasilicate from France: 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.

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SUMMARY: On July 28, 2003, the Department of Commerce published the 
preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on anhydrous sodium metasilicate from France. The period of 
review is January 1, 2002, through December 31, 2002. This review 
covers imports of anhydrous sodium metasilicate from one producer/
exporter, Rhodia HPCII. We provided interested parties with an 
opportunity to comment on the preliminary results of this review, but 
we received no comments.
    Furthermore, the Department made no changes in its analysis 
following the publication of the preliminary results. Therefore, the 
final results of review are unchanged from those presented in the 
preliminary result of review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 21, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Lehman or Richard Rimlinger, AD/
CVD Enforcement Group I, Office 3, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: 202-482-
0180 or 202-482-4477, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 28, 2003, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of its 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on anhydrous sodium 
metasilicate (ASM) from France. See Anhydrous Sodium Metasilicate from 
France: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 
68 FR 44283 (Preliminary Results). We invited parties to comment on the 
Preliminary Results, but we received no comments. We have now completed 
the administrative review in accordance with section 751(a) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Scope of Order

    Imports covered by the review are shipments of ASM, a crystallized 
silicate which is alkaline and readily soluble in water. Applications 
include waste paper de-inking, ore-flotation, bleach stabilization, 
clay processing, medium or heavy duty cleaning, and compounding into 
other detergent formulations. This merchandise is classified under 
Harmonized Tariff Schedules of the United States (HTSUS) item numbers 
2839.11.00 and 2839.19.00. The HTSUS item numbers are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes. The written description remains 
dispositive.

Period of Review

    The period of review is from January 1, 2002, through December 31, 
2002.

Facts Available

    As discussed in detail in the Preliminary Results, we have 
determined to use facts otherwise available for Rhodia HPCII (Rhodia), 
which did not respond timely to our requests for information.

Final Results of the Review

    As a result of our determination that it is appropriate to apply 
adverse facts available to Rhodia, we determine that the weighted-
average dumping margin of 60.00 percent exists for Rhodia for the 
period of January 1, 2002, through December 31, 2002. The Department 
will issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to Customs 
within 15 days of publication of these final results of review. We will 
direct the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (Customs) to 
assess the assessment rate against the entered customs values for the 
subject merchandise on each entry during the review period.

Cash-Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of this notice of final results of administrative review 
for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for the consumption on or after publication, as provided by 
section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) the cash-deposit rate for Rhodia will 
be 60.00 percent; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies 
not listed above, the cash deposit 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 
less-than-fair-value (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) for all other 
producers and/or exporters of this merchandise, the cash-deposit rate 
shall be 60.00 percent, the ``all others'' rate established in the LTFV 
investigation (45 FR 77498, November 24, 1980).
    These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until publication 
of the final results of the next administrative review.

Notification of Interested Parties

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
the 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 written 
notification of return/destruction of APO material or conversion to 
judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with 
the regulation and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    Furthermore, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2), this notice serves 
as a final reminder to importers of their responsibility 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 an the 
subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 771(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: October 14, 2003.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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