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Price-to-Price Comparisons

We calculated normal value based on

both packed, FOB or delivered prices

Kuraray charged to its unaffiliated

purchasers in Japan and packed, FOB or

delivered prices Kuraray Trading

charged to its unaffiliated purchasers in

Japan. We made adjustments to the

starting price for discounts and rebates,

where appropriate. We also made

deductions, where appropriate, for

inland freight (i.e., plant to warehouse

and warehouse to customer), inland

insurance and warehousing expenses,

pursuant to section 773(a)(6)(B) of the

Act.

For all comparisons, we made a

circumstance-of-sale adjustment, where

appropriate, for differences in credit

expenses, pursuant to section 773

(a)(6)(C)(iii) of the Act and 19 C.F.R.

351.410(c).

For comparisons to CEP sales, we also

deducted from normal value the lesser

of comparison-market indirect selling

expenses and indirect selling expenses

deducted from CEP (the CEP offset),

pursuant to section 773(a)(7)(B) of the

Act and 19 C.F.R. 351.412(f).

For comparisons to both export price

and CEP sales, we made adjustments to

normal value for differences in packing

expenses, in accordance with section

773(a)(6) of the Act. We also made

adjustments to normal value, where

appropriate, for differences in costs

attributable to differences in the

physical characteristics of the

merchandise, pursuant to section

773(a)(6)(C)(ii) of the Act and 19 C.F.R.

351.411.

Preliminary Results of Review

As a result of this review, we

preliminarily determine that the

following margin exists for the period

May 1, 1998, through April 30, 1999:

Margin Manufacturer/exporter (percent)

Kuraray Co., Ltd. ............................ 2.07

Pursuant to 19 C.F.R. 351.224(b), the

Department will conduct disclosure

within five days after the date of

publication of this notice. Any

interested party may request a hearing

within 30 days of publication. Any

hearing, if requested, will be held 44

days after the date of publication or the

first business day thereafter.

Issues raised in hearings will be

limited to those raised in the respective

case briefs and rebuttal briefs. Case

briefs from interested parties and

rebuttal briefs, limited to the issues

raised in the respective case briefs, may

be submitted not later than 30 days and

37 days, respectively, from the date of

publication of these preliminary results.

Parties who submit case briefs or

rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are

requested to submit with each argument

(1) a statement of the issue and (2) a

brief summary of the argument. Parties

are also encouraged to provide a

summary of the arguments not to exceed

five pages and a table of statutes,

regulations and cases cited.

The Department will issue the final

results of this administrative review,

including the results of its analysis of

issues raised in any such written briefs

or at the hearing, if held, not later than

120 days after the date of publication of

this notice.

Interested parties who wish to request

a hearing or to participate if one is

requested, must submit a written

request to the Assistant Secretary for

Import Administration, Room B–099,

within 30 days of the date of publication

of this notice. The request should

contain: (1) the party’s name, address

and telephone number; (2) the number

of participants; and (3) a list of issues to

be discussed.

Cash Deposit and Assessment

Requirements

The final results of this review shall

be the basis for the assessment of

antidumping duties on entries of

merchandise covered by this review and

for future deposits of estimated duties.

The Department shall determine and

the Customs Service shall assess

antidumping duties on all appropriate

entries. The Department will issue

appropriate appraisement instructions

directly to the Customs Service upon

completion of this review. For Kuraray,

for duty assessment purposes, we intend

to calculate importer-specific

assessment rates by aggregating the

dumping margins calculated for all U.S.

sales to each importer and dividing this

amount by the total entered value of

subject merchandise of the same sales

for each importer. In accordance with 19

CFR 351.106(c)(2), we will instruct the

Customs Service to assess antidumping

duties on all appropriate entries covered

by this review if any importer-specific

assessment rate calculated in the final

results of this review is above de

minimis (i.e., at or above 0.50 percent).

Furthermore, the following deposit

requirements will be effective upon

publication of the final results of this

antidumping duty review for all

shipments of PVA from Japan, entered,

or withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after the publication

date, as provided by section 751(a) of

the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for

Kuraray will be rate established in the

final results; (2) if the exporter is not a

firm covered in this review, a prior

review, or the original less-than-fairvalue (‘‘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 (3) the cash

deposit rate for all other manufacturers

or exporters will continue to be 77.49

percent, the ‘‘All Others’’ rate made

effective by the LTFV investigation.

These requirements, when imposed,

shall remain in effect until publication

of the final results of the next

administrative review.

This notice serves as a preliminary

reminder to importers of their

responsibility under 19 CFR

351.402(f)(2) 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 administrative review and notice

are in accordance with sections

751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19

CFR 351.213.

Dated: May 30, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Purdue University; Notice of Decision

on Application for Duty-Free Entry of

Electron Microscope

This is a decision pursuant to Section

6(c) of the Educational, Scientific, and

Cultural Materials Importation Act of

1966 (Pub. L. 89–651, 80 Stat. 897; 15

CFR part 301). Related records can be

viewed between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in

Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

Docket Number: 00–009. Applicant:

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

47907–1392. Instrument: Electron

Microscope, Model CM300.

Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands.

Intended Use: See notice at 65 FR

25708. Order Date: February 23, 1999.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instrument, for such purposes as the

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instrument is intended to be used, was

being manufactured in the United States

at the time the instrument was ordered.

Reasons: The foreign instrument is a

conventional transmission electron

microscope (CTEM) and is intended for

research or scientific educational uses

requiring a CTEM. We know of no

CTEM, or any other instrument suited to

these purposes, which was being

manufactured in the United States at the

time of order of the instrument.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 00–14353 Filed 6–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[Docket No. 000515143–0143–01]

Special American Business Internship

Training Program (SABIT)

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This Notice announces

availability of funds for the Special

American Business Internship Training

Program (SABIT), for training business

executives and scientists (also referred

to as ‘‘interns’’) from the New

Independent States (NIS). The

Department of Commerce, International

Trade Administration (ITA) established

the SABIT program in September 1990

to assist the former Soviet Union’s

transition to a market economy. Since

that time, SABIT has been matching

business executives and scientists from

the NIS with U.S. firms which provide

them with three to six months of handson training in a U.S. market economy.

Under the SABIT program, qualified

U.S. firms will receive funds through a

cooperative agreement with ITA to help

defray the cost of hosting interns. The

training must take place in the United

States. ITA will interview and

recommend eligible interns to

participating companies. Interns may be

from any of the following Independent

States: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,

Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,

Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan,

Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

However, restrictions may apply based

on congressional sanctions. The U.S.

firms will be expected to provide the

interns with a hands-on, non-academic,

executive training program designed to

maximize their exposure to management

or commercially-oriented scientific

operations. At the end of the training

program, interns must return to the NIS.

If there is any evidence of a conflict of

interest between an intern and the

company, the intern is disqualified.

DATES: The closing date for applications

is July 31, 2000. An original and two

copies of the application (Standard

Form 424 (Rev. 4–92) and supplemental

material) are to be sent to the address

designated in the Application Kit and

postmarked no later than the closing

date. Applications will be considered on

a ‘‘rolling’’ basis as they are received,

subject to the availability of funds. If

available funds are depleted prior to the

closing date, a notice to that effect will

be published in the Federal Register.

Processing of complete applications

takes approximately three to five

months. All awards are expected to be

made by September 30, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Request for Applications:

Competitive Application kits will be

available from ITA starting on the day

this notice is published. To obtain a

copy of the Application Kit please

contact SABIT by: (1) Email at

SABITApply@ita.doc.gov, providing

your name, company name and address;

(2) Telephone (202) 482–0073; (3)

Facsimile (202) 482–2443; (4) Send a

written request with two self-addressed

mailing labels to Application Request,

The SABIT Program, HCHB Room 3319,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230. The telephone

numbers are not toll free numbers. Only

one copy of the Application Kit will be

provided to each organization

requesting it, but it may be reproduced

by the requesters.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Liesel C. Duhon, Director, SABIT

Program, U.S. Department of Commerce,

phone—(202) 482–0073, facsimile—

(202) 482–2443. These are not toll free

numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SABIT

exposes NIS business managers and

scientists to a completely new way of

thinking in which demand, consumer

satisfaction, and profits drive

production. Senior-level interns visiting

the U.S. for internship programs with

public or private sector companies will

be exposed to an environment which

will provide them with practical

knowledge for transforming their

countries’ enterprises and economies to

the free market. The program provides

first-hand, eye-opening experience to

managers and scientists which cannot

be duplicated by American managers

traveling to their territories.

Managers: SABIT assists economic

restructuring in the NIS by providing

top-level business managers with

practical training in American methods

of innovation and management in such

areas as strategic planning, financing,

production, distribution, marketing,

accounting, wholesaling, and labor

relations. This first-hand experience in

the U.S. economy enables interns to

become leaders in establishing and

operating a market economy in the NIS,

and creates a unique opportunity for

U.S. firms to familiarize key executives

from the NIS with their products and

services. Sponsoring U.S. firms will

benefit by establishing relationships

with key managers in similar industries

who are uniquely positioned to assist

their U.S. sponsors do business in the

Independent States.

Scientists: SABIT provides

opportunities for gifted scientists to

apply their skills to peaceful research

and development in the civilian sector,

in areas such as defense conversion,

medical research, and the environment,

and exposes them to the role of

scientific research in a market economy

where applicability of research relates to

business success. Sponsoring firms in

the U.S. scientific community also

benefit from exchanging information

and ideas, and different approaches to

new technologies.

The Special American Business Internship

Training program’s Catalog of Federal

Domestic Assistance (CFA) number is 11.114.

Funding Availability: Pursuant to

section 632(a) of the Foreign Assistance

Act of 1961, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’)

funding for the program will be

provided by the United States Agency

for International Development (A.I.D).

ITA will award financial assistance and

administer the program pursuant to the

authority contained in section 635(b) of

the Act and other applicable Grant

rules. The estimated amount of financial

assistance available for the program is

$810,000. At least $400,000 of that

amount is reserved for U.S.

organizations which will host interns

from the Russian Far East. Additional

funding may become available at a

future date.

Funding Instrument and Project

Duration: Federal assistance will be

awarded pursuant to a cooperative

agreement between ITA and the

recipient firm. All internships are three

to six months; however, ITA reserves

the right to allow an intern to stay for

a shorter period of time (no less than

one month) if the U.S. company agrees

and the intern demonstrates a need for

a shorter internship based on his or her

management responsibilities. ITA will

reimburse companies for the round trip

international travel (coach class tickets)

of each intern from the intern’s home