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that reimbursement of antidumping

duties occurred and the subsequent

assessment of double antidumping

duties.

This notice also serves as a 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 351.306 of the

Department’s regulations. Timely

written 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.

This administrative review and this

notice are in accordance with sections

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

Dated: June 6, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

Appendix I—-Issues in Decision

Memorandum

Comments and Responses

TUNA

1. Cost of Production—Tolling Fees

2. Cost of Production—Major Input

3. Cost of Production—U.S. vs. Home Market

costs

4. Export Price and Constructed Export Price

Sales

5. Constructed Export Price Offset

Hylsa

1. Date of Sale

2. Sales to Employees

3. Export Price versus Constructed Export

Price Sales

4. Inland Freight-Plant to Warehouse

5. Advertising Expenses

6. Inland Freight-Plant to Customer

7. Late Payment Interest

8. Warranty Expenses

9. Delivery Terms

10. U.S. Freight and Brokerage

11. Product Comparisons

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–122–601]

Brass Sheet and Strip From Canada;

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 February 8, 2000, the

Department of Commerce (the

‘‘Department’’) published the

preliminary results of administrative

review of the antidumping duty order

on brass sheet and strip from Canada.

The merchandise covered by this order

is brass sheet and strip from Canada.

The review covers one manufacturer/

exporter, Wolverine Tube (Canada) Inc.,

(‘‘Wolverine’’). The period of review

(‘‘POR’’) is January 1, 1998, through

December 31, 1998.

Based on our analysis of the

comments received, we have made

changes in the margin calculations.

Therefore, the final results differ from

the preliminary results. The final

weighted-average dumping margins for

the reviewed firm is listed below in the

section entitled ‘‘Final Results of the

Review.’’

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 15, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Paige Rivas, Nithya Nagarajan, or Lyman

Armstrong, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce,

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)

482–0651, 482–5253, or 482–3601,

respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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’s regulations are to 19

CFR Part 351 (1998).

Background

On February 8, 2000, the Department

published the preliminary results of

administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on brass sheet

and strip from Canada. See Brass Sheet

and Strip from Canada: Preliminary

Results of Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review, 65 FR 6134,

(February 8, 2000). The review covers

one manufacturer/exporter, Wolverine.

The POR is January 1, 1998, through

December 31, 1998. We invited parties

to comment on our preliminary results

of review. We received comments on

March 9, 2000, from Wolverine and

from Hussey Copper Ltd., The Miller

Company, Olin Corporation,

Outokumpu American Brass, Revere

Copper Products, Inc., International

Association of Machinists and

Aerospace Workers, International

Union, Allied Industrial Workers of

America (‘‘AFL–CIO’’), Mechanics

Educational Society of America (‘‘Local

56’’), and the United Steel Workers of

America (‘‘AFL–CIO/CLC’’) (collectively

‘‘petitioners’’). On March 14, 2000, we

received a rebuttal brief from

petitioners. On March 15, 2000, we

received a rebuttal brief from Wolverine.

The Department has conducted this

administrative review in accordance

with section 751 of the Act.

Scope of Review

The product covered by this review is

brass sheet and strip (‘‘BSS’’), other than

leaded and tinned BSS. The chemical

composition of the covered products is

currently defined in the Copper

Development Association (‘‘C.D.A.’’)

200 Series or the Unified Numbering

System (‘‘U.N.S.’’) C2000. This review

does not cover products the chemical

compositions of which are defined by

other C.D.A. or U.N.S. series. In

physical dimensions, the products

covered by this review have a solid

rectangular cross section over 0.006

inches (0.15 millimeters) through 0.188

inches (4.8 millimeters) in finished

thickness or gauge, regardless of width.

Coiled, wound-on-reels (traverse

wound), and cut-to-length products are

included. The merchandise is currently

classified under Harmonized Tariff

Schedule (‘‘HTS’’) item numbers

7409.21.00 and 7409.29.00. Although

the HTS item numbers are provided for

convenience and customs purposes, the

written description of the scope of this

order remains dispositive. Pursuant to

the final affirmative determination of

circumvention of the antidumping duty

order, covering the period September 1,

1990, through September 30, 1991, we

determined that brass plate used in the

production of BSS falls within the scope

of the antidumping duty order on BSS

from Canada. See Brass Sheet and Strip

from Canada: Final Affirmative

Determination of Circumvention of

Antidumping Duty Order, 58 FR 33610

(June 18, 1993).

Analysis of Comments Received

All issues raised in the case and

rebuttal briefs by parties to this

administrative review are addressed in

the ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum’’

(‘‘Decision Memorandum’’) from Holly

A. Kuga, Acting Deputy Assistant

Secretary, Import Administration, to

Troy H. Cribb, Acting Assistant

Secretary for Import Administration,

dated June 7, 2000, which is hereby

adopted by this notice. A list of the

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issues which parties have raised and to

which we have responded, all of which

are in the Decision Memorandum, is

attached to this notice as an Appendix.

Parties can find a complete discussion

of all issues raised in this review and

the corresponding recommendations in

this public memorandum which is on

file in the Central Records Unit, room

B–099 (‘‘B–099’’) of the main

Department building. In addition, a

complete version of the Decision

Memorandum can be accessed directly

on the Web at www.ita.doc.gov/

import_admin/records/frn/. The paper

copy and electronic version of the

Decision Memorandum are identical in

content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

Based on our analysis of comments

received, we have made certain changes

in the margin calculations. These

changes are discussed in the relevant

sections of the ‘‘Decision

Memorandum,’’ accessible in B–099 and

on the Web at www.ita.doc.gov/

import_admin/records/frn/.

Final Results of Review

We determine that the following

percentage weighted-average margin

exists for the period January 1, 1998,

through December 31, 1998:

Manufacturer/exporter Margin

(percent)

Wolverine Tube (Canada) Inc .. 3.38

The Department shall determine, and

Customs shall assess, antidumping

duties on all appropriate entries. In

accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b), we

have calculated exporter/importerspecific assessment rates. With respect

to both export price and constructed

export price sales, we divided the total

dumping margins for the reviewed sales

by the total entered value of those

reviewed sales for each importer. We

will direct Customs to assess the

resulting percentage margins against the

entered Customs values for the subject

merchandise on each of that importer’s

entries under the order 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 brass sheet and strip from Canada

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,

for consumption on or after the date of

publication, as provided by section

751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit

rate for the reviewed company will be

the rate shown above; (2) for previously

reviewed or investigated companies not

listed above, the cash deposit rate 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) the cash deposit

rate for all other manufacturers or

exporters will continue to be 8.10

percent. This rate is the ‘‘All Others’’

rate from the LTFV investigation. These

deposit requirements shall remain in

effect until publication of the final

results of the next administrative

review.

This notice also 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 Secretary’s

presumption that reimbursement of

antidumping duties occurred and the

subsequent assessment of doubled

antidumping duties.

This notice also serves as a 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. 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 and notice in accordance

with sections section 751(a)(1) and

777(i) of the Act.

Dated: June 7, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

Appendix—Issues in Decision

Memorandum Comments and

Responses

1. General and Administrative Expenses,

Interest Expenses

A. Packing and Movement Expenses

B. Parent Company General and

Administrative Expenses

C. Interest Expense

D. Foreign Exchange Gains

2. Circumstance of Sale Adjustments

A. Warranty Expenses

3. Model-Match Methodology

A. Product Width Comparison

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–822]

Certain Helical Spring Lock Washers

From the People’s Republic of China:

Notice of Extension of Time Limit for

the Preliminary Results of the Sixth

Administrative Antidumping Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

is extending the time limit for the

preliminary results of the sixth

administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on certain

helical spring lock washers from the

People’s Republic of China. The period

of review is October 1, 1998 through

September 30, 1999.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 15, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sally Hastings or Annika O’Hara, Office

of AD/CVD Enforcement I, Import

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;

telephone (202) 482–3464 or (202) 482–

3798, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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 (the Act)

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations

to the Department of Commerce’s (the

Department’s) regulations are to 19 CFR

part 351 (1999).

Background

On December 3, 1999, the Department

initiated the sixth antidumping duty

administrative review of certain helical

spring lock washers from the People’s

Republic of China, covering October 1,

1998 to September 30, 1999. See

Initiation of Antidumping and

Countervailing Duty Administrative

Reviews, 64 FR 67846 (December 3,

1999). The preliminary results are

currently due on July 3, 2000.

Statutory Time Limits

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act

requires the Department to issue the

preliminary results within 245 days