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7216.61.0000, 7216.69.0000,

7216.91.0000, 7216.99.0000,

7228.70.3040, 7228.70.6000. Although

the HTSUS subheadings are provided

for convenience and Customs purposes,

the written description of the

merchandise under investigation is

dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Order

On June 9, 2000, the International

Trade Commission (‘‘Commission’’)

notified the Department of its final

determination pursuant to section

735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act that an

industry in the United States is

materially injured by reason of lessthan-fair-value imports of subject

merchandise from Japan. Therefore, in

accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the

Act, the Department will direct Customs

officers 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 (or constructed

export price) of the merchandise for all

relevant entries of structural steel beams

from Japan. These antidumping duties

will be assessed on all unliquidated

entries of structural steel beams from

Japan entered, or withdrawn from

warehouse, for consumption on or after

February 11, 2000, the date on which

the Department published its notice of

preliminary determination in the

Federal Register. See Notice of

Preliminary Determination of Sales at

Less Than Fair Value: Structural Steel

Beams From Japan, 65 FR 6992

(February 11, 2000). 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, cash deposits for the subject

merchandise equal to the estimated

weighted-average antidumping duty

margins as noted below. The ‘‘All

Others’’ rate applies to all exporters of

subject stainless steel sheet and strip in

coils not specifically listed. The revised

weighted-average dumping margins are

as follows:

Exporter/manufacturer

Weightedaverage

Margin

(in percent)

Kawasaki Steel Corporation ....... 65.21

Nippon Steel Corporation ........... 65.21

NKK Corporation/TOA Steel Co.,

Ltd ........................................... 65.21

Sumitomo Metals Industries, Ltd 65.21

Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co.,

Ltd ........................................... 65.21

Topy Industries, Limited ............. 65.21

All Others .................................... 31.98

This notice constitutes the

antidumping duty order with respect to

structural steel beams from Japan.

Interested parties may contact the

Department’s 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 Tariff Act of

1930, as amended.

Dated: June 14, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–15520 Filed 6–16–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–856]

Notice of Amendment of Final

Determination of Sales at Less Than

Fair Value and Antidumping Duty

Order: Synthetic Indigo From the

People’s Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 19, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David J. Goldberger or Dinah

McDougall, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)

482–4136 or (202) 482–3773,

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’s (‘‘the

Department’s’’) regulations refer to 19

CFR Part 351 (1999).

Amendment to the Final Determination

On May 3, 2000, the Department

published its final determination that

synthetic indigo from the People’s

Republic of China (PRC) is being, or is

likely to be, sold in the United States at

less than fair value. See Synthetic Indigo

from the People’s Republic of China;

Notice of Final Determination of Sales

at Less Than Fair Value, 65 FR 25706,

May, 3, 2000) (‘‘Final Determination’’).

On May 9, 2000, we received a timely

submission from the petitioners, Buffalo

Color Corporation and the United

Steelworkers of America, AFL–CIO/

CLC, alleging ministerial errors

pertaining to the margin calculations in

the Department’s final determination.

After analyzing the submissions, we

determined, in accordance with 19 CFR

351.224, that ministerial errors were

made in the margin calculations for the

exporter Wonderful Chemical Industrial

Ltd. (‘‘Wonderful’’). Specifically:

• In valuing the dispersing agent

factor in the final determination

calculation of normal value, the

Department inadvertently applied the

per-kilogram price to the per-metric-ton

factor.

• The Department inadvertently

omitted price corrections for certain

sales made by Wonderful, which were

identified at verification.

For a detailed discussion of the

ministerial error allegations and the

Department’s analysis, see

Memorandum to Richard W. Moreland

from the Team, dated May 25, 2000.

Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR

351.224(e), we are amending the final

determination of the antidumping duty

investigation of synthetic indigo from

the PRC. The revised weighted-average

dumping margins are listed in the

‘‘Antidumping Order’’ section below.

Scope of Order

The products subject to this

investigation are the deep blue synthetic

vat dye known as synthetic indigo and

those of its derivatives designated

commercially as ‘‘Vat Blue 1.’’ Included

are Vat Blue 1 (synthetic indigo), Color

Index No. 73000, and its derivatives,

pre-reduced indigo or indigo white

(Color Index No. 73001) and solubilized

indigo (Color Index No. 73002). The

subject merchandise may be sold in any

form (e.g., powder, granular, paste,

liquid, or solution) and in any strength.

Synthetic indigo and its derivatives

subject to this investigation are

currently classifiable under subheadings

3204.15.10.00, 3204.15.40.00 or

3204.15.80.00 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States

(‘‘HTSUS’’). Although the HTSUS

subheadings are provided for

convenience and customs purposes, the

written description of the merchandise

under investigation is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Order

On June 12, 2000, 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

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of imports of synthetic indigo from the

PRC, pursuant to section 735(b)(1)(A) of

the Act. In addition, the ITC found that

critical circumstances exist with regard

to such imports from the PRC.

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 or constructed

export price of the merchandise for all

relevant entries of synthetic indigo from

the PRC. These antidumping duties will

be assessed on all unliquidated entries

of imports of the subject merchandise

that are entered, or withdrawn from

warehouse, for consumption on or after

September 15, 1999, the date 90 days

prior to the date of publication of the

preliminary determination in the

Federal Register, in accordance with the

critical circumstances finding in the

final determination.

On or after the date of publication of

this notice in the Federal Register, U.S.

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 ‘‘PRC-wide Rate’’

applies to all exporters of synthetic

indigo not specifically listed below.

The revised final weighted-average

margins are as follows:

Exporter/Manufacturer

Original final

margin percentage

Revised final

margin percentage

Wonderful Chemical Industrial Ltd./Jiangsu Taifeng Chemical Industry Co., Ltd ................................................... 77.89 79.70

China National Chemical Construction Jiangsu Company ..................................................................................... 77.89 79.70

China Jiangsu International Economic Technical Cooperation Corp ...................................................................... 77.89 79.70

Shanghai Yongchen International Trading Company Ltd ....................................................................................... 77.89 79.70

Hebei Jinzhou Import & Export Corporation ........................................................................................................... 77.89 79.70

Sinochem Hebei Import & Export Corp ................................................................................................................... 77.89 79.70

Chongqing Dyestuff Import & Export United Corp .................................................................................................. 77.89 79.70

Wuhan Tianjin Chemicals Imports & Exports Corp., Ltd ........................................................................................ ........................ ........................

PRC-wide Rate ........................................................................................................................................................ 129.60 129.60

This notice constitutes the

antidumping duty order with respect to

synthetic indigo from the PRC, 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 and 19

CFR 351.211.

Dated: June 13, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–15400 Filed 6–16–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

Pakistan

June 13, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 19, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross

Arnold, International Trade Specialist,

Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.

Department of Commerce, (202) 482–

4212. For information on the quota

status of these limits, refer to the Quota

Status Reports posted on the bulletin

boards of each Customs port, call (202)

927–5850, or refer to the U.S. Customs

website at http://www.customs.gov. For

information on embargoes and quota reopenings, call (202) 482–3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural

Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854);

Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as

amended.

The current limits for certain

categories are being adjusted for swing

and carryforward.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 64 FR 71982,

published on December 22, 1999). Also

see 64 FR 68335, published on

December 7, 1999.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

June 13, 2000.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive

amends, but does not cancel, the directive

issued to you on December 1, 1999, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton and manmade fiber textile products, produced or

manufactured in Pakistan and exported

during the twelve-month period which began

on January 1, 2000 and extends through

December 31, 2000.

Effective on June 19, 2000, you are directed

to adjust the limits for the following

categories, as provided for under the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

Specific limits

226/313 .................... 121,532,812 square

meters.

315 ........................... 76,226,472 square

meters.

331/631 .................... 3,345,885 dozen pairs.

334/634 .................... 305,560 dozen.

335/635 .................... 471,876 dozen.

336/636 .................... 620,789 dozen.

338 ........................... 6,368,561 dozen.

339 ........................... 1,857,088 dozen.

340/640 .................... 874,134 dozen of

which not more than

290,088 dozen shall

be in Categories

340–D/640–D 2.

341/641 .................... 931,184 dozen.

347/348 .................... 1,086,702 dozen.

351/651 .................... 413,859 dozen.

352/652 .................... 1,034,648 dozen.

359–C/659–C 3 ........ 1,862,368 kilograms.

360 ........................... 6,682,672 numbers.

361 ........................... 7,770,547 numbers.

363 ........................... 56,304,240 numbers.

369–F/369–P4 ......... 3,119,984 kilograms.

369–R 5 .................... 14,485,083 kilograms.

369–S6 .................... 952,554 kilograms.

638/639 .................... 598,638 dozen.

647/648 .................... 1,074,729 dozen.