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determination is affirmative, the ITC

will determine, within 45 days, whether

these imports are causing material

injury, or threat of material injury, to an

industry in the United States. If the ITC

determines that material injury or threat

of injury does not exist, the proceeding

will be terminated and all securities

posted will be refunded or canceled. If

the ITC determines that such injury

does exist, the Department will issue an

antidumping duty order directing

Customs officials to assess antidumping

duties on all imports of the subject

merchandise entered, or withdrawn

from warehouse, for consumption on or

after the effective date of the suspension

of liquidation.

This determination is issued and

published in accordance with sections

735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

Dated: June 19, 2000.

Richard W. Moreland,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration,

Appendix

List of Comments in the Issues and Decision

Memorandum

I. General Issues

Comment 1: Surrogate Country Selection

and Sources of Surrogate Values

Comment 2: SG&A, Profit and Overhead

Calculation

Comment 3: Market-Oriented Industry

Issue

Comment 4: Assignment of Dumping

Margins to the Producers Instead of the

Trading Companies

Comment 5: Surrogate Value for Billets

Comment 6: Surrogate Value for Labor

Comment 7: Surrogate Value for Electricity

Comment 8: Surrogate Value for Rail

Freight

II. Issues Specific to S.C. Silcotub S.A.

Comment 9: Scrap Factor Calculation

Comment 10: Lacquer Factor Calculation

III. Issue Specific to S.C. Petrotub S.A.

Comment 11: Electricity and Gas Factors

Calculation

[FR Doc. 00–15967 Filed 6–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–856]

Notice of Amendment of Antidumping

Duty Order: Synthetic Indigo From the

People’s Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 23, 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).

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.

Amendment to 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

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.

On June 19, 2000, in accordance with

section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the

Department published its amended final

determination and antidumping duty

order on synthetic indigo from the

People’s Republic of China. See 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, 65 FR 37961, (June 19, 2000).

However, in that publication, we

inadvertently omitted the revised

margin percentage for one company,

Wuhan Tianjin Chemicals Imports &

Exports Corp., Ltd. This amended order

is being published to correct this error.

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 .......................... 7.89 79.70

Wuhan Tianjin Chemicals Imports & Exports Corp., Ltd ......... 77.89 79.70

PRC-wide rate .............. 129.60 129.60

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This amended order is published in

accordance with section 736(a) of the

Act and 19 CFR 351.211.

Dated: June 19, 2000.

Richard W. Moreland,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–15963 Filed 6–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Application for Duty-Free Entry of

Scientific Instrument

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), we invite comments on the

question of whether an instrument of

equivalent scientific value, for the

purposes for which the instrument

shown below is intended to be used, is

being manufactured in the United

States.

Comments must comply with 15 CFR

301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and

be filed within 20 days with the

Statutory Import Programs Staff, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Washington,

D.C. 20230. Applications may be

examined between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm

in Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

Docket Number: 00–020. Applicant:

University of Wisconsin—Madison, 750

University Avenue, Madison, WI

53706–1490. Instrument: Zebra Fish

Tank Installation. Manufacturer:

Aquarien-Bau Schwarz, Germany.

Intended Use: The instrument is

intended to be used to house and grow

multiple generations of zebra fish which

are used as a simple model to study the

biology and development of vertebrate

animals, including humans. These

studies will include experiments to

investigate the genetic basis of early

embryonic development, specifically

the products present in the egg which,

when activated, drive the initial steps of

embryogenesis. The overall objective of

this research is to understand the

molecular mechanisms underlying the

induction of different cell fates in a

developing vertebrate organism. In

addition, the instruments will be used

for educational purposes which involve

primarily the scientific training of

graduate students of the Genetics and

Molecular and Cellular Biology

programs. Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: June 9, 2000.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 00–15966 Filed 6–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C–475–812]

Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel From

Italy; Preliminary Results of Full

Sunset Review of Countervailing Duty

Order

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of preliminary results of

full sunset review: grain-oriented

electrical steel from Italy.

SUMMARY: On December 1, 1999, the

Department of Commerce (‘‘the

Department’’) initiated a sunset review

of the countervailing duty order on

grain-oriented electrical steel (‘‘GOES’’)

from Italy (64 FR 67247) pursuant to

section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930,

as amended (‘‘the Act’’). On the basis of

a notice of intent to participate and

adequate substantive comments filed on

behalf of the domestic interested parties,

as well as responses from respondent

interested parties, the Department

determined to conduct an full (240-day)

sunset review. Based on our analysis of

the comments received, we find that

revocation of the countervailing duty

order would be likely to lead to

continuation or recurrence of a

countervailable subsidy at the levels

listed below in the section entitled

Preliminary Results of Review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 23, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathryn B. McCormick or James Maeder

Office of Policy for Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–1930 or (202) 482–

3330, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to 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 regulations are to 19

CFR Part 351 (1999). Guidance on

methodological or analytical issues

relevant to the Department’s conduct of

sunset reviews is set forth in the

Department Policy Bulletin 98:3—

Policies Regarding the Conduct of Fiveyear (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews of

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty

Orders; Policy Bulletin, 63 FR 18871

(April 16, 1998) (Sunset Policy Bulletin).

Background

On December 1, 1999, the Department

initiated a sunset review of the

countervailing duty order on GOES from

Italy (64 FR 67247), pursuant to section

751(c) of the Act. The Department

received a notice of intent to participate

on behalf of Allegheny Ludlum

Corporation (‘‘Allegheny Ludlum’’), AK

Steel Corporation (‘‘AK Steel’’), Butler

Armco Independent Union, the United

Steelworkers of America AFL–CIO/CLC,

and the Zanesville Armco Independent

Union (collectively, ‘‘domestic

interested parties’’), within the

applicable deadline (December 16,

1999) specified in section

351.218(d)(1)(i) of the Sunset

Regulations. Allegheny Ludlum and AK

Steel claimed interested-party status

under section 771(9)(C) of the Act, as

U.S. producers of a domestic like

product. The unions listed above are

interested parties pursuant to section

771(9)(D) of the Act, because they are

certified or recognized unions or groups

of workers representative of the industry

engaged in the manufacture, production,

or wholesale in the United States of the

domestic like product.

Domestic interested parties state that

Alleghney Ludlum, Armco Inc.

(‘‘Armco’’), United Steel Workers of

America, Butler Armco Independent

Union, and Zanesville Armco

Independent Union were the petitioners

in the initial investigation (see January

3, 2000, substantive response of

domestic interested parties at 5).

Domestic interested parties note that, on

September 30, 1999, AK Steel acquired

Armco, and assumed control of Armco’s

production of GOES. Id. Accordingly,

AK Steel is the successor of petitioner

Armco, and has replaced Armco as

domestic interested party for purposes

of this sunset review and all other

administrative reviews. Id.

Additionally, domestic interested

parties state that they are participants in

the ongoing administrative review. Id.

On December 20, 1999, we received a

response from the European Union

Delegation of the European Commission

(‘‘EC’’) expressing its willingness to

participate in this review as the

authority responsible for defending the

interest of the Member States of the