[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 158 (Friday, August 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 43701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21713]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-427-098]


Anhydrous Sodium Metasilicate From France; Notice of Termination 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of termination of antidumping duty administrative 
review.

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SUMMARY: On March 3, 1997, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published in the Federal Register (62 FR 1874) a notice 
announcing the initiation of an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on anhydrous sodium metasilicate (ASM) from 
France. The initiation was in response to a request for review by the 
petitioner, the PQ Corporation. This review covers Rhone-Poulenc, a 
manufacturer/exporter of ASM, and the period of review (POR) from 
January 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996. However, we are terminating 
this review as a result of the absence of entries into the United 
States of subject merchandise manufactured/exported by Rhone-Poulenc.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Ross or Richard Rimlinger, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 
20230; telephone (202) 482-4733.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Tariff Act), are references to the provisions 
effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to 
the Tariff Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

Background

    The Department published in the Federal Register on January 14, 
1997 (62 FR 1874) a ``Notice of Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review'' of the antidumping duty order on ASM from France (46 FR 1667, 
January 7, 1981). On January 28, 1997, the petitioner requested an 
administrative review of Rhone-Poulenc, a manufacturer/exporter of ASM. 
The Department initiated the review on March 3, 1997 (62 FR 9413). On 
April 2, 1997, Rhone-Poulenc filed a letter explaining that it did not 
export any subject merchandise to the United States during the POR. On 
April 10, 1997, the Department sent a no-shipment inquiry regarding 
Rhone-Poulenc to the U.S. Customs Service. The purpose of this inquiry 
was to determine whether the U.S. Customs Service suspended liquidation 
of entry summaries of this merchandise during the period. Because the 
U.S. Customs Service did not identify any suspended entry summaries of 
ASM manufactured/exported by Rhone-Poulenc during the POR, we have 
determined that no entries into the customs territory of the United 
States occurred during the POR. Therefore, we are terminating this 
review. The cash deposit rate for Rhone-Poulenc will remain at 60 
percent, the rate established in the most recently completed segment of 
this proceeding (61 FR 44038, August 27, 1996).
    This administrative review and notice are in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and 19 CFR 
353.22 (1997).

    Dated: August 7, 1997.
Richard W. Moreland,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-21713 Filed 8-14-97; 8:45 am]
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