[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 153 (Friday, August 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42749-42750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21010]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-588-813]


Light-Scattering Instruments and Parts Thereof From Japan; 
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: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is terminating the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on light-scattering 
instruments and parts thereof

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(LSIs) from Japan. The review covers one manufacturer/exporter of LSIs, 
Otsuka Electronics Co., Ltd. (Otsuka), and the period November 1, 1995 
through October 31, 1996.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 8, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: G. Leon McNeill or Maureen Flannery, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-4733.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 19, 1990, the Department published in the Federal 
Register (55 FR 48244) the antidumping duty order on LSIs from Japan. 
On November 4, 1996, we published in the Federal Register (61 FR 56663) 
a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on LSIs from Japan covering the period November 
1, 1995 through October 31, 1996.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 353.22(a)(1), the petitioner, Wyatt 
Technology Corporation, requested that we conduct an administrative 
review of Otsuka. We published a notice of initiation of this 
antidumping duty administrative review on January 17, 1997 (62 FR 
2647).

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 (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the 
regulations codified at 19 CFR part 353 (April 1, 1997).

Scope of the Review

    This review covers imports of LSIs and parts thereof from Japan. 
The Department defines such merchandise as LSIs and the parts thereof, 
specified below, that have classical measurement capabilities, whether 
or not also capable of dynamic measurement. Classical measurement (also 
known as static measurement) capability usually means the ability to 
measure absolutely (i.e., without reference to molecular standards) the 
weight and size of macromolecules and submicron particles in solution, 
as well as certain molecular interaction parameters, such as the so-
called second viral coefficient. (An instrument that uses single-angle 
instead of multi-angle measurement can only measure molecular weight 
and the second viral coefficient.) Dynamic measurement (also known as 
quasi-elastic measurement) capability refers to the ability to measure 
the diffusion coefficient of molecules or particles in suspension and 
deduce therefrom features of their size and size distribution. LSIs 
subject to this review employ laser light and may use either a single-
angle or multi-angle technique.
    The following parts are included in the scope of this 
administrative review when they are manufactured according to 
specifications and operational requirements for use only in an LSI as 
defined in the preceding paragraph: scanning photomultiplier 
assemblies, immersion baths (to provide temperature stability and/or 
refractive index matching), sample-containing structures, electronic 
signal-processing boards, molecular characterization software, 
preamplifier/discriminator circuitry, and optical benches. LSIs subject 
to this review may be sold inclusive or exclusive of accessories such 
as personal computers, cathode ray tube displays, software, or 
printers. LSIs are currently classifiable under Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule (HTS) subheading 9027.30.40. LSI parts are currently 
classifiable under HTS subheading 9027.90.40. HTS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and U.S. Customs Service purposes. The written 
product description remains dispositive. Different items with the same 
name as subject parts may enter under subheading 9027.90.40. To avoid 
the unintended suspension of liquidation of non-subject parts, those 
items entered under subheading 9027.90.40 and generally known as 
scanning photomultiplier assemblies, immersion baths, sample-containing 
structures, electronic signal-processing boards, molecular 
characterization software, preamplifier/discriminator circuitry, and 
optical benches must be accompanied by an importer's declaration to the 
Customs Service stating that they are not manufactured for use in a 
subject LSI.

Termination of Administrative Review

    Otsuka responded that it had no shipments of the subject 
merchandise during the period of review. We confirmed this information 
with the United States Customs Service. Therefore, in accordance with 
our practice, we are terminating this administrative review. See, e.g., 
Calcium Hypochlorite from Japan: Termination of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 62 FR 18086 (April 14, 1997). The cash deposit 
rate for this firm will continue to be 129.71 percent, the rate 
established in the most recently completed administrative review. See 
Light Scattering Instruments and Parts Thereof from Japan: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 60 FR 50551 
(September 29, 1995).
    This termination of administrative review and notice are in 
accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)).

    Dated: July 31, 1997.
Roland L. MacDonald,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Enforcement Group III.
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