65666 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 240 / Monday, December 15, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–403–801]

Fresh and Chilled Atlantic Salmon

From Norway: Initiation of New

Shipper Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of initiation of new

shipper antidumping duty

administrative review.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

has received a request from Nornir

Group A/S to conduct a new shipper

administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on fresh and

chilled Atlantic salmon from Norway,

which has an October semi-annual

anniversary date. In accordance with the

Department of Commerce’s regulations,

we are initiating this administrative

review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Holly A. Kuga, Office of AD/CVD

Enforcement, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone:

(202) 482–4737.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Department of Commerce

(Department) has received a request

pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the

Act, and 19 CFR 351.214(b) of the

regulations, for a new shipper review of

this antidumping duty order, which has

an April anniversary date.

Initiation of Review

In its request of October 31, 1997,

Nornir Group A/S (Nornir) certified that

it did not export the subject

merchandise to the United States during

the period of investigation (POI)

(September 1, 1989, through February

28, 1990) and that it is not affiliated

with any exporter or producer who

exported the subject merchandise to the

United States during the POI.

Accompanying its request, Nornir

provided certifications which indicate

the date the merchandise was first

entered for consumption in the United

States, that it is not affiliated with any

other company, and that it did not

under its current or a former name

export the subject merchandise to the

United States during the POI.

In accordance with section

751(a)(2)(B) and 19 CFR351.214(d), we

are initiating a new shipper review of

the antidumping duty order on fresh

and chilled Atlantic salmon from

Norway. We intend to issue the final

results of these reviews not later than

270 days from the publication of this

notice.

Antidumping duty proceeding

Period to

be reviewed

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Applicable Statute and Regulations

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.

In addition, unless otherwise indicated,

all citations to the Department

regulations are to the regulations as

codified at 19 CFR part 351, 62 FR

27295 (May 19, 1997).

Concurrent with publication of this

notice, we will instruct the Customs

Service to allow, at the option of the

importer, the posting, until the

completion of the review, of a bond or

security in lieu of a cash deposit for

each entry of the merchandise exported

by the company listed above in

accordance with 19 CFR

351.214(e)(1997).

Interested parties must submit

applications for disclosure under

administrative protective orders in

accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(b).

This initiation and this notice are in

accordance with section 751(a) of the

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19

U.S.C. 1675(a) and 19 CFR 351.214.

Dated: December 5, 1997.

Richard W. Moreland,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Group II

Import Administration.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–351–804]

Industrial Nitrocellulose From Brazil;

Rescission of Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Rescission of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review.

SUMMARY: On August 28, 1997, the

Department of Commerce (‘‘the

Department’’) published in the Federal

Register (62 FR 45621) a notice

announcing the initiation of an

administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on industrial

nitrocellulose from Brazil. This review

covered the period July 1, 1996 through

June 30, 1997. This review has now

been rescinded at the request of the

petitioner.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alain Letort or John Kugelman, AD/CVD

Enforcement Group III—Office 8, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230;

telephone (202) 482–4243 or (202) 482–

0649, respectively, or fax (202) 482–

1388.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July

30, 1997, the petitioner, Hercules

Incorporated (‘‘Hercules’’), requested an

administrative review of Companhia

Nitro Quı ́mica Brasileira (‘‘Nitro

Quı ́mica’’), a Brazilian producer and

exporter of industrial nitrocellulose,

with respect to the antidumping duty

order published in the Federal Register

on July 10, 1990 (55 FR 28266). We

initiated this review on August 28, 1997

(62 FR 45621).

On November 26, 1997, Hercules

withdrew its request for review,

claiming that an industrial accident at

Nitro Quı ́mica’s production facilities in

Brazil had resulted in the shutdown of

those facilities. Hercules stated that

Nitro Quı ́mica ‘‘will not be in a position

for some time to dump industrial

nitrocellulose in the United States and

thereby contribute to the ongoing

material injury of petitioner.’’

Section 351.213(d)(1) of the

Department’s regulations provides that

‘‘[t]he Secretary will rescind an

administrative review under this

section, in whole or in part, if a party

that requested a review withdraws the

request within 90 days of the date of

publication of notice of initiation of the

requested review.’’ See 19 CFR

§ 351.213(d)(1) (1997). Because the only

party which requested a review has

withdrawn its request within the

regulatory time limit, we are now

rescinding this review. The cash deposit

rate for this firm will continue to be the

rate established in the most recently

completed segment of this proceeding.

This notice is published in

accordance with section 751 of the
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Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19

U.S.C. 1675 (1995)), and section

353.213(d)(4) of the Department’s

regulations (19 CFR § 353.213(d)(4)

(1997)).

Dated: December 5, 1997.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Enforcement

Group III, Import Administration.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A–570–802

Industrial Nitrocellulose From the

People’s Republic of China: 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 August 8, 1997, the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) published the preliminary

results of its administrative review of

the antidumping duty order on

industrial nitrocellulose (INC) from the

People’s Republic of China (PRC). This

review covers one producer/exporter,

China North Industries Guangzhou

Corporation (CNIGC), and entries of the

subject merchandise into the United

States during the period July 1, 1995

through June 30, 1996.

We gave interested parties an

opportunity to comment on our

preliminary results. On September 8,

1997, we received case briefs from

respondent and petitioner. On

September 15, 1997, we received

rebuttal comments from both parties.

We rejected respondent’s September 8,

1997 case brief because it contained

new information. Respondent

resubmitted its case brief on November

14, 1997. On November 21, 1997, we

placed on the record new data

concerning the price of steel drums in

Indonesia. On November 25, 1997,

respondents submitted comments on

this data. Based on our analysis of the

comments received, we have changed

the margin from that presented in our

preliminary results of review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rebecca Trainor or Maureen Flannery,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0666

and (202) 482–3020, respectively.

Applicable Statutes and Regulations:

Unless otherwise stated, 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. In

addition, unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Department’s regulations

are to the regulations as codified at 19

CFR part 353 (April 1, 1996).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On August 8, 1997, the Department

published in the Federal Register (62

FR 42747) the preliminary results of the

administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on INC from

the PRC (55 FR 28267, July 10, 1990).

The preliminary results indicated the

existence of a dumping margin. As we

explained in the preliminary results, we

did not grant CNIGC a separate rate.

However, because U.S. import statistics

indicate that CNIGC was the only

exporter of the subject merchandise to

the United States during the review

period, we based the PRC-wide rate on

the information submitted by CNIGC for

this review. See, Memorandum to the

File from Rebecca Trainor, dated July

23, 1997, on file in room B–099 of the

Commerce Department. We received

comments and rebuttal comments from

the petitioner and the respondent. The

Department has now completed this

administrative review in accordance

with section 751 of the Act.

Scope of the Review

Imports covered by this review are

shipments of industrial nitrocellulose

(INC) from the PRC. INC is a dry, white,

amorphous synthetic chemical with a

nitrogen content between 10.8 and 12.2

percent, and is produced from the

reaction of cellulose with nitric acid.

INC is used as a film-former in coatings,

lacquers, furniture finishes, and printing

inks. The scope of this order does not

include explosive grade nitrocellulose,

which has a nitrogen content of greater

than 12.2 percent.

INC is currently classified under

Harmonized Tariff System (HTS)

subheading 3912.20.00. While the HTS

item number is provided for

convenience and Customs purposes, the

written description remains dispositive

as to the scope of the product coverage.

The period of review (POR) is July 1,

1995 through June 30, 1996.

Changes From the Preliminary Results

1. In the preliminary results we

valued steel packing drums using the

Monthly Statistics of the Foreign Trade

of India: Imports, Volume II (Indian

import statistics) for the period of April

1995 through March 1996, and April

through June 1996. For the final results,

we have valued steel drums using

Indonesian prices contained in a

facsimile from the American embassy in

Jakarta, placed on the record for the

investigation of furfuryl alcohol from

the PRC. See Comment 4, and Final

Determination of Sales at Less than Fair

Value; Furfuryl Alcohol from the

People’s Republic of China, 60 FR 22544

(May 8, 1995) (Furfuryl Alcohol).

2. In the preliminary results, we

incorrectly converted the water usage

rate reported by respondent from tons to

kilograms. We also assigned a separate

surrogate value to water. For the final

results, we have corrected the

conversion error, and have not assigned

a separate surrogate value to water, as it

is included in the factory overhead

value we have used. See Comment 6.

3. For the distance between packing

materials suppliers and the INC factory

in the preliminary results, we used the

average distance between the supplier

and factory for all other materials. For

the final results, we have used the

actual distances between packing

materials suppliers and the respondent’s

factory, which we requested from

respondent on November 5, 1997. See

Comment 5.

4. In the preliminary results, we

applied an Indonesian factory overhead

rate which we obtained from the record

for Furfuryl Alcohol. For selling, general

and administrative (SG&A) expenses

and profit rates, we used Indonesian

data which we obtained from the record

for Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe

Fittings from the People’s Republic of

China, 57 FR 21058 (May 18, 1992)(Pipe

Fittings). For the final results, we have

used data obtained from the financial

statements of six Indian chemicalproducing companies. See Comment 7.

Analysis of Comments Received

We gave interested parties an

opportunity to comment on the

preliminary results. We received case

briefs and rebuttal briefs from petitioner

and respondent.

Comment 1: Surrogate country

selection: Respondent argues that the

Department should use India instead of

Indonesia as the primary surrogate

country in this review because: (1) The

volume of Indonesian exports of the

subject merchandise were very small,

unlike the volume of India’s exports; (2)