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to which impurities reduced the value

of its recovered acetic acid. Therefore,

as BIA, we discounted this value by

52%, the amount calculated by

petitioner, based on the lowest price on

the LTFV investigative record for

recovered acetic acid of unknown

specifications sold in India.

Additionally, we had no information on

the impurities present in Tianjin

Perfumery’s hydrochloric acid. As BIA,

we drew the adverse inference that it

contained impurities which reduced its

value. We had no information on the

record from which to quantify the effect

of these impurities beyond the

adjustment for the concentration

percentage. However, the Department

had verified that this by-product was

sold, and not given away, to unrelated

parties during the POI. Therefore, as

BIA, we did not value hydrochloric acid

at zero. Rather, for the remand, instead

of using petitioner’s price quote as BIA

as we did in the final LTFV

determination, we used price

information from export statistics which

was lower. Finally, since Tianjin

Perfumery refused to provide

information about the impurities

present in its alcohol by-product, as

BIA, we made the adverse inference that

the effect of impurities is great enough

to render negligible the value of the

recoverable alcohol. Accordingly, we

revised Tianjin Perfumery’s FMV

calculation by valuing the offset for the

recovered alcohol as zero.

On February 4, 1997, the CIT affirmed

the remand results of the Department in

the matter of: Coumarin from the

People’s Republic of China; Final

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair

Value, Rhone Poulenc, Inc. v. United

States, Court No. 95–03–00275 (May 9,

1996). As a result, the margins changed

as listed below.

Suspension of Liquidation

During the pendency of the court suit,

on July 7, 1995, the Court of

International Trade preliminarily

enjoined liquidation on all shipments of

the subject merchandise entered, or

withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after July 30, 1994,

the date of publication of the

preliminary determination in the LTFV

investigation. Therefore, because no

request for review was made in the

anniversary month of the first review,

and in accordance with 19 USC

1516a(e)(2), the Department will

instruct the Customs Service to

liquidate entries from July 30, 1994, up

to and including February 29, 1996, the

period of the first review, at the rates set

forth below. Additionally, the

Department will instruct the Customs

Service to collect cash deposits at these

same rates for entries of subject

merchandise occurring on or after

March 1, 1996.

Conclusion

For the reasons stated above, we have

re-calculated the LTFV margins as

follows:

Exporter Margin

(percent)

Jiangsu Native Produce Import

and Export Corp.

31.02.

Tiangin Native Produce Import

and Export Corp.

70.45.

PRC-Wide Rate ......................... 160.80

(no

change).

Dated: February 18, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–4509 Filed 2–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–M

[A–560–801, A–570–844, A–583–825]

Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders

and Amendment to Final

Determination: Melamine Institutional

Dinnerware Products From Indonesia,

the People’s Republic of China, and

Taiwan

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 25, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Everett Kelly or David J. Goldberger,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone:

(202) 482–4194, or (202) 482–4136,

respectively.

Amended Final Determination

In accordance with section 735(a) of

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the

Act), on January 6, 1997, the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) made its final

determinations that melamine

institutional dinnerware from

Indonesia, the People’s Republic of

China (PRC), and Taiwan is being sold

at less than fair value (62 FR 1708–1733,

January 13, 1997).

After publication of our final

determinations, the American Melamine

Institutional Dinnerware Association,

the petitioner in these cases, alleged that

the Department committed certain

ministerial errors in calculating the

margins in these investigations. We

have determined that ministerial errors

were committed in calculating the

margin from the Indonesian respondent

P.T. Multi Rayah Indah Abah

(Multiraya) (See, Memoranda to the file

dated January 31, 1997, and February 3,

1997).

We are amending the final

determination of the antidumping

investigation of melamine institutional

dinnerware from Indonesia to correct

the ministerial error in the calculation

for Multiraya. The correct cash deposit

rate for Multiraya and the ‘‘all others’’

category producers/exporters of the

subject merchandise from Indonesia is

8.95 percent.

With respect to the Department’s final

determinations for melamine

institutional dinnerware from the PRC

and Taiwan, the Department determined

that certain corrections to these

determinations were appropriate (see

Memoranda to the file dated January 30

(Taiwan) and 31 (PRC), 1997). However,

these corrections did not alter the

margin percentages in the Taiwan case,

nor alter the de minimis finding in the

PRC case. Therefore, no amendments to

the final determinations are necessary.

Scope of Orders

The merchandise covered by these

orders is all items of dinnerware (e.g.,

plates, cups, saucers, bowls, creamers,

gravy boats, serving dishes, platters, and

trays) that contain at least 50 percent

melamine by weight, have a minimum

wall thickness of 0.08 inch, and are

intended for use by institutions such as

schools, hospitals, cafeterias,

restaurants, and nursing homes.

Melamine dinnerware that meets the

physical characteristics described above

that is generally sold to the retail sector

and intended for use by households is

not covered by these orders. Excluded

as well from the scope of these orders

are flatware products (e.g., knives, forks,

and spoons).

The merchandise is classifiable under

subheadings 3924.10.20, 3924.10.30,

and 3924.10.50 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).

Although the HTSUS subheadings are

provided for convenience and customs

purposes, our written description of the

scope of these orders is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Orders

In accordance with section 735(a) of

the Act, the Department made its final

determinations that melamine

institutional dinnerware from

Indonesia, the PRC, and Taiwan is being

sold at less than fair value (62 FR 1708–

1733, January 13, 1997). On February

18, 1997, the International Trade
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Commission (ITC) 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

imports of the subject merchandise from

Indonesia, the PRC, and Taiwan. In its

final determination, the ITC determined

that two like products exist for the

merchandise covered by the Commerce

investigations: (a) Melamine dinnerware

for institutional uses, and (b) melamine

dinnerware for non-institutional uses.

The ITC’s affirmative injury

determination covered only melamine

dinnerware for institutional uses.

Accordingly, the scope of the

antidumping duty orders, as described

above, reflects the ITC’s distinction

between institutional and noninstitutional uses.

In accordance with section 736(a)(1)

of the Act, the Department will direct

Customs officers to assess, upon further

advice by the administering authority,

antidumping duties equal to the amount

by which the normal value of the

merchandise exceeds the export price

(or the constructed export price) of the

merchandise for all relevant entries of

melamine institutional dinnerware from

Indonesia, the PRC, and Taiwan, except

for imports from the PRC manufactured

and sold to the United States by Chen

Hao (Xiamen) Plastic Industrial Co. Ltd.

(‘‘Chen Hao Xiamen’’), Gin Harvest

Melamine (Heyuan) Enterprises Co. Ltd.

(‘‘Gin Harvest’’), and Sam Choan Plastic

Co. Ltd. (‘‘Sam Choan’’), and for imports

from Taiwan sold by Yu Cheer

Industrial Co., Ltd. (‘‘Yu Cheer’’).

Accordingly, all bonds may be released

and entries of these exporters may be

liquidated without regard to

antidumping duties. For all other

exporters, Customs officers must

require, at the same time as importers

would normally deposit estimated

duties on this merchandise, a cash

deposit equal to the estimated weightedaverage antidumping duty margins as

noted below. The ‘‘All Others’’ or ‘‘PRCwide’’ rate listed for each country

applies to all exporters of melamine

institutional dinnerware not specifically

listed below. For melamine dinnerware

products intended for sale to the retail

sector and for use by households,

importers shall maintain on file a

declaration as to the intended use of the

imported merchandise. If the Customs

officer is satisfied that the intended use

of the imported merchandise is not for

institutional purposes, the entry will not

be covered by this order.

The ad valorem weighted-average

dumping margins are as follows:

Producer/manufacturer/exporterMargin percentage

I. Indonesia:

P.T. Mayer Crocodile ....... 12.90.

P.T. Multi Raya Indah

Abah.

8.95.

All Others ......................... 8.95.

II. People’s Republic of

China:

Chen Hao (Xiamen) Plastic Industrial Co. Ltd.0.46

(de minimis).

Gin Harvest Melamine

(Heyuan) Enterprises

Co. Ltd.

0.47

(de minimis).

Sam Choan Plastic Co.

Ltd.

0.04

(de minimis).

Tar-Hong Melamine

Xiamen Co. Ltd.

2.74.

PRC-Wide Rate ............... 7.06.

III. Taiwan:

Chen Hao Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd.3.25.

Yu Cheer Industrial Co.,

Ltd.

0.00.

IKEA Trading Far East Ltd 53.13.

Gallant Chemical Corporation.53.13.

All Others ......................... 3.25.

This notice constitutes the

antidumping duty orders with respect to

melamine institutional dinnerware from

Indonesia, the PRC, and Taiwan. The

Department is excluding from the

application of the orders products from

Taiwan manufactured and sold to the

United States by Yu Cheer. The

Department is also excluding products

from the PRC that are manufactured and

sold to the United States by Chen Hao

Xiamen, Gin Harvest, and Sam Choan;

however, the ad valorem weightedaverage dumping margin applicable to

melamine institutional dinnerware

manufactured by any other PRC

manufacturer and exported by any of

these companies is 7.06 percent (the

PRC-wide rate).

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.

These orders are published in

accordance with section 736(a) of the

Act.

Dated: February 18, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–4510 Filed 2–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–M

International Trade Administration

Notice of Compilation of Individuals

and Companies That Are Prepared To

Provide Guidance Regarding Doing

Business in the Pacific Islands

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, Department of

Commerce.

SUMMARY: The International Trade

Administration (ITA) is compiling a list

of individuals and companies that are

prepared to provide guidance regarding

doing business in the Pacific Islands.

ITA invites interested parties to express

their interest to the Office of South Asia

and Oceania.

DATES: Interested parties will be

retained on the list for a period of two

years. A party may request that it be

removed from the list at an earlier date.

ADDRESSES: Send by fax expressions of

interest to the Department’s Office of

South Asia and Oceania at (202) 482–

5330. Letters may be sent to: U.S.

Department of Commerce, Office of

South Asia and Oceania, 14th and

Constitution Ave. N.W., Rm. 2308,

Washington D.C. 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Kent

Stauffer at the above address, or at

telephone number (202) 482–2955.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of South Asia and Oceania coordinates

activity for the U.S. side of the United

States-Pacific Island Nations Joint

Commercial Commission (JCC). The

Island side is comprised of the

following thirteen countries: Cook

Islands, Federated States of Micronesia,

Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Papua New

Guinea, Republic of the Marshall

Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga,

Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Western Samoa.

The JCC plans to produce a listing of

individuals and firms (Counselors) that

are familiar with the business

conditions and government procedures

in the Pacific Islands. Interested

individuals and firms should have

extensive business experience and/or

have worked with governments in fields

involving economic developments in

the region. The Counselors will serve

without compensation from ITA or the

JCC. The JCC will maintain and

publicize a register of names for referral

purposes. The Counselors will have

access to JCC-generated information and

will provide a link to people in the

private sector seeking experienced

guidance about doing business in the

region.