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telephone: (202) 482–3477 or (202) 482–

4477, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

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 are to 19 CFR

Part 351 (1999).

Background

On May 8, 2000, the Department

published in the Federal Register the

preliminary results of the administrative

review of the antidumping duty order

on electrolytic manganese dioxide

(EMD) from Greece. See Preliminary

Results of Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review: Electrolytic

Manganese Dioxide from Greece, 65 FR

26570 (May 8, 2000) (Preliminary

Results). Kerr-McGee Chemical LLC and

Chemetals, Inc. (collectively ‘‘the

petitioners’’), submitted their case briefs

on June 7, 2000. Tosoh Hellas (Tosoh),

the sole respondent in this review,

submitted its case brief on June 7, 2000.

Tosoh submitted its rebuttal brief on

June 12, 2000. The petitioners did not

submit a rebuttal brief. We held a

hearing on June 29, 2000. The

Department has conducted this

administrative review in accordance

with section 751 of the Act.

Scope of Review

Imports covered by this review are

shipments of EMD from Greece. EMD is

manganese dioxide (MnO2) that has

been refined in an electrolysis process.

The subject merchandise is an

intermediate product used in the

production of dry-cell batteries. EMD is

sold in three physical forms (powder,

chip, or plate) and two grades (alkaline

and zinc chloride). EMD in all three

forms and both grades is included in the

scope of the order. This merchandise is

currently classifiable under item

number 2820.10.0000 of the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (HTSUS). The HTSUS

number is provided for convenience and

customs purposes. It is not

determinative of the products subject to

the order. The written product

description remains dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

All issues raised in the case and

rebuttal briefs by the petitioners and

Tosoh are addressed in the ‘‘Issues and

Decision Memorandum’’ (Decision

Memo) from Richard W. Moreland,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, to Troy H.

Cribb, Acting Assistant Secretary, dated

November 6, 2000, which is hereby

adopted by this notice. A list of the

issues which parties have raised and to

which we have responded, all of which

are in the Decision Memo, is attached to

this notice as an appendix. This

Decision Memo, which is a public

document, is on file in the Central

Records Unit, Main Commerce Building,

Room B–099, and is accessible on the

Web at http://ia.ita.doc.gov. The paper

copy and electronic version of the

Decision Memo are identical in content.

Sunset Revocation

On April 20, 2000, the International

Trade Commission (ITC), pursuant to

section 751(c) of the Act, determined

that revocation of the antidumping duty

order on EMD from Greece would not be

likely to lead to continuation or

recurrence of material injury within a

reasonably foreseeable time. Therefore,

because the order was revoked on May

31, 2000, as a result of the ITC’s

determination with an effective date of

January 1, 2000, no deposit

requirements will be effective for

shipments entered, or withdrawn from

warehouse, for consumption on or after

the publication date of the final results

of this administrative review.

Changes From the Preliminary Results

We made one change in our

calculations for these final results. We

used Tosoh’s revised U.S. variable costof-manufacturing figure in our margin

calculation (see Decision Memorandum,

Comment 2).

Final Results of Review

We have determined that a weightedaverage margin of zero percent exists for

Tosoh for the period April 1, 1998,

through March 31, 1999. The

Department will issue appraisement

instructions directly to the Customs

Service.

This notice also serves as a reminder

to parties subject to administrative

protective order (APO) of their

responsibility concerning the

disposition of proprietary information

disclosed under APO in accordance

with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely

notification of return/destruction of

APO materials or conversion to judicial

protective order is hereby requested.

Failure to comply with the regulations

and the terms of an APO is a

sanctionable violation.

We are issuing and publishing this

determination in accordance with

sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the

Act.

Dated: November 3, 2000.

Richard W. Moreland,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

Appendix

Comments and Responses

1. Facts Available

2. Foreign Like Product

3. Home Market Viability/Particular Market

Situation

4. Date of Sale

5. Credit Expense

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–588–815; A–201–802]

Continuation of Antidumping Duty

Orders: Gray Portland Cement and

Cement Clinker from Japan and

Mexico

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of continuation of

antidumping duty rrders: Gray portland

cement and cement clinker from Japan

and Mexico.

SUMMARY: On March 3, 2000, and July 3,

2000, the Department of Commerce

(‘‘the Department’’), pursuant to

sections 751(c) and 752 of the Tariff Act

of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’),

determined that revocation of the

antidumping duty orders on gray

portland cement and cement clinker

from Japan and Mexico would be likely

to lead to continuation or recurrence of

dumping. See Gray Portland Cement

and Cement Clinker From Japan; Final

Results of Antidumping Duty Expedited

Sunset Review, 65 FR 11549 (March 3,

2000), and Gray Portland Cement and

Cement Clinker From Mexico; Final

Results of Full Sunset Review, 65 FR

41049 (July 3, 2000).

On November 1, 2000, the

International Trade Commission (‘‘the

Commission’’), pursuant to section

751(c) of the Act, determined that

revocation of the antidumping duty

orders on gray portland cement and

cement clinker from Japan and Mexico

would be likely to lead to continuation

or recurrence of material injury to an

industry in the United States within a

reasonably foreseeable time. See Gray

Portland Cement and Cement Clinker

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from Japan, Mexico, and Venezuela, 65

FR 65327 (November 1, 2000).

Therefore, pursuant to 19 CFR

351.218(f)(4), the Department is

publishing this notice of continuation of

the antidumping duty orders on gray

portland cement and cement clinker

from Japan and Mexico.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 15, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Martha V. Douthit or James P. Maeder,

Office of Policy for Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–5050 or (202) 482–

3330, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On August 2, 1999, the Department

initiated, and the Commission

instituted, sunset reviews (64 FR 41915

and 64 FR 41958) of the antidumping

duty orders on gray portland cement

and cement clinker from Japan and

Mexico, pursuant to section 751(c) of

the Act. As a result of its reviews, the

Department found, on March 3, 2000,

and July 3, 2000, that revocation of the

antidumping duty orders on gray

portland cement and cement clinker

from Japan and Mexico would likely

lead to continuation or recurrence of

dumping and notified the Commission

of the magnitude of the margins likely

to prevail were the orders revoked. See

65 FR 11549 (March 3, 2000 and 65 FR

41049 (July 3, 2000), respectively.

On November 1, 2000, the

Commission determined, pursuant to

section 751(c) of the Act, that revocation

of the antidumping duty orders on gray

portland cement and cement clinker

from Japan and Mexico would be likely

to lead to continuation or recurrence of

material injury to an industry in the

United States within a reasonably

foreseeable time. See Gray Portland

Cement and Cement Clinker From

Japan, Mexico, and Venezuela, 65 FR

65327 (November 1, 2000) and USTIC

Publication 3361, Investigation Nos.

303–TA–21 (Review) and 731–TA–451,

461, and 519 (Review)(October 2000).

Scope of the Orders

See Appendix

Determination

As a result of the determinations by

the Department and the Commission

that revocation of the antidumping duty

orders would be likely to lead to

continuation or recurrence of dumping

and material injury to an industry in the

United States, pursuant to section

751(d)(2) of the Act, the Department

hereby orders the continuation of the

antidumping duty orders on gray

portland cement and cement clinker

from Japan and Mexico. The Department

will instruct the Customs Service to

continue to collect antidumping duty

deposits at the rates in effect at the time

of entry for all imports of subject

merchandise. The effective date of

continuation of these orders will be the

date of publication in the Federal

Register of this Notice of Continuation.

Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) and

751(c)(6) of the Act, the Department

intends to initiate the next five-year

review of this order not later than

October 2005.

Dated: November 8, 2000.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

Appendix

Japan

The products covered by this order

are gray portland cement and cement

clinker (‘‘portland cement’’) from Japan.

Gray portland cement is a hydraulic

cement and the primary component of

concrete. Cement clinker, an

intermediate material produced when

manufacturing cement, has no use other

than grinding into finished cement.

Microfine cement was specifically

excluded from the antidumping duty

order. Gray portland cement is currently

classifiable under the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule (‘‘HTS’’) item number

2523.29, and cement clinker is currently

classifiable under HTS item number

2523.10. Gray portland cement has also

been entered under item number

2523.90 as ‘‘other hydraulic cements.’’

The Department made two scope rulings

regarding the subject merchandise. See

Scope Rulings, 57 FR 19602 (May 7,

1992), classes G and H of oil well

cement are within the scope of the

order; and Scope Rulings, 58 FR 27542

(May 10, 1993), nittetsu super fine

cements are not within the scope of the

order.

The HST item numbers are provided

for convenience and customs purposes.

The written product description

remains dispositive as to the scope of

the product coverage.

Mexico

The products covered by this order

include gray portland cement and

clinker (‘‘portland cement’’) from

Mexico. Gray portland cement is a

hydraulic cement and the primary

component of concrete. Clinker, an

intermediate material product produced

when manufacturing cement, has no use

other than of being ground into finished

cement. Gray portland cement is

currently classifiable under the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule (‘‘HTS’’)

item number 2523.29 and cement

clinker is currently classifiable under

HTS item number 2523.10. Gray

portland cement has also been entered

under HTS item number 2523.90 as

‘‘other hydraulic cements’’. In its only

scope ruling, the Department

determined that masonry cement is not

within the scope of the order. See Scope

Ruling 61 FR 18381 (April 25, 1996).

The HTS subheadings are provided

for convenience and customs purposes

only. The written product description

remains dispositive as to the scope of

the product coverage.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Central Institute for the Deaf; Notice of

Decision on Application for Duty-Free

Entry of Electron Microscope

This is a decision 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). Related records can be

viewed between 8:30 A.M. and 5 P.M.

in Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

Docket Number: 00–030. Applicant:

Central Institute for the Deaf, St. Louis,

MO 63110. Instrument: Electron

Microscope, Model H–7500.

Manufacturer: Hitachi, Japan. Intended

Use: See notice at 65 FR 59175, October

4, 2000. Order Date: March 3, 2000.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instrument, for such purposes as the

instrument is intended to be used, was

being manufactured in the United States

at the time the instrument was ordered.

Reasons: The foreign instrument is a

conventional transmission electron

microscope (CTEM) and is intended for

research or scientific educational uses

requiring a CTEM. We know of no

CTEM, or any other instrument suited to

these purposes, which was being

manufactured in the United States at the

time of order of the instrument.

Gerald A. Zerdy,

Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs

Staff.

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