34614 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 126 / Friday, June 29, 2001 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–830]

Coumarin From the People’s Republic

of China: Final Results of Antidumping

Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: On March 8, 2001, the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) published the preliminary

results of its administrative review of

the antidumping duty order on

coumarin from the People’s Republic of

China (66 FR 13881). The review covers

the period February 1, 1999 through

January 31, 2000, and two firms:

Netchem Inc. (Netchem), a Canadian

reseller, and Jiangsu Native Produce

Import & Export Corporation (Jiangsu), a

Chinese exporter.

We gave interested parties an

opportunity to comment on our

preliminary results. No interested

parties have filed comments on the

preliminary results and no request for a

hearing has been received by the

Department. Therefore, we have not

changed the results from those

presented in the preliminary results of

review, and we will instruct the U.S.

Customs Service to assess antidumping

duties on suspended entries for

Netchem and Jiangsu at the rate

determined in the preliminary results

(see ‘‘Final Results of Review’’ section

below).

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 29, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elfi

Blum or Abdelali Elouaradia, Office of

AD/CVD Enforcement VII, Group III,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–0197 or

(202) 482–1374, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930

(the Act), as amended by the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act (URAA)

effective January 1, 1995. In addition,

unless otherwise indicated, all citations

to the Department’s regulations are

codified at 19 CFR part 351 (2000).

Background

On March 8, 2001, the Department

published the preliminary results of the

administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on coumarin.

See Coumarin From the People’s

Republic of China; Preliminary Results

of Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review, 66 FR 13881 (March 8, 2001)

(Preliminary Results). This review

covers imports of subject merchandise

from Netchem, a Canadian reseller, and

Jiangsu, a Chinese exporter. The period

of review (POR) for both companies is

February 1, 1999 through January 31,

2000. As noted above, the Department

did not receive any comments from

interested parties. The Department is

conducting this review in accordance

with section 751 of the Act.

Scope of the Antidumping Duty Order

The product covered by this order is

coumarin. Coumarin is an aroma

chemical with the chemical formula C

sub9 H sub6 O sub2 that is also known

by other names, including 2H-1-

benzopyran-2-one, 1,2-benzopyrone, ciso-coumaric acid lactone, coumarinic

anhydride, 2-Oxo-1,2-benzopyran, 5,6-

benzo-alpha-pyrone, ortho-hydroxyc

innamic acid lactone, cis-orthocoumaric acid anhydride, and tonka

bean camphor. All forms and variations

of coumarin are included within the

scope of the order, such as coumarin in

crystal, flake, or powder form, and

‘‘crude’’ or unrefined coumarin (i.e.,

prior to purification or crystallization).

Excluded from the scope of this order

are ethylcoumarins (C sub11 H sub10 O

sub2) and methylcoumarins (C sub10 H

sub8 O sub2). Coumarin is classifiable

under subheading 2932.21.0000 of the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (HTSUS). Although the

HTSUS subheading is provided for

convenience and Customs purposes, our

written description of the scope of this

review is dispositive.

Separate Rates

It is the Department’s standard policy

to assign all exporters of the

merchandise subject to review in nonmarket economy (NME) countries a

single rate, unless an exporter can

affirmatively demonstrate an absence of

government control, both in law (de

jure) and in fact (de facto), with respect

to exports. To establish whether a

company is sufficiently independent to

be entitled to a separate, companyspecific rate, the Department analyzes

each exporting entity in an NME

country under the test established in the

Final Determination of Sales at Less

Than Fair Value: Sparklers From the

People’s Republic of China, 56 FR

20588, 20589 (May 6, 1991), as

amplified by the Final Determination of

Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Silicon

Carbide From the People’s Republic of

China, 59 FR 22585, 22586–2587 (May

2, 1994). Because Netchem is a

Canadian reseller, a separate rate

analysis is neither requested nor

relevant for purposes of this review.

Because Jiangsu failed to cooperate, the

Department is not granting a separate

rate to Jiangsu.

Period of Review

The review period is February 1, 1999

through January 31, 2000.

Use of Adverse Facts Available

As discussed in the Preliminary

Results, we preliminarily determined

that the application of total adverse facts

available with respect to Netchem and

Jiangsu was appropriate. Both Netchem

and Jiangsu failed to cooperate by not

acting to the best of their ability. No

parties have commented on this

determination, and no new facts have

been submitted which would cause the

Department to revisit this decision.

Therefore, for the reasons set out in the

Preliminary Results, (see 66 FR 13881,

13882–13884), we have continued to

apply total adverse facts available to

Netchem and Jiangsu for the purposes of

this final results notice.

Final Results of Review

The Department has not altered its

determination from the preliminary

results to use the rate of 160.80 percent

as the adverse facts available for the

period February 1, 1999 through January

31, 2000 for all firms which have not

demonstrated that they are entitled to a

separate, company-specific rate, and for

Netchem.

The Department shall determine, and

Customs shall assess, antidumping

duties on all appropriate entries. We

will direct Customs to assess the

resulting percentage margin against the

entered Customs values for the subject

merchandise on each entry of that

importer during the review period.

Cash Deposit Requirements

The following deposit requirements

will be effective upon publication of

this notice of final results of

administrative review for all shipments

of coumarin from the PRC entered, or

withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after the publication

date, as provided for by section

751(a)(2)(c) of the Act: (1) The cash

deposit rate for the reviewed companies

will be 160.80 percent; (2) for

previously-reviewed PRC and non-PRC

exporters with separate rates, the cash

deposit rate will be the companyspecific rate established for the most

recent period; (3) for all other PRC

exporters, the cash deposit rate will be

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the PRC-wide rate, 160.80 percent; and

(4) for all other non-PRC exporters of the

subject merchandise, the cash deposit

rate will be the rate applicable to the

PRC supplier of that exporter. These

deposit requirements shall remain in

effect until publication of the final

results of the next administrative

review.

This notice also serves as a final

reminder to importers of their

responsibility under 19 CFR

351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate

regarding the reimbursement of

antidumping duties prior to liquidation

of the relevant entries during this

review period. Failure to comply with

this requirement could result in the

Secretary’s presumption that

reimbursement of antidumping duties

occurred and the subsequent assessment

of double antidumping duties.

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 written

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.

These final results of administrative

review are issued and published in

accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and

777(i)(1) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)

and 19 U.S.C. 1677f(i)(1)).

Dated: June 22, 2001.

Faryar Shirzad,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–001]

Potassium Permanganate From the

People’s Republic of China: Extension

of Time Limit for Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 29, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

Stolz or Howard Smith at (202) 482–

4474 or (202) 482–5193, respectively;

AD/CVD Enforcement, Office 4, Group

II, Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230.

Time Limits

Statutory Time Limits

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act

of 1930, as amended (the Act) requires

the Department of Commerce (the

Department) to make a preliminary

determination within 245 days after the

last day of the anniversary month of an

order for which a review is requested

and a final determination within 120

days after the date on which the

preliminary determination is published.

However, if it is not practicable to

complete the review within these time

periods, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act

allows the Department to extend the

time limit for the preliminary

determination to a maximum of 365

days and for the final determination to

180 days (or 300 days if the Department

does not extend the time limit for the

preliminary determination) from the

date of publication of the preliminary

determination.

Background

On February 28, 2000, the Department

published a notice of initiation of

administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on potassium

permanganate from the People’s

Republic of China, covering the period

January 1, 1999 through December 31,

1999 (65 FR 10466). On February 27,

2001, the Department published in the

Federal Register the preliminary results

of administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on potassium

permanganate from the People’s

Republic of China. See Potassium

Permanganate From the People’s

Republic of China: Preliminary Results

of Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review, 66 FR 12461 (February 27,

2001).

Extension of Time Limit For Final

Determination

We determine that it is not practicable

to complete the final results of this

review within the original time limit.

Therefore, the Department is extending

the time limit for completion of the final

results until no later than August 26,

2001. See Decision Memorandum from

Holly A. Kuga to Bernard T. Carreau,

dated concurrently with this notice,

which is on file in the Central Records

Unit, Room B–099 of the main

Commerce building.

This extension is in accordance with

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Dated: June 25, 2001.

Holly A. Kuga,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Group II

for Import Administration.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–580–841]

Structural Steel Beams From Korea:

Final Results of Changed

Circumstances Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of

changed circumstances review.

SUMMARY: On March 21, 2001, the

Department of Commerce

(‘‘Department’’) published the

preliminary results of its changed

circumstances review examining

whether Inchon Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.

(‘‘Inchon’’) is the successor-in-interest to

the merger of Inchon Iron & Steel Co.

Ltd. and Kangwon Industries, Ltd.

(‘‘Kangwon’’). See Structural Steel

Beams from Korea, Preliminary Results

of Changed Circumstances

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review, 66 FR 15834 (March 21, 2001)

(‘‘Preliminary Results’’). We gave

interested parties 21 days to comment

on our preliminary results. However, no

interested parties have provided

comments and no request for a hearing

has been received by the Department.

We have not changed our results from

those presented in the preliminary

results of the review.

As a result of this review, the

Department finds that Inchon is the

successor-in-interest to the merger of

Inchon and Kangwon, and thus, Inchon

should retain the deposit rate assigned

to Inchon by the Department for all

entries of subject merchandise produced

or exported by the post-merger entity.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 29, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephen Shin, Office of CVD/AD

Enforcement Group III, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–0413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to