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over 18 inches in length, track tools and

wedges (bars and wedges); (3) picks/

mattocks; and (4) axes/adzes.

HFHTs include heads for drilling,

hammers, sledges, axes, mauls, picks,

and mattocks, which may or may not be

painted, which may or may not be

finished, or which may or may not be

imported with handles; assorted bar

products and track tools including

wrecking bars, digging bars and

tampers; and steel woodsplitting

wedges. HFHTs are manufactured

through a hot forge operation in which

steel is sheared to required length,

heated to forging temperature, and

formed to final shape on forging

equipment using dies specific to the

desired product shape and size.

Depending on the product, finishing

operations may include shot-blasting,

grinding, polishing and painting, and

the insertion of handles for handled

products. HFHTs are currently provided

for under the following Harmonized

Tariff System (HTS) subheadings:

8205.20.60, 8205.59.30, 8201.30.00, and

8201.40.60. Specifically excluded are

hammers and sledges with heads 1.5 kg

(3.33 pounds) in weight and under, hoes

and rakes, and bars 18 inches in length

and under. This review covers two

exporters of HFHTs from the PRC,

FMEC and SMC. The review period is

February 1, 1993 through January 31,

1994.

Amended Final Results

On April 4, 1996, the respondents

alleged that the Department had

committed a ministerial error in

calculating the final antidumping duty

margin. The respondents alleged that

the Department had miscalculated the

wholesale price index (WPI) for India

for the period April 1993 through

December 1993. We have reviewed this

allegation, and agree with the

respondents. We have therefore

amended our final results for this

ministerial error.

Final Results of Review

Upon review of the allegation

submitted, the Department has

determined that the following margins

exist for the period February 1, 1993

through January 31, 1994:

Manufacturer/exporter Time period Margin

(percent)

Fujian Machinery & Equipment Import & Export Corporation:

Axes/Adzes ......................................................................................................................................................... 2/1/93–1/31/94 12.90

Bars/Wedges ...................................................................................................................................................... 2/1/93–1/31/94 30.36

Hammers/Sledges .............................................................................................................................................. 2/1/93–1/31/94 18.61

Shandong Machinery Import & Export Corporation:

Bars/Wedges ...................................................................................................................................................... 2/1/93–1/31/94 45.19

Hammers/Sledges .............................................................................................................................................. 2/1/93–1/31/94 16.49

Picks/Mattocks .................................................................................................................................................... 2/1/93–1/31/94 68.43

The Department shall determine, and

the Customs Service shall assess,

antidumping duties on all appropriate

entries. Individual differences between

United States price and foreign market

value may vary from the percentages

stated above. The Department will issue

appraisement instructions directly to

the Customs Service.

Furthermore, the following deposit

requirements will be effective upon

publication of this notice of final results

of reviews for all shipments of HFHTs

from the PRC entered, or withdrawn

from warehouse, for consumption on or

after the publication date, as provided

for by section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1)

The cash deposit rates for the reviewed

companies named above which have

separate rates will be the rates for those

firms as stated above for the classes or

kinds of merchandise listed above; (2)

for picks/mattocks from FMEC and

axes/adzes from SMC, which are not

covered by this review, the cash deposit

rates will be the rates established in the

most recent review of those classes or

kinds of merchandise in which those

companies received separate rates—that

is, the February 1, 1992 through January

31, 1993 review; (3) for all other PRC

exporters, the cash deposit rates will be

the PRC rates established in the LTFV

investigation; and (4) the cash deposit

rates for non-PRC exporters of the

subject merchandise from the PRC will

be the rate applicable to the PRC

supplier of that exporter. The PRC rates

established in the LTFV investigations

are 45.42 percent for hammers/sledges,

31.76 percent for bars/wedges, 50.81

percent for picks/mattocks, and 15.02

percent for axes/adzes. These deposit

requirements shall remain in effect until

publication of the final results of the

next administrative review.

This notice serves as a final reminder

to importers of their responsibility

under section 353.26 of the

Department’s regulations 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 section 353.34(d) of the

Department’s regulations. 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.

This administrative review and notice

is in accordance with section 751(a)(1)

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

section 353.22 of the Department’s

regulations.

Dated: May 6, 1996.

Paul L. Joffe,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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Notice of Antidumping Orders:

Polyvinyl Alcohol From Japan, the

People’s Republic of China, and

Taiwan

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 14, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David J. Goldberger or Erik Warga,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4136 or

(202) 482–0922, respectively.
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Scope of Order

The merchandise covered by these

orders is polyvinyl alcohol. Polyvinyl

alcohol is a dry, white to cream-colored,

water-soluble synthetic polymer. This

product consists of polyvinyl alcohols

hydrolyzed in excess of 85 percent,

whether or not mixed or diluted with

defoamer or boric acid. Excluded from

this investigation are polyvinyl alcohols

covalently bonded with acetoacetylate,

carboxylic acid, or sulfonic acid

uniformly present on all polymer chains

in a concentration equal to or greater

than two mole percent, and polyvinyl

alcohols covalently bonded with silane

uniformly present on all polymer chains

in a concentration equal to or greater

than one-tenth of one mole percent.

Polyvinyl alcohol in fiber form is not

included in the scope of these orders.

The merchandise under these orders

is currently classifiable under

subheading 3905.30.00 of the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (HTSUS). Although the

HTSUS subheading is provided for

convenience and customs purposes, the

written description of the merchandise

under these orders is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Order

In accordance with section 735(a) of

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the

Act), the Department of Commerce (the

Department) made its final

determination that polyvinyl alcohol

from Japan, the People’s Republic of

China (PRC), and Taiwan is being sold

at less than fair value (61 FR 14057–

14063, March 29, 1996). On May 6,

1996, the International Trade

Commission (ITC) notified the

Department of its final determination,

pursuant to section 735(b)(1)(A)(ii) of

the Act, that an industry in the United

States is threatened with material injury

by reason of imports of the subject

merchandise from Japan, the PRC, and

Taiwan. The ITC did not determine,

pursuant to section 735(b)(4)(B) of the

Act, that, but for the suspension of

liquidation of entries of the subject

merchandise, the domestic industry

would have been materially injured.

When the ITC finds threat of material

injury, and makes a negative ‘‘but for’’

finding, the ‘‘Special Rule’’ provision of

section 736(b)(2) applies. Therefore,

only unliquidated entries of polyvinyl

alcohol from Japan, the PRC, and

Taiwan, except for imports from the

PRC manufactured and sold to the

United States by Sinopec Sichuan

Vinylon Works, entered or withdrawn

from warehouse, for consumption on or

after the date on which the ITC

published its notice of final

determination of threat of material

injury in the Federal Register are liable

for the assessment of antidumping

duties.

Accordingly, the Department will

direct the Customs Service to terminate

the suspension of liquidation for entries

of polyvinyl alcohol imported from

Japan, the PRC, and Taiwan, entered, or

withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption before the date on which

the ITC published its notice of final

determination of threat of material

injury in the Federal Register, and to

release any bond or other security, and

refund any cash deposit, posted to

secure the payment of estimated

antidumping duties with respect to

these entries.

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 foreign market exceeds the

United States price for all relevant

entries of polyvinyl alcohol from Japan,

the PRC, and Taiwan, except for imports

from the PRC manufactured and sold to

the United States by Sinopec Sichuan

Vinylon Works. 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’’ rate

listed for each country applies to all

exporters of polyvinyl alcohol not

specifically listed below.

The ad valorem weighted-average

dumping margins are as follows:

Manufacturer/producer/exporter

Weighted-average

margin

percentage

Japan:

Kuraray Co. Ltd. .......................... 77.49

Nippon Synthetic Chemical ......... 77.49

Industry Co. Ltd. .......................... 77.49

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. .............. 77.49

Unitika Ltd. .................................. 77.49

All Others .................................... 77.49

PRC:

Guangxi GITIC Import/Export ..... 116.75

Sinopec Sichuan Vinylon Works

(also known as Sichuan

Vinylon Works) ........................ 1 000.00

PRC-Wide rate ............................ 116.75

Taiwan:

Chang Chun Petrochemical ........ 19.21

All Others .................................... 19.21

1Excluded.

Allegations of ministerial errors were

made with respect to the Department’s

final determinations for polyvinyl

alcohol from the PRC and Taiwan. Upon

review, the Department determined that

certain corrections to these

determinations were appropriate.

However, these corrections did not alter

the margin percentages; therefore, no

amendments to the final determinations

were necessary.

This notice constitutes the

antidumping duty orders with respect to

polyvinyl alcohol from Japan, the PRC,

and Taiwan. The Department of

Commerce is excluding from the

application of the order products from

the PRC that are manufactured and sold

to the United States by Sinopec Sichuan

Vinylon Works. However, the ad

valorem weighted-average dumping

margin applicable to polyvinyl alcohol

manufactured by any other PRC

manufacturer and exported by Sinopec

Sichuan Vinylon Works is 116.75

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: May 9, 1996.

Paul L. Joffe,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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Pure and Alloy Magnesium from

Canada; Extension of Time Limit for

Countervailing Duty Administrative

Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit

for countervailing duty administrative

review.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) is extending the time

limit for preliminary and final results of

the third administrative review of the

countervailing duty order on pure and

alloy magnesium from Canada. This

extension is made pursuant to the Tariff

Act of 1930, as amended by the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act (hereinafter,

‘‘the Act’’).

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 14, 1996

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cynthia Thirumalai or Kristie Strecker,

Office of Countervailing Investigations,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and