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appropriate margin (see, e.g., Fresh Cut

Flowers from Mexico; Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review 61 FR 6812 (Feb. 22, 1996)

(where the Department disregarded the

highest margin as adverse BIA because

the margin was based on another

company’s uncharacteristic business

expense resulting in an unusually high

margin)).

In this case, we have used the highest

rate from any prior segment of the

proceeding, 1.51 percent, as adverse

facts available. This rate is the highest

available rate and, to the best of our

knowledge, there are no circumstances

that indicate that the selected margin is

not appropriate as adverse facts

available.

Preliminary Results of Review

As a result of this review, we

preliminarily determine that the

following margins exist for the period

March 1, 1994, through February 28,

1995:

Manufacturer/exporter Margin

(percent)

Atlantic & Pacific ....................... 1.51

Boo Kook Corporation .............. 1.51

Chun Kee Steel & Wire Rope

Co., Ltd .................................. 0.01

Chung Woo Rope Co., Ltd ....... 0.04

Dae Heung Industrial Co .......... (1)

Dae Kyung Metal ...................... 1.51

Dong-Il Metal ............................ 1.51

Dong-Il Steel Manufacturing

Co., Ltd .................................. 1.51

Dong Young .............................. 1.51

Hanboo Wire Rope, Inc ............ 1.51

Jinyang Wire Rope, Inc ............ 1.51

Korea Sangsa Co ..................... (1)

Korope Co. ................................ 1.51

Kumho Rope ............................. 0.01

Kwang Shin Ind ........................ 1.51

Kwangshin Rope ....................... 1.51

Manho Rope & Wire, Ltd .......... 0.00

Myung Jin Co ............................ (1)

Seo Hae Ind .............................. 1.51

Seo Jin Rope ............................ 1.51

Ssang Yong Steel Wire Co.,

Ltd ......................................... 0.06

Sung Jin .................................... 0.00

Sungsan Special Steel Processing Inc .............................. (1)

TSK (Korea) Co., Ltd ................ (1)

Yeonsin Metal ........................... 20.18

1 No shipments subject to this review. The

firm has no individual rate from any segment

of this proceeding. 2 No shipments subject to this review. Rate

is from the last relevant segment of the proceeding in which the firm had shipments/sales.

Parties to the proceeding may request

disclosure within 5 days of the date of

publication of this notice. Any

interested party may request a hearing

within 10 days of publication. Any

hearing, if requested, will be held 44

days after the publication of this notice,

or the first workday thereafter.

Interested parties may submit case briefs

within 30 days of the date of publication

of this notice. Parties who submit

argument in this proceeding are

requested to submit with each

argument: (1) a statement of the issues,

and (2) a brief summary of the

arguments. Rebuttal briefs, which must

be limited to issues raised in the case

briefs, may be filed not later than 37

days after the date of publication. The

Department will issue a notice of the

final results of this administrative

review, which will include the results of

its analysis of issues raised in any such

written comments or at the hearing,

within 180 days from the issuance of

these preliminary results.

The Department shall determine, and

the Customs Service shall assess,

antidumping duties on all appropriate

entries. The Department will issue

appraisement instructions directly to

the Customs Service. The final results of

this review shall be the basis for the

assessment of antidumping duties on

entries of merchandise covered by the

determination and for future deposits of

estimated duties. For duty assessment

purposes, we calculated an importerspecific assessment rate by aggregating

the dumping margins calculated for all

U.S. sales to each importer and dividing

this amount by the total quantity of

subject merchandise sold to each of the

respective importers. This specific rate

calculated for each importer will be

used for the assessment of antidumping

duties on the relevant entries of subject

merchandise during the POR.

Furthermore, the following deposit

requirements will be effective upon

completion of the final results of this

administrative review for all shipments

of steel wire rope from Korea entered, or

withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after the publication

date of the final results of this

administrative review, as provided by

section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) the cash

deposit rate for the reviewed companies

will be the rates established in the final

results of administrative review; (2) for

merchandise exported by manufacturers

or exporters not covered in this review

but covered in the original LTFV

investigation or a previous review, the

cash deposit will continue to be the

most recent rate published in the final

determination or final results for which

the manufacturer or exporter received

an individual rate; (3) if the exporter is

not a firm covered in this review, the

previous review, or the original

investigation, but the manufacturer is,

the cash deposit rate will be the rate

established for the most recent period

for the manufacturer of the

merchandise; and (4) if neither the

exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm

covered in this or any previous reviews,

the cash deposit rate will be 1.51

percent, the ‘‘all others’’ rate established

in the LTFV investigation (58 FR 16398,

March 26, 1993).

This notice serves as a preliminary

reminder to importers of their

responsibility 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 administrative review and notice

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

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

CFR 353.22.

Dated: April 26, 1996.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 96–11250 Filed 5–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[A–427–078]

Sugar From France: Initiation and

Preliminary Results of Changed

Circumstances Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review, and Intent To

Revoke Finding in Part

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of initiation and

preliminary results of changed

circumstances antidumping duty

administrative review, and intent to

revoke finding in part.

SUMMARY: In response to a request made

on March 12, 1996, by BoironBorneman, Inc. (Boiron), the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) is initiating a changed

circumstances antidumping duty

administrative review and issuing a

preliminary intent to revoke in part the

antidumping duty finding on sugar from

France, the scope of which currently

includes sugar, both raw and refined,

with the exception of specialty sugars.

See Sugar From Belgium, France, and

the Federal Republic of Germany;

Finding of Dumping, 44 FR 33878 (June

13, 1979), and Memorandum For Dick

Moreland From Frank R. Brennan (June

1, 1982). Based on the fact that the

Florida Sugar Marketing and Terminal

Association, Inc., (the petitioner) has

expressed no interest in the importation
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or sale of homeopathic sugar pellets

produced in France, we intend to

partially revoke this finding.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 6, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Matthew Blaskovich or Zev Primor,

Office of Antidumping Compliance,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,

DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–5831/

4114.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On December 29, 1994, Boiron

requested that the Department issue a

scope ruling, finding its sugar pellets

outside the scope of the finding. On

February 26, 1996, the petitioner

informed the Department in writing that

it does not object to a changed

circumstances review and has no

interest in the importation or sale of

homeopathic sugar pellets produced in

France. On March 12, 1996, Boiron

requested that the Department conduct

a changed circumstance review.

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (The Act), are referenced 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’s regulations are to

the current regulations, as amended by

the interim regulations published in the

Federal Register on May 11, 1995 (60

FR 25130).

Scope of Review

The final antidumping finding on

sugar from France covers raw and

refined sugar (44 FR 8949 (February 12,

1979)). The petition, filed by the Florida

Sugar Marketing & Terminal Assn., Inc.,

on July 3, 1978, states that ‘‘[t]he

product being imported and which is

the subject of this petition, is raw and

refined, semi-refined or ‘off-white’ sugar

produced from sugar beets. Raw beet

sugar and raw cane sugar are very

similar chemically and nutritionally,

with the result that they are

interchangeable in terms of meeting

refiners’ needs for raw sugar.’’ See

Petition of Florida Sugar Marketing &

Terminal Assn., Inc., July 3, 1978, at 7.

Excluded from the finding are specialty

sugars. Imports of the subject

merchandise are currently classifiable

under various subprovisions of item

number 1701.91 of the Harmonized

Tariff Schedule of the United States

(HTS). HTS item numbers are provided

for convenience and for Customs

purposes. This written description

remains dispositive.

The merchandise covered by this

changed circumstances review includes

homeopathic sugar pellets meeting the

following criteria: (1) composed of 85

percent sucrose and 15 percent lactose;

(2) have a polished, matte appearance,

and more uniformly porous than

domestic sugar cubes; (3) produced in

two sizes of 2 and 3.8 mm in diameter.

The finding with regard to imports of

other sugar products is not affected by

this request. This changed

circumstances administrative review

covers homeopathic sugar pellets

imported from France.

Initation and Preliminary Results of

Changed Circumstances Antidumping

Duty Administrative Review, and Intent

To Revoke Finding in Part

Purusant to section 751(d) of the Act,

the Department may partially revoke an

antidumping duty order based on a

review under section 751(b) of the Act

(i.e., a changed circumstances review).

Section 751(b)(1) of the Act requires a

changed circumstances administrative

review to be conducted upon receipt of

a request containing information

concerning changed circumstances

sufficient to warrant a review.

The Department’s regulations at 19

CFR 353.25(d)(2) permit the Department

to conduct a changed circumstances

administrative review under 19 CFR

353.22(f) based upon an affirmative

statement of no interest from the

petitioner in the proceeding. Section

782(h) of the Act and Section

353.25(d)(1)(i) of the Department’s

regulations further provide that the

Department may revoke an order or

revoke an order in part if it determines

that the order under review is no longer

of interests to interested parties. In

addition, in the event that the

Department concludes that expedited

action is warranted, section 353.22(f)(4)

of the regulations permits the

Department to combine the notices of

initiation and preliminary results.

Therefore, in accordance with sections

751(d) and 782(h) of the Act and 19 CFR

353.25(d) and 353.22(f), based on an

affirmative statement of no interest in

this proceeding by petitioner, we are

initiating this changed circumstances

administrative review. Based on the fact

that no other interested parties have

objected to the position taken by

petitioner that they have no interest in

the order regarding homeopathic sugar

pellets from France, we have

determined that expedited action is

warranted, and we are combining these

notices of initiation and preliminary

results. We have preliminarily

determined tat there are changed

circumstances sufficient to warrant

partial revocation of the finding on

sugar from France. Therefore, we are

hereby notifying the public of our intent

to revoke in part the antidumping duty

finding as it relates to imports of

homeopathic sugar pellets from France.

If final revocation in part occurs, we

intend to instruct the U.S. Customs

Service (Customs) to end the suspension

of liquidation of homeopathic sugar

pellets from France on the effective date

of the final notice of partial revocation

and to refund any estimated

antidumping duties collected for all

unliquidated entries of homeopathic

sugar pellets made on or after June 1,

1994, in accordance with 19 C.F.R.

353.25(d)(5). We will also instruct

Customs to refund interest for entries

made on or after June 1, 1994, in

accordance with section 778 of the Act.

The current requirement for a cash

deposit of estimated antidumping duties

will continue until publication of the

final results of this changed

circumstances review.

Public Comment

Parties to the proceeding may request

disclosure within 5 days of the date of

publication of this notice and any

interested party may request a hearing

within 10 days of publication. Any

hearing, if requested, will be held no

later than 28 days after the date of

publication of this notice, or the first

workday thereafter. Case briefs and/or

written comments from interested

parties may be submitted not later than

14 days after the date of publication of

this notice. Rebuttal briefs and rebuttals

to written comments, limited to the

issues raised in those comments, may be

filed not later than 21 days after the date

of publication of this notice. All written

comments shall be submitted in

accordance with 19 CFR 353.31(e) and

shall be served on all interested parties

on the Department’s service list in

accordance with 19 CFR 353.31(g).

Persons interested in attending the

hearing should contact the Department

for the date and time of the hearing. The

Department will publish the final

results of this changed circumstances

review, including the results of its

analysis of issues raised in any written

comments.

This notice is in accordance with

section 751(b)(1) of the Act and sections

353.22(f) and 353.25(d) of the

Department’s regulations.
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Dated: April 26, 1996.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 96–11124 Filed 5–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–M

[A–588–054 and A–588–604]

Tapered Roller Bearings, Finished and

Unfinished, and Parts Thereof From

Japan and Tapered Roller Bearings,

Less Than Four Inches in Outside

Diameter, and Components Thereof

From Japan; Antidumping Duty

Administrative Reviews; Time Limits

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time

Limits.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) is extending the time

limits of the preliminary and final

results of the 1994–95 administrative

reviews of the antidumping duty order

(A–588–604) and finding (A–588–054)

on tapered roller bearings from Japan.

These reviews cover 13 manufacturers/

exporters and resellers of the subject

merchandise to the United States and

the period October 1, 1994, through

September 30, 1995.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 6, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Valerie Turoscy or Robert James, Office

of Antidumping Compliance, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–5253.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Because it

is not practicable to complete these

reviews within the normal time frame,

the Department is extending the time

limits for completion of the preliminary

results until October 30, 1996, in

accordance with section 751 (a)(3)(A) of

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by

the Uruguay Round Agreements Act of

1994. We will issue our final results for

these reviews by February 28, 1997.

These extensions are in accordance

with section 751 (a)(3)(A) of the Tariff

Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1675

(a)(3)(A)).

Dated: April 29, 1996.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary For Compliance.

[FR Doc. 96–11249 Filed 5–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

U.S.-Korea Committee on Business

Cooperation

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Extension of time period to seek

membership on U.S.-Korea Committee

on Business Cooperation.

SUMMARY: On April 4, 1996, the

Department of Commerce published a

notice in the Federal Register (61 FR

15041 (April 4, 1996)) seeking

nominations of outstanding individuals

to serve on the U.S. section of the U.S.-

Korea Committee on Business

Cooperation (‘‘CBC’’). The purpose of

the CBC is to provide a forum through

which the U.S. and Korean public and

private sectors can cooperate to

exchange information on commercial

matters and to encourage discussions on

a variety of issues that impact their

bilateral commerce. This notice extends

the time for requests to serve on the U.S.

section.

DEADLINE: The earlier notice provided

that requests needed to be received by

the Department of Commerce not later

than May 3, 1996. This notice extends

the period for the receipt of requests to

serve until June 3, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Please send your requests

for consideration to Susan M. Blackman,

Director, Office of Korea and Southeast

Asia, either by fax on (202) 482–4760 or

by mail at Room 3203, U.S. Department

of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan M. Blackman, Director, Office of

Korea and Southeast Asia, either by fax

on (202) 482–4760 or by mail at Room

3203, U.S. Department of Commerce,

Washington, D.C. 20230.

Authority: Act of February 14, 1903, c. 552,

as amended, 15 U.S.C. 1501 et seq., 32 Stat.

825; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1979, 19

U.S.C. 2171 Note, 93 Stat. 1381.

Dated: April 26, 1996.

Nancy Linn Patton,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia Pacific.

[FR Doc. 96–11159 Filed 5–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DA–P

[C–412–811]

Certain Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth

Carbon Steel Products From the

United Kingdom; Preliminary Results

of Countervailing Duty Administrative

Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of preliminary results of

Countervailing Duty Administrative

Review.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) is conducting an

administrative review of the

countervailing duty order on certain hot

rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel

products from the United Kingdom. We

preliminarily determine the net subsidy

to be 1.69 percent ad valorem for United

Engineering Steels Limited. The net

subsidies for non-reviewed companies

are 20.33 percent ad valorem for Allied

Steel and Wire Limited (ASW), and 9.76

percent ad valorem for all other nonreviewed companies for the period

January 1, 1994 through December 31,

1994. If the final results remain the

same as these preliminary results of

administrative review, we will instruct

the U.S. Customs Service to assess

countervailing duties as indicated in the

Preliminary Results of Review section of

this notice. Interested parties are invited

to comment on these preliminary

results.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 6, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Melanie Brown or Christopher Cassel,

Office of Countervailing Compliance,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,

D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On March 22, 1993, the Department

published in the Federal Register (58

FR 15327) the countervailing duty order

on certain hot-rolled lead and bismuth

carbon steel products from the United

Kingdom. On March 7, 1995, the

Department published a notice of

‘‘Opportunity to Request an

Administrative Review’’ (60 FR 12540)

of this countervailing duty order. We

received timely requests for review from

United Engineering Steels Limited,

Inland Steel Bar Co. and United States/

Kobe Steel Co., interested parties to this

administrative review. We initiated the

review, covering the period January 1,

1994 through December 31, 1994, on

April 14, 1995 (60 FR 19018).

In accordance with section 355.22(a)

of the Department’s Interim Regulations,

this review covers only those producers

or exporters for which a review was

specifically requested. See Antidumping

and Countervailing Duties: Interim

Regulations; Request for Comments, 60

FR 25130 (May 11, 1995) (Interim

Regulations). Accordingly, this review

covers United Engineering Steel Limited

and British Steel plc. British Steel plc.

stated that it did not produce or export

the subject merchandise during the

period of review (POR). Therefore,