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dumping margin is determined to be

0.63 percent, above the de minimis rate.

A rate must be below 0.50 percent to be

de minimis. See, 19 CFR 351.106(c).

Consequently, CBCC has not made sales

of subject merchandise ‘‘at not less than

NV for a period of at least three

consecutive years’’ as required by the

Department’s regulations. Because one

of the requirements to qualify for

revocation has not been met, the

Department has not addressed the issues

of commercial quantities and whether

the continued application of the

antidumping duty order is necessary to

offset dumping with regard to CBCC. As

a result of our analysis of factual

information submitted to us during the

course of this review, we determine not

to revoke this order with respect to

CBCC.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

Based on our analysis of comments

received, we have made certain changes

in the margin calculations. These

changes are discussed in the relevant

sections of the Decision Memorandum,

accessible in B–099 and on the Web at

www.ia.ita.doc.gov.

Final Results of Review

We determine that the following

percentage weighted-average margins

exist for the period July 1, 1998, through

June 30, 1999:

Manufacturer/exporter Margin

(percent)

RIMA ............................................. 0.00

MINASLIGAS ................................ 0.00

LIASA ............................................ 0.00

CBCC ............................................ 0.63

ELETROSILEX ............................. 93.20

The Department shall determine, and

Customs shall assess, antidumping

duties on all appropriate entries. In

accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b), we

have calculated exporter/importerspecific assessment rates. With respect

to export price, we divided the total

dumping margins for the reviewed sales

by the total entered value of those

reviewed sales for each importer. We

will direct Customs to liquidate without

regard to antidumping duties any

entries for which the assessment rate is

de minimis, i.e., less than 0.5 percent.

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 silicon metal from Brazil entered, or

withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after the date of

publication, as provided by section

751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit

rate for the reviewed companies will be

the rate shown above, except if the rate

is less than 0.5 percent, and therefore de

minimis, the cash deposit rate will be

zero; (2) for previously reviewed or

investigated companies not listed above,

the cash deposit rate will continue to be

the company-specific rate published for

the most recent period; (3) if the

exporter is not a firm covered in this

review, a prior review, or the original

less-than-fair-value (‘‘LTFV’’)

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) the cash deposit

rate for all other manufacturers or

exporters will continue to be 91.06

percent. This rate is the ‘‘All Others’’

rate from the LTFV investigation. 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)

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 doubled

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

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 and notice in accordance

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

Act.

Dated: January 31, 2001.

Timothy J. Hauser,

Acting Under Secretary for International

Trade.

Appendix—Issues in Decision

Memorandum Comments and

Responses

1. Requirements for Revocation with

Respect to LIASA

2. Calculation of Home Market Imputed

Credit Expenses for RIMA

3. Total Adverse Facts Available (‘‘FA’’) for

Eletrosilex

4. Calculation of Home Market Imputed

Credit Expenses for CBCC

5. Circumstance of Sale Adjustment

(‘‘COS’’) for CBCC

6. Calculation of Financial Expense Ratio

for CBCC

7. CBCC’s Consolidated Financial

Statement

8. CBCC’s Short-Term Income Offset

9. Allocation of CBCC’s Indirect Labor

Costs

10. Determination Not To Revoke CBCC

and LIASA

[FR Doc. 01–4536 Filed 2–22–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–475–828, A–557–809, A–565–801]

Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless

Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From

Italy, Malaysia, and the Philippines

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of antidumping duty

orders.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 23, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Helen Kramer (Italy) at (202) 482–0405,

Juanita Chen (Malaysia) at (202) 482–

0409, or Fred Baker (Philippines) at

(202) 482–2924, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (the Tariff Act) are references

to the provisions effective January 1,

1995, the effective date of the

amendments made to the Tariff Act by

the Uruguay Round Agreements Act

(URAA). In addition, unless otherwise

indicated, all references to the

Department of Commerce’s (the

Department’s) regulations are to 19 CFR

Part 351 (1999).

Scope of Investigation

For purposes of these orders, the

product covered is certain stainless steel

butt-weld pipe fittings (butt-weld

fittings). Butt-weld pipe fittings are

under 14 inches in outside diameter

(based on nominal pipe size), whether

finished or unfinished. The product

encompasses all grades of stainless steel

and ‘‘commodity’’ and ‘‘specialty’’

fittings. Specifically excluded from the

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1We received ministerial error allegations with

respect to the final determinations for Malaysia and

the Philippines. On December 28, 2000, Kanzen

Tetsu Sdn. Bhd. (respondent in the Malaysian

investigation) and on January 2, 2001, Tung Fong

Industrial Co., Inc. (respondent in the Philippines

investigation) submitted ministerial error

allegations. However, the Department found that

these allegations either did not fall within the

statutory or regulatory definition of ministerial error

or no longer needed correction. See memoranda to

the file dated January 17, 2001 (with respect to

Malaysia) and January 30, 2001 (with respect to the

Philippines). See also section 735(e) of the Tariff

Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f).

definition are threaded, grooved, and

bolted fittings, and fittings made from

any material other than stainless steel.

The butt-weld fittings subject to these

orders are generally designated under

specification ASTM A403/A403M, the

standard specification for Wrought

Austenitic Stainless Steel Piping

Fittings, or its foreign equivalents (e.g.,

DIN or JIS specifications). This

specification covers two general classes

of fittings, WP and CR, of wrought

austenitic stainless steel fittings of

seamless and welded construction

covered by the latest revision of ANSI

B16.9, ANSI B16.11, and ANSI B16.28.

Butt-weld fittings manufactured to

specification ASTM A774, or its foreign

equivalents, are also covered by these

orders.

These orders do not apply to cast

fittings. Cast austenitic stainless steel

pipe fittings are covered by

specifications A351/A351M, A743/

743M, and A744/A744M.

The butt-weld fittings subject to these

orders are currently classifiable under

subheading 7307.23.0000 of the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (HTSUS). Although the

HTSUS subheadings are provided for

convenience and customs purposes, the

written description of the scope of these

orders is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Orders

In accordance with section 735(a) of

the Tariff Act, the Department made its

final determinations that stainless steel

butt-weld pipe fittings from Italy,

Malaysia, and the Philippines are being

sold at less than fair value. (See Notice

of Final Determination of Sales at Less

Than Fair Value: Stainless Steel ButtWeld Pipe Fittings, 65 FR 81823

(Philippines), 81825 (Malaysia), 81830

(Italy) (December 27, 2000)).1 On

January 29, 2001, the International

Trade Commission (the Commission)

notified the Department of its final

determination pursuant to section

735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Tariff Act that an

industry in the United States is

materially injured by reason of lessthan-fair-value imports of subject

merchandise from Italy, Malaysia, and

the Philippines. Therefore, in

accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the

Tariff Act, the Department will direct

Customs officers to assess, upon further

advice by the Department, antidumping

duties equal to the amount by which the

normal value of the merchandise

exceeds the export price (or constructed

export price) of the merchandise for all

relevant entries of stainless steel buttweld pipe fittings from Italy, Malaysia,

and the Philippines. These antidumping

duties will be assessed on all

unliquidated entries of stainless steel

pipe fittings from Italy and the

Philippines, entered, or withdrawn from

warehouse, for consumption on or after

August 2, 2000, the date on which the

Department published its notices of

preliminary determination for those

countries in the Federal Register (65 FR

47388 (Italy) and 47393 (Philippines)).

With respect to Malaysia, because the

Department made a finding of sales at

not less than fair value in the

preliminary determination,

antidumping duties will be assessed on

all unliquidated entries of stainless steel

pipe fittings entered, or withdrawn from

warehouse, for consumption on or after

December 27, 2000, the date on which

the Department published its notice of

an affirmative final determination in the

Federal Register (65 FR 81825).

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 weighted-average

antidumping duty margins as noted

below. The ‘‘All Others’’ rates apply to

all exporters of subject stainless steel

butt-weld pipe fittings not specifically

listed. The weighted-average dumping

margins are as follows:

Exporter/manufacturer Margin

percentage

Italy

Coprosider S.p.A ................... 26.59

All Others .............................. 26.59

Malaysia

Kanzen Tetsu Sdn. Bhd ........ 7.51

All Others 7.51

Philippines

Enlin Steel Corporation ......... 33.81

Tung Fong Industrial Co., Inc 33.81

All Others .............................. 33.81

This notice constitutes the

antidumping duty orders with respect to

stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings

from Italy, Malaysia, and the

Philippines. Interested parties may

contact the Department’s 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

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. Effective

January 20, 2001, Bernard T. Carreau is

fulfilling the duties of the Assistant

Secretary for Import Administration.

Dated: February 6, 2001.

Bernard T. Carreau,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD

Enforcement II.

[FR Doc. 01–4540 Filed 2–22–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–533–809]

Certain Stainless Steel Flanges From

India: Bhansali Ferromet Pvt. Ltd.

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of

antidumping duty new shipper review.

SUMMARY: This review covers one

manufacturer/exporter, Bhansali

Ferromet Pvt. Ltd. (Bhansali) and sales

of the subject merchandise to the United

States during the period August 1, 1998

through July 31, 1999. The final results

do not differ from the preliminary

results of review, in which we found

that the respondent made sales in the

United States at prices below normal

value.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 23, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas Killiam or Robert James, AD/

CVD Enforcement Group III, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20230,

telephone: (202) 482–5222 or (202) 482–

0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute

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. 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 September 15, 2000, the

Department published in the Federal

Register the preliminary results of its