NOTICES

                        DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                               [C-427-016]

     Industrial Nitrocellulose From France; Final Results of Countervailing Duty
                           Administrative Review

                          Thursday, April 28, 1988

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 AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Import Administration,
 Commerce.

 ACTION: Notice of final results of countervailing duty administrative review.

 SUMMARY: On March 10, 1988, the Department of Commerce published the preliminary
 results of its administrative review of the countervailing duty order on industrial
 nitrocellulose from France. We have now completed that review and determine the net
 subsidy during the period January 1, 1984 through December 31, 1985 to be de minimis.

 EFFECTIVE DATE: April; 28, 1988.

 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:Lorenza Olivas or Bernard Carreau, Office of
 Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce,
 Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 377-2786.

 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: .

 Background

 On March 10, 1988, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") published in the
 Federal Register (53 FR 7776) the preliminary results of its administrative review and
 tentative determination to revoke the countervailing duty order on industrial
 nitrocellulose from France (48 FR 28521, June 22, 1983). The Department has now
 completed that administrative review in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of
 1930 ("the Tariff Act").

 Scope of Review

 Imports covered by the review are shipments of French industrial nitrocellulose
 containing between 10.8 percent and 12.2 percent nitrogen, not explosive grade
 nitrocellulose which contains over 12.2 percent nitrogen. Industrial nitrocellulose is a
 dry, white, amorphous, synthetic chemical produced by the action of nitric acid on
 cellulose. Industrial nitrocellulose comes in several viscosities and is used to form films
 in lacquers, coatings, furniture finishes and printing ink. Such merchandise is currently
 classifiable as cellulosic plastic materials, other than cellulose acetate, under item
 number 445.2500 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated and item number
 3912.20.00 of the Harmonized System.

 Final Results of Review

 We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the preliminary results and
 tentative determination to revoke. We received no comments.
 As a result of our review, we determine the net subsidy to be 0.26 percent ad valorem for
 the period January 1, 1984 through December 31, 1984, and 0.10 percent ad valorem for
 the period January 1, 1985 through December 31, 1985. The Department considers any
 rate less than 0.50 percent ad valorem to be de minimis.
 Therefore, the Department will instruct the Customs Service to liquidate, without regard
 to countervailing duties, all unliquidated entries of this merchandise exported on or
 after January 1, 1984 and on or before December 31, 1985.
 Further, the Department will instruct the Customs Service to waive deposits of estimated
 countervailing duties, as provided by section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act, on all
 shipments of this merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption
 on or after the date of publication of this notice. This deposit waiver shall remain in effect
 until publication of the final results of the next administrative review.
 This administrative review and notice are in accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the
 Tariff Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and 19 CFR 355.10.

 Joseph A. Spetrini,

 Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

 Dated: April 22, 1988.

 [FR Doc. 88-9451 Filed 4-27-88; 8:45 am]

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