Titanium Sponge From Russia; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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In response to a request from Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET), Berezniki Titanium-Magnesium Works (AVISMA), Interlink Metals and Chemicals, Inc. (Interlink), and RMI Titanium Company (RMI), a U.S. producer of titanium sponge, a Russian Producer of titanium sponge, an unrelated third-country reseller of titanium sponge, and a U.S. importer of titanium sponge, respectively, the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping finding on titanium sponge from Russia. The review covers AVISMA and exports of the subject merchandise to the United States for the period August 1, 1993 through July 31, 1994. We have preliminarily determined that AVISMA is a non-shipper for the purposes of this review because it did not have sufficient knowledge at the time of sale that subject merchandise was destined for the United States. If these preliminary results are adopted in our final results of review we will instruct the U.S. Customs service (Customs) to maintain the cash deposit rate of 83.96 percent, which is the rate established in the final results of the most recent administrative review of the antidumping finding on titanium sponge from Ru