[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 122 (Monday, June 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 32942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15761]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration


Countervailing Duty Order; Amendment of Notice of Opportunity to 
Request a Section 753 Injury Investigation

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Amendment of Notice of Opportunity to Request a Section 753 
Injury Investigation for Countervailing Duty Orders.

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SUMMARY: On May 26, 1995, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
notified domestic interested parties of their right to request an 
injury investigation under section 753 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), for countervailing duty orders that were issued 
under former section 303 of the Act (60 FR 27963). This notice amends 
the Appendix to the previous notice which omitted six eligible 
countervailing duty orders.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 26, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cameron Cardozo, Office of 
Countervailing Compliance, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone: (202) 
482-2786; or Vera Libeau, Office of Investigations, U.S. International 
Trade Commission, 500 E Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20436, 
telephone: (202) 205-3176.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

     This notice includes countervailing duty orders issued under 
former section 303 of the Act which were omitted from the Appendix to 
our previous notice dated May 26, 1995 (60 FR 27963). At the time these 
orders were issued, U.S. law did not require injury determinations as a 
prerequisite to their issuance. With the accession of the United States 
to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the enactment of the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act of 1994 (URAA), P.L. 103-465, U.S. law has 
changed. Under the URAA, the Government of the United States may not 
assess countervailing duties on imports from a WTO member country in 
the absence of an injury determination. Thus, as noted in the Statement 
of Administrative Action, new section 753 of the Act (as amended by the 
URAA) provides that for such orders ``. . . a domestic interested party 
may request that the [International Trade] Commission initiate an 
investigation to determine whether an industry in the United States is 
likely to be materially injured by reason of imports of the merchandise 
subject to the CVD order if the order is revoked.'' See Statement of 
Administrative Action, URAA, p.272.

Opportunity to Request a Section 753 Injury Investigation

     On January 1, 1995, Singapore and Thailand joined the WTO. 
Therefore, for each of the countervailing duty orders listed below, we 
are notifying all domestic interested parties, as described in sections 
771(9) (C), (D), (E), (F), or (G) of the Act, of their right to request 
an injury investigation under section 753(a) from the U.S. 
International Trade Commission (the Commission). In accordance with 
sections 753(b)(3) and (4) of the Act, outstanding section 303 orders 
for which the Commission has not previously made an affirmative injury 
determination will be revoked by the Department unless a request for an 
injury investigation is submitted to the Commission within six months 
of the date on which the country covered by the order joins the WTO, 
and the Commission renders an affirmative injury determination pursuant 
to section 753(a)(1) of the Act. Requests for the following orders must 
be filed with the Commission no later than June 30, 1995.

Singapore: Ball Bearings
(C-559-802)
Singapore: Bearings, Cylindrical
    Roller
(C-559-802)
Singapore: Bearings, Needle
    Roller
(C-559-802)
Singapore: Bearings, Spherical
    Plane
(C-559-802)
Singapore: Bearings, Spherical
    Roller
(C-559-802)
Thailand: Ball Bearings
1(C-549-802)

    \1\Applies only to the dutiable merchandise within the scope of 
the order.
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     Requests for injury investigations under section 753 must be filed 
with the Commission in accordance with 19 C.F.R. Sec. 207.46(b), added 
by 60 FR 18, 22-23 (January 3, 1995). All requests should be addressed 
to: Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20436.

    Dated: June 21, 1995.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-15761 Filed 6-23-95; 8:45 am]
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