[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 189 (Friday, September 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50553-50554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24307]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-796-601]


Determination to Revoke Countervailing Duty Order; Wire Rod from 
Zimbabwe

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

ACTION: Notice of determination to revoke countervailing duty order

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is revoking the 
countervailing duty order on wire rod from Zimbabwe because it is no 
longer of interest to interested parties.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 29, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Albright or Cameron Cardozo, 
Office of Countervailing Compliance, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and 

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Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)482-
2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 1, 1995, the Department published in the Federal Register 
(60 FR 39151) its intent to revoke the countervailing duty order on 
wire rod from Zimbabwe (51 FR 29292; August 15, 1986). Additionally, as 
required by 19 CFR 355.25(d)(4)(ii)(1994), the Department served, by 
certified mail, written notice of its intent to revoke this 
countervailing duty order on each party listed on its most current 
service list.
    Prior to publication of the Department's notice of intent to revoke 
the order, this countervailing duty order was determined to be subject 
to section 753 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (as amended by the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act of 1994)(the Act). Countervailing Duty Order; 
Opportunity to Request a Section 753 Injury Investigation, 60 FR 27,963 
(May 26, 1995). In conjunction with that determination, domestic 
interested parties were notified of their right to request an injury 
investigation under section 753(a) of the Act from the U.S. 
International Trade Commission (the Commission). Those parties were 
further informed that, in accordance with sections 753(b)(3) and (4) of 
the Act, the order would be revoked effective March 3, 1995 unless a 
request for an injury investigation was submitted to the Commission 
within six months of the date on which Zimbabwe became a signatory to 
the World Trade Organization (March 3, 1995), and the Commission 
rendered an affirmative injury determination pursuant to section 
753(a)(1) of the Act.
    On September 18, 1995, the Commission notified the Department that 
it did not receive a timely request under section 753(a) and, 
therefore, a negative injury determination had been made with respect 
to this order pursuant to section 753(b)(4) of the Act. However, since 
the revocation is effective January 1, 1995 under 19 CFR 
355.25(d)(4)(iii), no further action is required by the Department 
under section 753 of the Act.

Scope of the Order

    Imports covered by this order are shipments from Zimbabwe of carbon 
steel wire rod including coiled, semi-finished, hot-rolled carbon steel 
product of approximately round solid cross-section, not under 0.20 inch 
in diameter, nor over 0.74 inch in diameter, tempered or not tempered, 
treated or not treated, not manufactured or partly manufactured, and 
valued over or under four cents per pound. Such merchandise is 
currently classified under item numbers 7213.20.00, 7213.31.30, 
7213.41.30, 7213.41.60, 7213.49.00, and 7123.50.00 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule (HTS). The HTS item numbers are provided for 
convenience and Customs purposes. The written description remains 
dispositive.

Determination to Revoke

    The Department may revoke a countervailing duty order if it 
concludes that the order is no longer of interest to interested 
parties. We conclude that there is no interest in a countervailing duty 
order when no interested party (as defined in sections 355.2 (i)(3), 
(i)(4), (i)(5), and (i)(6) of the Department's regulations) has 
requested an administrative review for at least five consecutive review 
periods and when no domestic interested party objects to the revocation 
(19 CFR 355.25(d)(4)(iii)).
    We received no requests for administrative review for the previous 
five consecutive review periods and no objections to our notice of 
intent to revoke the countervailing duty order. Therefore, we have 
concluded that the countervailing duty order covering wire rod from 
Zimbabwe is no longer of interest to interested parties, and we are 
revoking this countervailing duty order in accordance with 19 CFR 
355.25(d)(4)(iii).
    Further, as required by 19 CFR 355.25(d)(5), the Department is 
terminating the suspension of liquidation on the subject merchandise as 
of the effective date of this notice, and will instruct the Customs 
Service to liquidate, without regard to countervailing duties, all 
unliquidated entries of this merchandise exported from Zimbabwe on or 
after January 1, 1995.
    Because of our determination to revoke this order in accordance 
with 19 CFR 355.25(d)(4)(iii), it is unnecessary to revoke the order 
pursuant to section 753(b)(3)(B) of the Act.

    Dated September 21, 1995.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.
[FR Doc. 95-24307 Filed 9-28-95; 8:45 am]
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