[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 204 (Monday, October 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54336-54337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26212]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-508-064]


Determination To Revoke Countervailing Duty Order; Roses From 
Israel

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 roses from Israel because it is no longer 
of interest to interested parties.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 23, 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 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; 
telephone: (202) 482-2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 31, 1995, the Department published in the Federal 
Register (60 FR 45398) its intent to revoke the countervailing duty 
order on roses from Israel (44 FR 39219; September 4, 1980). 
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. 

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    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 April 21, 1995 unless 
a request for an injury investigation was submitted to the Commission 
within six months of the date on which Israel became a signatory to the 
World Trade Organization (April 21, 1995), and the Commission rendered 
an affirmative injury determination pursuant to section 753(a)(1) of 
the Act. However, since the revocation under 19 CFR 355.25(d)(4)(iii) 
is effective January 1, 1995, 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 Israel of fresh 
cut roses. Such merchandise is currently classified under item numbers 
0603.10.60 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). The HTS item number 
is 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 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 roses from Israel 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 Israel on or 
after January 1, 1995.

    Dated: October 17, 1995.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.
[FR Doc. 95-26212 Filed 10-20-95; 8:45 am]
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