[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 173 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46823-46824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22635]



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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigations Nos. 701-TA-367 (Final), 731-TA-740 (Final), 731-TA-
741-743 (Final), 731-TA-744 (Final), 731-TA-745 (Final), 731-TA-746 
(Final), 731-TA-747 (Final), and 731-TA-748 (Final)]


Certain Laminated Hardwood Flooring From Canada; Sodium Azide 
From Japan; Melamine Institutional Dinnerware From China, Indonesia, 
and Taiwan; Certain Brake Drums and Rotors From China; Steel Concrete 
Reinforcing Bars From Turkey; Beryllium Metal and High-Beryllium Alloys 
From Kazakhstan; Fresh Tomatoes From Mexico; Engineered Process Gas 
Turbo-Compressor Systems From Japan

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice of commencement of final phase countervailing duty and 
antidumping investigations.

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SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice of the commencement of 
final phase countervailing duty Investigation No. 701-TA-367 (Final) 
under section 705(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) (19 U.S.C. 
Sec. 1671d(b)) to determine whether an industry in the United States is 
materially injured, or threatened with material injury, or 
establishment of an industry in the United States is materially 
retarded, by reason of subsidized imports of certain laminated hardwood 
flooring from Canada, provided for in subheadings 4421.90.98 and 
9905.44.50 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
    The Commission additionally gives notice of the commencement of the 
following final phase antidumping investigations under section 735(d) 
of the Act (19 U.S.C. Sec. 1673d(b)):
    1. Investigation No. 731-TA-740 (Final), to determine whether an 
industry in the United States is materially injured, or threatened with 
material injury, or establishment of an industry in the United States 
is materially retarded, by reason of less-than-fair-value imports of 
sodium azide from Japan, provided for in subheading 2850.00.50 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
    2. Investigations Nos. 731-TA-741-743 (Final), to determine whether 
an industry in the United States is materially injured, or threatened 
with material injury, or establishment of an industry in the United 
States is materially retarded, by reason of less-than-fair-value 
imports of melamine institutional dinnerware from China, Indonesia, and 
Taiwan, provided for in subheadings 3924.10.20, 3924.10.30, and 
3924.10.50 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
    3. Investigation No. 731-TA-744 (Final), to determine whether an 
industry in the United States is materially injured, or threatened with 
material injury, or establishment of an industry in the United States 
is materially retarded, by reason of less-than-fair-value imports of 
certain brake drums and rotors from China, provided for in subheading 
8708.39.50 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
    4. Investigation No. 731-TA-745 (Final), to determine whether an 
industry in the United States is materially injured, or threatened with 
material injury, or establishment of an industry in the United States 
is materially retarded, by reason of less-than-fair-value imports of 
steel concrete reinforcing bars from Turkey, provided for in 
subheadings 7213.10.00 and 7214.20.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States.
    5. Investigation No. 731-TA-746 (Final), to determine whether an 
industry in the United States is materially injured, or threatened with 
material injury, or establishment of an industry in the United States 
is materially retarded, by reason of less-than-fair-value imports of 
beryllium metal and high-beryllium alloys from Kazakhstan, provided for 
in subheadings 8112.11.30, 8112.11.60, and 7601.20.90 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States.
    6. Investigation No. 731-TA-747 (Final), to determine whether an 
industry in the United States is materially injured, or threatened with 
material injury, or establishment of an industry in the United States 
is materially retarded, by reason of less-than-fair-value imports of 
fresh tomatoes from Mexico, provided for in subheadings 0702.00.20, 
0702.00.40, and 0702.00.60 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States.
    7. Investigation No. 731-TA-748 (Final), to determine whether an 
industry in the United States is materially injured, or threatened with 
material injury, or establishment of an industry in the United States 
is materially retarded, by reason of less-than-fair-value imports of 
engineered process gas turbo-compressor systems from Japan, provided 
for in subheadings 8406.81.10, 8406.82.10, 8406.90.20 through 
8406.90.45, 8414.80.20, 8414.90.40, 8419.60.50, and 9032.89.60 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
    For further information concerning the conduct of these 
investigations, hearing procedures, and rules of general application, 
consult the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, part 201, 
subparts A through E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, subparts A and C 
(19 CFR part 207), as amended in 61 FR 37818 (July 22, 1996).

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 21, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vera A. Libeau (202-205-3176), Office 
of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, 
SW, Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain 
information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal 
at 202-205-1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need 
special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact 
the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. General information 
concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its 
Internet server (http://www.usitc.gov or ftp://ftp.usitc.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Amendments to the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure concerning countervailing duty and antidumping 
investigations in 19 C.F.R. parts 201 and 207 became effective on 
August 21, 1996. Under its revised regulations, the Commission will 
conduct a single, continuous, countervailing duty or antidumping 
investigation, in contrast to the discrete preliminary and final 
investigations it previously conducted. The regulations provide that 
the Commission will normally commence its final phase investigation at 
the same time that it publishes notice of an affirmative preliminary 
determination.
    The Commission has reached affirmative preliminary determinations 
in each of the captioned investigations. Because these determinations 
were issued before the amendments to the Commission's regulations 
became effective, the Commission did not commence final phase 
investigations at the time it published notice of these determinations. 
It does so now to conform these investigations to the single, 
continuous investigation concept of the amended regulations, which are 
applicable to ongoing antidumping and countervailing duty 
investigations as well as those initiated by petitions filed after the 
effective date of the amendments.
    Accordingly, persons wishing to participate in any of the 
investigations as parties, who did not enter an appearance in the 
applicable preliminary investigation, may file an entry of appearance 
with the Secretary to the Commission, as provided in section 
201.11(b)(3) of the Commission rules. The entry of appearance for an

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investigation must be filed no later than 21 days before the scheduled 
hearing date in that investigation. That scheduled hearing date will be 
specified in the Final Phase Notice of Scheduling which will be 
published for each investigation in the Federal Register as provided in 
section 207.21 of the Commission's rules upon notice from the 
Department of Commerce (Commerce) of an affirmative preliminary 
determination in that investigation under section 703(b) or 733(b) of 
the Act, or, if the preliminary determination is negative, upon notice 
of an affirmative final determination in that investigation under 
section 705(a) or 735(a) of the Act. (In the Sodium Azide and Melamine 
investigations, in which Commerce has issued affirmative preliminary 
determinations, the Commission will issue Final Phase Notices of 
Scheduling when it receives further information from Commerce 
concerning scheduling of Commerce's final investigation.) Parties that 
filed entries of appearance in a preliminary investigation need not 
enter a separate appearance for the final phase of that investigation. 
Industrial users, and, if the merchandise under investigation is sold 
at the retail level, representative consumer organizations have the 
right to appear as parties in Commission antidumping and countervailing 
duty investigations. The Secretary will prepare a public service list 
containing the names and addresses of all persons, or their 
representatives, who are parties to each investigation.
    Pursuant to section 207.7(a) of the Commission's rules, the 
Secretary will make business proprietary information (BPI) available to 
authorized applicants (which must be interested parties that are 
parties to the investigation) under the Administrative Protective Order 
(APO) issued in each investigation, provided that the application is 
made not later than the time that entries of appearance are due in that 
investigation. A separate service list will be maintained by the 
Secretary for each investigation for those parties authorized to 
receive BPI under the APO.
    In accordance with sections 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the Commission's 
rules, each document filed by a party to any of the captioned 
investigations must be served on all other parties to that 
investigation (as identified by either the public or BPI service list), 
and a certificate of service must be timely filed. The Secretary will 
not accept a document for filing without a certificate of service.

    Authority: These investigations are being conducted under 
authority of title VII of the Act. This notice is published pursuant 
to section 207.20(a) of the Commission's rules.

    Issued: August 29, 1996.

    By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-22635 Filed 9-4-96; 8:45 am]
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