[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 250 (Friday, December 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 68239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32863]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-201-810]


Cut-to-Length Steel Plate from Mexico; Termination of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of termination of countervailing duty administrative 
review.

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SUMMARY: On September 17, 1996 (61 FR 48883), in response to a request 
from the respondent, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated an administrative review of the countervailing duty order on 
cut-to-length steel plate from Mexico. In accordance with 19 CFR 
355.22(a)(5)(Interim Regulations, 60 FR 25137; May 11, 1995), the 
Department is now terminating this review because the respondent has 
withdrawn its request for review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 27, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lorenza Olivas or Kelly Parkhill, 
Office of CVD/AD Enforcement VI, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

BACKGROUND

    On August 23, 1996, the Department received a request for an 
administrative review of this countervailing duty order from the 
respondent, Altos Hornos de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (respondent), an 
exporter of the subject merchandise, for the period January 1, 1995, 
through December 31, 1995. No other interested party requested a review 
of the countervailing duty order. On September 17, 1996, the Department 
published in the Federal Register (61 FR 48883) a notice of 
``Initiation of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review'' initiating 
the administrative review of respondent for that period. On November 
26, 1996, respondent withdrew its request for review.
    Section 355.22(a)(5) of the Department's interim regulations 
stipulates that the Secretary may permit a party that requests a review 
to withdraw the request not later than 90 days after the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. In 
this case, respondent has withdrawn its request for review within the 
90-day period. No other interested party requested a review and we have 
received no other submissions regarding respondent's withdrawal of its 
request for review. Therefore, we are terminating this review of the 
countervailing duty order on cut-to-length steel plate from Mexico.
    This notice is published in accordance with 19 CFR 355.22(a)(5).

    Dated: December 18, 1996.
Roland L. MacDonald,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement Group III.
[FR Doc. 96-32863 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am]
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