[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3662-3663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1760]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-580-601]


Certain Stainless Steel Cooking Ware From the Republic of Korea: 
Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, and Revocation in Part of Antidumping Duty Order

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

ACTION: Notice of Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, and Revocation in Part of Antidumping Duty 
Order.

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SUMMARY: On December 20, 1996, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of a changed circumstances antidumping duty administrative 
review and preliminary results of review with intent to revoke, in 
part, the antidumping duty order on certain stainless steel cooking 
ware from the Republic of Korea. We are now revoking this order in 
part, with regard to stainless steel camping cooking ware, as described 
in the Scope of Review, based on the fact that domestic parties have 
expressed no interest in the importation or sale of this stainless 
steel camping cooking ware imported from the Republic of Korea.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 24, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy S. Wei or Zev Primor, Office of

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AD/CVD Enforcement, Office 4, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
4737.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the 
current regulations, as amended by the interim regulations published in 
the Federal Register on May 11, 1995 (60 FR 25130).

Background

    On December 9, 1996, Peregrine Outfitters, Inc., (Peregrine) 
requested that the Department conduct a changed circumstances 
administrative review to determine whether to partially revoke the 
order with regard to imports of stainless steel camping cooking ware 
from the Republic of Korea. The order with regard to imports of other 
types of stainless steel cooking ware is not affected by this request. 
In addition, on December 9, 1996, Revere Ware Corp. (petitioner) 
informed the Department in writing that it did not object to the 
changed circumstances review and had no interest in the importation or 
sale of stainless steel camping cooking ware produced in the Republic 
of Korea, as described by Peregrine.
    We preliminarily determined that petitioner's affirmative statement 
of no interest constituted changed circumstances sufficient to warrant 
a partial revocation of this order. Consequently, on December 20, 1996, 
the Department published a notice of initiation and preliminary results 
of changed circumstances antidumping duty administrative review and 
intent to revoke this order in part (61 FR 67320). We gave interested 
parties an opportunity to comment on the preliminary results of this 
changed circumstances review. We received no comments.

Scope of Review

    The merchandise covered by this changed circumstances review is 
stainless steel camping cooking ware from the Republic of Korea. This 
changed circumstances administrative review covers all manufacturers/
exporters of stainless steel cooking ware meeting the following 
specifications of stainless steel camping cooking ware: (1) made of 
single-ply stainless steel having a thickness no greater than 6.0 
millimeters; and (2) consists of 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 quart saucepans 
without handles and 2.5, 4.0, and 5.0 quart saucepans with folding bail 
handles and with lids that also serve as fry pans. These camping 
cooking ware items can be nested inside each other in order to save 
space when packing for camping or backpacking. The order with regard to 
imports of other stainless steel cooking ware is not affected by this 
request.

Final Results of Review; Partial Revocation of Antidumping Duty 
Order

    The affirmative statement of no interest by petitioners in 
stainless steel camping cooking ware from the Republic of Korea 
constitutes changed circumstances sufficient to warrant partial 
revocation of this order. Therefore, the Department is partially 
revoking the order on certain stainless steel cooking ware from the 
Republic of Korea with regard to cooking ware which meets the 
specifications of stainless steel camping cooking ware from the 
Republic of Korea, in accordance with sections 751(b) and (d) and 
782(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 353.25(d)(1).
    The Department will instruct the U.S. Customs Service (Customs) to 
proceed with liquidation, without regard to antidumping duties, of all 
unliquidated entries of stainless steel camping cooking ware from the 
Republic of Korea that are not subject to final results of 
administrative review. The Department will further instruct Customs to 
refund with interest any estimated duties collected with respect to 
unliquidated entries of stainless steel camping cooking ware from the 
Republic of Korea that are not subject to final results of 
administrative review.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protection orders (APOs) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d). Timely written notification of 
the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial 
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the 
regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    This changed circumstances administrative review, partial 
revocation of the antidumping duty order and notice are in accordance 
with sections 751 (b) and (d) and 782(h) of the Act and Secs. 353.22(f) 
and 353.25(d) of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: January 14, 1997.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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