[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 74 (Thursday, April 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18747-18748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9967]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-357-810]
Oil Country Tubular Goods From Argentina; Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of rescission of antidumping duty administrative review.
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SUMMARY: On September 17, 1996, the Department of Commerce (``the
Department'') published in the Federal Register (61 FR 48882) a notice
announcing the initiation of an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods (``OCTG'') from
Argentina. This review covered the period June 29, 1995 through July
31, 1996 (for OCTG other than drill pipe) and August 11, 1995 through
July 31, 1996 (for drill pipe). This review has now been rescinded as a
result of the absence of entries into the United States of subject
merchandise during the period of review.
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 17, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alain Letort or John Kugelman, AD/CVD
Enforcement Group III--Office 8, Import Administration, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-
4243 or (202) 482-0649, respectively, or fax (202) 482-1388.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 30, 1996, petitioners requested an
administrative review of Siderca S.A.I.C., an Argentine producer and
exporter of OCTG, and Siderca Corporation, a U.S. importer and reseller
of such merchandise (collectively, ``Siderca''), with respect to the
antidumping duty order published in the Federal Register on August 11,
1995 (60 FR 41055). We initiated this review on September 17, 1996 (61
FR 48882).
On October 4, 1996, Siderca filed a letter with the Department
certifying that it did not export, directly or indirectly, subject
merchandise that was entered for consumption into the United States
during the period of review (``POR''). Siderca also certified that its
U.S. affiliate, Siderca Corporation, did not import for U.S.
consumption any of the subject merchandise during the POR.
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On October 25, 1996, petitioners claimed that publicly available
import data contradicted Siderca's claims. Petitioners contended these
data showed that Siderca was the shipper of a substantial quantity of
OCTG (drill pipe and green tubing) during the period August through
December, 1995, and that Siderca was listed as the consignee of each
entry. Petitioners noted that none of these entries appeared in
official U.S. import statistics. Petitioners also claimed those
statistics showed that a very small quantity of seamless casing entered
the United States from Argentina in December 1995, and requested that
Siderca be asked to explain the exact nature, timing, and details of
this shipment.
On October 30, 1996, we sent a no-shipment inquiry regarding
Siderca to the U.S. Customs Service (``Customs''). Customs did not
indicate that there were records of any consumption entries of OCTG by
Siderca during the POR. On November 13, 1996, Siderca asserted in a
letter to the Department that none of the six entries of drill pipe and
green tubing referenced by petitioners was a consumption entry; rather,
Siderca claimed, two of these entries were temporary importation in-
bond (``TIB'') entries and four were entries into a foreign-trade zone
(``FTZ''). Siderca argued that none of these entries could serve as the
basis for an administrative review since they were not imported into
the United States for consumption. Siderca also stated that it had no
knowledge of, or involvement with, the very small shipment of seamless
casing that allegedly entered the United States in December 1995.
Siderca surmised that this shipment involved parties other than itself.
There is no evidence on the record that would lead us to question this
claim by Siderca.
On April 8, 1997, we received official confirmation from Customs
that two of the entries of drill pipe and green tubing in question were
TIB entries and that the remaining four were FTZ entries. Customs also
confirmed that none of these six entries entered the customs territory
of the United States during the POR for consumption.
Because the only firm for which a review was requested made no
entries into the customs territory of the United States during the POR,
we are rescinding this review in accordance with the Department's
practice. See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties; Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking, 61 FR 7308, 7317, 7365 (February 27, 1996)
(section 351.213(d)(3)). The cash deposit rate for this firm will
continue to be the rate established in the most recently completed
segment of this proceeding.
This notice is published in accordance with section 751 of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. Sec. 1675 (1995)), and
section 353.22 of the Department's regulations (19 CFR Sec. 353.22
(1996)).
Dated: April 10, 1997.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Enforcement Group III, Import
Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-9967 Filed 4-16-97; 8:45 am]
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