[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 175 (Wednesday, September 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47649-47650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23998]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[C-351-062]


Pig Iron From Brazil; Determination To Revoke Countervailing Duty 
Order

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 pig iron from Brazil because it is no 
longer of interest to interested parties.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Russell Morris or Maria MacKay, Office 
of CVD/AD Enforcement VI, 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.
    Applicable Statute: Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to 
the statute are references to the provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act effective January 1, 
1995 (the ``Act''). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all 
citations to the Department's regulations are to 19 CFR Part 355 
(1996).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 1, 1997, the Department published in the Federal Register 
(62 FR 15463) its intent to revoke the countervailing duty order on pig 
iron from Brazil ( 45 FR 23045; April 4, 1980). Additionally, as 
required by 19 CFR 355.25(d)(4)(ii), 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.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order is pig iron of basic, 
foundry, malleable, and low phosphorous grades from Brazil. Such 
merchandise is currently classified under item numbers 7201.10.00, 
7201.30.00, and 7206.10.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). The 
HTS item numbers are 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 pig iron from Brazil 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).

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    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 Brazil on or 
after January 1, 1997.
    Dated: September 3, 1997.
Jeffrey P. Bialos,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-23998 Filed 9-9-97; 8:45 am]
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