[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 16 (Monday, January 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3702-3703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1807]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has received requests to conduct
administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty
orders and findings with December anniversary dates. In accordance with
our regulations, we are initiating those administrative reviews. The
Department of Commerce also received a request to revoke one
antidumping duty order in part.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 26, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Holly A. Kuga, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, 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:
Background
The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received timely
requests, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b) (1997), for
administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty
orders and findings with December anniversary dates. The Department
also received a timely request to revoke in part the antidumping duty
order on welded ASTM A-312 stainless steel pipe from Taiwan.
Initiation of Reviews
In accordance with section 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we are
initiating administrative reviews of the following antidumping and
countervailing duty orders and findings. We intend to issue the final
results of these reviews not later than December 31, 1998.
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Period to be
reviewed
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Antidumping Duty Proceedings
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Canada: Elemental Sulphur, A-122-047.............. 12/1/96-11/30/97
Husky Oil Limited
India: Certain Stainless Steel Wire Rod, A-533-808 12/1/96-11/30/97
Mukand
Mexico: Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe,\1\ A-
201-805.......................................... 11/1/96-10/31/97
Hylsa, S.A. de C.V.
Mexico: Porcelain-On-Steel Cooking Ware, A-201-504 12/1/96-11/30/97
Cinsa, S.A. de C.V.
Esmaltactiones de Norte America, S.A. de C.V.
Taiwan: Welded ASTM A-312 Stainless Steel Pipes, A-
583-815.......................................... 12/1/96-11/30/97
Ta Chen Stainless Steel Pipe
The People's Republic of China: Cased Pencils,\2\
A-570-827........................................ 12/1/96-11/30/97
Anhui Stationary Company, Ltd., China First
Pencil Company, Ltd., Shanghai Three Star
Stationary Company Ltd., Beijing Pencil
Factory, Dalian Pencil Factory, Donghua
Pencil Factory, Harbin Pencil Factory,
Jiangsu Pencil Factory, Jinan Pencil Factory,
Juihai Pencil Factory, Julong Pencil Factory,
Qingdao Pencil Factory, Shenyiang Pencil
Factory, Songnan Pencil Factory, Tianjin
Pencil Factory, Xinbang Joint Venture Pencil
Factory, Anhui Import/Export Group
Corporation, Anhui Light Industrial Products
Import/Export Corp., Anhui Provincial Imports
& Exports Corporation, Beijing Light
Industrial Products Import/Export Corp.,
Changzhou Foreign Economic Technical &
Trading Company, Changzhou Foreign Trade
Group, Chiangshu Foreign Trading, China
Fujian Foreign Trade Center, China National
Light Industrial Products Import & Export
Corporation (all branches), Dalian Light
Industrial Products Import/Export
Corporation, Giangdong Provincial Stationary
& Sporting Goods Import & Export Corporation,
Jiangsu Light Industrial Products Import/
Export Group Corporation, Jilin Provincial
Machinery & Equipment Import & Export
Corporation, Liaoning Light Industrial
Products Import/Export Corporation, Qingdao
Light Industrial Products Import/Export
Corporation, Shandong Light Industrial
Products Import/Export Corporation, Shantou
Light Industrial Products Import/Export
Corporation, Shantou Stationery & Sporting
Goods Import & Export Corporation, Shanxi
Light Industrial Products Import/Export
Corporation, Shenyiang Light Industrial
Products Import/Export Corporation, Shum Yip
(Shenzen) Industry & Trade Development
Corporation, Sichuan Light Industrial
Products Import/Export Corporation, Tianjin
Stationery and Sporting Goods Import/Export
Corporation, Yangjiang Light Industrial
Products Import/Export Corporation, Zhenjiang
Foreign Trade Corporation
The People's Republic of China: Porcelein-on-Steel
Cooking Ware,\3\ A-570-506....................... 12/1/96-11/30/97
Clover Enamelware Enterprises Ltd./Lucky
Enamelware Factory Limited
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Countervailing Duty Proceedings
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None.
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\1\ Inadvertently omitted from previous notice.
\2\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate
rate, all other exporters of cased pencils from the People's Republic
of China who have not qualified for a separate rate are deemed to be
covered by this review as part of the single PRC entity of which the
named exporters are a part.
\3\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate
rate, all other exporters of porcelain-on-steel cooking ware from the
People's Republic of China who have not qualified for a separate rate
are deemed to be covered by this review as part of the single PRC
entity of which the named exporters are a part.
During any administrative review covering all or part of a period
falling between the first and second or third and fourth anniversary of
the publication of an antidumping duty order under Sec. 351.211 or a
determination under Sec. 351.218(d) (sunset review), the Secretary, if
requested by a domestic interested party within 30 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation of the review, will determine
whether antidumping duties have been absorbed by an exporter or
producer subject to the review if the subject merchandise is sold in
the United States through an importer that is affiliated with such
exporter or producer. The request must include the name(s) of the
exporter or producer for which the inquiry is requested.
For transition orders defined in section 751(c)(6) of the Act, the
Secretary will apply paragraph (j)(1) of this section to any
administrative review initiated in 1996 or 1998 (19 CFR 351.213(j)(1-
2)).
Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(b)
and 355.34(b).
These initiations and this notice are in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)), and
19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).
Dated: January 16, 1998.
Richard W. Moreland,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Group II, Import Administration.
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