[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 180 (Thursday, September 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49686-49687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24960]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-301-602]


Certain Fresh Cut Flowers From Colombia: Partial Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is rescinding this administrative 
review with respect to ten groups of companies based upon a withdrawal 
of the request for review by the interested parties who requested 
reviews of these companies.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 17, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rosa Jeong or Marian Wells, Import 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 3099, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-3853 
or 482-6309, respectively.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``the Act''), are references to the provisions 
effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to 
the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (``URAA''). All citations 
to the Department of Commerce's regulations are references to the 
provisions codified at 19 CFR Part 351, 62 FR 27296 (May 19, 1997).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 21, 1998, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on fresh cut 
flowers from Colombia, covering the period March 1, 1997 through 
February 28, 1998 (61 FR 66017) based upon a request by certain 
exporters/producers of the subject merchandise and the domestic 
interested party in this proceeding.
    On June 29, 1998, we received timely requests for rescission of the 
review from the Floral Trade Council, the domestic interested party, 
for the following groups of companies: Agrodex Group (``Agrodex''), 
Caicedo (CAICO) Group (``Caicedo''), Claveles Colombianos Group 
(``Clavecol''), Cultivos Miramonte Group (``Miramonte''), Floraterra 
Group (``Floraterra''), Florex Group (``Florex''), Funza Group 
(``Funza''), Guacatay Group (``Guacatay''), HOSA Group (``HOSA''), 
Maxima Group (``Maxima''), Papagayo Group (``Papagayo''), and Queens 
Group (``Queens''). On June 30, 1998, we received timely requests for 
rescission of the review from Clavecol, Floraterra, Funza, Guacatay, 
Papagayo and Queens. On July 8, 1998, Agrodex also withdrew its review 
request.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 355.213(d)(1) of the 
Department's regulations, we are rescinding this administrative review 
with respect to Agrodex, Clavecol, Miramonte, Floraterra, Florex, 
Funza, Guacatay, HOSA, Papagayo and Queens, because these companies, 
along with the domestic interested party, have filed timely requests 
for withdrawl and no other interested party requested that they be 
reviewed. The cash deposit rates for these companies will continue to 
be the rates established for them in the most recently completed final 
results. We are not rescinding this review with respect to Caicedo and 
Maxima because these companies have not withdrawn their requests for 
review.

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Rescissions

    The following is the complete list of companies for which this 
review has been rescinded.

Agrodex Group

Agricola de las Mercedes S.A.
Agricola el Retiro Ltda.
Agrodex Ltda.
Degaflores Ltda.
Flores Camino Real Ltda.
Flores Cuatro Esquinas Ltda.
Flores de la Comuna Ltda.
Flores de Los Amigos Ltda.
Flores de los Arrayanes Ltda.
Flores de Mayo Ltda.
Flores del Gallinero Ltda.
Flores del Potrero Ltda.
Flores dos Hectareas Ltda.
Flores de Pueblo Viejo Ltda.
Flores el Trentino Ltda.
Flores la Conejera Ltda.
Flores Manare Ltda.
Florlinda Ltda.
Horticola el Triunfo Ltda.
Horticola Montecarlo Ltd

Claveles Colombianos Group

Claveles Colombianos Ltda.
Elegant Flowers Ltda.
Fantasia Flowers Ltda.
Splendid Flowers Ltda.
Sun Flowers Ltda.

Cultivos Miramonte Group

C.I. Colombiana de Bouquets S.A.
Cultivos Miramonte S.A.
Flores Mocari S.A.

Floraterra Group

Floraterra S.A.
Flores Casablanca S.A.
Flores Novaterra Ltda.
Flores San Mateo S.A.
Siete Flores S.A.

Florex Group

Agricola Guacari S.A.
Agricola el Castillo
Flores San Joaquin
Flores Altamira S.A.
Flores de Exportacion S.A.
Flores Primavera S.A.

Funza Group

Flores Alborada
Flores de Funza S.A.
Flores del Bosque Ltda.

Guacatay Group

Agricola Cunday S.A.
Agricola Guacatay S.A.
Agricola Ventura
Jardines Bacata Ltda.
Multiflora Comercializadora Internacional S.A.

Hosa Group

Horticultura de la Sabana S.A.
HOSA Ltda.
Innovacion Andina S.A.
Minispray S.A.
Prohosa Ltda.

Papagayo Group

Agricola Papagayo Ltda.
Inversiones Calypso S.A.

Queens Flowers Group

Agroindustrial del Rio Frio
Cultivos General Ltda.
Flora Nova
Flora Atlas Ltda.
Flores Calima S.A.
Flores Canelon Ltda.
Flores de Bojaca
Flores del Cacique
Flores del Hato
Flores el Aljibe Ltda.
Flores el Cipres
Flores El Pino Ltda.
Flores el Tandil
Flores la Mana
Flores las Acacias Ltda.
Flores la Valvanera Ltda.
Flores Jayvana
Flores Ubate Ltda.
Jardines de Chia Ltda.
Jardines Fredonia Ltda.
M.G. Consultores Ltda.
Mountain Roses
Queens Flowers de Colombia Ltda.
Quality Flowers S.A.
Florval S.A. (Floval)
Jardines del Rosal

    This notice is in accordance with section 751 of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: September 11, 1998.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement.
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