[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 180 (Thursday, September 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49687-49688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24961]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-122-503]


Iron Construction Castings From Canada: Notice of 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.

SUMMARY: In response to the April 30, 1998 request by the Municipal 
Castings Fair Trade Council, the petitioner in this case, the 
Department of Commerce (the Department) simultaneously initiated a 
changed circumstances antidumping duty administrative review and issued 
the preliminary results of this review expressing an intent to revoke, 
in part, the antidumping duty order on iron construction castings from 
Canada. The scope of the order currently includes valve, service, and 
meter boxes which are placed below ground to encase water, gas, or 
other valves, or water and gas meters, which are considered light 
castings. We are now revoking that portion of the order relating to 
light castings, based on the fact that this portion of the order is no 
longer of interest to domestic parties.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 17, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexander Amdur or Wendy Frankel, AD/
CVD Enforcement, Group II, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-
5346/5849, respectively.

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 
regulations codified at 19 CFR Part 351 (62 FR 27296, May 19, 1997).

Background

    On April 30, 1998, the Municipal Castings Fair Trade Council (the 
petitioner), requested that the Department revoke, in part, the 
antidumping duty order with respect to light iron construction castings 
based on its lack of further interest. We preliminary determined that 
petitioner's affirmative statement of no interest constituted good 
cause for conducting a changed circumstances review. Consequently, on 
July 8, 1998, the Department published a notice of initiation and 
preliminary results of changed circumstances antidumping duty 
administrative review to determine whether to revoke this order in part 
(63 FR 6876). We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on 
the preliminary results of this changed circumstances review. We 
received no comments.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order consists of certain iron 
construction castings from Canada, limited to manhole covers, rings, 
and frames, catch basin grates and frames, cleanout covers and frames 
used for drainage or access purposes for public utility, water and 
sanitary systems, classifiable as heavy

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castings under Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) item numbers 
7325.10.0010 and 7325.10.0050; and to valve, service, and meter boxes 
which are placed below ground to encase water, gas, or other valves, or 
water and gas meters, classifiable as light castings under HTS item 
numbers 8306.29.0000 and 8310.00.0000. The HTS item numbers are 
provided for convenience and Customs purposes only. The written 
description remains dispositive.

Scope of the Changed Circumstances Administrative Review

    Imports covered by this changed circumstances administrative review 
are shipments of light castings from Canada, as described above.

Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review; Partial Revocation 
of Antidumping Duty Order

    The affirmative statement of no interest by the petitioner 
constitutes changed circumstances sufficient to warrant partial 
revocation of this order. Therefore, the Department is partially 
revoking the order on iron constructions castings from Canada, with 
regard to light castings, in accordance with sections 751(b) and (d) 
and 782(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i). This partial 
revocation applies to all entries of light iron construction castings 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after March 
1, 1997.

New Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order consists of certain iron 
construction castings from Canada, limited to manhole covers, rings, 
and frames, catch basin grates and frames, cleanout covers and frames 
used for drainage or access purposes for public utility, water and 
sanitary systems, classifiable as heavy castings under Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule (HTS) item numbers 7325.10.0010 and 7325.10.0050. The 
HTS item numbers are provided for convenience and Customs purposes 
only. The written description remains dispositive.

Ending of Suspension of Liquidation

    The Department will instruct the U.S. Customs Service to end the 
suspension of liquidation of light iron construction castings subject 
to this changed circumstances review on the effective date of this 
notice, and to refund any estimated antidumping duties collected, for 
all unliquidated entries of such merchandise made on or after March 1, 
1997. We will also instruct Customs to pay interest on such refunds in 
accordance with section 778 of the Act.
    This notice is in accordance with sections 751(b) and 777(i)(1) of 
the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(b) and 1677f(i)(1)), and 19 CFR 351.216, 
351.221, and 351.222.

    Dated: August 20, 1998.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-24961 Filed 9-16-98; 8:45 am]
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