[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 213 (Wednesday, November 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 59509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29549]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-580-008]


Color Television Receivers from the Republic of Korea: 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 May 29, 1998, the Department of Commerce initiated an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on color television 
receivers from the Republic of Korea for three manufacturers/exporters; 
Daewoo Electronics Co., Ltd., LG Electronics Inc., and Samsung 
Electronics Co., Ltd. This review was requested by the International 
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the International Union of 
Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine & Furniture Workers, AFL-CIO 
(collectively the petitioners), and covered the period April 1, 1997, 
through March 31, 1998. The Department of Commerce is rescinding the 
review after receiving a withdrawal of its request for review from the 
petitioners.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 4, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy Frankel or Mark Manning, Office 
of AD/CVD Enforcement, Office 4, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-
5849 and (202) 482-3936, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

    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. In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's regulations 
refer to the regulations codified at 19 CFR Part 351 (1998).

Background

    On April 30, 1998, the International Brotherhood of Electrical 
Workers and the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, 
Salaried, Machine & Furniture Workers, AFL-CIO (``the Unions''), 
requested that the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') conduct 
an administrative review of color television receivers from the 
Republic of Korea (``Korea'') for the period April 1, 1997 through 
March 31, 1998. No other interested party requested that the Department 
conduct an administrative review.
    On May 29, 1998, the Department published in the Federal Register 
(63 FR 29370) a notice of initiation of administrative review with 
respect to three Korean manufacturers/exporters of the subject 
merchandise; Daewoo Electronics Co., Ltd., LG Electronics Inc., and 
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. On October 16, 1998, the Unions filed a 
letter with the Department requesting withdrawal of its request for the 
Department to conduct an administrative review. Ordinarily, parties 
have 90 days from the publication of the notice of initiation of review 
in which to withdraw a request for review. See 19 CFR 351.213(d). We 
did not receive petitioner's withdrawal request until October 16, 1998, 
after the 90-day period had elapsed. Given that the review has not 
progressed substantially and there would be no undue burden on the 
parties or the Department, the Department has determined that it would 
be reasonable to grant the withdrawal at this time. Therefore, in 
accordance with section 351.213(d) of the Department's regulations, the 
Department is rescinding this administrative review.
    This notice is in accordance with section 751 of the Act and 
section 351.213(d) of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: October 27, 1998.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-29549 Filed 11-3-98; 8:45 am]
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