[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 223 (Thursday, November 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64277-64278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30888]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigations Nos. 701-TA-386 and 731-TA-812-813 (Preliminary)]


Live Cattle from Canada and Mexico

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Institution of countervailing duty and antidumping 
investigations and scheduling of preliminary phase investigations.

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SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of 
investigations and commencement of preliminary phase countervailing 
duty investigation No. 701-TA-386 (Preliminary) and antidumping 
investigations Nos. 731-TA-812-813 (Preliminary) under sections 703(a) 
and 733(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. Sec. 1671b(a) and 19 
U.S.C. Sec. 1673b(a)) (the Act) to determine whether there is a 
reasonable indication that an industry in the United States is 
materially injured or threatened with material injury, or the 
establishment of an industry in the United States is materially 
retarded, by reason of imports from Canada of live cattle that are 
alleged to be subsidized by the Government of Canada, and imports from 
Canada and Mexico of live cattle that are alleged to be sold in the 
United States at less than fair value.1 Unless the

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Department of Commerce extends the time for initiation pursuant to 
section 702(c)(1)(B) or 732(c)(1)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 
Sec. 1671a(c)(1)(B) or 19 U.S.C. Sec. 1673a(c)(1)(B)), the Commission 
must reach preliminary determinations in these investigations in 45 
days.
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    \1\ The products covered by these investigations are live cattle 
and calves for slaughter and feeder cattle and calves. Excluded from 
the scope are imports of dairy cows for the production of milk for 
human consumption and purebred cattle specially imported for 
breeding purposes and other cattle specially imported for breeding 
purposes. The merchandise subject to these investigations is 
included in subheading 0102.90.40 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States, with the exception of statistical reporting 
numbers 0102.90.4072 and 0102.90.4074.
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    For further information concerning the conduct of these 
investigations and rules of general application, consult the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, part 201, subparts A 
through E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, subparts A and B (19 CFR 
part 207).

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 12, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Haines (202-205-3200), 
Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain 
information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal 
on 202-205-1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need 
special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact 
the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. General information 
concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its 
internet server (http://www.usitc.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Background

    These investigations are being instituted in response to a letter 
filed on November 12, 1998, by the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal 
Foundation (``R-Calf'') (Columbus, MT), and its supporting trade 
associations and individual cattlemen and cattlewomen. Counsel for R-
Calf withdrew its petitions and addenda in countervailing duty 
investigation No. 701-TA-385 (Preliminary) and antidumping 
investigations Nos. 731-TA-809-810 (Preliminary) on November 10, 1998. 
The letter received on November 12, 1998 petitioning for institution of 
antidumping and countervailing duty investigations requested that the 
petition and addenda filed in the discontinued investigations be 
incorporated by reference in the instant investigations. The instant 
antidumping and countervailing duty investigations also shall 
incorporate the record from the discontinued investigations.

Participation in the investigations and public service list

    Persons (other than petitioners) wishing to participate in the 
investigations as parties must file new entries of appearance with the 
Secretary to the Commission, as provided in sections 201.11 and 207.10 
of the Commission's rules, not later than seven days after publication 
of this notice in the Federal Register. (Persons who filed entries of 
appearance in countervailing duty investigation No. 701-TA-385 
(Preliminary) and antidumping investigations Nos. 731-TA-809-810 
(Preliminary) must file new entries of appearance.) Industrial users 
and (if the merchandise under investigation is sold at the retail 
level) representative consumer organizations have the right to appear 
as parties in these investigations. The Secretary will prepare a public 
service list containing the names and addresses of all persons, or 
their representatives, who are parties to these investigations upon the 
expiration of the period for filing entries of appearance.

Limited disclosure of business proprietary information (BPI) under 
an administrative protective order (APO) and BPI service list

    Pursuant to section 207.7(a) of the Commission's rules, the 
Secretary will make BPI gathered in these investigations available to 
authorized applicants representing interested parties (as defined in 19 
U.S.C. Sec. 1677(9)) who are parties to the investigations under the 
APO issued in the investigations, provided that the new application is 
made not later than seven days after the publication of this notice in 
the Federal Register. (Persons who filed APO applications in the 
discontinued investigations must file new applications.) A separate 
service list will be maintained by the Secretary for those parties 
authorized to receive BPI under the APO.

Conference

    The Commission's Director of Operations has scheduled a conference 
in connection with these investigations for 9:30 a.m. on December 2, 
1998, at the U.S. International Trade Commission Building, 500 E Street 
SW, Washington, DC. Parties wishing to participate in the conference 
should contact Elizabeth Haines (202-205-3200) not later than November 
30, 1998, to arrange for their appearance. Parties in support of the 
imposition of antidumping duties in these investigations and parties in 
opposition to the imposition of such duties will each be collectively 
allocated one hour within which to make an oral presentation at the 
conference. A nonparty who has testimony that may aid the Commission's 
deliberations may request permission to present a short statement at 
the conference.

Written Submissions

    As provided in sections 201.8 and 207.15 of the Commission's rules, 
any person may submit to the Commission on or before December 7, 1998, 
a written brief containing information and arguments pertinent to the 
subject matter of the investigations. Parties may file written 
testimony in connection with their presentation at the conference no 
later than three days before the conference. If briefs or written 
testimony contain BPI, they must conform with the requirements of 
sections 201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of the Commission's rules. The 
Commission's rules do not authorize filing of submissions with the 
Secretary by facsimile or electronic means.
    In accordance with sections 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the rules, each 
document filed by a party to the investigations must be served on all 
other parties to the investigations (as identified by either the public 
or BPI service list), and a certificate of service must be timely 
filed. The Secretary will not accept a document for filing without a 
certificate of service.

    Authority: These investigations are being conducted under 
authority of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is 
published pursuant to section 207.12 of the Commission's rules.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: November 13, 1998.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-30888 Filed 11-18-98; 8:45 am]
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