[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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