[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 240 (Tuesday, December 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 69045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33211]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[C-580-818]


Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat-Rolled Products and Corrosion-
Resistant Carbon Steel Flat-Rolled Products from the Republic of Korea; 
Termination of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Termination of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review.

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SUMMARY: On September 29, 1998 (63 FR 51893), in response to requests 
from Pohang Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., Pohang Coated Steel Co., Ltd., 
Pohang Steel Industries Co., Ltd., Union Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 
and Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd. (respondents), the Department of Commerce 
(the Department) initiated administrative reviews of the countervailing 
duty orders on cold-rolled carbon steel flat-rolled products and 
corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat-rolled products from the Republic 
of Korea, for the period January 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997. In 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department is now terminating 
these reviews because the respondents have withdrawn their requests for 
reviews.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 15, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eva Temkin or Christopher Cassel, Office of CVD/AD Enforcement VI, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by 
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) effective January 1, 1995 (the 
Act). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the 
Department's regulations are to the current regulations as codified at 
19 CFR Part 351 (1998).

Background

    On August 31, 1998, the Department received requests for 
administrative reviews of these countervailing duty orders from the 
respondents for the period January 1, 1997, through December 31, 1997. 
No other interested party requested reviews of these countervailing 
duty orders. On September 29, 1998, the Department published in the 
Federal Register (63 FR 51893) a notice of ``Initiation of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review'' initiating the 
administrative reviews of respondents for that period. On November 24, 
1998, respondents withdrew their requests for reviews.
    Section 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1) of the Department's regulations 
stipulates that the Secretary may permit a party that requests a review 
to withdraw the request not later than 90 days after the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. In 
this case, respondents have withdrawn their requests for reviews within 
the 90-day period. No other interested party requested a review and we 
have received no other submissions regarding respondents' withdrawal of 
their requests for reviews. Therefore, we are terminating these reviews 
of the countervailing duty orders on cold-rolled carbon steel flat-
rolled products and corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat-rolled 
products from the Republic of Korea.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 751 of the Act 
and section 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1) of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: December 7, 1998.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement Group II.
[FR Doc. 98-33211 Filed 12-14-98; 8:45 am]
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