Federal Register, Volume 63 Issue 243 (Friday, December 18, 1998)

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 243 (Friday, December 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70157-70158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33584]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. AA1921-167 (Review)]


Pressure Sensitive Plastic Tape From Italy

AGENCY: International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Scheduling of an expedited five-year review concerning the 
antidumping duty order on pressure sensitive plastic tape from Italy.

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SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of an 
expedited review pursuant to section 751(c)(3) of the Tariff Act of 
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(3)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation 
of the antidumping duty order on pressure sensitive plastic tape from 
Italy would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material 
injury. For further information concerning the conduct of this review 
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, D, E, and F (19 CFR part 207). Recent 
amendments to the Rules of Practice and Procedure pertinent to five-
year reviews, including the text of subpart F of part 207, are 
published at 63 FR 30599, June 5, 1998, and may be downloaded from the 
Commission's World Wide Web site at http://www.usitc.gov/rules.htm.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 4, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Clark (202-205-3195), 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-

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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

    On December 4, 1998, the Commission determined to expedite the 
subject five-year review because respondent interested party responses 
to its notice of institution (63 FR 46475, September 1, 1998) were 
inadequate. One U.S. producer, Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. 
(3M), responded to the notice of institution. 3M is also an importer of 
pressure sensitive tape from Italy and owns an Italian producer of such 
tape. In its response, 3M submitted some information regarding its U.S. 
importation and its foreign subsidiary's production of plastic tape. 
However, 3M submitted its response in its capacity as a domestic 
producer and the Commission considered that response only for purposes 
of its domestic group adequacy determination. Since no other respondent 
interested party submitted a response, the Commission concluded that 
respondent interested party responses were inadequate.
    Vice Chairman Miller and Commissioners Hillman and Koplan, after 
considering relevant information about the domestic industry, including 
the share of domestic plastic tape production represented by 3M, 
concluded that 3M's response constituted an adequate domestic 
interested party group response. Chairman Bragg and Commissioners 
Crawford and Askey concluded that 3M's response does not constitute an 
adequate domestic interested party group response given the relevant 
information about this domestic industry. As will be explained in the 
Commission's opinion in this review, the domestic interested party 
response was not the basis for the Commission's determination to 
expedite the review.
    The Commission did not find any other circumstances that would 
warrant conducting a full review. Accordingly, the Commission 
determined that it would conduct an expedited review pursuant to 
section 751(c)(3) of the Act. A record of the Commissioners' votes are 
available from the Office of the Secretary and at the Commission's web 
site.

Staff Report

    A staff report containing information concerning the subject matter 
of the review will be placed in the nonpublic record on January 8, 
1999, and made available to persons on the Administrative Protective 
Order service list for this review. A public version will be issued 
thereafter, pursuant to Sec. 207.62(d)(4) of the Commission's rules.

Written Submissions

    As provided in Sec. 207.62(d) of the Commission's rules, interested 
parties that are parties to the review and that have provided adequate 
responses to the notice of institution,¹ and any party other 
than an interested party to the review may file written comments with 
the Secretary on what determination the Commission should reach in the 
review. Comments are due on or before January 13, 1999, and may not 
contain new factual information. Any person that is neither a party to 
the five-year review nor an interested party may submit a brief written 
statement (which shall not contain any new factual information) 
pertinent to the review by January 13, 1999. If comments contain 
business proprietary information (BPI), they must conform with the 
requirements of Secs. 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.
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    \1\ The Commission has found the response submitted by Minnesota 
Mining & Manufacturing Co. to be adequate. Comments from other 
interested parties will not be accepted (see 19 CFR 207.62(d)(2)).
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    In accordance with Secs. 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the rules, each 
document filed by a party to the review must be served on all other 
parties to the review (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.

Determination

    The Commission has determined to extend the period of time for 
making its expedited determination in this review by up to 90 days 
pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)(B).

    Authority: This review is being conducted under authority of 
title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published 
pursuant to Sec. 207.62 of the Commission's rules.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued December 14, 1998.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-33584 Filed 12-17-98; 8:45 am]
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