[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71091-71092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34036]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received
requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and
countervailing duty orders and findings with November anniversary
dates. In accordance with the Department's regulations, we are
initiating those administrative reviews.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 23, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Holly A. Kuga, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, telelphone:
(202) 482-4737.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department has received timely requests, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.213(b)(1997), for administrative reviews of various antidumping
and countervailing duty orders and findings with November anniversary
dates.
Initiation of Reviews
In accordance with section 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we are
initiating administrative reviews of the following antidumping and
countervailing duty orders and findings. We intend to issue the final
results of these reviews not later than November 30, 1999.
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Period to be
reviewed
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Antidumping duty proceedings
ARGENTINA: Carbon Steel Wire Rods, A-357-007...... 11/1/97-10/31/98
Acindar Industria Argentina de Aceros SA
MEXICO: Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe, A-
201-805.......................................... 11/1/97-10/31/98
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Hylsa, S.A. de C.V.
Tuberia Nacional, S.A. de C.V.
REPUBLIC OF KOREA: Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel
Pipe, A-580-809.................................. 11/1/97-10/31/98
Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.
Hyundai Pipe Co., Ltd.
Korea Iron and Steel Co.
Shinho Steel Co., Ltd.
SeAH Steel Corporation
Union Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
TAIWAN: Collated Roofing Nails, A-583-826......... 11/20/97-10/31/98
Dinsen Fastening System, Inc.
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Fresh Garlic,\1\ A-
570-831.......................................... 11/1/97-10/31/98
Fook Huat Tong Kee Pte., Ltd.
Rizhao Hanxi Fisheries & Comprehensive
Development Co., Ltd.
Commercial Peregrin, S.A.
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Paper Clips,\2\ A-
570-826.......................................... 11/1/97-10/31/98
Hui Zhou Shi Da Wing Plastic Metal Factory
Zhejiang Light Industrial Products Import &
Export Corp.
Countervailing Duty Proceedings
None.
Suspension Agreements
KAZAKHSTAN: Uranium,\3\ A-834-802................. 10/1/97-09/30/98
SINGAPORE: Certain Refrigeration Compressors, C-
559-001.......................................... 04/1/97-03/31/98
THE UKRAINE: Silicomanganese, A-823-805........... 11/1/97-10/31/98
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\1\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate
rate, all other exporters of fresh garlic from the People's Republic
of China who have not qualified for a separate rate are deemed to be
covered by this review as part of the single PRC entity of which the
named exporters are a part.
\2\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate
rate, all other exporters of paper clips from the People's Republic of
China who have not qualified for a separate rate are deemed to be
covered by this review as part of the single PRC entity of which the
named exporters are a part.
\3\ Inadvertently omitted from previous initiation notice.
During any administrative review covering all or part of a period
falling between the first and second or third and fourth anniversary of
the publication of an antidumping duty order under section 351.211 or a
determination under section 351.218(d) (sunset review), the Secretary,
if requested by a domestic interested party within 30 days of the date
of publication of the notice of initiation of the review, will
determine whether antidumping duties have been absorbed by an exporter
or producer subject to the review if the subject merchandise is sold in
the United States through an importer that is affiliated with such
exporter or producer. The request must include the name(s) of the
exporter or producer for which the inquiry is requested.
For transition orders defined in section 751(c)(6) of the Act, the
Secretary will apply paragraph (j)(1) of the Department's Regulations
to any administrative review initiated in 1998 (19 CFR 351.213(j)(1-
2)).
Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(b)
and 355.34(b).
These initiations and this notice are in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)), and
19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).
Dated: December 17, 1998.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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