[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 103 (Friday, May 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28973-28974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13562]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part

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

ACTION: Notice of initiation of antidumping and countervailing duty 
administrative reviews and request for revocation in part.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has received requests to conduct 
administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty 
orders and findings with April anniversary dates. In accordance with 
the Department's regulations, we are initiating those administrative 
reviews. The Department of Commerce also received a request to revoke 
one antidumping duty order in part.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 28, 1999.

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, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone: (202) 482-4737.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The Department has received timely requests, in accordance with 19 
C.F.R. 351.213(b) (1979), for administrative reviews of various 
antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with April 
anniversary dates. The Department also received a timely request to 
revoke in part the antidumping duty order on Roller Chain, Other Than 
Bicycle from Japan.

Initiation of Reviews

    In accordance with section 19 C.F.R. 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 April 30, 2000.

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                                                          Period to be
                                                            reviewed
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             Antidumping Duty Proceedings
 
France: Sorbitol, A-427-001..........................     4/1/98-3/31/99
    Roquette Freres
Greece: Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide, A-484-801....     4/1/98-3/31/99
    Tosoh Hellas A.I.C.
Japan: Roller Chain, Other Than Bicycle, A-588-028...     4/1/98-3/31/99
    Daido Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Enuma Chain Mfg. Co. Ltd.
    HKK Chain Corp./Hitachi Metals Techno, Ltd.
    Izumi Chain Mfg. Co.
    Kaga Kogyo/Kaga Industries/KCM
    Oriental Chain Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Pulton Chain Co., Inc.
    RK Excel Co. Ltd.
    Sugiyama Chain Co., Ltd.
    Alloy Tool Steel Inc. (ATSI)
    Daido Tsusho Co., Ltd./Daido Corporation
    HKK Chain Corp./Hitachi Metals Techno, Ltd./
     Hitachi Maxco, Ltd.
    Nissho Iwai Corporation
    Tsubakimoto Chain Co./U.S. Tsubaki
Taiwan: Static Random Access Memory Semiconductors, A-   10/1/97-3/31/99
 583-827.............................................
    Alliance Semiconductor Corporation
    Galvantech, Inc
    G-Link Technology Corporation
    GSI Technology *                                     10/1/98-3/31/99
 
    Winbond Electronics Corporation
 
* The review period for GSI will be 10/1/98 through 3/
 31/99, for all other firms listed for SRAMs the
 review period is 10/1/97 through 3/31/99.
Thailand: Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and           3/1/98-2/28/99
 Tubes,* A-549-502...................................
    Saha Thai Steel Company, Ltd.
 
* Inadvertently omitted from previous initiation
 notice.
The People's Republic of China: Brake Rotors,* A-570-     4/1/98-3/31/99
 846.................................................
    Jilin Provinvial Machinery & Equipment Import &
     Export Co.
    Laizhou Auto Brake Equipments Factory
    Longjing Walking Tractor Works Foreign Trade
     Import & Export Co.
    Longkou Haimeng Machinery Co.
    Qingdao Gren Co.
    Yantai Chen Fu Enterprise Corporation

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    Yantai Import & Export Co.
    Yantai Winhere Auto-Part Manufacturing Co.
    Yenhere Corporation
    Zibo Botai Machinery Manufacturing Co.
    Zibo Luzhou Automobile Parts Co.
 
* If one of the named companies does not qualify for
 a separate rate, all other exporters of brake rotors
 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.
Turkey: Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars, A-       4/1/98-3/31/99
 489-807.............................................
    Colakoglu Metalurji A.S.
    Icdas Celik Enerji Tersane ve Ulasim Sanayi, A.S      8/1/98-3/31/99
     *...............................................
* The review period for Icdas Celik will be 8/1/98
 through 3/31/99, for the other firm listed for
 reinforcing bars the review period is 4/1/98 through
 3/31/99.
           Countervailing Duty Proceedings
 
None.
 
                Suspension Agreements
 
None.
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    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 this section 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 351.305.
    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: May 20, 1999.
Bernard T. Carreau,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Group II, AD/CVD Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 99-13562 Filed 5-27-99; 8:45 am]
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