[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 112 (Friday, June 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31609-31610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14910]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION


Certain Fresh Cut Flowers From Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, And Peru 
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AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

    \1\ The investigation numbers are as follows: Chile is 701-TA-
276 (Review) and 731-TA-328 (Review), Ecuador is 731-TA-331 
(Review), Mexico is 731-TA-333 (Review), and Peru is 303-TA-18 
(Review).

ACTION: Notice of Commission determination to conduct full five-year 
reviews concerning the countervailing duty orders on standard 
carnations from Chile and pompom chrysanthemums from Peru and 
antidumping duty orders on standard carnations from Chile, fresh cut 
flowers from Ecuador, and fresh cut flowers from Mexico.

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SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice that it will proceed with 
full reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(19 U.S.C. Sec. 1675(c)(5)) to determine whether revocation of the 
countervailing duty orders on standard carnations from Chile and pompom 
chrysanthemums from Peru and the antidumping duty orders on standard 
carnations from Chile, fresh cut flowers from Ecuador, and fresh cut 
flowers from Mexico would be likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time. A 
schedule for the reviews will be established and announced at a later 
date.
    For further information concerning the conduct of these reviews 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

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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: June 3, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vera Libeau (202-205-3176), 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: On June 3, 1999, the Commission determined 
that it should proceed to full reviews in the subject five-year reviews 
pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Act. The Commission, in 
consultation with the Department of Commerce, grouped these reviews 
because they involve similar domestic like products. See 19 U.S.C. 
Sec. 1675(c)(5)(D); 63 FR 29372, 29374 (May 29, 1998).
    With regard to standard carnations from Chile and fresh cut flowers 
from Ecuador, the Commission found that the domestic interested party 
group responses to its notice of institution 2 were 
inadequate and the respondent interested party group responses were 
adequate.3 The Commission also found that other 
circumstances warranted conducting full reviews.4
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    \2\ The notice of institution for all of the subject reviews was 
published in the Federal Register on Feb. 1, 1999 (64 FR 4898).
    \3\ Chairman Bragg and Commissioner Crawford dissenting with 
respect to the adequacy of the respondent interested party group 
response for standard carnations from Chile.
    \4\ Commissioner Crawford dissenting.
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    With regard to fresh cut flowers from Mexico and pompom 
chrysanthemums from Peru, the Commission found that both the domestic 
interested party group responses and the respondent interested party 
group responses were inadequate. The Commission also found that other 
circumstances warranted conducting full reviews.5
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    \5\ Commissioner Crawford dissenting.
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    A record of the Commissioners' votes, the Commission's statement on 
adequacy, and any individual Commissioner's statements will be 
available from the Office of the Secretary and at the Commission's web 
site.

    Authority: These reviews are being conducted under authority of 
title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published 
pursuant to section 207.62 of the Commission's rules.

    Issued: June 7, 1999.

    By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-14910 Filed 6-10-99; 8:45 am]
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