[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 219 (Monday, November 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61821-61822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29753]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


October 1999 Sunset Reviews; Final Results of Reviews and 
Revocation

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

ACTION: Final results of Sunset Reviews: Revocation and antidumping 
duty orders on hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel products from 
Brazil C-351-812; hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel products 
from Brazil A-351-811; hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel 
products from France A-427-804; hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon 
steel products from France C-427-805; hot-rolled lead and bismuth 
carbon steel products from Germany C-428-812; hot-rolled lead and 
bismuth carbon steel products from Germany A-428-811; hot-rolled lead 
and bismuth carbon steel products from United Kingdom C-412-811; and 
hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel products from United Kingdom 
A-412-810.

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SUMMARY: On October 1, 1999, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') initiated sunset reviews of antidumping duty orders on 
hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel products from Brazil, France, 
Germany, and the United Kingdom (64 FR 53320). In addition, the 
Department initiated sunset reviews of countervailing duty orders on 
hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel products from Brazil, France, 
Germany, and the United Kingdom (64 FR 53320). The Department is 
revoking the aforementioned antidumping and countervailing duty orders 
on hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel because no domestic party 
responded to the sunset review notice of initiation by the applicable 
deadline.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark D. Young or Melissa G. Skinner, 
Office of Policy, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3207 or (202) 482-1560, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 22, 1993, the Department issued antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders on hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel 
products from Brazil, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom (58 FR 
15324). Pursuant to section 71(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``the Act''), the Department initiated sunset reviews of these orders 
by publishing notice of the initiation in the Federal Register (October 
1, 1999 (64 FR 53320)). In addition, as a courtesy to interested 
parties, the Department sent letters, via certified and registered 
mail, to each party listed on the Department's most current service 
list for these proceedings to

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inform them of the automatic initiation of the sunset reviews on these 
orders.
    However, no domestic interested party in the sunset reviews on 
these orders responded to the notice of initiation by the October 19, 
1999 deadline (see section 351.218(d)(1)(i) of Procedures for 
Conducting Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Orders, 63 FR 13520 (March 20, 1998) (``Sunset 
Regulations'')).

Determination

    Pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(A) of the Act and section 
351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(3) of the Sunset Regulations, if no domestic 
interested party responds to the notice of initiation, the Department 
shall issue a final determination, within 90 days after the initiation 
of the review, revoking the order. Because no domestic interested party 
in the sunset reviews of hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel 
products from Brazil, France, Germany, or the United Kingdom responded 
to the notice of initiation by the applicable deadline, we are revoking 
these antidumping and countervailing duty orders.

Effective Date of Revocation

    Pursuant to section 751(c)(6)(A)(iv) of the Act, the Department 
will instruct the United States Customs Service to terminate the 
suspension of liquidation of the merchandise subject to these orders 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, on or after January 1, 2000. 
Entries of subject merchandise prior to the effective date of 
revocation will continue to be subject to suspension of liquidation and 
antidumping and countervailing duty deposit requirements. The 
Department will complete any pending administrative reviews of these 
orders and will conduct administrative reviews of subject merchandise 
entered prior to the effective date of revocation in response to 
appropriately filed requests for review:

    Dated: November 8, 1999.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-29753 Filed 11-12-99; 8:45 am]
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