[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71496-71497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32937]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 751-TA-15]


Stainless Steel Plate From Sweden

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Termination of changed circumstances review.

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SUMMARY: On August 6, 1999, the Department of Commerce published notice 
of the revocation of the antidumping finding on stainless steel plate 
from Sweden (64 FR 42922). The revocation of the antidumping finding 
renders moot the Commission's suspended changed circumstances review on 
stainless steel plate from Sweden (investigation No. 751-TA-15). 
Accordingly, the Commission hereby gives notice that it is terminating 
changed circumstances review investigation No. 751-TA-15.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 13, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Carpenter (202-205-3172), 
Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired individuals are 
advised that information on this matter can be obtained 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 30, 1993, the Commission self-
initiated a changed circumstances review of its 1973 affirmative 
determination in Stainless Steel Plate from Sweden, Inv. No. AA1921-
114, TC Pub. 573 (May 1973). The decision to initiate the review 
followed discovery of a 1976 Treasury scope ruling that excluded three 
specific products from the scope of the original antidumping finding 
covering stainless steel plate from Sweden. The Commission determined 
that exclusion of these three products from the scope of the finding 
constituted changed circumstances sufficient to warrant review of its 
determination. Following publication of the notice of institution of 
the review, the domestic industry and the Swedish producer Avesta 
requested that the Commission suspend the review until the Department 
of Commerce could resolve an ongoing scope inquiry covering the same 
products. On August 16, 1993, the Commission suspended the review. The 
review has remained suspended since that date during Commerce's scope 
proceeding and subsequent appellate litigation.
    On August 3, 1998, the Commission instituted a review of the 
finding under 19 U.S.C. 1675(c) to determine whether revocation of the 
antidumping finding covering stainless steel plate from Sweden would be 
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an 
industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time (63 
FR 41288, August 3, 1998). On June 23, 1999, the Commission determined 
that revocation of the antidumping finding covering stainless steel 
plate from Sweden would not be likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States 
within a reasonably foreseeable time. Stainless Steel Plate from 
Sweden, Inv. No. AA1921-114 (Review), USITC Pub. 3204 (July 1999). 
Accordingly, on August 6, 1999, the Department of Commerce published 
notice of the revocation of the antidumping finding

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covering stainless steel plate from Sweden (64 FR 42922).
    Revocation of the antidumping finding covering stainless steel 
plate from Sweden renders moot the need for the suspended changed 
circumstances review of the finding. Therefore, in accordance with the 
provisions of 19 CFR 207.40 and 207.45(d), the Commission has 
determined to terminate the suspended changed circumstances proceeding.

    Authority: This review is being terminated under authority of 
title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: December 14, 1999.

Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-32937 Filed 12-20-99; 8:45 am]
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