[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4228-4229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1851]


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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 has received requests to conduct 
administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty 
orders and findings with December anniversary dates. In accordance with 
our regulations, we are initiating those administrative reviews.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  January 26, 2000.

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 Constitutional Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-4737.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  

Background

    The Department of Commerce (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 December 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 December 31, 2000.

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                                                  Period to be reviewed
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          Antidumping duty proceedings
Canada: A-122-047
    Elemental Sulphur..........................         12/1/98-11/30/99
        Husky Oil Limited
        Petrosul International
Chile: A-337-804
    Certain Preserved Mushrooms................          8/5/98-11/30/99
        Nature's Farm Products
        Ravine Foods
Japan: A-588-046
    Polychloroprene Rubber.....................         12/1/98-11/30/99
        Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
        Tosoh Corporations
Mexico: A-201-504
    Porcelain-On-Steel Cooking Ware............         12/1/98-11/30/99
        Cinsa, S.A. de C.V.
        Esmaltactiones de Norte America, S.A.
         de C.V.
Republic of Korea: A-580-810                            12/1/98-11/30/99
    Welded ASTM A-312 Stainless Steel Pipe.....
        SeAH Steel Corporation, Ltd.
Taiwan: A-583-815                                       12/1/98-11/30/99
    Welded ASTM A-312 Stainless Steel Pipe.....
        Ta Chen Stainless Steel Pipe
The People's Republic of China: A-570-827               12/1/98-11/30/99
    Certain Cased Pencils *....................
        China First Pencil Company, Ltd.

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        China Second Pencil Company, Ltd.
        Shanghai Three Star Stationery Company,
         Ltd.
        Beijing Pencil Factory
        Dalian Pencil Factory
        Donghua Pencil Factory
        Harbin Pencil Factory
        Jiangsu Pencil Factory
        Jinan Pencil Factory
        Juihai Pencil Factory
        Julong Pencil Factory
        Qingdao Pencil Factory
        Shenyiang Pencil Factory
        Songnan Pencil Factory
        Tianjin Pencil Factory
        Xinbang Joint Venture Pencil Factory
        Anhui Import/Export Group Corporation
        Anhui Light Industrial Products I/E
         Corporation
        Anhui Provincial Imports & Exports
         Corporation
        Beijing Light Industrial Products I/E
         Corp.
        China First Pencil Company, Ltd.
        China Second Pencil Company, Ltd.
        China National Light Industrial
         Products Import & Export Corporation
         (all branches)
        Dalian Light Industrial Products Import/
         Export Corporation
        Jiangsu Light Industrial Products
         Import/Export Group Corp.
        Jilin Provincial Machinery & Equipment
         Import & Export Corporation
        Liaoning Light Industrial Products
         Import/Export Corporation
        Qingdao Light Industrial Products
         Import/Export Corporation
        Shandong Light Industrial Products
         Import/Export Corporation
        Sichuan Light Industrial Products
         Import/Export Corporation
        Tianjin Stationery and Sporting Goods
         Import/Export Corporation
        Zhenjiang Foreign Trade Corporation
        Laizhou City Guangming Pencil-Making
         Lead Co., Ltd.
        *If one of the above named companies
         does not qualify for a separate rate,
         all other exporters of certain cased
         pencils 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.
The People's Republic of China: A-570-506               12/1/98-11/30/99
    Porcelain-O-Steel Cooking Ware *...........
        Clover Enamelware Enterprises, Ltd.
        Lucky Enamelware Factory Limited
    *If one of the above named companies does
     not qualify for a separate rate, all other
     exporters of porcelain-on-steel cooking
     ware 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.
 
        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: January 20, 2000.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Group II, AD/CVD Enforcement.
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