[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44521-44522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18121]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[Docket No. A-580-809]


Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea; 
Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results and Partial 
Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results and 
Partial Rescission of Administrative Review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the 
preliminary results of the seventh administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from the 
Republic of Korea. The period of review is November 1, 1998, through 
October 31, 1999. This extension is made pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act. We are also rescinding the review, in part, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 18, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Thirumalai or Gregory 
Campbell, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-4087 
or 482-2239, respectively.

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's (the 
Department's) regulations refer to the regulations codified at 19 CFR 
Part 351, April 1999.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Due to the number of companies involved, the large number of 
transactions and the significance of outstanding issues, it is not 
practicable to complete this review within the time limit currently 
mandated (i.e., August 1, 2000). Therefore, in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department is extending the time limit for 
completion of the preliminary results to not later than October 6, 
2000.

Partial Rescission of Review

    On November 30, 1999, Allied Tube and Conduit Corporation, Sawhill 
Tubular Division-Armco, Inc., and Wheatland Tube Company (the 
petitioners) requested a review of, inter alios, Korea Iron and Steel 
Company, Ltd (KISCO). As a result, an administrative review including 
KISCO was initiated on December 28, 1999, (see, Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 64 FR 72644 
(December 28, 1999)). KISCQ did not separately request a review.

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    On June 15, 2000, the petitioners withdrew their request for a 
review of KISCO. Section 351.213(d)(1) of our regulations states that:

    The Secretary will rescind an administrative review under this 
section, in whole or in part, if a party that requested a review 
withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of the publication 
of notice of initiation of the requested review.

Section 351.213(d)(1) of our regulations further provides that we may 
extend that deadline, and it is our practice to do so, where it is 
reasonable, i.e., where the Department has not expended considerable 
time and resources, and where it does not appear that the procedures 
are being abused. See, e.g., Fresh Kiwifruit From New Zealand: 
Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review and 
Intent To Revoke Order, and Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 64 FR 45508 45509 (August 20, 1999); see also, 
Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties; Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 
27317 (May 19, 1997). In this review, the petitioners withdrew their 
request for review after the 90-day deadline. However, since the 
petitioners' withdrawal was made before the review had progressed 
beyond a point where it would be unreasonable to rescind, and because 
KISCO supports the petitioners' request for withdrawal, we find that 
rescinding the review with respect to KISCO would not prejudice any 
party to the proceeding and would, therefore, be reasonable. See, e.g., 
Glycine From the People's Republic of China; Notice of Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 63 FR 54406 56607 (October 22, 
1998). Therefore, in accordance with section 351.213(d)(1) of our 
regulations, we have rescinded the review with respect to KISCO (see, 
Memorandum to Susan Kuhbach of June 27, 2000 on Partial Rescission of 
Administrative Review).
    This notice is in accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act (19 
U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

    Dated: July 11, 2000.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement.
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