[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 209 (Friday, October 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 64422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27689]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-809]


Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From Mexico

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

ACTION: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is rescinding 
the review it initiated on October 2, 2000, of the antidumping duty 
order on certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Mexico (65 FR 
58733).

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 21, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Killiam or Robert James, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone (202) 482-5222 and 482-0649, respectively.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Tariff Act), are references to the provisions 
effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all 
citations to the Department's regulations are to the regulations 
codified at 19 CFR part 351 (2000).

Background

    On August 31, 2000, the sole respondent, Altos de Hornos de Mexico, 
S.A. de C.V. (AHMSA), and the petitioners, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, 
and U.S. Steel Group (a unit of USX Corporation), requested that the 
Department conduct an administrative review of subject merchandise 
exported by AHMSA from Mexico to the United States for the period 
August 1, 1999 through July 31, 2000. On October 2, 2000, the 
Department published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of 
administrative review with respect to AHMSA for that period (65 FR 
58733). AHMSA withdrew its request for a review on September 27, 2000; 
the petitioners withdrew their request on September 28, 2000.

Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department will rescind an 
administrative review if a party that requested the review withdraws 
the request within 90 days of the date of publication of the notice of 
initiation of the requested review. Because both parties' withdrawals 
were submitted within the 90-day time limit, we are rescinding this 
review. We will issue appropriate appraisement instructions directly to 
the U.S. Customs Service.
    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials, or 
conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby requested. Failure 
to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    This notice is in accordance with section 777(i)(1) of the Tariff 
Act, 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1) and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: October 20, 2000.
Joseph Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III.
[FR Doc. 00-27689 Filed 10-26-00; 8:45 am]
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