[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16657-16658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7553]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-560-806]
Certain Cut-To-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate From Indonesia:
Notice of Initiation of New Shipper Countervailing Duty Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Initiation of New Shipper Countervailing Duty Review.
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SUMMARY: On February 22, 2001, the Department of Commerce (the
Department) received a request to conduct a new shipper review of the
countervailing duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel
plate from Indonesia. We are initiating this new shipper review in
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.214(d).
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 27, 2001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Moore or Tipten Troidl,
Office of AD/CVD Enforcement VI, Group II, Import Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone numbers (202) 482-3692 and 482-1767,
respectively.
Applicable Statute and Regulations
Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Act are references
to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the
amendments made to the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In
addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's
regulations refer to the regulations codified at 19 CFR part 351
(2000).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 29, 1999, the Department published the final
affirmative countervailing duty determination on certain cut-to-length
carbon-quality steel plate from Indonesia. See Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination: Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality
Steel Plate from Indonesia, 64 FR 73155. On February 10, 2000, the
Department published the countervailing duty order. See Notice of
Amended Final Determinations: Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality
Steel Plate from India and the Republic of Korea; and Notice of
Countervailing Duty Orders: Certain Cut-To-Length Carbon-Quality Steel
Plate from France, India, Indonesia, Italy, and the Republic of Korea,
65 FR 6587. The Department received a request from a cut-to-length
carbon-quality steel plate producer and exporter in Indonesia, PT.
Gunung Rajapaksi, to conduct a new shipper review of the countervailing
duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate from
Indonesia. This request was made pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b).
Initiation of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b), in its request of February 1, 2001,
PT. Gunung Rajapaksi certified that (1) it did not export the subject
merchandise to the United States during the period of investigation
(POI) (January 1, 1998 through December 31, 1998) and (2) that, since
the investigation was initiated, it has never been affiliated with any
exporter or producer who exported the subject merchandise to the United
States during the POI. Also, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2),
PT. Gunung Rajapaksi submitted documentation establishing (1) the date
on which its merchandise was first entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption in the United States, (2) the volume of that
first shipment and (3) the date of its first sale to an unaffiliated
customer in the United States. In addition, the company provided a
certification stating that it has informed the Government of Indonesia
that it will be required to provide a full response to the
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Department's countervailing duty questionnaire.
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and section
351.214(d) of the Department's regulations, we are initiating a new
shipper review of the countervailing duty order on certain cut-to-
length carbon-quality steel plate from Indonesia. In accordance with 19
CFR 351.214(h)(i), we intend to issue the preliminary results of this
review not later than 180 days from the date of publication of this
notice. In a countervailing duty proceeding, the standard period of
review in a new shipper review is the same as that specified in 19 CFR
351.213(e)(2) for an administrative review. Although the first
administrative review of this order covers July 26, 1999 through
December 31, 2000, the new shipper, PT. Gunung Rajapaksi, had no
shipments prior to January 1, 2000. The Department generally calculates
subsidies on a calendar year basis, and PT. Gunung Rajapaksi had no
shipments before 2000; therefore, we will review the subsidies received
by the company only for calendar year 2000.
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Period to be
Countervailing duty proceeding reviewed
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Indonesia: Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality 01/01/00-12/31/00
Steel Plate, C-560-806: PT. Gunung Rajapaksi.....
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Concurrent with publication of this notice, and in accordance with
19 CFR 351.214(e), we will instruct the Customs Service to suspend
liquidation of any unliquidated entries of the subject merchandise from
the relevant exporter or producer, and to allow, at the option of the
importer, the posting of a bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit
for each entry of the merchandise exported by the company listed above,
until the completion of the review.
Interested parties may submit applications for disclosure under
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and
351.306.
This initiation notice is in accordance with section 751(a) of the
Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 351.214.
Dated: March 19, 2001.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group II.
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