[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18609-18610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8821]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-507-502]


Certain In-Shell Pistachios From Iran: Rescission of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of rescission of antidumping duty administrative review.

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SUMMARY: On September 6, 2000, in response to a request made by Cyrus 
Marketing, an importer, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register (65 FR 53980) a notice announcing the 
initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain in-shell pistachios from Iran. The review period is July 1, 
1999 to June 30, 2000. This review has now been rescinded because Cyrus 
Marketing has withdrawn its request for review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 10, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phyllis Hall or Donna Kinsella, 
Enforcement Group III, Office 8, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 7866, Washington, DC 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-1398 or (202) 482-0194 respectively.

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (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 (URAA). In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are 
references to the provisions codified at 19 CFR Part 351 (2000).

Scope of the Review

    The product covered by this review is raw, in-shell pistachio nuts 
from which the hulls have been removed, leaving the inner hard shells, 
and edible meats from Iran. This merchandise is currently provided for 
in item 0802502000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.

Background

    On July 24, 2000, Cyrus Marketing (an importer) requested an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain in-shell 
pistachios from Iran published in the Federal Register on July 17, 1986 
(51 FR 25922) with regard to Rafsanjan Pistachio Producers Cooperative 
(RPPC), an Iranian producer and exporter of in-shell pistachios. On 
September 6, 2000, the Department published in the Federal Register (65 
FR 53980) a notice of ``Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part'' 
initiating the administrative review. On April 2, 2001, the Department 
received a letter dated March 23, 2001, from Cyrus Marketing 
withdrawing its request for review. The applicable regulation, 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1), states that if a party that requested an administrative 
review withdraws the request within 90 days of the publication of the 
notice of

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initiation of the requested review, the Secretary will rescind the 
review. Although Cyrus Marketing's request for withdrawal was made 
after the 90-day deadline, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the 
Secretary may extend this time limit if the Secretary decides it is 
reasonable to do so. Given that we have received no submissions 
opposing Cyrus Marketing's request for withdrawal of the administrative 
review and Cyrus Marketing was the only party to request the 
administrative review, we find it reasonable to accept the withdrawal 
request. Therefore, we are rescinding this review of the antidumping 
duty order on certain in-shell pistachios from Iran covering the period 
July 1, 1999 through June 30, 2000.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: April 2, 2001.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III.
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