[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 190 (Monday, October 1, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49924-49926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24507]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part

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

ACTION: Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received 
requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders and findings with August anniversary dates. 
In accordance with the Department's regulations, we are initiating 
those administrative reviews. The Department also received requests to 
revoke three antidumping duty orders in part.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2001.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department has received timely requests, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.213(b)(2000), for administrative reviews of various antidumping 
and countervailing duty orders and findings with August anniversary 
dates. The Department also received timely requests to revoke in part 
the antidumping duty orders for Pure Magnesium from Canada, Oil Country 
Tubular Goods from Mexico and Canned Pineapple from Thailand. The 
revocation request for Canned Pineapple from Thailand was inadvertently 
omitted from the initiation notice published on August 20, 2001 (66 FR 
43570).

Initiation of Reviews

    In accordance with sections 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 August 31, 2002.

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                                                          Period to be
                                                            reviewed
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             Antidumping Duty Proceedings
Argentina: Oil Country Tubular Goods, A-357-810......     8/1/00-7/31/01
    Acindar Industria Argentina de Aceros, S.A.
    Siderca, S.A.I.C.
Canada: Pure Magnesium, A-122-814....................     8/1/00-7/31/01
    Magnola Metallurgy Inc.
    Norsk Hydo Canada, Inc.
France: Industrial Nitrocellulose, A-427-009.........     8/1/00-7/31/01
    Bergerac N.C.
France: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip In Coils\1\,      7/1/00-6/30/01
 A-427-814...........................................
    Ugine S.A.
Italy: Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Resin,     8/1/00-7/31/01
 A-475-703...........................................
    Ausimont SpA
Japan: Oil Country Tubular Goods, A-588-835..........     8/1/00-7/31/01
    Kawasaki Steel Corporation
    Nippon Steel Corporation
    NKK Steel Corporation
    Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
Mexico: Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line, and     2/4/00-7/31/01
 Pressure Pipe (Over 4\1/2\ Inches), A-201-827.......
    Tubos de Aceros de Mexico, S.A.
Mexico: Gray Portland Cement and Clinker, A-201-802..     8/1/00-7/31/01

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    GCC Cementos, S.A. de C.V.
    CEMEX, S.A. de C.V.
    Apasco, S.A. de C.V.
Mexico: Oil Country Tubular Goods, A-201-817.........     8/1/00-7/31/01
    Hylsa, S.A. de C.V.
    Tubos de Acero de Mexico S.A.
Republic of Korea: Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel       8/1/00-7/31/01
 Flat Products, A-580-816............................
    Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.
    Pohang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.
    Union Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Republic of Korea: Oil Country Tubular Goods, Other       8/1/00-7/31/01
 than Drill Pipe, A-580-825..........................
    SeAH Steel Corporation
    Shinho Steel Co., Ltd.
Republic of Korea: Structural Steel Beams, A-580-841.    2/11/00-7/31/01
    INI Steel Company (formerly Inchon Iron & Steel
     Co., Ltd.)
Romania: Certain Small Diameter Carbon and Alloy          2/4/00-7/31/01
 Seamless Standard Line and Pressure Pipe, A-485-805.
    Silcotub, S.A.
Romania: Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate, A-485-803.     8/1/00-7/31/01
    Sidex, S.A.
Taiwan: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils\2\,      7/1/00-6/30/01
 A-583-831...........................................
    Chia Far Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Ta Chen Stainless Pipe Co., Ltd.
    Tung Mung Development Co., Ltd.
    Yieh United Steel Corporation
The People's Republic of China: Petroleum Wax             8/1/00-7/31/01
 Candles\3\, A-570-504...............................
    Dongguan Fay Candle Company, Ltd.
The People's Republic of China: Sulfanilic Acid\4\, A-    8/1/00-7/31/01
 570-815.............................................
    Boading Mancheng Zhenxing Chemical Plant
    Xinyu Chemical Plant
    Yude Chemical Industry, Co.
    Zhenxing Chemical Industry, Co.
Thailand: Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe             7/1/00-6/30/01
 Fittings\5\, A-549-806..............................
    Thai Benkan Company, Ltd.
           Countervailing Duty Proceedings
Canada: Alloy Magnesium, C-122-815...................    1/1/00-12/31/00
    Magnola Metallurgy Inc.
    Norsk Hydro Canada Inc.
Canada: Pure Magnesium, C-122-815....................    1/1/00-12/31/00
    Magnola Metallurgy Inc.
    Norsk Hydro Canada Inc.
France: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils, C-     1/1/00-12/31/00
 427-815.............................................
    Ugine S.A.
Republic of Korea: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in    1/1/00-12/31/00
 Coils, C-580-835....................................
    INI Steel Company (formerly Inchon Iron and Steel
     Co., Ltd.)
    Sammi Steel Co.
                Suspension Agreements
None.
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\1\ Case inadvertently omitted from previous initiation notice.
\2\ Case inadvertently omitted from previous initiation notice.
\3\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate
  rate, all other exporters of petroleum wax candles 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.
\4\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate
  rate, all other exporters of sulfanilic acid 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.
\5\ In the initiation notice published on August 20, 2001 (66 FR 43570),
  the case number and review period for Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld
  Pipe Fittings from Thailand is incorrect. The correct case number and
  review period is listed above.

    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 Sec. 351.211 or a 
determination under Sec. 351.218(f)(4) to continue an order or 
suspended investigation (after 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.
    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).


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    Dated: September 24, 2001.
Holly A. Kuga,
Senior Office Director, Group II, Office 4 AD/CVD Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 01-24507 Filed 9-28-01; 8:45 am]
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