[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 56057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27858]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-485-803]


Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From Romania; Notice of 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review.

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SUMMARY: On October 1, 2001, in response to a request made by Sidex 
S.A. (Sidex), the Department of Commerce (the Department) published a 
notice of initiation of antidumping duty administrative review of cut-
to-length carbon steel plate from Romania, for the period August 1, 
2000 through July 31, 2001. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation 
in Part, 66 FR 49924 (October 1, 2001). Because Sidex has timely 
withdrawn the only request for review, the Department is rescinding 
this review in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 6, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Baker or Robert James, 
Enforcement Group III, Office 8, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
2924 and (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations 
to the Department's regulations are to the regulations codified at 19 
CFR Part 351 (2001).

Background

    On August 19, 1993 the Department published the antidumping duty 
order on cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Romania. See Antidumping 
Duty Order: Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Romania, 58 
FR 44167 (August 19, 1993). On August 1, 2001, the Department published 
a notice of ``Opportunity to Request Administrative Review'' of the 
antidumping duty order for the period August 1, 2000 through July 31, 
2001. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 
66 FR 39729 (August 1, 2001). On August 31, 2001, Sidex, a producer of 
the subject merchandise, requested that the Department conduct an 
administrative review for the period August 1, 2000 through July 31, 
2001. There were no other requests for review. On October 1, 2001, the 
Department published a notice of initiation of antidumping duty 
administrative review of cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Romania, 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i). See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests 
for Revocation in Part, 66 FR 49924 (October 1, 2001). On October 10, 
2001, Sidex withdrew its request for review.

Rescission of Review

    The Department's regulations provide that 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 
notice of initiation of the requested review.'' See 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1). Sidex's withdrawal of their request for review was 
within the 90-day time limit. As a result of the withdrawal of the 
request for review and because the Department received no other 
requests for review, the Department is rescinding the administrative 
review for the period August 1, 2000 through July 31, 2001, and will 
issue appropriate assessment instructions to the U.S. Customs Service.
    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (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 determination is issued and published in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.213(d)(4) and sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff 
Act.

    Dated: October 30, 2001.
Edward C. Yang,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III.
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