[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 20 (Wednesday, January 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4392-4393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2251]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-836]


Live Processed Blue Mussels from Canada: Notice of Termination of 
Antidumping Investigation

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

ACTION: Notice of termination of antidumping investigation for the 
period April 1, 2000 through March 31, 2001.

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SUMMARY: On April 6, 2001, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated an antidumping investigation of live processed blue mussels 
from Canada. See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Investigation: 
Live Processed Blue Mussels From

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Canada, 66 FR 18227 (April 6, 2001). The Department is terminating this 
investigation after receiving a timely withdrawal of the petition from 
the petitioner.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 30, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas F. Futtner or Paige Rivas, AD/
CVD Enforcement, Group II, Office 4, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-3814 or (202) 482-0651, respectively; fax (202) 482-5105.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act), are references to the provisions in effect 
as of 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 are to the 
regulations as codified at 19 CFR part 351 (2001).

Background

    On March 12, 2001, the Department received a petition from Great 
Eastern Mussel Farms, Inc. (Great Eastern) alleging that live processed 
blue mussels from Canada were being sold, or were likely to be sold, in 
the United States at less than fair value. On April 6, 2001, the 
Department initiated an antidumping investigation of live processed 
blue mussels from Canada for the period April 1, 2000 through March 31, 
2002 in order to determine whether merchandise imported into the United 
States is being sold at dumped prices. On October 18, 2001, the 
Department published in the Federal Register a notice of preliminary 
determination of sales at less than fair. See Notice of Preliminary 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of 
Final Determination: Live Processed Blue Mussels from, 66 FR 52888 
(October 18, 2001). On January 7, 2002, Great Eastern withdrew its 
petition citing improved market conditions.

Termination of the Antidumping Investigation

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.207(b)(1), the Department may terminate an 
investigation upon withdrawal of the petition by the petitioner 
provided that the termination of the investigation is in the public 
interest. We contacted all interested parties to the investigation and 
notified them in writing of our intent to terminate the investigation 
and informed them that they had seven days in which to comment on this 
termination. No domestic interested party has objected to termination 
of this investigation. As no domestic interested party objects to this 
termination and the Department is not aware of evidence to the 
contrary, the Department finds that termination of this investigation 
is in the public interest. As such, we are terminating this antidumping 
investigation and will issue instructions directly to the U.S. Customs 
Service to terminate the suspension of subject merchandise.
    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 the terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    This determination and notice are in accordance with section 734(a) 
of the Act and section 19 CFR 351.207(b) of the Department's 
regulations.

    January 24, 2002
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
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