[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 89 (Wednesday, May 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 30873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11466]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-846]


Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products from 
Japan: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has found no 
evidence that there were entries, exports, or sales of subject 
merchandise by respondent Kawasaki Steel Corporation (Kawasaki) during 
the current period of review (POR). Consequently, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.213(d)(3), the Department is rescinding this administrative 
review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 8, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug Campau, AD/CVD Enforcement Group 
III, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-
1395.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations are references to the 
provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). In 
addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's 
regulations are to the provisions codified at 19 CFR Part 351 (2001).

Background

    On June 29, 1999, the Department published in the Federal Register 
the antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-
quality steel flat products from Japan. See Antidumping Duty Order; 
Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products From 
Japan, 64 FR 34778. In response to a timely request from petitioners, 
Bethlehem Steel Corporation, LTV Steel Company, Inc., and United States 
Steel Corporation, previously known as U.S. Steel Group, a unit of USX 
Corporation, filed in accordance with19 CFR 351.213(b), the Department 
initiated an administrative review of this antidumping duty order. See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, (66 FR 38252, July 23, 
2001). This review covers one manufacturer/exporter of the subject 
merchandise, Kawasaki, for the period of June 1, 2000 through May 31, 
2001.
    On September 4, 2001, Kawasaki submitted a letter to the Department 
stating that it did not have any reviewable or reportable U.S. sales, 
entries, or shipments of subject merchandise during the POR. The 
Department reviewed data on entries under the order during the POR from 
the U.S. Customs Service. Our review of this data revealed no imports 
of the subject merchandise produced and/or exported by Kawasaki.
    Pursuant to our regulations, the Department may rescind an 
administrative review, ``if the Secretary concludes that, during the 
period covered by the review, there were no entries, exports, or sales 
of the subject merchandise, as the case may be.'' 19 CFR Sec.  
351.213(d)(3). On April 18, 2002, we faxed all parties a memorandum 
stating our intent to rescind this review because there are no 
reviewable sales, shipments or entries. See Memorandum from Doug Campau 
to The File: Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Flat 
Products from Japan: Notification to Interested Parties of Intent to 
Rescind, dated April 18, 2002. We have not received any comments. 
Because we have found no evidence that there were entries, exports, or 
sales of the subject merchandise by Kawasaki during the current POR, 
the Department is rescinding this administrative review in accordance 
with 19 CFR Sec.  351.213(d)(3). The Department 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 and notice are issued and published in 
accordance with 19 CFR Sec.  351.213(d)(4) and sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: May 1, 2002
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-11466 Filed 5-7-02; 8:45 am]
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