[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 91 (Friday, May 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31768-31769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11769]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-835]


Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG) From Japan: Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to a request from petitioner, the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) initiated an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Japan. 
See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 66 FR 49924 (October 1, 
2001). This review covers four manufacturers/exporters of OCTG for the 
period from August 1, 2000 through July 31, 2001. Because the 
petitioner has withdrawn its request for review, the Department is 
rescinding its review of OCTG from Japan, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1).

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 10, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug Campau or Maureen Flannery, 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 or (202) 482-3020, respectively.

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).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department published in the Federal Register the antidumping 
duty order on OCTG from Japan on August 11, 1995. See Antidumping Duty 
Order: Oil Country Tubular Goods From Japan, 60 FR 41058 (August 11, 
1995). The Department received a timely request from petitioner, United 
States Steel LLC, to conduct an administrative review pursuant to 
section 351.213(b) of the Department's regulations. On September 24, 
2001, the Department initiated an administrative review covering four 
manufacturers/exporters of OCTG: Kawasaki Steel Corporation, Nippon 
Steel Corporation, NKK Steel Corporation/NKK Tubes, and Sumitomo Metal 
Industries, Ltd. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 66 FR 49924 (October 1, 2001). On April 5, 
2002, petitioner withdrew its request for administrative review with 
respect to all four respondents named in the initiation.

Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review

    Pursuant to our regulations, 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). This 
section further provides that the Secretary may extend this time limit 
if the Secretary decides that it is reasonable to do so. See 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1). In this case, the interested party's withdrawal of its 
requests for review was not within the 90-day time

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limit. However, because there were no objections from other interested 
parties and no other parties had requested a review, the Department is 
rescinding the administrative review of OCTG from Japan for the period 
August 1, 2000, through July 31, 2001. See Memorandum for the File 
through Barbara Tillman, Director, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement VII, 
from Doug Campau, Analyst: Oil Country Tubular Goods From Japan: Intent 
to Rescind Administrative Review for the Period of 8/1/00 to 7/31/01, 
dated April 22, 2002.\1\ The Department will issue appropriate 
assessment instructions to the U.S. Customs Service (Customs).
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    \1\ On April 23, 2002, we faxed this memorandum to all 
interested parties, and informed them of our intent to rescind this 
review in the very near future. See Memorandum for the File from 
Christian Hughes, Analyst: Oil Country Tubular Goods From Japan: 
Notification to Interested Parties of Intent to Rescind, dated April 
23, 2002.
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    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 351.213(d)(4) and sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: May 3, 2002
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
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