[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53914-53915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21175]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-851]


Certain Preserved Mushrooms from the People's Republic of China: 
Notice of Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of partial rescission of antidumping duty administrative 
review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 20, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith or Kate Johnson, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-1766 or (202) 482-4929, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act), are references to the provisions effective 
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 of Commerce's regulations 
are to 19 CFR Part 351 (2001).

Background

    On February 1, 2002, the Department published in the Federal 
Register (67 FR 4945) a notice of ``Opportunity To Request 
Administrative Review'' of the antidumping duty order on certain 
preserved mushrooms from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') for 
the period February 1, 2001, through January 31, 2002. On February 28, 
2002, the Coalition of Fair Preserved Mushrooms Trade (the 
``petitioners'') requested an administrative review of the above 
referenced antidumping duty order for the following companies: China 
Processed Food Import & Export Company (``China Processed''); Compania 
Envasadora del Atlantico (``Compania Envasadora''); Gerber Food 
(Yunnan) Co., Ltd. (``Gerber''); Green Fresh Foods (Zhangzhou) Co., 
Ltd. (``Green Fresh''); Raoping Xingyu Foods Co., Ltd. (``Raoping 
Xingyu''); Shantou Hongda Industrial General Corporation (``Shantou 
Hongda'') and Shenxian Dongxing Foods Co., Ltd. (``Shenxian 
Dongxing''). On March 27, 2002, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order 
with respect to these companies. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocations 
in Part, 67 FR 14696.

Partial Recission of Review

    On June 11, 2002, the petitioners requested an extension of the 
deadline to withdraw their requests for review. On June 21, 2002, the 
Department granted the petitioners' request and extended the deadline 
until July 9, 2002. On July 9, 2002, the petitioners withdrew their 
request for an administrative review of Compania Envasadora and China 
Processed. On July 24, 2002, the petitioners submitted a further letter 
to the Department seeking to withdraw their request for an 
administrative review of Raoping Xingyu. On July 30, 2002, respondent 
Raoping Xingyu submitted a letter requesting that the Department reject 
the petitioners' request with regard to Raoping Xingyu. On August 2, 
2002, the Department informed the respondent Raoping Xingyu of the 
Department's decision (as set forth below).
    Pursuant to section 351.213 (d) of the Department's regulations, 
the Secretary will rescind an administrative review in whole or in part 
if a party that requested the review withdraws its request within 
ninety days of publication of the Federal Register notice that 
initiated the review. Section 351.213(d)(1) further provides that the 
Secretary may extend this time limit if the Secretary decides that it 
is reasonable to do so.
    Accordingly, we are rescinding in part this review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain preserved mushrooms from the People's 
Republic of China as to Compania Envasadora, China Processed and 
Raoping Xingyu. This review will continue with respect to Gerber, Green 
Fresh, Shantou Hongda and Shenxian Dongxing.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 751 of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).


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    Dated: August 12, 2002.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-21175 Filed 8-19-02; 8:45 am]
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