[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 2 (Friday, January 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 352-353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-77]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-803]


Heavy Forged Hand Tools from the People's Republic of China: 
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 3, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Martin or Thomas Futtner, AD/
CVD Enforcement, Office 4, Group II, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-3936 and (202) 482-3814, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 1, 2002, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of opportunity to request administrative reviews of 
the antidumping duty orders on heavy forged hand tools from the 
People's Republic of China covering the period February 1, 2001 through 
January 31, 2002 (67 FR 4945). On February 28, 2002, Tianjin Machinery 
Import & Export Corporation (TMC), Shandong Machinery Import & Export 
Corporation (SMC), and Liaoning Machinery Import & Export Corporation 
(LMC) requested administrative reviews in the above-referenced 
proceedings. Specifically, TMC requested reviews of the hammers/
sledges, bars/wedges, picks/mattocks and axes/adzes orders, SMC 
requested reviews of the hammers/sledges, bars/wedges, picks/mattocks 
orders, and LMC requested a review of the bars/wedges order. Based on 
these requests, the Department initiated the current administrative 
reviews of TMC, SMC and LMC under the requested orders on March 20, 
2002. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocations in Part, 67 FR 
14696 (March 27, 2002). The petitioner, Ames True Temper, did not 
submit any requests for reviews of these orders.
    On May 3, 2002, LMC withdrew its request for review of the bars/
wedges order. On May 10, 2002, TMC withdrew its requests for review of 
the hammers/sledges and picks/mattocks orders. On June 7, 2002, SMC 
withdrew its request for review under the picks/mattocks order. 
Additionally, on September 26, 2002, TMC withdrew its requests for 
review of the axes/adzes order and bars/wedges order, and SMC withdrew 
its requests for review of the bars/wedges and hammers/sledges orders.
    On October 9, 2002, the petitioner filed comments in opposition to 
these withdrawal requests made on September 26, 2002.

Rescission of Review

    According to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department will rescind an 
administrative review if the party that requested the review withdraws 
its requests within 90 days of the date of publication of the notice of 
initiation of such review, or at a later date if the Department 
determines that such an extended time is reasonable. TMC's withdrawal 
requests for the reviews of

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the axes/adzes and bars/wedges orders, and SMC's withdrawal requests 
for reviews of the bars/wedges and hammers/sledges orders were 
submitted after the 90 day deadline provided by 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). 
We note, however, section 351.213(d)(1) permits the Department to 
extend the deadline if ``it is reasonable to do so.'' The Department 
has determined that a deadline extension is reasonable in the instant 
review. See Memorandum from Holly Kuga to Bernard T. Carreau, dated 
December 24, 2002, on file in the Central Records Unit (CRU) located in 
B-099 of the main Department of Commerce building. Therefore, the 
Department is rescinding the current administrative reviews of the 
orders on heavy forged hand tools with respect to TMC, SMC and LMC 
covering the period, February 1, 2001, through January 31, 2002 .
    This notice is in accordance with section 777(i)(1) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: December 24, 2002.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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