[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3009-3011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1369]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part

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

ACTION: Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received 
requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders and findings with December anniversary 
dates. In accordance with our regulations, we are initiating those 
administrative reviews. The Department also received a request to 
revoke one antidumping duty order in part.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 22, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Holly A. Kuga, Office of AD/CVD 
Enforcement, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-4737.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department has received timely requests, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.213(b)(2002), for administrative reviews of various antidumping 
and countervailing duty orders and findings with December anniversary 
dates. The Department also received a timely request to revoke in part 
the antidumping duty order on Porcelain-on-Steel Cooking Ware from the 
People's Republic of China.

Initiation of Reviews

    In accordance with section 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we are 
initiating administrative reviews of the following antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders and findings. We intend to issue the final 
results of these reviews not later than December 31, 2003.

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                                                         Period to be
                                                           Reviewed
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            Antidumping Duty Proceedings
 
Argentina: Honey A-357-812..........................    5/11/01-11/30/02
    Asociacion de Cooperativas Argentinas
    Centauro S.A.
    Cia. Europeo Americana SA
    Comexter Robinson S.A.
    Compa Inversora Platense S.A.
    Compania Apicola Argentina SA
    ConAgra Argentina S.A.
    Coope-Riel Ltda.
    Cooperativa DeAgua Potable y Otros
    Establecimiento Don Angel S.r.L.
    Food Way, S.A.
    Francisco Facundo Rodriguez
    Jay Bees
    Jose Luis Garcia
    HoneyMax S.A.
    Mielar S.A.
    Navicon S.A.
    Nexco S.A.
    Parodi Agropecuaria S.A.
    Radix S.r.L.
    Seylinco S.A.
    Times S.A.
    Transhoney S.A.
Brazil: Silicomanganese, A-351-824..................    12/1/01-11/30/02
    SIBRA-Electrosiderurgica Brazileira S.A.
    Compania Paulista De Ferro-Ligas-Ligas
India: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat              5/3/01-11/30/02
 Products, A-533-820................................
    Essar Steel Ltd.
    Tata Iron ad Steel Company, Ltd.
India: Stainless Steel Wire Rod, A-533-808..........    12/1/01-11/30/02
    Isibars Steel
    Mukand, Limited
    Panchmahal Steel Limited
    The Viraj Group, Ltd.
The People's Republic of China: Certain Cased           12/1/01-11/30/02
 Pencils,\1\ A-570-827..............................
    Anhui Import/Export Group Corporation
    Beijing Light Industrial Products Import/Export
     Corporation
    China First Pencil Company, Ltd.
    China National Light Industrial Products Import
     & Export Corp. (all branches)
    Dalian Light Industrial Products Import/Export
     Corporation
    Guangdong Stationary & Sporting Goods Imports &
     Export Co., Ltd.
    Liaoning Light Industrial Products Import/Export
     Corporation
    Laizhou City Guangming Pencil-Making Co., Ltd.
    Orient International Holding Shanghai Foreign
     Trade Co., Ltd.
    Qingdao Light Industrial Products Import/Export
     Corporation
    Shandong Light Industrial Products Import/Export
     Corporation
    Shandong Rongxin Import & Export Company Ltd.
     (formerly called Kaiyuan Group Group
     Corporation)
    Sichuan Light Industrial Products Import/Export
     Corporation
    Tianjin Customs Wood Processing Co., Ltd.
The People's Republic of China: Honey,\2\ A-570-863.    5/11/01-11/30/02
    Anhui Native Produce Import & Export Corp.
    Henan Native Produce and Animal By-Products
     Import & Export Co.
    High Hope International Group Jiangsu Foodstuffs
     Import & Export Corp.
    Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Native Produce
     and Animal By-Products Import & Export Corp.
    Kunshan Foreign Trade Company
    Shanghai Eswell Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Shanghai Xiuwei International Trading Co., Ltd.
    Sichuan-Dujiangyan Dubao Bee Industrial Co.,
     Ltd.
    Wuhan Bee Healthy Company, Ltd.
    Zhejiang Native Produce and Animal By-Products
     Import & Export Corp.
The People's Republic of China: Porcelain-on-Steel      12/1/01-11/30/02
 Cooking Ware,\3\ A-570-506.........................
    Clover Enamelware Enterprise, Ltd.
    Lucky Enamelware Factory, Ltd.
 
           Countervailing Duty Proceedings
 
Argentina: Honey,\4\ C-357-813......................     1/1/01-12/31/01
India: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat              1/1/01-12/31/01
 Products, C-533-821................................
    Essar Steel Ltd.
South Africa: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat       1/1/01-12/31/01
 Products, C-791-810................................
    Iscor Ltd.
    Saldanha Steel Ltd.

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                Suspension Agreements
    None.
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\1\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate
  rate, all other exporters of certain cased pencils from the People's
  Republic of China who have not qualified for a separate rate are
  deemed to be covered by this review as part of the single PRC entity
  of which the named exporters are a part.
\2\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate
  rate, all other exporters of honey from the People's Republic of China
  who have not qualified for a separate rate are deemed to be covered by
  this review as part of the single PRC entity of which the named
  exporters are a part.
\3\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate
  rate, all other exporters of porcelain-on steel cooking ware from the
  People's Republic of China who have not qualified for a separate rate
  are deemed to be covered by this review as part of the single PRC
  entity of which the named exporters are a part.
\4\ In the countervailing duty investigation of Honey from Argentina,
  the Department solicited information from the Government of Argentina
  (GOA) on an aggregate or industry-wide basis in accordance with
  section 777A(e)(2)(B) of the Act, rather than from individual
  producers and exporters, due to the large number of producers and
  exporters of Honey in Argentina. See Final Affirmative Countervailing
  Duty Determination: Honey from Argentina, 66 FR 50613-01 (October 4,
  2001). In accordance with section 351.213(b) of the regulations, the
  GOA and the petitioners have requested an administrative review of
  this countervailing duty order. No individual exporters requested the
  review pursuant to section 351.213(b) of the regulations. Accordingly,
  the Department will be conducting the review of this order on an
  aggregate basis.
The GOA has requested that the period of review for this review be
  extended to include not only calendar year 2001 but also calendar year
  2002. We are initiating this review for calendar year 2001, however,
  we are actively considering this request, and we will solicit comments
  from interested parties on this issue. After careful consideration of
  these comments, we will timely inform parties of our decision.

    During any administrative review covering all or part of a period 
falling between the first and second or third and fourth anniversary of 
the publication of an antidumping duty order under Sec.  351.211 or a 
determination under Sec.  351.218(f)(4) to continue an order or 
suspended investigation (after sunset review), the Secretary, if 
requested by a domestic interested party within 30 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the review, will determine 
whether antidumping duties have been absorbed by an exporter or 
producer subject to the review if the subject merchandise is sold in 
the United States through an importer that is affiliated with such 
exporter or producer. The request must include the name(s) of the 
exporter or producer for which the inquiry is requested.
    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305.
    These initiations and this notice are in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)), and 
19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: January 15, 2003.
Holly A. Kuga,
Senior Office Director, Group II, Office 4, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-1369 Filed 1-21-03; 8:45 am]
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