[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9060-9061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4578]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-475-821]


Notice of Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review: Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Italy

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

ACTION:  Notice of Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: On October 18, 2002, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) initiated an administrative review of the countervailing 
duty order on stainless steel wire rod (SSWR) from Italy, covering the 
period January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001, and one manufacturer/
exporter of the subject merchandise, Acciaierie Valbruna S.p.A. 
(Valbruna). See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 67 FR 65336 
(October 24, 2002). This review has now been rescinded due to 
Valbruna's withdrawal of its request for an administrative review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 27, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Stephanie Moore or Jim Neel, AD/CVD 
Enforcement, Office 6, Group II, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3692 or (202) 482-4161, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 30, 2002, the Department received a letter from 
Valbruna requesting an administrative review of the countervailing 
order on SSWR from Italy. On October 18, 2002, the Department initiated 
an administrative review of this order for the period January 1, 2001 
through

[[Page 9061]]

December 31, 2001. On January 6, 2003, Valbruna submitted a letter 
requesting to withdraw from the above referenced administrative review.

Scope of the Review

    For purposes of this administrative review, SSWR comprises products 
that are hot-rolled or hot-rolled annealed and/or pickled and/or 
descaled rounds, squares, octagons, hexagons or other shapes, in coils, 
that may also be coated with a lubricant containing copper, lime or 
oxalate. SSWR is made of alloy steels containing, by weight, 1.2 
percent or less of carbon and 10.5 percent or more of chromium, with or 
without other elements. These products are manufactured only by hot-
rolling or hot-rolling, annealing, and/or pickling and/or descaling, 
and are normally sold in coiled form, and are of solid cross-section. 
The majority of SSWR sold in the United States is round in cross-
sectional shape, annealed and pickled, and later cold-finished into 
stainless steel wire or small-diameter bar. The most common size for 
such products is 5.5 millimeters or 0.217 inches in diameter, which 
represents the smallest size that normally is produced on a rolling 
mill and is the size that most wire drawing machines are set up to 
draw. The range of SSWR sizes normally sold in the United States is 
between 0.20 inches and 1.312 inches in diameter.
    The products covered by this administrative review are currently 
classifiable under subheadings 7221.00.0005, 7221.00.0015, 
7221.00.0030, 7221.00.0045, and 7221.00.0075 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheadings 
are provided for convenience and Customs purposes, the written 
description of the scope of this review is dispositive.

Rescission of Review

    Within 90 days of the October 24, 2002 notice of initiation, 
Valbruna requested to withdraw its request for an administrative 
review. See Letter from Valbruna to the Department dated January 6, 
2003 on file in the Central Records unit, Room B-099, Main Building of 
the Department of Commerce.
    In accordance with the Department's regulations, and consistent 
with its practice, the Department hereby rescinds the administrative 
review of SSWR from Italy for the period January 1, 2001 to December 
31, 2001. See 19 CFR section 351.213(d)(1), which states in pertinent 
part: ``The Secretary will rescind an administrative review under this 
section, in whole or in part, if a party that requested a review 
withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of publication of 
notice of initiation of the requested review.''
    This notice is in accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended, and section 351.213(d) of the Department's 
regulations.

    Dated: February 13. 2003.
Bernard Carreau,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-4578 Filed 2-26-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-S