[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 58 (Wednesday, March 26, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14580-14581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-7259]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-507-601]


Notice of Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review: Roasted In-shell Pistachios from the Islamic Republic of Iran

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

ACTION: Notice of Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review.

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SUMMARY: On November 18, 2002, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) initiated an administrative review of the countervailing 
duty order on roasted in-shell pistachios (roasted pistachios) from the 
Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran), covering the period January 1, 2001, 
through December 31, 2001, and one manufacturer/exporter of the subject 
merchandise, Tehran Negah Nima Trading Company, Inc. (Nima). See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 67 FR 70402 (November 22, 
2002). This review has now been rescinded due to petitioners'\1\ 
withdrawal of their request for an administrative review.
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    \1\ Petitioners include the California Pistachios Commission 
(CPC) and its members and a domestic interested party, Cal Pure 
Pistachios, Inc. (Cal Pure).

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 26, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darla Brown or Eric B. Greynolds, AD/
CVD Enforcement, Office VI, Group II, Import Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Room 4012, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-2849 or (202) 482-6071, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 31, 2002, the Department received a letter from the CPC 
and a letter from Cal Pure requesting an administrative review of the 
countervailing order on roasted pistachios from Iran. On November 18, 
2002, the Department initiated an administrative review of this order 
for the period January 1, 2001, through December 31, 2001. On March 5, 
2003, and March 10, 2003, the CPC and Cal Pure, respectively, submitted 
letters requesting to withdraw their request for the above-referenced 
administrative review.

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Scope of the Review

    For purposes of this administrative review, the product covered is 
all roasted in-shell pistachio nuts, whether roasted in Iran or 
elsewhere, from which the hull has been removed, leaving the inner hard 
shells and the edible meat, as currently classifiable in the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedules of the United States (HTSUS) under item number 
0802.50.20.00. The HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and 
customs purposes. The written description of the scope of this 
proceeding is dispositive.

Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR Sec.  351.213(d)(1)(2002), the Department may 
extend the 90-day time limit for submitting requests to withdraw a 
request for an administrative review. On March 5, 2003, and March 10, 
2003, the CPC and Cal Pure, respectively, submitted letters requesting 
to withdraw their request for the above-referenced administrative 
review. See letter from the CPC to the Department dated March 5, 2003, 
and letter from Cal Pure to the Department dated March 10, 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 has extended the time within which it 
will accept requests for withdrawal of the review. Having accepted the 
CPC and Cal Pure's requests, the Department hereby rescinds the 
administrative review of roasted pistachios from Iran for the period 
January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2001. See 19 CFR section 
351.213(d)(1). The Department will issue appropriate assessment 
instructions to the U.S. Customs Service within 15 days of publication 
of this notice.
    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: March 20, 2003.
Gary S. Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-7259 Filed 3-25-03; 8:45 am]
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