[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 77 (Tuesday, April 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19781-19782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9934]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-506]


Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 
Porcelain-on-Steel Cooking Ware From the People's Republic of China

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

ACTION: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review.

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SUMMARY: On January 22, 2003, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on porcelain-on-steel (POS) cooking ware from the People's 
Republic of China (PRC) for one manufacturer/exporter of the subject 
merchandise, Clover Enamelware Enterprise, Ltd. of China (Clover), and 
its Hong Kong affiliated reseller, Lucky Enamelware Factory Ltd. 
(Lucky), collectively referred to as Lucky/Clover, for the period 
December 1, 2001 through November 30, 2002. This review has now been 
rescinded due to timely withdrawal of requests for an administrative 
review from both Columbian Home Products, LLC, a domestic interested 
party,\1\ and the respondent.\2\
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    \1\ Pursuant to 771(9)(A) of the Act, Columbian Home Products, 
LLC is a domestic interested party in this case because they are a 
domestic manufacturer of subject merchandise.
    \2\ The respondent in this case is Clover Enamelware Enterprises 
Ltd. (Clover) and Lucky Enamelware Factory Ltd. (Lucky), and the 
U.S. importer, CGS International, Inc., collectively referred to as 
Lucky/Clover.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 22, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George McMahon, Office of AD/CVD 
Enforcement IV, Group II, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;telephone (202) 482-1167.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 31, 2002, Columbian Home Products, LLC, a domestic 
interested party, requested that the Department conduct an 
administrative review of Lucky/Clover, manufacturer and/or reseller of 
the subject merchandise in the PRC for the period, December 1, 2001 
through November 30, 2002. Respondent also requested an administrative 
review on January 2, 2003. On January 22, 2003, the Department 
published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an 
administrative review with respect to Lucky/Clover for the period 
December 1, 2001 through November 30, 2002. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 68 FR 3009 
(January 22, 2003). On February 19, 2003, respondent withdrew its 
request for an administrative review, and also stated that in the event 
that this review is rescinded, they also withdraw their request that 
the Department revoke this antidumping order with respect to Lucky/
Clover. On February 24, 2003, the domestic interested party also 
withdrew its request for an administrative review.

Scope of the Review

    Imports covered by this review are shipments of POS cooking ware, 
including tea kettles, which do not have self-contained electric 
heating elements. All of the foregoing are constructed of steel and are 
enameled or glazed with vitreous glasses.
    As a result of the Department's prior scope exclusion 
determinations, the following products are excluded from the scope of 
the order of POS cooking ware: barbeque grill basket, Delux Grill 
Topper, Porcelain Coated Grill Topper, and Wok Topper.
    The merchandise is currently classifiable under item 7323.94.00 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although 
the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and Customs purposes, 
the written description of the merchandise subject to the order is 
dispositive.

Rescission of Review

    Within 90 days of the January 22, 2003 notice of initiation, the 
domestic interested party and respondent withdrew their requests for 
the above referenced administrative review. See

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Letter from respondent to the Department dated February 19, 2003, and 
Letter from domestic interested party to the Department dated February 
24, 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 POS cooking ware from the PRC for the period December 1, 2001 
to November 30, 2002. 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: April 15, 2003.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Import Administration, Group II.
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