[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 231 (Tuesday, December 2, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67401-67402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30002]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 
Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of opportunity to request administrative review of 
antidumping or countervailing duty order, finding, or suspended 
investigation.

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Background

    Each year during the anniversary month of the publication of an 
antidumping or countervailing duty order, finding, or suspension of 
investigation, an interested party, as defined in section 771(9) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, may request, in accordance with section 
351.213 (2002) of the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
Regulations, that the Department conduct an administrative review of 
that antidumping or countervailing duty order, finding, or suspended 
investigation.
    Opportunity to Request a Review: Not later than the last day of 
December 2003, interested parties may request administrative review of 
the following orders, findings, or suspended investigations, with 
anniversary dates in December for the following periods:

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                                                             Period
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             Antidumping Duty Proceedings
 
Argentina: Honey, A-357-812..........................   12/1/02-11/30/03
Brazil:
    Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings,A-     12/1/02-11/30/03
     351-602.........................................
    Silicomanganese,A-351-824........................   12/1/02-11/30/03
Chile: Certain Preserved Mushrooms,A-337-804.........   12/1/02-11/30/03
India:
    Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products, A-   12/1/02-11/30/03
     533-820.........................................
    Stainless Steel Wire Rod, A-533-808..............   12/1/02-11/30/03
Indonesia: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat         12/1/02-11/30/03
 Products, A-560-812.................................
Japan:
    Drafting Machines and Parts Thereof, A-588-811...   12/1/02-11/30/03
    Polychloroprene Rubber, A-588-046................   12/1/02-11/30/03
    P.C. Steel Wire Strand, A-588-068................   12/1/02-11/30/03
    Welded Large Diameter Line Pipe, A-588-857.......   12/1/02-11/30/03
Republic of Korea: Welded ASTM A-312 Stainless Steel    12/1/02-11/30/03
 Pipe, A-580-810.....................................
Taiwan:
    Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings, A-583-605..   12/1/02-11/30/03
    Porcelain-On-Steel Cooking Ware, A-583-508.......   12/1/02-11/30/03
    Welded ASTM A-312 Stainless Steel Pipe, A-583-815   12/1/02-11/30/03
The People's Republic of China:
    Cased Pencils, A-570-827.........................   12/1/02-11/30/03
    Honey, A-570-863.................................   12/1/02-11/30/03
    Porcelain-on-Steel Cooking Ware, A-570-506.......   12/1/02-11/30/03
    Silicomanganese, A-570-828.......................   12/1/02-11/30/03
 
           Countervailing Duty Proceedings
 
Argentina: Honey, C-357-813..........................    1/1/03-12/31/03
India: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products,    1/1/02-12/31/02
 C-533-821...........................................
Indonesia: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat          1/1/02-12/31/02
 Products, C-560-813.................................

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South Africa: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat       1/1/02-12/31/02
 Products, C-791-810.................................
Thailand: Certain Hot-Rolled Cabon Steel Flat            1/1/02-12/31/02
 Products, C-549-818.................................
 
                Suspension Agreements
 
Mexico: Fresh Tomatoes, A-201-820....................   12/1/02-11/30/03
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    In accordance with section 351.213(b) of the regulations, an 
interested party as defined by section 771(9) of the Act may request in 
writing that the Secretary conduct an administrative review. For both 
antidumping and countervailing duty reviews, the interested party must 
specify the individual producers or exporters covered by an antidumping 
finding or an antidumping or countervailing duty order or suspension 
agreement for which it is requesting a review, and the requesting party 
must state why it desires the Secretary to review those particular 
producers or exporters. If the interested party intends for the 
Secretary to review sales of merchandise by an exporter (or a producer 
if that producer also exports merchandise from other suppliers) which 
were produced in more than one country of origin and each country of 
origin is subject to a separate order, then the interested party must 
state specifically, on an order-by-order basis, which exporter(s) the 
request is intended to cover.
    As explained in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 69 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003), the 
Department has clarified its practice with respect to the collection of 
final antidumping duties on imports of merchandise where intermediate 
firms are involved. The public should be aware of this clarification in 
determining whether to request an administrative review of merchandise 
subject to antidumping findings and orders. See also the Import 
Administration Web site at www.ia.ita.doc.gov.
    Six copies of the request should be submitted to the Assistant 
Secretary for Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, Room 1870, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. The Department also 
asks parties to serve a copy of their requests to the Office of 
Antidumping/ Countervailing Duty Enforcement, Attention: Sheila Forbes, 
in room 3065 of the main Commerce Building. Further, in accordance with 
section 351.303(f)(l)(i) of the regulations, a copy of each request 
must be served on every party on the Department's service list.
    The Department will publish in the Federal Register a notice of 
``Initiation of Administrative Review of Antidumping or Countervailing 
Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation'' for requests received 
by the last day of December 2003. If the Department does not receive, 
by the last day of December 2003, a request for review of entries 
covered by an order, finding, or suspended investigation listed in this 
notice and for the period identified above, the Department will 
instruct the Customs Service to assess antidumping or countervailing 
duties on those entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit of (or bond 
for) estimated antidumping or countervailing duties required on those 
entries at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for 
consumption and to continue to collect the cash deposit previously 
ordered.
    This notice is not required by statute but is published as a 
service to the international trading community.

    Dated: November 25, 2003.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Group II for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-30002 Filed 12-1-03; 8:45 am]
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