[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 2004)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-046]


Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 
Polychloroprene Rubber from Japan

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, 2004, pursuant to a request made by Showa Denko 
Elastomers, K.K. and Showa Denko K.K. (SDEL/SDK), the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) initiated an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty finding on polychloroprene rubber (PR) from Japan. On 
January 30, 2004, SDEL/SDK withdrew its request for an administrative 
review of PR from Japan. The Department is now rescinding the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty finding on PR from Japan.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 11, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zev Primor or Maisha Cryor, AD/CVD 
Enforcement, Group II, Office 4, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
4114 or (202) 482-5831, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 6, 1973, the U.S. Treasury Department published in the 
Federal Register (38 FR 33593) the antidumping duty finding on PR from 
Japan. On December 17, 2003, SDEL/SDK requested an administrative 
review of PR from Japan; on January 22, 2004, the Department initiated 
an administrative review of the antidumping finding on PR from Japan. 
See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 69 FR 3117 (January 22, 
2004). On January 30, 2004, SDEL/SDK withdrew their request for review.

Scope of Review

    Imports covered by this review are shipments of PR, an oil 
resistant synthetic rubber also known as polymerized chlorobutadiene or 
neoprene, currently classifiable under items 4002.41.00, 4002.49.00, 
4003.00.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS). HTSUS item numbers are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes. The written description remains dispositive.

Rescission of Review

    Section 351.213(d)(1) of the Department's regulations provides that 
a party that requests an administrative review may withdraw the request 
within 90 days after the date of publication of the notice of 
initiation of the requested administrative review. The Department is 
rescinding the administrative review of the finding on PR from Japan 
for the period December 1, 2002, through November 30, 2003, because the 
requesting party has withdrawn its request for this administrative 
review within the 90-day time limit, and no other interested parties 
have requested a review of PR from Japan for this time period.
    This notice is in accordance with section 777(i)(1) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 251.213(d)(4).

    Dated: February 5, 2004.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-3000 Filed 2-10-04; 8:45 am]
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