[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 40 (Monday, March 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9584-9585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4493]


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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 (the Act), 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 March 2004, interested parties may 
request administrative review of the following orders, findings, or 
suspended investigations, with anniversary dates in March for the 
following periods:

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                                                             Period
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             Antidumping Duty Proceeding
Bangladesh: Cotton Shop Towels, A-538-802............     3/1/03-2/29/04
Brazil: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat              3/1/03-2/29/04
 Products, A-351-828.................................
Canada: Iron Construction Castings, A-122-503........     3/1/03-2/29/04
France:
    Brass Sheet & Strip, A-427-602...................     3/1/03-2/29/04
    Stainless Steel Bar, A-427-820...................     3/1/03-2/29/04
Germany:
    Brass Sheet & Strip, A-428-602...................     3/1/03-2/29/04
    Stainless Steel Bar, A-428-830...................     3/1/03-2/29/04
India: Sulfanilic Acid, A-533-806....................     3/1/03-2/29/04
Italy:
    Brass Sheet & Strip, A-475-601...................     3/1/03-2/29/04
    Stainless Steel Bar, A-475-829...................     3/1/03-2/29/04
Japan: Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings, A-588-    3/1/03-2/29/04
 702.................................................
Republic of Korea: Stainless Steel Bar, A-580-847....     3/1/03-2/29/04
Russia: Silicon Metal, A-821-817.....................    6/22/02-2/29/04
Spain: Stainless Steel Bar, A-469-805................     3/1/03-2/29/04
Taiwan: Light-Walled Welded Rectangular Carbon Steel      3/1/03-2/29/04
 Tubing, A-583-803...................................
Thailand: Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes & Tubes,     3/1/03-2/29/04
 A-549-502...........................................
The People's Republic of China:
    Chloropicrin, A-570-002..........................     3/1/03-2/29/04
    Glycine, A-570-836...............................     3/1/03-2/29/04
United Kingdom: Stainless Steel Bar, A-412-822.......     3/1/03-2/29/04
            Countervailing Duty Proceeding
France: Brass Sheet and Strip, C-427-603.............    1/1/03-12/31/03
India: Sulfanilic Acid, C-533-807....................    1/1/03-12/31/03
Iran: In-Shell Pistachios Nuts, C-507-501............    1/1/03-12/31/03
Italy: Stainless Steel Bar, C-475-830................    1/1/03-12/31/03
Pakistan: Cotton Shop Towels, C-535-001..............    1/1/03-12/31/03
Turkey: Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes, C-489-      1/1/03-12/31/03
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                Suspension Agreements
None.................................................
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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 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 March 2004. If the Department does not receive, by 
the last day of March 2004, 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: February 23, 2004.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Group II for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-4493 Filed 2-27-04; 8:45 am]
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