[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 55 (Monday, March 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13284-13285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6349]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-803]


Industrial Nitrocellulose From Germany: Notice of Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of rescission of antidumping duty administrative review.

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SUMMARY: On August 27, 2003, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published in the Federal Register a notice announcing the 
initiation of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order 
on industrial nitrocellulose (INC) from Germany for Wolff Walsrode AG 
(Wolff) and Hagedorn AG (Hagedorn). See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation 
in Part, 67 FR 55000 (August 27, 2003) (Initiation Notice). Green Tree 
Technologies, Inc. (Green Tree), the sole domestic producer of 
industrial nitrocellulose, requested a review of Wolff and Hagedorn; 
Wolff requested a review of itself. The review covers the period July 
1, 2002, through June 30, 2003. We are now rescinding this review as a 
result of Green Tree's and Wolff's timely withdrawal of their requests 
for an administrative review of Wolff and the non-shipper status of 
Hagedorn.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 22, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron Trentham, or Tom Futtner, Group 
II, Office 4, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-6320 or (202) 482-3814, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of Review

    The merchandise under review is industrial nitrocellulose from 
Germany. The merchandise is currently classifiable under item number 
3912.20.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS). Although the HTSUS item number is provided for convenience and 
customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise under 
review is dispositive of whether or not the merchandise is covered by 
the review.

Background

    On July 29, 2003, Green Tree requested that the Department conduct 
an administrative review of entries of subject merchandise produced by 
Wolff and Hagedorn. On July 31, 2003, Wolff requested that the 
Department conduct an administrative review of its sales during the 
period of review (POR). On August 27, 2003, the Department initiated an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on INC from 
Germany. See Initiation Notice.

Rescission of 2002/2003 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

    On September 17, 2003, in response to the Department's 
questionnaire, Hagedorn stated that it had made no shipments of subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POR. The Department 
independently confirmed with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
that there were no shipments of subject merchandise from Hagedorn 
during the POR. Therefore, in accordance with section 351.213(d)(3) of 
the Department's regulations, and consistent with our practice, we are 
treating this firm as a non-shipper for purposes of this review. 
Moreover, the Department invited interested parties to comment on our 
intent to rescind this review with respect to Hagedorn. See Memorandum 
to File from Ron Trentham, dated February 5, 2004. We received no 
comments. Therefore, we are rescinding this review with respect to 
Hagedorn (see, e.g., Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipe and Tube from 
Turkey: Final Results and Partial

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Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review, 63 FR 35190, 35191 
(June 29, 1998)).
    On November 3, 2003, and November 20, 2003, respectively, Wolff and 
Green Tree withdrew their requests that the Department conduct an 
administrative review of Wolff's sales. These withdrawals comply with 
section 351.213(d)(1) of the Department's regulations which allows 
parties to withdraw their request for review within 90 days from 
initiation. Because of the non-shipper status of Hagedorn and the 
timely requests for termination of the review for Wolff, the Department 
is rescinding this review in its entirety in accordance with section 
351.213(d) of our regulations.
    This notice is in accordance with section 751 of the Act and 
section 351.213(d) of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: March 16, 2004.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration.
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