[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 190 (Friday, October 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58891-58892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2459]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-489-602]


Aspirin from Turkey: Revocation of Order

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

ACTION: Notice of Revocation of the Antidumping Duty Order on Aspirin 
from Turkey.

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SUMMARY: On July 1, 2004, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') initiated the second sunset review of the antidumping 
duty order on aspirin from Turkey (69 FR 39905). Because the domestic 
interested parties did not participate in this sunset review, the 
Department is revoking this antidumping duty order.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 20, 2004

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hilary Sadler, Esq., Office of Policy, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4340.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

    The Department's procedures for the conduct of sunset reviews are 
set forth in Section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
``Act''), and 19 CFR 351.218. Guidance on methodological and analytical 
issues relevant to the Department's conduct of sunset reviews is set 
forth in the Department's Policy Bulletin 98:3 Policies regarding the 
Conduct of Five-Year Sunset Reviews of Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Orders: Policy Bulletin, 63 FR 18871 (April 16, 1998) (``Sunset 
Policy Bulletin'').
    For purposes of this sunset review, the product covered by this 
order is acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) containing no additives, other 
than inactive substances (such as starch, lactose, cellulose, or 
coloring material), and/or active substances in concentrations less 
than that specified for particular nonprescription drug combinations of 
aspirin and active substances as published in the Handbook of 
Nonprescription Drugs, eighth edition, American Pharmaceutical 
Association, and is not in tablet, capsule or similar forms for direct 
human consumption. This product is currently classified under the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTS'') subheading 
2918.22.10. The HTS number is provided for convenience and customs 
purposes. The written description remains dispositive.

Background

    On August 25, 1987, the Department issued an antidumping duty order 
on aspirin from Turkey (52 FR 32030). On August 20, 1999, the 
Department published its notice of continuation of the antidumping duty 
order, following a sunset review. See Continuation of Antidumping Duty 
Order: Aspirin from Turkey, 64 FR 45508 (August 20, 1999). Pursuant to 
section 751(c) of the Act and 19 CFR part 351, the Department initiated 
the second sunset review of this order by publishing the notice of the 
initiation in the Federal Register (See Initiation Notice, 69 FR 39905 
(July 1, 2004)). In addition, as a courtesy to interested parties, the 
Department sent letters, via certified and registered mail, to each 
party listed on the Department's most current service list for this 
proceeding to inform them of the automatic initiation of a sunset 
review of this order.
    We received no response from the domestic industry by the deadline 
dates (see 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i)). As a result, the Department 
determined that no domestic party intends to participate in the sunset 
review, and on July 20, 2004, we notified the International Trade 
Commission, in writing, that we intended to issue a final determination 
revoking this antidumping duty order. See 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B).

Determination to Revoke

    Pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(3), if no domestic interested party responds to 
the notice of initiation, the Department shall issue a final 
determination, within 90 days after the initiation of the review, 
revoking the order. Because no domestic interested party filed a notice 
of intent or substantive response, the Department finds that no 
domestic interested party is participating in this review, and we are 
revoking this antidumping duty order effective August 20, 2004, the 
fifth anniversary of the date of the determination to continue the 
order, consistent with 19 CFR 351.222(i)(2)(i) and section 
751(c)(6)(A)(iii) of the Act.

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Effective Date of Revocation

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(3)(A) and 751(c)(6)(A)(iii) of the Act, 
and 19 CFR 351.222(i)(2)(i), the Department will instruct the U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection to terminate the suspension of 
liquidation of the merchandise subject to this order entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, on or after August 20, 2004. Entries of 
subject merchandise prior to the effective date of revocation will 
continue to be subject to suspension of liquidation and antidumping 
duty deposit requirements. The Department will complete any pending 
administrative reviews of this order and will conduct administrative 
reviews of subject merchandise entered prior to the effective date of 
revocation in response to appropriately filed requests for review.
    This five-year (``sunset'') review and notice are in accordance 
with sections 751(c) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: September 24, 2004.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E4-2459 Filed 9-30-04; 8:45 am]
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