[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 5, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11869-11870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4249]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-449-804]


Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from Latvia: Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 5, 2008

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Layton at (202) 482-0371; AD/

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CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14\th\ Street & 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 4, 2007, the Department published in the Federal 
Register a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order of steel concrete reinforcing bars (rebar) 
from Latvia for the period of review covering September 1, 2006, 
through August 31, 2007 (the POR). See Antidumping or Countervailing 
Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request 
Administrative Review, 72 FR 50657 (September 4, 2007). On September 
28, 2007, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1), the Rebar Trade 
Action Coalition and its individual members (RTAC)\1\ requested an 
administrative review of Joint Stock Company Liepajas Metalurgs (LM).
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    \1\ RTAC is the petitioner in this proceeding. Its individual 
members include Nucor Corporation, Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation, 
and Commercial Metals Company.
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    The Department published the notice of initiation of the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on rebar from 
Latvia on October 31, 2007. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 72 FR 61621 (October 31, 
2007). On November 30, 2007, LM submitted a letter to the Department in 
which it certified that it made no sales or exports of subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POR.
    On January 9, 2008, the Department issued a ``No Shipment Inquiry'' 
to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to confirm that there were 
no shipments or entries of rebar from Latvia exported by LM during the 
POR of the instant administrative review. On January 24, 2008, the 
Department confirmed, based on a review of CBP data and the results of 
its CBP inquiry, that there were no entries of subject merchandise 
exported or shipped by LM during the POR. Based on our findings, we 
notified parties of our intent to rescind and gave them an opportunity 
to comment. See the Memorandum to The File from David Layton entitled, 
``Department Intent to Rescind Review,'' dated January 24, 2008 (Intent 
to Rescind Memo). No party commented on our Intent to Rescind Memo. In 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), the Department may rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or with respect to a particular 
exporter or producer, if the Department concludes that, during the 
period covered by the review, there were no entries, exports, or sales 
of the subject merchandise. Consequently, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(3) and consistent with our practice, we are rescinding our 
review with respect to LM. See, e.g., Certain Steel Concrete 
Reinforcing Bars from Turkey; Final Results and Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review in Part, 71 FR 65082, 65083 
(November 7, 2006).
    Although the respondent does not have any sales or exports of 
subject merchandise to the United States during the POR, its subject 
merchandise may have entered the United States during the POR under its 
CBP antidumping case number by way of intermediaries (without its 
knowledge). Fifteen days after the publication of this notice, the 
Department will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the all-
others rate in effect on the date of the entry. See Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders of their responsibility concerning the 
return or destruction of proprietary information disclosed under the 
administrative protective order (APO) in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of the return/destruction of 
APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO 
is a sanctionable violation.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 751(a)(1) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: February 25, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-4249 Filed 3-4-08; 8:45 am]
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