[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 61 (Friday, March 30, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 15113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5863]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-507-601]


Certain Roasted In-Shell Pistachios from Iran: Rescission of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review:

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

EFFECTIVE DATE:  March 30, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darla Brown, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
3, Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 4012, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-2849.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 2, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review 
of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain roasted in-shell 
pistachios (roasted pistachios) from Iran for the period January 1, 
2005 through December 31, 2005. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 
Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request 
Administrative Review, 71 FR 57920 (October 2, 2006). On October 13, 
2006, the California Pistachio Commission (the CPC) requested an 
administrative review of Tehran Negah-Nima Trading Company, Inc. 
(Nima), all of the growers and processors of the roasted pistachios 
that Nima sold in the United States, and the Government of Iran, for 
the calendar year 2005 period of review. On November 27, 2006, the 
Department initiated an administrative review of the CVD order on 
certain roasted pistachios from Iran, covering the period January 1, 
2005 through December 31, 2005, and Nima. See Initiation of Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for 
Revocation in Part, 71 FR 68535 (November 27, 2006).

Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party that requested a 
review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of publication 
of the notice of initiation of the requested review. On February 20, 
2007, the CPC withdrew its request for an administrative review within 
90 days of the publication of the notice of initiation of this review. 
No other interested party requested a review of Nima. Therefore, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), and consistent with its practice, 
the Department hereby rescinds the administrative review of roasted 
pistachios from Iran for the period January 1, 2005, to December 31, 
2005. The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection 15 days after the publication of this 
notice of rescission of administrative review.
    This notice is in accordance with section 777(i) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: March 23, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-5863 Filed 3-29-07; 8:45 am]
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