60470 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 217 / Monday, November 10, 1997 / Notices

482–2704, 482–4243, or 482–0649,

respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Department initiated this

administrative review on April 24, 1997

(62 FR 19988). Because it is not

practicable to complete this review

within the time limit mandated by

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of

1930 (‘‘the Act’’), as amended by the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act of

1994, the Department is extending the

time limit for the preliminary results of

the aforementioned review to March 31,

1998. See memorandum from Joseph A.

Spetrini to Robert S. LaRussa, which is

on file in Room B–099 at the

Department’s headquarters.

This extension of time limit is in

accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of

the Act.

Dated: November 4, 1997.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD

Enforcement Group III.

[FR Doc. 97–29625 Filed 11–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–588–824]

Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon

Steel Flat Products From Japan: Notice

of Initiation of Changed Circumstances

Administrative Review of the

Antidumping Duty Order, Preliminary

Results of Changed Circumstances

Review, and Intent To Revoke Order in

Part

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of initiation and

preliminary results of changed

circumstances antidumping duty

administrative review, and intent to

revoke order in part.

SUMMARY: In response to a request, in

accordance with section 351.216(b) of

our regulations, from Sudo Corporation

(Sudo), an interested party in these

proceedings, the Department of

Commerce (the Department) is initiating

a changed circumstances administrative

review and issuing a notice of intent to

revoke in part the antidumping duty

order on certain corrosion-resistant

carbon steel flat products from Japan.

Interested parties are invited to

comment on these preliminary results.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gideon Katz or Maureen Flannery,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone:

(202) 482–5255, (202) 482–3020,

respectively.

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act)

by the Uruguay Rounds Agreements

Act. In addition, unless otherwise

indicated, all citations to the

Department’s regulations are to the

regulations as codified at 19 CFR part

351, 62 FR 27295 (May 19, 1997).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On September 19, 1997, Sudo

requested that the Department revoke in

part the antidumping duty order on

certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel

flat products from Japan. Specifically,

Sudo requested that the Department

revoke the order with respect to imports

of this product with widths ranging

from 10 millimeters (0.394 inches)

through 100 millimeters (3.94 inches)

and thicknesses ranging from 0.11

millimeters (0.004 inches) through 0.60

millimeters (0.024 inches). Sudo, a

domestic manufacturer of a small, thin,

circular shield that is used as a seal on

the casings of wheels containing ball

bearings, is an importer of this product.

On October 28, 1997, AK Steel

Corporation (AK), Bethlehem Steel

Corporation (Bethlehem), Inland Steel

Industries, Inc. (Inland), LTV Steel

Company (LTV), National Steel

Corporation (National), and U.S. Steel

Group, A Unit of USX Corporation (U.S.

Steel), domestic interested parties in

this case, submitted a letter indicating

they have no objection to the initiation

of this changed circumstances review

and no interest in maintaining the

antidumping duty order on corrosionresistant carbon steel flat products from

Japan with respect to the product with

the dimensions indicated above. Based

on the fact that this portion of this order

is no longer of interest to domestic

parties, we intend to partially revoke

this order.

Initiation of Changed Circumstances

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review, and Intent To Revoke Order in

Part

Pursuant to section 751(d)(1) and

782(h)(2) of the Act, the Department

may partially revoke an antidumping or

countervailing duty order based on a

review under section 751(b) of the Act

(i.e., a changed circumstances review).

Section 751(b)(1) of the Act requires a

changed circumstances administrative

review to be conducted upon receipt of

a request which shows changed

circumstances sufficient to warrant a

review. Section 351.222(g) of the

Department’s regulations provides that

the Department will conduct a changed

circumstances administrative review

under 19 CFR 351.216, and may revoke

an order in whole or in part if it

determines that producers accounting

for substantially all of the production of

the domestic like product to which the

order (or the part of the order to be

revoked) pertains have expressed a lack

of interest in the order, in whole or in

part. In addition, in the event that the

Department concludes that expedited

action is warranted, 19 CFR

351.221(c)(3)(ii) permits the Department

to combine the notices of initiation and

preliminary results.

Therefore, in accordance with

sections 751(d)(1) and 782(h)(2) of the

Act, and 19 CFR 351.216 and

351.222(g), based on affirmative

statements of no interest by AK,

Bethlehem, Inland, LTV, National, and

U.S. Steel in continuing the order with

respect to corrosion-resistant carbon

steel flat products with widths ranging

from 10 millimeters (0.394 inches)

through 100 millimeters (3.94 inches)

and thicknesses ranging from 0.11

millimeters (0.004 inches) through 0.60

millimeters (0.024 inches), we are

initiating this changed circumstances

administrative review. Furthermore, we

determine that expedited action is

warranted, and we preliminarily

determine that continued coverage of

corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat

products within the width and

thickness range mentioned above is no

longer of interest to domestic interested

parties. Because we have concluded that

expedited action is warranted, we are

combining these notices of initiation

and preliminary results. Therefore, we

are hereby notifying the public of our

intent to revoke in part the antidumping

duty order with respect to imports of

corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat

products of the above-mentioned width

and thickness range from Japan.

If final revocation in part occurs, we

intend to instruct the U.S. Customs

Service (Customs) to liquidate without

regard to antidumping duties, and to

refund any estimated antidumping

duties collected for all entries of

corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat

products, with the dimensions indicated

above, made on or after the date of

publication in the Federal Register of

the final results of these reviews in
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 217 / Monday, November 10, 1997 / Notices 60471

accordance with 19 CFR 351.222. We

will also instruct Customs to pay

interest on such refunds in accordance

with section 778 of the Act. The current

requirement for a cash deposit of

estimated antidumping duties on

corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat

products, with the dimensions indicated

above, will continue unless and until

we publish a final determination to

revoke in part.

Public Comment

Interested parties are invited to

comment on these preliminary results.

Parties who submit argument in this

proceeding are requested to submit with

the argument (1) a statement of the

issue, and (2) a brief summary of the

argument. Parties to the proceedings

may request disclosure within 5 days of

the date of publication of this notice and

any interested party may request a

hearing within 10 days of publication.

Any hearing, if requested, will be held

no later than 28 days after the date of

publication of this notice, or the first

workday thereafter. Case briefs may be

submitted by interested parties not later

than 14 days after the date of

publication of this notice. Rebuttal

briefs and rebuttals to written

comments, limited to the issues raised

in those comments, may be filed not

later than 21 days after the date of

publication of this notice. All written

comments shall be submitted in

accordance with 19 CFR 351.303 and

shall be served on all interested parties

on the Department’s service list in

accordance with 19 CFR 351.303.

Persons interested in attending the

hearing should contact the Department

for the date and time of the hearing. The

Department will publish the final

results of this changed circumstances

review, including the results of its

analysis of issues raised in any written

comments. This notice is in accordance

with sections 751(b)(1) of the Act and 19

CFR 351.216 and 351.222.

Dated: November 3, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–29631 Filed 11–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–588–810]

Mechanical Transfer Presses From

Japan: Extension of Time Limits for

Preliminary Results of Antidumping

Administrative Review, and Partial

Recission of Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time

limits for preliminary results of

antidumping administrative review and

partial recission of administrative

review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elisabeth Urfer or Maureen Flannery,

AD/CVD Enforcement, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–0780 or (202) 482–

3020, respectively.

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act)

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

Recission

The Department of Commerce

received a request from petitioners to

conduct an administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on mechanical

transfer presses from Japan. On March

18, 1997 (62 FR 12793), the Department

initiated this administrative review

covering the period March 1, 1996

through February 28, 1997.

On June 16, 1997, the petitioners

withdrew their request for an

administrative review with respect to

Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries,

Ltd. (IHI). Petitioners’ request was made

within ninety days of publication of the

notice of initiation, in accordance with

Section 353.22(a)(5) of the Department’s

regulations. IHI also requested that the

Department terminate the

administrative review on June 23, 1997.

Because petitioner made a timely

request, and because we have not

devoted considerable time and

resources to IHI, rescinding this review

with respect to IHI would not prejudice

any party in this proceeding. In

accordance with Section 353.22(a)(5) of

the Department’s regulations, we

rescind this review with respect to IHI.

(See Memorandum To Edward Yang

From Maureen Flannery dated August

11, 1997, ‘‘Request for Termination of

Review, in Part, in the 1996–1997

Administrative Review of the

Antidumping Duty Order on

Mechanical Transfer Presses from

Japan.’’)

Extension of Time Limits for

Preliminary Results

Because of the complexity of certain

issues in this case, it is not practicable

to complete this review within the time

limits mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A)

of the Act. See Memorandum from

Joseph A. Spetrini to Robert S. LaRussa,

Extension of Time Limit for the

Administrative Review of Mechanical

Transfer Presses from Japan, dated

October 23, 1997. Therefore, in

accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of

the Act, the Department is extending the

time limits for the preliminary results to

February 28, 1998.

Dated: October 31, 1997.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD

Enforcement III.

[FR Doc. 97–29632 Filed 11–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–201–504]

Porcelain-on-Steel Cooking Ware From

Mexico; Notice of Court Decision

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration/Import Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of court decision.

SUMMARY: On September 16, 1997, the

United States Court of International

Trade affirmed the Department of

Commerce’s redetermination on remand

regarding its determination to rely on

the transfer price of enamel frit

submitted by Cinsa, S.A. de C.V. for

purposes of constructed value for the

administrative review covering the

period December 1, 1989 through

November 30, 1990. This notice is

published because this Court

determination was not in harmony with

the Department of Commerce’s original

determination in this review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lorenza Olivas or Kelly Parkhill, Office

of CVD/AD Enforcement VI,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th &

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2786.