[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 240 (Monday, December 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 65666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32689]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-403-801]


Fresh and Chilled Atlantic Salmon From Norway: Initiation of New 
Shipper Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of initiation of new shipper antidumping duty 
administrative review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has received a request from Nornir 
Group A/S to conduct a new shipper administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on fresh and chilled Atlantic salmon from 
Norway, which has an October semi-annual anniversary date. In 
accordance with the Department of Commerce's regulations, we are 
initiating this administrative review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Holly A. Kuga, Office of 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) 482-4737.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The Department of Commerce (Department) has received a request 
pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.214(b) of 
the regulations, for a new shipper review of this antidumping duty 
order, which has an April anniversary date.

Initiation of Review

    In its request of October 31, 1997, Nornir Group A/S (Nornir) 
certified that it did not export the subject merchandise to the United 
States during the period of investigation (POI) (September 1, 1989, 
through February 28, 1990) and that it is not affiliated with any 
exporter or producer who exported the subject merchandise to the United 
States during the POI. Accompanying its request, Nornir provided 
certifications which indicate the date the merchandise was first 
entered for consumption in the United States, that it is not affiliated 
with any other company, and that it did not under its current or a 
former name export the subject merchandise to the United States during 
the POI.
    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) and 19 CFR351.214(d), we 
are initiating a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on 
fresh and chilled Atlantic salmon from Norway. We intend to issue the 
final results of these reviews not later than 270 days from the 
publication of this notice.

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                                                               Period to
                 Antidumping duty proceeding                      be    
                                                               reviewed 
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Norway: Fresh and Chiled Atlantic Salmon, A-403-801: Nornir             
 Group A/S..................................................  4/01/97-9/
                                                                   30/97
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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 Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, 
all citations to the Department regulations are to the regulations as 
codified at 19 CFR part 351, 62 FR 27295 (May 19, 1997).
    Concurrent with publication of this notice, we will instruct the 
Customs Service to allow, at the option of the importer, the posting, 
until the completion of the review, of a bond or security in lieu of a 
cash deposit for each entry of the merchandise exported by the company 
listed above in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(e)(1997).
    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(b).
    This initiation and this notice are in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1675(a) and 19 
CFR 351.214.

    Dated: December 5, 1997.
Richard W. Moreland,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Group II Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-32689 Filed 12-12-97; 8:45 am]
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