[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 189 (Thursday, September 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58261-58262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24953]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-806]


Carbon Steel Wire Rope From Mexico; Rescission of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review.

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SUMMARY: On May 1, 2000, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
carbon steel wire rope from Mexico (65 FR 25303). The Department 
initiated this review at the request of the Committee of Domestic Steel 
Wire Rope and Specialty Cable Manufacturers (the petitioner). This 
review covers two manufacturers, Camesa, S.A. de C.V. (Camesa), and 
Cablesa, S.A. de C.V. (Cablesa). The period of review (POR) is March 1, 
1999 through December 31, 1999. On May 10, 2000, Cablesa certified that 
it did not have any exports or sales to the United States during the 
POR. On June 15, 2000, the petitioner withdrew its request for a review 
of Camesa. The Department has received no additional submissions from 
any party concerning this review. Accordingly, we are rescinding this 
review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 28, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Hoadley, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0666.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act), are references to the provisions effective 
January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Act 
by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to 19 CFR 
Part 351 (1999).

Scope of Review

    The merchandise covered by this order consists of carbon steel wire 
rope. Steel wire rope encompasses ropes, cables, and cordage of iron or 
carbon steel, other than stranded wire, not fitted with fittings or 
made up into articles, and not made up of brass plated wire. Imports of 
these products are currently classifiable under the following 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings: 
7312.10.9030, 7312.10.9060 and 7312.10.9090.
    Excluded from this review is stainless steel wire rope, which is 
classifiable under the HTSUS subheading 7312.10.6000, and all forms of 
stranded wire, with the following exception. Based on the affirmative 
final determination of circumvention of the antidumping duty order, 60 
FR 10831 (Feb. 28, 1995), the Department has determined that steel wire 
strand, when manufactured in Mexico by Camesa and imported into the 
United States for use in the production of steel wire rope, falls 
within the scope of the antidumping duty order on steel wire rope from 
Mexico. Such merchandise is currently classifiable under subheading 
7312.10.3020 of the HTSUS.
    Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes, our written description of the scope of this review 
is dispositive.

Rescission of Review

    Section 351.213(d)(1) of the Department's regulations allows the 
Department to rescind a review if the party that requested the review 
withdraws the request within 90 days of the publication date of the 
initiation notice. The Department published the initiation notice on 
May 1, 2000 (65 FR 25303). The petitioner withdrew its request for a 
review of Camesa's sales on June 15, 2000. The petitioner was the

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only party to request a review of Camesa's sales for this period of the 
proceeding. Therefore, in accordance with section 351.213(d)(1), we are 
rescinding this review of sales by Camesa.
    Section 351.213(d)(3) allows the Department to rescind a review if 
the Department concludes that during the POR there were no entries, 
exports, or sales of the subject merchandise, as the case may be. Based 
on Cablesa's certification, submitted on May 10, 2000, which we 
independently confirmed with the U.S. Customs Service, we conclude that 
Cablesa had no entries, exports, or sales during the POR, and, thus, 
that there is no basis for a review. Therefore, in accordance with 
section 351.213(d)(3) we are rescinding this review of sales by 
Cablesa.
    We will instruct customs to liquidate the entries made during the 
POR at the rate entered. We are publishing this notice in accordance 
with section 351.213(d)(4) of our regulations.

    Dated: September 20, 2000.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III.
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