[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 191 (Monday, October 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58733-58735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25275]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part

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

ACTION: Notice of initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and requests for revocation in part.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received 
requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders and findings with August anniversary dates. 
In accordance with the Department's regulations, we are initiating 
those administrative reviews. The Department also received requests to 
revoke two antidumping duty orders in part.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 2, 2000.

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, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-4737.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department has received timely requests, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.213(b)(2000), for administrative reviews of various antidumping 
and countervailing duty orders and findings with August anniversary 
dates. The Department also received timely requests to revoke in part 
the antidumping duty orders for Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from 
Canada and Oil Country Tubular Goods from Mexico.

Initiation of Reviews

    In accordance with sections 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we are 
initiating administrative reviews of the following antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders and findings. We intend to issue the final 
results of these reviews not later than August 31, 2001.

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                                                          Period to be
                                                            reviewed
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                      Antidumping Duty Proceedings
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CANADA:
    Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products, A-   8/1/199-7/31/00
     122-822.........................................
    Stelco, Inc.
    Continuous Colour Coat, Ltd.
    Dofasco, Inc.
    Sorevco, Inc.
    National Steel Corporation.......................

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    Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate, A-122-823......     8/1/99-7/31/00
    Stelco, Inc.
    Clayson Steel Inc.
    Gerdau MRM Steel
FRANCE: Industrial Nitrocellulose, A-427-009.........     8/1/99-7/31/00
    Bergerac N.C.
GERMANY:
    Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate, A-428-816......     8/1/99-7/31/00
    Reiner Brach GmbH & Co.
ITALY:
    Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel, A-475-811.......     8/1/99-7/31/00
    Acciai Speciali Terni S.p.A.
    Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Resin, A-     8/1/99-7/31/00
     475-703.........................................
    Ausimont
    Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils,\1\ A-       7/1/99-6/30/00
     475-824.........................................
    Acciai Special Terni S.p.A.
JAPAN:
    Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products, A-    8/1/99-7/31/00
     588-824.........................................
    Nippon Steel Corporation
    Kawasaki Steel Corporation
    Daido Metal Corp.
    Oil Country Tubular Goods, A-588-835.............     8/1/99-7/31/00
    Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
MEXICO:
    Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate, A-201-809......     8/1/99-7/31/00
    Altos Hornos de Mexico S.A. de C.V.
    Gray Portland Cement and Clinker, A-201-802......     8/1/99-7/31/00
    GCC Cementos, S.A. de C.V.
    CEMEX, S.A. de C.V.
    Apasco, S.A. de C.V.
    Oil Country Tubular Goods, A-201-817.............     8/1/99-7/31/00
    Hylsa, S.A. de C.V.
    Tubos de Acero de Mexico S.A.
REPUBLIC OF KOREA:
    Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products, A-580-815     8/1/99-7/31/00
    Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.
    Pohang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.
    Union Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products, A-    8/1/99-7/31/00
     580-816.........................................
    Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.
    Pohang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.
    Union Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    SeAH Steel Corporation
    Oil Country Tubular Goods, Other than Drill Pipe,     8/1/99-7/31/00
     A-580-825.......................................
    SeAH Steel Corporation
ROMANIA:
    Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate, A-485-803......     8/1/99-7/31/00
    Sidex, S.A./Metalexportimport, S.A.
    Windmill International PTE, Ltd.
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA:
    Petroleum Wax Candles,\2\ A-570-504..............     8/1/99-7/31/00
    Universal Candle Company, Ltd.
    Sulfanilic Acid,\3\ A-570-815....................     8/1/99-7/31/00
    Boading Mancheng Zhenxing Chemical Plant
    Xinyu Chemical Plant
    Yude Chemical Industry, Co.
    Zhenxing Chemical Industry, Co.,
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                     Countervailing Duty Proceedings
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BELGIUM:
    Stainless Steel Plate in Coils, C-423-809........   \4\9/4/98-12/31/
                                                                      99
    Acciai Speciali Terni S.p.A.
CANADA:
    Alloy Magnesium, C-122-815.......................    1/1/99-12/31/99
    Norsk Hydro Canada Inc.
    Pure Magnesium, C-122-815........................    1/1/99-12/31/99
    Norsk Hydro Canada Inc.
ISRAEL:
    Industrial Phosphoric Acid, C-508-605............    1/1/99-12/31/99
    Rotem Amfert Negev Ltd.
ITALY:
    Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils, C-475-   11/17/98-12/31/99
     825.............................................
    Acciai Speciali Terni S.p.A.
    Acciai Speciali Terni USA, Inc.

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REPUBLIC OF KOREA:
    Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils, C-580-   11/17/98-12/31/99
     835.............................................
    Inchon Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.
    Sammi Steel Co.
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                          Suspension Agreements
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    None.
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\1\ Inadvertently omitted from previous initiation notice.
\2\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate
  rate, all other exporters of petroleum wax candles from the People's
  Republic of China who have not qualified for a separate rate are
  deemed to be covered by this review as part of the single PRC entity
  of which the named exporters are a part.
\3\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate
  rate, all other exporters of sulfanilic acid from the People's
  Republic of China who have not qualified for a separate rate are
  deemed to be covered by this review as part of the single PRC entity
  of which the named exporters are a part.
\4\ In the initiation notice published on July 7, 2000, (65 FR 41942),
  the review period for Acciai was incorrect. The period listed above is
  the correct period of review for that firm.

    During any administrative review covering all or part of a period 
falling between the first and second or third and fourth anniversary of 
the publication of an antidumping duty order under section 351.211 or a 
determination under section 351.218(f)(4) to continue an order or 
suspended investigation (after sunset review), the Secretary, if 
requested by a domestic interested party within 30 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the review, will determine 
whether antidumping duties have been absorbed by an exporter or 
producer subject to the review if the subject merchandise is sold in 
the United States through an importer that is affiliated with such 
exporter or producer. The request must include the name(s) of the 
exporter or producer for which the inquiry is requested.
    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305.
    These initiations and this notice are in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 USC 1675(a)) and 19 
CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: September 26, 2000.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group II.
[FR Doc. 00-25275 Filed 9-29-00; 8:45 am]
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