[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 231 (Thursday, November 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71299-71300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30562]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews

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

ACTION: Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews.

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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 October anniversary dates. 
In accordance with the Department's regulations, we are initiating 
those administrative reviews.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Novemeber 30, 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, D.C. 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 October anniversary 
dates.

Initiation of Reviews

    In accordance with section 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 October 31, 2001.

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                                                         Period to be
                                                           reviewed
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            Antidumping Duty Proceedings
Japan: Tapered Roller Bearings, Over 4 Inches,* A-      10/1/99-12/31/99
 588-604, NTN Corporation..........................
Malaysia: Extruded Rubber Thread, A-557-805, Filati      10/1/99-9/30/00
 Lastex Sdn. Bhd., Heveafil Sdn. Bhd., Rubberflex
 Sdn. Bhd..........................................
Republic of Korea: Stainless Steel Wire Rod,\1\ A-        9/1/99-8/31/00
 583-829, Changwon Specialty Steel Co., Ltd.,
 Dongbang Specialty Steel Co., Ltd.................
Taiwan: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in                6/8/99-6/30/00
 Coils,\2\ A-583-831, Chia Far Industrial Factory
 Co., Ltd..........................................
The People's Republic of China: Helical Spring Lock      10/1/99-9/30/00
 Washers,\3\ A-570-822, Zhejiang Wanxin Group Co.,
 Ltd. (aka Hangzhou Spring Washer Plant)...........
          Countervailing Duty Proceedings
India: Iron Metal Castings, C-533-063, Howrah           1/1/99-12/31/99
 Ferrous Limited...................................
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*Order revoked effective 01/01/2000, as a result of sunset review.*
\1\ Case inadvertently omitted from initiation notice published on
  October 30, 2000, (65 FR 64662).
\2\ In the initiation notice published on September 6, 2000, (65 FR
  53980), the review period for this case was incorrect and the above-
  listed company was inadvertently omitted. The period listed above is
  the correct period of review for this case and, we are adding the
  above-listed firm to the other firms' initiation for that review.
\3\ If one of the above-named companies does not qualify for a separate
  rate, all other exporters of helical spring lock washers 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.

Suspension Agreements

    None.
    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 U.S.C. 1675(a)), and 
19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: November 22, 2000.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Group II for Import Administration.
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