30184 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 106 /Wednesday, June 3, 1998 / Notices

PROPOSED REVISIONS TO FISCAL YEAR 1999 AMP—Continued

Material Units

Current

FY 1999

quantity

Revised

FY 1999

quantity

Bauxite (Surinam) .................................................................................................................................. LDT 800,000 1,500,000

Columbium (Ferro) ................................................................................................................................. Lb Cb 200,000 400,000

Graphite (All) .......................................................................................................................................... ST 2,660 3,760

Tantalum (Carbide Powder) .................................................................................................................. Lb Ta 2,000 4,000

The Committee requests that

interested parties provide written

comments, supporting data and

documentation, and any other relevant

information on the potential market

impact of the sale of these commodities.

Although comments in response to this

Notice must be received by July 6, 1998

to ensure full consideration by the

Committee, interested parties are

encouraged to submit additional

comments and supporting information

at any time thereafter to keep the

Committee informed as to the market

impact of the sale of these commodities.

Public comment is an important

element of the Committee’s market

impact review process.

Public comments received will be

made available at the Department of

Commerce for public inspection and

copying. Material that is national

security classified or business

confidential will be exempted from

public disclosure. Anyone submitting

business confidential information

should clearly identify the business

confidential portion of the submission

and also provide a non-confidential

submission that can be placed in the

public file. Communications from

agencies of the United States

Government will not be made available

for public inspection.

The public record concerning this

notice will be maintained in the Bureau

of Export Administration’s Records

Inspection Facility, Room 4525, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street

and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230, telephone (202)

482–5653. The records in this facility

may be inspected and copied in

accordance with the regulations

published in Part 4 of Title 15 of the

Code of Federal Regulations (15 CFR 4.1

et seq.).

Information about the inspection and

copying of records at the facility may be

obtained from Ms. Margaret Cornejo, the

Bureau of Export Administration’s

Freedom of Information Officer, at the

above address and telephone number.

Dated: May 29, 1998.

William J. Denk,

Acting Director, Strategic Industries and

Economic Security.

[FR Doc. 98–14666 Filed 6–2–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Overseas Business Interest

Questionnaire; Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burdens, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on the

continuing information collections, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13 (44

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before August 3, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th &

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Request for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument and instructions should be

directed to: Thomas Nisbet, Trade

Development, Office of Export

Promotion Coordination, Room 2013,

14th & Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230; Phone number:

(202) 482–5657, and fax number: (202)

482–1999.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

This collection allows U.S. firms

participating in overseas trade events

sponsored by the U.S. Department of

Commerce’s International Trade

Administration (ITA) an opportunity to

specifically identify their marketing

objective for a specific event as well as

current marketing activities and status

in the specific foreign markets where

the event will take place. The U.S. and

Foreign Commercial Service/ITA

overseas posts use the information to

schedule business appointments during

the trade event, arrange ‘‘blue ribbon’’

calls on key agents or distributors

identified by participants prior to an

event, and to issue specific show

invitations appropriate prospective

overseas business partners. It is critical

to prearrange business appointments

thus providing U.S. participants with a

program of high caliber business

appointments.

II. Method of Data Collection

Form ITA–471P is sent by request to

U.S. firms. Applicant firms complete the

form and forward it to the appropriate

Department of Commerce trade event

manager.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0625–0039.

Form Number: ITA–471P.

Type of Review: Regular Submission.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit companies; small to medium

sized businesses or organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: 30

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 490 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Costs: The

estimated annual cost for this collection

is $20,000.00 ($18,000.00 for

respondents and $2,000.00 for federal

government).

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited on (a) whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden

(including hours and costs) of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or forms of information technology.
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Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: May 29, 1998.

Madeleine Clayton,

Management Analyst, Office of Management

and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–14729 Filed 6–2–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–427–811]

Certain Stainless Steel Wire Rods

From France: Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review.

SUMMARY: On January 26, 1998, the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) published the preliminary

results of the third administrative

review of the antidumping duty order

on certain stainless steel wire rods from

France. This review covers Imphy S.A.

and Ugine-Savoie, two manufacturers/

exporters of the subject merchandise to

the United States. The period of review

(POR) is January 1, 1996 through

December 31, 1996. We gave interested

parties an opportunity to comment on

our preliminary results. Based on our

analysis of the comments received, we

have changed the results from those

presented in the preliminary results of

review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 3, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Bolling or Stephen Jacques, AD/

CVD Enforcement Group III, Office 9,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)

482–3434 or (202) 482–1391,

respectively.

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 (URAA). In addition,

unless otherwise indicated, all citations

to the Department’s regulations are to 19

C.F.R. Part 353 (1997).

Background

On January 26, 1998, the Department

published in the Federal Register the

preliminary results of the third

administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on certain

stainless steel wire rods from France (63

FR 3704, January 26, 1998). The

Department has now completed this

administrative review in accordance

with section 751 of the Act.

Scope of the Review

The products covered by this

administrative review are certain

stainless steel wire rod (SSWR) products

which are hot-rolled or hot-rolled

annealed, and/or pickled rounds,

squares, octagons, hexagons, or other

shapes, in coils. SSWR are made of alloy

steels containing, by weight, 1.2 percent

or less of carbon and 10.5 percent or

more of chromium, with or without

other elements. These products are only

manufactured by hot-rolling, are

normally sold in coiled form, and are of

solid cross section. The majority of

SSWR sold in the United States is round

in cross-sectional shape, annealed, and

pickled. The most common size is 5.5

millimeters in diameter.

The SSWR subject to this review is

currently classifiable under subheadings

7221.00.0005, 7221.00.0015,

7221.00.0020, 7221.00.0030,

7221.00.0040, 7221.00.0045,

7221.00.0060, 7221.00.0075, and

7221.00.0080 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).

Although the HTSUS subheadings are

provided for convenience and Customs

purposes, our written description of the

scope of the order is dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

We gave interested parties an

opportunity to comment on the

preliminary results. We received

comments and rebuttal comments from

Imphy S.A. and Ugine-Savoie,

manufacturers/exporters of the subject

merchandise (respondents), and from Al

Tech Specialty Steel Corp., Armco

Stainless & Alloy Products, Carpenter

Technology Corp., Republic Engineered

Steels, Talley Metals Technology, Inc.,

and United Steelworkers of America,

AFL-CIO/CLC (petitioners).

Comment 1: Respondents argue that

the Department improperly resorted to

constructed value (CV), instead of

utilizing contemporaneous home market

sales made in the ordinary course of

trade. Respondents note that in the

Department’s preliminary results, the

Department disregarded numerous

home market sales that were below the

cost of production and, therefore,

outside the ordinary course of trade. In

these instances, respondents contend

that the Department inappropriately

resorted to CV, despite the existence of

contemporaneous home market sales of

the foreign like product made in the

ordinary course of trade. Consequently,

respondents argue that the Department

contravened the Court of Appeals for

the Federal Circuit (CAFC) January 8,

1998 decision in CEMEX v. United

States, 133 F.3d 897 (Fed. Cir. 1998)

(CEMEX). Respondents state that in

CEMEX, the Department disregarded

home market sales of subject

merchandise that was comparable to the

merchandise sold in the United States,

as not in the ordinary course of trade

and, thus, ineligible as the basis for

determining foreign market value.

Therefore, the Department used CV as

the basis for comparing U.S. sales.

Respondents note that although

CEMEX was decided under pre-URAA

law, the reasoning of the Court is

applicable to the new statute. The new

statute continues to subordinate CV to

home market sales for determining

normal value, therefore, allowing the

Department to use CV only where price

for home market sales of the foreign like

product in the ordinary course of trade

cannot be determined.

Respondents note that in recent

Departmental decisions, the Department

has referenced CEMEX, but never

applied it’s holding due to time

constraints and the fact that the case

was decided under pre-URAA law.

Respondents contend that although

CEMEX was decided under pre-URAA

law, the principles are applicable and

must be applied. Respondents argue that

by applying its own matching hierarchy,

the Department has the facts on the

record to confirm that contemporaneous

sales of foreign like product in the

ordinary course of trade exist; therefore,

the Department does not need to resort

to CV in these instances.

Petitioners argue that the Department

should not modify its preliminary

results with regard to the CEMEX

decision. Petitioners contend that the

Department has examined and rejected

arguments that it should depart from its

normal methodology and base normal

value on other models if the Department

finds that all contemporaneous sales of

the identical or most similar

merchandise are made at below-cost

prices, citing Final Results of

Antidumping Administrative Review:

Canned Pineapple Fruit from Thailand;