[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 16 (Monday, January 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3702-3703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1807]


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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 Request for Revocation in Part.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has received requests to conduct 
administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty 
orders and findings with December anniversary dates. In accordance with 
our regulations, we are initiating those administrative reviews. The 
Department of Commerce also received a request to revoke one 
antidumping duty order in part.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 26, 1998.

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 of Commerce (the Department) has received timely 
requests, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b) (1997), for 
administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty 
orders and findings with December anniversary dates. The Department 
also received a timely request to revoke in part the antidumping duty 
order on welded ASTM A-312 stainless steel pipe from Taiwan.

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 December 31, 1998.

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                                                        Period to be    
                                                          reviewed      
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                      Antidumping Duty Proceedings                      
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Canada: Elemental Sulphur, A-122-047..............      12/1/96-11/30/97
    Husky Oil Limited                                                   
India: Certain Stainless Steel Wire Rod, A-533-808      12/1/96-11/30/97
    Mukand                                                              
Mexico: Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe,\1\ A-                     
 201-805..........................................      11/1/96-10/31/97
    Hylsa, S.A. de C.V.                                                 
Mexico: Porcelain-On-Steel Cooking Ware, A-201-504      12/1/96-11/30/97
    Cinsa, S.A. de C.V.                                                 
    Esmaltactiones de Norte America, S.A. de C.V.                       
Taiwan: Welded ASTM A-312 Stainless Steel Pipes, A-                     
 583-815..........................................      12/1/96-11/30/97
    Ta Chen Stainless Steel Pipe                                        
The People's Republic of China: Cased Pencils,\2\                       
 A-570-827........................................      12/1/96-11/30/97
    Anhui Stationary Company, Ltd., China First                         
     Pencil Company, Ltd., Shanghai Three Star                          
     Stationary Company Ltd., Beijing Pencil                            
     Factory, Dalian Pencil Factory, Donghua                            
     Pencil Factory, Harbin Pencil Factory,                             
     Jiangsu Pencil Factory, Jinan Pencil Factory,                      
     Juihai Pencil Factory, Julong Pencil Factory,                      
     Qingdao Pencil Factory, Shenyiang Pencil                           
     Factory, Songnan Pencil Factory, Tianjin                           
     Pencil Factory, Xinbang Joint Venture Pencil                       
     Factory, Anhui Import/Export Group                                 
     Corporation, Anhui Light Industrial Products                       
     Import/Export Corp., Anhui Provincial Imports                      
     & Exports Corporation, Beijing Light                               
     Industrial Products Import/Export Corp.,                           
     Changzhou Foreign Economic Technical &                             
     Trading Company, Changzhou Foreign Trade                           
     Group, Chiangshu Foreign Trading, China                            
     Fujian Foreign Trade Center, China National                        
     Light Industrial Products Import & Export                          
     Corporation (all branches), Dalian Light                           
     Industrial Products Import/Export                                  
     Corporation, Giangdong Provincial Stationary                       
     & Sporting Goods Import & Export Corporation,                      
     Jiangsu Light Industrial Products Import/                          
     Export Group Corporation, Jilin Provincial                         
     Machinery & Equipment Import & Export                              
     Corporation, Liaoning Light Industrial                             
     Products Import/Export Corporation, Qingdao                        
     Light Industrial Products Import/Export                            
     Corporation, Shandong Light Industrial                             
     Products Import/Export Corporation, Shantou                        
     Light Industrial Products Import/Export                            
     Corporation, Shantou Stationery & Sporting                         
     Goods Import & Export Corporation, Shanxi                          
     Light Industrial Products Import/Export                            
     Corporation, Shenyiang Light Industrial                            
     Products Import/Export Corporation, Shum Yip                       
     (Shenzen) Industry & Trade Development                             
     Corporation, Sichuan Light Industrial                              
     Products Import/Export Corporation, Tianjin                        
     Stationery and Sporting Goods Import/Export                        
     Corporation, Yangjiang Light Industrial                            
     Products Import/Export Corporation, Zhenjiang                      
     Foreign Trade Corporation                                          
The People's Republic of China: Porcelein-on-Steel                      
 Cooking Ware,\3\ A-570-506.......................      12/1/96-11/30/97
    Clover Enamelware Enterprises Ltd./Lucky                            
     Enamelware Factory Limited                                         
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                     Countervailing Duty Proceedings                    
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None.                                                                   
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\1\ Inadvertently omitted from previous notice.                         
\2\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate 
  rate, all other exporters of cased pencils 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 porcelain-on-steel cooking ware 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.                       

    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 Sec. 351.211 or a 
determination under Sec. 351.218(d) (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.
    For transition orders defined in section 751(c)(6) of the Act, the 
Secretary will apply paragraph (j)(1) of this section to any 
administrative review initiated in 1996 or 1998 (19 CFR 351.213(j)(1-
2)).
    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(b) 
and 355.34(b).
    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: January 16, 1998.
Richard W. Moreland,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Group II, Import Administration.
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