[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 102 (Friday, May 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27963-27964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13164]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Countervailing Duty Order; Opportunity to Request a Section 753 
Injury Investigation

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

ACTION: Notice of Opportunity to Request a Section 753 Injury 
Investigation for Countervailing Duty Orders.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is notifying 
domestic interested parties of their right to request an injury 
investigation under section 753 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), for countervailing duty orders listed in the Appendix that 
were issued under former section 303 of the Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 26, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cameron Cardozo, Office of Countervailing Compliance, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230, telephone: (202) 482-2786; or Vera Libeau, Office of 
Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20436, telephone: (202) 205-3176.

[[Page 27964]] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    We have listed in the appendix to this notice countervailing duty 
orders issued under former section 303 of the Act. At the time these 
orders were issued, U.S. law did not require injury determinations as a 
prerequisite to their issuance. With the accession of the United States 
to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the enactment of the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act of 1994 (URAA), P.L. 103-465, U.S. law has 
changed. Under the URAA, the Government of the United States may not 
assess countervailing duties on imports from a WTO member country in 
the absence of an injury determination. Thus, as noted in the Statement 
of Administrative Action, new section 753 of the Act (as amended by the 
URAA) provides that for such orders ``. . . a domestic interested party 
may request that the [International Trade] Commission initiate an 
investigation to determine whether an industry in the United States is 
likely to be materially injured by reason of imports of the merchandise 
subject to the CVD order if the order is revoked.'' See Statement of 
Administrative Action, URAA, p.272.

Opportunity to Request a Section 753 Injury Investigation

    On January 1, 1995, the countries listed in the Appendix joined the 
WTO.\1\ Therefore, for each countervailing duty order listed din the 
Appendix, we are notifying all domestic interested parties, as 
described in sections 771(9)(C), (D), (E), (F), or (G) of the Act, of 
their right to request an injury investigation under section 753(a) 
from the U.S. International Trade Commission (the Commission). In 
accordance with sections 753(b) (3) and (4) of the Act, outstanding 
section 303 orders for which the Commission has not previously made an 
affirmative injury determination will be revoked by the Department 
unless a request for an injury investigation is submitted to the 
Commission within six months of the date on which the country covered 
by the order joins the WTO, and the Commission renders an affirmative 
injury determination pursuant to section 753(a)(1) of the Act. For 
those countries which joined the WTO on January 1, 1995, requests must 
be filed with the Commission no later than June 30, 1995.

    \1\Zimbabwe became a signatory to the WTO on March 3, 1995, and 
Israel became a signatory to the WTO on April 21, 1995.
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    Requests for injury investigations under section 753 must be filed 
with the Commission in accordance with 19 CFR 207.46(b), added by 60 FR 
18, 22-23 (January 3, 1995). All requests should be addressed to: 
Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20436.
    If investigations under section 753(a) of the Act are requested 
with respect to more than one countervailing duty order covering the 
same or comparable subject merchandise, the Commission may conduct such 
investigations jointly. Domestic interested parties, in their requests 
under section 753(a), may propose for the Commission's consideration 
countervailing duty orders suitable for joint consideration.
    In addition, domestic interested parties that request an injury 
investigation under section 753(a) of the Act may request under section 
751(c) of the Act that ``sunset reviews'' of any outstanding 
antidumping or countervailing duty order involving the same or 
comparable subject merchandise be expedited so that these reviews are 
conducted contemporaneously with the investigation(s) under section 
753(a). Requests for expedited sunset reviews must be submitted to the 
Department in accordance with the procedures and requirements 
established for administrative reviews in 19 CFR 355.31 on the same day 
as the request for an investigation under section 753(a) is filed with 
the Commission. If the Department, after consulting with Commission, 
commences an expedited sunset review under section 751(c), the 
Commission may conduct contemporaneous proceedings under sections 
751(c) and 753(a) of the Act and may cumulate imports from the subject 
countries.

    Dated: May 23, 1995.
Susan G. Essermen,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
Argentina: Apparel (C-357-404)
Argentina: Carbon Steel--Cold-Rolled Flat Products (C-357-005)
Argentina: Leather (C-357-803)
Argentina: Leather Wearing Apparel (C-357-001)
Argentina: Line Pipe (C-357-801)
Argentina: Non-Rubber Footwear (C-357-052)
Argentina: OCTG (C-357-403)
Argentina: Standard Pipe (C-357-801)
Argentina: Textile Mill Products (C-357-404)
Argentina: Tubing, Heavy-Walled Rectangular (C-357-801)
Argentina: Tubing, Light-Walled Rectangular (C-357-801)
Argentina: Wool (C-357-002)
Israel: Roses (C-508-064)
Malaysia: Extruded Rubber Thread (C-557-806)
Malaysia: Wire Rod, Carbon Steel (C-557-701)
Mexico: Ceramic Tile (C-201-003)
Mexico: Leather Wearing Apparel (C-201-001)
Mexico: Textile Mill Products (C-201-405)
New Zealand: Brazing Copper Rod & Wire (C-614-501)
New Zealand: Steel Wire (C-614-601)
New Zealand: Steel Wire Nails (C-614-701)
New Zealand: Wire Rod, Carbon Steel (C-614-504)
Peru: Cotton Sheeting and Sateen (C-333-001)
Peru: Cotton Yarn (C-333-002)
Peru: Rebar (C-333-502)
Peru: Textile Mill Products (C-333-402)
South Africa: Ferrochrome (C-791-001)
Sri Lanka: Textile Mill Products (C-542-401)
Thailand: Apparel (C-529-401)
Thailand: Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings (C-549-804)
Thailand: Malleable Iron Pipe Fittings (C-549-803)
Thailand: Steel Wire Rope (C-549-806)
Thailand: Pipe and Tube (C-549-501)
Thailand: Rice (C-549-503)
Thailand: Steel Wire Nails (C-549-701)
Venezuela: Circular Welded Nonalloy Steel Pipe (C-307-806)
Venezuela: Ferrosilicon (C-307-808)\1\

    \1\Applies only to the dutiable merchandise within the scope of 
the order.
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Zimbabwe: Wire Rod, Carbon Steel (C-796-601)
[FR Doc. 95-13164 Filed 5-25-95; 8:45 am]
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