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Period to be

reviewed

Hyundai Electronic Industries Co., Ltd.

LG Semicon Co., Ltd.

NEW ZEALAND: A–614–801—Fresh Kiwifruit ................................................................................................................................ 5/1/95–4/30/96

New Zealand Kiwifruit Marketing Board

TAIWAN: A–583–008—Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes ......................................................................... 5/1/95–4/30/96

Yieh Hsing Enterprise Co., Ltd.

Countervailing Duty Proceedings *

SWEDEN: C–401–056—Viscose Rayon Staple Fiber .................................................................................................................... 1/1/95–12/31/95

Svenska Rayvon AB

*A request was received for an administrative review of ball bearings and parts thereof from Thailand (C–549–802) for the period January 1,

1995 through December 31, 1995. As this order has since been revoked, effective January 1, 1995 (61 FR 20796), the Department has not initiated an administrative review of this order.

If requested within 30 days of the date

of publication of this notice, the

Department will determine whether

antidumping duties have been absorbed

by an exporter or producer subject to

any of these reviews if the subject

merchandise is sold in the United States

through an importer which is affiliated

with such exporter or producer.

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 353.22(c)(1)

and 355.22(c)(1).

Dated: June 19, 1996.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.

[FR Doc. 96–16192 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–M

Export Trade Certificate of Review;

Notice of Application to Amend

Certificate

SUMMARY: The Office of Export Trading

Company Affairs (‘‘OETCA’’),

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce, has received

an application to amend an Export

Trade Certificate of Review. This notice

summarizes the proposed amendment

and requests comments relevant to

whether the amended Certificate should

be issued.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: W.

Dawn Busby, Director, Office of Export

Trading Company Affairs, International

Trade Administration, (202) 482–5131.

This is not a toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of

the Export Trading Company Act of

1982 (15 U.S.C. 4001–21) authorizes the

Secretary of Commerce to issue Export

Trade Certificates of Review. A

Certificate of Review protects the holder

and the members identified in the

Certificate from state and federal

government antitrust actions and from

private, treble damage antitrust actions

for the export conduct specified in the

Certificate and carried out in

compliance with its terms and

conditions. Section 302(b)(1) of the Act

and 15 CFR 325.6(a) require the

Secretary to publish a notice in the

Federal Register identifying the

applicant and summarizing its proposed

export conduct.

An interim Certificate of Review was

issued to Farmers’ Rice Cooperative

(‘‘FRC’’) on March 12, 1984 (49 FR 9762,

March 15, 1984). The final Certificate

was issued on May 10, 1984 (49 FR

20890, May 17, 1984) and an

amendment to the Certificate was issued

on August 30, 1985 (50 FR 36126,

September 5, 1985). A summary of the

application for an additional

amendment follows.

Request for Public Comments

Interested parties may submit written

comments relevant to the determination

whether an amended Certificate should

be issued. An original and five (5)

copies should be submitted no later

than 20 days after the date of this notice

to: Office of Export Trading Company

Affairs, International Trade

Administration, Department of

Commerce, Room 1800H, Washington,

D.C. 20230. Information submitted by

any person is exempt from disclosure

under the Freedom of Information Act

(5 U.S.C. 552). Comments should refer

to this application as ‘‘Export Trade

Certificate of Review, application

number 84–A0005.’’

Summary of the Application:

Applicant: Farmers’ Rice Cooperative,

2525 Natomas Park Drive, P.O. Box

15223, Sacramento, California 9581–

0223.

Contact: Loyd W. McCormick,

Esquire, Telephone: (415) 393–2130.

Application No.: 84–A0005.

Date Deemed Submitted: June 11,

1996.

Proposed Amendment: FRC seeks to

amend its Certificate to:

1. Add as ‘‘Members’’ the following

companies: American Rice, Inc. of

Houston, Texas (Controlling Entity:

ERLY Industries Inc. of Los Angeles,

California) and California Pacific Rice

Milling, Ltd. of Arbuckle, California.

2. Delete the following companies as

‘‘Members’’: Comet Rice of California,

Inc.; Pacific International Rice Mills,

Inc.; and C. E. Grosjean Milling

Company.

3. Amend the ‘‘Export Trade

Activities and Methods of Operation’’,

to read as follows: (1) Farmers’ Rice

Cooperative may, on a transaction-bytransaction basis, join with any or all of

the Members to bid for the sale of, and

to sell, California rice and rice products

to the Export Markets.

(2) For each bid or sale, Farmers’ Rice

Cooperative and/or one or more of the

Members may negotiate and agree on

the terms of their participation in the

bid or sale, including the amount of

California rice and rice products each

will commit to the sale and the price to

be bid, and, in order to negotiate those

terms, may exchange:

(a) information (other than

information about the costs, output,

capacity, inventories, domestic prices,

domestic sales, domestic orders, terms

of domestic marketing or sale or United

States business plans, strategies or

methods of Farmers’ Rice Cooperative or

any other Member) that is already

generally available to the trade or

public,

(b) information (such as selling

strategies, prices, projected demand,

and customary terms of sale) solely

about the Export Markets, and

(c) information on expenses specific

to exporting to the Export Markets (such

as ocean freight, inland freight to the

terminal or port, terminal or port

storage, wharfage and handling charges,

insurance, agents’ commissions, export
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sales documentation and service, and

export sales financing).

(3) Farmers’ Rice Cooperative may

negotiate with the Members to provide,

and may provide, the storage, shipping

and delivery, and associated services

needed for each sale.

(4) Farmers’ Rice Cooperative and/or

one or more of the Members may, with

respect to each bid, refuse to include in

their bid any other company having rice

and rice products for export.

(5) Farmers’ Rice Cooperative may

solicit Non-member Suppliers to sell

their Products through the certified

activities of Farmers’ Rice Cooperative

and its Members.

4. Under the heading ‘‘Terms and

Conditions of Certificate’’, delete section

(a) and replace sections (b) and (c) with

the following:

(a) Except as provided in paragraph

(2) above, Farmers’ Rice Cooperative

and the Members shall not intentionally

disclose, directly or indirectly, to each

other or to any Non-member Supplier

any information about their costs,

output, capacity, inventories, domestic

prices, domestic sales, domestic orders,

terms of domestic marketing or sale, or

United States business plans, strategies,

or methods that is not already generally

available to the trade or public.

(b) Farmers’ Rice Cooperative and the

Members will comply with requests

made by the Department of Commerce

on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce

or the Department of Justice on behalf

of the Attorney General for information

or documents relevant to conduct under

the Certificate. The Secretary of

Commerce will request such

information or documents when either

the Attorney General or the Secretary of

Commerce believes that the information

or documents are required to determine

that the Export Trade, Export Trade

Activities or Methods of Operation of an

entity protected by this Certificate of

Review continue to comply with the

standards of Section 303(a) of the Act.

5. Delete the heading ‘‘Members’’ and

its accompanying text.

6. Add a new heading, ‘‘Definitions’’,

with the following text: (1) Members,

within the meaning of Section 325.2(l)

of the Regulations, means American

Rice, Inc. and California Pacific Rice

Milling, Ltd. Firms may withdraw from

Member status by notifying the

Department of Commerce in writing.

(2) Non-member Supplier shall mean

any producer (including farmers and

farm cooperatives), miller, or broker of

California rice and rice products, apart

from Farmers’ Rice Cooperative,

American Rice, Inc., and California

Pacific Rice Milling, Ltd.

Dated: June 19, 1996.

W. Dawn Busby,

Director, Office of Export Trading Company

Affairs.

[FR Doc. 96–16043 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

Export Trade Certificate of Review

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of revocation of Export

Trade Certificate of Review No. 94–

00006.

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Commerce

issued an export trade certificate of

review to P & B International. Because

this certificate holder has failed to file

an annual report as required by law, the

Secretary is revoking the certificate.

This notice summarizes the notification

letter sent to P & B International.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: W.

Dawn Busby, Director, Office of Export

Trading Company Affairs, International

Trade Administration, 202/482–5131.

This is not a toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of

the Export Trading Company Act of

1982 (‘‘the act’’) [Pub. L. No. 97–290, 15

U.S.C. 4011–21] authorizes the

Secretary of Commerce to issue export

trade certificates of review. The

regulations implementing Title III [‘‘the

Regulations’’] are found at 15 CFR part

325 (1986). Pursuant to this authority, a

certificate of review was issued on

December 30, 1994 to P & B

International.

A certificate holder is required by law

to submit to the Department of

Commerce annual reports that update

financial and other information relating

to business activities covered by its

certificate (section 308 of the act, 15

U.S.C. 4018, section 235.14(a) of the

regulations, 15 CFR 325.14(a)). The

annual report is due within 45 days

after the anniversary date of the

issuance of the certificate of review

[§ 325.14(b) of the regulations, 15 CFR

325.14(b)). Failure to submit a complete

annual report may be the basis for

revocation (Sections 325.10(a) and

325.14(c) of the Regulations, 15 CFR

325.10(a)(3) and 325.14(c)).

On January 11, 1996, the Department

of Commerce sent to P & B International

a letter containing annual report

questions with a reminder that its

annual report was due on February 13,

1996. Additional reminders were sent

on March 13, 1996 and on April 19,

1996. The Department has received no

written response from P & B

International to any of these letters.

On May 14, 1996, and in accordance

with § 325.10(c)[2] of the regulations,

[15 CFR 325.10(c)(2)], the Department of

Commerce sent a letter by certified mail

to notify P & B International that the

Department was formally initiating the

process to revoke its certificate for

failure to file an annual report. In

addition, a summary of this letter

allowing P & B International thirty days

to respond was published in the Federal

Register on May 20, 1996 at 61 FR

25207. Pursuant to 325.10(c)(2) of the

Regulations (15 CFR 325.10(c)(2)), the

Department considers the failure of P &

B International to respond to be an

admission of the statements contained

in the notification letter.

The Department has determined to

revoke the certificate issued to P & B

International for its failure to file an

annual report. The Department has sent

a letter, dated June 20, 1996, to notify

P & B International of its determination.

The revocation is effective thirty (30)

days from the date of publication of this

notice. Any person aggrieved by this

decision may appeal to an appropriate

U.S. district court within 30 days from

the date on which this notice is

published in the Federal Register

325.10(c)(4) and 325.11 of the

Regulations, 15 CFR 324.10(c)(4) and

325.11 of the Regulations, 15 CFR

325.10(c)(4) and 325.11.

Dated: June 20, 1996.

W. Dawn Busby,

Director, Office of Export Trading Company

Affairs.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

President’s Export Council; Meeting

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a partially closed

meeting.

SUMMARY: The President’s Export

Council (PEC) will hold a full Council

meeting to discuss topics related to

export expansion. The closed session

will include briefings on trade

negotiations with China, barriers to

trade and other sensitive matters

properly classified under Executive

Order 12958. The portion of the meeting

that will be open to the public will

provide an overview of Commerce

Secretary Kantor’s recent trip to the

ASEAN countries.

The President’s Export Council was

established on December 20, 1973, and

reconstituted May 4, 1979, to advise the

President on matters relating to U.S.

trade. It was most recently renewed on

September 29, 1995, by Executive Order