[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 127 (Monday, July 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33904-33905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16746]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-559-802]


Antifriction Bearings and Parts Thereof (AFBs.) From Singapore; 
Termination of Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews

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

ACTION: Notice of termination of countervailing duty administrative 
reviews.

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SUMMARY: On June 15, 1995 (60 FR 31447), in response to a request from 
the Government of Singapore (GOS) and the Minebea group of companies 
(NMB Singapore Ltd., Pelmec Industries Pte. Ltd., Minebea Trading Pte. 
Ltd., and Minebea Company Limited Singapore Branch), the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) initiated administrative reviews of the 
countervailing duty orders on antifriction bearings and parts thereof 
from Singapore for the Minebea group. In accordance with 19 CFR 
355.22(a)(5) (Interim Regulations, 60 FR 25137, (May 11, 1995)), the 
Department is now terminating these reviews because the GOS and the 
Minebea group have withdrawn their request for reviews.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian Albright or Norma Paola Hernandez, Office of Countervailing 
Compliance, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

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Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 31, 1995, the Department received a request for 
administrative reviews of these countervailing duty orders from the GOS 
and the Minebea group, producers and exporters of the subject 
merchandise from Singapore, for the period January 1, 1994, through 
December 31, 1994. No other interested party requested reviews of the 
countervailing duty order. On June 15, 1995, the Department published 
in the Federal Register (60 FR 31447) a notice of ``Initiation of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews'' initiating administrative 
reviews of the countervailing duty orders on the Minebea group for that 
period. On June 16, 1996, the GOS and the Minebea group withdrew their 
request for reviews.
    Section 355.22(a)(5) of the Department's regulations stipulates 
that the Secretary may permit a party that requests a review to 
withdraw the request not later than 90 days after the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. This 
regulation also provides that the Secretary may extend the time limit 
for withdrawal of the request if it is reasonable to do so.
    Based on a statement of no further interest in the orders filed by 
the petitioner, the Department completed changed circumstances reviews 
and revoked these orders effective January 1, 1995. (See Antifriction 
Bearings and Parts Thereof from Singapore; Final Results of Changed 
Circumstances Countervailing Duty Reviews and Revocation Countervailing 
Duty Orders, 61 FR 20796, May 8, 1996). Further, no other interested 
party requested reviews of the countervailing duty orders in this case, 
and we have received no submissions regarding the GOS and the Minebea 
group's withdrawal of their request for reviews. Therefore, under the 
circumstances presented in these reviews, we are waiving the 90-day 
requirement in section 355.22(a)(5) of the Department's regulations. 
Accordingly, we are terminating these reviews of the countervailing 
duty orders on antifriction bearings and parts thereof from Singapore.
    This notice is published in accordance with 19 CFR 355.22(a)(5).

    Dated: June 25, 1996.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.
[FR Doc. 96-16746 Filed 6-28-96; 8:45 am]
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