[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3662-3663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1760]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-580-601]
Certain Stainless Steel Cooking Ware From the Republic of Korea:
Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, and Revocation in Part of Antidumping Duty Order
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review, and Revocation in Part of Antidumping Duty
Order.
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SUMMARY: On December 20, 1996, the Department published a notice of
initiation of a changed circumstances antidumping duty administrative
review and preliminary results of review with intent to revoke, in
part, the antidumping duty order on certain stainless steel cooking
ware from the Republic of Korea. We are now revoking this order in
part, with regard to stainless steel camping cooking ware, as described
in the Scope of Review, based on the fact that domestic parties have
expressed no interest in the importation or sale of this stainless
steel camping cooking ware imported from the Republic of Korea.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 24, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy S. Wei or Zev Primor, Office of
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AD/CVD Enforcement, Office 4, 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:
Applicable Statute and Regulations
Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise
indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the
current regulations, as amended by the interim regulations published in
the Federal Register on May 11, 1995 (60 FR 25130).
Background
On December 9, 1996, Peregrine Outfitters, Inc., (Peregrine)
requested that the Department conduct a changed circumstances
administrative review to determine whether to partially revoke the
order with regard to imports of stainless steel camping cooking ware
from the Republic of Korea. The order with regard to imports of other
types of stainless steel cooking ware is not affected by this request.
In addition, on December 9, 1996, Revere Ware Corp. (petitioner)
informed the Department in writing that it did not object to the
changed circumstances review and had no interest in the importation or
sale of stainless steel camping cooking ware produced in the Republic
of Korea, as described by Peregrine.
We preliminarily determined that petitioner's affirmative statement
of no interest constituted changed circumstances sufficient to warrant
a partial revocation of this order. Consequently, on December 20, 1996,
the Department published a notice of initiation and preliminary results
of changed circumstances antidumping duty administrative review and
intent to revoke this order in part (61 FR 67320). We gave interested
parties an opportunity to comment on the preliminary results of this
changed circumstances review. We received no comments.
Scope of Review
The merchandise covered by this changed circumstances review is
stainless steel camping cooking ware from the Republic of Korea. This
changed circumstances administrative review covers all manufacturers/
exporters of stainless steel cooking ware meeting the following
specifications of stainless steel camping cooking ware: (1) made of
single-ply stainless steel having a thickness no greater than 6.0
millimeters; and (2) consists of 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 quart saucepans
without handles and 2.5, 4.0, and 5.0 quart saucepans with folding bail
handles and with lids that also serve as fry pans. These camping
cooking ware items can be nested inside each other in order to save
space when packing for camping or backpacking. The order with regard to
imports of other stainless steel cooking ware is not affected by this
request.
Final Results of Review; Partial Revocation of Antidumping Duty
Order
The affirmative statement of no interest by petitioners in
stainless steel camping cooking ware from the Republic of Korea
constitutes changed circumstances sufficient to warrant partial
revocation of this order. Therefore, the Department is partially
revoking the order on certain stainless steel cooking ware from the
Republic of Korea with regard to cooking ware which meets the
specifications of stainless steel camping cooking ware from the
Republic of Korea, in accordance with sections 751(b) and (d) and
782(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 353.25(d)(1).
The Department will instruct the U.S. Customs Service (Customs) to
proceed with liquidation, without regard to antidumping duties, of all
unliquidated entries of stainless steel camping cooking ware from the
Republic of Korea that are not subject to final results of
administrative review. The Department will further instruct Customs to
refund with interest any estimated duties collected with respect to
unliquidated entries of stainless steel camping cooking ware from the
Republic of Korea that are not subject to final results of
administrative review.
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protection orders (APOs) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d). Timely written notification of
the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the
regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
This changed circumstances administrative review, partial
revocation of the antidumping duty order and notice are in accordance
with sections 751 (b) and (d) and 782(h) of the Act and Secs. 353.22(f)
and 353.25(d) of the Department's regulations.
Dated: January 14, 1997.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-1760 Filed 1-23-97; 8:45 am]
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