[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 213 (Wednesday, November 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 59509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29549]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-008]
Color Television Receivers from the Republic of Korea: Rescission
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of rescission of antidumping duty administrative review.
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SUMMARY: On May 29, 1998, the Department of Commerce initiated an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on color television
receivers from the Republic of Korea for three manufacturers/exporters;
Daewoo Electronics Co., Ltd., LG Electronics Inc., and Samsung
Electronics Co., Ltd. This review was requested by the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the International Union of
Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine & Furniture Workers, AFL-CIO
(collectively the petitioners), and covered the period April 1, 1997,
through March 31, 1998. The Department of Commerce is rescinding the
review after receiving a withdrawal of its request for review from the
petitioners.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 4, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy Frankel or Mark Manning, Office
of AD/CVD Enforcement, Office 4, Import Administration, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-
5849 and (202) 482-3936, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Applicable Statute
Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), are references to the provisions effective
January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Act
by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise
indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's regulations
refer to the regulations codified at 19 CFR Part 351 (1998).
Background
On April 30, 1998, the International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers and the International Union of Electronic, Electrical,
Salaried, Machine & Furniture Workers, AFL-CIO (``the Unions''),
requested that the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') conduct
an administrative review of color television receivers from the
Republic of Korea (``Korea'') for the period April 1, 1997 through
March 31, 1998. No other interested party requested that the Department
conduct an administrative review.
On May 29, 1998, the Department published in the Federal Register
(63 FR 29370) a notice of initiation of administrative review with
respect to three Korean manufacturers/exporters of the subject
merchandise; Daewoo Electronics Co., Ltd., LG Electronics Inc., and
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. On October 16, 1998, the Unions filed a
letter with the Department requesting withdrawal of its request for the
Department to conduct an administrative review. Ordinarily, parties
have 90 days from the publication of the notice of initiation of review
in which to withdraw a request for review. See 19 CFR 351.213(d). We
did not receive petitioner's withdrawal request until October 16, 1998,
after the 90-day period had elapsed. Given that the review has not
progressed substantially and there would be no undue burden on the
parties or the Department, the Department has determined that it would
be reasonable to grant the withdrawal at this time. Therefore, in
accordance with section 351.213(d) of the Department's regulations, the
Department is rescinding this administrative review.
This notice is in accordance with section 751 of the Act and
section 351.213(d) of the Department's regulations.
Dated: October 27, 1998.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-29549 Filed 11-3-98; 8:45 am]
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