[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10314-10315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5917]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-549-401]
Certain Apparel From Thailand; Termination of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of termination of countervailing duty administrative
review.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is terminating the
administrative review of the countervailing duty order covering certain
apparel from Thailand initiated on April 14, 1995.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 13, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dana Mermelstein or Kelly Parkhill,
Office 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 30, 1995, Regis Marketing Group Inc. (Regis), a U.S.
importer of certain apparel from Thailand, requested an administrative
review of the countervailing duty order on certain apparel from
Thailand for the period January 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994. No
other interested party requested a review. On April 14, 1995, the
Department published a notice initiating the administrative review for
that period (60 FR 19017). On June 22, 1995, in accordance with the
Interim Regulations which the Department published on May 11, 1995 (60
FR 25130), Regis amended its request to specify that the review cover
only the following two companies, Chiangmai
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P.K. House Co., Ltd., and General Garment Company, Ltd., manufacturers/
exporters covered by the countervailing duty order on certain apparel
from Thailand. On February 14, 1996, Regis submitted a withdrawal of
its request for review.
Section 355.22(a)(3) of the Department's regulations provides that
the Department may permit a party that requests a review to withdraw
its request not later than 90 days after the date of publication of the
notice of initiation of the review. This regulation also permits the
Department to extend the time limit for withdrawal of a request for
review if it is reasonable to do so.
Because no significant work has been completed on this review,
Regis' request for withdrawal does not unduly burden the Department or
the parties to the proceeding. Nor does it encourage the manipulation
of the review process in an attempt to achieve lower (or higher)
countervailing duty rates. See Notice of Partial Termination of
Administrative Review of Antidumping Order; Certain Corrosion-Resistant
Carbon Steel Flat Products from Australia, Certain Cold-Rolled Carbon
Steel Flat Products from Germany, and Certain Corrosion-Resistant
Carbon Steel Flat Products from Korea, 60 FR 18581 (April 12, 1995).
Therefore, under the circumstances presented in this review, and in
accordance with 19 CFR 355.22(a)(3), we have determined that it would
be reasonable to grant the withdrawal at this time. Accordingly, we are
terminating this review.
This notice is published in accordance with 19 CFR
Sec. 355.22(a)(3).
Dated: March 4, 1996.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.
[FR Doc. 96-5917 Filed 3-12-96; 8:45 am]
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