99-13843. Certain Industrial Belts from Germany, Italy, Japan, and Singapore  

  • [Federal Register Volume 64, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 1, 1999)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 29342-29344]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 99-13843]
    
    
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    INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
    
    [Investigations Nos. 731-TA-413-415 and 419 (Review)]
    
    
    Certain Industrial Belts from Germany, Italy, Japan, and 
    Singapore
    
    AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.
    
    ACTION: Institution of five-year reviews concerning the antidumping 
    duty orders on certain industrial belts from Germany, Italy, Japan, and 
    Singapore.
    
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    SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted 
    reviews pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
    1675(c)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation of the antidumping 
    duty orders on certain industrial belts from Germany, Italy, Japan, and 
    Singapore would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of 
    material injury. Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act, interested 
    parties are requested to respond to this notice by submitting the 
    information specified below to the Commission; 1 to be 
    assured of consideration, the deadline for responses is July 21, 1999. 
    Comments on the adequacy of responses may be filed with the Commission 
    by August 16, 1999.
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        \1\ No response to this request for information is required if a 
    currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) number is not 
    displayed; the OMB number is 3117-0016/USITC No. 99-5-010. Public 
    reporting burden for the request is estimated to average 7 hours per 
    response. Please send comments regarding the accuracy of this burden 
    estimate to the Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade 
    Commission, 500 E Street, SW, Washington, DC 20436.
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        For further information concerning the conduct of these reviews and 
    rules of general application, consult the Commission's rules of 
    practice and procedure, part 201, subparts A through E (19 CFR part 
    201), and part 207, subparts A, D, E, and F (19 CFR part 207). Recent 
    amendments to the rules of practice and procedure pertinent to five-
    year reviews, including the text of subpart F of part 207, are 
    published at 63 FR 30599, June 5, 1998, and may be downloaded from the 
    Commission's World Wide Web site at http://www.usitc.gov/rules.htm.
    
    EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 1999.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Messer (202-205-3193) or Vera 
    Libeau (202-205-3176), Office of Investigations, U.S. International 
    Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-
    impaired persons can obtain information on this matter by contacting 
    the Commission's TDD terminal on 202-205-1810. Persons with mobility 
    impairments who will need special assistance in gaining access to the 
    Commission should contact the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. 
    General information concerning the Commission may also be obtained by 
    accessing its internet server (http://www.usitc.gov).
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
        Background.--On the date listed below, the Department of Commerce 
    issued antidumping duty orders on the subject imports: 2
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        \2\ The Department of Commerce subsequently published 
    corrections to the orders, at 54 FR 32104 (Aug. 4, 1989).
    
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               Order date                 Product/country                Inv. No.                  F.R. cite
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    6/14/89........................  Industrial belts except    731-TA-419                 54 F.R. 25316.
                                      synchronous and V/
                                      Germany.
    6/14/89........................  Industrial synchronous     731-TA-413                 54 F.R. 25313.
                                      and V belts/Italy.
    6/14/89........................  Industrial belts/Japan...  731-TA-414                 54 F.R. 25314.
    6/14/89........................  Industrial V belts/        731-TA-415                 54 F.R. 25315.
                                      Singapore.
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        The Commission is conducting reviews to determine whether 
    revocation of the orders would be likely to lead to continuation or 
    recurrence of material injury to the domestic industry within a 
    reasonably foreseeable time. It will assess the adequacy of interested 
    party responses to this notice of institution to determine whether to 
    conduct full reviews or expedited reviews. The Commission's 
    determinations in any expedited reviews will be based on the facts 
    available, which may include information provided in response to this 
    notice.
        Definitions.--The following definitions apply to these reviews:
        (1) Subject Merchandise is the class or kind of merchandise that is 
    within the scope of the five-year reviews, as defined by the Department 
    of Commerce.
        (2) The Subject Countries in these reviews are Germany, Italy, 
    Japan, and Singapore.
        (3) The Domestic Like Product is the domestically produced product 
    or products which are like, or in the absence of like, most similar in 
    characteristics and uses with, the Subject Merchandise. In its original 
    determinations, two Commissioners defined three Domestic Like Products: 
    (1) All V-type power transmission belts, (2) all synchronous type power 
    transmission belts, and (3) all other types of power transmission 
    belts; two Commissioners found one Domestic Like Product: all 
    industrial belts, excluding automotive belts; one Commissioner defined 
    three Domestic Like Products: (1) All V-type and round type power 
    transmission belts, (2) all synchronous type power transmission belts, 
    and (3) all flat type power transmission belts; and one Commissioner 
    found one Domestic Like Product: all power transmission belts. For 
    purposes of this notice, you should report information separately on 
    each of the following Domestic Like Products: (1) All V-type power 
    transmission belts, (2) all synchronous type power transmission belts, 
    (3) all other types of power transmission belts, and (4) all industrial 
    belts, excluding automotive belts.
        (4) The Domestic Industry is the U.S. producers as a whole of the 
    Domestic Like Product, or those producers whose collective output of 
    the Domestic Like Product constitutes a major proportion of the total 
    domestic production of the product. In its original determinations, two 
    Commissioners defined three Domestic Industries: (1) Producers of all 
    V-type power transmission belts, (2) producers of all synchronous type 
    power transmission belts, and (3) producers of all other types of power 
    transmission belts; two Commissioners found one Domestic Industry: 
    producers of all industrial belts, excluding automotive belts; one 
    Commissioner defined three Domestic Industries: (1) Producers of all V-
    type and round type power transmission belts, (2) producers
    
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    of all synchronous type power transmission belts, and (3) producers of 
    all flat type power transmission belts; and one Commissioner found one 
    Domestic Industry: producers of all power transmission belts. For 
    purposes of this notice, you should report information separately on 
    each of the following Domestic Industries: (1) Producers of all V-type 
    power transmission belts, (2) producers of all synchronous type power 
    transmission belts, (3) producers of all other types of power 
    transmission belts, and (4) producers of all industrial belts, 
    excluding automotive belts.
        (5) The Order Date is the date that the antidumping duty orders 
    under review became effective. In these reviews, the Order Date is June 
    14, 1989.
        (6) An Importer is any person or firm engaged, either directly or 
    through a parent company or subsidiary, in importing the Subject 
    Merchandise into the United States from a foreign manufacturer or 
    through its selling agent.
        Participation in the reviews and public service list.--Persons, 
    including industrial users of the Subject Merchandise and, if the 
    merchandise is sold at the retail level, representative consumer 
    organizations, wishing to participate in the reviews as parties must 
    file an entry of appearance with the Secretary to the Commission, as 
    provided in Sec. 201.11(b)(4) of the Commission's rules, no later than 
    21 days after publication of this notice in the Federal Register. The 
    Secretary will maintain a public service list containing the names and 
    addresses of all persons, or their representatives, who are parties to 
    the reviews.
        Limited disclosure of business proprietary information (BPI) under 
    an administrative protective order (APO) and APO service list.--
    Pursuant to Sec. 207.7(a) of the Commission's rules, the Secretary will 
    make BPI submitted in these reviews available to authorized applicants 
    under the APO issued in the reviews, provided that the application is 
    made no later than 21 days after publication of this notice in the 
    Federal Register. Authorized applicants must represent interested 
    parties, as defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(9), who are parties to the 
    reviews. A separate service list will be maintained by the Secretary 
    for those parties authorized to receive BPI under the APO.
        Certification.--Pursuant to Sec. 207.3 of the Commission's rules, 
    any person submitting information to the Commission in connection with 
    these reviews must certify that the information is accurate and 
    complete to the best of the submitter's knowledge. In making the 
    certification, the submitter will be deemed to consent, unless 
    otherwise specified, for the Commission, its employees, and contract 
    personnel to use the information provided in any other reviews or 
    investigations of the same or comparable products which the Commission 
    conducts under Title VII of the Act, or in internal audits and 
    investigations relating to the programs and operations of the 
    Commission pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Appendix 3.
        Written submissions.--Pursuant to Sec. 207.61 of the Commission's 
    rules, each interested party response to this notice must provide the 
    information specified below. The deadline for filing such responses is 
    July 21, 1999. Pursuant to Sec. 207.62(b) of the Commission's rules, 
    eligible parties (as specified in Commission rule 207.62(b)(1)) may 
    also file comments concerning the adequacy of responses to the notice 
    of institution and whether the Commission should conduct expedited or 
    full reviews. The deadline for filing such comments is August 16, 1999. 
    All written submissions must conform with the provisions of Secs. 201.8 
    and 207.3 of the Commission's rules and any submissions that contain 
    BPI must also conform with the requirements of Secs. 201.6 and 207.7 of 
    the Commission's rules. The Commission's rules do not authorize filing 
    of submissions with the Secretary by facsimile or electronic means. 
    Also, in accordance with Secs. 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the Commission's 
    rules, each document filed by a party to the reviews must be served on 
    all other parties to the reviews (as identified by either the public or 
    APO service list as appropriate), and a certificate of service must 
    accompany the document (if you are not a party to the reviews you do 
    not need to serve your response).
        Inability to provide requested information.--Pursuant to 
    Sec. 207.61(c) of the Commission's rules, any interested party that 
    cannot furnish the information requested by this notice in the 
    requested form and manner shall notify the Commission at the earliest 
    possible time, provide a full explanation of why it cannot provide the 
    requested information, and indicate alternative forms in which it can 
    provide equivalent information. If an interested party does not provide 
    this notification (or the Commission finds the explanation provided in 
    the notification inadequate) and fails to provide a complete response 
    to this notice, the Commission may take an adverse inference against 
    the party pursuant to Sec. 776(b) of the Act in making its 
    determinations in the reviews.
        INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE OF 
    INSTITUTION: Please provide the requested information separately for 
    each Domestic Like Product, as defined above, and for each of the 
    products identified by Commerce as Subject Merchandise. If you are a 
    domestic producer, union/worker group, or trade/business association; 
    import/export Subject Merchandise from more than one Subject Country; 
    or produce Subject Merchandise in more than one Subject Country, you 
    may file a single response. If you do so, please ensure that your 
    response to each question includes the information requested for each 
    pertinent Subject Country. As used below, the term ``firm'' includes 
    any related firms.
        (1) The name and address of your firm or entity (including World 
    Wide Web address if available) and name, telephone number, fax number, 
    and E-mail address of the certifying official.
        (2) A statement indicating whether your firm/entity is a U.S. 
    producer of the Domestic Like Product to which your response pertains, 
    a U.S. union or worker group, a U.S. importer of the Subject 
    Merchandise, a foreign producer or exporter of the Subject Merchandise, 
    a U.S. or foreign trade or business association, or another interested 
    party (including an explanation). If you are a union/worker group or 
    trade/business association, identify the firms in which your workers 
    are employed or which are members of your association.
        (3) A statement indicating whether your firm/entity is willing to 
    participate in these reviews by providing information requested by the 
    Commission.
        (4) A statement of the likely effects of the revocation of the 
    antidumping duty orders on each Domestic Industry for which you are 
    filing a response in general and/or your firm/entity specifically. In 
    your response, please discuss the various factors specified in 
    Sec. 752(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675a(a)) including the likely volume 
    of subject imports, likely price effects of subject imports, and likely 
    impact of imports of Subject Merchandise on the Domestic Industry.
        (5) A list of all known and currently operating U.S. producers of 
    each Domestic Like Product for which you are filing a response. 
    Identify any known related parties and the nature of the relationship 
    as defined in section 771(4)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1677(4)(B)).
        (6) A list of all known and currently operating U.S. importers of 
    the Subject Merchandise and producers of the Subject Merchandise in the 
    Subject Countries that currently export or have
    
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    exported Subject Merchandise to the United States or other countries 
    since 1988.
        (7) If you are a U.S. producer of a Domestic Like Product, provide 
    the following information separately on your firm's operations on each 
    product during calendar year 1998 (report quantity data in pounds and 
    units and value data in thousands of U.S. dollars, f.o.b. plant). If 
    you are a union/worker group or trade/business association, provide the 
    information, on an aggregate basis, for the firms in which your workers 
    are employed/which are members of your association.
        (a) Production (quantity) and, if known, an estimate of the 
    percentage of total U.S. production of each Domestic Like Product 
    accounted for by your firm's(s') production; and
        (b) The quantity and value of U.S. commercial shipments of each 
    Domestic Like Product produced in your U.S. plant(s); and
        (c) The quantity and value of U.S. internal consumption/company 
    transfers of the Domestic Like Product produced in your U.S. plant(s).
        (8) If you are a U.S. importer or a trade/business association of 
    U.S. importers of the Subject Merchandise from the Subject Countries, 
    provide the following information on your firm's(s') operations on that 
    product during calendar year 1998 (report quantity data in pounds and 
    units and value data in thousands of U.S. dollars). If you are a trade/
    business association, provide the information, on an aggregate basis, 
    for the firms which are members of your association.
        (a) The quantity and value (landed, duty-paid but not including 
    antidumping or countervailing duties) of U.S. imports and, if known, an 
    estimate of the percentage of total U.S. imports of Subject Merchandise 
    from the Subject Countries accounted for by your firm's(s') imports; 
    and
        (b) The quantity and value (f.o.b. U.S. port, including antidumping 
    and/or countervailing duties) of U.S. commercial shipments of Subject 
    Merchandise imported from the Subject Countries; and
        (c) The quantity and value (f.o.b. U.S. port, including antidumping 
    and/or countervailing duties) of U.S. internal consumption/company 
    transfers of Subject Merchandise imported from the Subject Country.
        (9) If you are a producer, an exporter, or a trade/business 
    association of producers or exporters of the Subject Merchandise in the 
    Subject Countries, provide the following information on your firm's(s') 
    operations on that product during calendar year 1998 (report quantity 
    data in pounds and units and value data in thousands of U.S. dollars, 
    landed and duty-paid at the U.S. port but not including antidumping or 
    countervailing duties). If you are a trade/business association, 
    provide the information, on an aggregate basis, for the firms which are 
    members of your association.
        (a) Production (quantity) and, if known, an estimate of the 
    percentage of total production of Subject Merchandise in the Subject 
    Countries accounted for by your firm's(s') production; and
        (b) The quantity and value of your firm's(s') exports to the United 
    States of Subject Merchandise and, if known, an estimate of the 
    percentage of total exports to the United States of Subject Merchandise 
    from the Subject Countries accounted for by your firm's(s') exports.
        (10) Identify significant changes, if any, in the supply and demand 
    conditions or business cycle for each Domestic Like Product that have 
    occurred in the United States or in the market for the Subject 
    Merchandise in the Subject Countries since the Order Date, and 
    significant changes, if any, that are likely to occur within a 
    reasonably foreseeable time. Supply conditions to consider include 
    technology; production methods; development efforts; ability to 
    increase production (including the shift of production facilities used 
    for other products and the use, cost, or availability of major inputs 
    into production); and factors related to the ability to shift supply 
    among different national markets (including barriers to importation in 
    foreign markets or changes in market demand abroad). Demand conditions 
    to consider include end uses and applications; the existence and 
    availability of substitute products; and the level of competition among 
    the Domestic Like Product produced in the United States, Subject 
    Merchandise produced in the Subject Countries, and such merchandise 
    from other countries.
        (11) (OPTIONAL) A statement of whether you agree with the above 
    definitions of the Domestic Like Product and Domestic Industry; if you 
    disagree with either or both of these definitions, please explain why 
    and provide alternative definitions.
    
        Authority: These reviews are being conducted under authority of 
    title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published 
    pursuant to Sec. 207.61 of the Commission's rules.
    
        Issued: May 24, 1999.
    
        By order of the Commission.
    Donna R. Koehnke,
    Secretary.
    [FR Doc. 99-13843 Filed 5-28-99; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Effective Date:
6/1/1999
Published:
06/01/1999
Department:
International Trade Commission
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Institution of five-year reviews concerning the antidumping duty orders on certain industrial belts from Germany, Italy, Japan, and Singapore.
Document Number:
99-13843
Dates:
June 1, 1999.
Pages:
29342-29344 (3 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Investigations Nos. 731-TA-413-415 and 419 (Review)
PDF File:
99-13843.pdf