[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 122 (Monday, June 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 32942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15761]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Countervailing Duty Order; Amendment of Notice of Opportunity to
Request a Section 753 Injury Investigation
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Amendment of Notice of Opportunity to Request a Section 753
Injury Investigation for Countervailing Duty Orders.
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SUMMARY: On May 26, 1995, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
notified domestic interested parties of their right to request an
injury investigation under section 753 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), for countervailing duty orders that were issued
under former section 303 of the Act (60 FR 27963). This notice amends
the Appendix to the previous notice which omitted six eligible
countervailing duty orders.
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 26, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cameron Cardozo, Office of
Countervailing Compliance, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone: (202)
482-2786; or Vera Libeau, Office of Investigations, U.S. International
Trade Commission, 500 E Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20436,
telephone: (202) 205-3176.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
This notice includes countervailing duty orders issued under
former section 303 of the Act which were omitted from the Appendix to
our previous notice dated May 26, 1995 (60 FR 27963). At the time these
orders were issued, U.S. law did not require injury determinations as a
prerequisite to their issuance. With the accession of the United States
to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the enactment of the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act of 1994 (URAA), P.L. 103-465, U.S. law has
changed. Under the URAA, the Government of the United States may not
assess countervailing duties on imports from a WTO member country in
the absence of an injury determination. Thus, as noted in the Statement
of Administrative Action, new section 753 of the Act (as amended by the
URAA) provides that for such orders ``. . . a domestic interested party
may request that the [International Trade] Commission initiate an
investigation to determine whether an industry in the United States is
likely to be materially injured by reason of imports of the merchandise
subject to the CVD order if the order is revoked.'' See Statement of
Administrative Action, URAA, p.272.
Opportunity to Request a Section 753 Injury Investigation
On January 1, 1995, Singapore and Thailand joined the WTO.
Therefore, for each of the countervailing duty orders listed below, we
are notifying all domestic interested parties, as described in sections
771(9) (C), (D), (E), (F), or (G) of the Act, of their right to request
an injury investigation under section 753(a) from the U.S.
International Trade Commission (the Commission). In accordance with
sections 753(b)(3) and (4) of the Act, outstanding section 303 orders
for which the Commission has not previously made an affirmative injury
determination will be revoked by the Department unless a request for an
injury investigation is submitted to the Commission within six months
of the date on which the country covered by the order joins the WTO,
and the Commission renders an affirmative injury determination pursuant
to section 753(a)(1) of the Act. Requests for the following orders must
be filed with the Commission no later than June 30, 1995.
Singapore: Ball Bearings
(C-559-802)
Singapore: Bearings, Cylindrical
Roller
(C-559-802)
Singapore: Bearings, Needle
Roller
(C-559-802)
Singapore: Bearings, Spherical
Plane
(C-559-802)
Singapore: Bearings, Spherical
Roller
(C-559-802)
Thailand: Ball Bearings
1(C-549-802)
\1\Applies only to the dutiable merchandise within the scope of
the order.
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Requests for injury investigations under section 753 must be filed
with the Commission in accordance with 19 C.F.R. Sec. 207.46(b), added
by 60 FR 18, 22-23 (January 3, 1995). All requests should be addressed
to: Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, S.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20436.
Dated: June 21, 1995.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-15761 Filed 6-23-95; 8:45 am]
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