[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 157 (Monday, August 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 44489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21199]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-428-812]
Certain Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products From
Germany: Notice of Termination of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 16, 1999.
SUMMARY: On April 24, 1998, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
published in the Federal Register a notice (63 FR 20378) announcing the
initiation of an administrative review of the countervailing duty order
on certain hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel products from
Germany, covering the period January 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997.
Because the sole respondent company did not export any subject
merchandise to the United States during the period of administrative
review, the Department is now terminating this administrative review.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Copyak, Office of AD/CVD
Enforcement VI, Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce,
14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230,
telephone: (202) 482-4136.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Applicable Statute
Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are
references to the provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) effective January 1, 1995 (the
Act). All citations to the Department's regulations reference 19 CFR
Part 351(April 1998), unless otherwise indicated.
Background
On March 22, 1993, the Department published in the Federal Register
(58 FR 15325) the countervailing duty order on certain hot-rolled lead
and bismuth carbon steel products from Germany. On March 11, 1998, the
Department published a notice of ``Opportunity to Request an
Administrative Review'' (63 FR 11868) of this countervailing duty
order. We received a timely request for review from Saarstahl AG
(Saarstahl), the sole respondent company to this proceeding. On April
24, 1998, we initiated the review, covering the period January 1, 1997
through December 31, 1997 (63 FR 20378). In accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(b), this review covered only those producers or exporters for
which a review was specifically requested. Accordingly, this review
covered Saarstahl.
On November 19, 1998, we extended the period for completion of the
preliminary results pursuant to section 751(a)(3) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended. See Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products
from Germany: Extension of the Time Limit for Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review (63 FR 64235). On April 7,
1999, we published our preliminary results of administrative review.
See Certain Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products from
Germany: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review (64 FR 16915). Subsequently, based on a request by Inland Steel
Bar Company and USS/KOBE Steel Co. (petitioners), we conducted
verification of the questionnaire responses submitted.
Termination of Review
At verification, we discovered that Saarstahl misreported that it
had exported subject merchandise to the United States during 1997. We
verified that the company did not have any exports of subject
merchandise to the United States during the period of review.
Therefore, pursuant to section 351.213(d)(3) of the Department's
regulations, the Department is terminating this administrative review.
This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with section 351.305(a)(3) of the Department's
regulations. Timely written notification of the return or destruction
of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an
APO is a sanctionable violation.
This determination is issued and published in accordance with
section 751(a)(1) of the Act.
Dated: August 3, 1999.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-21199 Filed 8-13-99; 8:45 am]
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