98-20648. Elemental Sulphur From Canada  

  • [Federal Register Volume 63, Number 148 (Monday, August 3, 1998)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 41280-41282]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 98-20648]
    
    
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    INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
    
    [Investigation No. AA1921-127 (Review)]
    
    
    Elemental Sulphur From Canada
    
    AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.
    
    
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    ACTION: Institution of a five-year review concerning the antidumping 
    duty order on elemental sulphur from Canada.
    
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    SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted a 
    review pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
    Sec. 1675(c)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation of the 
    antidumping duty order on elemental sulphur from Canada 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; the deadline for responses is September 22, 1998. 
    Comments on the adequacy of responses may be filed with the Commission 
    by October 16, 1998.
        For further information concerning the conduct of this review 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: August 3, 1998.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Haines (202-205-3200) 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 December 17, 1973, the Department of the Treasury issued an 
    antidumping duty order on imports of elemental sulphur from Canada (38 
    FR 34655). The Commission is conducting a review to determine whether 
    revocation of the order would be likely to lead to continuation or 
    recurrence of material injury to the domestic industry within a 
    reasonably foreseeable time.
    
    Definitions
    
        The following definitions apply to this review:
        (1) Subject Merchandise is the class or kind of merchandise that is 
    within the scope of the five-year review, as defined by the Department 
    of Commerce.
        (2) The Subject Country in this review is Canada.
        (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 
    determination, the Commission defined the Domestic Like Product as 
    elemental sulphur.
        (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 determination, the 
    Commission defined the Domestic Industry as producers of elemental 
    sulphur.
        (5) The Order Date is the date that the antidumping duty order 
    under review became effective. In this review, the Order Date is 
    December 17, 1973.
        (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 Review 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 review as parties must 
    file an entry of appearance with the Secretary to the Commission, as 
    provided in section 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 review.
    
    Limited Disclosure of Business Proprietary Information (BPI) Under 
    an Administrative Protective Order (APO) and APO Service List
    
        Pursuant to section 207.7(a) of the Commission's rules, the 
    Secretary will make BPI submitted in this review available to 
    authorized applicants under the APO issued in the review, 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. Sec. 1677(9), who are 
    parties to the review. A separate service list will be maintained by 
    the Secretary for those parties authorized to receive BPI under the 
    APO.
    
    Certification
    
        Pursuant to section 207.3 of the Commission's rules, any person 
    submitting information to the Commission in connection with this review 
    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 section 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 September 
    22, 1998. Pursuant to section 207.62(b) of the Commission's rules, 
    eligible parties (as specified in Commission rule 207.62(b)(1)) may 
    also file comments concerning whether the Commission should conduct an 
    expedited review. The deadline for filing such comments is October 16, 
    1998. All written submissions must conform with the provisions of 
    sections 201.8 and 207.3 of the Commission's rules and any submissions 
    that contain BPI must also conform with the requirements of sections 
    201.6 and 207.7 of the Commission's rules. Also, in accordance with 
    sections 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the Commission's rules, each document 
    filed by a party to the review must be served on all other parties to 
    the review (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 review you do not need to serve your 
    response).
    
    Inability To Provide Requested Information
    
        Pursuant to section 207.61(c) of the Commission's rules, any 
    interested party that cannot furnish the
    
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    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 section 776(b) of the Act in making its determination in the review.
    
    Information To Be Provided in Response to This Notice of 
    Institution
    
        (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, 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 this review by providing information requested by the 
    Commission.
        (4) A statement of the likely effects of the revocation of the 
    antidumping duty order on the Domestic Industry in general and/or your 
    firm/entity specifically. In your response, please discuss the various 
    factors specified in section 752(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 
    Sec. 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 
    the Domestic Like Product. 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. Sec. 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 
    Canada that currently export or have exported Subject Merchandise to 
    the United States or other countries since 1972.
        (7) If you are a U.S. producer of the Domestic Like Product, 
    provide the following information on your firm's operations on that 
    product during calendar year 1997 (report quantity data in thousands of 
    long tons and value data in thousands of U.S. dollars). 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 the Domestic Like Product 
    accounted for by your firm's(s') production; and
        (b) The quantity and value of U.S. commercial shipments 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 Canada, provide the 
    following information on your firm's(s') operations on that product 
    during calendar year 1997 (report quantity data in thousands of long 
    tons 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 of U.S. imports and, if known, an 
    estimate of the percentage of total U.S. imports of Subject Merchandise 
    from Canada accounted for by your firm's(s') imports; and
        (b) The quantity and value of U.S. commercial shipments of Subject 
    Merchandise imported from Canada.
        (9) If you are a producer, an exporter, or a trade/business 
    association of producers or exporters of the Subject Merchandise in 
    Canada, provide the following information on your firm's(s') operations 
    on that product during calendar year 1997 (report quantity data in 
    thousands of long tons 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) Production (quantity) and, if known, an estimate of the 
    percentage of total production of Subject Merchandise in Canada 
    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 Canada accounted for by your firm's(s') exports.
        (10) Identify significant changes, if any, in the supply and demand 
    conditions or business cycle for the Domestic Like Product that have 
    occurred in the United States or in the market for the Subject 
    Merchandise in the Subject Country 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 Country, and elemental sulphur 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: This review is being conducted under authority of 
    title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published 
    pursuant to section 207.61 of the Commission's rules.
    
        Issued: July 28, 1998.
    
        By order of the Commission.
    Donna R. Koehnke,
    Secretary.
    [FR Doc. 98-20648 Filed 7-31-98; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Effective Date:
8/3/1998
Published:
08/03/1998
Department:
International Trade Commission
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Institution of a five-year review concerning the antidumping duty order on elemental sulphur from Canada.
Document Number:
98-20648
Dates:
August 3, 1998.
Pages:
41280-41282 (3 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Investigation No. AA1921-127 (Review)
PDF File:
98-20648.pdf