[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 175 (Wednesday, September 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47649-47650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23998]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-351-062]
Pig Iron From Brazil; Determination To Revoke Countervailing Duty
Order
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of determination to revoke countervailing duty order.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is revoking the
countervailing duty order on pig iron from Brazil because it is no
longer of interest to interested parties.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 10, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Russell Morris or Maria MacKay, Office
of CVD/AD Enforcement VI, 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.
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 effective January 1,
1995 (the ``Act''). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all
citations to the Department's regulations are to 19 CFR Part 355
(1996).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 1, 1997, the Department published in the Federal Register
(62 FR 15463) its intent to revoke the countervailing duty order on pig
iron from Brazil ( 45 FR 23045; April 4, 1980). Additionally, as
required by 19 CFR 355.25(d)(4)(ii), the Department served, by
certified mail, written notice of its intent to revoke this
countervailing duty order on each party listed on its most current
service list.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this order is pig iron of basic,
foundry, malleable, and low phosphorous grades from Brazil. Such
merchandise is currently classified under item numbers 7201.10.00,
7201.30.00, and 7206.10.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). The
HTS item numbers are provided for convenience and Customs purposes. The
written description remains dispositive.
Determination To Revoke
The Department may revoke a countervailing duty order if it
concludes that the order is no longer of interest to interested
parties. We conclude that there is no interest in a countervailing duty
order when no interested party (as defined in sections 355.2 (i)(3),
(i)(4), (i)(5), and (i)(6) of the Department's regulations) has
requested an administrative review for at least five consecutive review
periods and when no domestic interested party objects to the revocation
(19 CFR 355.25(d)(4)(iii)).
We received no requests for administrative review for five
consecutive review periods and no objections to our notice of intent to
revoke the countervailing duty order. Therefore, we have concluded that
the countervailing duty order covering pig iron from Brazil is no
longer of interest to interested parties, and we are revoking this
countervailing duty order in accordance with 19 CFR 355.25(d)(4)(iii).
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Further, as required by 19 CFR 355.25(d)(5), the Department is
terminating the suspension of liquidation on the subject merchandise as
of the effective date of this notice, and will instruct the Customs
Service to liquidate, without regard to countervailing duties, all
unliquidated entries of this merchandise exported from Brazil on or
after January 1, 1997.
Dated: September 3, 1997.
Jeffrey P. Bialos,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-23998 Filed 9-9-97; 8:45 am]
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