[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 171 (Friday, September 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48346-48347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23036]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
February 1999 Sunset Review: Final Results and Revocation
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Final Results of Sunset Review and Revocation of
Antidumping Duty Order: Fresh Cut Flowers from Ecuador (A-331-602).
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SUMMARY: On February 1, 1999, the Department of Commerce (``the
Department'') initiated a sunset review of the antidumping duty order
on fresh cut flowers from Ecuador. Because the domestic interested
parties have
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withdrawn, in full, their participation in the ongoing sunset review,
the Department is revoking this order.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darla A. Brown or Melissa G. Skinner,
Office of Policy, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-
5050 or (202) 482-1560, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department issued an antidumping duty order on fresh cut
flowers from Ecuador (52 FR 8494, March 18, 1987). Pursuant to section
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), the
Department initiated a sunset review of this order by publishing notice
of the initiation in the Federal Register (64 FR 4840, February 1,
1999). In addition, as a courtesy to interested parties, the Department
sent letters, via certified and registered mail, to each party listed
on the Department's most current service list for this proceeding to
inform them of the automatic initiation of a sunset review on this
order.
In the sunset review of the antidumping duty order on fresh cut
flowers from Ecuador, we received a notice of intent to participate
from Mr. Timothy Haley, President of Pikes Peak Greenhouses, the Floral
Trade Council (``FTC''), the FTC's Committee on Standard Carnations,
Committee on Standard Chrysanthemums, and Committee on Pompom
Chrysanthemums (collectively, ``the FTC and its Committees'') by the
February 16, 1999, deadline. We also received a complete substantive
response from the FTC and its Committees by the March 3, 1999, deadline
(see section 351.218(d)(1)(i) of Procedures for Conducting Five-year
(``Sunset'') Reviews of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 63
FR 13520 (March 20, 1998) (``Sunset Regulations'')).
On August 27, 1999, we received a notice from the FTC and its
Committees withdrawing in full their participation in the five-year
(sunset) review of the antidumping duty order on fresh cut flowers from
Ecuador. The FTC and its Committees further expressed that they no
longer have an interest in maintaining the antidumping duty order. As a
result, the Department determined that no domestic party intends to
participate in the sunset review and, on August 30, 1999, we notified
the International Trade Commission that we intended to issue a final
determination revoking this antidumping duty order.
Determination To Revoke
Pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(A) of the Act and section
351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(3) of the Sunset Regulations, if no domestic
interested party responds to the notice of initiation, the Department
shall issue a final determination, within 90 days after the initiation
of the review, revoking the finding or order or terminating the
suspended investigation. Because the FTC and its Committees withdrew
both their notice of intent to participate and their complete
substantive response from the review process, and no other domestic
interested party filed a substantive response (see sections
351.218(d)(1)(i) and 351.218(d)(3) of the Sunset Regulations), we are
revoking this antidumping duty order.
Effective Date of Revocation and Termination
Pursuant to section 751(c)(6)(A)(iv) of the Act, the Department
will instruct the United States Customs Service to terminate the
suspension of liquidation of the merchandise subject to this order
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse from warehouse, on or after
January 1, 2000. Entries of subject merchandise prior to the effective
date of revocation will continue to be subject to suspension of
liquidation and antidumping duty deposit requirements. The Department
will complete any pending administrative reviews of this order and will
conduct administrative reviews of subject merchandise entered prior to
the effective date of revocation in response to appropriately filed
requests for review.
Dated: August 30, 1999.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-23036 Filed 9-2-99; 8:45 am]
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