[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 30, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 35124-35126] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-16658] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, Requests for Revocation in Part and Deferral of Administrative Review
Agency
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
Action
Notice of initiation of antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews, requests for revocation in part and deferral of administrative review.
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Summary
The Department of Commerce has received request to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with May anniversary dates. In accordance with the Department's regulations, we are initiating those administrative reviews. The Department of Commerce also received a request to revoke five antidumping duty orders in part and to defer the initiation of an administrative review for one antidumping duty order.
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 30, 1999.
For Further Information Contact
Holly A. Kugs, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-4737.
Supplementary Information
Background
The Department has received timely requests, in accordance with 19 C.F.R. 351.213(b)(1997), for administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with May anniversary dates. The Department also received timely requests to revoke in part the antidumping duty order on Ball Bearings from France, Cylindrical Roller Bearings from Germany, Dynamic Random Access Memory semiconductors (``DRAMs'') from the Republic of Korea, Antifriction Bearings and parts thereof from Rumania, and Polyvinyl Alcohol from Taiwan. In addition, the Department received a request to defer for one year the initiation of the May 1, 1998 through April 30, 1999 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts Thereof from Japan with respect to one exporter in accordance with 19 C.F.R. 351.213(c). The Department received no objections to this request from any party cited in 19 C.F.R. 351.213(c)(1)(ii).
Initiation of Reviews
In accordance with section 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we are initiating administrative reviews of the following
antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings. We intend to issue the final results of these reviews not later than May 31, 2000. Also in accordance with 19 C.F.R. 351.213(c), we are deferring for one year the initiation of the May 1, 1998 through April 30, 1999 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on antifriction bearings (other than tapered roller bearings) and parts thereof from Japan with respect to one exporter.
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Antidumping duty proceedings Period to be reviewed ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BRAZIL: Certain Malleable Cast Iron Pipe 5/1/98-4/30/99. Fittings A-351-505. Industria de Fundicao Tupy S.A. Orange Juice A-351-605................ 5/1/98-4/30/99. Citrovita Agro Industrial Ltda. JAPAN: Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide * A-588- 4/1/98-3/31/99. 806. Tosoh Corporation * Inadvertently omitted from previous initiation notice. Polyvinyl Alcohol A-588-836........... 5/1/98-4/30/99. Kuraray Co., Ltd. REPUBLIC OF KOREA: DRAMs A-580-812........ 5/1/98-4/30/99. LG Semicon Co., Ltd. Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. G5 Corporation Wooyang Industry Co. Kim's Marketing Jewon Trading TAIWAN: Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipe & 5/1/98-4/30/99. Tubes A-583-008. Yieh Hsing Enterprise Co., Ltd. Yu Din Steel Kao Hsing Chang Iron & Steel Corporation Yieh Loong Co., Ltd. Far East Machinery Co., Ltd. Tai Feng Industries An Mau Steel Co., Ltd. Polyvinyl Alcohol A-583-824........... 5/1/98-4/30/99. Chang Chun Petrochemical Col., Ltd. THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Pure Magnesium A-570-832. Taiyuan East-United Mangnesium Company Ltd. TURKEY: Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipe 5/1/98-4/30/99. and Tube A-489-501. The Borusan Group (including Borusan Birlesik Boru Fabrikalari (S.A.) Borusan Ihracat Ithalat ve Dagitam A.S.
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Period class or kind ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Anti-Friction Bearings Proceedings and Films FRANCE: A-427-801......................... 5/1/98-4/30/99. SKF France S.A. (including all All. relevant affiliates). Societe Nouvelle de Roulements Ball & Cylindrical. (SNR). SNFA S.A./Somecat S.p.A. Ball & Cylindrical. (including all relevant affiliates). Augusta Un'Azienda Finmeccanica... All. AVSA S.A.R.L...................... Spherical plain. Wyko Export....................... Ball & Cylindrical. GERMANY; A428 801......................... 5/1/98-4/30/99. FAG Kugelfischer George Schaefer Ball & Cylindrical AG (including all relevant affiliates). INA Walzlager Schaeller KG........ All. NTN............................... Ball SKF GmbH (including all relevant All affiliates). SNR............................... Ball & Cylindrical. Torrington Nadellager GmbH........ All Paul Muller GmbH & Co. KG......... Ball Wyko Export of Queen Cross........ Ball & Cylindrical. AVSA S.A.R.L...................... Spherical Plain. Mannesmann Sachs AG............... Ball. MPT Prazisionsteile GmbH Mittweida Cylindrical. ITALY: A-475-801.......................... 5/1/98-4/30/99. SKF Industrie S.p.A (including all Ball. relevant affiliates). FAG Italia S.p.A. (including all Ball & Cylindrical. relevant affiliates). Meter, S.p.A...................... Ball. SNR Roulements.................... All. SOMECAT s.P.A/SNFA Bearings Ltd. Ball. (U.K.) (including all relevant affiliates). Augusta Un'Azienda Finmeccanica... All. JAPAN: A-588-804.......................... 5/1/98-4/30/99. Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd............... All Nachi-Fujikoshi Corporation....... Ball & Cylindrical. Nippon Pillow Block Sales Company, Ball. Ltd. NSK Ltd. (formerly Nippon Seiko Ball & Cylindrical. K.K.
NTN Corporation................... All. Asahi Sieko....................... Ball. Inoue Jukuuke Kogyo (IJK)......... Ball. Isuzu Motors...................... All. Izumoto Sieko (IKS)............... Ball. Nakai Bearing..................... Ball. Nankai Seiko...................... Ball. Osaka Pump........................ Ball. Takeshita Seiko................... Ball. Tottori Yamakai (KYK)............. Ball. Tsubakimoto Precision............. Ball. ROMANIA: A-485-801........................ 5/1/98-4/30/99. S.C. Koyo Romania S.A............. Ball. Technoimportexport, S.A. (TIE).... Ball. SINGAPORE: A-559-801...................... 5/1/98-4/30/99. NMB Singapore Ltd./Pelmec Ball. Industries (Pte.) Ltd.. SWEDEN: A-401-801......................... 5/1/98-4/30/99. SKF Sverige AB.................... Ball & Cylindrical. Wyko Export of Queen Cross........ Ball & Cylindrical. THE UNITED KINGDOM: A-412-801............. 5/1/98-4/30/99. NSK Bearings Europe Ltd./RHP Ball & Cylindrical. Bearings Ltd.. Barden Corporation................ Ball & Cylindrical. FAG (U.K.) Limited................ Ball & Cylindrical. SNFA Bearings Limited/Somecat Ball. S.P.A. (including all relevant affiliates). SNR Roulements.................... Ball. Augusta Un'Azienda Finmeccanica... Ball & Cylindrical. Countervailing Duty Proceedings VENEZUELA: Ferrosilicon, C-307-808........ 1/1/98-12/31/98. Ferroatlantica de Venezuela S.A. Suspension Agreements None..................................
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Period to be deferred Deferral initation of administrative review class or kind ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JAPAN: Antifriction Bearings (Other than 5/1/98-4/30/99. tapered roller bearings) and Parts Thereof, A-588-804. Muro Corporation Ball. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
During any administrative review covering all or part of a period falling between the first and second or third and fourth anniversary of the publication of an antidumping duty order under section 351.211 or a determination under section 351.218(d) (sunset review), the Secretary, if requested by a domestic interested party within 30 days of the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the review, will determine whether antidumping duties have been absorbed by an exporter or producer subject to the review if the subject merchandise is sold in the United States through an importer that is affiliated with such exporter or producer. The request must include the name(s) of the exporter or producer for which the inquiry is requested. For transition orders defined in section 751(c)(6) of the Act, the Secretary will apply paragraph (j)(1) of this section of any administrative review initiated in 1998 (19 C.F.R. 351.213(j)(1-2)). Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 C.F.R. 351.305. These initiations and this notice are in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)), and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).
Dated: June 21, 1999. Bernard T. Carreau, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Group II, AD/CVD Enforcement. [FR Doc. 99-16658 Filed 6-29-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-M