[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 171 (Friday, September 3, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 48347-48348] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-23037] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration February 1999 Sunset Reviews: Final Results and Revocations
Agency
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
Action
Notice of final results of sunset reviews and revocations of antidumping duty orders: standard carnations from Chile (A-337-602), fresh cut flowers from Mexico (A201-601) and of countervailing duty orders on standard carnations from Chile (C-337-601) and pompon chrysanthemums from Peru (C-333-601).
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Summary
On February 1, 1999, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') initiated sunset reviews of the antidumping duty order on standard carnations from Chile and fresh cut flowers from Mexico and on the countervailing duty orders on standard carnations from Chile and pompon chrysanthemums from Peru. Because the domestic interested parties have withdrawn, in full, their participation in the ongoing sunset reviews, the Department is revoking these orders.
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 antidumping duty orders on standard carnations from Chile (52 FR 8939, March 20, 1987) and fresh cut flowers from Mexico (52 FR 13491, April 23, 1987). The Department issued countervailing duty orders on standard carnations from Chile (52 FR 3313, March 19, 1987) and pompon chrysanthemums from Peru (52 FR 13491, April 23, 1987). Pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), the Department initiated sunset reviews of these orders 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 each of these orders. In the sunset reviews of these orders, we received notices 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 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 30, 1999, we received notice from the FTC and its Committees withdrawing in full their participation in the five-year (sunset) reviews of these antidumping and countervailing duty orders on flowers. The FTC and its Committees further expressed that they no longer have an interest in maintaining the antidumping and countervailing duty orders discussed above. As a result, the Department determined that no domestic party intends to participate in the sunset reviews and, on August 30, 1999, we notified the International Trade Commission that we intended to issue final determinations revoking these antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
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 notices of intent to participate and their complete substantive responses from the review process, and no other domestic interested party filed a substantive response in any of these reviews (see sections 351.218(d)(1)(i) and 351.218(d)(3) of the Sunset Regulations), we are revoking these antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
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 these orders entered, or withdrawn 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 or countervailing duty deposit requirements. The Department will complete any pending administrative reviews of these orders and will conduct administrative reviews of subject merchandise entered prior to the effective date of revocation in response to appropriately filed requests for review. These five-year (``sunset'') reviews and this notice are in accordance with sections 751(c), 752, and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: August 30, 1999. Robert S. LaRussa, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration. [FR Doc. 99-23037 Filed 9-2-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P