[Federal Register: November 13, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 219)]
[Notices]
[Page 68832-68833]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-816]
Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review:
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Korea
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of rescission of the antidumping duty administrative
review of certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from
Korea.
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SUMMARY: On September 25, 2002, the Department of Commerce
(``Department'') published a notice of initiation of an antidumping
duty administrative review on certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel
flat products from Korea (67 FR 60210). This review covers three
manufacturers/exporters of the subject merchandise. The period of
review (``POR'') is August
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1, 2001 through July 31, 2002. This review has now been rescinded as a
result of a timely withdrawal of the request for administrative review
by the interested parties.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 13, 2002.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marlene Hewitt or James Doyle,
Enforcement Group III, Office 9, Import Administration, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone 202-482-1385 (Hewitt) or
202-482-0159 (Doyle), fax 202-482-1388.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Applicable Statute
Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 1930
(``Act'') are references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995,
the effective date of the amendments made to the Act by the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act (``URAA''). In addition, unless otherwise
indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the
regulations at 19 CFR part 351 (2002).
Background
On August 6, 2002, the Department published a notice of opportunity
to request an administrative review of this order for the period August
1, 2001 through July 31, 2002. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty
Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request
Administrative Review, 67 FR 50856 (August 6, 2002). Bethlehem Steel
Corporation, National Steel Corporation, and United States Steel
Corporation, petitioners in the original investigation, producers of
the domestic like product, and therefore interested parties, timely
requested that the Department conduct an administrative review of sales
of Pohang Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (``POSCO''), Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.
(``Dongbu'') and Union Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (``Union'') of
subject merchandise to the United States. On September 25, 2002, in
accordance with section 751(a) of the Act, the Department published in
the Federal Register a notice of initiation of this antidumping duty
administrative review. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 67 FR
60210 (September 25, 2002).
Rescission of Review
Petitioners withdrew their request for review on September 30,
2002. The Department's regulations provide that the Secretary will
rescind an administrative review ``if a party that requested a review
withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of publication of
notice of initiation of the requested review.'' See 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1). Petitioners withdrew their review request within the 90-
day time limit. There were no other requests for administrative review
from respondents or other interested parties. Therefore, in accordance
with section 351.213(d)(1) of the Department's regulations, we are
rescinding this administrative review. See Memorandum to the File from
Marlene Hewitt, Enforcement Group III: Recission of Ninth Review
(October 17, 2002). The Department will issue appropriate assessment
instructions to the U.S. Customs Service.
This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
This notice is published in accordance with section 751(a)(1) of
the Act, and section 351.213(d) of the Department's regulations.
Dated: November 1, 2002.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 02-28814 Filed 11-12-02; 8:45 am]