[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 102 (Friday, May 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27963-27964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13164]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Countervailing Duty Order; Opportunity to Request a Section 753
Injury Investigation
AGENCY: Inport Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Opportunity to Request a Section 753 Injury
Investigation for Countervailing Duty Orders.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is notifying
domestic interested parties of their right to request an injury
investigation under section 753 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act), for countervailing duty orders listed in the Appendix that
were issued under former section 303 of the Act.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 26, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cameron Cardozo, Office of Countervailing Compliance, Import
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20230, telephone: (202) 482-2786; or Vera Libeau, Office of
Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20436, telephone: (202) 205-3176.
[[Page 27964]] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
We have listed in the appendix to this notice countervailing duty
orders issued under former section 303 of the Act. At the time these
orders were issued, U.S. law did not require injury determinations as a
prerequisite to their issuance. With the accession of the United States
to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the enactment of the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act of 1994 (URAA), P.L. 103-465, U.S. law has
changed. Under the URAA, the Government of the United States may not
assess countervailing duties on imports from a WTO member country in
the absence of an injury determination. Thus, as noted in the Statement
of Administrative Action, new section 753 of the Act (as amended by the
URAA) provides that for such orders ``. . . a domestic interested party
may request that the [International Trade] Commission initiate an
investigation to determine whether an industry in the United States is
likely to be materially injured by reason of imports of the merchandise
subject to the CVD order if the order is revoked.'' See Statement of
Administrative Action, URAA, p.272.
Opportunity to Request a Section 753 Injury Investigation
On January 1, 1995, the countries listed in the Appendix joined the
WTO.\1\ Therefore, for each countervailing duty order listed din the
Appendix, we are notifying all domestic interested parties, as
described in sections 771(9)(C), (D), (E), (F), or (G) of the Act, of
their right to request an injury investigation under section 753(a)
from the U.S. International Trade Commission (the Commission). In
accordance with sections 753(b) (3) and (4) of the Act, outstanding
section 303 orders for which the Commission has not previously made an
affirmative injury determination will be revoked by the Department
unless a request for an injury investigation is submitted to the
Commission within six months of the date on which the country covered
by the order joins the WTO, and the Commission renders an affirmative
injury determination pursuant to section 753(a)(1) of the Act. For
those countries which joined the WTO on January 1, 1995, requests must
be filed with the Commission no later than June 30, 1995.
\1\Zimbabwe became a signatory to the WTO on March 3, 1995, and
Israel became a signatory to the WTO on April 21, 1995.
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Requests for injury investigations under section 753 must be filed
with the Commission in accordance with 19 CFR 207.46(b), added by 60 FR
18, 22-23 (January 3, 1995). All requests should be addressed to:
Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20436.
If investigations under section 753(a) of the Act are requested
with respect to more than one countervailing duty order covering the
same or comparable subject merchandise, the Commission may conduct such
investigations jointly. Domestic interested parties, in their requests
under section 753(a), may propose for the Commission's consideration
countervailing duty orders suitable for joint consideration.
In addition, domestic interested parties that request an injury
investigation under section 753(a) of the Act may request under section
751(c) of the Act that ``sunset reviews'' of any outstanding
antidumping or countervailing duty order involving the same or
comparable subject merchandise be expedited so that these reviews are
conducted contemporaneously with the investigation(s) under section
753(a). Requests for expedited sunset reviews must be submitted to the
Department in accordance with the procedures and requirements
established for administrative reviews in 19 CFR 355.31 on the same day
as the request for an investigation under section 753(a) is filed with
the Commission. If the Department, after consulting with Commission,
commences an expedited sunset review under section 751(c), the
Commission may conduct contemporaneous proceedings under sections
751(c) and 753(a) of the Act and may cumulate imports from the subject
countries.
Dated: May 23, 1995.
Susan G. Essermen,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
Argentina: Apparel (C-357-404)
Argentina: Carbon Steel--Cold-Rolled Flat Products (C-357-005)
Argentina: Leather (C-357-803)
Argentina: Leather Wearing Apparel (C-357-001)
Argentina: Line Pipe (C-357-801)
Argentina: Non-Rubber Footwear (C-357-052)
Argentina: OCTG (C-357-403)
Argentina: Standard Pipe (C-357-801)
Argentina: Textile Mill Products (C-357-404)
Argentina: Tubing, Heavy-Walled Rectangular (C-357-801)
Argentina: Tubing, Light-Walled Rectangular (C-357-801)
Argentina: Wool (C-357-002)
Israel: Roses (C-508-064)
Malaysia: Extruded Rubber Thread (C-557-806)
Malaysia: Wire Rod, Carbon Steel (C-557-701)
Mexico: Ceramic Tile (C-201-003)
Mexico: Leather Wearing Apparel (C-201-001)
Mexico: Textile Mill Products (C-201-405)
New Zealand: Brazing Copper Rod & Wire (C-614-501)
New Zealand: Steel Wire (C-614-601)
New Zealand: Steel Wire Nails (C-614-701)
New Zealand: Wire Rod, Carbon Steel (C-614-504)
Peru: Cotton Sheeting and Sateen (C-333-001)
Peru: Cotton Yarn (C-333-002)
Peru: Rebar (C-333-502)
Peru: Textile Mill Products (C-333-402)
South Africa: Ferrochrome (C-791-001)
Sri Lanka: Textile Mill Products (C-542-401)
Thailand: Apparel (C-529-401)
Thailand: Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings (C-549-804)
Thailand: Malleable Iron Pipe Fittings (C-549-803)
Thailand: Steel Wire Rope (C-549-806)
Thailand: Pipe and Tube (C-549-501)
Thailand: Rice (C-549-503)
Thailand: Steel Wire Nails (C-549-701)
Venezuela: Circular Welded Nonalloy Steel Pipe (C-307-806)
Venezuela: Ferrosilicon (C-307-808)\1\
\1\Applies only to the dutiable merchandise within the scope of
the order.
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Zimbabwe: Wire Rod, Carbon Steel (C-796-601)
[FR Doc. 95-13164 Filed 5-25-95; 8:45 am]
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