[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42529-42530]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20298]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-401-603]
Stainless Steel Hollow Products From Sweden; Termination of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Final Results of Changed
Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and Revocation In
Part of Antidumping Duty Order
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of termination of antidumping duty administrative
reviews, final results of changed circumstances antidumping duty
administrative review, and revocation in part of antidumping duty
order.
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SUMMARY: On December 3, 1987, the Department of Commerce (the
Department) published an antidumping duty order on seamless stainless
steel hollow products (SSHP) from Sweden. On November 5, 1992, the
Department published an amended antidumping duty order to include
welded SSHP in the scope of the order. On January 23, 1992 and on
February 23, 1993, the Department initiated administrative reviews of
the antidumping duty order with regard to seamless SSHP, covering the
periods December 1, 1990 through November 30, 1991, and December 1,
1991 through November 30, 1992, respectively. We are now revoking the
order in part, with regard to seamless SSHP, based on the fact that
this portion of the order is no longer of interest to domestic parties.
Accordingly, we are now terminating these reviews.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 16, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy S. Wei or Zev Primor, Office of
Antidumping Compliance, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
5253.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 3, 1987, the Department published an antidumping duty
order on seamless SSHP from Sweden (52 FR 45985). On December 13, 1991,
Sandvik AB, AB Sandvik Steel, and the Sandvik Steel Company
(collectively, Sandvik), the respondent, requested the fourth
administrative review of the antidumping duty order, covering the
period December 1, 1990 through November 30, 1991. On January 23, 1992,
the Department initiated the administrative review with regard to
seamless SSHP (57 FR 2704). On November 5, 1992, the Department
published an amended antidumping duty order to include welded SSHP in
the scope of the order (57 FR 52761). On December 4, 1992, Sandvik
requested the fifth administrative review of the antidumping duty
order, covering the period December 1, 1991 through November 30, 1992.
On February 23, 1993, the Department initiated this administrative
review with regard to seamless SSHP (58 FR 11026). On February 9, 1995,
AL Tech Specialty Steel Corporation (AL Tech) and the United
Steelworkers of America (USWA), the only petitioners in this proceeding
who are involved in the production of seamless SSHP, submitted a
request for a changed circumstances administrative review and partial
revocation of the order with regard to seamless SSHP. In addition, AL
Tech and USWA requested that the partial revocation be effective
retroactive to December 1, 1990, thereby terminating the currently
pending fourth and fifth administrative reviews. AL Tech and USWA made
this request based on the fact that the order with regard to seamless
SSHP is no longer of interest to the petitioners.
We preliminarily determined that AL Tech's and USWA's affirmative
statement of no interest constitutes good cause for conducting a
changed circumstances review. Consequently, on July 24, 1995, the
Department published a notice of initiation and preliminary results of
changed circumstances antidumping duty administrative review to
determine whether to revoke the order in part (60 FR 37876). We gave
interested parties an opportunity to comment on the preliminary results
of this changed circumstances review. We received no comments.
Scope of Review
The merchandise covered by this changed circumstances review are
seamless stainless steel hollow products including pipes, tubes, hollow
bars, and blanks of circular cross section, containing over 11.5
percent chromium by weight. This merchandise is currently classified
under subheadings 7304.41.00 and 7304.49.00 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule (HTS). The HTS numbers are provided for convenience and
Customs purposes. The written description remains dispositive.
This changed circumstances administrative review covers all
manufacturers/exporters of seamless SSHP from Sweden.
Final Results of Review; Partial Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order;
Termination of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews
The affirmative statement of no interest by AL Tech and USWA
constitutes changed circumstances sufficient to warrant partial
revocation of the order. Therefore, the Department is partially
revoking the order on SSHP from Sweden, with regard to seamless SSHP,
in accordance with sections 751(b) and (d) and 782(h) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 353.25(d)(1). This partial
revocation applies to all entries of the subject merchandise entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after December 1,
1990. Accordingly, the Department is terminating the fourth and fifth
reviews.
The Department will instruct the U.S. Customs Service (Customs) to
proceed with liquidation, without regard to antidumping duties, of all
unliquidated entries of seamless SSHP entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after December 1, 1990. The Department
will further instruct Customs to refund with interest any estimated
duties collected with respect to unliquidated entries of seamless SSHP
entered, or withdrawn
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from warehouse, for consumption on or after December 1, 1990, in
accordance with section 778 of the Act.
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protection orders (APOs) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d). Timely written notification of
the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the
regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
This changed circumstances administrative review, partial
revocation of the antidumping duty order, termination of the fourth and
fifth administrative reviews, and notice are in accordance with
sections 751(b) and (d) and 782(h) of the Act and sections 353.22(f)
and 353.25(d) of the Department's regulations.
Dated: August 9, 1995.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-20298 Filed 8-15-95; 8:45 am]
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