[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 8776] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-4733] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [Investigation Nos. 332-350 and 332-351] Monitoring of U.S. Imports of Tomatoes Monitoring of U.S. Imports of Peppers AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission. ACTION: Publication of monitoring reports in 1997. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- EFFECTIVE DATE: February 18, 1997. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy McCarty (202-205-3324) or Lowell Grant (202-205-3312), Agriculture and Forest Products Division, Office of Industries, or William Gearhart (202-205-3091), Office of the General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission. Hearing impaired persons can obtain information on these studies by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on (202-205-1810). Background Section 316 of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3381) directs the Commission to monitor imports of fresh or chilled tomatoes (HTS heading 0702.00) and fresh or chilled peppers, other than chili peppers (HTS subheading 0709.60.00), until January 1, 2009, as if a request for such monitoring had been made under section 202(d) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2252(d)), for purposes of expediting an investigation concerning provisional relief under section 202 of the Trade Act of 1974. In response, the Commission instituted Investigation No. 332-350, Monitoring of U.S. Imports of Tomatoes (59 F.R. 1763, January 12, 1994) and Investigation No. 332-351, Monitoring of U.S. Imports of Peppers (59 F.R. 1762, January 12, 1994). Although section 316 of the NAFTA Implementation Act does not require the Commission to publish reports on the results of its monitoring activities, the Commission has endeavored to do so in those years in which it was not conducting an investigation under other statutory authority with respect to such products. Thus, no monitoring reports were published in 1996 when the Commission conducted Investigation No. TA-201-66, Fresh Tomatoes and Bell Peppers (61 F.R. 13875, March 28, 1996), under section 202(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2252(b)); and antidumping Investigation No. 731-TA 47 (Preliminary), Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico (61 F.R. 15968, April 10, 1996), under section 733(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1673b(a)). The Commission made a negative injury determination in the section 201 investigation on July 2, 1996; the Commission's antidumping investigation was suspended, effective November 1, 1996, following the signing of a suspension agreement. The Commission will publish monitoring reports, containing data for both 1996 and 1997, in September 1997. By order of the Commission. Issued: February 21, 1997 Donna R. Koehnke, Secretary. [FR Doc. 97-4733 Filed 2-25-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7020-02-P