Certain Electrical Conductor Aluminum Redraw Rod From Venezuela; Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[C-307-702]

Certain Electrical Conductor Aluminum Redraw Rod From Venezuela;

Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: International Trade Administration/Import Administration

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of preliminary results of countervailing duty

administrative review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is conducting an administrative

review of the countervailing duty order on certain electrical conductor

aluminum redraw rod from Venezuela for the period January 1, 1992

through December 31, 1992. There are no known entries in the review

period. Therefore, we preliminarily determine that the cash deposit

rate of estimated countervailing duties will be 0.50 percent ad

valorem, the rate established in the final results of the last

administrative review of this order (57 FR 36063; August 12, 1992). We

invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 10, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Longest or Kelly Parkhill,

Office of Countervailing Compliance, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230;

telephone: (202) 482-2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On August 3, 1993, the Department of Commerce (the Department)

published a notice of ``Opportunity to Request Administrative Review''

(58 FR 41239) for the countervailing duty order on certain electrical

conductor aluminum redraw rod from Venezuela (53 FR 31904; August 22,

1988). We received a request for review from Southwire Company, the

petitioner. We initiated the review, covering the period January 1,

1992 through December 31, 1992, on September 30, 1993 (58 FR 51053).

The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section 751

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The final results of

the last administrative review of this order were published in the

Federal Register on September 14, 1992 (57 FR 41918).

Scope of Review

Imports covered by this review are shipments of certain electrical

conductor aluminum redraw rod from Venezuela, which is wrought rod of

aluminum that is electrically conductive and contains not less than 99

percent of aluminum by weight. This merchandise is currently

classifiable under item numbers 7604.10.3010, 7604.10.3050,

7604.29.3010, 7604.29.3050, 7605.11.0030, 7605.11.0090, 7605.19.0000,

7605.21.0030, 7605.21.0090 and 7605.29.0000 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule (HTS). The HTS item numbers are provided for convenience and

Customs purposes. The written description remains dispositive. The

review period is January 1, 1992 through December 31, 1992.

In its questionnaire response, the Government of Venezuela reported

no shipments of the subject merchandise to the United States during the

review period. On April 7, 1994, Southwire Company submitted factual

information regarding possible shipments of subject merchandise during

the review period. We subsequently confirmed through various Customs,

Census, and Import Administration sources that there were no known

entries of the subject merchandise during the review period. See

Memorandum to the File dated May 19, 1994; Certain Electrical Conductor

Aluminum Redraw Rod from Venezuela No Shipment Search, which is on file

in the Central Records Unit (room B099 of the Main Commerce Building).

Preliminary Results of Review

As a result of our review, we preliminarily determine that there

are no known entries of the subject merchandise exported to the United

States in the period January 1, 1992 through December 31, 1992.

Therefore, we preliminarily determine the estimated net subsidy to be

0.50 percent ad valorem, the cash deposit rate established in the final

results of the last administrative review (57 FR 36063; August 12,

1992).

If the final results of this review remain the same as these

preliminary results, as provided by section 751(a)(1) of the Act, the

Department intends to instruct the Customs Service to collect a cash

deposit of estimated countervailing duties of 0.50 percent of the

f.o.b. invoice price on all shipments of the subject merchandise from

Venezuela entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or

after the date of publication of the final results of this review.

Interested parties may request a hearing, not later than 10 days

after the date of publication of this notice. Interested parties may

submit written arguments in case briefs on these preliminary results

within 30 days of the date of publication in accordance with 19 CFR

355.38(c). Rebuttal briefs, limited to arguments raised in case briefs,

may be submitted seven days after the time limit for filing the case

brief. Any hearing, if requested, will be held seven days after the

scheduled date for submission of rebuttal briefs. Copies of case briefs

and rebuttal briefs must be served on interested parties in accordance

with 19 CFR 355.38(e).

Representatives of parties to the proceeding may request disclosure

of proprietary information under administrative protective order no

later than 10 days after the representative's client or employer

becomes a party to the proceeding, but in no event later than the date

the case briefs are due.

The Department will publish the final results of this

administrative review including the results of its analysis of issues

raised in any case or rebuttal brief or at a hearing.

This administrative review and notice are in accordance with

section 751(a)(1) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and 19 CFR 355.22.

Dated: June 1, 1994.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-14207 Filed 6-9-94; 8:45 am]

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