Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative

Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty

Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received

requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and

countervailing duty orders and findings with March anniversary dates.

In accordance with the Department's regulations, we are initiating

those administrative reviews. The Department also received requests to

revoke one antidumping duty order in part.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 25, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Holly A. Kuga, Office of Antidumping

Compliance, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone: (202) 482-4737.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Department has received timely requests, in accordance with 19

C.F.R. 353.22(a) and 355.22(a)(1994), for administrative reviews of

various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with

March anniversary dates. The Department also received timely requests

to revoke in part the antidumping duty order on steel wire rope from

Korea.

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Initiation of Reviews

In accordance with sections 19 CFR 353.22(c) and 355.22(c), we are

initiating administrative reviews of the following antidumping and

countervailing duty orders and findings. The Department is not

initiating an administrative review of any exporters and/or producers

who were not named in a review request because such exporters and/or

producers were not specified as required under section 353.22(a) and

355.22(a)(19 CFR 353.22(a) and 355.22(a)). We intend to issue the final

results of these reviews not later than March 31, 1997.

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Period to be

reviewed

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Antidumping Duty Proceedings:

Brazil: Ferrosilicon, A-351-820--Companhia

Ferroligas Minas Gerais-Minasligas........... 3/1/95-2/29/96

South Korea: Steel Wire Rope, A-580-811--Boo

Kook Corporation, Chun Kee Steel & Wire Rope

Co., Ltd., Chung Woo Rope Co., Ltd., Dong-Il

Steel Mfg. Co., Ltd., Hanboo Wire Rope, Inc.,

Kumho Rope, Manho Rope Mfg. Co., Ltd., Myung

Jin Co., Seo Jin Rope, Ssang Yong Steel Wire

Co., Ltd., Sung Jin Yeonsin Metal............ 3/1/95-2/29/96

Spain: Stainless Steel Bar, A-469-805--Roldan,

S.A.......................................... 8/4/94-2/29/96

Thailand: Circular Welded Pipes & Tubes, A-549-

502--Saha Thai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd., S.A.F.

Pipe Export Co., Ltd., Thai Union Steel Co.,

Ltd.,........................................ 3/1/95-2/29/96

The People's Republic of China: Axes/Adzes;

Bars/Wedges; Hammers/Sledges; and Picks/

Mattocks, A-570-803--Tianjin Machinery Import

& Export Company \1\......................... 2/1/95-1/31/96

United Kingdom: Lead & Bismuth Steel, A-412-

810--British Steel Engineering Steels, Ltd.,

British Steel Engineering Steels Holdings,

Ltd., British Steel plc...................... 3/1/95-2/29/96

Countervailing Duty Proceedings:

Pakistan: Shop Towels, C-535-001--Anwar

Corporation, Bita Textile Corporation,

Eastern Textiles (Pvt) Ltd., Fine Fabrico,

Hilal Corporation (Pvt) Ltd, Jawad Brothers,

Mehtabi Towel Mills (Pvt) Ltd., Mohain

Brothers, Pakistan Textile Corporation (Pvt)

Ltd., Quality Linen Supply Corporation,

Salimah International, Shaheen Textiles,

Shahi Textiles, Sultex Industries, The Khans,

United Towel Exporters....................... 1/1/95-12/31/95

Turkey: Welded Carbon Steel Line Pipe and

Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes,

C-489-502--Borusan Birlesik Boru Fab. A.S.,

Borusan Ihracat Ithalat ve Dagitim A.S.,

Erbosan Erciyas Boru Sanayii ve Ticaret A.s.,

Mannesman-Sumerbank Boru Endustrisi T.A.S.... 1/1/95-12/31/95

United Kingdom: Lead & Bismuth Steel, C-412-

811--British Steel Engineering Steels Ltd.,

British Steel Engineering Steels Holdings

Ltd., British Steel plc...................... 1/1/95-12/31/95

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\1\ Inadvertently omitted from previous initiation notice.

If requested within 30 days of the date of publication of this

notice, the Department will determine whether antidumping duties have

been absorbed by an exporter or producer subject to any of these

reviews if the subject merchandise is sold in the United States through

an importer which is affiliated with such exporter or producer.

Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under

administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(b)

and 355.34(b).

These initiations and this notice are in accordance with section

751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19

CFR 353.22(c)(1) and 355.22(c)(1).

Dated: April 19, 1996.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.

[FR Doc. 96-10277 Filed 4-24-96; 8:45 am]

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