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

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

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 August anniversary dates.

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

those administrative reviews. The Department also received requests to

revoke two antidumping duty orders in part.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 25, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Holly A. Kuga, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, 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

CFR 351.215(b) (1997), for administrative reviews of various

antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with August

anniversary dates. The Department also received timely requests to

revoke in part the antidumping duty orders on pure magnesium from

Canada and titanium sponge from Russia.

Initiation of Reviews

In accordance with sections 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we are

initiating administrative reviews of the following antidumping and

countervailing duty orders and findings. We intend to issue the final

results of these reviews not later than August 31, 1998.

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Period to be

reviewed

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Antidumping Duty Proceedings

Argentina:

Oil Country Tubular Goods

A-357-810 8/1/96-7/31/97

Siderca S.A.I.C...............................

Belgium:

Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate

A-423-805

Fabrique de Fer de Charleroi..................

Phosphoric Acid

A-423-602 8/1/96-7/31/97

Societe Chimique Prayon-Rupel.................

Brazil:

Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate

A-351-817

Usinas Siderurgica de Minas Gerais, Companhia

Siderurgica Paulista......................... 8/1/96-7/31/97

Silicon Metal

A-351-806

Companhia Brasileira Carbureto De Calcio,*

Companhia Ferroligas Minas Gerais-

Minasligas,* Eletrosilex Belo Horizonte,*

Rima Industrial, S/A*........................ 7/1/96-6/30/97

* Inadvertently omitted from previous initiation notice.

Canada:

Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products

A-122-822

Continuous Color Coat, Ltd., Dofasco, Inc.,

Sorevco, Inc., Stelco, Inc................... 8/1/96-7/31/97

Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate

A-122-823

A.J. Forsyth & Co., Ltd., Algoma Steel, Inc.,

Gerdau MRM Steel, Stelco, Inc................ 8/1/96-7/31/97

Pure Magnesium

A-122-814

Norsk Hydro Canada, Inc....................... 8/1/96-7/31/97

Finland:

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Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate

A-405-802

Rautaruukki Oy................................ 8/1/96-7/31/97

France

Industrial Nitrocellulose

A-427-009

Societe Nationale des Poudres et Explosifs.... 8/1/95-7/31/96

Germany:

Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate

A-428-816

AG der Dillinger Huttenwerke.................. 8/1/96-7/31/97

Seamless Pipe

A-428-820

Mannesmannrohren-Werke AG..................... 8/1/96-7/31/97

Italy:

Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Resin

A-475-703

Ausimont SpA.................................. 8/1/96-7/31/97

Japan:

Corrosion-Resistant carbon Steel Flat Products

A-588-824

Nippon Steel Corporation...................... 8/1/96-7/31/97

Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Resin

A-588-707

Mitsui-DuPont Polychemical.................... 8/1/96-7/31/97

Kazakhstan:

Titanium Sponge

A-834-803

Special Metals Company, Titanium-Magnesium

Combinat, Ust-Kamenogorsk Titanium and

Magnesium Plant.............................. 8/1/96-7/31/97

Mexico:

Cement

A-201-802

Apasco, S.A. de C.V., Cemex, S.A. de C.V.,

Cementos de Chihuahua, S.A. de C.V........... 8/1/96-7/31/97

Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate

A-201-809

Altos Hornos de Mexico S.A. de C.V............ 8/1/96-7/31/97

Oil Country Tubular Goods

A-201-817

Hysla, S.a. de C.V., Tubos de Acero de Mexico

S.A.......................................... 8/1/96-7/31/97

Romania:

Carbon Steel Plate

A-485-803

Windmill International PTE Ltd. of Singapore/

Windmill International Romania Branch........ 8/1/96-7/31/97

Russia:

Titanium Sponge

A-821-803

Avisma Titanium-Magnesium Works, Interlink

Metals & Chemicals, S.A., TMC Trading

International, Ltd........................... 8/1/96-7/31/97

South Korea:

Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products

A-580-815

Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd., Pohang Iron and Steel

Co., Ltd., Union Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd 8/1/96-7/31/97

Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products

A-580-816

Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd., Pohang Iron and Steel

Co., Ltd., Union Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd 8/1/96-7/31/97

Industrial Nitrocellulose*

A-580-805

Miwon Co., Ltd................................ 7/1/96-6/30/97

* Inadvertently omitted from previous initiation notice.

Oil Country Tubular Goods

A-580-825

SeAH Steel Corporation........................ 8/1/96-7/31/97

The Netherlands:

Brass Sheet & Strip

A-421-701

Outokumpu Copper Strip B.V.................... 8/1/96-7/31/97

Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products

A-421-804

Hoogovens Staal BV............................ 8/1/96-7/31/97

The Peoples Republic of China:

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Sulfanilic Acid*

A-570-815

China National Chemicals Import & Export

Corporation, Hebei Branch, China National

Chemical Construction Corporation, Bejing

Branch, China National Chemical Construction

Corporation, Qingdao Branch, Sinochem

Qingdao, Sinochem Shandong, Baoding No. 3

Chemical Factor, Jinxing Chemical Factory,

Zhenxing Chemical Industry Company, Mancheng

Xinyu Chemical Factory, Shijiazhuang,

Mancheng Xinyu Chemical Factory, Beijing,

Hainan Garden Trading Company, Yude Chemical

Industry Company, Shunping Lile.............. 8/1/96-7/31/97

* If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate

rate, all other exporters of sulfanilic acid from the People's Republic

of China who have not qualified for a separate rate are deemed to be

covered by this review as part of the single PRC entity of which the

named exporters are a part.

Turkey:

Aspirin

A-489-602

Atabay Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S............ 8/1/96-7/31/97

Countervailing Duty Proceedings

Belgium:

Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate

C-423-806

Fabrique de Fer de Charleroi, S.A............. 1/1/96-12/31/96

Canada:

Live Swine

C-122-404

Members of the Canadian Pork Council (19,028

producers)*.................................. 4/1/96-3/31/97

* The Canadian Pork Council's request lists 99 individual producers,

one marketing group, and seven marketing boards. The Department has

determined that it is not practicable to conduct company-specific

reviews of the order on Live Swine from Canada because a large number of

exporters and producers requested the review. Therefore, pursuant to

section 777A(e)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, the

Department will conduct a country-wide review on the basis of aggregate

data. We note the investigation and all prior reviews of this order have

been conducted on an aggregate basis.

Canada:

Alloy Magnesium

C-122-815

Norsk Hydro Canada Inc........................ 1/1/96-12/31/96

Pure Magnesium

C-122-815

Norsk Hydro Canada Inc........................ 1/1/96-12/31/96

Israel:

Industrial Phosphoric Acid

C-508-605

Haifa Chemicals Ltd., Rotem Amfert Negev Ltd.. 1/1/96-12/31/96

Malaysia:

Extruded Rubber Thread

C-557-806

Heveafil Sdn. Bhd., Filmax Sdn. Bhd.,

Rubberflex Sdn. Bhd., Filati Lastex

Elastofibre Sdn. Bhd., Rubfil Sdn. Bhd....... 1/1/96-12/31-96

Mexico:

Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate

C-201-810

Altos Hornos de Mexico S.A. de C.V............ 1/1/96-12/31-96

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During any administrative review covering all or part of a period

falling between the first and second or third and fourth anniversary of

the publication of an antidumping duty order under section 351.211 or a

determination under section 351.218(d) (sunset review), the Secretary,

if requested by a domestic interested party within 30 days of the date

of publication of the notice of initiation of the review, will

determine whether antidumping duties have been absorbed by an exporter

or producer subject to the review if the subject merchandise is sold in

the United States through an importer that is affiliated with such

exporter or producer. The requester must include the name(s) of the

exporter or producer for which the inquiry is requested.

For transition orders defined in section 751(c)(6) of the Act, the

Secretary will apply paragraph (j)(1) of this section to any

administrative review initiated in 1996 or 1998 (19 CFR 351.213(j)(1-

2)).

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 351.221(c)(1)(i).

Dated: September 19, 1997.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Group III.

[FR Doc. 97-25497 Filed 9-24-97; 8:45 am]

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