Certain Fresh Cut Flowers From Colombia: Initiation of a Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-301-602]

Certain Fresh Cut Flowers From Colombia: Initiation of a Changed

Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is initiating a changed

circumstance review to determine whether Flores El Talle Ltda. is

covered under the revocation granted to the Flores Colombianas Group.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Yeske or Beth Graham, Import

Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20230; telephone (202) 482-0189 or 482-4105, respectively.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

The Department is conducting this administrative review in

accordance with section 751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended

(the Act). Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are

references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective

date of the amendments made to the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements

Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to

the Department's regulations are those codified at 19 CFR Part 353

(April 1997).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On March 18, 1987, the Department published in the Federal Register

(52 FR 8492) an antidumping duty order on certain fresh cut flowers

from Colombia. On March 31, 1994, the antidumping order was revoked in

the fourth administrative review as it applied to the Flores

Colombianas Group. In a letter dated August 23, 1996, Flores El Talle

Ltda. (Flores El Talle) notified the Department that the company shares

the same ownership and management with the other Flores Colombianas

Group companies, and that Flores El Talle should receive the same

antidumping duty treatment that is accorded the Flores Colombianas

Group.

Initiation of Review

The Department is initiating this review to determine whether

Flores El Talle is a member of the Flores Colombianas Group and, if so,

whether the revocation applicable to the Flores Colombianas Group also

applies to Flores El Talle. If we determine that the revocation is

applicable to Flores El Talle, we will instruct U.S. Customs officials

to liquidate all entries of Colombian fresh flowers from Flores El

Talle without regard to antidumping duties.

We are hereby notifying the public that we are initiating a changed

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circumstances antidumping duty administrative review on certain fresh

cut flowers from Colombia. We are also inviting interested parties to

comment on the above and on any other relevant issue(s) associated with

the foregoing.

This notice is published in accordance with section 751(b) of the

Act and section 353.22(f)(1)(i) of the Department regulations.

Dated: October 7, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary, Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 97-27294 Filed 10-14-97; 8:45 am]

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