Pure Magnesium From the People's Republic of China (PRC): Rescission of Notice of Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[A-570-832]

Pure Magnesium From the People's Republic of China (PRC):

Rescission of Notice of Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 10, 1997.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Everett Kelly or Dorothy Tomaszewski, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone

(202) 482-4194 or 482-0631, respectively.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended (the Act), 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. In addition, unless otherwise

indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the

current regulations, as amended by the interim regulations published in

the Federal Register on May 11, 1995 (60 FR 25130).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR

353.22(h)(6) Taiyuan Heavy Machinery Import and Export Corporation

(Taiyuan) requested a new shipper administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on pure magnesium from the PRC. The Department

of Commerce (the Department) inadvertently published two notices of

initiation, one on December 30, 1996 (Notice of Initiation of New

Shipper Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Pure Magnesium from the

People's Republic of China (60 FR 68712, 68713 December 30, 1996) and

one on December 31, 1996 (Notice of Initiation of New Shipper

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Pure Magnesium from the

People's Republic of China (61 FR 69067 December 31, 1996).

Rescission of Initiation of Review

The December 30, 1996, notice of initiation was published in error

and is hereby rescinded. We are proceeding to conduct a review of

Taiyuan for the period May 1, 1996 through October 31,

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1996, pursuant to the December 31, 1996, notice of initiation.

Dated: January 6, 1997.

Jeffrey P. Bialos,

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration.

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