Certain Fresh Cut Flowers From Colombia: Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-301-602]

Certain Fresh Cut Flowers From Colombia: Partial Rescission of

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is rescinding this administrative

review with respect to ten groups of companies based upon a withdrawal

of the request for review by the interested parties who requested

reviews of these companies.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 17, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rosa Jeong or Marian Wells, Import

Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 3099, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-3853

or 482-6309, 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 (``URAA''). All citations

to the Department of Commerce's regulations are references to the

provisions codified at 19 CFR Part 351, 62 FR 27296 (May 19, 1997).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On April 21, 1998, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'')

published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of the

administrative review of the antidumping duty order on fresh cut

flowers from Colombia, covering the period March 1, 1997 through

February 28, 1998 (61 FR 66017) based upon a request by certain

exporters/producers of the subject merchandise and the domestic

interested party in this proceeding.

On June 29, 1998, we received timely requests for rescission of the

review from the Floral Trade Council, the domestic interested party,

for the following groups of companies: Agrodex Group (``Agrodex''),

Caicedo (CAICO) Group (``Caicedo''), Claveles Colombianos Group

(``Clavecol''), Cultivos Miramonte Group (``Miramonte''), Floraterra

Group (``Floraterra''), Florex Group (``Florex''), Funza Group

(``Funza''), Guacatay Group (``Guacatay''), HOSA Group (``HOSA''),

Maxima Group (``Maxima''), Papagayo Group (``Papagayo''), and Queens

Group (``Queens''). On June 30, 1998, we received timely requests for

rescission of the review from Clavecol, Floraterra, Funza, Guacatay,

Papagayo and Queens. On July 8, 1998, Agrodex also withdrew its review

request.

Therefore, in accordance with section 355.213(d)(1) of the

Department's regulations, we are rescinding this administrative review

with respect to Agrodex, Clavecol, Miramonte, Floraterra, Florex,

Funza, Guacatay, HOSA, Papagayo and Queens, because these companies,

along with the domestic interested party, have filed timely requests

for withdrawl and no other interested party requested that they be

reviewed. The cash deposit rates for these companies will continue to

be the rates established for them in the most recently completed final

results. We are not rescinding this review with respect to Caicedo and

Maxima because these companies have not withdrawn their requests for

review.

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Rescissions

The following is the complete list of companies for which this

review has been rescinded.

Agrodex Group

Agricola de las Mercedes S.A.

Agricola el Retiro Ltda.

Agrodex Ltda.

Degaflores Ltda.

Flores Camino Real Ltda.

Flores Cuatro Esquinas Ltda.

Flores de la Comuna Ltda.

Flores de Los Amigos Ltda.

Flores de los Arrayanes Ltda.

Flores de Mayo Ltda.

Flores del Gallinero Ltda.

Flores del Potrero Ltda.

Flores dos Hectareas Ltda.

Flores de Pueblo Viejo Ltda.

Flores el Trentino Ltda.

Flores la Conejera Ltda.

Flores Manare Ltda.

Florlinda Ltda.

Horticola el Triunfo Ltda.

Horticola Montecarlo Ltd

Claveles Colombianos Group

Claveles Colombianos Ltda.

Elegant Flowers Ltda.

Fantasia Flowers Ltda.

Splendid Flowers Ltda.

Sun Flowers Ltda.

Cultivos Miramonte Group

C.I. Colombiana de Bouquets S.A.

Cultivos Miramonte S.A.

Flores Mocari S.A.

Floraterra Group

Floraterra S.A.

Flores Casablanca S.A.

Flores Novaterra Ltda.

Flores San Mateo S.A.

Siete Flores S.A.

Florex Group

Agricola Guacari S.A.

Agricola el Castillo

Flores San Joaquin

Flores Altamira S.A.

Flores de Exportacion S.A.

Flores Primavera S.A.

Funza Group

Flores Alborada

Flores de Funza S.A.

Flores del Bosque Ltda.

Guacatay Group

Agricola Cunday S.A.

Agricola Guacatay S.A.

Agricola Ventura

Jardines Bacata Ltda.

Multiflora Comercializadora Internacional S.A.

Hosa Group

Horticultura de la Sabana S.A.

HOSA Ltda.

Innovacion Andina S.A.

Minispray S.A.

Prohosa Ltda.

Papagayo Group

Agricola Papagayo Ltda.

Inversiones Calypso S.A.

Queens Flowers Group

Agroindustrial del Rio Frio

Cultivos General Ltda.

Flora Nova

Flora Atlas Ltda.

Flores Calima S.A.

Flores Canelon Ltda.

Flores de Bojaca

Flores del Cacique

Flores del Hato

Flores el Aljibe Ltda.

Flores el Cipres

Flores El Pino Ltda.

Flores el Tandil

Flores la Mana

Flores las Acacias Ltda.

Flores la Valvanera Ltda.

Flores Jayvana

Flores Ubate Ltda.

Jardines de Chia Ltda.

Jardines Fredonia Ltda.

M.G. Consultores Ltda.

Mountain Roses

Queens Flowers de Colombia Ltda.

Quality Flowers S.A.

Florval S.A. (Floval)

Jardines del Rosal

This notice is in accordance with section 751 of the Act and 19 CFR

351.213(d)(4).

Dated: September 11, 1998.

Richard W. Moreland,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement.

[FR Doc. 98-24960 Filed 9-16-98; 8:45 am]

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