Carbon Steel Wire Rope From Mexico: Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-806]

Carbon Steel Wire Rope From Mexico: Initiation of New Shipper

Antidumping Duty Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) received a request

from Cablesa, S.A. de C.V. (``Cablesa'') to conduct a new shipper

review of the antidumping duty order on carbon steel wire rope from

Mexico. In accordance with section 351.214 of the Department's

regulations, we are initiating this review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 7, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Hoadley, Laurel LaCivita, or

Maureen Flannery, AD/CVD Enforcement, Import Administration,

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

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

(202) 482-0666, (202) 482-4236, or (202) 482-3020, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

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 Tariff Act of 1930 (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 codified at 19 CFR Part 351 (1998).

Background

On March 31, 1999, the Department received a timely request, in

accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, and section 351.214(c)

of the Department's regulations, for a new shipper review of the

antidumping duty order on carbon steel wire rope from Mexico, issued on

March 25, 1993 (58 FR 16173).

Initiation of Review

In its March 31, 1999, request for review, Cablesa, as required by

19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i) and (iii)(A), certified that it did not export

the subject merchandise to the United States during the period of

investigation (POI) (November 1, 1991 to April 30, 1992), and that

since the investigation was initiated on May 5, 1992 (57 FR 19280), it

has not been affiliated with any company which exported subject

merchandise to the United States during the POI. Pursuant to the

Department's regulations at 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), Cablesa submitted

documentation establishing the date on which the subject merchandise

was first entered for consumption into the United States, the volume of

that shipment, and the purchasing and invoicing dates of its first sale

to an unaffiliated customer in the United States.

Therefore, because Cablesa has complied with sections 351.214(b)

and (c) of our regulations, we are initiating a new shipper review of

the antidumping duty order on carbon steel wire rope from Mexico. In

accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(h)(1), we intend to issue preliminary

results of this review no later than 180 days after this initiation.

Section 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A) states that when a new shipper review

is initiated during the month immediately following the anniversary

month of the underlying order, the period of review shall be the

twelve-month period immediately preceding the anniversary month.

Therefore, the period of review

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for this new shipper review of Cablesa is March 1, 1998 to February 28,

1999.

Concurrent with publication of this notice and in accordance with

19 CFR 351.214(e), we will instruct the United States Customs Service

to allow, at the option of the importer, the posting of a bond or

security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of the merchandise

exported by Cablesa, until the completion of this review.

Interested parties desiring disclosure under administrative

protective order must submit applications in accordance with 19 CFR

351.305 and 351.306.

This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 751(a) of

the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 351.221.

Dated: April 30, 1999.

Roland MacDonald,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-11573 Filed 5-6-99; 8:45 am]

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