May 1999 Sunset Reviews: Final Results and Revocation

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

May 1999 Sunset Reviews: Final Results and Revocation

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of sunset review and revocation of

countervailing duty order: welded carbon steel line pipe from turkey

(C-489-502).

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SUMMARY: On May 3, 1999, the Department of Commerce (``the

Department'') initiated a sunset review of the countervailing duty

order on welded carbon steel line pipe from Turkey. Because no domestic

party responded to the sunset review notice of initiation by the

applicable deadline, the Department is revoking this order.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason M. Appelbaum or Melissa G.

Skinner, Office of Policy, Import Administration, International Trade

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

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-

5050 or (202) 482-1560, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Department issued a countervailing duty order on welded carbon

steel line pipe from Turkey (51 FR 7984, March 7, 1986). Pursuant to

section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), the

Department initiated a sunset review of this order by publishing notice

of the initiation in the Federal Register (64 FR 23596, May 3, 1999).

In addition, as a courtesy to interested parties, the Department sent

letters, via certified and registered mail, to each party listed on the

Department's most current service list for this proceeding to inform

them of the automatic initiation of a sunset review on this order.

No domestic interested parties in the sunset review of this order

responded to the notice of initiation by the May 18, 1999, deadline

(see section 351.218(d)(1)(i) of Procedures for Conducting Five-year

(``Sunset'') Reviews of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 63

FR 13520 (March 20, 1998) (``Sunset Regulations'')).

Determination To Revoke

Pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(A) of the Act and section

351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(3) of the Sunset Regulations, if no domestic

interested party responds to the notice of initiation, the Department

shall issue a final determination, within 90 days after the initiation

of the review, revoking the finding or order or terminating the

suspended investigation. Because no domestic interested party responded

to the notice of initiation by the applicable deadline, May 18, 1999,

we are revoking this countervailing duty order.

Effective Date of Revocation and Termination

Pursuant to section 751(c)(6)(A)(iv) of the Act, the Department

will instruct the United States Customs Service to terminate the

suspension of liquidation of the merchandise subject to this order

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, on or after January 1, 2000.

Entries of subject merchandise prior to the effective date of

revocation will continue to be subject to suspension of liquidation and

countervailing duty deposit requirements. The Department will complete

any pending administrative reviews of this order and will conduct

administrative reviews of subject merchandise entered prior to the

effective date of revocation in response to appropriately filed

requests for review.

Dated: June 1, 1999.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-14342 Filed 6-4-99; 8:45 am]

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