October 1999 Sunset Reviews; Final Results of Reviews and Revocation

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

October 1999 Sunset Reviews; Final Results of Reviews and

Revocation

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Final results of Sunset Reviews: Revocation and antidumping

duty orders on hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel products from

Brazil C-351-812; hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel products

from Brazil A-351-811; hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel

products from France A-427-804; hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon

steel products from France C-427-805; hot-rolled lead and bismuth

carbon steel products from Germany C-428-812; hot-rolled lead and

bismuth carbon steel products from Germany A-428-811; hot-rolled lead

and bismuth carbon steel products from United Kingdom C-412-811; and

hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel products from United Kingdom

A-412-810.

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SUMMARY: On October 1, 1999, the Department of Commerce (``the

Department'') initiated sunset reviews of antidumping duty orders on

hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel products from Brazil, France,

Germany, and the United Kingdom (64 FR 53320). In addition, the

Department initiated sunset reviews of countervailing duty orders on

hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel products from Brazil, France,

Germany, and the United Kingdom (64 FR 53320). The Department is

revoking the aforementioned antidumping and countervailing duty orders

on hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel because no domestic party

responded to the sunset review notice of initiation by the applicable

deadline.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark D. Young or Melissa G. Skinner,

Office of Policy, Import Administration, International Trade

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

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

3207 or (202) 482-1560, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On March 22, 1993, the Department issued antidumping and

countervailing duty orders on hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel

products from Brazil, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom (58 FR

15324). Pursuant to section 71(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended

(``the Act''), the Department initiated sunset reviews of these orders

by publishing notice of the initiation in the Federal Register (October

1, 1999 (64 FR 53320)). 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 these proceedings to

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inform them of the automatic initiation of the sunset reviews on these

orders.

However, no domestic interested party in the sunset reviews on

these orders responded to the notice of initiation by the October 19,

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

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 order. Because no domestic interested party

in the sunset reviews of hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel

products from Brazil, France, Germany, or the United Kingdom responded

to the notice of initiation by the applicable deadline, we are revoking

these antidumping and countervailing duty orders.

Effective Date of Revocation

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 these orders

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

antidumping and countervailing duty deposit requirements. The

Department will complete any pending administrative reviews of these

orders 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: November 8, 1999.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-29753 Filed 11-12-99; 8:45 am]

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