64 FR 44489   August 16, 1999 


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[C-428-812]

 
Certain Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products From 
Germany: Notice of Termination of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 16, 1999.

SUMMARY: On April 24, 1998, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register a notice (63 FR 20378) announcing the 
initiation of an administrative review of the countervailing duty order 
on certain hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel products from 
Germany, covering the period January 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997. 
Because the sole respondent company did not export any subject 
merchandise to the United States during the period of administrative 
review, the Department is now terminating this administrative review.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Copyak, Office of AD/CVD 
Enforcement VI, Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, 
telephone: (202) 482-4136.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by 
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) effective January 1, 1995 (the 
Act). All citations to the Department's regulations reference 19 CFR 
Part 351(April 1998), unless otherwise indicated.

Background

    On March 22, 1993, the Department published in the Federal Register 
(58 FR 15325) the countervailing duty order on certain hot-rolled lead 
and bismuth carbon steel products from Germany. On March 11, 1998, the 
Department published a notice of ``Opportunity to Request an 
Administrative Review'' (63 FR 11868) of this countervailing duty 
order. We received a timely request for review from Saarstahl AG 
(Saarstahl), the sole respondent company to this proceeding. On April 
24, 1998, we initiated the review, covering the period January 1, 1997 
through December 31, 1997 (63 FR 20378). In accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(b), this review covered only those producers or exporters for 
which a review was specifically requested. Accordingly, this review 
covered Saarstahl.
    On November 19, 1998, we extended the period for completion of the 
preliminary results pursuant to section 751(a)(3) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended. See Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products 
from Germany: Extension of the Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review (63 FR 64235). On April 7, 
1999, we published our preliminary results of administrative review. 
See Certain Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products from 
Germany: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review (64 FR 16915). Subsequently, based on a request by Inland Steel 
Bar Company and USS/KOBE Steel Co. (petitioners), we conducted 
verification of the questionnaire responses submitted.

Termination of Review

    At verification, we discovered that Saarstahl misreported that it 
had exported subject merchandise to the United States during 1997. We 
verified that the company did not have any exports of subject 
merchandise to the United States during the period of review. 
Therefore, pursuant to section 351.213(d)(3) of the Department's 
regulations, the Department is terminating this administrative review.
    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with section 351.305(a)(3) of the Department's 
regulations. Timely written notification of the return or destruction 
of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an 
APO is a sanctionable violation.
    This determination is issued and published in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: August 3, 1999.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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