67 FR 53777, August 19, 2002

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-702]
 
Notice of Rescission of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe and Tube 
Fittings from Japan

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

ACTION: Notice of Rescission of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review.

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DATES: EFFECTIVE DATE: August 19, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack K. Dulberger or Tom F. Futtner, 
AD/CVD Enforcement, Group II, Office 4, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-5505 or (202) 482-3814, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The 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). In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are 
to the regulations at 19 CFR Part 351 (2002).

Background

    On March 25, 1988, the Department published in the Federal Register 
an antidumping order on Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe and Tube 
Fittings (SSPF) from Japan. See Antidumping Duty Order of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value: Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe and Tube 
Fittings from Japan, 53 FR 9787. On April 19, 2002, Benex submitted a 
letter requesting that the Department conduct an expedited changed 
circumstances review, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.216(e). On June 3, 2002, 
the Department initiated a

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changed circumstances review on Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe 
and Tube Fittings (SSPF) from Japan. See Notice of Initiation of 
Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain 
Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe and Tube Fittings from Japan, 67 FR 
39676. On July 24, 2002, Benex requested the Department's permission to 
withdraw without prejudice its request for a changed circumstances 
review.

Rescission of Changed Circumstances Review

    19 CFR 351.213(d)(1) of the Department's regulations provides that 
the Department will rescind an administrative review if a party that 
requested a review withdraws the request within ninety days of the date 
of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. The 
Department's rules regarding review withdrawals do not specifically 
reference changed circumstances administrative reviews. In this case, 
Benex requested withdrawal of its changed circumstances review within 
ninety days of the review being initiated, the time period the 
Department generally considers reasonable for requesting the withdrawal 
of administrative reviews. Therefore, the Department has accepted 
Benex's withdrawal request in this case as timely.
    The Department is now rescinding this changed circumstances 
antidumping duty administrative review. The U.S. Customs Service will 
continue to suspend entries of subject merchandise at the appropriate 
cash deposit rate for all entries of certain stainless steel butt-weld 
pipe and tube fittings from Japan.
    This notice also 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 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

    Dated: August 13, 2002.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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