[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 137 (Monday, July 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 42967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16362]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-533-820)


Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from India; Notice 
of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review.

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SUMMARY: On January 22, 2004, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published in the Federal Register a notice announcing the 
initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products (HRS or subject 
merchandise) from India covering Essar Steel Ltd., (Essar) and the 
period December 1, 2002, through November 30, 2003. We are rescinding 
this review as a result of the absence of entries into the United 
States of subject merchandise from Essar during the period of review 
(POR).

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 19, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Williams or Howard Smith, Office 
IV, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-2371 or (202) 482-5193, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 3, 2001, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the antidumping duty order on HRS from India. See Notice of 
Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 
Products from India, 66 FR 60194 (December 3, 2001). On December 2, 
2003, the Department published in the Federal Register a notice of 
``Opportunity to Request Administrative Review'' of the antidumping 
duty order on HRS from India. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 
Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request 
Administrative Review, 68 FR 67401 (December 2, 2003). On December 30 
and 31, 2003, petitioners, Nucor Corporation and U.S. Steel 
Corporation, respectively, requested an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on HRS from India covering Essar. The Department 
initiated this review on January 22, 2004. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request 
for Revocation in Part, 69 FR 3117 (January 22, 2004). On February 10, 
2004, Essar filed a letter certifying to the Department that it did not 
export any subject merchandise that was entered for consumption into 
the United States during the POR. The Department confirmed through U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data that there were no entries of 
subject merchandise from Essar during the POR. Moreover, the Department 
invited petitioners to comment on our intent to rescind this review 
with respect to Essar. We received no comments. See the May 17, 2004, 
memorandum to the file regarding ``Intent to Rescind the Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review on Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 
Products From India.''

Rescission of Review

    Because the only firm for which a review was requested made no 
entries into the customs territory of the United States during the POR, 
the Department is rescinding this review. This determination is 
consistent with the Department's practice and 19 C.F.R. Sec.  
351.213(d)(3). As such, we will issue appropriate assessment 
instructions directly to CBP.

Notification to Interested Parties

    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 C.F.R. Sec.  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 notice is published in accordance with section 777(i) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended and 19 C.F.R. Sec.  351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: July 12, 2004.
Jeffrey A. May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group I.
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