[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 74 (Monday, April 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19198-19199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9696]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION


Certain Steel Wire Rope From Japan, Korea, and Mexico 
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    \1\ The investigation numbers are as follows: Japan is AA1921-
124 (Review), Korea is 731-TA-546 (Review), and Mexico is 731-TA-547 
(Review).
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AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Commission determination to conduct full five-year 
reviews concerning the antidumping duty orders on steel wire rope from 
Japan and carbon steel wire rope from Korea and Mexico.

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SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice that it will proceed with 
full reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)) to determine whether revocation of the 
antidumping duty orders on steel wire rope from Japan and carbon steel 
wire rope from Korea and Mexico would be likely to lead to continuation 
or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time. 
A schedule for the reviews will be established and announced at a later 
date.
    For further information concerning the conduct of this review and 
rules of general application, consult the Commission's rules of 
practice and procedure, part 201, subparts A through E (19 CFR part 
201), and part 207, subparts A, D, E, and F (19 CFR part 207). Recent 
amendments to the Rules of Practice and Procedure pertinent to five-
year reviews, including the text of subpart F of part 207, are 
published at 63 F.R. 30599, June 5, 1998, and may be downloaded from 
the Commission's World Wide Web site at http://www.usitc.gov/rules.htm.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 8, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Deyman (202-205-3197), Office 
of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street 
SW, Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain 
information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal 
on 202-205-1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need 
special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact 
the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. General information 
concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its 
internet server (http://www.usitc.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 8, 1999, the Commission determined 
that it should proceed to full reviews in the subject five-year reviews 
pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Act. The Commission, in 
consultation with the Department of Commerce, grouped these reviews 
because they involve similar domestic like products. See 19 U.S.C. 
1675(c)(5)(D); 63 FR 29372, 29374 (May 29, 1998).
    With regard to carbon steel wire rope from Korea, the Commission 
found that both the domestic interested party group response and the 
respondent interested party group response to its notice of institution 
2 were adequate and voted to conduct a full 
review.3
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    \2\ The notice of institution for all of the subject reviews was 
published in the Federal Register on Jan. 4, 1999 (64 FR 367).
    \3\ Commissioner Crawford dissenting with respect to the 
adequacy of the domestic interested party group response and with 
respect to conducting a full review.
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    With regard to steel wire rope from Japan and carbon steel wire 
rope from Mexico, the Commission found that the domestic interested 
party group response was adequate and the respondent interested party 
group responses were inadequate. The Commission also found that other 
circumstances warranted conducting full reviews.4
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    \4\ Commissioner Crawford dissenting with respect to the 
adequacy of the domestic interested party group response and with 
respect to finding other circumstances that warranted conducting a 
full review.
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    A record of the Commissioners' votes, the Commission's statement on 
adequacy, and any individual Commissioner's statements will be

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available from the Office of the Secretary and at the Commission's web 
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site.

    Authority: These reviews are being conducted under authority of 
title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published 
pursuant to Sec. 207.62 of the Commission's rules.

    Issued: April 14, 1999.

    By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-9696 Filed 4-16-99; 8:45 am]
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