64 FR 44489

                                   NOTICES

                           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

                             Monday, August 16, 1999

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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.

[FR Doc. 99-21199 Filed 8-13-99; 8:45 am]

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