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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–401–806]
Stainless Steel Wire Rod From
Sweden: Notice of Extension of Time
Limit for 2004–2005 Administration
Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 18, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian Smith, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 2, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202)
482–1766.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Statutory Time Limits
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’),
requires the Department of Commerce
(‘‘Department’’) to issue the preliminary
results of an administrative review
within 245 days after the last day of the
anniversary month of an order for which
a review is requested and a final
determination within 120 days after the
date on which the preliminary results
are published. If it is not practicable to
complete the review within the time
period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act
allows the Department to extend these
deadlines to a maximum of 365 days
and 180 days, respectively.
Background
On April 26, 2006, the Department
partially extended the time limit for the
preliminary results in this review until
August 1, 2006. See Stainless Steel Wire
Rod from Sweden: Notice of Extension
of Time Limit for 2004–2005
Administrative Review, 71 FR 25813
(May 2, 2006).
Extension of Time Limits for
Preliminary Results
As a result of recent meetings which
took place between the interested
parties and Department officials on June
19 and 22, 2006, the Department
requires additional time to consider a
model matching criteria issue raised by
the respondent in this review and seek
additional comment on the matter.
Thus, it is not practicable to complete
the preliminary results of this review by
August 1, 2006. Therefore, the
Department is fully extending the time
limit for completion of the preliminary
results to 365 days, in accordance with
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. The
preliminary results are now due no later
than October 2, 2006, the next business
day after 365 days from the last day of
the anniversary month of the order. The
deadline for the final results continues
to be 120 days after publication of the
preliminary results.
We are issuing and publishing this
notice in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: July 11, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
[FR Doc. E6–11291 Filed 7–17–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of
Foreign Government Subsidies on
Articles of Cheese Subject to an In–
Quota Rate of Duty
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 18, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maura Jeffords or Eric Greynolds, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 3, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230,
telephone: (202) 482–3146 or 6071,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
702 of the Trade Agreements Act of
AGENCY:
1979 (as amended) (‘‘the Act’’) requires
the Department of Commerce (‘‘the
Department’’) to determine, in
consultation with the Secretary of
Agriculture, whether any foreign
government is providing a subsidy with
respect to any article of cheese subject
to an in–quota rate of duty, as defined
in section 702(h) of the Act, and to
publish an annual list and quarterly
updates of the type and amount of those
subsidies. We hereby provide the
Department’s quarterly update of
subsidies on articles of cheese that were
imported during the period January 1,
2006, through March 31, 2006.
The Department has developed, in
consultation with the Secretary of
Agriculture, information on subsidies
(as defined in section 702(h) of the Act)
being provided either directly or
indirectly by foreign governments on
articles of cheese subject to an in–quota
rate of duty. The appendix to this notice
lists the country, the subsidy program or
programs, and the gross and net
amounts of each subsidy for which
information is currently available. The
Department will incorporate additional
programs which are found to constitute
subsidies, and additional information
on the subsidy programs listed, as the
information is developed.
The Department encourages any
person having information on foreign
government subsidy programs which
benefit articles of cheese subject to an
in–quota rate of duty to submit such
information in writing to the Assistant
Secretary for Import Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20230.
This determination and notice are in
accordance with section 702(a) of the
Act.
Dated: July 12, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
APPENDIX
SUBSIDY PROGRAMS ON CHEESE SUBJECT TO AN IN–QUOTA RATE OF DUTY1
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Country
Program(s)
Austria ..........................................................................
Belgium ........................................................................
Canada ........................................................................
Cyprus ..........................................................................
Denmark ......................................................................
Finland .........................................................................
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Gross2 Subsidy ($/
lb)
Net3 Subsidy ($/lb)
$ 0.00
$ 0.00
$ 0.30
$ 0.00
$ 0.00
$ 0.30
$ 0.00
$ 0.00
$ 0.00
$ 0.00
$ 0.00
$ 0.00
European Union Restitution Payments
EU Restitution Payments
Export Assistance on Certain Types of
Cheese
EU Restitution Payments
EU Restitution Payments
EU Restitution Payments
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APPENDIX—Continued
SUBSIDY PROGRAMS ON CHEESE SUBJECT TO AN IN–QUOTA RATE OF DUTY1
Country
Gross2 Subsidy ($/
lb)
Program(s)
France ..........................................................................
Germany ......................................................................
Greece .........................................................................
Hungary* ......................................................................
Ireland ..........................................................................
Italy ..............................................................................
Lithuania ......................................................................
Netherlands ..................................................................
Norway .........................................................................
EU Restitution Payments
EU Restitution Payments
EU Restitution Payments
EU Restitution Payments
EU Restitution Payments
EU Restitution Payments
EU Restitution Payments
EU Restitution Payments
Indirect (Milk) Subsidy
Consumer Subsidy
Total
EU Restitution Payments
EU Restitution Payments
EU Restitution Payments
Deficiency Payments
EU Restitution Payments
Poland ..........................................................................
Portugal ........................................................................
Spain ............................................................................
Switzerland ..................................................................
U.K. ..............................................................................
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Net3 Subsidy ($/lb)
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1 This chart includes only those countries which exported articles of cheese to the United States during 1st Quarter, 2006, Luxembourg, Poland
and Slovenia did not export articles of cheese to the United States during the 1st Quarter, 2006.
2 Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5).
3 Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6).
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
On March 28, 2006, the Department
published a notice of intent to rescind
the administrative review of the
countervailing duty order on certain
hot–rolled carbon steel flat products
from India. See Notice of Intent to
Rescind Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review: Certain Hot–
Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from
India, 71 FR 15379 (March 28,
2006)(‘‘Intent to Rescind’’). On April 20,
2006, the Department published a
correction to the notice of intent to
rescind. See Notice of Correction to
Notice of Intent to Rescind
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review: Certain Hot–Rolled Carbon
Steel Flat Products from India, 71 FR
20390 (April 20, 2006). We invited
interested parties to comment on the
Intent to Rescind. We received no
comments.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–533–821]
Notice of Rescission of Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review: Certain
Hot–Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products
from India
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On March 28, 2006, the
Department of Commerce (‘‘the
Department’’) published a notice of
intent to rescind the administrative
review of the countervailing duty order
on certain hot–rolled carbon steel flat
products from India. The review covers
Essar Steel, Ltd. (‘‘Essar’’). The period of
review (‘‘POR’’) is January 1, 2005,
through December 31, 2005. The
Department received no comments
concerning the intent to rescind;
therefore, we are rescinding the
administrative review. We have found
that, during the POR, Essar made no
shipments of subject merchandise to the
United States during the POR.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 18, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Preeti Tolani, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 3, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Ave., NW,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482–0395.
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AGENCY:
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Scope of Review
The merchandise subject to this order
is certain hot–rolled flat–rolled carbon–
quality steel products of a rectangular
shape, of a width of 0.5 inch or greater,
neither clad, plated, nor coated with
metal and whether or not painted,
varnished, or coated with plastics or
other non–metallic substances, in coils
(whether or not in successively
superimposed layers), regardless of
thickness, and in straight lengths, of a
thickness of less than 4.75 mm and of
a width measuring at least 10 times the
thickness. Universal mill plate (i.e., flat–
rolled products rolled on four faces or
in a closed box pass, of a width
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exceeding 150 mm, but not exceeding
1250 mm, and of a thickness of not less
than 4 mm, not in coils and without
patterns in relief) of a thickness not less
than 4.0 mm is not included within the
scope of this order.
Specifically included in the scope of
this order are vacuum–degassed, fully
stabilized (commonly referred to as
interstitial–free (‘‘IF’’)) steels, high–
strength low–alloy (‘‘HSLA’’) steels, and
the substrate for motor lamination
steels. IF steels are recognized as low–
carbon steels with micro–alloying levels
of elements such as titanium or niobium
(also commonly referred to as
columbium), or both, added to stabilize
carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA
steels are recognized as steels with
micro–alloying levels of elements such
as chromium, copper, niobium,
vanadium, and molybdenum. The
substrate for motor lamination steels
contains micro–alloying levels of
elements such as silicon and aluminum.
Steel products included in the scope
of this order, regardless of definitions in
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (‘‘HTSUS’’), are products
in which: i) Iron predominates, by
weight, over each of the other contained
elements; ii) the carbon content is 2
percent or less, by weight; and iii) none
of the elements listed below exceeds the
quantity, by weight, respectively
indicated:
1.80 percent of manganese, or
2.25 percent of silicon, or
1.00 percent of copper, or
0.50 percent of aluminum, or
1.25 percent of chromium, or
0.30 percent of cobalt, or
0.40 percent of lead, or
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign Government
Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 18, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maura Jeffords or Eric Greynolds, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-3146
or 6071, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 702 of the Trade Agreements Act of
1979 (as amended) (``the Act'') requires the Department of Commerce
(``the Department'') to determine, in consultation with the Secretary
of Agriculture, whether any foreign government is providing a subsidy
with respect to any article of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of
duty, as defined in section 702(h) of the Act, and to publish an annual
list and quarterly updates of the type and amount of those subsidies.
We hereby provide the Department's quarterly update of subsidies on
articles of cheese that were imported during the period January 1,
2006, through March 31, 2006.
The Department has developed, in consultation with the Secretary of
Agriculture, information on subsidies (as defined in section 702(h) of
the Act) being provided either directly or indirectly by foreign
governments on articles of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty.
The appendix to this notice lists the country, the subsidy program or
programs, and the gross and net amounts of each subsidy for which
information is currently available. The Department will incorporate
additional programs which are found to constitute subsidies, and
additional information on the subsidy programs listed, as the
information is developed.
The Department encourages any person having information on foreign
government subsidy programs which benefit articles of cheese subject to
an in-quota rate of duty to submit such information in writing to the
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
20230.
This determination and notice are in accordance with section 702(a)
of the Act.
Dated: July 12, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
APPENDIX
SUBSIDY PROGRAMS ON CHEESE SUBJECT TO AN IN-QUOTA RATE OF DUTY\1\
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Gross\2\ Subsidy Net\3\ Subsidy ($/
Country Program(s) ($/lb) lb)
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Austria...................... European Union Restitution Payments $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Belgium...................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Canada....................... Export Assistance on Certain Types of $ 0.30 $ 0.30
Cheese
Cyprus....................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Denmark...................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Finland...................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.00 $ 0.00
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France....................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Germany...................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Greece....................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Hungary*..................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Ireland...................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Italy........................ EU Restitution Payments $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Lithuania.................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Netherlands.................. EU Restitution Payments $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Norway....................... Indirect (Milk) Subsidy $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Consumer Subsidy $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Total $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Poland....................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Portugal..................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Spain........................ EU Restitution Payments $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Switzerland.................. Deficiency Payments $ 0.00 $ 0.00
U.K.......................... EU Restitution Payments $ 0.00 $ 0.00
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\1\ This chart includes only those countries which exported articles of cheese to the United States during 1st
Quarter, 2006, Luxembourg, Poland and Slovenia did not export articles of cheese to the United States during
the 1st Quarter, 2006.
\2\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5).
\3\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6).
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