Import investigations: Live cattle from— Canada and Mexico,

[Federal Register: November 19, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 223)]

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigations Nos. 701-TA-386 and 731-TA-812-813 (Preliminary)]

Live Cattle from Canada and Mexico

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Institution of countervailing duty and antidumping investigations and scheduling of preliminary phase investigations.

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of investigations and commencement of preliminary phase countervailing duty investigation No. 701-TA-386 (Preliminary) and antidumping investigations Nos. 731-TA-812-813 (Preliminary) under sections 703(a) and 733(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. Sec. 1671b(a) and 19 U.S.C. Sec. 1673b(a)) (the Act) to determine whether there is a reasonable indication that an industry in the United States is materially injured or threatened with material injury, or the establishment of an industry in the United States is materially retarded, by reason of imports from Canada of live cattle that are alleged to be subsidized by the Government of Canada, and imports from Canada and Mexico of live cattle that are alleged to be sold in the United States at less than fair value.‹SUP›1‹/SUP› Unless the

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Department of Commerce extends the time for initiation pursuant to section 702(c)(1)(B) or 732(c)(1)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C. Sec. 1671a(c)(1)(B) or 19 U.S.C. Sec. 1673a(c)(1)(B)), the Commission must reach preliminary determinations in these investigations in 45 days.

\1\ The products covered by these investigations are live cattle and calves for slaughter and feeder cattle and calves. Excluded from the scope are imports of dairy cows for the production of milk for human consumption and purebred cattle specially imported for breeding purposes and other cattle specially imported for breeding purposes. The merchandise subject to these investigations is included in subheading 0102.90.40 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, with the exception of statistical reporting numbers 0102.90.4072 and 0102.90.4074.

For further information concerning the conduct of these investigations 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 and B (19 CFR part 207).

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 12, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Haines (202-205-3200), 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

Background

These investigations are being instituted in response to a letter filedon November 12, 1998, by the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Foundation (``R-Calf'') (Columbus, MT), and its supporting trade associations and individual cattlemen and cattlewomen. Counsel for R- Calf withdrew its petitions and addenda in countervailing duty investigation No. 701-TA-385 (Preliminary) and antidumping investigations Nos. 731-TA-809-810 (Preliminary) on November 10, 1998. The letter received on November 12, 1998 petitioning for institution of antidumping and countervailing duty investigations requested that the petition and addenda filedin the discontinued investigations be incorporated by reference in the instant investigations. The instant antidumping and countervailing duty investigations also shall incorporate the record from the discontinued investigations.

Participation in the investigations and public service list

Persons (other than petitioners) wishing to participate in the investigations as parties must file new entries of appearance with the Secretary to the Commission, as provided in sections 201.11 and 207.10 of the Commission's rules, not later than seven days after publication of this notice in the Federal Register. (Persons who filedentries of appearance in countervailing duty investigation No. 701-TA-385 (Preliminary) and antidumping investigations Nos. 731-TA-809-810 (Preliminary) must file new entries of appearance.) Industrial users and (if the merchandise under investigation is sold at the retail level) representative consumer organizations have the right to appear as parties in these investigations. The Secretary will prepare a public service list containing the names and addresses of all persons, or their representatives, who are parties to these investigations upon the expiration of the period for filing entries of appearance.

Limited disclosure of business proprietary information (BPI) under an administrative protective order (APO) and BPI service list

Pursuant to section 207.7(a) of the Commission's rules, the Secretary will make BPI gathered in these investigations available to authorized applicants representing interested parties (as defined in 19 U.S.C. Sec. 1677(9)) who are parties to the investigations under the APO issued in the investigations, provided that the new application is made not later than seven days after the publication of this notice in the Federal Register. (Persons who filedAPO applications in the discontinued investigations must file new applications.) A separate service list will be maintained by the Secretary for those parties authorized to receive BPI under the APO.

Conference

The Commission's Director of Operations has scheduled a conference in connection with these investigations for 9:30 a.m. on December 2, 1998, at the U.S. International Trade Commission Building, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC. Parties wishing to participate in the conference should contact Elizabeth Haines (202-205-3200) not later than November 30, 1998, to arrange for their appearance. Parties in support of the imposition of antidumping duties in these investigations and parties in opposition to the imposition of such duties will each be collectively allocated one hour within which to make an oral presentation at the conference. A nonparty who has testimony that may aid the Commission's deliberations may request permission to present a short statement at the conference.

Written Submissions

As provided in sections 201.8 and 207.15 of the Commission's rules, any person may submit to the Commission on or before December 7, 1998, a written brief containing information and arguments pertinent to the subject matter of the investigations. Parties may file written testimony in connection with their presentation at the conference no later than three days before the conference. If briefs or written testimony contain BPI, they must conform with the requirements of sections 201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of the Commission's rules. The Commission's rules do not authorize filing of submissions with the Secretary by facsimile or electronic means.

In accordance with sections 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the rules, each document filedby a party to the investigations must be served on all other parties to the investigations (as identified by either the public or BPI service list), and a certificate of service must be timely filed. The Secretary will not accept a document for filing without a certificate of service.

Authority: These investigations are being conducted under authority of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published pursuant to section 207.12 of the Commission's rules.

By order of the Commission.

Issued: November 13, 1998. Donna R. Koehnke, Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98-30888Filed11-18-98; 8:45 am]

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