Silicon Metal From Brazil and South Africa

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On April 16, 2004, the Department of Commerce and the Commission received a letter from petitioners in the subject investigations (Globe Metallurgical Inc., Beverly, OH; the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers, I.U.E.-C.W.A., AFL-CIO, C.L.C., Local 693; and the United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO, Local 9436) withdrawing their petition. Commerce has not initiated investigations as provided for in sections 702(c) and 732(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671a(c) and 1673a(c)). Accordingly, the Commission gives notice that its countervailing duty and antidumping investigations concerning silicon metal from Brazil and South Africa (investigations No. 701-TA- 441 (Preliminary) and 731-TA-1081 (Preliminary)) are discontinued.