[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 19 (Monday, January 31, 2005)] [Notices] [Pages 4818-4820] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 05-1731] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice of initiation of antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews and request for revocation in part. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with December anniversary dates. In accordance with our regulations, we are initiating those administrative reviews. The Department also received a request to revoke, in part, one antidumping duty order. EFFECTIVE DATE: January 31, 2005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Holly A. Kuga, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-4737. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: [[Page 4819]] Background The Department has received timely requests, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(2004), for administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with December anniversary dates. The Department also received a timely request to revoke in part the antidumping duty order on Honey from Argentina. Initiation of Reviews: In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we are initiating administrative reviews of the following antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings. We intend to issue the final results of these reviews not later than December 31, 2005. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Period to be reviewed ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Antidumping Duty Proceedings Argentina: Honey, A-357-812....................... 12/01/03-11/30/04 Asociacion de Cooperativas Argentinas Centauro S.A. Comexter Robinson S.A. Compa Inversora Platense S.A. Compania Apicola Argentina SA Compania Europea Americana S.A. ConAgra Argentina S.A. Coope-Riel Ltda. Cooperativa DeAgua Potable y Otros El Mana, S.A. Establecimiento Don Angel S.r.L. Food Way, S.A. Francisco Facundo Rodriguez Jay Bees Jose Luis Garcia HoneyMax S.A. Mielar S.A. Navicon S.A. Nexco S.A. Nutrin S.A. Parodi Agropecuaria S.A. Radix S.r.L. Seylinco S.A. Times S.A. Transhoney S.A. Brazil: Silicomanganese, A-351-824................ 12/1/03-11/30/04 Rio Doce Manganes S.A. Companhia Paulista de Ferro-Ligas Urucum Mineracao S.A. India: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 12/1/03-11/30/04 Products, A-533-820.............................. Essar Steel Ltd. The People's Republic of China: Certain Cased 12/1/03-11/30/04 Pencils,\1\ A-570-827............................ Anhui Import/Export Group Corporation Beijing Light Industrial Products Import/ Export Corporation Beijing Yixunda Technology and Trade Co., Ltd. China First Pencil Company, Ltd. Guangdong Provincial Stationery & Sporting Goods Import & Export Corporation Orient International Holding Shanghai Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. Shanghai Three Star Stationary Industry Corp. Shanghai Weijun International Trading Inc./ Grand World Inc. Shandong Rongxin Import & Export Company Ltd. Sichuan Light Industrial Products Import/ Export Corporation Three Star Stationery Industry Corp. Tianjin Custom Wood Processing Co., Ltd. The People's Republic of China: Honey,\2\ A-570- 12/1/03-11/30/04 863.............................................. Anhui Native Produce Import & Export Corp. Anhui Honghui Foodstuff (Group) Co., Ltd. Cheng Du Wai Yuan Bee Products Co., Ltd. Eurasia Bee's Products Co., Ltd. Foodworld International Club, Ltd. High Hope International Group Jiangsu Foodstuffs Import and Export Corporation Henan Native Produce Import and Export Corporation Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Native Produce and Animal By-Products Import & Export Corp. Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Native Produce and Animal By-Products Inner Mongolia Youth Trade Development Co., Ltd. Jiangsu Kanghong Natural Healthfoods Co., Ltd. Jinfu Trading Co., Ltd. Kunshan Foreign Trade Company Shanghai Eswell Enterprise Co., Ltd. Shanghai Shinomiel International Trade Corporation Shanghai Xiuwei International Trading Co., Ltd. Sichuan-Dujiangyan Dubao Bee Industrial Co., Ltd. Wuhan Bee Healthy Co., Ltd. Zhejiang Native Produce and Animal By-Products Import & Export Group Corp. (a.k.a. Zhejiang Native Produce and Animal By-Products Import & Export Corp.) [[Page 4820]] The People's Republic of China: Malleable Cast 12/2/03-11/30/04 Iron Pipe Fittings,\3\ A-570-881................. Beijing Sai Lin Ke Hardware Co., Ltd. Langfang Pannext Pipe Fitting Co., Ltd. Chengde Malleable Iron General Factory SCE Co., Ltd. The People's Republic of China: Porcelain-on-Steel 12/1/03-11/30/04 Cooking Ware,\4\ A-570-506....................... Shanghai Watex Metal Products Co., Ltd. The People's Republic of China: 12/1/03-11/30/04 Silicomanganese,\5\ A-570-828.................... Sichuan Huaxin Iron Alloy Co., Ltd./Yonghe Metal Co., Ltd. Countervailing Duty Proceedings Argentina: Honey,\6\ C-357-813.................... 1/1/04-12/31/04 India: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 1/1/04-12/31/04 Products, C-533-821.............................. Essar Steel, Ltd. Thailand: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 1/1/03-12/31/03 Products, C-549-818.............................. Sahaviriya Steel Industries Public Company Limited Suspension Agreements None ............................................. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate rate, all other exporters of certain cased pencils from the People's Republic of China who have not qualified for a separate rate are deemed to be covered by this review as part of the single PRC entity of which the named exporters are a part. \2\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate rate, all other exporters of honey from the People's Republic of China who have not qualified for a separate rate are deemed to be covered by this review as part of the single PRC entity of which the named exporters are a part. \3\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate rate, all other exporters of malleable cast iron pipe fittings from the People's Republic of China who have not qualified for a separate rate are deemed to be covered by this review as part of the single PRC entity of which the named exporters are a part. \4\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate rate, all other exporters of porcelain-on-steel cooking ware from the People's Republic of China who have not qualified for a separate rate are deemed to be covered by this review as part of the single PRC entity of which the named exporters are a part. \5\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate rate, all other exporters of silicomanganese from the People's Republic of China who have not qualified for a separate rate are deemed to be covered by this review as part of the single PRC entity of which the named exporters are a part. \6\ In accordance with section 351.213(b) of the regulations, the GOA and the petitioners have requested an administrative review of this countervailing duty order. No individual exporters requested the review pursuant to section 351.213(b) of the regulations. Accordingly, the Department will be conducting the review of this order on an aggregate basis. During any administrative review covering all or part of a period falling between the first and second or third and fourth anniversary of the publication of an antidumping duty order under section 351.211 or a determination under section 351.218(f)(4) to continue an order or suspended investigation (after sunset review), the Secretary, if requested by a domestic interested party within 30 days of the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the review, will determine, consistent with FAG Italia v. United States, 291 F.3d 806 (Fed. Cir. 202), as appropriate, whether antidumping duties have been absorbed by an exporter or producer subject to the review if the subject merchandise is sold in the United States through an importer that is affiliated with such exporter or producer. The request must include the name(s) of the exporter or producer for which the inquiry is requested. Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. These initiations and this notice are in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)), and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i). Dated: January 26, 2005. Holly A. Kuga, Senior Office Director, Office 4 for Import Administration. [FR Doc. 05-1731 Filed 1-28-05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P