[Federal Register: August 26, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 166)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received
requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and
countervailing duty orders and findings with July anniversary dates. In
accordance with the Department's regulations, we are initiating those
administrative reviews.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 26, 2008
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sheila E. Forbes, Office of AD/CVD
Operations, Customs Unit, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
4697.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department has received timely requests, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.213(b)(2002), for administrative reviews of various antidumping
and countervailing duty orders and findings with July anniversary
dates.
Respondent Selection
In the event the Department limits the number of respondents for
individual examination for administrative reviews, the Department
intends to select respondents based on U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) data for U.S. imports during the period of review
(POR). We intend to release the CBP data under Administrative
Protective Order (APO) to all parties having an APO within five days of
publication of this initiation notice and to make our decision
regarding respondent selection within 20 days of publication of this
Federal Register notice. The Department invites comments regarding the
CBP data and respondent selection within 10 calendar days of
publication of this Federal Register notice.
Separate Rates
In proceedings involving non-market economy (``NME'') countries,
the Department begins with a rebuttable presumption that all companies
within the country are subject to government control and, thus, should
be assigned a single antidumping duty deposit rate. It is the
Department's policy to assign all exporters of merchandise subject to
an administrative review in an NME country this single rate unless an
exporter can demonstrate that it is sufficiently independent so as to
be entitled to a separate rate.
To establish whether a firm is sufficiently independent from
government control of its export activities to be entitled to a
separate rate, the Department analyzes each entity exporting the
subject merchandise under a test arising from the Final Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sparklers from the People's Republic
of China, 56 FR 20588 (May 6, 1991) (``Sparklers''), as amplified by
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Silicon Carbide
from the People's Republic of China, 59 FR 22585 (May 2,1994)
(``Silicon Carbide'').
In accordance with the separate-rates criteria, the Department
assigns separate rates to companies in NME cases only if respondents
can demonstrate the absence of both de jure and de facto government
control over export activities.
All firms listed below that wish to qualify for separate-rate
status in the administrative reviews involving NME countries must
complete, as appropriate, either a separate-rate application or
certification, as described below. For these administrative reviews, in
order to demonstrate separate-rate eligibility, the Department requires
entities for whom a review was requested, that were assigned a separate
rate in the most recent segment of this proceeding in which they
participated, to certify that they continue to meet the criteria for
obtaining a separate rate. The Separate Rate Certification form will be
available on the Department's website at http://www.trade.gov/ia on the
date of publication of this Federal Register. In responding to the
certification, please follow the ``Instructions for Filing the
Certification'' in the Separate Rate Certification. Separate Rate
Certifications are due to the Department no later than 30 calendar days
of publication of this Federal Register notice. The deadline and
requirement for submitting a Certification applies equally to NME-owned
firms, wholly foreign-owned firms, and foreign sellers who purchase and
export subject merchandise to the United States.
For entities that have not previously been assigned a separate
rate, to demonstrate eligibility for such, the Department requires a
Separate Rate Status Application. The Separate Rate Status Application
will be available on the Department's website at http://www.trade.gov/
ia on the date of publication of this Federal Register
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notice. In responding to the Separate Rate Status Application, refer to
the instructions contained in the application. Separate Rate Status
Applications are due to the Department no later than 60 calendar days
of publication of this Federal Register notice. The deadline and
requirement for submitting a Separate Rate Status Application applies
equally to NME-owned firms, wholly foreign-owned firms, and foreign
sellers that purchase and export subject merchandise to the United
States.
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 July 31, 2009.
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Antidumping Duty Proceedings Period to be Reviewed
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FINLAND: Purified Carboxymethylcellulose..
A-405-803................................. 7/1/07--6/30/08
CP Kelco Oy.......................
INDIA: Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)
Film.....................................
A-533-824................................. 7/1/07--6/30/08
Jindal Poly Films Limited of India
ITALY: Certain Pasta......................
A-475-818................................. 7/1/07--6/30/08
Arrighi, S.p.A....................
Domenico Paone fu Erasmo S.p.A....
F. Divella SpA....................
Industria Alimentare Colavita,
S.p.A............................
P.A.M. S.p.A......................
Pasta Lensi.......................
Pasta Zara SpA....................
Pastificio Di Martino Gaetano &
F.lli S.r.L......................
Pastificio Felicetti S.r.L........
Pastificio Fratelli Pagani S.p.A..
Pastificio Labor S.r.L............
Pastificio Lucio Garafalo.........
Pastificio Riscossa F.Illi
Mastromauro S.r.L................
Rummo S.p.A. Molino e Pastificio..
Rustichella d'Abruzzo S.p.A.......
JAPAN: Stainless Steel sheet and Strip in
Coils....................................
A-588-845................................. 7/1/07 6/30/08
Hitachi Cable LLP.................
Nippon Kinzoku Co., Ltd...........
MEXICO: Purified Carboxymethylcellulose...
A-201-834................................. 7/1/07--6/30/08
Quimica Amtex, S.A. de C.V........
MEXICO: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in
Coils....................................
A-201-822................................. 7/1/07--6/30/08
ThyssenKrupp Mexinox S.A. de C.V..
SWEDEN: Purified Carboxymethylcellulose...
A-401-808................................. 7/1/07--6/30/08
CP Kelco AB.......................
TAIWAN: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in
Coils....................................
A-583-831................................. 7/1/07--6/30/08
Ta Chen Stainless Pipe Co., Ltd...
Yieh United Steel Corporation.....
Chia Far Industrial Factory Co.,
Ltd..............................
China Steel Corporation...........
Dah Shi Metal Industrial Co., Ltd.
KNS Enterprise Co., Ltd...........
Lih Chan Steel Co., Ltd...........
Tang Eng Iron Works...............
PFP Taiwan Co., Ltd...............
Yieh Loong Enterprise Co., Ltd.
(aka Chung Hung Steel Co., Ltd.).
Yieh Trading Corp.................
Tibest International, Inc.........
Goang Jau Shing Enterprise Co.,
Ltd..............................
Yieh Mau Corp.....................
Maytun International Corp.........
Shih Yuan Stainless Steel
Enterprise Co., Ltd..............
Chien Shing Stainless Co..........
Chain Chon Industrial Co., Ltd....
Emerdex Stainless Flat-Rolled
Products, Inc....................
Emerdex Stainless Steel, Inc......
Emerdex Group.....................
Waterson Corp.....................
Well Harvest Metal Co., Ltd.......
THAILAND: Carbon Steel Butt Weld Pipe
Fittings.................................
A-549-807................................. 7/1/07--6/30/08
Thai Benkan Co., Ltd..............
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THE NETHERLANDS: Purified
Carboxymethylcellulose...................
A-421-811................................. 7/1/07--6/30/08
CP Kelco BV.......................
Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals,
B.V..............................
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA:
Persulfates\1\...........................
A-570-847................................. 7/1/07--6/30/08
Degussa-AJ Shanghai Initiators
Co., Ltd.........................
Shanghai AJ Import & Export
Corporation......................
Countervailing Duty
Proceedings............
INDIA: Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)
Film.....................................
C-533-825................................. 1/1/07--12/31/07
Jindal Poly Films Limited of India
ITALY: Certain Pasta......................
C-475-819................................. 1/1/07--12/31/07
DeMatteis Agroalimentare S.p.A....
F.lli De Cecco di Filippo Fara San
Martino S.p.A....................
Suspension Agreements...
None......................................
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\1\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate
rate, all other exporters of Persulfates 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.
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 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.
2002), 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.On
January 22, 2008, the Department published Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Documents Submission Procedures; APO
Procedures (73 FR 3634). Those procedures apply to administrative
reviews included in this notice of initiation. Parties wishing to
participate in any of these administrative reviews should ensure that
they meet the requirements of these procedures (e.g., the filing of
separate letters of appearance as discussed at 19 CFR 351.103(d)).
These initiations and this notice are in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 USC 1675(a)) and 19
CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).
Dated: August 20, 2008.
Eward C. Yang,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Adminstration.
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