Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Taiwan: Initiation of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstance Review, 17063-17065 [E5-1489]
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tugboats (HTSUS 8901.90), double–
hulled liquid barges (HTSUS 8901.20)
and articulating tug barges for domestic
and international customers. Foreign
components that would be used at the
shipyard (up to 30% of total purchases)
include: diesel engines (HTSUS
8408.10), sterntubes (8483.30),
reduction gears (8483.40), shaft
grounding systems and seals (8483.90),
generators (8501.62 , 8501.63), overfill
alarms (8531.90), tank washing
machines (8537.10), valve remote
operators (8537.10), tank gauging
systems (8537.10), and ACCU
automation/steering systems (8537.10)
(duty rates: 1.3 4.5%). The request
indicates that Senesco will not admit
any foreign–origin steel mill products to
the zone for use in FTZ manufacturing
activity.
FTZ procedures would exempt
Senesco from Customs duty payments
on the foreign components used in
export activity. On its domestic sales,
the company would be able to choose
the duty rate that applies to finished
oceangoing vessels (duty free) for the
foreign–origin components noted above.
Duties would be deferred or reduced on
foreign production equipment admitted
by Senesco to the zone until which time
it becomes operational. The
manufacturing activity conducted under
FTZ procedures would be subject to the
‘‘standard shipyard restriction’’
applicable to foreign–origin steel mill
products (e.g., angles, pipe, plate),
which requires that full Customs duties
be paid on such items.
Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions shall be
addressed to the Board’s Executive
Secretary at one of the following
addresses:
1. Submissions via Express/Package
Delivery Services: Foreign–Trade Zones
Board, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Franklin Court Building 4100W, 1099
14th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005;
or,
2. Submissions via the U.S. Postal
Service: Foreign–Trade Zones Board,
U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB
4100W, 1401 Constitution Ave., NW,
Washington, DC 20230.
The closing period for their receipt is
May 4, 2005.
A copy of the application will be
available for public inspection at the
Office of the Foreign–Trade Zones
Board’s Executive Secretary at address
No. 1 listed above.
Dated: March 25, 2005.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A–427–801, A–428–801, A–475–801, A–588–
804, A–559–801, A–412–801
Antifriction Bearings and Parts Thereof
From France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
Singapore, and the United Kingdom:
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Reviews
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 4, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Janis Kalnins or Richard Rimlinger, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 5, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–1392 or (202) 482–
4477, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary
Results of Reviews
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires
the Department to make a preliminary
determination 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 determination is published.
If it is not practicable to complete the
review within these time periods,
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows
the Department to extend the time limit
for the preliminary determination to a
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maximum of 365 days after the last day
of the anniversary month.
We determine that it is not practicable
to complete the preliminary results of
these reviews within the original time
limit because of the number of
companies involved in these reviews,
the complex issues surrounding the
model–match methodology, and the
additional time we need to conduct
verifications. Therefore, we are
extending the time period for issuing
the preliminary results of these reviews
by an additional 26 days, until April 27,
2005, which is 331 days after the last
day of the anniversary month of the
order.
This notice is published in
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).
Dated: March 29, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
[FR Doc. E5–1491 Filed 4–1–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
At the request of interested parties,
the Department of Commerce (the
Department) initiated administrative
reviews of the antidumping duty orders
on antifriction bearings and parts
thereof from France, Germany, Italy,
Japan, Singapore, and the United
Kingdom for the period May 1, 2003,
through April 30, 2004. See Initiation of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews and Request for
Revocation in Part, 69 FR 39409 (June
30, 2004). The
preliminary results of reviews are
currently due no later than April 1,
2005. See Antifriction Bearings and
Parts Thereof From France, Germany,
Italy, Japan, Singapore, and the United
Kingdom: Extension of Time Limit for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Reviews, 70 FR
3676 (January 26, 2005).
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International Trade Administration
(A–583–008)
Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel
Pipes and Tubes from Taiwan:
Initiation of Antidumping Duty
Changed Circumstance Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) has received
information sufficient to warrant
initiation of a changed circumstance
review of the antidumping order of
certain circular welded carbon steel
pipes and tubes from Taiwan. See
Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel
Pipes and Tubes From Taiwan:
Antidumping Duty Order, 49 FR 19369
(May 7, 1984). In response to this
request made by Yieh Phui Enterprise
Co., Ltd. (Yieh Phui), the Department is
initiating a changed circumstance
review to determine whether Yieh Phui
is the successor–in-interest to Yieh
Hsing Enterprise Co, Ltd (Yieh Hsing).
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 4, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Angela Strom or Robert James at (202)
482–2704 or (202) 482–0649,
respectively; AD/CVD Operations,
Office 7, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce, 14th Street
and Constitution Ave. NW, Washington
DC 20230.
AGENCY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In the context of the 2002–2003
administrative review of circular
welded carbon steel pipe and tubes from
Taiwan, the respondent,Yieh Hsing, had
requested the Department to initiate a
changed circumstance review to
determine whether Yieh Phui is the
successor–in-interest to Yieh Hsing. See
Yieh Hsing Section A Questionnaire
response dated September 11, 2003
(which will be made available upon
publication of this notice in the Central
Records Unit (CRU) at the Department
of Commerce). At that time, the
Department did not find the information
in the request sufficient to warrant
initiation of a changed circumstance
review. See Letter from the Department
to Yieh Hsing dated November 14, 2003
(also available upon the publication of
this notice in CRU). On September 30,
2004, the Department published the
final results of the administrative review
and assigned a cash deposit rate of 1.61
percent to Yieh Hsing for sales of
subject merchandise to the United
States. See Circular Welded Carbon
Steel Pipes and Tubes From Taiwan:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 69 FR 58390
(September 30, 2004).
On February 15, 2005, Yieh Phui
requested the Department to conduct an
expedited changed circumstances
review of the order on certain circular
welded carbon steel pipes and tubes
from Taiwan with respect to Yieh Phui.
In the request, Yieh Phui included
information relating to current and
former operations of Yieh Phui and Yieh
Hsing and provided documentation
relating to Yieh Phui’s acquisition of
Yieh Hsing’s steel pipe production
facilities. Accordingly, Yieh Phui asked
the Department to find Yieh Phui as the
successor–in-interest to Yieh Hsing and
to accord Yieh Phui the same
antidumping duty treatment as its
predecessor with respect to subject
merchandise.
Scope of the Order
Imports covered by the order are
shipments of certain circular welded
carbon steel pipes and tubes. The
Department defines such merchandise
as welded carbon steel pipes and tubes
of circular cross section, with walls not
thinner than 0.065 inch and 0.375 inch
or more but not over 4.5 inches in
outside diameter. These products are
commonly referred to in the industry as
‘‘standard pipe’’ and are produced to
various American Society for Testing
Materials specifications, most notably
A–53, A–120 and A–135. Standard pipe
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is currently classified under
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) item
subheadings 7306.30.5025,
7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040, and
7306.30.5055. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the merchandise
under the order is dispositive.
Initiation of Changed Circumstance
Review
Pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, the
Department will conduct a changed
circumstance review upon request from
an interested party or receipt of
information concerning an antidumping
duty order, which shows changed
circumstances exist to warrant a review
of the order. Pursuant to Yieh Phui’s
request dated February 15, 2005, the
Department is initiating a changed
circumstance review to determine
whether Yieh Phui is the successor–ininterest to Yieh Hsing for purposes of
determining antidumping liability with
respect to imports of subject
merchandise from Taiwan produced
and exported by Yieh Phui.
In making a successor–in-interest
determination, the Department
examines several factors, including, but
not limited to, changes in: 1)
management; 2) production facilities; 3)
supplier relationships; and 4) customer
base. See Notice of Final Results of
Changed Circumstances Review:
Polychloroprene Rubber from Japan, 69
FR 67890 (November 22, 2004) citing,
Brass Sheet and Strip from Canada:
Notice of Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review, 57 FR
20460 (May 13, 1992) (Brass Sheet).
While no single factor or a combination
of these factors will necessarily provide
a dispositive indication, the Department
will generally consider the new
company to be the successor to the
previous company if its resulting
operation is not materially dissimilar to
that of its predecessor. See e.g.,
Industrial Phosphoric Acid from Israel:
Final Results of Changed Circumstances
Review, 59 FR 6944 (February 14, 1994),
Canadian Brass, and Certain Preserved
Mushrooms from India: Final Results of
Changed–Circumstances Review, 68 FR
6884 (February 11, 2003). If evidence
demonstrates that, with respect to the
production and sale of the subject
merchandise, the new company
operates as the same entity as the former
company, the Department will treat the
successor company the same as the
predecessor for antidumping purposes.
See Fresh and Chilled Atlantic Salmon
from Norway: Final Results of Changed
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Circumstance Antidumping
Administrative Review, 64 FR 9979
(March 1, 1999).
While Yieh Phui claims it has been
operating the steel pipe operations as
the same entity as Yieh Hsing, the
Department determines that Yieh Phui
has not provided prima facie evidence
that Yieh Phui is the successor–ininterest to Yieh Hsing. Because we find
deficiencies in the information provided
by Yieh Phui, we will collect additional
information in the context of this
review.
Section 351.211 (c)(3)(ii) of the
Department’s regulations permits the
Department to combine the notice of
initiation of a changed circumstance
review and the notice of preliminary
results in a single notice if the
Department concludes that expedited
action is warranted. As noted, although
the Department finds the information
submitted by Yieh Phui sufficient to
warrant the initiation of a changed
circumstance review, we do not find the
information sufficient to make a
preliminary finding. Because the record
supporting Yieh Phui’s claim is
deficient, we find that expedited action
is impracticable. Thus, the Department
is not issuing the preliminary results of
this antidumping duty changed
circumstances review at this time.
The Department will publish in the
Federal Register a notice of preliminary
results of antidumping duty changed
circumstance review, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4) and 19 CFR
351.221 (c)(3)(i). This notice will set
forth the factual and legal conclusions
upon which our preliminary results are
based and a description of any action
proposed based on those results.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(ii),
interested parties will have an
opportunity to comment on the
preliminary results of this review. In
accordance with 19 CFR 351.216 (e), the
Department will issue the final results
of its antidumping duty changed
circumstance review not later than 270
days after the date on which the review
is initiated.
During the course of this antidumping
duty changed circumstance review, we
will not change the cash deposit
requirements for the merchandise
subject to review. The cash deposit will
only be altered, if warranted, pursuant
to the final results of this review.
This notice of initiation is in
accordance with sections 751(b)(1) of
the Tariff Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(1).
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Dated: March 24, 2005.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
[FR Doc. E5–1489 Filed 4–1–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–351–828]
Notice of Extension of Time Limit for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty New Shipper Review: Certain
Hot–Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products
From Brazil
AGENCY: Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
AGENCY:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
April 4, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
351.214(i)(2). The Department has
determined that additional time is
necessary to complete the preliminary
results because issues raised in the cost
investigation and the scheduling of sales
and cost verifications make this case
extraordinarily complicated. Therefore,
the preliminary results of this new
shipper review cannot be completed
within the statutory time limit of 180
days.
Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and
19 CFR 315.214(i)(2) allow the
Department to extend the deadline for
the preliminary results of a new shipper
review to 300 days after the date on
which the new shipper review was
initiated. For the reasons noted above,
we are extending the time for the
completion of preliminary results until
no later than August 18, 2005. The
deadline for the final results will
continue to be 90 days after the date on
which the preliminary results were
issued.
Helen Kramer or Kristin Najdi at (202)
482–0405 or (202) 482–8221,
respectively; AD/CVD Operations,
Office 7, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: March 29, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
[FR Doc. E5–1488 Filed 4–1–05; 8:45 am]
Background
International Trade Administration
On September 27, 2004, Companhia
´
˜
Siderurgica de Tubarao (CST) requested
that the Department conduct a new
shipper review of its exports to the
United States during the period March
1, 2004, through August 31, 2004. On
October 28, 2004, the Department
published the notice initiating a new
shipper review of CSN. See Notice of
Initiation of Antidumping Duty New
Shipper Review, 69 FR 62866 (October
28, 2004). The preliminary results are
currently due not later than April 20,
2005.
Extension of Time Limits for
Preliminary Results
Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and
19 CFR 351.214(i)(1) require the
Department to issue the preliminary
results of a new shipper review within
180 days after the date on which the
new shipper review was initiated and
final results of a review within 90 days
after the date on which the preliminary
results were issued. The Department
may, however, extend the deadline for
completion of the preliminary results of
a new shipper review to 300 days if it
determines that the case is
extraordinarily complicated. See 19 CFR
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Applications for Duty–Free Entry of
Scientific Instruments
Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the
Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub.
L. 89–651; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part
301), we invite comments on the
question of whether instruments of
equivalent scientific value, for the
purposes for which the instruments
shown below are intended to be used,
are being manufactured in the United
States.
Comments must comply with 15 CFR
301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and
be filed within 20 days with the
Statutory Import Programs Staff, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Washington,
D.C. 20230. Applications may be
examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00
P.M. in Suite 4100W, U.S. Department
of Commerce, Franklin Court Building,
1099 14th Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
Docket Number: 05–014.
Applicant: Baylor College of
Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston,
TX 77030.
Instrument: Electron Microscope,
Model JEM–2100.
Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan.
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Intended Use: The instrument is
intended to be used to study 3–
dimensional structures, with 3 to 6
angstrom resolution, of materials to
include proteins, viruses and receptors
which are involved in a variety of
biological processes including catalytic
reactions, viral morphogenesis, signal
transduction and molecular transport.
Properties of materials to be studied
have a tendency to form higher–order
aggregates, which are radiation sensitive
to the incident electrons. Specimens
will be kept hydrated at 25–50 degrees
K which is optimal for reducing
microscope radiation.
Application accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: March 7,
2005.
Docket Number: 05–015.
Applicant: Baylor College of
Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston,
TX 77030.
Instrument: Electron Microscope,
Model JEM–3200FSC.
Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan.
Intended Use: The instrument is
intended to be used to study 3–
dimensional structures, with 3 to 6
angstrom resolution, of materials to
include proteins, viruses and receptors
which are involved in a variety of
biological processes including catalytic
reactions, viral morphogenesis, signal
transduction and molecular transport.
Properties of materials to be studied
have a tendency to form higher–order
aggregates, which are radiation sensitive
to the incident electrons. Specimens
will be kept hydrated at 25–50 degrees
K which is optimal for reducing
microscope radiation.
Application accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: March
7,2005.
Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs
Staff.
[FR Doc. E5–1493 Filed 4–1–05; 8:45 am]
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International Trade Administration
University of Vermont; Notice of
Decision on Application for Duty–Free
Entry of Scientific Instrument
This decision is made pursuant to
Section 6(c) of the Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Materials
Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89–
651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301).
Related records can be viewed between
8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Suite
4100W, U.S. Department of Commerce,
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
(A-583-008)
Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Taiwan:
Initiation of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstance Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received
information sufficient to warrant initiation of a changed circumstance
review of the antidumping order of certain circular welded carbon steel
pipes and tubes from Taiwan. See Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel
Pipes and Tubes From Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Order, 49 FR 19369 (May
7, 1984). In response to this request made by Yieh Phui Enterprise Co.,
Ltd. (Yieh Phui), the Department is initiating a changed circumstance
review to determine whether Yieh Phui is the successor-in-interest to
Yieh Hsing Enterprise Co, Ltd (Yieh Hsing).
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 4, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Strom or Robert James at (202)
482-2704 or (202) 482-0649, respectively; AD/CVD Operations, Office 7,
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department
of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave. NW, Washington DC 20230.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In the context of the 2002-2003 administrative review of circular
welded carbon steel pipe and tubes from Taiwan, the respondent,Yieh
Hsing, had requested the Department to initiate a changed circumstance
review to determine whether Yieh Phui is the successor-in-interest to
Yieh Hsing. See Yieh Hsing Section A Questionnaire response dated
September 11, 2003 (which will be made available upon publication of
this notice in the Central Records Unit (CRU) at the Department of
Commerce). At that time, the Department did not find the information in
the request sufficient to warrant initiation of a changed circumstance
review. See Letter from the Department to Yieh Hsing dated November 14,
2003 (also available upon the publication of this notice in CRU). On
September 30, 2004, the Department published the final results of the
administrative review and assigned a cash deposit rate of 1.61 percent
to Yieh Hsing for sales of subject merchandise to the United States.
See Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Taiwan: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 69 FR 58390
(September 30, 2004).
On February 15, 2005, Yieh Phui requested the Department to conduct
an expedited changed circumstances review of the order on certain
circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan with respect
to Yieh Phui. In the request, Yieh Phui included information relating
to current and former operations of Yieh Phui and Yieh Hsing and
provided documentation relating to Yieh Phui's acquisition of Yieh
Hsing's steel pipe production facilities. Accordingly, Yieh Phui asked
the Department to find Yieh Phui as the successor-in-interest to Yieh
Hsing and to accord Yieh Phui the same antidumping duty treatment as
its predecessor with respect to subject merchandise.
Scope of the Order
Imports covered by the order are shipments of certain circular
welded carbon steel pipes and tubes. The Department defines such
merchandise as welded carbon steel pipes and tubes of circular cross
section, with walls not thinner than 0.065 inch and 0.375 inch or more
but not over 4.5 inches in outside diameter. These products are
commonly referred to in the industry as ``standard pipe'' and are
produced to various American Society for Testing Materials
specifications, most notably A-53, A-120 and A-135. Standard pipe is
currently classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTSUS) item subheadings 7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032,
7306.30.5040, and 7306.30.5055. Although the HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description
of the merchandise under the order is dispositive.
Initiation of Changed Circumstance Review
Pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, the Department will conduct a changed circumstance review upon
request from an interested party or receipt of information concerning
an antidumping duty order, which shows changed circumstances exist to
warrant a review of the order. Pursuant to Yieh Phui's request dated
February 15, 2005, the Department is initiating a changed circumstance
review to determine whether Yieh Phui is the successor-in-interest to
Yieh Hsing for purposes of determining antidumping liability with
respect to imports of subject merchandise from Taiwan produced and
exported by Yieh Phui.
In making a successor-in-interest determination, the Department
examines several factors, including, but not limited to, changes in: 1)
management; 2) production facilities; 3) supplier relationships; and 4)
customer base. See Notice of Final Results of Changed Circumstances
Review: Polychloroprene Rubber from Japan, 69 FR 67890 (November 22,
2004) citing, Brass Sheet and Strip from Canada: Notice of Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 57 FR 20460 (May 13,
1992) (Brass Sheet). While no single factor or a combination of these
factors will necessarily provide a dispositive indication, the
Department will generally consider the new company to be the successor
to the previous company if its resulting operation is not materially
dissimilar to that of its predecessor. See e.g., Industrial Phosphoric
Acid from Israel: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review, 59 FR
6944 (February 14, 1994), Canadian Brass, and Certain Preserved
Mushrooms from India: Final Results of Changed-Circumstances Review, 68
FR 6884 (February 11, 2003). If evidence demonstrates that, with
respect to the production and sale of the subject merchandise, the new
company operates as the same entity as the former company, the
Department will treat the successor company the same as the predecessor
for antidumping purposes. See Fresh and Chilled Atlantic Salmon from
Norway: Final Results of Changed Circumstance Antidumping
Administrative Review, 64 FR 9979 (March 1, 1999).
While Yieh Phui claims it has been operating the steel pipe
operations as the same entity as Yieh Hsing, the Department determines
that Yieh Phui has not provided prima facie evidence that Yieh Phui is
the successor-in-interest to Yieh Hsing. Because we find deficiencies
in the information provided by Yieh Phui, we will collect additional
information in the context of this review.
Section 351.211 (c)(3)(ii) of the Department's regulations permits
the Department to combine the notice of initiation of a changed
circumstance review and the notice of preliminary results in a single
notice if the Department concludes that expedited action is warranted.
As noted, although the Department finds the information submitted by
Yieh Phui sufficient to warrant the initiation of a changed
circumstance review, we do not find the information sufficient to make
a preliminary finding. Because the record supporting Yieh Phui's claim
is deficient, we find that expedited action is impracticable. Thus, the
Department is not issuing the preliminary results of this antidumping
duty changed circumstances review at this time.
The Department will publish in the Federal Register a notice of
preliminary results of antidumping duty changed circumstance review, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4) and 19 CFR 351.221 (c)(3)(i). This
notice will set forth the factual and legal conclusions upon which our
preliminary results are based and a description of any action proposed
based on those results. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(ii),
interested parties will have an opportunity to comment on the
preliminary results of this review. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.216
(e), the Department will issue the final results of its antidumping
duty changed circumstance review not later than 270 days after the date
on which the review is initiated.
During the course of this antidumping duty changed circumstance
review, we will not change the cash deposit requirements for the
merchandise subject to review. The cash deposit will only be altered,
if warranted, pursuant to the final results of this review.
This notice of initiation is in accordance with sections 751(b)(1)
of the Tariff Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(1).
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Dated: March 24, 2005.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-1489 Filed 4-1-05; 8:45 am]
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