Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Taiwan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Notice of Intent to Rescind in Part, 39735-39743 [05-13501]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• International Trade Administration

[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 131 (Monday, July 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39735-39743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13501]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-816]


Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Taiwan: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Notice of Intent to Rescind in Part

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to requests from respondent Ta Chen Stainless Pipe 
Co., Ltd. (Ta Chen) and from petitioners Markovitz Enterprises, Inc. 
(Flowline Division), Gerlin, Inc., Shaw Alloy

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Piping Products, Inc., and Taylor Forge Stainless, Inc., (collectively, 
petitioners), the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting 
an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Taiwan. Petitioners 
requested that the Department conduct the administrative review for Ta 
Chen, Liang Feng Stainless Steel Fitting Co., Ltd. (Liang Feng), Tru-
Flow Industrial Co., Ltd. (Tru-Flow), and PFP Taiwan Co., Ltd. (PFP).
    With regard to Ta Chen, we preliminarily determine that sales have 
been made below normal value (NV). Although Tru-Flow certified to the 
Department that it had no sales, entries or shipments to the United 
States during the period of review (POR), the Department found 
information indicating that there were entries of subject merchandise 
manufactured by Tru-Flow. Because Tru-Flow subsequently did not respond 
to section A of the Department's requests for information, we are 
preliminarily applying facts available with adverse inference to 
determine Tru-Flow's margin. Liang Feng and PFP certified that they had 
no sales or shipments of subject merchandise to the United States 
during the POR, and requested exclusion from answering the Department's 
questionnaire. Based upon Liang Feng's and PFP's certified statements 
and on information from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
indicating that these companies had no shipments to the United States 
of the subject merchandise during the POR, we hereby give notice that 
we intend to rescind the review regarding these companies. For a full 
discussion of the intent to rescind with respect to Liang Feng and PFP, 
see the ``Notice of Intent to Rescind in Part'' section of this notice.
    If these preliminary results of review of Ta Chen's sales are 
adopted in the final results, we will instruct CBP to assess 
antidumping duties on appropriate entries based on the difference 
between the constructed export price (CEP) and the NV. Interested 
parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. Parties 
who submit argument in this proceeding are requested to submit with the 
argument: 1) a statement of the issues, 2) a brief summary of the 
argument, and 3) a table of authorities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 11, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen Kramer or Kristin Najdi, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
0405 or (202) 482-8221, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 16, 1993, the Department published in the Federal Register 
the antidumping duty order on certain stainless steel butt-weld pipe 
fittings from Taiwan. See Amended Final Determination and Antidumping 
Duty Order: Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe and Tube Fittings 
from Taiwan, 58 FR 33250 (June 16, 1993). On June 1, 2004, the 
Department published a notice of opportunity to request administrative 
review of stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Taiwan for the 
period June 1, 2003, through May 31, 2004. See Antidumping or 
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; 
Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 69 FR 30873 (June 1, 
2004).
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(2), on June 2, 2004, Ta Chen 
requested that we conduct an administrative review of its sales of the 
subject merchandise. On June 22, 2004, petitioners requested an 
antidumping duty administrative review for the following companies: Ta 
Chen, Liang Feng, Tru-Flow, and PFP (collectively, respondents). On 
July 28, 2004, the Department published in the Federal Register a 
notice of initiation of this antidumping duty administrative review. 
See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 69 FR 45010 (July 28, 
2004).
    On August 4, 2004, the Department issued its antidumping duty 
questionnaire to respondents. On August 23, 2004, pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.213(j)(1), petitioners asked that the Department conduct a duty 
absorption inquiry in this review. On September 9, 2004, three of the 
respondents, Liang Feng, Tru-Flow, and PFP, requested exclusion from 
answering the Department's questionnaire, certifying that they had no 
sales, entries or shipments of subject merchandise to the United States 
during the POR. Also, on September 9, 2004, Ta Chen submitted its 
response to section A of the Department's questionnaire. On September 
30, 2004, Ta Chen submitted its responses to sections B, C and D under 
the one-day lag rule. On October 1, 2004, Ta Chen submitted a final 
version of its sections B, C, and D response, noting that certain 
changes had been made to section C. Since the one-day lag rule only 
allows for changes to bracketing information, the new section C 
information was considered untimely. As a result, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.302(d), the Department rejected Ta Chen's section B, C, and D 
responses, and requested that Ta Chen resubmit its submission without 
the new information in section C. Ta Chen resubmitted its section B, C 
and D responses on October 7, 2004. The Department issued a 
supplemental section A questionnaire on October 8, 2004, a supplemental 
section D questionnaire on January 25, 2005, a supplemental A, B and C 
questionnaire on February 2, 2005, and a supplemental A through D 
questionnaire on April 13, 2005. Ta Chen submitted its responses to 
these questionnaires on October 26, 2004, February 22, 2005, March 1, 
2005, and April 27, 2005. Petitioners submitted deficiency comments on 
Ta Chen's section A response on September 22, 2004, its section B 
through D response on October 15, 2004, and its supplemental section A 
response on December 21, 2004, and on June 1, 2005.
    On May 31, 2005, the Department sent out a duty absorption 
questionnaire to both Ta Chen and Tru-Flow. On June 10, 2005, Ta Chen 
submitted its response and separate comments in response to 
petitioners' June 1, 2005, letter on affiliation. The Department did 
not receive a response from Tru-Flow.
    Information received from CBP indicated that there were entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR that were manufactured by Tru-Flow. 
Therefore, the Department issued a letter to Tru-Flow on February 24, 
2005, asking the company to answer questions regarding its claim of no 
sales, entries or shipments of subject merchandise to the United States 
during the POR. On March 7, 2005, Tru-Flow submitted its response to 
the Department's questions and on March 14, 2005, petitioners submitted 
comments regarding Tru-Flow's response. On March 16, 2005, the 
Department asked Tru-Flow for additional information, and on March 23, 
2005, Tru-Flow submitted its response. Upon the Department's request, 
on March 30, 2005, Tru-Flow submitted revised versions of both its 
March 7 and March 23, 2005, responses to remove improper designations 
of public information as proprietary. On March 24, 2005, the Department 
informed Tru-Flow that the company would be required to submit a full 
response to section A of the Department's antidumping questionnaire by 
April 14, 2005. On April 1, 2005, petitioners submitted further 
comments regarding Tru-Flow's responses to the Department's

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questions. Tru-Flow neither responded to the section A questionnaire 
nor requested an extension of time for filing its response. On June 6, 
2005, the Department telephoned counsel for Tru-Flow and requested that 
they contact their client and place a statement on the record regarding 
their intention to respond. No reply was received. See Memorandum to 
the File: Administrative Review of Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld 
Pipe Fittings from Taiwan [hzbar] Phone Conversations with Tru-Flow and 
U.S. importer (June 7, 2005). Accordingly, for these preliminary 
results, we are basing Tru-Flow's margin on facts available with an 
adverse inference, pursuant to section 776(b) of Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act). Further discussion on this issue is provided below 
in the ``Facts Available'' section.
    On May 12, 2005, the Department sent a letter to the U.S. importer 
of the merchandise produced by Tru-Flow. The importer responded on May 
16, 2005. The Department sent a letter with supplemental questions on 
May 26, 2005, and received the importer's reply on May 31, 2005. On 
June 7, 2005, the Department spoke with a representative for the 
importer, asking the company to resubmit its responses with proper 
bracketing. On June 8, 2005, the correctly bracketed information was 
submitted to the Department. Further discussion of the importer's 
responses is provided below in the ``Reimbursement of Antidumping 
Duties'' section.
    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department may 
extend the deadline for conducting an administrative review if it 
determines that it is not practicable to complete the review within the 
statutory time limit of 245 days. On February 24, 2005, the Department 
extended the time limit for the preliminary results of this 
administrative review by 120 days, to not later than June 30, 2005. See 
Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Stainless Steel Butt-
Weld Pipe Fittings from Taiwan, 70 FR 9045 (Feb. 24, 2005).

Notice of Intent to Rescind Review in Part

    Pursuant to 19 C.F.R. 351.213(d)(3), the Department may rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or with respect to a particular 
exporter or producer, if the Secretary concludes that there were no 
entries, exports, or sales of the subject merchandise during the POR. 
See e.g., Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from Taiwan: Notice of 
Preliminary Results and Rescission in Part of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 67 FR 5789, 5790 (Feb. 7, 2002) and Stainless 
Steel Plate in Coils from Taiwan: Final Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 66 FR 18610 (Apr. 10, 2001).
    On September 9, 2004, Liang Feng, Tru-Flow, and PFP each submitted 
letters on the record stating that they had no U.S. sales or shipments 
of the subject merchandise during the POR. To confirm their statements, 
on January 12, 2005, the Department conducted a CBP data inquiry and 
determined that there were no entries of subject merchandise during the 
POR manufactured by Liang Feng or PFP. Therefore, pursuant to 19 C.F.R. 
351.213(d)(3), the Department preliminarily intends to rescind this 
review as to Liang Feng and PFP. Conversely, the Department's inquiry 
revealed that subject merchandise manufactured by Tru-Flow entered into 
the United States during the POR. Because of this evidence and Tru-
Flow's refusal to respond to the section A questionnaire, the 
Department is preliminarily rejecting Tru-Flow's request for exclusion 
from this administrative review.

Period of Review

    The POR for this administrative review is June 1, 2003, through May 
31, 2004.

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are certain stainless steel butt-
weld pipe fittings, whether finished or unfinished, under 14 inches 
inside diameter. Certain welded stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings 
(pipe fittings) are used to connect pipe sections in piping systems 
where conditions require welded connections. The subject merchandise is 
used where one or more of the following conditions is a factor in 
designing the piping system: (1) corrosion of the piping system will 
occur if material other than stainless steel is used; (2) contamination 
of the material in the system by the system itself must be prevented; 
(3) high temperatures are present; (4) extreme low temperatures are 
present; and (5) high pressures are contained within the system.
    Pipe fittings come in a variety of shapes, with the following five 
shapes the most basic: elbows, tees, reducers, stub ends, and caps. The 
edges of finished pipe fittings are beveled. Threaded, grooved, and 
bolted fittings are excluded from the order. The pipe fittings subject 
to the order are currently classifiable under subheading 7307.23.00 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
    Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and 
customs purposes, our written description of the scope of the order is 
dispositive. Pipe fittings manufactured to American Society of Testing 
and Materials specification A774 are included in the scope of this 
order.

Duty Absorption

    On August 23, 2004, petitioners asked that the Department conduct a 
duty absorption inquiry in this review pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.213(j)(1). The Department's regulation provides that ``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 Sec.  351.211, or determination 
under Sec.  351.218(d) (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 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.'' As part of the period covered by this administrative review 
falls between the third and fourth anniversary of the sunset review 
determination published on January 28, 2000, the Department sent duty 
absorption questionnaires to Ta Chen and Tru-Flow. These questionnaires 
requested evidence demonstrating that their unaffiliated U.S. 
purchasers will pay any antidumping duties ultimately assessed on 
entries during this POR. In its June 10, 2005, response to the 
Department's questionnaire, Ta Chen stated that ``the unaffiliated 
purchasers will ultimately pay the anti-dumping duties assessed on 
entries.'' However, the only evidence it provided as support for this 
claim was the gross profit margin on its U.S. sales. Tru-Flow did not 
respond to the Department's request for duty absorption information.
    In determining whether antidumping duties have been absorbed by a 
respondent during the POR, we presume that the duties will be absorbed 
for those sales that have been made at less than NV. This presumption 
can be rebutted with evidence (e.g., an enforceable agreement between 
the affiliated importer and unaffiliated purchaser) that the 
unaffiliated purchaser will pay the full duty ultimately assessed on 
the subject merchandise. See Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils 
From Taiwan: Preliminary Results and Partial

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Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 69 FR 48212, 
48216 (August 9, 2004); Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From 
France: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 
69 FR 47892, 47899 (August 6, 2004). Ta Chen did not provide any 
evidence on the record, such as an enforceable agreement with an 
unaffiliated customer, showing that unaffiliated purchasers will pay 
the full duty ultimately assessed on the subject merchandise. Because 
Ta Chen failed to provide us with objective evidence that duty 
absorption did not occur, we preliminarily find that antidumping duties 
have been absorbed by Ta Chen on U.S. sales made through its affiliated 
importer, TCI. Tru-Flow did not respond to our inquiry, even though we 
advised in our letter that failure to respond might result in the 
application of facts available. We, therefore, preliminarily find as 
facts available with an adverse inference that Tru-Flow has absorbed 
antidumping duties.

Affiliation

    On September 22, 2004, petitioners submitted deficiency comments on 
Ta Chen's section A response, claiming that Ta Chen had not reported 
all of its affiliations. On December 21, 2004, petitioners filed 
deficiency comments on Ta Chen's supplemental section A response, and 
placed on the record of this proceeding information from the previous 
administrative review relating to Ta Chen's alleged affiliations. 
Petitioners allege that Ta Chen was affiliated during the POR with 
numerous U.S. companies and one multinational company (PFP) involved in 
the trading, distribution, and/or production of specialty steel 
products. Petitioners claim that Ta Chen has been an uncooperative 
respondent because petitioners believe that Ta Chen should have 
provided more information about these alleged affiliates. Therefore, 
petitioners request that the Department assign an antidumping margin of 
76.20 percent to Ta Chen as adverse facts available (AFA). See 
Petitioners' Deficiency Comments, at 45 (Dec. 21, 2004); see also 
Petitioners' Comments, at 11 (June 1, 2005).
    Ta Chen denies that it is currently affiliated with these entities, 
and that they had any involvement with the subject merchandise or 
foreign like product during the POR. In addition, the Department's 
analysis of Ta Chen's sales information did not reveal any sales of 
subject merchandise to any of these entities, nor did any of them 
supply Ta Chen with major inputs for manufacturing subject merchandise 
during the POR. In response to petitioners' June 1, 2005 submission, Ta 
Chen stated that it had ``actively and cooperatively responded to all 
Department questionnaires with detailed information and has even 
provided detailed responses to petitioner allegations, however 
baseless, unsupported, redundant, or sensational.'' Ta Chen's Response 
to Petitioners' June 1 Comments, at 2 (June 10, 2005).
    The Department thoroughly analyzed petitioners' affiliation 
allegations during the previous administrative review. See Memorandum 
for Jeffrey May, Deputy Assistant Secretary, from Joseph Welton, 
Analyst, Ta Chen Affiliations Memorandum: Stainless Steel Butt-Weld 
Pipe Fittings from Taiwan 2002-2003 Review (June 29, 2004), placed on 
the record in this review by petitioners. Despite having previously 
examined this issue, the Department has reexamined the issue of 
affiliations based on current public information, including state 
corporate records, and proprietary and public information placed by the 
parties on the record of this review. See Memorandum for Richard O. 
Weible, Director, from Helen M. Kramer, Team Leader, and Kristin A. 
Najdi, Case Analyst, Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from 
Taiwan: Petitioners' Allegations Regarding Ta Chen Affiliations (June 
30, 2005). Our findings indicate that the companies alleged to be 
affiliated to Ta Chen are either defunct, commercially inactive, or 
clearly not affiliated to Ta Chen. Although it may be argued that one 
company may have been subject to Ta Chen's control, there is no 
evidence that any of these alleged affiliates were either purchasers of 
subject merchandise or suppliers of major inputs for its production 
during the current POR. There is also no record information that any of 
these alleged affiliates could have had any effect on Ta Chen's 
production, pricing, or cost of the subject merchandise or foreign like 
product. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.102(b) of the Department's regulations, 
we preliminarily find that Ta Chen did not control these companies 
during the POR, and therefore is not affiliated with them.
    Furthermore, the record does not support petitioners' contention 
that Ta Chen has been uncooperative in this review by not fully 
responding to the Department's questions related to affiliation. We 
note that Ta Chen timely responded to the Department's requests for 
supplemental information regarding the affiliation issues raised by 
petitioners. Ta Chen provided detailed information about the companies 
that the Department had analyzed in the previous administrative review. 
Ta Chen also declined to provide information about certain other 
companies that the Department concluded in the previous administrative 
review had no connection to the subject merchandise or foreign like 
product, and which Ta Chen denies are otherwise affiliated.

Facts Available

    On February 24, 2005, the Department asked Tru-Flow to comment on 
customs entry documents obtained from CBP that indicate Tru-Flow had 
prior knowledge that certain subject merchandise produced by Tru-Flow 
was destined for the United States. Among the documents was a mill 
certificate prepared by Tru-Flow, indicating the merchandise would be 
sold to a U.S. customer. On March 7, 2005, Tru-Flow submitted 
documentation pertaining to additional U.S. sales that Tru-Flow claimed 
were made without its knowledge by its sales agent, Censor 
International Corporation (Censor). On March 14, 2005, petitioners 
submitted comments in response to Tru-Flow's March 7, 2005, submission, 
alleging that Tru-Flow and Censor are affiliated parties based on 
public marketing materials obtained from Internet websites and the 
description of Censor as Tru-Flow's ``office'' on the back cover of 
Tru-Flow's products catalog. In its March 23, 2005, submission, Tru-
Flow claims that third-party Internet websites incorrectly identified 
Tru-Flow and Censor as having the same President and that the 
description of Censor as Tru-Flow's ``office'' on Tru-Flow's product 
catalog is an incorrect translation of ``agent'' from Mandarin Chinese.
    In order to further examine this issue, on March 24, 2005, the 
Department requested that Tru-Flow submit a full response to section A 
of the Department's questionnaire by April 14, 2005. On March 30, 2005, 
at the Department's request, Tru-Flow resubmitted its March 7 and March 
23, 2005, submissions in order to correct improper bracketing of public 
information. However, Tru-Flow did not file a response to Section A or 
to the Department's duty absorption inquiry.
    Section 776(a)(2) of the Act provides that, if an interested party 
withholds information requested by the Department, fails to provide 
such information by the deadline or in the form or manner requested, 
significantly impedes a proceeding, or provides information which 
cannot be verified, the Department shall use, subject to sections 
782(d) and (e) of the Act, facts

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otherwise available in reaching the applicable determination. Sections 
782(d) and (e) of the Act do not apply in this case because Tru-Flow 
failed to respond to the Department's request for information. Since 
Tru-Flow did not provide the Department with any information pertaining 
to its affiliations, by not responding to section A of the 
questionnaire, we are using facts otherwise available to find that Tru-
Flow and Censor are affiliated. In addition, we are basing Tru-Flow's 
dumping margin on facts available, pursuant to sections 776(a)(2)(A), 
(B), and (C) of the Act.

Application of Adverse Inferences for Facts Available

    In applying facts otherwise available, section 776(b) of the Act 
provides that the Department may use an inference adverse to the 
interests of a party that has failed to cooperate by not acting to the 
best of its ability to comply with the Department's requests for 
information. See, e.g., Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings 
From Taiwan: Final Results and Final Rescission in Part of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, 70 FR 1870 (Jan. 11, 2005), and 
Accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum, at cmt. 1 (``Stainless 
Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Taiwan Final Results''); Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Negative 
Critical Circumstances: Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from 
Brazil, 67 FR 55792, 55794-96 (Aug. 30, 2002); Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags From 
Thailand, 69 FR 34122, 34123-24 (June 18, 2004). Adverse inferences are 
appropriate ``to ensure that the party does not obtain a more favorable 
result by failing to cooperate than if it had cooperated fully.'' See 
Statement of Administrative Action Accompanying the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act, H.R. Rep. No. 103-316, at 870 (1994) (SAA). 
Furthermore, ``affirmative evidence of bad faith on the part of a 
respondent is not required before the Department may make an adverse 
inference.'' See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties: Final Rule, 
62 FR 27296, 27340 (May 19, 1997).
    Tru-Flow failed to respond to section A of the questionnaire and to 
the Department's duty absorption inquiry. The Department's 
questionnaire guidelines provided Tru-Flow with information regarding 
the consequences of failure to respond adequately to the questionnaire. 
The Department also contacted Tru-Flow's counsel on June 6, 2005, 
asking Tru-Flow to place a statement on the record clarifying whether 
or not it intended to submit a response. See Memorandum to The File, 
from Kristin Najdi, Analyst, Administrative Review of Certain Stainless 
Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Taiwan: Phone Conversations with 
Tru-Flow and U.S. Importer (June 7, 2005). Despite these attempts to 
notify Tru-Flow of its responsibility to respond to the questionnaire, 
Tru-Flow has not complied. This constitutes a failure on the part of 
Tru-Flow to cooperate to the best of its ability to comply with a 
request for information by the Department, within the meaning of 
section 776 of the Act. Therefore, the Department has preliminarily 
determined that in selecting from among the facts otherwise available, 
an adverse inference is warranted. See, e.g., Final Determination of 
Sales at Less than Fair Value: Circular Seamless Stainless Steel Hollow 
Products from Japan, 65 FR 42985, 42986 (July 12, 2000) (the Department 
applied total AFA where a respondent failed to respond to the 
antidumping questionnaires).
    An adverse inference may include reliance on information derived 
from the petition. Because Tru-Flow did not respond to our requests for 
information, we are applying AFA to find that Tru-Flow and Censor are 
affiliated parties, based upon information provided by petitioners and 
upon documentation from CBP indicating that Tru-Flow had knowledge that 
its subject merchandise was destined for the United States. 
Specifically, CBP had provided sales documentation that clearly 
contradicts Tru-Flow's claim of no knowledge of the U.S. sales, 
including a mill certificate prepared by Tru-Flow indicating the name 
of the U.S. customer. Also, as AFA, we are basing Tru-Flow's margin on 
the highest rate in the petition, 76.20 percent, the same rate assigned 
to Tru-Flow since the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 
investigation. This rate was based on a Taiwanese producer's price 
quote for one product delivered c.i.f. to a U.S. main port, adjusted 
for movement expenses, compared to the constructed value (CV) of that 
product. This was determined by using petitioners' proprietary data on 
factor of production usage and input costs in Taiwan derived from a 
separate investigation.
    Section 776(c) of the Act requires the Department to corroborate 
secondary information to the extent practicable from independent 
sources that are reasonably at its disposal. In order to corroborate 
the U. S. price used in the petition, the Department compared it with 
Ta Chen's reported prices for the identical product net of foreign 
inland freight, ocean freight, marine insurance and brokerage charges. 
We found that the petition net U.S. price fell within the range of Ta 
Chen's U.S. prices net of movement expenses to a U.S. port during the 
POR, and was slightly higher than the average. Therefore, we consider 
petitioners' U.S. price to be corroborated. See Memorandum to The File, 
Through Abdelali Elouaradia, Program Manager, from Helen M. Kramer, 
Team Leader, and Kristin A. Najdi, Analyst, Stainless Steel Butt-Weld 
Pipe Fittings from Taiwan: Corroboration of the Adverse Facts Available 
Margin (June 30, 2005). As the data used in the petition to determine 
NV were based on proprietary information not on the record in this 
review, information to corroborate the NV calculation was not 
reasonably available. However, the Department corroborated this 
information prior to initiating the LTFV investigation. See Concurrence 
Memorandum: Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations of Certain 
Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the Republic of Korea and 
Taiwan (June 4, 1992).

Reimbursement of Antidumping Duties

    Petitioners allege that Tru-Flow paid the antidumping duties for 
its U.S. sales on behalf of its U.S. customers, and ask the Department 
to double the total AFA rate for Tru-Flow's subject merchandise to 
152.40 percent. See Petitioners' Comments (Apr. 1, 2005) at 2, 25-27; 
Petitioners' Comments (Apr. 26, 2005) at 1, 5; and Petitioners' 
Comments (June 1, 2005) at 1, 22-25. In addition, petitioners ask that 
the Department also apply this rate to Ta Chen's U.S. sales of 
merchandise that was tolled by Tru-Flow during the POR.
    For at least one sale during the period, Censor sold Tru-Flow's 
merchandise to an unaffiliated exporter, who then sold this merchandise 
to an unaffiliated U.S. importer. As discussed above in the ``Facts 
Available'' section, the Department has determined that Tru-Flow is 
affiliated with Censor and they had knowledge that this merchandise 
would be sold to the United States. Therefore, this is considered to be 
Tru-Flow's sale.
    Tru-Flow provided substantial evidence on the record to demonstrate 
that Censor reimbursed the antidumping duties. Tru-Flow provided a 
written statement from its General Manager explaining that Censor, 
``paid the adverse inference dumping rate requested by the US Customs 
Service.'' Tru-Flow Quest. Resp., at 60 (Mar. 30, 2005). As supporting 
evidence for this statement, Tru-Flow provided the CBP bill issued to 
the U.S. importer for

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duties owed on this shipment of Tru-Flow's merchandise. Id. at 62. Tru-
Flow also provided documentation of the wire transfer for Censor's 
payment to the unaffiliated exporter of the exact amount of the 
antidumping duties billed by CBP for this sale. Id. at 59.
    The Department then contacted the U.S. importer, on May 12, 2005, 
and requested documentation pertaining to the sale in question. The 
Department asked the U.S. importer to provide the sales documentation 
and proof of payment to the unaffiliated exporter for this sale, as 
well as proof of payment to CBP for the antidumping duties. Finally, 
the Department asked the U.S. importer to provide the date that it had 
received a reimbursement for payment of these antidumping duties from 
Censor or the unaffiliated exporter and to provide the corresponding 
documentation for this payment. The U.S. importer responded to the 
Department's first two questions, but failed to respond to the third 
question regarding its receipt of the reimbursement of the antidumping 
duties. The importer provided the proof of payment to the unaffiliated 
exporter for this shipment and proof of payment to CBP for the 
antidumping duties owed on the shipment. The importer also provided the 
requested sales documents and provided the certification of non-
reimbursement, pursuant to 19 C.F.R 351.402(f)(2), that it had 
submitted when the entry in question was made. This certification 
stated that the importer did not enter into any agreement or 
understanding for the payment or refund of all or any part of the 
antidumping duties assessed upon the subject merchandise.
    The Department has explained that it will interpret the 
reimbursement regulation to take ``into account situations in which 
reimbursement occurs indirectly, i.e., through someone acting on behalf 
of the exporter, because such an interpretation more effectively 
accomplishes the purposes of the regulation.'' See, Porcelain-on-Steel 
Cookware from Mexico: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 64 FR 26934, 26936-37 (May 18, 1999). The Department went on to 
explain that a ``more literal and restrictive interpretation could 
seriously undermine the effectiveness of the regulation by making it 
possible to avoid its application merely by acting through third 
parties.'' Id. Based on this understanding of the regulation's 
application and the Department's determination that Censor is Tru-
Flow's affiliated sales agent, the Department finds that the U.S. 
importer was reimbursed for antidumping duties by the exporter or 
producer pursuant to 19 CFR 351.402(f)(1)(i)(B).
    Tru-Flow, the producer, stated that Censor, its affiliated sales 
agent, paid the antidumping duties, and provided documentation showing 
payment by Censor in an amount identical to the duties paid to an 
unaffiliated third party who exported the merchandise to the United 
States. While the U.S. customer was the party that actually made the 
payment to CBP, the Department concludes from Tru-Flow's statement and 
documentation of Censor's payment that the U.S. importer was reimbursed 
by Tru-Flow/Censor through the unaffiliated exporter. Because the exact 
amount owed for the antidumping duties was remitted to the unaffiliated 
exporter, the Department infers that the payment was then provided by 
the unaffiliated exporter to the U.S. importer. Finally, because Censor 
is Tru-Flow's affiliated sales agent, we find that Censor acted on 
behalf of Tru-Flow, such that the reimbursement may be attributed to 
Tru-Flow. Id.
    The U.S. importer's certification of non-reimbursement is 
outweighed by Tru-Flow's statements and the payment by Censor. In 
addition, the Department notes that the U.S. importer's certification 
was filed when the entry occurred, which was a year prior to when 
Censor ``paid the adverse inference dumping rate requested by the US 
Customs Service.'' Tru-Flow Quest. Resp., at 60 (Mar. 30, 2005). In 
addition, the U.S. importer failed to respond to the Department's 
request for information regarding the reimbursement, neither denying 
nor admitting to the reimbursement. See Importer's Resp. (May 16, 
2005). Because Tru-Flow stopped responding to the Department's requests 
for information, we are unable to obtain the additional documentation 
showing the payment from the unaffiliated U.S. exporter to the U.S. 
importer. Therefore, we preliminarily find that Tru-Flow reimbursed the 
U.S. importer for the antidumping duties.
    19 CFR 351.402(f)(1)(i)(B) states that the Department will deduct 
the amount of any antidumping duty that the exporter or producer 
``reimbursed to the importer'' from the export price (EP) or the CEP. 
See Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from the Netherlands; Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 61 FR 48465, 48470-
71 (Sept. 13, 1996); upheld by Hoogovens Staal BV v. United States, 24 
CIT 242, 93 F. Supp. 2d 1303 (Apr. 12, 2000). However, since the 
Department is unable to calculate a margin for Tru-Flow due to the 
company's unresponsiveness, and is instead applying facts available 
with an adverse inference, we are doubling the AFA rate. See 19 CFR 
351.402(f); see also Porcelain-on-Steel Cookware from Mexico: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 64 FR 26934, 26944 
(May 18, 1999).
    The Department declines to apply the reimbursement provision to Ta 
Chen's sales that were tolled by Tru-Flow. As is explained in further 
detail below in the ``Product Comparisons'' section, we deemed these 
tolled sales to be Ta Chen's sales and not Tru-Flow's sales.

Product Comparisons

    For the purpose of determining appropriate product comparisons to 
pipe fittings sold in the United States, we considered all pipe 
fittings covered by the scope that were sold by Ta Chen in the home 
market during the POR to be ``foreign like products,'' in accordance 
with section 771(16) of the Act. Where there were no contemporaneous 
sales of identical merchandise in the home market to compare to U.S. 
sales, we compared U.S. sales to the next most similar foreign like 
product on the basis of the physical characteristics reported by Ta 
Chen, as follows: specification, seam, grade, size and schedule.
    The record shows that Ta Chen both purchased from, and entered into 
tolling arrangements with, unaffiliated Taiwanese manufacturers of 
subject merchandise, including Tru-Flow. The record does not indicate 
that these manufacturers had knowledge that the subject merchandise 
would be exported to the United States. Moreover, all subcontracted or 
purchased fittings are marked with Ta Chen's brand name, and Ta Chen 
labels itself as the producer. See Ta Chen's Section A Resp., at 1-2, 
18-19, and Exh. 24-25 (Sept. 9, 2004); Ta Chen's Supp. Section A Resp., 
at 6, and Exh. 9-A and 9-B (Oct. 26, 2004); and Ta Chen's Supp. 
Sections A-D Resp., at 2 and Exh. A-D (Apr. 27, 2005).
    We have preliminarily determined that Ta Chen is the sole exporter 
of the subject merchandise under review. It is inappropriate to exclude 
sales of subject merchandise produced by unaffiliated manufacturers 
from Ta Chen's U.S. sales database because record evidence shows that 
those unaffiliated manufacturers had no knowledge that the subject 
merchandise would be sold to the United States. See also 19 CFR 
351.401(h).
    However, section 771(16)(A) of the Act defines ``foreign like 
product'' to be ``[t]he subject merchandise and other merchandise which 
is identical in physical characteristics with, and was

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produced in the same country by the same person as, that merchandise.'' 
Thus, consistent with the Department's past practice in reviews under 
this order, for products that Ta Chen has identified with certainty 
that it purchased from a particular unaffiliated producer and resold in 
the U.S. market, we have restricted the matching of products to 
identical products purchased by Ta Chen from the same unaffiliated 
producer and resold in the home market.

Date of Sale

    The Department's regulations state that the Department will 
normally use the date of invoice, as recorded in the exporter's or 
producer's records kept in the ordinary course of business, as the date 
of sale. See 19 CFR 351.401(i). If the Department can establish ``a 
different date [that] better reflects the date on which the exporter or 
producer establishes the material terms of sale,'' the Department may 
choose a different date. Id.
    In the present review, Ta Chen claimed that invoice date should be 
used as the date of sale in both the home market and the U.S. market. 
See Ta Chen's Section A Resp., at 12 (Sept. 9, 2004); and Ta Chen's 
Sections B and C Resp., at B-10 and C-9 (Oct. 7, 2004). Moreover, Ta 
Chen did not indicate any industry practice which would warrant the use 
of a date other than invoice date in determining date of sale.
    Accordingly, as we have no information demonstrating that another 
date is more appropriate, we preliminarily based the date of sale on 
the invoice date recorded in the ordinary course of business, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.401(i). For constructed export price (CEP) 
sales, we used the invoice date for sales to the first unaffiliated 
buyer.

Fair Value Comparisons

    To determine whether sales of subject merchandise by Ta Chen to the 
United States were made at prices below NV, we compared, where 
appropriate, CEP to NV, as described below. Pursuant to section 
777A(d)(2) of the Act, we compared the CEPs of individual U.S. 
transactions to the monthly weighted-average NV of the foreign like 
product.

Constructed Export Price

    Section 772(b) of the Act defines CEP as ``the price at which the 
subject merchandise is first sold (or agreed to be sold) in the United 
States before or after the date of importation by or for the account of 
the producer or exporter of such merchandise or by a seller affiliated 
with the producer or exporter, to a purchaser not affiliated with the 
producer or exporter. . . .'' Consistent with recent past reviews, 
pursuant to section 772(b) of the Act, we calculated the price of Ta 
Chen's sales based on CEP because the sale to the first unaffiliated 
U.S. customer was made by Ta Chen's U.S. affiliate, Ta Chen 
International (CA) Corp. (TCI). See Analysis Memorandum for the 
Preliminary Results of Administrative Review of Certain Stainless Steel 
Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Taiwan: Ta Chen Stainless Pipe Co., Ltd. 
(June 30, 2005) (Analysis Memo). Ta Chen has two channels of 
distribution for U.S. sales: 1) Ta Chen ships the merchandise to TCI 
for inventory in warehouses and subsequent resale to unaffiliated 
buyers (stock sales), and 2) Ta Chen ships the merchandise directly to 
TCI's U.S. customer (``indent'' sales). The Department finds that both 
stock and indent sales qualify as CEP sales because the original sales 
contract is between TCI and the U.S. customer. In addition, TCI handles 
all communication with the U.S. customer, from customer order to 
receipt of payment, and incurs the risk of non-payment. In addition, 
TCI handles customer complaints concerning issues such as product 
quality, specifications, delivery, and product returns. TCI is also 
responsible for the ocean freight for all U.S. sales and all selling 
efforts to the U.S. customer. See Ta Chen's Section A Resp., at 8-9 
(Sept. 9, 2004).
    We calculated CEP based on ex-warehouse or delivered prices to 
unaffiliated purchasers in the United States and, where appropriate, we 
deducted discounts. In accordance with section 772(d)(1) of the Act, 
the Department deducted direct and indirect selling expenses, including 
inventory carrying costs incurred by TCI for stock sales, related to 
commercial activity in the United States. We also made deductions for 
movement expenses, which include foreign inland freight, foreign 
brokerage and handling, ocean freight, containerization expense, Taiwan 
harbor construction tax, marine insurance, U.S. inland freight, U.S. 
brokerage and handling, and U.S. customs duties. Finally, in accordance 
with sections 772(d)(3) and 772(f) of the Act, we deducted CEP profit.

Normal Value

1. Home Market Viability
    To determine whether there is a sufficient volume of sales in the 
home market to serve as a viable basis for calculating NV, we compared 
Ta Chen's volume of home market sales of the foreign like product to 
the volume of U.S. sales of the subject merchandise, in accordance with 
section 773(a)(1)(B) of the Act. Because Ta Chen's aggregate volume of 
home market sales of the foreign like product was greater than five 
percent of its aggregate volume of U.S. sales for the subject 
merchandise, we determined that the home market was viable. See Ta 
Chen's Section A Resp., at 2 (Sept. 9, 2004).
2. Cost of Production Analysis
    Because we disregarded sales below the cost of production (COP) in 
the prior administrative review, we have reasonable grounds to believe 
or suspect that sales by Ta Chen in its home market were made at prices 
below the COP, pursuant to sections 773(b)(1) and 773(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Act. See Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From 
Taiwan: Final Results and Final Rescission in Part of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 70 FR 1870, 1871 (Jan. 11, 2005). Therefore, 
pursuant to section 773(b)(1) of the Act, we conducted a COP analysis 
of home market sales by Ta Chen.
    A. Calculation of COP
    In accordance with section 773(b)(3) of the Act, we calculated a 
weighted-average COP based on the sum of Ta Chen's cost of materials 
and fabrication for the foreign like product, plus indirect selling 
expenses and packing costs. We relied on the COP data submitted by Ta 
Chen in its original and supplemental cost questionnaire responses.
    For these preliminary results, the Department adjusted Ta Chen's 
net financial expense by calculating a revised financial expense ratio 
and multiplying the revised ratio by the total cost of manufacture for 
each control number (CONNUM) provided in the Section D database. See 
Memorandum To Neal Halper, Director, Office of Accounting, from Joseph 
Welton, Case Accountant, ``Cost of Production and Constructed Value 
Calculation Adjustments for the Preliminary Determination - Ta Chen,'' 
(June 30, 2005). We made no other adjustments to Ta Chen's submitted 
costs.
    B. Test of Home Market Prices
    We compared the weighted-average COP to home market sales of the 
foreign like product, as required under section 773(b) of the Act in 
order to determine whether these sales had been made at prices below 
the COP. In determining whether to disregard home market sales made at 
prices below the COP, we examined whether such sales were made within 
an extended period of time in substantial quantities, and were not at 
prices that permitted the recovery of all costs within a reasonable 
period of time, in accordance with sections 773(b)(1)(A) and (B) of the 
Act. We

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compared the COP to home market prices on a product-specific basis. 
There were no deductions from price, as Ta Chen did not grant any 
discounts or rebates, and did not incur movement expenses.
    C. Results of COP Test
    In accordance with section 773(b)(1) of the Act, when less than 20 
percent of Ta Chen's sales of a given product (CONNUM) were at prices 
less than the COP, we did not disregard any below-cost sales of that 
product because we determined that the below-cost sales were not made 
in substantial quantities, as defined by section 773(b)(2)(C) of the 
Act. When 20 percent or more of Ta Chen's sales of a given product 
(CONNUM) during the POR were at prices less than the COP, we determined 
that such sales have been made in ``substantial quantities'' within an 
extended period of time, in accordance with sections 773(b)(2)(B) and 
773(b)(2)(C) of the Act. In such cases, because we use POR average 
costs, we also determined that such sales were not made at prices that 
would permit recovery of all costs within a reasonable period of time, 
in accordance with section 773(b)(2)(D) of the Act. Therefore, for 
purposes of this administrative review, we appropriately disregarded 
below-cost sales and used the remaining sales as the basis for 
determining NV, in accordance with section 773(b)(1) of the Act.
3. Price-to-Price Comparisons
    As there were sales at prices above the COP for all product 
comparisons, we based NV on prices to home market customers. We 
deducted credit expenses and added interest revenue. In addition, we 
made adjustments, where appropriate, for physical differences in the 
merchandise in accordance with section 773(a)(6)(C)(ii) of the Act. 
Finally, in accordance with section 773(a)(6) of the Act, we also 
deducted home market packing costs and added U.S. packing costs.

Level of Trade

    In accordance with section 773(a)(1)(B) of the Act, to the extent 
practicable, we determine NV based on sales in the comparison market at 
the same level of trade (LOT) as the CEP transaction. The NV LOT is 
that of the starting-price sales in the comparison market, or when NV 
is based on CV, that of the sales from which we derive SG&A expenses 
and profit. For CEP, it is the level of the constructed sale from the 
exporter to the importer.
    To determine whether NV sales are at a different LOT than CEP 
sales, we examine stages in the marketing process and selling functions 
along the chain of distribution between the producer and the 
unaffiliated customer. If the comparison market sales are at a 
different LOT, and the difference affects price comparability as 
manifested in a pattern of consistent price differences between the 
sales on which NV is based and comparison market sales at the LOT of 
the export transaction, where possible, we make an LOT adjustment under 
section 773(a)(7)(A) of the Act. Finally, for CEP sales for which we 
are unable to quantify an LOT adjustment, if the NV level is more 
remote from the factory than the CEP level and there is no basis for 
determining whether the difference in levels between NV and CEP sales 
affects price comparability, we adjust NV under section 773(a)(7)(B) of 
the Act (the CEP offset provision). See e.g., Notice of Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Cut-to-Length 
Carbon Steel Plate from South Africa, 62 FR 61731, 61732-61733 (Nov. 
19, 1997).
    Ta Chen reported that its two channels of distribution in the home 
market, to trading companies and to end-users, comprised one LOT. We 
examined the selling functions and related expenses, and found that Ta 
Chen's level of selling functions to its home market customers for 
inventory maintenance, technical services, packing, after-sales 
services, freight and delivery arrangements, sales processes, some 
research and development (R&D), and customer service, did not vary 
significantly by channel of distribution. See Ta Chen's Section A 
Resp., at 7 (Sept. 9, 2004); see also Ta Chen's Section A Supp. Resp., 
at 1-2 (Oct. 26, 2004). Therefore, we preliminarily conclude that the 
selling functions for the reported channels of distribution constitute 
one LOT in the comparison market.
    For CEP sales, the LOT is determined by the selling functions the 
seller performs for sales to its U.S. affiliate. Because Ta Chen 
reported that all of its sales to the United States are CEP sales made 
through TCI, i.e., through one channel of distribution, Ta Chen is 
claiming that there is only one LOT in the U.S. market for its sales. 
We examined the selling functions and related expenses, and found that 
Ta Chen's selling functions for sales to TCI consist of accepting 
orders from TCI, packing for shipment to the United States, and 
incurring expenses for inland freight to the port of embarcation, 
containerization, brokerage and handling, marine insurance, and harbor 
improvement tax. Ta Chen performs these functions regardless of whether 
shipments are going to TCI or directly to the unaffiliated customer. 
Therefore, Ta Chen's U.S. sales constitute a single LOT.
    The Department compared the selling functions Ta Chen provided in 
the home market LOT with the selling functions provided in the U.S. 
LOT. In the home market LOT, Ta Chen provides significant selling 
functions related to the sales process, R&D, technical services, and 
after-sales services it does not provide for sales to TCI. Therefore, 
we find that the LOT in the home market is more advanced than the LOT 
of the CEP sales. However, since we have preliminarily determined that 
there is only one LOT in the home market, we are unable to calculate a 
LOT adjustment. Ta Chen has requested a CEP offset. Because we have 
preliminarily determined that NV is established at a LOT that is at a 
more advanced stage of distribution than the LOT of the CEP 
transactions, and we are unable to quantify a LOT adjustment pursuant 
to section 773(a)(7)(A) of the Act, for these preliminary results we 
have applied a CEP offset to the NV-CEP comparisons, in accordance with 
section 773(a)(7)(B) of the Act.

Currency Conversion

    For purposes of the preliminary results, we made currency 
conversions into U.S. dollars based on the exchange rates in effect on 
the dates of the U.S. sales, as certified by the Federal Reserve Bank, 
in accordance with section 773A(a) of the Act.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    As a result of our review, we preliminarily determine the weighted-
average dumping margins for the period June 1, 2003, through May 31, 
2004, to be as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
               Producer/manufacturer/exporter                   margin
                                                              (percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ta Chen Stainless Pipe Co., Ltd............................         2.02
Tru-Flow Industrial Co., Ltd...............................       152.40
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Department will disclose calculations performed for these 
preliminary results of review within five days of the date of 
publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 
Interested parties may submit case briefs and/or written comments no 
later than 30 days after the date of publication of these preliminary 
results of review. See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii). Rebuttal briefs and 
rebuttals to written comments are limited to issues raised in such 
briefs or comments and may be filed no later

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than five days after the time limit for filing the case briefs or 
comments. See 19 CFR 351.309(d). Parties who submit argument in these 
proceedings are requested to submit with the argument: (1) a statement 
of the issue, (2) a brief summary of the argument, and (3) a table of 
authorities. See 19 CFR 351.309(c). An interested party may request a 
hearing within 30 days of publication of these preliminary results. See 
19 CFR 351.310(c). Any hearing, if requested, will be held two days 
after the scheduled date for submission of rebuttal briefs. See 19 CFR 
351.310(d). The Department will issue the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of our analysis of the 
issues raised in any such written comments or at a hearing, within 120 
days of publication of these preliminary results, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Assessment

    The Department shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b), the 
Department calculates an assessment rate for each importer of the 
subject merchandise for each respondent. Antidumping duties for the 
rescinded companies shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash 
deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, 
or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department will issue appropriate assessment 
instructions directly to CBP within 15 days of publication of the final 
results of review.

Cash Deposit

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for each of the 
reviewed companies will be the rate listed in the final results of 
review; (2) for previously investigated companies not listed above, the 
cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate 
published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm 
covered in this review, a prior review, or the original less-than-fair-
value (LTFV) investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit 
rate will be the rate established for the most recent period for the 
manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all 
other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be the ``all others'' 
rate of 51.01 percent, which is the ``all others'' rate established in 
the LTFV investigation. These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until publication of the final results of the next 
administrative review.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 C.F.R. 351.402(f)(2) to file a 
certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to 
liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure 
to comply with this requirement could result in the Secretary's 
presumption that reimbursement of the antidumping duties occurred and 
the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: June 30, 2005.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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