Brass Sheet and Strip from Brazil, Canada, France, Italy and Japan; Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders, 45650-45651 [E5-4251]
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Department finds that revocation of the
antidumping duty orders would be
likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of dumping. The dumping
margins are identified in the Final
Results of Reviews section of this notice.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 8, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Audrey Twyman or David Goldberger,
AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–3534 and (202)
482–4136, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 1, 2005, the Department
published the notice of initiation of the
second sunset reviews of the
antidumping duty orders on brass sheet
and strip from Brazil, Canada, France,
Italy and Japan pursuant to section
751(c) of the Act. See Initiation of Fiveyear (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews, 70 FR 16800
(April 1, 2005). The Department
received the Notice of Intent to
Participate from Heyco Metals, Inc.,
Olin Corporation - Brass Group,
Outokumpu American Brass, PMX
Industries, Inc., Revere Copper
Products, Inc., Scott Brass, International
Signed in Washington, DC on July 27,
Association of Machinist and Aerospace
2005.
Workers, United Auto Workers (Local
Bruce I. Knight,
2367 and Local 1024), and United
Chief.
Steelworkers of America AFL–CIO/CLC
[FR Doc. 05–15634 Filed 8–5–05; 8:45 am]
(collectively ‘‘the domestic interested
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parties’’), within the deadline specified
in section 351.218(d)(1)(i) of the
Department’s Regulations (‘‘Sunset
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Regulations’’). The domestic interested
parties claimed interested party status
International Trade Administration
under section 771(9)(C) and (D) of the
[A–351–603, A–122–601, A–427–602, A–475– Act, as manufacturers of a domestic–like
601, A–588–704]
product in the United States, and
unions whose workers are engaged in
Brass Sheet and Strip from Brazil,
the production of a domestic–like
Canada, France, Italy and Japan; Final
product in the United States.
Results of the Expedited Sunset
We received complete substantive
Reviews of the Antidumping Duty
responses from the domestic interested
Orders
parties within the 30-day deadline
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). We
AGENCY: Import Administration,
received no responses from respondent
International Trade Administration,
interested parties with respect to any of
Department of Commerce.
the orders covered by these sunset
SUMMARY: On April 1, 2005, the
reviews.1 As a result, pursuant to
Department of Commerce (‘‘the
Department’’) initiated sunset reviews of section 751(c)(4)(A) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the
the antidumping duty orders on brass
Department conducted an expedited
sheet and strip from Brazil, Canada,
(120-day) sunset review of these orders
France, Italy and Japan pursuant to
section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
1 On April 21, 2005, we received a notification on
as amended (‘‘the Act’’). The
behalf of Nikko Metal Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in
Department conducted expedited (120Japan (which claims to be the successor-in-interest
day) sunset reviews for these orders. As to Nippon Mining Co., Ltd.) that it would not be
submitting a substantive response.
a result of these sunset reviews, the
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for Brazil, Canada, France, Italy and
Japan.
Scope of the Orders
The product covered by these orders
is brass sheet and strip (‘‘BSS’’), other
than leaded and tinned BSS. The
chemical composition of the covered
product is currently defined in the
Copper Development Association
(‘‘C.D.A.’’) 200 Series or the Unified
Numbering System (‘‘U.N.S.’’) C2000.
These orders do not cover products the
chemical compositions of which are
defined by other C.D.A. or U.N.S. series.
In physical dimensions, the product
covered by these orders has a solid
rectangular cross section over 0.006
inches (0.15 millimeters) through 0.188
inches (4.8 millimeters) in finished
thickness or gauge, regardless of width.
Coiled, wound–on-reels (traverse
wound), and cut–to-length products are
included. The merchandise is currently
classified under Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States
(‘‘HTSUS’’) item numbers 7409.21.00
and 7409.29.00. Although the HTSUS
item numbers are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of these
orders remains dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in these reviews are
addressed in the ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Expedited Sunset
Reviews of the Antidumping Duty
Orders on Brass Sheet and Strip from
Brazil, Canada, France, Italy and Japan;
Final Results’’ (‘‘Decision Memo’’) from
Barbara Tillman, Acting Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, to Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, dated August 1, 2005,
which is hereby adopted by this notice.
The issues discussed in the Decision
Memo include the likelihood of
continuation or recurrence of dumping
and the magnitude of the margins likely
to prevail if the orders were to be
revoked. Parties can find a complete
discussion of all issues raised in these
reviews and the corresponding
recommendations in this public
memorandum which is on file in room
B–099 of the main Commerce building.
In addition, a complete version of the
Decision Memo can be accessed directly
on the Web at https://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn,
under the heading ‘‘August 2005.’’ The
paper copy and electronic version of the
Decision Memo are identical in content.
Final Results of Reviews
We determine that revocation of the
antidumping duty orders on brass sheet
and strip from Brazil, Canada, France,
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Italy and Japan would be likely to lead
to continuation or recurrence of
dumping at the following weighted–
average percentage margins:
Manufacturers/Exporters/Producers
Weighted
Average
Margin
(percent)
Brazil.
Eluma Corporation ......................
All Others ....................................
Canada.
Wolverine Tube, Inc. ..................
All Others ....................................
France.
Trefimetaux S.A. .........................
All Others ....................................
Italy.
LMI - La Metalli Industriale, SpA
All Others ....................................
Japan.
Nippon Mining Co., Ltd. ..............
Sambo Copper Alloy Co., Ltd. ...
Mitsubishi Shindoh Co., Ltd. ......
Kobe Steel, Ltd. ..........................
All Others ....................................
40.62
40.62
11.54
8.10
42.24
42.24
5.44
5.44
57.98
13.30
57.98
57.98
45.72
This notice also serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective orders
(‘‘APO’’) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of
proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR
351.305 of the Department’s regulations.
Timely notification of the return or
destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective orders
is hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the regulations and terms of an
APO is a violation which is subject to
sanction.
We are issuing and publishing the
results and notice in accordance with
sections 751(c), 752, and 777(i)(1) of the
Act.
Dated: August 1, 2005.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–549–813]
Canned Pineapple Fruit From Thailand:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to requests by
certain producers/exporters of the
subject merchandise and the
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petitioners,1 the Department of
Commerce (the Department) is
conducting an administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on canned
pineapple fruit (CPF) from Thailand.
This review covers two producers/
exporters of the subject merchandise.
The period of review (POR) is July 1,
2003, through June 30, 2004.
The Department has preliminarily
determined that the companies subject
to this review made U.S. sales at prices
less than normal value (NV). If these
preliminary results are adopted in our
final results of administrative review,
we will instruct U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries. Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results of
review. We will issue the final results of
review no later than 120 days from the
date of publication of this notice.
DATES: Effective August 8, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Magd Zalok or Drew Jackson, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 4, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230,
telephone: (202) 482–4162 or (202) 482–
4406, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 1, 2004, the Department
published in the Federal Register a
notice of ‘‘Opportunity to Request
Administrative Review’’ of the
antidumping duty order on CPF from
Thailand. See Antidumping or
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
To Request Administrative Review, 69
FR 39903 (July 1, 2004). In accordance
with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(2), during July
2004, the following producers/exporters
requested that the Department conduct
an administrative review of their sales
and entries of subject merchandise into
the United Stated during the POR: Vita
Food Factory (1989) Co., Ltd. (Vita);
Thai Pineapple Canning Industry Corp.,
Ltd. (TPC); and the Dole Food Company,
Inc., Dole Packaged Foods Company,
and Dole Thailand, Ltd. (collectively,
Dole). Additionally, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.213(b)(1), on July 29, 2004,
the petitioners requested that the
Department conduct a review of The
Thai Pineapple Public Company
(TIPCO); Vita; The Parchuab Fruit
Canning Co., Ltd. (PRAFT); Dole; and
Kuiburi Fruit Canning Co., Ltd. (KFC).
1 The petitioners are Maui Pineapple Company
Ltd. and the International Longshoreman’s and
Warehouseman’s Union.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-351-603, A-122-601, A-427-602, A-475-601, A-588-704]
Brass Sheet and Strip from Brazil, Canada, France, Italy and
Japan; Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping
Duty Orders
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On April 1, 2005, the Department of Commerce (``the
Department'') initiated sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders
on brass sheet and strip from Brazil, Canada, France, Italy and Japan
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the
Act''). The Department conducted expedited (120-day) sunset reviews for
these orders. As a result of these sunset reviews, the Department finds
that revocation of the antidumping duty orders would be likely to lead
to continuation or recurrence of dumping. The dumping margins are
identified in the Final Results of Reviews section of this notice.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 8, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Audrey Twyman or David Goldberger, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3534 and (202)
482-4136, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 1, 2005, the Department published the notice of initiation
of the second sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on brass
sheet and strip from Brazil, Canada, France, Italy and Japan pursuant
to section 751(c) of the Act. See Initiation of Five-year (``Sunset'')
Reviews, 70 FR 16800 (April 1, 2005). The Department received the
Notice of Intent to Participate from Heyco Metals, Inc., Olin
Corporation - Brass Group, Outokumpu American Brass, PMX Industries,
Inc., Revere Copper Products, Inc., Scott Brass, International
Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers, United Auto Workers
(Local 2367 and Local 1024), and United Steelworkers of America AFL-
CIO/CLC (collectively ``the domestic interested parties''), within the
deadline specified in section 351.218(d)(1)(i) of the Department's
Regulations (``Sunset Regulations''). The domestic interested parties
claimed interested party status under section 771(9)(C) and (D) of the
Act, as manufacturers of a domestic-like product in the United States,
and unions whose workers are engaged in the production of a domestic-
like product in the United States.
We received complete substantive responses from the domestic
interested parties within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(3)(i). We received no responses from respondent interested
parties with respect to any of the orders covered by these sunset
reviews.\1\ As a result, pursuant to section 751(c)(4)(A) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the Department conducted an
expedited (120-day) sunset review of these orders
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for Brazil, Canada, France, Italy and Japan.
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\1\ On April 21, 2005, we received a notification on behalf of
Nikko Metal Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in Japan (which claims to be the
successor-in-interest to Nippon Mining Co., Ltd.) that it would not
be submitting a substantive response.
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Scope of the Orders
The product covered by these orders is brass sheet and strip
(``BSS''), other than leaded and tinned BSS. The chemical composition
of the covered product is currently defined in the Copper Development
Association (``C.D.A.'') 200 Series or the Unified Numbering System
(``U.N.S.'') C2000. These orders do not cover products the chemical
compositions of which are defined by other C.D.A. or U.N.S. series. In
physical dimensions, the product covered by these orders has a solid
rectangular cross section over 0.006 inches (0.15 millimeters) through
0.188 inches (4.8 millimeters) in finished thickness or gauge,
regardless of width. Coiled, wound-on-reels (traverse wound), and cut-
to-length products are included. The merchandise is currently
classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(``HTSUS'') item numbers 7409.21.00 and 7409.29.00. Although the HTSUS
item numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of these orders remains dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in these reviews are addressed in the ``Issues
and Decision Memorandum for the Expedited Sunset Reviews of the
Antidumping Duty Orders on Brass Sheet and Strip from Brazil, Canada,
France, Italy and Japan; Final Results'' (``Decision Memo'') from
Barbara Tillman, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, to Joseph A. Spetrini, Acting Assistant Secretary for
Import Administration, dated August 1, 2005, which is hereby adopted by
this notice. The issues discussed in the Decision Memo include the
likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping and the magnitude
of the margins likely to prevail if the orders were to be revoked.
Parties can find a complete discussion of all issues raised in these
reviews and the corresponding recommendations in this public memorandum
which is on file in room B-099 of the main Commerce building.
In addition, a complete version of the Decision Memo can be
accessed directly on the Web at https://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn, under the
heading ``August 2005.'' The paper copy and electronic version of the
Decision Memo are identical in content.
Final Results of Reviews
We determine that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on
brass sheet and strip from Brazil, Canada, France, Italy and Japan
would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping at the
following weighted-average percentage margins:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Weighted
Average
Manufacturers/Exporters/Producers Margin
(percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Brazil......................................................
Eluma Corporation........................................... 40.62
All Others.................................................. 40.62
Canada......................................................
Wolverine Tube, Inc......................................... 11.54
All Others.................................................. 8.10
France......................................................
Trefimetaux S.A............................................. 42.24
All Others.................................................. 42.24
Italy.......................................................
LMI - La Metalli Industriale, SpA........................... 5.44
All Others.................................................. 5.44
Japan.......................................................
Nippon Mining Co., Ltd...................................... 57.98
Sambo Copper Alloy Co., Ltd................................. 13.30
Mitsubishi Shindoh Co., Ltd................................. 57.98
Kobe Steel, Ltd............................................. 57.98
All Others.................................................. 45.72
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This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective orders (``APO'') of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 of the
Department's regulations. Timely notification of the return or
destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective
orders is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and
terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.
We are issuing and publishing the results and notice in accordance
with sections 751(c), 752, and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: August 1, 2005.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-4251 Filed 8-5-05; 8:45 am]
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