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to an unaffiliated party was made before
the date of importation and the use of
constructed EP (‘‘CEP’’) was not
otherwise warranted. We calculated EP
based on the price to an unaffiliated
purchaser in the United States. In
accordance with section 772(c) of the
Act, as appropriate, we deducted from
the starting price to the unaffiliated
purchaser foreign inland freight and
brokerage & handling. Each of these
services was either provided by a NME
vendor or paid for in NME currency.
Thus, we based the deduction for these
movement charges on surrogate values.
See Memorandum from Paul Walker,
Case Analyst, through Alex Villanueva,
Program Manager, Office 9 and James C.
Doyle, Office Director, Office 9, to The
File,6th Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review of Certain
Preserved Mushrooms from the People’s
Republic of China: Regarding Surrogate
Values for the Preliminary Results,
dated February 28, 2006, (‘‘Surrogate
Values Memo’’) for details regarding the
surrogate values for other movement
expenses.
Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine that the
following margin exists during the
period February 1, 2004, through
January 31, 2005:
CERTAIN PRESERVED MUSHROOMS FROM THE PRC
Weighted–Average Margin
(Percent)
Manufacturer/Exporter
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Raoping Yucun Canned Foods Factory ....................................................................................................................
PRC–wide Entity (including Primera Harvest (Xiangfan) Inc., Gerber Food (Yunnan) Co., Ltd. and Guangxi Yulin
Oriental Food Co., Ltd.) .........................................................................................................................................
Public Comment
The Department will disclose to
parties to this proceeding the
calculation performed in reaching the
preliminary results within ten days of
the date of announcement of the
preliminary results. An interested party
may request a hearing within 30 days of
publication of the preliminary results.
See 19 CFR 351.310(c). Interested
parties may submit written comments
(case briefs) within 30 days of
publication of the preliminary results
and rebuttal comments (rebuttal briefs),
which must be limited to issues raised
in the case briefs, within five days after
the time limit for filing case briefs. See
19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 19 CFR
351.309(d). Parties who submit
arguments 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.
Further, the Department requests that
parties submitting written comments
provide the Department with a diskette
containing the public version of those
comments. Unless the deadline is
extended pursuant to section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department
will issue the final results of this
administrative review, including the
results of our analysis of the issues
raised by the parties in their comments,
within 120 days of publication of the
preliminary results. The assessment of
antidumping duties on entries of
merchandise covered by this review and
future deposits of estimated duties shall
be based on the final results of this
review.
Assessment Rates
Upon issuing the final results of the
review, the Department shall determine,
and CBP shall assess, antidumping
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duties on all appropriate entries. The
Department will issue appropriate
appraisement instructions for the
companies subject to this review
directly to CBP within 15 days of
publication of the final results of this
review. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), we will calculate
importer–specific ad valorem duty
assessment rates based on the ratio of
the total amount of the dumping
margins calculated for the examined
sales to the total entered value of those
same sales. We will instruct CBP to
assess antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this
review if any importer–specific
assessment rate calculated in the final
results of this review is above de
minimis.
Cash Deposit Requirements
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, as provided for by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash
deposit rate for each of the reviewed
companies that received a separate rate
in this review will be the rate listed in
the final results of review (except that
if the rate for a particular company is de
minimis, less than 0.5 percent, no cash
deposit will be required for that
company); (2) for previously
investigated or reviewed companies not
listed above that have separate rates, 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 LTFV
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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 (including PHX, Gerber and
Guangxi Yulin) will continue to be the
‘‘PRC–wide’’ rate of 198.63 percent,
which was 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 Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary
reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR
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 antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of double antidumping duties.
We are issuing and publishing this
determination in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the
Act.
Dated: February 28, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation
of the Weighted Average Dumping
Margin During an Antidumping Duty
Investigation
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘the Department’’) is requesting
comments regarding the calculation of
the weighted average dumping margin
in an antidumping duty investigation.
Currently, the Department usually
makes comparisons between average
export prices and average normal values
and does not offset any dumping that is
found with the results of comparisons
for which the average export price
exceeds the average normal value. A
recent WTO dispute settlement report
has found that the United States
application of this methodology was
inconsistent with our WTO obligations.
In response to this report, the
Department will abandon the use of
average–to-average comparisons without
such offsets. The Department seeks
comment on the alternative approach(s)
that may be appropriate in future
investigations.
AGENCY:
March 6, 2006.
To be assured of consideration,
written comments must be received no
later than 30 days after the date of
publication in the Federal Register.
Rebuttal comments must be received no
later than 45 days after the publication
date.
ADDRESS: Submit comments to David
Spooner, Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Central Records Unit, Room
1870, Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20230;
Attention: Weighted Average Dumping
Margin.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
hsrobinson on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES
Michael Rill at 202) 482–3058, Mark
Barnett at (202) 482–2866, or William
Kovatch at (202) 482–5052.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Pursuant to section 777A(d)(1)(A) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, in an
investigation, the Department may
determine whether the subject
merchandise is being sold at less than
fair value either by comparing weighted
average normal values to weighted
average export prices of comparable
merchandise (the average–to-average
comparison methodology), or by
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comparing normal values of individual
transactions to the export prices1 of
individual transactions for comparable
merchandise (the transaction–totransaction comparison methodology).
The Department’s regulations state that
the Department will normally use the
average–to-average comparison
methodology in an investigation. 19
C.F.R. 351.414(c)(1).
In applying the average–to-average
methodology during an investigation,
the Department usually divides the
export transactions into groups by
model and level of trade (‘‘averaging
groups’’), and compares an average of
the export price of transactions within
one group to an average normal value
for the same or similar model of the
foreign like product at the same or most
similar level of trade. When aggregating
the results of the comparisons of
averaging groups in order to determine
the weighted average dumping margin,
the Department has not allowed the
results of averaging groups for which
export price exceeds normal value to
offset the results of averaging groups for
which export price is less than normal
value.2
The European Communities (‘‘EC’’)
challenged the denial of offsets, both ‘‘as
such,’’ and ‘‘as applied’’ in certain
administrative determinations, as being
inconsistent with the World Trade
Organization (‘‘WTO’’) Agreement on
Implementation of Article VI of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
1994 (‘‘Antidumping Agreement’’)
before a dispute settlement panel. The
panel circulated its report on October
31, 2005, finding, with respect to the
specific antidumping duty
investigations subject to the EC’s
challenge, that the Department’s denial
of offsets when using the average–toaverage comparison methodology in an
investigation is inconsistent with
Article 2.4.2 of the Antidumping
Agreement.3 The United States has not
appealed this aspect of the panel’s
report.
1 The Department may also use constructed
export prices, if appropriate. Because the use of
export prices or constructed export prices is not
relevant to the substance of this notice, the
Department refers only to export prices hereafter.
2 Section 771(35)(A) of the Act defines the
dumping margin as the amount by which normal
value ‘‘exceeds’’ export or constructed export price.
Section 771(35)(B) defines the weighted average
dumping margin as the percentage determined by
dividing the aggregate dumping margins
determined for a specific exporter or producer by
the aggregate export or constructed export price of
that exporter or producer.
3 Panel Report, United States - Laws, Regulations
and Methodology for Calculating Dumping Margins
(‘‘US - Zeroing’’), WT/DS294/R, para. 7.32,
circulated October 31, 2005 (‘‘Zeroing’’).
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Proposal for Calculating the Weighted
Average Dumping Margin in an
Antidumping Investigation and Request
for Comments
Pursuant to section 123(g)(1) of the
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (‘‘the
URAA’’), ‘‘[i]n any case in which a
dispute settlement panel or the
Appellate Body finds in its report that
a regulation or practice of a department
or agency of the United States is
inconsistent with any of the Uruguay
Round Agreements,’’ certain
requirements must be met before ‘‘that
regulation or practice’’ may be
‘‘amended, rescinded, or otherwise
modified . . . .’’ Section 123(g)(1)(C) of
the URAA requires that the Department
provide opportunity for public comment
by publishing ‘‘the proposed
modifications and the explanation of the
modification’’ in the Federal Register.
The WTO panel in US - Zeroing has
found the denial of offsets in certain
antidumping duty investigations, when
using the average–to-average
comparison methodology, to be
inconsistent with Article 2.4.2 of the
Antidumping Agreement.4 Accordingly,
the Department proposes that it will no
longer make average–to-average
comparisons without providing offsets
for non–dumped comparisons.
The Department is soliciting
comments pertaining to this proposal
and appropriate methodologies to be
applied in future antidumping duty
investigations in light of the panel’s
report in US - Zeroing.
Timetable
After considering all comments
received, the Department intends to
publish in the Federal Register a final
notice regarding the calculation of the
weighted average dumping margin using
the average–to-average comparison
methodology in an investigation. See
section 123(g)(1)(F) of the URAA (19
U.S.C. 3533(g)(1)(F)). Any changes in
methodology will be applied in all
investigations initiated on the basis of
petitions received on or after the first
day of the month following the date of
publication of the Department’s final
notice of the new weighted average
dumping margin calculation
methodology.
Comments - Format
Parties wishing to comment should
submit a signed original and six copies
of each set of comments, including
reasons for any recommendations, along
with a cover letter identifying the
commenter’s name and address. To help
simplify the processing and distribution
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of comments and rebuttals, the
Department requests that a submission
in electronic form accompany the
required paper copies. Comments filed
in electronic form should be on CD–
ROM in either WordPerfect format or a
format that the WordPerfect program
can convert into WordPerfect.
Comments received on CD–ROM will
be made available to the public on the
Web at the following address: https://
ia.ita.doc.gov/. In addition, upon
request, the Department will make
comments filed in electronic form
available to the public on CD–ROMs (at
cost) with specific instructions for
accessing compressed data (if
necessary). Any questions concerning
file formatting, document conversion,
access on the Web, or other electronic
filing issues should be addressed to
Andrew Lee Beller, IA Webmaster, at
(202) 482–0866 or via e–mail at
andrew.beller@mail.doc.gov.
Dated: February 28, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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Administration
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Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council will convene
public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held March
20 – 23, 2006. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for specific dates and
times.
These meetings will be held
at the Radisson Admiral Semmes Hotel,
251 Government Street, Mobile, AL
36602.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa,
FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director,
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (813) 348–1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006
1:30 p.m. – Convene.
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. – Hear a
Monitoring Report on the Madison/
Swanson Marine Reserves.
2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – Receive public
testimony on (a) Final Reef Fish
Amendment 26 [Red Snapper
Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ)]; and (b)
Exempted fishing permits (if any).
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. – Open public
comment period regarding any fishery
issue or concern.
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. – NOAA
Fisheries Service will hold a public
workshop to provide a general
demonstration of the on-line capabilities
to implement the Red Snapper
Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) System.
This presentation is solely for the
purpose of soliciting input from the
Council and potential users of the
system in an effort to make the tool user
friendly, concise and responsive to Reef
Fish Amendment 26.
Thursday, March 23, 2006
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ADDRESSES:
Council
8:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. – Receive the
Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC) Selection Committee Report on
appointment of shrimp effort working
group (CLOSED SESSION).
9 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. – Receive the joint
Reef Fish/Shrimp Management
Committees Report.
11:15 a.m. – 12 noon – Receive the
Administrative Policy Committee
Report.
1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. – Report the
Council action on the SSC Selection
Committee Report.
1:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. – Receive the
Reef Fish Management Committee
Report.
3:45 p.m. – 4 p.m. – Receive the
Council Chairs Budget Meeting Report.
4 p.m. – 5 p.m. – Other Business
(Includes miscellaneous reports filed
under Tabs O, P, Q, and R of briefing
book).
Committee
Monday, March 20, 2006
1 p.m. – 3 p.m. – The Standing SSC
will meet to discuss and take action on
attendance/operations issues. The
Standing SSC will then review and take
action on the Socioeconomic Panel
(SEP) Report on grouper allocation
issues.
3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – The
Administrative Policy Committee will
meet jointly with the Standing SSC to
review the Statement of Organization
Practices and Procedures (SOPPs)
provisions on SSC operations.
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4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. – The joint Reef
Fish/Shrimp Management Committees
will meet with the Standing SSC to
review an options paper for Joint Draft
Amendment Reef Fish 27/Shrimp 14 to
consider changes to regulations for the
directed red snapper fishery and shrimp
trawl fishery for reducing bycatch in the
directed red snapper fishery and shrimp
fishery; and effort limitation alternatives
for the shrimp fishery. The Committees
and the SSC will also review a scoping
document for a Draft Shrimp
Amendment 15 that considers limits on
trawling gear, restrictions on the transfer
of vessel permits, bycatch quotas, and
possible area closures. Public comments
from the scoping meetings will be
reviewed for both proposed
amendments. The SSC will provide
their review, and the Committees will
make recommendations for Council.
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
8:30 a.m. – 12 noon – The joint Reef
Fish/Shrimp Management Committees
will reconvene with the Standing SSC to
continue their work.
1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. – The joint Reef
Fish/Shrimp Management Committees
will convene without the Standing SSC
to continue their discussions.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. – After an update
on the red snapper IFQ referendum, the
Reef Fish Management Committee will
take final action on Reef Fish
Amendment 26 for a Red Snapper IFQ
program. They will then review public
comments/letters and develop
committee recommendations. The
Committee will then discuss issues
pertaining to the Grouper IFQ
Amendment and review
recommendations of the Ad Hoc
Grouper IFQ Advisory Panel and make
recommendations to Council. Finally,
the Committee will review the SEP
report and the SSC Recommendations
on Grouper Allocation Amendment
issues and make recommendations to
Council.
Although other non-emergency issues
not on the agendas may come before the
Council and Committees for discussion,
in accordance with the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens
Act), those issues may not be the subject
of formal action during these meetings.
Actions of the Council and Committees
will be restricted to those issues
specifically identified in the agendas
and any issues arising after publication
of this notice that require emergency
action under section 305(c) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the
public has been notified of the Council’s
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted Average
Dumping Margin During an Antidumping Duty Investigation
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is requesting
comments regarding the calculation of the weighted average dumping
margin in an antidumping duty investigation. Currently, the Department
usually makes comparisons between average export prices and average
normal values and does not offset any dumping that is found with the
results of comparisons for which the average export price exceeds the
average normal value. A recent WTO dispute settlement report has found
that the United States application of this methodology was inconsistent
with our WTO obligations. In response to this report, the Department
will abandon the use of average-to-average comparisons without such
offsets. The Department seeks comment on the alternative approach(s)
that may be appropriate in future investigations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 6, 2006.
DATES: To be assured of consideration, written comments must be
received no later than 30 days after the date of publication in the
Federal Register. Rebuttal comments must be received no later than 45
days after the publication date.
ADDRESS: Submit comments to David Spooner, Assistant Secretary for
Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Central Records
Unit, Room 1870, Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20230; Attention: Weighted Average Dumping Margin.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Rill at 202) 482-3058, Mark
Barnett at (202) 482-2866, or William Kovatch at (202) 482-5052.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Pursuant to section 777A(d)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, in an
investigation, the Department may determine whether the subject
merchandise is being sold at less than fair value either by comparing
weighted average normal values to weighted average export prices of
comparable merchandise (the average-to-average comparison methodology),
or by comparing normal values of individual transactions to the export
prices\1\ of individual transactions for comparable merchandise (the
transaction-to-transaction comparison methodology). The Department's
regulations state that the Department will normally use the average-to-
average comparison methodology in an investigation. 19 C.F.R.
351.414(c)(1).
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\1\ The Department may also use constructed export prices, if
appropriate. Because the use of export prices or constructed export
prices is not relevant to the substance of this notice, the
Department refers only to export prices hereafter.
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In applying the average-to-average methodology during an
investigation, the Department usually divides the export transactions
into groups by model and level of trade (``averaging groups''), and
compares an average of the export price of transactions within one
group to an average normal value for the same or similar model of the
foreign like product at the same or most similar level of trade. When
aggregating the results of the comparisons of averaging groups in order
to determine the weighted average dumping margin, the Department has
not allowed the results of averaging groups for which export price
exceeds normal value to offset the results of averaging groups for
which export price is less than normal value.\2\
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\2\ Section 771(35)(A) of the Act defines the dumping margin as
the amount by which normal value ``exceeds'' export or constructed
export price. Section 771(35)(B) defines the weighted average
dumping margin as the percentage determined by dividing the
aggregate dumping margins determined for a specific exporter or
producer by the aggregate export or constructed export price of that
exporter or producer.
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The European Communities (``EC'') challenged the denial of offsets,
both ``as such,'' and ``as applied'' in certain administrative
determinations, as being inconsistent with the World Trade Organization
(``WTO'') Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (``Antidumping Agreement'') before
a dispute settlement panel. The panel circulated its report on October
31, 2005, finding, with respect to the specific antidumping duty
investigations subject to the EC's challenge, that the Department's
denial of offsets when using the average-to-average comparison
methodology in an investigation is inconsistent with Article 2.4.2 of
the Antidumping Agreement.\3\ The United States has not appealed this
aspect of the panel's report.
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\3\ Panel Report, United States - Laws, Regulations and
Methodology for Calculating Dumping Margins (``US - Zeroing''), WT/
DS294/R, para. 7.32, circulated October 31, 2005 (``Zeroing'').
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Proposal for Calculating the Weighted Average Dumping Margin in an
Antidumping Investigation and Request for Comments
Pursuant to section 123(g)(1) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act
(``the URAA''), ``[i]n any case in which a dispute settlement panel or
the Appellate Body finds in its report that a regulation or practice of
a department or agency of the United States is inconsistent with any of
the Uruguay Round Agreements,'' certain requirements must be met before
``that regulation or practice'' may be ``amended, rescinded, or
otherwise modified . . . .'' Section 123(g)(1)(C) of the URAA requires
that the Department provide opportunity for public comment by
publishing ``the proposed modifications and the explanation of the
modification'' in the Federal Register.
The WTO panel in US - Zeroing has found the denial of offsets in
certain antidumping duty investigations, when using the average-to-
average comparison methodology, to be inconsistent with Article 2.4.2
of the Antidumping Agreement.\4\ Accordingly, the Department proposes
that it will no longer make average-to-average comparisons without
providing offsets for non-dumped comparisons.
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\4\ US - Zeroing, para. 7.32.
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The Department is soliciting comments pertaining to this proposal
and appropriate methodologies to be applied in future antidumping duty
investigations in light of the panel's report in US - Zeroing.
Timetable
After considering all comments received, the Department intends to
publish in the Federal Register a final notice regarding the
calculation of the weighted average dumping margin using the average-
to-average comparison methodology in an investigation. See section
123(g)(1)(F) of the URAA (19 U.S.C. 3533(g)(1)(F)). Any changes in
methodology will be applied in all investigations initiated on the
basis of petitions received on or after the first day of the month
following the date of publication of the Department's final notice of
the new weighted average dumping margin calculation methodology.
Comments - Format
Parties wishing to comment should submit a signed original and six
copies of each set of comments, including reasons for any
recommendations, along with a cover letter identifying the commenter's
name and address. To help simplify the processing and distribution
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of comments and rebuttals, the Department requests that a submission in
electronic form accompany the required paper copies. Comments filed in
electronic form should be on CD-ROM in either WordPerfect format or a
format that the WordPerfect program can convert into WordPerfect.
Comments received on CD-ROM will be made available to the public on
the Web at the following address: https://ia.ita.doc.gov/. In addition,
upon request, the Department will make comments filed in electronic
form available to the public on CD-ROMs (at cost) with specific
instructions for accessing compressed data (if necessary). Any
questions concerning file formatting, document conversion, access on
the Web, or other electronic filing issues should be addressed to
Andrew Lee Beller, IA Webmaster, at (202) 482-0866 or via e-mail at
andrew.beller@mail.doc.gov.
Dated: February 28, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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