Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, and Determination To Revoke Order in Part: Certain Cased Pencils From the People's Republic of China, 13352-13353 [E6-3746]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–827]
Notice of Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Changed Circumstances Review,
and Determination To Revoke Order in
Part: Certain Cased Pencils From the
People’s Republic of China
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On August 30, 2005, the
Department of Commerce (the
Department) published a notice of
initiation of an antidumping duty
changed circumstances review of the
antidumping duty order on certain
cased pencils (pencils) from the
People’s Republic of China (PRC). See
Notice of Initiation of Antidumping
Duty Changed Circumstances Review:
Certain Cased Pencils from the People’s
Republic of China, 70 FR 51336 (August
30, 2005) (Initiation). The Department
published the preliminary results of this
review on January 3, 2006. See Notice of
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Changed Circumstances Review
and Intent to Revoke Order in Part:
Certain Cased Pencils from the People’s
Republic of China, 71 FR 92 (January 3,
2006) (Preliminary Results). We are now
revoking this order, in part, with respect
to pencils meeting the specifications
described below, based on the fact that
domestic interested parties 1 have
AGENCY:
1 Sanford Corporation, Musgrave Pencil
Company, RoseMoon, Inc., and General Pencil
Company, domestic manufacturers of cased pencils
(collectively, the domestic interested parties).
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expressed no objection to exclusion of
these pencils from the order.
DATES: Effective Date: March 15, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
Stolz or Charles Riggle, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 8, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone (202) 482–4474 and (202)
482–0650, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 14, 2005, M.A. Notch
Corporation (Notch), a U.S. importer,
filed a request asking the Department to
revoke the antidumping duty order (AD
order) on certain cased pencils from the
PRC with respect to a large novelty
pencil. See Notch’s letter to the
Department, dated April 5, 2005 (Notch
Request Letter). Specifically, Notch
requests that the Department revoke the
AD order with respect to imports of
certain cased pencils meeting the
following description: novelty jumbo
pencil that is octagonal in shape,
approximately ten inches long, one inch
in diameter, and three-and-one eighth
inches in circumference, composed of
turned wood encasing one-and-one half
inches of sharpened lead on one end
and a rubber eraser on the other end.
See Notch Request Letter at 1. On May
6, 2005, the domestic interested parties
submitted a letter to the Department
stating that they ‘‘ * * * do not object
to exclusion of items meeting the
description set forth in the quoted
description’’ (as stated above). On
August 22, 2005, the Department
initiated a changed circumstances
review. See Notice of Initiation of
Antidumping Duty Changed
Circumstances Review: Certain Cased
Pencils from the People’s Republic of
China, 70 FR 51336 (August 30, 2005).
On August 25, 2005, we informed all
interested parties that comments on the
initiation of the changed circumstances
review and/or comments with respect to
whether the domestic interested parties
account for substantially all of the
production of the domestic like product,
were due 21 days subsequent to
publication of the initiation notice in
the Federal Register. No interested
party submitted comments.
As noted above, on January 3, 2006,
the Department published the
Preliminary Results in the Federal
Register and gave interested parties an
additional opportunity to comment. We
received no comments from interested
parties.
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New Scope Based on This Changed
Circumstances Review
Imports covered by this order are
shipments of certain cased pencils of
any shape or dimension (except as
noted below) which are writing and/or
drawing instruments that feature cores
of graphite or other materials, encased
in wood and/or man-made materials,
whether or not decorated and whether
or not tipped (e.g., with erasers, etc.) in
any fashion, and either sharpened or
unsharpened. The pencils subject to the
order are currently classifiable under
subheading 9609.10.00 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS). Specifically
excluded from the scope of the order are
mechanical pencils, cosmetic pencils,
pens, non-cased crayons (wax), pastels,
charcoals, chalks, and pencils produced
under U.S. patent number 6,217,242,
from paper infused with scents by the
means covered in the above-referenced
patent, thereby having odors distinct
from those that may emanate from
pencils lacking the scent infusion. Also
excluded from the scope of the order are
pencils with all of the following
physical characteristics: (1) Length: 13.5
or more inches; (2) sheath diameter: not
less than one-and-one quarter inches at
any point (before sharpening); and (3)
core length: not more than 15 percent of
the length of the pencil.
In addition, pencils with all of the
following physical characteristics are
excluded from the scope of the order:
novelty jumbo pencils that are octagonal
in shape, approximately ten inches long,
one inch in diameter before sharpening,
and three-and-one eighth inches in
circumference, composed of turned
wood encasing one-and-one half inches
of sharpened lead on one end and a
rubber eraser on the other end.
Although the HTSUS subheading is
provided for convenience and customs
purposes, our written description of the
scope of the order is dispositive.
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Final Results of Review; Partial
Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order
The affirmative statement by
interested parties that they have no
objection to exclusion of pencils
meeting the specifications described
above from the order constitutes
changed circumstances sufficient to
warrant partial revocation of this order.
No party commented on the preliminary
results or claimed that the domestic
interested parties mentioned above do
not account for substantially all of the
production of the domestic like product
to which the order pertains. Therefore,
the Department is revoking, in part, the
order on pencils from the PRC with
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regard to the pencils meeting the
specifications described above, in
accordance with sections 751(b),
751(d)(1), and 782(h)(2) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19
CFR 351.222(g)(1).
The Department will instruct U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
liquidate, without regard to
antidumping duties, all unliquidated
entries of pencils meeting the
specifications described above. The
Department will instruct CBP to refund
with interest any estimated
antidumping duties collected with
respect to unliquidated entries of
pencils meeting the specifications
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption prior to the effective
date of this notice. In addition, the
Department will terminate the
suspension of liquidation for the
merchandise covered by this partial
revocation, effective on the date of
publication of this notice.
This notice serves as a reminder to
parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.306. Timely written
notification of the return/destruction of
APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested. See
19 CFR 351.305. Failure to comply with
the regulations and terms of an APO is
a sanctionable violation.
This changed circumstances
administrative review, partial
revocation of the antidumping duty
order and notice are in accordance with
sections 751(b), 751(d)(1), 777(i) and
782(h)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.216(e) and 19 CFR 351.222(g) of the
Department’s regulations.
Dated: March 9, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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has accepted conservation and
management measures pertaining to
fishing in Antarctic waters managed by
the Commission for the Conservation of
Antarctic Marine Living Resources
(Commission or CCAMLR). The
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its twenty-forth meeting in Hobart,
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Enhancement Program.
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Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA,
National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315
East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD
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Robin Tuttle, 301–713–2282.
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Background
The full text of the conservation and
management measures agreed to by
consensus by CCAMLR at its 2005
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Department of State in a formal notice
in the Federal Register on January 26,
2006 (71 FR 4406).
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notice, but no public comments were
received. Through this action, NMFS
notifies the public that the United States
has accepted the measures adopted at
CCAMLR’s twenty-fourth meeting.
NMFS provides the following summary
of these conservation and management
measures as a courtesy.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-827]
Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances
Review, and Determination To Revoke Order in Part: Certain Cased
Pencils From the People's Republic of China
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On August 30, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the
Department) published a notice of initiation of an antidumping duty
changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on certain
cased pencils (pencils) from the People's Republic of China (PRC). See
Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review:
Certain Cased Pencils from the People's Republic of China, 70 FR 51336
(August 30, 2005) (Initiation). The Department published the
preliminary results of this review on January 3, 2006. See Notice of
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review
and Intent to Revoke Order in Part: Certain Cased Pencils from the
People's Republic of China, 71 FR 92 (January 3, 2006) (Preliminary
Results). We are now revoking this order, in part, with respect to
pencils meeting the specifications described below, based on the fact
that domestic interested parties \1\ have expressed no objection to
exclusion of these pencils from the order.
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\1\ Sanford Corporation, Musgrave Pencil Company, RoseMoon,
Inc., and General Pencil Company, domestic manufacturers of cased
pencils (collectively, the domestic interested parties).
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DATES: Effective Date: March 15, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Stolz or Charles Riggle, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
4474 and (202) 482-0650, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 14, 2005, M.A. Notch Corporation (Notch), a U.S. importer,
filed a request asking the Department to revoke the antidumping duty
order (AD order) on certain cased pencils from the PRC with respect to
a large novelty pencil. See Notch's letter to the Department, dated
April 5, 2005 (Notch Request Letter). Specifically, Notch requests that
the Department revoke the AD order with respect to imports of certain
cased pencils meeting the following description: novelty jumbo pencil
that is octagonal in shape, approximately ten inches long, one inch in
diameter, and three-and-one eighth inches in circumference, composed of
turned wood encasing one-and-one half inches of sharpened lead on one
end and a rubber eraser on the other end. See Notch Request Letter at
1. On May 6, 2005, the domestic interested parties submitted a letter
to the Department stating that they `` * * * do not object to exclusion
of items meeting the description set forth in the quoted description''
(as stated above). On August 22, 2005, the Department initiated a
changed circumstances review. See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping
Duty Changed Circumstances Review: Certain Cased Pencils from the
People's Republic of China, 70 FR 51336 (August 30, 2005).
On August 25, 2005, we informed all interested parties that
comments on the initiation of the changed circumstances review and/or
comments with respect to whether the domestic interested parties
account for substantially all of the production of the domestic like
product, were due 21 days subsequent to publication of the initiation
notice in the Federal Register. No interested party submitted comments.
As noted above, on January 3, 2006, the Department published the
Preliminary Results in the Federal Register and gave interested parties
an additional opportunity to comment. We received no comments from
interested parties.
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New Scope Based on This Changed Circumstances Review
Imports covered by this order are shipments of certain cased
pencils of any shape or dimension (except as noted below) which are
writing and/or drawing instruments that feature cores of graphite or
other materials, encased in wood and/or man-made materials, whether or
not decorated and whether or not tipped (e.g., with erasers, etc.) in
any fashion, and either sharpened or unsharpened. The pencils subject
to the order are currently classifiable under subheading 9609.10.00 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
Specifically excluded from the scope of the order are mechanical
pencils, cosmetic pencils, pens, non-cased crayons (wax), pastels,
charcoals, chalks, and pencils produced under U.S. patent number
6,217,242, from paper infused with scents by the means covered in the
above-referenced patent, thereby having odors distinct from those that
may emanate from pencils lacking the scent infusion. Also excluded from
the scope of the order are pencils with all of the following physical
characteristics: (1) Length: 13.5 or more inches; (2) sheath diameter:
not less than one-and-one quarter inches at any point (before
sharpening); and (3) core length: not more than 15 percent of the
length of the pencil.
In addition, pencils with all of the following physical
characteristics are excluded from the scope of the order: novelty jumbo
pencils that are octagonal in shape, approximately ten inches long, one
inch in diameter before sharpening, and three-and-one eighth inches in
circumference, composed of turned wood encasing one-and-one half inches
of sharpened lead on one end and a rubber eraser on the other end.
Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and
customs purposes, our written description of the scope of the order is
dispositive.
Final Results of Review; Partial Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order
The affirmative statement by interested parties that they have no
objection to exclusion of pencils meeting the specifications described
above from the order constitutes changed circumstances sufficient to
warrant partial revocation of this order. No party commented on the
preliminary results or claimed that the domestic interested parties
mentioned above do not account for substantially all of the production
of the domestic like product to which the order pertains. Therefore,
the Department is revoking, in part, the order on pencils from the PRC
with regard to the pencils meeting the specifications described above,
in accordance with sections 751(b), 751(d)(1), and 782(h)(2) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1).
The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, all
unliquidated entries of pencils meeting the specifications described
above. The Department will instruct CBP to refund with interest any
estimated antidumping duties collected with respect to unliquidated
entries of pencils meeting the specifications entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption prior to the effective date of this
notice. In addition, the Department will terminate the suspension of
liquidation for the merchandise covered by this partial revocation,
effective on the date of publication of this notice.
This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.306. Timely written notification of
the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested. See 19 CFR 351.305. Failure to
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
This changed circumstances administrative review, partial
revocation of the antidumping duty order and notice are in accordance
with sections 751(b), 751(d)(1), 777(i) and 782(h)(2) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.216(e) and 19 CFR 351.222(g) of the Department's regulations.
Dated: March 9, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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