Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review, 30866-30867 [E6-8390]

Download as PDF 30866 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 104 / Wednesday, May 31, 2006 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–570–848] Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From the People’s Republic of China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (‘‘Department’’) has received a timely request to conduct a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from the People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’). In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(d)(1), we are initiating a review for Shanghai Strong International Trading Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Strong). EFFECTIVE DATE: May 31, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin C. Begnal or Scot T. Fullerton, AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1442 or (202) 482– 1386, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES Background The Department received a timely request from Shanghai Strong on March 24, 2006, pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’), and in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(c), for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from the PRC. See Notice of Amendment to Final Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the People’s Republic of China, 62 FR 48218 (September 15, 1997). Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i), 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(ii)(A), and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), in its request for review, Shanghai Strong certified that it did not export the subject merchandise to the United States during the period of investigation (POI) and that since the initiation of the investigation it has never been affiliated with any company which exported subject merchandise to the United States during the POI. Furthermore, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(ii)(B) and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), Jiangsu Hongda Aquatic Food Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Hongda), Shanghai Strong’s producer, certified that it did not export the subject merchandise to the United VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:52 May 30, 2006 Jkt 208001 States during the POI and that since the initiation of the investigation it has never been affiliated with any company which exported subject merchandise to the United States during the POI. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), Shanghai Strong submitted documentation establishing the following: (1) the date on which it first shipped subject merchandise for export to the United States and the date on which the subject merchandise was first entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption; (2) the volume of its first shipment; and (3) the date of its first sale to an unaffiliated customer in the United States. On March 29, 2006, we requested from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) the entry package for Shanghai Strong, and on April 21, 2006, we received from CBP the entry documentation. However, we found certain discrepancies between the documentation provided by Shanghai Strong in its request for a new shipper review and the entry package we received from CBP.1 On May 1, 2006, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.302(b), the Department extended the time limit to initiate this new shipper review by 30 days in order to provide Shanghai Strong an opportunity to explain or resolve the inconsistencies in the entry documentation.2 On May 3, 2006, we received a revised Entry Summary (CF7501) from Shanghai Strong for this shipment, and on May 5, 2006, we spoke with Ms. Yingchao Xiao, of Lee & Xiao, counsel to Shanghai Strong, who informed us that Shanghai Strong’s importer’s customs broker had made a mistake while filing the entry documentation for this shipment, prompting a revision.3 On May 9, 2006, we requested from CBP the revised entry package for Shanghai Strong, and received the entry package from CBP on May 12, 2006.4 We found that the 1 See Memorandum to the File, from Michael Quigley, Case Analyst, through Christopher D. Riker, Program Manager, Re: Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the People’s Republic of China: Entry Packages from U.S. Customs and Border Protection for Shanghai Strong International Co., Ltd. (May 1, 2006). 2 See Letter from Christopher D. Riker, Program Manager, to Yingchao Xiao of Lee & Xiao, counsel to Shanghai Strong, Re: Extension of Initiation Date of New Shipper Review of Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the People’s Republic of China (May 1, 2006). 3 See Memorandum to the File from Christopher D. Riker, Program Manager, Subject: Telephone Conversation with Counsel for Shanghai Strong International Trading Co., Ltd. (May 12, 2006). 4 See Memorandum to the File from Erin Begnal, Case Analyst, through Christopher D. Riker, Program Manager, Re: Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the People’s Republic of China: Entry Packages from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) (May 12, 2006). PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 discrepancy between the information provided by Shanghai Strong in its request for a new shipper review and the original entry package provided by CBP was resolved with the revised information provided by both Shanghai Strong on May 3, 2006, and by CBP on May 12, 2006. Initiation of Reviews In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.214(d)(1), and based on information on the record, we are initiating a new shipper review for Shanghai Strong. See Memorandum to the File through James C. Doyle, New Shipper Initiation Checklist, dated May 23, 2006. The Department will conduct this new shipper review according to the deadlines set forth in section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(B), the period of review (‘‘POR’’) for a new shipper review, normally initiated in the month immediately following the semiannual anniversary month, will be the sixmonth period immediately preceding the semiannual anniversary month. Therefore, the POR for the new shipper review of Shanghai Strong will be September 1, 2005, through February 28, 2006. In cases involving non–market economies, the Department requires that a company seeking to establish eligibility for an antidumping duty rate separate from the country–wide rate demonstrate that it operates free of de jure and de facto government control over the company’s export activities. See Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sparklers from the People’s Republic of China, 56 FR 20588 (May 6, 1991); Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Silicon Carbide from the People’s Republic of China, 59 FR 22585 (May 2, 1994); see also Sigma Corp. v. United States, 117 F. 3d 1401,1405 (Fed. Cir. 1997). Accordingly, we will issue a questionnaire to Shanghai Strong, including a separate rates section. The review will proceed if the response provides sufficient indication that Shanghai Strong is not subject to either de jure or de facto government control with respect to its exports of freshwater crawfish tail meat. However, if the exporter does not demonstrate the company’s eligibility for a separate rate, then the company will be deemed not separate from the PRC–wide entity, which exported during the POI. An exporter unable to demonstrate the company’s eligibility for a separate rate does not meet the requirements of CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii) and its new shipper E:\FR\FM\31MYN1.SGM 31MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 104 / Wednesday, May 31, 2006 / Notices review will be rescinded. See, e.g., Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review and Rescission of New Shipper Reviews: Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the People’s Republic of China, 69 FR 53669 (September 2, 2004); see also Brake Rotors From the People’s Republic of China: Rescission of Second New Shipper Review and Final Results and Partial Rescission of First Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 64 FR 61581 (November 12, 1999). In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(e), we will instruct CBP to allow, at the option of the importer, the posting, until the completion of the review, of a single entry bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit for certain entries of the merchandise exported by Shanghai Strong. We will apply the bonding option under 19 CFR 351.107(b)(1)(i) only to entries from the producer/exporter combination for which Shanghai Strong has requested a new shipper review, i.e., Jiangsu Hongda/Shanghai Strong. Interested parties that need access to proprietary information in this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure under administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 351.306. This initiation and notice are issued and published in accordance with section 751(a) of the Act and sections 351.214(d) and 351.221(b)(1) of the Department’s regulations. Dated: May 23, 2006. Stephen J. Claeys, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration. [FR Doc. E6–8390 Filed 5–30–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–570–891] Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof from the People’s Republic of China: Notice of Postponement of Time Limits for New Shipper Antidumping Duty Review in Conjunction with Administrative Review Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: On May 1, 2006, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(j)(3), Since Hardware (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (Since Hardware) agreed to waive the time limits in section 351.214(i) of the jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES AGENCY: VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:52 May 30, 2006 Jkt 208001 Department of Commerce’s (the Department’s) regulations so that the Department may conduct the new shipper review of hand trucks and certain parts thereof (hand trucks) from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), for the period December 1, 2004, through November 30, 2005, concurrently with the administrative review for the same period. Therefore, we will conduct the administrative and new shipper reviews concurrently. EFFECTIVE DATE: May 31, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Eastwood or Nichole Zink, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–3874 or (202) 482–0049, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 30, 2005, Gleason Industrial Products, Inc. and Precision Products, Inc. (the petitioners) requested an administrative review of several companies. Between December 30, 2005, and January 3, 2006, the Department received several additional administrative review requests from certain PRC exporters and one U.S. importer of subject merchandise. On February 1, 2006, the Department initiated the first administrative review of the antidumping duty order on hand trucks from the PRC. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 71 FR 5241 (February 1, 2006). On February 3, 2006, the Department initiated a new shipper review on Since Hardware, pursuant to its request for a new shipper review filed on December 27, 2005. See Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof From the People’s Republic of China; Initiation of New Shipper Review, 71 FR 5810 (Feb. 3, 2006). The Department received a letter from Since Hardware on May 1, 2006, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(j)(3), to: (i) waive the time limits for the new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on hand trucks and (ii) allow the Department to conduct Since Hardware’s new shipper review concurrently with the separate administrative review of the order on hand trucks and certain parts thereof. Postponement of New Shipper Review Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(j)(3) and Since Hardware’s letter, we will conduct this new shipper review concurrently with the December 1, 2004, through November 30, 2005, Frm 00011 administrative review of hand trucks from the PRC. Therefore, the preliminary results of the antidumping new shipper review, as well as the administrative review, will be due 245 days from December 31, 2005, the last day of the anniversary month of the order. See section 751 (a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (as amended) (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.213(h). Thus, the deadline for the preliminary results of this new shipper review, as well as the administrative review, is September 5, 2006. This notice is issued and published pursuant to sections 751(a)(2) and 771(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.214(j)(3). Dated: May 24, 2006. Stephen J. Claeys, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration [FR Doc. E6–8386 Filed 5–30–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S Background PO 00000 30867 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–580–839] Certain Polyester Staple Fiber from Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Intent to Rescind, and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain polyester staple fiber from the Republic of Korea. The period of review is May 1, 2004, through April 30, 2005. This review covers imports of certain polyester staple fiber from one producer/exporter. We have preliminarily found that sales of the subject merchandise have been made below normal value. If these preliminary results are adopted in our final results, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to assess antidumping duties. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. We will issue the final results not later than 120 days from the date of publication of this notice. EFFECTIVE DATE: May 31, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew McAllister or Yasmin Bordas, AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; AGENCY: E:\FR\FM\31MYN1.SGM 31MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 31, 2006)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-848]


Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's Republic of 
China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') has received a 
timely request to conduct a new shipper review of the antidumping duty 
order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from the People's Republic of 
China (``PRC''). In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(d)(1), we are 
initiating a review for Shanghai Strong International Trading Co., Ltd. 
(Shanghai Strong).

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 31, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin C. Begnal or Scot T. Fullerton, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1442 or (202) 482-1386, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department received a timely request from Shanghai Strong on 
March 24, 2006, pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``the Act''), and in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.214(c), for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on 
freshwater crawfish tail meat from the PRC. See Notice of Amendment to 
Final Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value and Antidumping 
Duty Order: Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the People's Republic of 
China, 62 FR 48218 (September 15, 1997).
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i), 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(ii)(A), 
and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), in its request for review, Shanghai 
Strong certified that it did not export the subject merchandise to the 
United States during the period of investigation (POI) and that since 
the initiation of the investigation it has never been affiliated with 
any company which exported subject merchandise to the United States 
during the POI. Furthermore, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(ii)(B) 
and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), Jiangsu Hongda Aquatic Food Co., Ltd. 
(Jiangsu Hongda), Shanghai Strong's producer, certified that it did not 
export the subject merchandise to the United States during the POI and 
that since the initiation of the investigation it has never been 
affiliated with any company which exported subject merchandise to the 
United States during the POI.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), Shanghai Strong 
submitted documentation establishing the following: (1) the date on 
which it first shipped subject merchandise for export to the United 
States and the date on which the subject merchandise was first entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption; (2) the volume of its 
first shipment; and (3) the date of its first sale to an unaffiliated 
customer in the United States.
    On March 29, 2006, we requested from U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) the entry package for Shanghai Strong, and on April 
21, 2006, we received from CBP the entry documentation. However, we 
found certain discrepancies between the documentation provided by 
Shanghai Strong in its request for a new shipper review and the entry 
package we received from CBP.\1\ On May 1, 2006, pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.302(b), the Department extended the time limit to initiate this new 
shipper review by 30 days in order to provide Shanghai Strong an 
opportunity to explain or resolve the inconsistencies in the entry 
documentation.\2\ On May 3, 2006, we received a revised Entry Summary 
(CF7501) from Shanghai Strong for this shipment, and on May 5, 2006, we 
spoke with Ms. Yingchao Xiao, of Lee & Xiao, counsel to Shanghai 
Strong, who informed us that Shanghai Strong's importer's customs 
broker had made a mistake while filing the entry documentation for this 
shipment, prompting a revision.\3\ On May 9, 2006, we requested from 
CBP the revised entry package for Shanghai Strong, and received the 
entry package from CBP on May 12, 2006.\4\ We found that the 
discrepancy between the information provided by Shanghai Strong in its 
request for a new shipper review and the original entry package 
provided by CBP was resolved with the revised information provided by 
both Shanghai Strong on May 3, 2006, and by CBP on May 12, 2006.
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    \1\ See Memorandum to the File, from Michael Quigley, Case 
Analyst, through Christopher D. Riker, Program Manager, Re: 
Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the People's Republic of China: 
Entry Packages from U.S. Customs and Border Protection for Shanghai 
Strong International Co., Ltd. (May 1, 2006).
    \2\ See Letter from Christopher D. Riker, Program Manager, to 
Yingchao Xiao of Lee & Xiao, counsel to Shanghai Strong, Re: 
Extension of Initiation Date of New Shipper Review of Freshwater 
Crawfish Tail Meat from the People's Republic of China (May 1, 
2006).
    \3\ See Memorandum to the File from Christopher D. Riker, 
Program Manager, Subject: Telephone Conversation with Counsel for 
Shanghai Strong International Trading Co., Ltd. (May 12, 2006).
    \4\ See Memorandum to the File from Erin Begnal, Case Analyst, 
through Christopher D. Riker, Program Manager, Re: Freshwater 
Crawfish Tail Meat from the People's Republic of China: Entry 
Packages from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') (May 12, 
2006).
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Initiation of Reviews

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.214(d)(1), and based on information on the record, we are 
initiating a new shipper review for Shanghai Strong. See Memorandum to 
the File through James C. Doyle, New Shipper Initiation Checklist, 
dated May 23, 2006. The Department will conduct this new shipper review 
according to the deadlines set forth in section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the 
Act.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(B), the period of review 
(``POR'') for a new shipper review, normally initiated in the month 
immediately following the semiannual anniversary month, will be the 
six-month period immediately preceding the semiannual anniversary 
month. Therefore, the POR for the new shipper review of Shanghai Strong 
will be September 1, 2005, through February 28, 2006.
    In cases involving non-market economies, the Department requires 
that a company seeking to establish eligibility for an antidumping duty 
rate separate from the country-wide rate demonstrate that it operates 
free of de jure and de facto government control over the company's 
export activities. See Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value: Sparklers from the People's Republic of China, 56 FR 20588 (May 
6, 1991); Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Silicon 
Carbide from the People's Republic of China, 59 FR 22585 (May 2, 1994); 
see also Sigma Corp. v. United States, 117 F. 3d 1401,1405 (Fed. Cir. 
1997). Accordingly, we will issue a questionnaire to Shanghai Strong, 
including a separate rates section. The review will proceed if the 
response provides sufficient indication that Shanghai Strong is not 
subject to either de jure or de facto government control with respect 
to its exports of freshwater crawfish tail meat. However, if the 
exporter does not demonstrate the company's eligibility for a separate 
rate, then the company will be deemed not separate from the PRC-wide 
entity, which exported during the POI. An exporter unable to 
demonstrate the company's eligibility for a separate rate does not meet 
the requirements of CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii) and its new shipper

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review will be rescinded. See, e.g., Notice of Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review and Rescission of New Shipper 
Reviews: Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the People's Republic of 
China, 69 FR 53669 (September 2, 2004); see also Brake Rotors From the 
People's Republic of China: Rescission of Second New Shipper Review and 
Final Results and Partial Rescission of First Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 64 FR 61581 (November 12, 1999).
    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(e), we will instruct CBP to allow, at the option of the 
importer, the posting, until the completion of the review, of a single 
entry bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit for certain entries of 
the merchandise exported by Shanghai Strong. We will apply the bonding 
option under 19 CFR 351.107(b)(1)(i) only to entries from the producer/
exporter combination for which Shanghai Strong has requested a new 
shipper review, i.e., Jiangsu Hongda/Shanghai Strong.
    Interested parties that need access to proprietary information in 
this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306.
    This initiation and notice are issued and published in accordance 
with section 751(a) of the Act and sections 351.214(d) and 
351.221(b)(1) of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: May 23, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-8390 Filed 5-30-06; 8:45 am]
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