Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Romania: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 62082-62085 [E6-17717]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• International Trade Administration

[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 204 (Monday, October 23, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62082-62085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17717]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-485-806)


Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Romania: 
Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain hot-
rolled carbon steel flat products from Romania. The period of review is 
November 1, 2004, through October 31, 2005. We preliminarily determine 
that sales of subject merchandise by Mittal Steel Galati, S.A. (MS 
Galati), have not been made below normal value. If these preliminary 
results are adopted in our final results, we will instruct U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection (CBP) to assess no antidumping duties on 
appropriate entries. Interested parties are invited to comment on these 
preliminary results. Parties that submit comments are requested to 
submit with each argument (1) a statement of the issue(s) and (2) a 
brief summary of the argument(s). We will issue the final results no 
later than 120 days from the publication of this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 20, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Dirstine at (202) 482-4033, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 5, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14\th\ Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 29, 2001, the Department published an antidumping duty 
order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from Romania. 
See Notice of Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination and 
Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products 
From Romania, 66 FR 59566 (November 29, 2001).
    On November 1, 2005, the Department published a notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from Romania for 
the period November 1, 2004, through October 31, 2005. See Notice of 
Opportunity to Request Administrative Review of Antidumping or 
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation, 70 FR 
65883 (November 1, 2005). On November 30, 2005, the Department received 
three timely requests for an administrative review of this order on 
behalf of MS Galati, Nucor Corporation (a domestic interested party), 
and United States Steel Corporation (USSC), the petitioner in this 
proceeding.
    On December 22, 2005, the Department initiated an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel 
flat products from Romania for the period November 1, 2004, through 
October 31, 2005 (Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 70 FR 76024 
(December 22, 2005)).
    On July 27, 2006, due to the complexity of the case and pursuant to 
section 751(c)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
the Department extended the deadline for the completion of the 
preliminary results in this administrative review until October 16, 
2006. See Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel 
Flat Products from Romania, 71 FR 42630 (July 27, 2006).

Scope of the Order

    For purposes of this order, the products covered are certain hot-
rolled carbon steel flat products of a rectangular shape, of a width of 
0.5 inch or greater, neither clad, plated, nor coated with metal and 
whether or not painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other 
non-metallic substances, in coils (whether or not in successively 
superimposed layers), regardless of thickness, and in straight length, 
of a thickness of less than 4.75 mm and of a width measuring at least 
10 times the thickness. Universal mill plate (i.e., flat-rolled 
products rolled on four faces or in a closed box pass, of a width 
exceeding 150 mm, but not exceeding 1250 mm, and of a thickness of not 
less than 4.0 mm, not in coils and without patterns in relief) of a 
thickness not less than 4.0 mm is not included within the scope of this 
order. The merchandise subject to this order is classified in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedules of the United States (HTSUS) at the 
following subheadings: 7208.10.15.00, 7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00, 
7208.25.30.00, 7208.25.60.00, 7208.26.00.30, 7208.26.00.60, 
7208.27.00.30, 7208.27.00.60, 7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60, 
7208.37.00.30, 7208.37.00.60, 7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30, 
7208.38.00.90, 7208.39.00.15, 7208.39.00.30, 7208.39.00.90, 
7208.40.60.30, 7208.40.60.60, 7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00, 
7208.90.00.00, 7211.14.00.90, 7211.19.15.00, 7211.19.20.00, 
7211.19.30.00, 7211.19.45.00, 7211.19.60.00, 7211.19.75.30, 
7211.19.75.60, and 7211.19.75.90. Certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat 
products are covered by this order, including vacuum degassed fully 
stabilized, high strength low alloy, and the substrate for motor 
lamination steel which may also enter under the following tariff 
numbers: 7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00, 7225.30.30.50, 7225.30.70.00, 
7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90, 7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30, 
7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00, 7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00, 
7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and 7226.99.00.00. Subject merchandise 
may also enter under 7210.70.30.00, 7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30, 
7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, and 7212.50.00.00. Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written description of the merchandise subject to this proceeding is 
dispositive. For further information on the scope of the order, see 
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Romania: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 69 FR 70644 
(December 7, 2004).

Date of Sale

    Based on our analysis of U.S. sales in the 2003-2004 review, we 
concluded that all substantive terms of sale, i.e., price, quantity, 
terms of delivery, and payment, were fixed and not susceptible to 
change after the date on the customer order acknowledgment issued by MS 
Galati's U.S. subsidiary, INA. Therefore, we determined that the date 
of INA's customer-order acknowledgment

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represents the appropriate date of sale for reporting U.S. sales. See 
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From Romania: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Rescission in 
Part of Administrative Review, 71 FR 30656 (May 30, 2006) and 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 7.

Fair-Value Comparisons

    To determine whether MS Galati's sales of the subject merchandise 
from Romania to the United States were made at prices below normal 
value, we compared the constructed export price (CEP) to the normal 
value as described in the ``Constructed Export Price'' and ``Normal 
Value'' sections of this notice. Therefore, pursuant to section 
777A(d)(2) of the Act, we compared the CEPs of individual U.S. 
transactions to the monthly weighted-average normal value of the 
foreign like product where there were sales made in the ordinary course 
of trade.

Product Comparisons

    In accordance with section 771(16) of the Act, we considered all 
products within the ``Scope of the Order'' section above which were 
produced and sold by MS Galati in the home market during the period of 
review to be foreign like product for the purpose of determining 
appropriate product comparisons to U.S. sales of subject merchandise. 
We relied on the following eleven characteristics to match U.S. sales 
of subject merchandise to comparison sales of the foreign like product: 
(1) painted; (2) quality;( 3) carbon content; (4) yield strength; (5) 
thickness; (6) width; (7) form; (8) temper rolled; (9) pickled; (10) 
edge trim; and (11) patterns in relief. Where there were no sales of 
identical merchandise in the home market to compare to U.S. sales, we 
compared U.S. sales to the most similar foreign like product on the 
basis of the characteristics and reporting instructions we identified 
in our questionnaire. See Appendix III and IV of the Department's 
antidumping duty questionnaire to MS Galati dated December 22, 2005.

Constructed Export Price

    In accordance with section 772(b) of the Act, CEP is 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, as adjusted under sections 772(c) and 
(d) of the Act. For purposes of this administrative review, we have 
treated sales by MS Galati as CEP transactions because MS Galati's U.S. 
affiliate, INA, made the first sale to an unaffiliated party in the 
United States. Therefore, we based CEP on the packed duty-paid prices 
to unaffiliated purchasers in the United States in accordance with 
sections 772(b), (c), and (d) of the Act. We made deductions for 
movement expenses in accordance with section 772(c)(2)(A) of the Act. 
These deductions included foreign inland freight from the plant to the 
port of export, foreign brokerage and handling, international freight, 
marine insurance, U.S. brokerage and handling, other U.S. 
transportation expenses (i.e., U.S. stevedoring, wharfage, and 
surveying), and U.S. customs duty. In accordance with section 772(d)(1) 
of the Act, we deducted those selling expenses associated with economic 
activities occurring in the United States, including direct selling 
expenses (i.e., imputed credit expenses) and indirect selling expenses.
    We revised the calculation of U.S. credit expense from the amount 
MS Galati claimed to reflect the seller's cost of extending credit 
between the date of shipment from Romania and final payment from the 
first unaffiliated customer. Credit expense is the interest expense 
incurred (or interest revenue foregone) between shipment of merchandise 
to a customer and receipt of payment from the customer. Inventory 
carrying costs are the interest expenses incurred (or interest revenue 
foregone) between the time the merchandise leaves the production line 
at the factory to the time the goods are shipped to the first 
unaffiliated customer. In CEP cases where the merchandise does not 
enter the inventory of a U.S. affiliate in the United States prior to 
sale to an unaffiliated U.S. customer, the Department calculates the 
credit period from the time the merchandise is shipped from the 
producer's country to the date of payment. See, e.g., Notice of Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Carbon and Certain 
Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Trinidad and Tobago, 70 FR 12648 (March 15, 
2005), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 6.
    For these CEP sales, we also made an adjustment for profit in 
accordance with section 772(d)(3) of the Act. We deducted the profit 
allocated to expenses deducted under sections 772(d)(1) and 772(d)(2) 
in accordance with sections 772(d)(3) and 772(f) of the Act. In 
accordance with section 772(f) of the Act, we computed profit based on 
total revenue realized on sales in both the U.S. and home markets, less 
all expenses associated with those sales. We then allocated profit to 
expenses incurred with respect to U.S. economic activity based on the 
ratio of total U.S. expenses to total expenses for both the U.S. and 
home markets.

Normal Value

A. Home-Market Viability

    We compared the aggregate volume of all home-market sales of the 
foreign like product and the U.S. sales of the subject merchandise to 
determine whether the volume of the foreign like product sold in 
Romania was sufficient, pursuant to section 773(a)(1)(c) of the Act, to 
form a basis for normal value. Because the volume of home-market sales 
of the foreign like product was greater than five percent of the U.S. 
sales of subject merchandise, in accordance with section 
773(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Act, we have based the determination of normal 
value on the home-market sales of the foreign like product. Thus, we 
used as normal value the prices at which the foreign like product was 
first sold for consumption in Romania, in the usual commercial 
quantities, in the ordinary course of trade, and, to the extent 
possible, at the same level of trade as the CEP sales, as appropriate. 
After testing home-market viability, we calculated normal value as 
discussed in the ``Price-to-Price Comparisons'' section of this notice.

B. Cost-of-Production Analysis

    On July 11, 2006, Nucor Corporation submitted an allegation that MS 
Galati's home-market sales were made at prices below the cost of 
production and requested that the Department initiate a cost 
investigation of MS Galati's home-market sales of the foreign like 
product. Upon review of Nucor's allegation, we found reasonable grounds 
to believe or suspect that MS Galati made sales at below the cost of 
production so we initiated a sales-below-cost investigation on August 
3, 2006, and instructed MS Galati to provide cost-of-production 
information concerning its sales.
    MS Galati provided cost-of-production information in response to 
our request. Because home-market sales during the 2003-2004 period were 
the only candidates for use as normal value due to the date of sale 
reported for U.S. sales (see discussion under ``Date of Sale''), we 
have conducted the cost-of-production test using the 2003-2004 home-
market sales.

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    In accordance with section 773(b)(3) of the Act, we calculated a 
weighted-average cost of production based on the sum of the cost of 
materials and fabrication for the foreign like product plus amounts for 
home-market general and administrative (G&A) expenses, interest 
expenses, and packing expenses. We relied on the cost-of-production 
data MS Galati submitted in its questionnaire responses.
    On a model-specific basis, we compared the cost of production to 
the home-market prices, less any applicable movement charges and direct 
and indirect selling expenses.
    We disregarded below-cost sales where 20 percent or more of MS 
Galati's sales of a given product were made at prices below the cost of 
production and, thus, such sales were made within an extended period of 
time in substantial quantities in accordance with sections 773(b)(2)(B) 
and (c) of the Act and where, based on comparisons of the price to the 
weighted-average cost of production, we determined that the below-cost 
sales of the product were at prices which would not permit recovery of 
all costs within a reasonable time period, in accordance with section 
773(b)(2)(D) of the Act.

C. Arm's-Length Test

    MS Galati reported that it made sales in the home market to 
affiliated and unaffiliated customers. The Department did not require 
MS Galati to report downstream sales by its affiliated party because 
these sales represented less than five percent of total home-market 
sales. We excluded sales to affiliated customers in the home market not 
made in the ordinary course of trade from our analysis pursuant to 
section 773(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Act. To determine whether sales to 
affiliated customers were made in the ordinary course of trade, we 
tested whether sales to each affiliated customer were made at arm's 
length. As such, we compared the starting prices of sales to affiliated 
and unaffiliated customers net of all billing adjustments, movement 
charges, direct selling expenses, discounts, and packing. Where the 
price to that affiliated party was, on average, within a range of 98 to 
102 percent of the price of the same or comparable merchandise sold to 
the unaffiliated parties at the same level of trade, we determined that 
the sales made to the affiliated party were at arm's length, consistent 
with Antidumping Proceedings: Affiliated Party Sales in the Ordinary 
Course of Trade, 67 FR 69186 (November 15, 2002).

D. Price-to-Price Comparisons

    We based normal value on the home-market sales to unaffiliated 
purchasers and sales to affiliated customers that passed the arm's-
length test. We adjusted gross unit price for reported freight revenue. 
We made adjustments for physical differences in the merchandise in 
accordance with section 773(a)(6)(C)(ii) of the Act. We made 
adjustments for movement expenses (i.e., inland freight from plant to 
distribution warehouse and warehousing expenses) in accordance with 
section 773(a)(6)(B) of the Act. We made circumstance-of-sale 
adjustments for imputed credit, where appropriate, in accordance with 
section 773(a)(6)(C)(iii) of the Act. In accordance with section 
773(a)(6) of the Act, we deducted home-market packing costs and added 
U.S. packing costs.

Level of Trade

    In accordance with section 773(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Act, to the 
extent practicable, we determine normal value based on sales in the 
comparison market at the same level of trade as the CEP transaction. 
See also 19 CFR 351.412. The normal-value level of trade is the level 
of the starting-price sales in the comparison market or, when normal 
value is based on constructed value, the level of the sales from which 
we derive selling, general and administrative expenses and profits. For 
CEP sales, the U.S. level of trade is the level of the constructed sale 
from the exporter to the affiliated importer. See 19 CFR 351.412(c)(1).
    To determine whether home-market sales are at a different level of 
trade than CEP sales, we examined stages in the marketing process and 
selling functions along the chain of distribution between the producer 
and the unaffiliated customer. If the home-market sales are at a 
different level of trade than CEP sales and the difference affects 
price comparability, as manifested in a pattern of consistent price 
differences between sales on which normal value is based and home-
market sales at the level of trade of the export transaction, we make a 
level-of-trade adjustment under section 773(a)(7)(A) of the Act. For 
CEP sales, if the normal-value level is more remote from the factory 
than the CEP level and there is no basis for determining whether the 
difference in levels between normal value and CEP affects price 
comparability, we adjust normal value under section 773(a)(7)(B) of the 
Act (the CEP offset). See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value: Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from 
South Africa, 62 FR 61731 - 61733 (November 19, 1997).
    In this review, MS Galati reported that it sells to unaffiliated 
distributors and end-users in Romania as well as to affiliated end-
users for consumption and affiliated distributors. In the United 
States, MS Galati had sales to an affiliate, INA, that resold the 
merchandise to unaffiliated customers.
    MS Galati reported one level of trade in the home market with the 
following three channels of distribution: (1) direct sales to 
customers; (2) consignment sales; (3) sales through its affiliated 
warehouse. Home-market sales were made to two classes of customers, 
end-users and distributors. Along with MS Galati's home-market sales of 
merchandise stored at its affiliated warehouse, MS Galati also had 
sales to affiliated end-users for consumption. Based on our review of 
evidence on the record, we find that home-market sales through the 
three channels of distribution to both customer categories, whether 
affiliated or not, were substantially similar with respect to selling 
functions and stages of marketing. MS Galati performed the same selling 
functions at the same level for sales to all home-market customers. 
Accordingly, we preliminarily find that MS Galati had only one level of 
trade for its home-market sales.
    MS Galati reported one CEP level of trade with one channel of 
distribution in the United States which consists of its U.S. 
affiliate's direct sales to end-users and distributors of merchandise 
shipped directly from Romania. As such, we preliminarily determine that 
MS Galati made CEP sales to the United States through one channel of 
distribution -- direct sales to end-users and distributors.
    For CEP sales, we consider only the selling activities reflected in 
the price after the deduction of expenses and CEP profit under section 
772(d) of the Act. Accordingly, we reviewed the selling functions and 
services MS Galati reported it performed on CEP sales and we have 
determined that the selling functions performed on all CEP sales were 
identical. Therefore, we preliminarily determine that there is one CEP 
level of trade in the U.S. market.
    We then compared the selling functions performed by MS Galati on 
its CEP sales (after deductions) to the selling functions it provided 
in the home market. We found that MS Galati performs more selling 
functions for its home-market sales than those it provides to its U.S. 
affiliate, INA. MS Galati reported that it provided minimal selling 
functions and services for the

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CEP level of trade and that, therefore, the home-market level of trade 
is more advanced than the CEP level of trade. Based on our analysis of 
the channels of distribution and MS Galati's selling functions for 
sales in the home market and CEP sales in the U.S. market, we 
preliminarily find that the home-market level of trade is at a more 
advanced stage of distribution when compared to CEP sales because MS 
Galati provides many selling functions in the home market at a higher 
level of service as compared to selling functions it performed for its 
CEP sales.
    We examined whether a level-of-trade adjustment or CEP offset may 
be appropriate. In this case, MS Galati sold at one level of trade in 
the home market. Therefore, there is no information available to 
determine a pattern of consistent price differences between the sales 
on which we base normal value and the home-market sales at the level of 
trade of the export transaction, in accordance with our normal 
methodology as described above. See 19 CFR 351.412(d). We do not have 
record information which would allow us to examine pricing patterns 
based on MS Galati's sales of other products, and there are no other 
respondents or other record information on which such as analysis could 
be based. Accordingly, because the data available do not provide an 
appropriate basis for making a level-of-trade adjustment but the level 
of trade in the home market is at a more advanced state of distribution 
than the level of trade of the CEP transactions, we made a CEP-offset 
adjustment to normal value in accordance with section 773(a)(7)(B) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.412(f).
    To calculate the CEP offset, we deducted the home-market indirect 
selling expenses from normal value for home-market sales that we 
compared to U.S. CEP sales. As such, we limited the deduction for home-
market indirect selling expenses by the amount of the indirect selling 
expenses we deducted in calculating the CEP as required under section 
772(d)(1)(D) of the Act.

Currency Conversion

    We made currency conversions pursuant to 19 CFR 351.415 based on 
the rates certified by the Federal Reserve Bank.

Preliminary Results of Review

    We preliminarily determine that the weighted-average dumping margin 
for MS Galati during the period November 1, 2004, through October 31, 
2005, is 0.00 percent.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(b), the Department will disclose to 
parties calculations performed in connection with these preliminary 
results within five days of the date of publication of this notice. Any 
interested party may request a hearing within 30 days of publication of 
this notice. If requested, a hearing will be held at the main 
Department building. We will notify parties of the exact date, time, 
and place for any such hearing.
    Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the 
respective case and rebuttal briefs. Case briefs from interested 
parties may be filed no later than 30 days after publication of this 
notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to the issues raised in case briefs, 
may be submitted no later than five days after the deadline for filing 
case briefs. Parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs in this 
proceeding are requested to submit with each argument a statement of 
the issue and a brief summary of the argument with an electronic 
version included.
    The Department will publish a notice of final results of this 
administrative review, which will include the results of its analysis 
of issues raised in the case briefs, within 120 days from the date of 
publication of these preliminary results.

Assessment Rate

    The Department will determine and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries. We intend to issue appropriate assessment instructions 
directly to CBP within 15 days of publication of the final results of 
review. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we have calculated an 
importer-specific assessment rate of 0.00 percent. In our final results 
we will direct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries at this rate. 
See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003. See Notice of Policy Concerning Assessment of Antidumping 
Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) (Assessment-Policy Notice). This 
clarification will apply to entries of subject merchandise during the 
period of review produced by MS Galati for which MS Galati did not know 
that the merchandise it sold to an intermediary (e.g., a reseller, 
trading company, or exporter) was destined for the United States. In 
such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at 
the 17.84 percent all-others rate if there is no rate for the 
intermediary involved in the transaction. See the Assessment-Policy 
Notice for a full discussion of this clarification.

Cash-Deposit Requirements

    The following cash-deposit rates will be effective upon publication 
of the final results of this review for all shipments of certain hot-
rolled carbon steel flat products from Romania entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after publication date, as 
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for MS Galati, the 
cash-deposit rate will be the rate established in the final results of 
this review; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies not 
covered in this review, 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 antidumping duty investigation but the manufacturer is, the 
cash-deposit rate will be the rate established in the most recent 
period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; (4) if neither the 
exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or any previous 
administrative review or in the original less-than-fair-value 
investigation, the cash-deposit rate will be 17.84 percent, the ``All 
Others'' rate made effective on June 14, 2005. See Certain Hot- Rolled 
Carbon Steel Flat Products From Romania: Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, 70 FR 34448 (June 14, 2005).
    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 also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during the 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.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: October 16, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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