Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of 2006-2007 Semi-Annual New Shipper Review, 23420-23425 [E8-9471]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• International Trade Administration

[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 84 (Wednesday, April 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23420-23425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9471]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-891


Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof from the People's Republic 
of China: Preliminary Results of 2006-2007 Semi-Annual New Shipper 
Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to a request from New-Tec Integration (Xiamen) 
Co., Ltd. (``New-Tec''), the U.S. Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') is conducting a new shipper review of the antidumping 
duty order on hand trucks and certain parts thereof from the People's 
Republic of China (``PRC''). The period of review (``POR'') is December 
1, 2006, through May 31, 2007.
    We have preliminarily determined that sales have not been made 
below normal value (``NV'') by New-Tec. If these preliminary results 
are adopted in our final results of this review, we will instruct U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to assess antidumping duties on 
entries of subject merchandise during the POR for which the importer-
specific assessment rates are above de minimis.
    We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary 
results. Parties who submit comments are requested to submit with each 
argument a statement of the issue and a brief summary of the argument. 
We will issue the final results no later than 90 days from the date of 
this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 30, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eugene Degnan or Robert Bolling, 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-
0414 and (202) 482-3434, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department published an antidumping duty order on hand trucks 
and certain parts thereof from the PRC on December 2, 2004. See Notice 
of Antidumping Duty Order: Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof From 
the People's Republic of China, 69 FR 70122 (December 2, 2004). On July 
2, 2007, we received a timely request for a new shipper review from 
New-Tec. On July 23, 2007, New-Tec amended its request to correct a 
typographical error.

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Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``the Act''), and 19 CFR 351.214(d)(1), we initiated a new shipper 
review for shipments of hand trucks and certain parts thereof from the 
PRC.
    On August 2, 2007, the Department published a notice of the 
initiation of a new shipper review of New-Tec. See Hand Trucks and 
Certain Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Initiation 
of New Shipper Review, 72 FR 42392 (August 2, 2007).
    On August 30, 2007, we issued an antidumping duty questionnaire to 
New-Tec. In September and October 2007, we received New-Tec's responses 
to our questionnaire. From February to March 2008, the Department 
issued supplemental questionnaires to New-Tec and received timely 
responses. Additionally, from December 2007 through January 2008, 
Petitioners (Gleason Industrial Products, Inc. and Precision Products, 
Inc.) submitted comments on New-Tec's questionnaire and supplemental 
questionnaire responses.
    On January 29, 2008, we extended the deadline for the issuance of 
the preliminary results of this new shipper review until April 21, 
2008. See Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof From the People's 
Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results 
of New Shipper Review, 73 FR 5176 (January 29, 2008).
    On March 5, 2008, New-Tec submitted comments on the appropriate 
surrogate values (``SVs'') to be applied to the factors of production 
(``FOPs'') in this review. On March 13, 2008, New-Tec submitted a 
supplemental response to its original SV submission to correct an error 
of submission.

Period of Review

    The POR is December 1, 2006, through May 31, 2007.

Scope of Order

    The product covered by this order consists of hand trucks 
manufactured from any material, whether assembled or unassembled, 
complete or incomplete, suitable for any use, and certain parts 
thereof, namely the vertical frame, the handling area and the 
projecting edges or toe plate, and any combination thereof.
    A complete or fully assembled hand truck is a hand-propelled barrow 
consisting of a vertically disposed frame having a handle or more than 
one handle at or near the upper section of the vertical frame; at least 
two wheels at or near the lower section of the vertical frame; and a 
horizontal projecting edge or edges, or toe plate, perpendicular or 
angled to the vertical frame, at or near the lower section of the 
vertical frame. The projecting edge or edges, or toe plate, slides 
under a load for purposes of lifting and/or moving the load.
    That the vertical frame can be converted from a vertical setting to 
a horizontal setting, then operated in that horizontal setting as a 
platform, is not a basis for exclusion of the hand truck from the scope 
of this petition. That the vertical frame, handling area, wheels, 
projecting edges or other parts of the hand truck can be collapsed or 
folded is not a basis for exclusion of the hand truck from the scope of 
the petition. That other wheels may be connected to the vertical frame, 
handling area, projecting edges, or other parts of the hand truck, in 
addition to the two or more wheels located at or near the lower section 
of the vertical frame, is not a basis for exclusion of the hand truck 
from the scope of the petition. Finally, that the hand truck may 
exhibit physical characteristics in addition to the vertical frame, the 
handling area, the projecting edges or toe plate, and the two wheels at 
or near the lower section of the vertical frame, is not a basis for 
exclusion of the hand truck from the scope of the petition.
    Examples of names commonly used to reference hand trucks are hand 
truck, convertible hand truck, appliance hand truck, cylinder hand 
truck, bag truck, dolly, or hand trolley. They are typically imported 
under heading 8716.80.50.10 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (``HTSUS''), although they may also be imported under 
heading 8716.80.50.90. Specific parts of a hand truck, namely the 
vertical frame, the handling area and the projecting edges or toe 
plate, or any combination thereof, are typically imported under heading 
8716.90.50.60 of the HTSUS. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided 
for convenience and customs purposes, the Department's written 
description of the scope is dispositive.
    Excluded from the scope are small two-wheel or four-wheel utility 
carts specifically designed for carrying loads like personal bags or 
luggage in which the frame is made from telescoping tubular material 
measuring less than 5/8 inch in diameter; hand trucks that use 
motorized operations either to move the hand truck from one location to 
the next or to assist in the lifting of items placed on the hand truck; 
vertical carriers designed specifically to transport golf bags; and 
wheels and tires used in the manufacture of hand trucks.

New Shipper Status

    Consistent with our practice, we investigated whether the sale(s) 
made by New-Tec for this new shipper review was bona fide. See, e.g., 
Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review: Honey from 
the People's Republic of China, 70 FR 59031, 59031-59032 (October 11, 
2005). For New-Tec, we found no evidence that the sale(s) in question 
was not a bona fide sale(s). In our examination of New-Tec's sale(s), 
we found the sale price to be within the range of POR sales prices, and 
that New-Tec received timely payment for their POR sale(s). Based on 
our investigation into the bona fide nature of the sale(s) and the 
questionnaire responses submitted by New-Tec, we preliminarily 
determine that New-Tec has met the requirements to qualify as new 
shipper during the POR. See Memorandum to Wendy Frankel, ``Antidumping 
Duty New Shipper Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Order on Hand Trucks 
and Certain Parts Thereof from the People's Republic of China: Bona 
Fide Analysis of New-Tec Integration (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.,'' dated April 
21, 2008. In addition, we have preliminarily determined that based on 
the information submitted, New-Tec made its first sale and/or shipment 
of subject merchandise to the United States during the POR, did not 
export subject merchandise during the period of investigation, and was 
not affiliated with any exporter or producer that had previously 
shipped subject merchandise to the United States. Therefore, for 
purposes of these preliminary results of review, we are treating the 
respective sale(s) of hand trucks to the United States as appropriate 
transaction(s) to be examined in the context of this new shipper 
review. See Section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(a); see 
also ``Separate Rates'' section below.

Non-market Economy Country Status

    In every case conducted by the Department involving the PRC, the 
PRC has been treated as a non-market economy (``NME'') country. In 
accordance with section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Act, any determination 
that a foreign country is an NME country shall remain in effect until 
revoked by the administering authority. See Tapered Roller Bearings and 
Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, From the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of 2001-2002 Administrative Review and 
Partial Rescission of Review, 68 FR 7500 (February 14, 2003) (unchanged 
in Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, 
from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of 2001 2002 
Administrative Review and Partial Rescission of Review, 68 FR 70488

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(December 18, 2003)). Accordingly, we calculated NV (``NV'') in 
accordance with section 773(c) of the Act, which applies to NME 
countries.

Surrogate Country

    Section 773(c)(1) of the Act directs the Department, in most 
instances, to base NV on the NME producer's FOPs. The Act further 
instructs that valuation of the FOPs shall be based on the best 
available information in a surrogate market economy country or 
countries considered to be appropriate by the Department. See Section 
773(c)(1) of the Act. When valuing the FOPs, the Department shall 
utilize, to the extent possible, the prices or costs of FOPs in one or 
more market economy countries that are: (1) at a level of economic 
development comparable to that of the NME country; and (2) significant 
producers of comparable merchandise. See Section 773(c)(4) of the Act. 
The sources of the SVs are discussed under the Normal Value section 
below and in the Memorandum to the File, ``Factors Valuations for the 
Preliminary Results of the New Shipper Review,'' dated April 21, 2008 
(``Surrogate Value Memorandum''), which is on file in the Central 
Records Unit (``CRU''), Room 1117 of the main Commerce Building.
    The Department first determined that India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, 
the Philippines, and Egypt are countries comparable to the PRC in terms 
of economic development. See Memorandum from Ron Lorentzen, Director, 
Office of Policy, ``Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Hand 
Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof from the People's Republic of China 
(PRC): Request for a List of Surrogate Countries,'' dated October 26, 
2007, (``Surrogate Countries Memorandum'') which is on file in the CRU. 
Once the economically comparable countries have been identified, we 
select an appropriate surrogate country by determining whether one of 
these countries is a significant producer of comparable merchandise and 
whether the data for valuing FOPs is both available and reliable.
    On February 6, 2008, the Department issued a request for parties to 
submit comments on surrogate country selection. No party submitted 
comments regarding the selection of a surrogate country.
    We have determined it is appropriate to use India as a surrogate 
country pursuant to section 773(c)(4) of the Act based on the 
following: (A) India is at a level of economic development comparable 
to that of the PRC, and (B) India is a significant producer of 
comparable merchandise. Furthermore, we have reliable data from India 
that we can use to value the FOPs. Thus, we have calculated NV using 
Indian prices when available and appropriate to value New-Tec's FOPs. 
We have obtained and relied upon publicly available information 
wherever possible.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(3)(ii), for the final results 
in an antidumping review, interested parties may submit within 20 days 
after the date of publication of the preliminary results publicly 
available information to value the FOPs.\1\
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    \1\ In accordance with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(1), for the final 
results, interested parties may submit factual information to rebut, 
clarify, or correct factual information submitted by an interested 
party. However, the Department notes that 19 CFR 351.301(c)(1) 
permits new information only insofar as it rebuts, clarifies, or 
corrects information placed on the record by other interested 
parties. The Department generally cannot accept the submission of 
additional, previously absent-from-the-record alternative SV 
information pursuant to 19 CFR 351.301(c)(1). See Glycine from the 
People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and Final Rescission, in Part, 72 FR 58809 
(October 17, 2007), and accompanying Issues & Decision Memorandum at 
Comment 2.
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Separate Rates

    In proceedings involving NME countries, the Department has a 
rebuttable presumption that all companies within the country are 
subject to government control and thus should be assessed a single 
antidumping duty rate. It is the Department's policy to assign all 
exporters of merchandise subject to investigation in an NME country 
this single rate unless an exporter can demonstrate that it is 
sufficiently independent so as to be entitled to a separate rate. 
Exporters can demonstrate this independence through the absence of both 
de jure and de facto government control over export activities. The 
Department analyzes each entity exporting the subject merchandise under 
a test arising from the Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value: Sparklers From the People's Republic of China, 56 FR 20588 (May 
6, 1991) (``Sparklers''), as further developed in the Notice of Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Silicon Carbide From 
the People's Republic of China, 59 FR 22585 (May 2, 1994) (``Silicon 
Carbide'').\2\ However, if the Department determines that a company is 
wholly foreign-owned or located in a market economy, then a separate-
rate analysis is not necessary to determine whether it is independent 
from government control.
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    \2\ It is the Department's practice, as explained in Separate-
Rates Practice and Application of Combination Rates in Antidumping 
Investigations involving Non-Market Economy Countries (April 5, 
2005) (``Policy Bulletin 05.1''), available at https://
ia.ita.doc.gov/policy/bull05-1.pdf. at 6, that ``{w{time} hile 
continuing the practice of assigning separate rates only to 
exporters, all separate rates that the Department will now assign in 
its NME investigations will be specific to those producers that 
supplied the exporter during the period of investigation. Note, 
however, that one rate is calculated for the exporter and all of the 
producers which supplied subject merchandise to it during the period 
of investigation. This practice applies both to mandatory 
respondents receiving an individually calculated separate 
combinations of exporters and one or more producers. The cash-
deposit rate assigned to an exporter will apply only to merchandise 
both exported by the firm in question and produced by a firm that 
supplied the exporter during the period of investigation.''
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    The sole participating company in this new shipper review, New-Tec, 
stated that it is a foreign invested company jointly owned by a South 
Korean national and a Chinese company. Therefore, because of the 
Chinese company's involvement, the Department must analyze whether New-
Tec can demonstrate the absence of both de jure and de facto government 
control over export activities.

a. Absence of De Jure Control

    The Department considers the following de jure criteria in 
determining whether an individual company may be granted a separate 
rate: (1) An absence of restrictive stipulations associated with an 
individual exporter's business and export licenses; (2) any legislative 
enactments decentralizing control of companies; and (3) other formal 
measures by the government decentralizing control of companies.\3\
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    \3\ See Sparklers, 56 FR at 20589.
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    The evidence provided by New-Tec supports a preliminary finding of 
de jure absence of government control based on the following: (1) these 
are restrictive stipulations associated with the individual exporters' 
business and export licenses; (2) there are applicable legislative 
enactments decentralizing control of the companies; and (3) there are 
formal measures by the government decentralizing control of companies. 
See New-Tec's Section A Questionnaire Response, dated September 28, 
2007.

b. Absence of De Facto Control

    Typically the Department considers four factors in evaluating 
whether each respondent is subject to de facto government control of 
its export functions: (1) Whether the export prices are set by or are 
subject to the approval of a government agency; (2) whether the 
respondent has authority to negotiate and sign contracts and other 
agreements; (3) whether the respondent has autonomy from the government 
in making decisions regarding the selection of management; and (4)

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whether the respondent retains the proceeds of its export sales and 
makes independent decisions regarding disposition of profits or 
financing of losses.4 The Department has determined that an analysis of 
de facto control is critical in determining whether respondents are, in 
fact, subject to a degree of government control which would preclude 
the Department from assigning separate rates. We determine for New-Tec 
that the evidence on the record supports a preliminary finding of de 
facto absence of government control based on record statements and 
supporting documentation showing the following: (1) New-Tec sets its 
own export prices independent of the government and without the 
approval of a government authority; (2) New-Tec retains the proceeds 
from its sales and makes independent decisions regarding disposition of 
profits or financing of losses; (3) New-Tec has the authority to 
negotiate and sign contracts and other agreements; and (4) New-Tec has 
autonomy from the government regarding the selection of management. See 
New-Tec's Section A Questionnaire Response, dated September 28, 2007.
    The evidence placed on the record of this new shipper review by 
New-Tec demonstrates an absence of de jure and de facto government 
control with respect to each its exports of the merchandise under 
review, in accordance with the criteria identified in Sparklers and 
Silicon Carbide.

Date of Sale

    Section 351.401(i) of the Department's regulations provides that 
the Department will normally use the date of invoice, as recorded in 
the exporter or producer's records kept in the normal course of 
business, as the date of sale of the subject merchandise. However, the 
Department may use a date other than the date of invoice if it is 
satisfied that a different date better reflects the date on which the 
exporter or producer establishes the material terms of sale. 19 CFR 
351.401(i); see also Allied Tube & Conduit Corp. v. United States, 132 
F. Supp. 2d 1087, 1090 (CIT 2001).
    After examining the questionnaire responses and the sales 
documentation that New-Tec placed on the record, we preliminarily 
determine that invoice date is the most appropriate date of sale for 
New-Tec. We made this determination based on record evidence which 
demonstrates that New-Tec's invoices establish the material terms of 
sale to the extent required by our regulations.

Normal Value Comparisons

    To determine whether sales of hand trucks to the United States by 
New-Tec were made at less than NV, we compared export price (``EP'') to 
NV, as described in the Export Price, and Normal Value sections of this 
notice.

Export Price

    In accordance with section 772(a) of the Act, EP is the price at 
which the subject merchandise is first sold (or agreed to be sold) 
before the date of importation by the producer or exporter of the 
subject merchandise outside of the United States to an unaffiliated 
purchaser in the United States or to an unaffiliated purchaser for 
exportation to the United States, as adjusted under section 772(c) of 
the Act. In accordance with section 772(a) of the Act, we used EP for 
New-Tec because the subject merchandise was sold directly to the 
unaffiliated customers in the United States prior to importation and 
because constructed export price was not otherwise warranted.
    We calculated EP based on the packed cost and freight or delivered 
prices to unaffiliated purchasers in, or for exportation to, the United 
States. We made deductions, as appropriate, for any movement expenses 
(foreign inland freight from the plant to port, and foreign brokerage) 
in accordance with section 772(c)(2)(A) of the Act. For a detailed 
description of all adjustments, see Memorandum to the File, ``Hand 
Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof from the People's Republic of China: 
Analysis Memorandum for the New Shipper Preliminary Results: New-Tec 
Integration (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. (April 21, 2008) (``New-Tec's 
Preliminary Analysis Memorandum'').

Normal Value

    Section 773(c)(1) of the Act provides that the Department shall 
determine the NV using an FOP methodology if: (1) the merchandise is 
exported from an NME country; and (2) the information does not permit 
the calculation of NV using home-market prices, third-country prices, 
or constructed value under section 773(a) of the Act. When determining 
NV in an NME context, the Department will base NV on FOPs because the 
presence of government controls on various aspects of these economies 
renders price comparisons and the calculation of production costs 
invalid under our normal methodologies. Under section 772(c)(3) of the 
Act, FOPs include but are not limited to: (1) hours of labor required; 
(2) quantities of raw materials employed; (3) amounts of energy and 
other utilities consumed; and (4) representative capital costs. We used 
FOPs reported by respondents for materials, energy, labor and packing.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.408(c)(1), the Department will 
normally use publicly available information to find an appropriate SV 
to value FOPs, but when a producer sources an input from a market 
economy and pays for it in market-economy currency, the Department will 
normally value the factor using the actual price paid for the input. 
See 19 CFR 351.408(c)(1); see also Lasko Metal Prods., Inc. v. United 
States, 43 F.3d 1442, 1446 (Fed. Cir. 1994). However, when the 
Department has reason to believe or suspect that such prices may be 
distorted by subsidies, the Department will disregard the market 
economy purchase prices and use SVs to determine the NV. See Tapered 
Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, From the 
People's Republic of China; Final Results of the 1998-1999 
Administrative Review, Partial Rescission of Review, and Determination 
Not to Revoke Order in Part, 66 FR 1953 (January 10, 2001) (``TRBs 
1998-1999''), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at 
Comment 1.
    It is the Department's consistent practice that, where the facts 
developed in U.S. or third-country countervailing duty findings include 
the existence of subsidies that appear to be used generally (in 
particular, broadly available, non-industry specific export subsidies), 
it is reasonable for the Department to find that it has a reason to 
believe or suspect that prices of the inputs from the country granting 
the subsidies may be subsidized. See TRBs 1998-1999 at Comment 1; see 
also Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and 
Unfinished, From the People's Republic of China; Final Results of 1999-
2000 Administrative Review, Partial Rescission of Review, and 
Determination Not To Revoke Order in Part, 66 FR 57420 (November 15, 
2001), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 1; 
China Nat'l Mach. Imp. & Exp. Corp. v. United States, 293 F. Supp. 2d 
1334, 1338-39 (CIT 2003).
    In avoiding the use of prices that may be subsidized, the 
Department does not conduct a formal investigation to ensure that such 
prices are not subsidized, but rather relies on information that is 
generally available at the time of its determination. See H.R. Rep., 
Vol. 4, 100-576, at 590 (1988), reprinted in 1988 U.S.C.C.A.N. 1547, 
1623-24.
    We have reason to believe or suspect that prices of inputs from 
Indonesia,

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South Korea, and Thailand may have been subsidized. Through other 
proceedings, the Department has learned that these countries maintain 
broadly available, non-industry-specific export subsidies and, 
therefore, finds it reasonable to infer that all exports to all markets 
from these countries may be subsidized. See, e.g., TRBs 1998-1999 at 
Comment 1. We are also guided by the legislative history not to conduct 
a formal investigation to ensure that such prices are not subsidized. 
See H.R. Rep. 100-576 Vol. 4, at 590 (1988) reprinted in 1998 U.S.C. 
A.N. 1547, 1623-24. The Department bases its decision on information 
that is available to it at the time it makes its determination. 
Accordingly, we have disregarded prices from Indonesia, South Korea and 
Thailand in calculating the Indian import-based SVs because we have 
reason to believe or suspect such prices may be subsidized. In 
addition, we excluded Indian import data from NME countries from our SV 
calculations. See Surrogate Value Memorandum.

Factor Valuations

    In accordance with section 773(c) of the Act, we calculated NV 
based on FOPs reported by the respondent for the POR. To calculate NV, 
we multiplied the reported per-unit factor-consumption rates of inputs 
purchased from NME suppliers by publicly available Indian SVs. In 
selecting the SVs, we considered the quality, specificity, and 
contemporaneity of the data. As appropriate, we adjusted input prices 
by including freight costs to make them delivered prices. Specifically, 
we added to Indian import SVs a surrogate freight cost using the 
shorter of the reported distance from the domestic supplier to the 
factory of production or the distance from the nearest seaport to the 
factory of production. This adjustment is in accordance with the 
Federal Circuit's decision in Sigma Corp. v. United States, 117 F.3d 
1401, 1407-1408 (Fed. Cir. 1997). A detailed description of all SVs 
used can be found in the Surrogate Value Memorandum and New-Tec's 
Preliminary Analysis Memorandum.
    For this preliminary determination, in accordance with the 
Department's practice, we used import values from the World Trade 
Atlas[reg] online (``Indian Import Statistics''), which were published 
by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, 
Ministry of Commerce of India, which were reported in rupees and are 
contemporaneous with the POR to calculate SVs for the mandatory 
respondent's material inputs. In selecting the best available 
information for valuing FOPs in accordance with section 773(c)(1) of 
the Act, the Department's practice is to select, to the extent 
practicable, SVs which are non-export average values, most 
contemporaneous with the POR, product-specific, and tax-exclusive. See, 
e.g., Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value, Negative Preliminary Determination of Critical Circumstances and 
Postponement of Final Determination: Certain Frozen and Canned 
Warmwater Shrimp From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 69 FR 42672, 
42682 (July 16, 2004), unchanged in the final determination (Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Frozen and 
Canned Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 69 FR 
71005 (December 8, 2004)).
    In those instances where we could not obtain publicly available 
information contemporaneous with the POR with which to value FOPs, we 
adjusted the SVs using, where appropriate, the Indian Wholesale Price 
Index, as published in the International Financial Statistics of the 
International Monetary Fund.
    During the POR, New-Tec purchased all or a portion of certain 
inputs from a market economy supplier and paid for the inputs in a 
market economy currency. The Department has instituted a rebuttable 
presumption that market economy input prices are the best available 
information for valuing an input when the total volume of the input 
purchased from all market economy sources during the period of 
investigation or review exceeds 33 percent of the total volume of the 
input purchased from all sources during the period. See Antidumping 
Methodologies: Market Economy Inputs, Expected Non-Market Economy 
Wages, Duty Drawback; and Request for Comments, 71 FR 61716, 61717-19 
(October 19, 2006). In these cases, unless case-specific facts provide 
adequate grounds to rebut the Department's presumption, the Department 
will use the weighted-average market economy purchase price to value 
the input. Record evidence shows that all of the inputs purchased from 
market-economy sources by New-Tec during the POR exceeded 33 percent of 
the total volume of inputs purchased during that period. Accordingly, 
we valued New-Tec's inputs using the market economy prices paid for the 
inputs. Where appropriate, we increased the market economy prices of 
inputs by freight expenses. See Surrogate Value Memorandum.
    We used Indian transport information to value the inland freight 
cost of the raw materials. The Department determined the best available 
information for valuing truck freight to be from www.infreight.com. 
This source provides daily rates from six major points of origin to 
five destinations in India. Because the Department cannot currently 
directly access www.infreight.com, we used the value calculated for the 
period October 2005 through March 2006, which was used in the recent 
investigation of steel nails from the PRC. See Surrogate Value 
Memorandum at Exhibit 7. We adjusted this rate to be contemporaneous 
with the POR. Consistent with the Department's practice, we used two 
sources to calculate an SV for domestic brokerage expenses. See, e.g., 
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Affirmative 
Critical Circumstances, In Part, and Postponement of Final 
Determination: Certain Lined Paper Products from the People's Republic 
of China, 71 FR 19695, 19704 (April 17, 2006) (utilizing these same two 
sources), unchanged in the final determination (Notice of Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and Affirmative 
Critical Circumstances, In Part: Certain Lined Paper Products From the 
People's Republic of China, 71 FR 53079 (September 8, 2006)). The 
Department averaged December 2003 through November 2004 data contained 
in the February 28, 2005, public version of Essar Steel's response 
submitted in the antidumping duty administrative review of hot-rolled 
carbon steel flat products from India. See Surrogate Value Memorandum 
at Exhibit 7.
    These data were averaged with the February 2004 through January 
2005 data contained in the May 24, 2005, public version of Agro Dutch 
Industries Limited's (``Agro Dutch'') response submitted in the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
preserved mushrooms from India. See Surrogate Value Memorandum at 
Exhibit 8.
    The brokerage expense data reported by Essar Steel and Agro Dutch 
in their public versions are ranged data. The Department first derived 
an average per-unit amount from each source, then adjusted each average 
rate for inflation. Finally, the Department averaged the two per-unit 
amounts to derive an overall average rate for the POR.
    For direct, indirect, and packing labor, consistent with 19 CFR 
351.408(c)(3), we used the PRC regression-based wage rate as reported 
on Import Administration's home page, Import Library, Expected Wages of

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Selected NME Countries, revised in January 2007, available at https://
ia.ita.doc.gov/wages/. Because this regression-based wage 
rate does not separate the labor rates into different skill levels or 
types of labor, we have applied the same wage rate to all skill levels 
and types of labor reported by the respondent. See also Surrogate Value 
Memorandum.
    If the NME wage rates are updated by the Department prior to 
issuance of the final determination, we will use the updated wage rate 
in the final results.
    To value electricity, we used data from the International Energy 
Agency Key World Energy Statistics (2003 edition). Because the value 
was not contemporaneous with the POR, we adjusted the rate for 
inflation.
    The Department valued water using data from the Maharashtra 
Industrial Development Corporation (www.midcindia.org) because it 
includes a wide range of industrial water tariffs. This source provides 
386 industrial water rates within the Maharashtra province from June 
2003: 193 for the ``inside industrial areas'' usage category and 193 
for the ``outside industrial areas'' usage category. Because the value 
was not contemporaneous with the POR, we adjusted the rate for 
inflation.
    To value factory overhead, selling, general, and administrative 
expenses (``SG&A''), and profit, we used the audited financial 
statements for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2006, from the 
following producer: Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company, Ltd., an 
Indian producer of comparable merchandise. From this information, we 
were able to determine factory overhead as a percentage of the total 
raw materials, labor and energy (``ML&E'') costs; SG&A as a percentage 
of ML&E plus overhead (i.e., cost of manufacture); and the profit rate 
as a percentage of the cost of manufacture plus SG&A. For further 
discussion, see Factor Valuation Memorandum.

Preliminary Results of Review

    We preliminarily determine that the following margin exists during 
the period December 1, 2006, through May 31, 2007:

               Hand Trucks and Parts Thereof from the PRC
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                       Weighted-Average
                      Exporter                         Margin (Percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
New-Tec Integration (Xiamen) Co., Ltd...............                0.00
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Disclosure

    The Department will disclose calculations performed for these 
preliminary results to the parties within five days of the date of 
publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 
Interested parties may submit case briefs and/or written comments no 
later than 30 days after the date of publication of these preliminary 
results of review. See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii). Rebuttal briefs and 
rebuttals to written comments, limited to issues raised in such briefs 
or comments, may be filed no later than 35 days after the date of 
publication. See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1). Further, parties submitting 
written comments should provide the Department with an additional copy 
of those comments on diskette. Any interested party may request a 
hearing within 30 days of publication of these preliminary results. See 
19 CFR 351.310(c). Any hearing, if requested, will be held seven days 
after the scheduled date for submission of rebuttal briefs. See 19 CFR 
351.310(d).
    The Department will issue the final results of these new shipper 
reviews, which will include the results of its analysis of issues 
raised in the briefs, within 90 days of issuance of these preliminary 
results, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(i)(1), unless the time limit 
is extended.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b), the Department will determine, and 
CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. The 
Department will issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to 
CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of this review. We 
will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries covered by this review if any assessment rate calculated in the 
final results of this review is above de minimis. The final results of 
this review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties 
on entries of merchandise covered by the final results of this review 
and for future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.

Cash Deposit

    On August 17, 2006, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (``H.R. 4'') 
was signed into law. Section 1632 of H.R. 4 temporarily suspends the 
authority of the Department to instruct CBP to collect a bond or other 
security in lieu of a cash deposit in new shipper reviews. Therefore, 
the posting of a bond under section 751(a)(B)(iii) of the Act in lieu 
of a cash deposit is not available in this case.
    The following cash-deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this new shipper review for all 
shipments of subject merchandise from New-Tec entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for subject 
merchandise manufactured and exported by New-Tec, the cash-deposit rate 
will be the rate determined n the final results of review (except if 
that rate is de minimis, i.e., less than 0.50 percent, no cash deposit 
will be required); (2) for subject merchandise exported by New-Tec but 
not manufactured by New-Tec, the cash deposit rate will continue to be 
the PRC-wide rate (i.e., 383.60 percent); and (3) for subject 
merchandise manufactured by New-Tec, but not exported by New-Tec, the 
cash deposit rate will be the cash deposit rate will be the rate 
applicable to the exporter. These cash deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

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 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.
    This new shipper review and this notice are published in accordance 
with section 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: April 21, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-9471 Filed 4-29-08; 8:45 am]
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