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LIST OF PETITIONS RECEIVED BY EDA FOR CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT
ASSISTANCE 11/11/2010 THROUGH 12/9/2010
Address
Date accepted for
investigation
Fort McDowell Yavapai Materials.
17100 E. Shea Blvd., Ste 330,
Fountain Hills, AZ 85268.
11/19/2010
PCS Edventures!.com, Inc. ......
345 Bobwhite Ct #200, Boise,
ID 83706.
12/8/2010
Stellar Recognition, Inc. dba
Sports Awards and Pacesetter Awards.
5544 W. Armstrong Avenue,
Chicago, IL 60646.
11/24/2010
The Woods Company, Inc. .......
985 Superior Avenue, Chambersburg, PA 17201.
21–25 Grand Boulevard North,
Brentwood, NY 11717.
11/5/2010
Firm name
Thuro Metal Products, Inc. .......
Any party having a substantial
interest in these proceedings may
request a public hearing on the matter.
A written request for a hearing must be
submitted to the Trade Adjustment
Assistance for Firms Division, Room
7106, Economic Development
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, no
later than ten (10) calendar days
following publication of this notice.
Please follow the requirements set
forth in EDA’s regulations at 13 CFR
315.9 for procedures to request a public
hearing. The Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance official number
and title for the program under which
these petitions are submitted is 11.313,
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms.
Dated: December 9, 2010.
Bryan Borlik,
Director, Trade Adjustment Assistance for
Firms.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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International Trade Administration
Limitation of Duty-free Imports of
Apparel Articles Assembled in Haiti
Under the Haitian Hemispheric
Opportunity Through Partnership for
Encouragement Act (HOPE)
Department of Commerce,
International Trade Administration.
AGENCY:
Notification of Annual
Quantitative Limit on Certain Apparel
under HOPE.
ACTION:
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Products
The firm produces concrete batch plants producing ready-mix
concrete. A small number of concrete blocks are made as a
by-product. Sand & gravel mine producing construction aggregates and USGA (golf course) sand. Granite pit producing crushed granite landscaping rock.
The firm creates and manufacturers educational and scientific
materials for use in the instruction of science, math and
other educational lessons. These products consist of robotic
instruction systems, micro-controllers and software, curriculum.
The firm designs, manufactures and assembles awards, recognition items and promotional products such as trophies,
plaques, glass and acrylic awards and various related promotional products.
The firm uses reclaimed solid wood flooring and architectural
products.
The Firm is a manufacturer of custom engineered precision
component parts including threaded shafts and assemblies.
Effective Date: December 20,
2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maria Dybczak, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,
(202) 482–3651.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: The Caribbean Basin Recovery
Act (‘‘CBERA’’), as amended by the Haitian
Hemispheric Opportunity Through
Partnership for Encouragement Act of 2006
(‘‘HOPE’’), Title V of the Tax Relief and
Health Care Act of 2006 and the Food,
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
(‘‘HOPE II’’); the Haiti Economic Lift Program
Act of 2010 (‘‘HELP’’); and implemented by
Presidential Proclamations No. 8114, 72 FR
13655, 13659 (March 22, 2007), and No.
8596, 75 FR 68153 (November 4, 2010).
HOPE provides for duty-free
treatment for certain apparel articles
imported directly from Haiti. Section
213A(b)(1)(B) of HOPE outlines the
requirements for certain apparel articles
to qualify for duty-free treatment under
a ‘‘value-added’’ program. In order to
qualify for duty-free treatment, apparel
articles must be wholly assembled, or
knit-to-shape, in Haiti from any
combination of fabrics, fabric
components, components knit-to-shape,
and yarns, as long as the sum of the cost
or value of materials produced in Haiti
or one or more countries, as described
in HOPE, or any combination thereof,
plus the direct costs of processing
operations performed in Haiti or one or
more countries, as described in HOPE,
or any combination thereof, is not less
than an applicable percentage of the
declared customs value of such apparel
articles. Pursuant to HELP, the
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applicable percentage for the period
December 20, 2010 through December
19, 2011, is 50 percent or more.
For every twelve month period
following the effective date of HOPE,
duty-free treatment under the valueadded program is subject to a
quantitative limitation. HOPE provides
that the quantitative limitation will be
recalculated for each subsequent 12month period. Section 213A (b)(1)(C) of
HOPE, as amended by HOPE II and
HELP, requires that, for the twelvemonth period beginning on December
20, 2010, the quantitative limitation for
qualifying apparel imported from Haiti
under the value-added program will be
an amount equivalent to 1.25 percent of
the aggregate square meter equivalent of
all apparel articles imported into the
United States in the most recent 12month period for which data are
available. The aggregate square meters
equivalent of all apparel articles
imported into the United States is
derived from the set of Harmonized
System lines listed in the Annex to the
World Trade Organization Agreement
on Textiles and Clothing (‘‘ATC’’), and
the conversion factors for units of
measure into square meter equivalents
used by the United States in
implementing the ATC. For purposes of
this notice, the most recent 12-month
period for which data are available as of
December 20, 2010 is the 12-month
period ending on October 31, 2010.
Therefore, for the one-year period
beginning on December 20, 2010 and
extending through December 19, 2011,
the quantity of imports eligible for
preferential treatment under the valueadded program is 324,408,946 square
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meters equivalent. Apparel articles
entered in excess of these quantities will
be subject to otherwise applicable
tariffs.
Dated: December 10, 2010.
Sergio Botero,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles
and Apparel.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–201–805]
Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy
Steel Pipe From Mexico: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to requests by
interested parties, the Department of
Commerce (the Department) is
conducting an administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on certain
circular welded non-alloy steel pipe
from Mexico. This administrative
review covers mandatory respondents
Mueller Comercial de Mexico, S. de R.L.
de C.V. (Mueller) and Ternium Mexico,
S.A. de C.V. (Ternium). Tuberia
Nacional, S.A. de C.V. (TUNA) is
subject to a concurrent changed
circumstances review of this order; in
its changed circumstances review, the
Department has preliminarily
determined that Lamina y Placa
Comercial, S.A. de C.V. (Lamina) is the
successor-in-interest to TUNA. See
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Changed Circumstances Review:
Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy
Steel Pipe and Tube from Mexico, 75 FR
67685 (November 3, 2010). Therefore,
we are continuing to refer to this entity
as TUNA for these preliminary results,
pending a final determination. The
period of review (POR) is November 1,
2008, through October 31, 2009.
We preliminarily determine that sales
of subject merchandise have been made
at less than normal value (NV). One of
the companies, Ternium, refused to
cooperate with the Department in this
administrative review. We have
calculated a dumping margin for
Mueller. We preliminarily determine
that TUNA had no reviewable sales,
shipments, or entries during the POR.
The Department’s review of import data
supported TUNA’s claim (see ‘‘TUNA’s
No-Shipment Claim’’ section of this
notice for further explanation).
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Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Effective Date: December 15,
2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Flessner or Robert James, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 7, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–6312 or (202) 482–
0469, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 2, 1992, the Department
published the antidumping duty order
on certain circular welded non-alloy
steel pipe from Mexico. See Notice of
Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe
from Brazil, the Republic of Korea
(Korea), Mexico, and Venezuela and
Amendment to Final Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain
Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from
Korea, 57 FR 49453 (November 2, 1992)
(Antidumping Duty Order). On
November 2, 2009, the Department
published a notice of opportunity to
request an administrative review in the
Federal Register. See Antidumping or
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
to Request Administrative Review, 74
FR 56573 (November 2, 2009). On
November 30, 2009, the Department
received requests for administrative
review of Ternium (including its
affiliates Hylsa, Ternium Grupo IMSA,
and Galvak), TUNA, and Mueller from
petitioners Allied Tube and Conduit
Corp. (Allied) and TMK IPSCO;
respondents Mueller and TUNA also
submitted requests for administrative
review on that day. On December 23,
2009, the Department published a
Federal Register notice initiating an
antidumping administrative review. See
Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews and Request for Revocation in
Part, 74 FR 68229 (December 23, 2009).
On December 28, 2009, TUNA withdrew
its request for an administrative review.
However, the Department did not
terminate the review with regard to
TUNA because petitioners had timely
requested a review of TUNA. On
January 6, 2010, the Department issued
its antidumping questionnaire to
Mueller, TUNA, and Ternium.
On February 5, 2010, Ternium and
TUNA notified the Department that they
would not submit responses to the
Department’s questionnaire; TUNA did
so with a no-shipments claim. With
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regard to TUNA’s no-shipments claim,
on February 17, 2010, petitioners Allied
and TMK IPSCO submitted comments;
on August 4, 2010, they submitted
further comments. On August 16, 2010,
TUNA replied to the petitioner’s
comments. On August 31, 2010, the
Department issued a supplemental
questionnaire to TUNA concerning its
U.S. sales of mechanical tubing. On
September 8, 2010, TUNA submitted its
response to the supplemental
questionnaire concerning mechanical
tubing.
With respect to sales data, on
February 26, 2010, Mueller submitted
its response to section A of the
questionnaire; on March 19, 2010,
Mueller submitted its sections B and C
response to the questionnaire. On May
25, 2010, the Department issued its first
supplemental section A, B, and C
questionnaire to Mueller. On June 4,
2010, Mueller submitted its responses to
the first supplemental section A, B, and
C questionnaire. On June 24, 2010,
Mueller submitted a clarification of its
first supplemental section A
questionnaire response. On June 17,
2010, the Department issued its second
supplemental section A, B, and C
questionnaire to Mueller. On July 14,
2010, Mueller submitted its response to
the second supplemental section A
questionnaire; on July 16, 2010, Mueller
submitted its response to the second
supplemental sections B and C
questionnaire. On July 19, 2010, Mueller
submitted corrections to its response to
the second supplemental sections B and
C questionnaire. On December 1, 2010,
Mueller submitted revised home and
U.S. market databases in response to the
Department’s request made at the end of
verification (see ‘‘Verification’’ section
below).
On April 8, 2010, petitioner U.S. Steel
alleged that Mueller had made sales
below the cost of production (COP)
during the POR. On June 30, 2010, the
Department required both TUNA and
Ternium 1 to submit COP data. See the
memorandum from Maryanne Burke to
the file entitled ‘‘Administrative Review
of Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe
from Mexico: Mueller Comercial de
Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. and
Southland Pipe Nipples Company, Inc.,’’
dated June 30, 2010. On July 13, 2010,
the Department issued supplemental
section D questionnaires to Ternium,
TUNA, and Mueller. On August 20,
2010, Ternium, TUNA, and Mueller
each submitted a response to the section
1 Though U.S. Steel’s April 8, 2010, allegation
was directed at Mueller, we required Mueller to
obtain and report COP information from TUNA and
Ternium because these suppliers produced subject
merchandise sold by Mueller.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Limitation of Duty-free Imports of Apparel Articles Assembled in
Haiti Under the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity Through Partnership for
Encouragement Act (HOPE)
AGENCY: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration.
ACTION: Notification of Annual Quantitative Limit on Certain Apparel
under HOPE.
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DATES: Effective Date: December 20, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maria Dybczak, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 482-3651.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: The Caribbean Basin Recovery Act (``CBERA''), as
amended by the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity Through Partnership
for Encouragement Act of 2006 (``HOPE''), Title V of the Tax Relief
and Health Care Act of 2006 and the Food, Conservation, and Energy
Act of 2008 (``HOPE II''); the Haiti Economic Lift Program Act of
2010 (``HELP''); and implemented by Presidential Proclamations No.
8114, 72 FR 13655, 13659 (March 22, 2007), and No. 8596, 75 FR 68153
(November 4, 2010).
HOPE provides for duty-free treatment for certain apparel articles
imported directly from Haiti. Section 213A(b)(1)(B) of HOPE outlines
the requirements for certain apparel articles to qualify for duty-free
treatment under a ``value-added'' program. In order to qualify for
duty-free treatment, apparel articles must be wholly assembled, or
knit-to-shape, in Haiti from any combination of fabrics, fabric
components, components knit-to-shape, and yarns, as long as the sum of
the cost or value of materials produced in Haiti or one or more
countries, as described in HOPE, or any combination thereof, plus the
direct costs of processing operations performed in Haiti or one or more
countries, as described in HOPE, or any combination thereof, is not
less than an applicable percentage of the declared customs value of
such apparel articles. Pursuant to HELP, the applicable percentage for
the period December 20, 2010 through December 19, 2011, is 50 percent
or more.
For every twelve month period following the effective date of HOPE,
duty-free treatment under the value-added program is subject to a
quantitative limitation. HOPE provides that the quantitative limitation
will be recalculated for each subsequent 12-month period. Section 213A
(b)(1)(C) of HOPE, as amended by HOPE II and HELP, requires that, for
the twelve-month period beginning on December 20, 2010, the
quantitative limitation for qualifying apparel imported from Haiti
under the value-added program will be an amount equivalent to 1.25
percent of the aggregate square meter equivalent of all apparel
articles imported into the United States in the most recent 12-month
period for which data are available. The aggregate square meters
equivalent of all apparel articles imported into the United States is
derived from the set of Harmonized System lines listed in the Annex to
the World Trade Organization Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
(``ATC''), and the conversion factors for units of measure into square
meter equivalents used by the United States in implementing the ATC.
For purposes of this notice, the most recent 12-month period for which
data are available as of December 20, 2010 is the 12-month period
ending on October 31, 2010.
Therefore, for the one-year period beginning on December 20, 2010
and extending through December 19, 2011, the quantity of imports
eligible for preferential treatment under the value-added program is
324,408,946 square
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meters equivalent. Apparel articles entered in excess of these
quantities will be subject to otherwise applicable tariffs.
Dated: December 10, 2010.
Sergio Botero,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles and Apparel.
[FR Doc. 2010-31518 Filed 12-14-10; 8:45 am]
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