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We are issuing and publishing the
results and notice in accordance with
sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of
the Act.
Dated: June 29, 2011.
Paul Piquado,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–427–602; A–475–601; A–588–704]
Brass Sheet and Strip From France,
Italy, and Japan: Final Results of the
Expedited Third Sunset Reviews of the
Antidumping Duty Orders
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: July 7, 2011.
SUMMARY: On March 1, 2011, the
Department of Commerce
(‘‘Department’’) published in the
Federal Register the notice of initiation
of the third Sunset review of the
antidumping duty orders on brass sheet
and strip from France, Italy, and Japan,
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’).
The Department has conducted
expedited Sunset reviews of these
orders pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B)
of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2). As a result of the
Sunset reviews, the Department finds
that revocation of the antidumping duty
orders would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping
at the margins identified in the ‘‘Final
Results of Review’’ section of this
notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mahnaz Khan or Yasmin Nair, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 1, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone (202) 482–0914 and (202)
482–3813, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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AGENCY:
Background
The antidumping duty orders on brass
sheet and strip from France and Italy
were published in the Federal Register
on March 6, 1987. See Antidumping
Duty Order: Brass Sheet and Strip From
France, 52 FR 6995 (March 6, 1987);
Antidumping Duty Order: Brass Sheet
and Strip From Italy, 52 FR 6997 (March
6, 1987), amended at Amendment to
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Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value and Amendment of
Antidumping Duty Order in Accordance
with Decision Upon Remand: Brass
Sheet and Strip from Italy, 56 FR 23272
(May 21, 1991). On August 12, 1988, the
Department issued an antidumping duty
order on imports of brass sheet and strip
from Japan. See Antidumping Duty
Order of Sales at Less Than Fair Value;
Brass Sheet and Strip From Japan, 53
FR 30454 (August 12, 1988).
On March 1, 2011, the Department
initiated the third Sunset reviews of
these orders, pursuant to section 751(c)
of the Act. See Initiation of Five-Year
(‘‘Sunset’’) Review, 76 FR 11202 (March
1, 2011). The Department received a
notice of intent to participate from
domestic interested parties GBC Metals,
LLC of Global Brass and Copper, Inc.,
doing business as Olin Brass; Heyco
Metals, Inc.; Luvata North America, Inc.
(previously Outokumpu American
Brass); PMX Industries, Inc.; Revere
Copper Products, Inc.; International
Association of Machinists and
Aerospace Workers; United Auto
Workers (Local 2367 and Local 1024);
and United Steelworkers AFL–CIO CLC
(collectively, ‘‘Petitioners’’), within the
deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(1)(i). Petitioners claimed
interested party status under section
771(9)(C) of the Act as a manufacturer,
producer, or wholesaler in the United
States of a domestic like product, or
under 771(9)(D) of the Act as a certified
union or recognized union or group of
workers representative of an industry
engaged in the manufacture, production,
or wholesale in the United States of a
domestic like product.
On March 31, 2011, the Department
received a substantive response from
Petitioners. In addition to meeting the
other requirements of 19 CFR
351.218(d)(3), Petitioners provided
information on the volume and value of
exports of brass sheet and strip from
France, Italy, and Japan. On May 5,
2011, the Department received
Petitioners’ comments regarding the
adequacy of responses and the
appropriateness of an expedited review.
The Department received no responses
from respondent interested parties to
these proceedings. As a result, pursuant
to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the
Department conducted expedited (120day) Sunset reviews of the antidumping
duty orders on brass sheet and strip
from France, Italy, and Japan.
Scope of the Orders
The product covered by the orders is
brass sheet and strip, other than leaded
and tinned brass sheet and strip, from
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France, Italy, and Japan. The chemical
composition of the covered product is
currently defined in the Copper
Development Association (‘‘C.D.A.’’)
200 Series or the Unified Numbering
System (‘‘U.N.S.’’) C2000. The orders do
not cover products the chemical
compositions of which are defined by
other C.D.A. or U.N.S. series. In
physical dimensions, the product
covered by the orders has a solid
rectangular cross section over 0.006
inches (0.15 millimeters) through 0.188
inches (4.8 millimeters) in finished
thickness or gauge, regardless of width.
Coiled, wound-on-reels (traverse
wound), and cut-to-length products are
included. The merchandise is currently
classified under Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States
(‘‘HTSUS’’) item numbers 7409.21.00
and 7409.29.00.
Although the HTSUS item numbers
are provided for convenience and
customs purposes, the written
description of the scope of the orders
remains dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in this review are
addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum (‘‘Decision
Memorandum’’) from Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, to Paul Piquado, Acting
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, dated June 29, 2011,
which is hereby adopted by this notice.
The issues discussed in the Decision
Memorandum include the likelihood of
continuation or recurrence of dumping
and the magnitude of the margins likely
to prevail if the orders were revoked.
Parties can find a complete discussion
of all issues raised in these reviews and
the corresponding recommendations in
this public memorandum, which is on
file in the Central Records Unit in room
7046 of the main Commerce building.
In addition, a complete version of the
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly on the Internet at https://
ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The paper copy and
electronic version of the Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Final Results of Review
Pursuant to sections 752(c)(1) and (3)
of the Act, we determine that revocation
of the antidumping duty orders on brass
sheet and strip from France, Italy and
Japan would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping
at the following weighted-average
percentage margins:
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Manufacturers/producers/exporters
Margin
(percent)
France:
Trefimetaux S.A .....................
All Others ...............................
Italy:
LMI–La Metalli Industriale,
S.p.A ..................................
All Others ...............................
Japan:
Nippon Mining Co., Ltd .........
Sambo Copper Alloy Co., Ltd
Mitsubishi Shindoh Co., Ltd ..
Kobe Steel, Ltd ......................
All Others ...............................
42.24
42.24
5.44
5.44
57.98
13.30
57.98
57.98
45.72
This notice also serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (‘‘APO’’)
of their responsibility concerning the
return or destruction of proprietary
information disclosed under APO in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305.
Timely notification of the return or
destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective orders
is hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the regulations and terms of an
APO is a violation which is subject to
sanction.
We are issuing and publishing the
final results and notice in accordance
with sections 751(c), 752(c), and
777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: June 29, 2011.
Paul Piquado,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011–17064 Filed 7–6–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–201–838]
Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and
Tube From Mexico: Notice of Initiation
of Antidumping Duty New Shipper
Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) has received a request
for a new shipper review of the
antidumping duty order on seamless
refined copper pipe and tube (copper
pipe and tube) from Mexico. See
Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube
From Mexico and the People’s Republic
of China: Antidumping Duty Orders and
Amended Final Determination of Sales
at Less Than Fair Value From Mexico,
75 FR 71070 (November 22, 2010)
(Order). In accordance with section
751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
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amended (the Act), and 19 CFR
351.214(d), the Department is initiating
an antidumping duty new shipper
review of GD Affiliates S.de R.L. de C.V.
(GD). The period of review (POR) of this
new shipper review is November 22,
2010, through April 30, 2011.
DATES: Effective Date: July 7, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dennis McClure or Christopher Hargett,
AD/CVD Operations, Office 3, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230,
telephone: (202) 482–5973 or (202) 482–
4161, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 22, 2010, the
Department published the antidumping
duty order on copper pipe and tube
from Mexico. See Order. Thus, the order
on copper pipe and tube from Mexico
has a May semi-annual anniversary
month. On May 31, 2011, the
Department received a request for a new
shipper review from GD in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.214(c). In its request
for a review, GD identified itself as a
producer and exporter of the subject
merchandise. For the purpose of
initiating this new shipper review, the
Department determines that GD’s
submission was timely filed.
Pursuant to the requirements set forth
in section 751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.214(b)(2), GD certified that
(1) it did not export subject merchandise
to the United States during the period
of investigation (POI) (see section
751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.214(b)(2)(i)); and (2) since the
initiation of the investigation, it has
never been affiliated with any company
that exported subject merchandise to the
United States during the POI, including
those companies not individually
examined during the investigation (see
section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A)).
Additionally, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), GD submitted
documentation establishing the
following: (1) The date on which it first
shipped subject merchandise to the
United States; (2) the volume of its first
shipment; and (3) the date of its first
sale to an unaffiliated purchaser for
exportation to the United States. GD
also stated it had shipments to the
United States during the period
subsequent to its first shipment.
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Dated: June 28, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
AGENCY:
Based on information on the record
and in accordance with section
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751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.214(d), we find that the request
submitted by GD meets the statutory
and regulatory requirements for
initiation of a new shipper review. See
Memorandum to the File, through
Melissa Skinner, Office Director, Office
3, AD/CVD Operations, from
Christopher Hargett, Case Analyst,
Office 3, AD/CVD Operations, regarding
‘‘Initiation of AD New Shipper Review:
Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube
from Mexico (A–201–838),’’ dated June
28, 2011. Accordingly, we are initiating
a new shipper review of the
antidumping duty order on copper pipe
and tube from Mexico exported by GD,
for the period November 22, 2010,
through April 30, 2011. We intend to
issue the preliminary results of this
review no later than 180 days after the
date on which this review is initiated,
and the final results within 90 days after
the date on which we issue the
preliminary results. See section
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.214(h)(i).
We will instruct U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) to allow, at the
option of the importer, the posting, until
the completion of the review, of a bond
or security in lieu of a cash deposit for
certain entries of the subject
merchandise exported by GD in
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(e).
Because GD certified that it exports the
subject merchandise, the sale of which
forms the basis for its new shipper
review request, we will instruct CBP to
permit the use of a bond only for entries
of subject merchandise which GD
exported.
Interested parties may submit
applications for disclosure under
administrative protective order in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and
351.306.
This initiation and this notice are
issued and published in accordance
with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-427-602; A-475-601; A-588-704]
Brass Sheet and Strip From France, Italy, and Japan: Final
Results of the Expedited Third Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty
Orders
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: July 7, 2011.
SUMMARY: On March 1, 2011, the Department of Commerce (``Department'')
published in the Federal Register the notice of initiation of the third
Sunset review of the antidumping duty orders on brass sheet and strip
from France, Italy, and Japan, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). The Department has conducted
expedited Sunset reviews of these orders pursuant to section
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2). As a result
of the Sunset reviews, the Department finds that revocation of the
antidumping duty orders would be likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of dumping at the margins identified in the ``Final Results
of Review'' section of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mahnaz Khan or Yasmin Nair, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
0914 and (202) 482-3813, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The antidumping duty orders on brass sheet and strip from France
and Italy were published in the Federal Register on March 6, 1987. See
Antidumping Duty Order: Brass Sheet and Strip From France, 52 FR 6995
(March 6, 1987); Antidumping Duty Order: Brass Sheet and Strip From
Italy, 52 FR 6997 (March 6, 1987), amended at Amendment to Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Amendment of
Antidumping Duty Order in Accordance with Decision Upon Remand: Brass
Sheet and Strip from Italy, 56 FR 23272 (May 21, 1991). On August 12,
1988, the Department issued an antidumping duty order on imports of
brass sheet and strip from Japan. See Antidumping Duty Order of Sales
at Less Than Fair Value; Brass Sheet and Strip From Japan, 53 FR 30454
(August 12, 1988).
On March 1, 2011, the Department initiated the third Sunset reviews
of these orders, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act. See Initiation
of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 76 FR 11202 (March 1, 2011). The
Department received a notice of intent to participate from domestic
interested parties GBC Metals, LLC of Global Brass and Copper, Inc.,
doing business as Olin Brass; Heyco Metals, Inc.; Luvata North America,
Inc. (previously Outokumpu American Brass); PMX Industries, Inc.;
Revere Copper Products, Inc.; International Association of Machinists
and Aerospace Workers; United Auto Workers (Local 2367 and Local 1024);
and United Steelworkers AFL-CIO CLC (collectively, ``Petitioners''),
within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i). Petitioners
claimed interested party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act as a
manufacturer, producer, or wholesaler in the United States of a
domestic like product, or under 771(9)(D) of the Act as a certified
union or recognized union or group of workers representative of an
industry engaged in the manufacture, production, or wholesale in the
United States of a domestic like product.
On March 31, 2011, the Department received a substantive response
from Petitioners. In addition to meeting the other requirements of 19
CFR 351.218(d)(3), Petitioners provided information on the volume and
value of exports of brass sheet and strip from France, Italy, and
Japan. On May 5, 2011, the Department received Petitioners' comments
regarding the adequacy of responses and the appropriateness of an
expedited review. The Department received no responses from respondent
interested parties to these proceedings. As a result, pursuant to
section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the
Department conducted expedited (120-day) Sunset reviews of the
antidumping duty orders on brass sheet and strip from France, Italy,
and Japan.
Scope of the Orders
The product covered by the orders is brass sheet and strip, other
than leaded and tinned brass sheet and strip, from France, Italy, and
Japan. The chemical composition of the covered product is currently
defined in the Copper Development Association (``C.D.A.'') 200 Series
or the Unified Numbering System (``U.N.S.'') C2000. The orders do not
cover products the chemical compositions of which are defined by other
C.D.A. or U.N.S. series. In physical dimensions, the product covered by
the orders has a solid rectangular cross section over 0.006 inches
(0.15 millimeters) through 0.188 inches (4.8 millimeters) in finished
thickness or gauge, regardless of width. Coiled, wound-on-reels
(traverse wound), and cut-to-length products are included. The
merchandise is currently classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (``HTSUS'') item numbers 7409.21.00 and 7409.29.00.
Although the HTSUS item numbers are provided for convenience and
customs purposes, the written description of the scope of the orders
remains dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in this review are addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum (``Decision Memorandum'') from Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, to Paul Piquado, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Import Administration, dated June 29, 2011, which is hereby adopted by
this notice. The issues discussed in the Decision Memorandum include
the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping and the
magnitude of the margins likely to prevail if the orders were revoked.
Parties can find a complete discussion of all issues raised in these
reviews and the corresponding recommendations in this public
memorandum, which is on file in the Central Records Unit in room 7046
of the main Commerce building.
In addition, a complete version of the Decision Memorandum can be
accessed directly on the Internet at https://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The
paper copy and electronic version of the Decision Memorandum are
identical in content.
Final Results of Review
Pursuant to sections 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, we determine
that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on brass sheet and strip
from France, Italy and Japan would be likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of dumping at the following weighted-average percentage
margins:
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Margin
Manufacturers/producers/exporters (percent)
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France:
Trefimetaux S.A.......................................... 42.24
All Others............................................... 42.24
Italy:
LMI-La Metalli Industriale, S.p.A........................ 5.44
All Others............................................... 5.44
Japan:
Nippon Mining Co., Ltd................................... 57.98
Sambo Copper Alloy Co., Ltd.............................. 13.30
Mitsubishi Shindoh Co., Ltd.............................. 57.98
Kobe Steel, Ltd.......................................... 57.98
All Others............................................... 45.72
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This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective orders is hereby requested. Failure
to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which
is subject to sanction.
We are issuing and publishing the final results and notice in
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: June 29, 2011.
Paul Piquado,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-17064 Filed 7-6-11; 8:45 am]
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