Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign Government Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty, 10478-10479 [2012-4122]
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available in the Central Records Unit
(‘‘CRU’’), room 7046 of the main
Department of Commerce building. In
addition, a complete version of the I&D
Memorandum can be accessed directly
on the internet at https://www.trade.gov/
ia/. The signed I&D Memorandum and
the electronic versions of the I&D
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Final Results of Sunset Review
The Department determines that
revocation of the antidumping duty
order on silicon metal from the PRC
would be likely to lead to continuation
or recurrence of dumping at the
following weighted-average margins:
Exporters
WeightedAverage
margin
(percent)
PRC-Wide Rate ........................
139.49
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Order
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
results and notice in accordance with
sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of
the Act.
Dated: February 15, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells,
Whether or Not Assembled Into
Modules, From the People’s Republic
of China: Postponement of Preliminary
Determination in the Countervailing
Duty Investigation
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Commerce.
AGENCY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gene Calvert, Jun Jack Zhao, or Emily
Halle, AD/CVD Operations, Office 6,
Import Administration, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department
of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3586,
(202) 482–1396 or (202) 482–0176,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 21, 2011, based on a
timely request from the petitioner,
SolarWorld Industries America, Inc.
(Petitioner), the Department of
Commerce (the Department) extended
the due date for the preliminary
determination in the countervailing
duty investigation of crystalline silicon
photovoltaic cells, whether or not
assembled into modules, from the
People’s Republic of China, to no later
than February 13, 2012.1 Petitioner
made a second timely request on
January 19, 2012, to further postpone
the preliminary countervailing duty
determination by 18 days, to March 2,
2012, which the Department granted.2
Postponement of Due Date for the
Preliminary Determination
Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), requires the
Department to issue the preliminary
determination in a countervailing duty
investigation within 65 days after the
date on which the Department initiated
the investigation. However, if the
Department concludes that the parties
concerned in the investigation are
cooperating and determines that the
investigation is extraordinarily
complicated, section 703(c)(1)(B) of the
Act allows the Department to postpone
making the preliminary determination
until no later than 130 days after the
date on which the administering
authority initiated the investigation.
The Department has determined that
the parties involved in this proceeding
are cooperating, and that the
investigation is extraordinarily
complicated.3 The mandatory
respondents recently filed extensive
questionnaire responses and also
identified and included responses to the
1 See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells,
Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, From the
People’s Republic of China: Postponement of
Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing
Duty Investigation, 76 FR 81914 (December 29,
2011).
2 See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells,
Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, From the
People’s Republic of China: Second Postponement
of Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing
Duty Investigation, 77 FR 4764 (January 31, 2012).
3 See section 703(c)(1)(B) of the Act.
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questionnaire for multiple cross-owned
affiliated companies, which now are
included in the investigation.4
Specifically, the Department is
investigating 27 alleged subsidy
programs including, but not limited to,
loans, grants, income tax incentives, and
the provision of goods and services for
less than adequate remuneration. Due to
the number of companies and the
complexity of the alleged
countervailable subsidy practices being
investigated, we determine that this
investigation is extraordinarily
complicated. Therefore, in accordance
with section 703(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we
are fully extending the due date for the
preliminary determination to no later
than 130 days after the day on which
the investigation was initiated.
However, as that date falls on a
Saturday (i.e., March 17, 2012), the
deadline for completion of the
preliminary determination is now
Monday, March 19, 2012, the next
business day.5
This notice is issued and published
pursuant to section 703(c)(2) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
Dated: February 15, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of
Foreign Government Subsidies on
Articles of Cheese Subject to an InQuota Rate of Duty
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: February 22,
2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gayle Longest, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 3, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
AGENCY:
4 See letter from Changzhou Trina Solar Energy
Co., Ltd., regarding, ‘‘Crystalline Silicon
Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled into
Modules, from the People’s Republic of China; CVD
Questionnaire Response of Changzhou Trina Solar
Energy Co., Ltd.,’’ dated January 31, 2012. See also
letter from Wuxi Suntech Power Co. Ltd., regarding,
‘‘Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic (‘‘CSPV’’) Cells
from the People’s Republic of China: Countervailing
Duty Questionnaire Response of Wuxi Suntech
Power Co., Ltd.,’’ dated January 31, 2012.
5 See Notice of Clarification: Application of ‘‘Next
Business Day’’ Rule for Administrative
Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act
of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
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U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202)
482–3338.
Section
702 of the Trade Agreements Act of
1979 (as amended) (‘‘the Act’’) requires
the Department of Commerce (‘‘the
Department’’) to determine, in
consultation with the Secretary of
Agriculture, whether any foreign
government is providing a subsidy with
respect to any article of cheese subject
to an in-quota rate of duty, as defined
in section 702(h) of the Act, and to
publish an annual list and quarterly
updates to the type and amount of those
subsidies. We hereby provide the
Department’s quarterly update of
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
subsidies on articles of cheese that were
imported during the period October 1,
2011, through December 31, 2011.
The Department has developed, in
consultation with the Secretary of
Agriculture, information on subsidies
(as defined in section 702(h) of the Act)
being provided either directly or
indirectly by foreign governments on
articles of cheese subject to an in-quota
rate of duty. The appendix to this notice
lists the country, the subsidy program or
programs, and the gross and net
amounts of each subsidy for which
information is currently available. The
Department will incorporate additional
programs which are found to constitute
subsidies, and additional information
on the subsidy programs listed, as the
information is developed.
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The Department encourages any
person having information on foreign
government subsidy programs which
benefit articles of cheese subject to an
in-quota rate of duty to submit such
information in writing to the Assistant
Secretary for Import Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.
This determination and notice are in
accordance with section 702(a) of the
Act.
Dated: February 15, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
APPENDIX
SUBSIDY PROGRAMS ON CHEESE SUBJECT TO AN IN-QUOTA RATE OF DUTY
Gross 1 Subsidy
($/lb)
Net 2 Subsidy
($/lb)
Country
Program(s)
27 European Union Member States 3 ......................
Canada .....................................................................
Norway ......................................................................
European Union Restitution Payments ....................
Export Assistance on Certain Types of Cheese ......
Indirect (Milk) Subsidy ..............................................
Consumer Subsidy ...................................................
$0.00
0.34
0.00
0.00
$0.00
0.34
0.00
0.00
Total ..........................................................................
0.00
0.00
Deficiency Payments ................................................
$ 0.00
$ 0.00
Switzerland ...............................................................
1 Defined
in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5).
in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6).
27 member states of the European Union are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
2 Defined
3 The
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
North American Free Trade Agreement,
Article 1904; NAFTA Panel Reviews;
First Request for Panel Review
NAFTA Secretariat, United
States Section, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
On February 10, 2012,
Maquilacero S.A. de C.V. filed a First
Request for Panel Review with the
United States Section of the NAFTA
Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of
the North American Free Trade
Agreement. Panel Review was requested
of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s
final determination regarding LightWalled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from
Mexico, Final Results of 2009–2010
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review. This determination was
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published in the Federal Register (77
FR 1915), on January 12, 2012. The
NAFTA Secretariat has assigned Case
Number USA–MEX–2012–1904–01 to
this request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Bohon, United States Secretary,
NAFTA Secretariat, Suite 2061, 14th
and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482–5438.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter
19 of the North American Free Trade
Agreement (‘‘Agreement’’) established a
mechanism to replace domestic judicial
review of final determinations in
antidumping and countervailing duty
cases involving imports from a NAFTA
country with review by independent
binational panels. When a Request for
Panel Review is filed, a panel is
established to act in place of national
courts to review expeditiously the final
determination to determine whether it
conforms with the antidumping or
countervailing duty law of the country
that made the determination.
Under Article 1904 of the Agreement,
which came into force on January 1,
1994, the Government of the United
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States, the Government of Canada, and
the Government of Mexico established
Rules of Procedure for Article 1904
Binational Panel Reviews (‘‘Rules’’).
These Rules were published in the
Federal Register on February 23, 1994
(59 FR 8686).
A first Request for Panel Review was
filed with the United States Section of
the NAFTA Secretariat, pursuant to
Article 1904 of the Agreement, on
March 18, 2011, requesting a panel
review of the determination and order
described above.
The Rules provide that:
(a) A Party or interested person may
challenge the final determination in
whole or in part by filing a Complaint
in accordance with Rule 39 within 30
days after the filing of the first Request
for Panel Review (the deadline for filing
a Complaint is March 12, 2012);
(b) A Party, investigating authority or
interested person that does not file a
Complaint but that intends to appear in
support of any reviewable portion of the
final determination may participate in
the panel review by filing a Notice of
Appearance in accordance with Rule 40
within 45 days after the filing of the first
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign Government
Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: February 22, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Longest, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
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U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-3338.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 702 of the Trade Agreements Act of
1979 (as amended) (``the Act'') requires the Department of Commerce
(``the Department'') to determine, in consultation with the Secretary
of Agriculture, whether any foreign government is providing a subsidy
with respect to any article of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of
duty, as defined in section 702(h) of the Act, and to publish an annual
list and quarterly updates to the type and amount of those subsidies.
We hereby provide the Department's quarterly update of subsidies on
articles of cheese that were imported during the period October 1,
2011, through December 31, 2011.
The Department has developed, in consultation with the Secretary of
Agriculture, information on subsidies (as defined in section 702(h) of
the Act) being provided either directly or indirectly by foreign
governments on articles of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty.
The appendix to this notice lists the country, the subsidy program or
programs, and the gross and net amounts of each subsidy for which
information is currently available. The Department will incorporate
additional programs which are found to constitute subsidies, and
additional information on the subsidy programs listed, as the
information is developed.
The Department encourages any person having information on foreign
government subsidy programs which benefit articles of cheese subject to
an in-quota rate of duty to submit such information in writing to the
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20230.
This determination and notice are in accordance with section 702(a)
of the Act.
Dated: February 15, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
APPENDIX
Subsidy Programs on Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty
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Gross 1 Subsidy Net 2 Subsidy
Country Program(s) ($/lb) ($/lb)
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27 European Union Member States \3\......... European Union Restitution $0.00 $0.00
Payments.
Canada...................................... Export Assistance on Certain 0.34 0.34
Types of Cheese.
Norway...................................... Indirect (Milk) Subsidy....... 0.00 0.00
Consumer Subsidy.............. 0.00 0.00
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Total......................... 0.00 0.00
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Switzerland................................. Deficiency Payments........... $ 0.00 $ 0.00
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\1\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5).
\2\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6).
\3\ The 27 member states of the European Union are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
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