International Trade Administration March 2, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is conducting new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') in response to requests from Jiangsu Jiushoutang Organisms-Manufacturers Co. Ltd. (``Jiangsu JOM''), Shanghai Sunbeauty Trading Co., Ltd. (``Shanghai Sunbeauty''), and Qingdao Wentai Trading Co. Ltd. (``Wentai''). The period of review (``POR'') is September 1, 2004, through February 28, 2005. We have preliminarily determined that the new shipper reviews of Jiangsu JOM, Shanghai Sunbeauty, and Wentai should all be rescinded because the sales made by each were not bona fide. Much of the information upon which we relied to analyze the bona fides of the sales is business proprietary; therefore, our full analysis is set forth in: Memorandum to James C. Doyle, Director, Office 9, from Scot T. Fullerton and Prentiss Lee Smith, Case Analysts, Office 9: Bona Fides Analysis and Intent to Rescind New Shipper Review of Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the People's Republic of China for Jiangsu Jiushoutang Organisms-Manufactures Co., Ltd., dated February 23, 2006 (``Jiangsu JOM Memo''), Memorandum to James C. Doyle, Director, Office 9, from Scot T. Fullerton and Prentiss Lee Smith, Case Analysts, Office 9: Bona Fides Analysis and Intent to Rescind New Shipper Review of Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the People's Republic of China for Shanghai Sunbeauty Trading Co. Ltd., dated February 23, 2006 (``Sunbeauty Memo''), and Memorandum to James C. Doyle, Director, Office 9, from Scot T. Fullerton and Prentiss Lee Smith, Case Analysts, Office 9: Bona Fides Analysis and Intent to Rescind New Shipper Review of Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the People's Republic of China for Qingdao Wentai Trading Co. Ltd., dated February 23, 2006 (``Wentai Memo''), public versions of which are on file in the Central Records Unit, room B-099 of the main Commerce Building. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary rescission determination.

On April 1, 2005, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') initiated a sunset review of the countervailing duty order (``CVD'') on brass sheet and strip from France pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). On the basis of a notice of intent to participate and an adequate substantive response filed on behalf of the domestic interested parties and an adequate response from respondent interested parties, the Department determined to conduct a full sunset review of this CVD order pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(2). As a result of this sunset review, the Department finds that revocation of the CVD order would not be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy. Therefore, the Department is revoking this CVD order.

On October 28, 2005, the Department of Commerce published the preliminary results of the third administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from Italy. The period of review is March 1, 2005, through February 28, 2005. This review covers imports of stainless steel bar to the United States from UGITECH S.A. Based on our analysis of the comments received, we conclude that the final results do not differ from the preliminary results of review, in which we found that UGITECH S.A. did not make shipments of subject merchandise to the United States during the period of review. Therefore, we are rescinding the administrative review.