International Trade Administration March 7, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) from France in response to requests by USEC Inc. and the United States Enrichment Corporation (collectively, petitioners) and by Eurodif, S.A.(Eurodif), Compagnie G[eacute]n[eacute]rale Des Mati[egrave]res Nucl[eacute]aires (COGEMA) and COGEMA, Inc. (collectively, Eurodif/COGEMA or the respondent). This review covers sales of subject merchandise to the United States during the period February 1, 2004 through January 31, 2005. We preliminarily determine that U.S. sales have been made below normal value (NV). If these preliminary results are adopted in our final results, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping duties based on the difference between the constructed export price (CEP) and the NV. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. See the Preliminary Results of Review section of this notice.

The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain forged stainless steel flanges (stainless steel flanges) from India manufactured by Echjay Forgings Ltd. (Echjay) and Paramount Forge (Paramount). The period of review (POR) covers February 1, 2004, through January 31, 2005. We preliminarily determine that Echjay did not sell subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) in the United States during the POR. In addition, we preliminarily determine to apply an adverse facts available (AFA) rate to Paramount's sale. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results. Parties who submit argument in these proceedings are requested to submit with the argument (1) a statement of the issues and (2) a brief summary of the argument.

The Department of Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from India. The period of review is February 1, 2004, through January 31, 2005. This review covers imports of stainless steel bar from two producers/ exporters. We preliminarily find that sales of the subject merchandise have been made below normal value. If these preliminary results are adopted in our final results, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to assess antidumping duties. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. We will issue the final results no later than 120 days from the date of publication of this notice.

The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') has determined that three requests for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''), received by January 31, 2006, meet the statutory and regulatory requirements for initiation. The period of review (``POR'') of these new shipper reviews is June 24, 2004, through December 31, 2005.