International Trade Administration May 4, 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On March 28, 2007, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') initiated the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain preserved mushrooms from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') covering the period of review from February 1, 2006, through January 31, 2007 (``POR''). See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 72 FR 14516 (March 28, 2007) (``Initiation Notice''). On April 17, 2007, the review request was withdrawn with respect to all parties who requested the review. Therefore, the Department is rescinding the administrative review of sales of certain preserved mushrooms from the PRC covering the POR.

The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review and a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on certain steel concrete reinforcing bars (rebar) from Turkey for the period April 1, 2005, through March 31, 2006. We have preliminarily determined that certain of the producers/exporters have made sales below normal value (NV). If these preliminary results are adopted in the final results of these reviews, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. We also have preliminarily determined to revoke the antidumping duty order with respect to Colakoglu Metalurji A.S. and Colakoglu Dis Ticaret A.S. (collectively ``Colakoglu'') and Diler Demir Celik Endustrisi ve Ticaret A.S., Yazici Demir Celik Sanayi ve Turizm Ticaret A.S., and Diler Dis Ticaret A.S. (collectively, ``Diler''). 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.

On April 23, 2007, the U.S. Trade Representative instructed the Department of Commerce (the Department) to implement its findings under section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) regarding the offsetting of dumped sales with non-dumped sales in investigations involving average-to-average transactions. The Department issued its findings on April 9, 2007, regarding eleven investigations challenged by the European Communities before the World Trade Organization. The Department is now implementing those findings.