International Trade Administration August 2, 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On March 28, 2007, the Department of Commerce published the preliminary results of the 2005/2006 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from Spain. We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the preliminary results. Based on our analysis of the comments received we did not make changes for the final results. The final weighted-average dumping margin for a single respondent is listed below in the ``Final Results of the Review'' section of this notice.

The Department hereby solicits applications from persons (including firms, corporations, or other legal entities) who cut and sew men's and boys' cotton shirts in the United States for an allocation of the 2007 tariff rate quotas on certain cotton woven fabric. Interested persons must submit ITA Form 4156P to the address listed below. After the Department has made its allocations of the 2007 tariff rate quotas, the Department will publish in the Federal Register a notice informing the public of this action.

On June 29, 2007, the United States Court of International Trade affirmed the Department of Commerce's redetermination on remand of the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on ball bearings and parts thereof from Germany. See Paul Mueller Industrie GmbH & Co. v. United States, Court No. 04-00522, slip op. 07-100 (CIT 2007) (Paul Mueller). The Department is now issuing this notice of court decision not in harmony with the Department's determination.

On March 7, 2007, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') initiated the second administrative review of the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') covering the period January 1, 2006, through December 31, 2006. See Notice of Initiation of Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China, 72 FR 10159 (March 7, 2007) (``Initiation Notice'').\1\ Between March 7 and June 6, 2007, several parties withdrew their requests for review. Therefore, the Department is rescinding the administrative review of sales of wooden bedroom furniture with respect to the entities for whom all review requests have been withdrawn.

On April 2, 2007, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published in the Federal Register the notice of initiation of the first five-year sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on silicomanganese from India, Kazakhstan, and Venezuela, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). See Initiation of Five-year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 72 FR 15652 (April 2, 2007) (``Notice of Initiation''). On the basis of notices of intent to participate and adequate substantive responses filed on behalf of domestic interested parties, and inadequate responses from respondent interested parties, 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). As a result of these sunset reviews, the Department finds that revocation of the antidumping duty orders is likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Review'' section of this notice.

The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') has determined that the request for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on hand trucks and certain parts thereof (``Hand Trucks'') from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''), received July 2, 2007, meets the statutory and regulatory requirements for initiation. The period of review (``POR'') of this new shipper review is December 1, 2006, through May 31, 2007.

As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (the Commission) that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) orders on honey from Argentina and the People's Republic of China (PRC) would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping; that revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on honey from Argentina would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy; and, that revocation of these AD and CVD orders would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States, the Department is publishing this notice of continuation of these AD and CVD orders.

The Department of Commence is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on furfuryl alcohol from Thailand. The period of review is July 1, 2005, through May 3, 2006. This review covers imports of furfuryl alcohol from one producer/exporter. We preliminarily determine that sales of subject merchandise have not been made at less than normal value. If these preliminary results are adopted in our final results, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to liquidate entries of furfuryl alcohol from Indorama Chemicals (Thailand) Ltd. without regard to antidumping duties. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results. We will issue the final results not later than 120 days from the date of publication of this notice.