International Trade Administration 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of Commerce has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with June anniversary dates. In accordance with the Department's regulations, we are initiating those administrative reviews. The Department also received a request to revoke one antidumping duty order in part.

The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is seeking a second round of public comment on an aspect of its non-market economy (``NME'') methodology in antidumping proceedings. The Department is requesting comment on certain aspects of the methodology by which it selects an economically comparable market economy country to serve as a surrogate for the NME country under investigation or review.

The Department of Commerce is issuing interim regulations implementing Section 406 of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (``the Act''), which President Bush signed into law on December 20, 2006 (Pub. L. 109-432). Section 406(b)(1) authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to issue licenses to eligible manufacturers under headings 9902.52.08 through 9902.52.19 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, specifying the restrictions under each such license on the quantity of cotton woven fabrics that may be entered each year by or on behalf of the manufacturer.

The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on granular polytetrafluoroethylene resin (PTFE) from Italy, covering the period August 1, 2005, through July 31, 2006. We preliminarily determine that sales of subject merchandise by Solvay Solexis, Inc. and Solvay Solexis S.p.A (collectively, Solvay) 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 on appropriate entries based on the difference between the export price (EP) and the NV. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

On June 22, 2007, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') published in the Federal Register the final results of the eleventh administrative review and concurrent new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from the Peoples Republic of China (``PRC''). See Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: Final Results and Partial Rescission of the Eleventh Administrative Review and New Shipper Reviews, 72 FR 34438 (June 22, 2007) ``(Final Results'') and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum. The period of review (``POR'') covered November 1, 2004, through October 31, 2005. We are amending our Final Results to correct ministerial errors made in the calculation of the antidumping duty margin for Jinxiang Shanyang Freezing Storage Co., Ltd. (``Shanyang''), pursuant to section 751(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``Act'').

The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on chlorinated isocyanurates (``chlorinated isos'') from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') covering the period December 16, 2004, through May 31, 2006. We have preliminarily determined that sales have been made below normal value (``NV'') by Hebei Jiheng Chemical Company Ltd. (``Jiheng Chemical''). If these preliminary results are adopted in our final results of this review, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise during the period of review (``POR''). Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. We intend to issue the final results no later than 120 days from the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act'').

On April 27, 2007, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on non- malleable cast iron pipe fittings from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). This review covers two manufacturers/exporters: Myland Industrial Co., Ltd. (``Myland'') and Buxin Myland (Foundry) Ltd. (``Buxin''). We provided interested parties with an opportunity to comment on the preliminary results of review. We received no comments from interested parties. Therefore, we have made no changes to the weighted- average dumping margins determined for Myland and Buxin in the final results of this administrative review.

The Department of Commerce (``Department'') has determined that five requests for new shipper reviews (``NSRs'') of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''), received on May 17, May 21, and May 28, 2007, respectively, meet the statutory and regulatory requirements for initiation. The period of review (``POR'') for the five NSRs which the Department is initiating is November 1, 2006, through April 30, 2007. Additionally, the Department has extended the deadline for initiating the new shipper review (``NSR'') requested submitted by Henan Weite Industrial (``Weite'') on April 30, 2007, by thirty days to July 30, 2007.

On April 20, 2007, the Department of Commerce published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of the administrative reviews of the countervailing duty orders on pure magnesium and alloy magnesium from Canada for the period January 1, 2005, through August 15, 2005. We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the preliminary results. Our analysis of the comments received on the preliminary results did not lead to any changes in the net subsidy rate. Therefore, the final results do not differ from the preliminary results. The final net subsidy rate for the reviewed company is listed below in the section entitled ``Final Results of Reviews.''

In response to requests from V&M do Brasil, S.A. (VMB), the respondent, and United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel), the petitioner, the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain small diameter seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line and pressure pipe (seamless pipe) from Brazil. This administrative review covers imports of subject merchandise from VMB. The period of review is August 1, 2005, through July 16, 2006. We preliminarily determine that sales of seamless pipe by VMB have not been made at less than normal value (NV). If these preliminary results are adopted in the final results of this administrative review, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. Parties who submit argument in this proceeding are requested to submit: 1) a statement of the issues, 2) a brief summary of the argument, and 3) a table of authorities.

In response to requests from interested parties, the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene retail carrier bags from Thailand. The review covers 17 exporters/producers. The period of review is August 1, 2005, through July 31, 2006. We have preliminarily determined that sales have been made at prices below normal value by various companies subject to this review. If these preliminary results are adopted in our final results of administrative review, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results. Parties who submit comments in this review are requested to submit with each argument (1) A statement of the issue and (2) a brief summary of the argument.

As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') and the International Trade Commission (``ITC'') that revocation of the antidumping duty order on solid agricultural grade ammonium nitrate from Ukraine would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, and material injury to an industry in the United States, the Department is publishing notice of continuation of this antidumping duty order.

In response to timely requests by Aragonesas Industrias y Energ[iacute]a S.A. (``Aragonesas''), and Biolab, Inc., Clearon Corporation and Occidental Chemical Corporation (collectively, ``the Petitioners''), the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on chlorinated isocyanurates (``chlorinated isos'') from Spain with respect to Aragonesas. The period of review (``POR'') is December 20, 2004, through May 31, 2006. The Department has preliminarily determined that Aragonesas made U.S. sales of chlorinated isos at prices less than normal value (``NV''). If these preliminary results are adopted in our final results of administrative review, the Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. In addition, the Department has received information sufficient to warrant a successor-in-interest analysis in this administrative review. Based on this information, the Department preliminarily determines that Aragonesas is the successor-in-interest to Aragonesas Delsa S.A. (``Delsa'') for purposes of determining antidumping duty liability. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. We will issue the final results of review no later than 120 days from the date of publication of this notice.

The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the continuing information, as required Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506 (2)(A)).