International Trade Administration June 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On July 30, 2008, the U.S. Department of Commerce (the Department) published a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain large diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe from Japan. The review covers four manufacturers/exporters: JFE Steel Corporation; Nippon Steel Corporation; NKK Tubes; and Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. (SMI). The period of review (POR) is June 1, 2007, through May 31, 2008. Following the receipt of a certification of no shipments from all four respondents, we notified the domestic interested party of the Department's intent to rescind this review and provided an opportunity to comment on the rescission. We received no comments. Therefore, we are rescinding this administrative review.

The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') has determined that a request for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on pure magnesium from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''), received on May 21, 2009, meets the statutory and regulatory requirements for initiation. The period of review (``POR'') of this new shipper review is May 1, 2008, through April 30, 2009.

The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') has determined that a request for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''), received on May 21, 2009, meets the statutory and regulatory requirements for initiation. The period of review (``POR'') of this new shipper review is November 1, 2008 through April 30, 2009.

The Manufacturing Council will hold an introductory meeting with the Secretary of Commerce to discuss topics related to the U.S. manufacturing sector.

The Departments of Commerce and Treasury (``the Departments'') and Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') issue this rule to amend the regulations governing the duty-free entry of scientific instruments and apparatus into the United States by educational and nonprofit institutions to implement technical changes required by the passage of the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004, to update the regulations to comport with current CBP practices and changes made in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with May anniversary dates. In accordance with the Department's regulations, we are initiating those administrative reviews. The Department also received requests to revoke two antidumping duty orders in part.

The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is conducting two new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen fish fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (``Vietnam''). See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 68 FR 47909 (August 12, 2003) (``Order''). These new shipper reviews include Hiep Thanh Seafood Joint Stock Company (``Hiep Thanh'') and Asia Commerce Fisheries Joint Stock Company (``Acomfish'') (collectively, ``Respondents''). Based upon our analysis of the comments and information received, we made changes to the dumping margin calculations for the final results. See Memorandum to the File from Alan Ray, Case Analyst, through Alex Villanueva, Program Manager, Final Results Analysis for Hiep Thanh Seafood Joint Stock Company (``Hiep Thanh'') (June 15, 2009); and Memorandum to the File from Emeka Chukwudebe, Case Analyst, through Alex Villanueva, Program Manager, Final Results Analysis for Asia Commerce Fisheries Joint Stock Company (``Acomfish'') (June 15, 2009). The final dumping margins are listed below in the section entitled ``Final Results of the Reviews.''

In response to requests from Gleason Industrial Products, Inc., and Precision Products, Inc. (collectively, petitioners), the U.S. Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on hand trucks and certain parts thereof from the People's Republic of China for the companies listed below for the period December 1, 2007, through November 30, 2008. No other interested party requested a review for this period of review. For the reasons discussed below, the Department is partially rescinding this administrative review with respect to two companies and intends to rescind the review with respect to a third company.

The Department of Commerce (``Department'') has determined that certain tow behind lawn groomers and certain parts thereof (``lawn groomers'') from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') are being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (``LTFV'') as provided in section 735 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the ``Act''). The final dumping margins for this investigation are listed in the ``Final Determination Margins'' section below. The period covered by the investigation is October 1, 2007, through March 31, 2008.

On April 9, 2009, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on purified carboxymethylcellulose from Finland. See Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR 16180 (April 9, 2009) (Preliminary Results). We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results, and received no comments.

On October 27, 2008, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of a changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe and tube (standard pipe and tube) from Mexico in order to determine whether Ternium Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (Ternium) is the successor-in-interest to Hylsa S.A. de C.V. (Hylsa) for purposes of determining antidumping duty liability. See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review: Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe and Tube, 73 FR 63682 (October 27, 2008) (Notice of Initiation). We have preliminarily determined that Ternium is the successor-in-interest to Hylsa for purposes of determining antidumping duty liability in this proceeding. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

On September 30, 2008, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the notice of initiation of this antidumping duty administrative review with respect to seven companies, including Dongkuk Industries Co., Ltd. (Dongkuk). Dongkuk submitted a letter to the Department stating that it had no shipments of subject merchandise to the U.S. during the period of review (POR), which was corroborated by the Department. On April 14, 2009, we published the notice of preliminary rescission of this antidumping duty administrative review with respect to Dongkuk, and invited interested parties to comment. See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Korea: Notice of Intent to Rescind Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, In Part, 74 FR 17159 (April 14, 2009) (Preliminary Rescision). We received no comments, and have determined that the review of Dongkuk should be rescinded. This review will remain in effect for all other companies initiated upon.

The Department of Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain polyester staple fiber from the Republic of Korea. The period of review is May 1, 2007, through April 30, 2008. This review covers imports of certain polyester staple fiber from one producer/exporter. 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 (``CBP'') to assess antidumping duties. Interested parties are invited 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.

As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce (``Department'') and the International Trade Commission (``ITC'') that revocation of the antidumping duty order on saccharin from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and material injury to an industry in the United States, the Department is publishing a notice of continuation of the antidumping duty order.

In response to requests from interested parties, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on pure magnesium from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''), covering the period May 1, 2007, through April 30, 2008. This administrative review covers one exporter of the subject merchandise.

The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is rescinding an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on heavy forged hand tools, with or without handles from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''), with respect to axes and adzes, for the period of review (``POR'') February 1, 2008 through January 31, 2009. This rescission is based on the timely withdrawal of request for review by the party that requested the review, Fiskars Brands Inc. (``Fiskars'').