International Trade Administration February 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of the first meeting of the Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee (CINTAC). The members will discuss issues outlined in the following agenda.

The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The Department of Commerce (``Department'') published its preliminary results of changed circumstances review for saccharin from the People's Republic of China in (``PRC'') on December 1, 2009.\1\ We invited interested parties to comment on our preliminary results. No parties commented on our preliminary results. Therefore, the preliminary results are hereby adopted as the final results.

On January 19, 2010, the United States Court of International Trade (CIT) sustained the Department of Commerce's (the Department's) results of redetermination pursuant to the CIT's remand order in Nucor Corporation, Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation, and Commercial Metals Company v. United States and Icdas Celik Enerji Tersane ve Ulasim Sanayi A.S., Court No. 05-00616, Slip Op. 10-6 (Jan. 19, 2010). See Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Remand, dated November 6, 2009 (found at https://ia.ita.doc.gov/remands). Consistent with the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir. 1990) (Timken), the Department is notifying the public that the final judgment in this case is not in harmony with the Department's final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain steel concrete reinforcing bars (rebar) from Turkey covering the period of review (POR) of April 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004. See Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars From Turkey; Final Results, Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review in Part, and Determination To Revoke in Part, 70 FR 67665 (Nov. 8, 2005) (Final Results).

The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge (narrow woven ribbons) from Taiwan are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV), as provided in section 733(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The estimated dumping margins are listed in the ``Suspension of Liquidation'' section of this notice. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination.

The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is currently conducting an antidumping duty investigation of drill pipe from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). The period of investigation (``POI'') is April 1, 2009, through September 30, 2009. We are limiting the number of quantity and value questionnaires that will be sent directly to exporters and producers and extending the deadline for parties to submit a response to the quantity and value questionnaire.

On July 31, 2009, the Department of Commerce (Department) issued the preliminary results of administrative review of the countervailing duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET film) from India for the period January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007. See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from India: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR 39631 (August 7, 2009) (Preliminary Results). Based on the results of our analysis of the comments received, the Department has made certain revisions to the subsidy rates for the respondent, Jindal Poly Films Limited of India (Jindal), formerly named Jindal Polyester Limited (Jindal). The final subsidy rate for the reviewed company is listed below in the section entitled ``Final Results of Review.''

On August 6, 2009, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the twelfth administrative review for the antidumping duty order on certain pasta from Italy. The review covers ten manufacturers/exporters: Domenico Paone fu Erasmo S.p.A. (Erasmo), Industria Alimentare Colavita, S.p.A. (Indalco), P.A.M. S.p.A. (PAM), Pasta Lensi (Lensi), Pastificio Fratelli Pagani S.p.A. (Pagani), Pastificio Labor S.r.L. (Labor), Pastificio Lucio Garofalo (Garofalo), Pastificio Riscossa F.Illi Mastromauro S.r.L. (Riscossa), Rummo S.p.A. Molino e Pastificio (Rummo), and Rustichella d'Abruzzo S.p.A. (Rustichella). The period of review (POR) is July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008. PAM and Garofalo were selected as mandatory respondents.\1\

On August 5, 2009, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils (SSSSC) from Taiwan. This review covers one producer/exporter of the subject merchandise to the United States. The period of review (POR) is July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008. We are rescinding the review with respect to two companies because these companies had no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR.

The Department of Commerce (``Department'') has determined that two requests for new shipper reviews (``NSRs'') of the antidumping duty order on honey from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''), received on December 10, 2009, and December 12, 2009, respectively, meet the statutory and regulatory requirements for initiation. The period of review (``POR'') of these two NSRs is December 1, 2008 through November 30, 2009.

On January 11, 2010, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') published the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain polyester staple fiber from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). See First Administrative Review of Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 1336 (January 11, 2010) (``Final Results'').

The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that certain woven electric blankets (woven electric blankets) from the People's Republic of China (PRC) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV), as provided in section 733 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The estimated dumping margins are shown in the ``Preliminary Determination'' section of this notice.

In accordance with section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is automatically initiating a five-year review (``Sunset Review'') of the antidumping duty order listed below. The International Trade Commission (``the Commission'') is publishing concurrently with this notice its notice of Institution of Five-year Review which covers the same order.