International Trade Administration 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On April 7, 2011, the Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') published in the Federal Register its preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 1-hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-diphosphonic acid (``HEDP'') from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''), covering the period April 23, 2009 through March 31, 2010.\1\ The Department gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results. After reviewing the interested parties' comments, the Department has not made changes to the margin for the final results. The final dumping margin for this review is listed in the ``Final Results of Review'' section below.

The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review under the countervailing duty (CVD) order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip (PET Film) from India. This review covers one respondent, Ester Industries Ltd. (Ester), a producer and exporter of PET Film from India. We preliminarily determine that Ester has benefitted from countervailable subsidies provided on the production and export of PET Film from India. See the ``Preliminary Results of Administrative Review'' section, below. If the final results remain the same as the preliminary results of this review, we intend to instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess countervailing duties. Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary results of this administrative review. See the ``Disclosure and Public Hearing'' section of this notice, below.

On April 1, 2011, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') initiated the second sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on certain large diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line and pressure pipe (``large diameter pipe'') from Japan and certain small diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line and pressure pipe (``small diameter pipe'') from Japan and Romania. The Department has conducted expedited sunset reviews of these orders. As a result of these reviews, the Department finds that revocation of the antidumping duty orders would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping at the margins identified in the ``Final Results of Review'' section of this notice.

The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is conducting an administrative review 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). On September 22, 2010, the Department initiated the August 1, 2009, through July 31, 2010, antidumping duty administrative review on certain frozen fish fillets from Vietnam. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation, 75 FR 60076, (September 29, 2010). Based upon requests for review from various parties, the Department initiated this review with respect to 26 companies.\1\ On December 27, 2010, Agifish withdrew its request for an administrative review. On December 28, 2010, SAMEFICO withdrew its request for an administrative review. On December 28, 2010, Petitioners \2\ partially withdrew their August 31, 2010, request for an administrative review for four companies. These companies include: (1) Agifish; (2) Nam Viet; (3) Nam Viet Corporation; and (4) SAMEFICO. On March 11, 2011, Cadovimex II withdrew its request for an administrative review. On March 14, 2011, Petitioners withdrew their review request for Cadovimex II. The preliminary results of this administrative review are currently due no later than August 31, 2011.\3\

The U.S. Department of Commerce issued an amended Export Trade Certificate of Review to Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America on July 18, 2011. The Certificate has been amended twelve times. The previous amendment was issued to WMMA on August 16, 2010, and a notice of its issuance was published in the Federal Register on August 20, 2010 (75 FR 51439). The original Export Trade Certificate of Review No. 88-00016 was issued on February 3, 1989, and published in the Federal Register on February 9, 1989 (54 FR 6312).

On August 13, 2010, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') published in the Federal Register the Preliminary Results \1\ regarding its request for comments on the scope of antidumping duty order on petroleum wax candles from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''),\2\ in which we preliminarily determined a new interpretation for analyzing candle scope ruling requests and applied this interpretation to pending scope requests. We gave interested parties an opportunity to present comments and rebuttals on the Preliminary Results. Based upon our analysis of the comments and information received, we have changed our interpretation of the scope of the Order from the Preliminary Results. As discussed in more detail below, the Department intends to apply the interpretation articulated in these final results to all pending and future scope determinations involving the Order.

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 and countervailing duty orders 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 orders.

On April 1, 2011, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') initiated the third sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on sulfanilic acid from India and the People's Republic of China (``the PRC''), pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). On the basis of a notice of intent to participate and adequate substantive responses filed on behalf of domestic interested parties, as well as lack of response from respondent interested parties, the Department conducted expedited (120- day) sunset reviews. As a result of these sunset reviews, the Department finds that revocation of the antidumping duty orders would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping. The dumping margins are identified in the Final Results of Reviews section of this notice.

On January 3, 2011, the Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated a sunset review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on fresh and chilled Atlantic salmon from Norway pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 76 FR 89 (January 3, 2011) (Sunset Initiation). On the basis of adequate substantive responses submitted by domestic and respondent interested parties, the Department determined to conduct a full sunset review of this AD order pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(2). As a result of our analysis, the Department preliminarily finds that revocation of the AD order would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of a dumping.

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 paper clips 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.

The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee (RE&EEAC) will meet via conference call to deliberate proposed recommendations by the Trade Policy, Trade Promotion and Domestic Policy Subcommittees to the Secretary of Commerce regarding the development and administration of programs and policies to expand the competitiveness of the U.S. renewable energy and energy efficiency industries, including specific challenges associated with exporting.

On June 21, 2011, the Department of Commerce (the

On March 31, 2011, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') published the Preliminary Results of the first administrative review of the antidumping duty order on circular welded austenitic stainless pressure pipe from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'').\1\ In the Preliminary Results, the Department determined a de minimis weighted- average margin for the sole respondent during the period of review (``POR''). The Department gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results. After considering interested parties' comments, the Department has made no changes to the Preliminary Results. Therefore, the Department continues to find that sales have not been made below normal value (``NV'') by the respondent in the final results of this administrative review. The final de minimis weighted-average margin is listed below in the ``Final Results of the Review'' section of this notice. The POR is September 5, 2008 through February 28, 2010.