International Trade Administration 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On June 17, 2011, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') issued its preliminary intent to rescind the new shipper review (``NSR'') of Xiang Yang Automobile Bearing Co., Ltd. (``ZXY'').\1\ We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the Intent to Rescind Memorandum. We did not receive any comments from the interested parties. We are rescinding this NSR because we have found that ZXY exported subject merchandise to the United States more than one year prior to its request for an NSR.

In response to requests from domestic interested parties,\1\ the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') conducted an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain hot- rolled carbon steel flat products from India manufactured by Essar Steel Limited (``Essar''), Ispat Industries Limited (``Ispat''), JSW Steel Limited (``JSW''), and Tata Steel Limited (``Tata''). The period of review (``POR'') covers December 1, 2008, through November 30, 2009. We determine that Essar, Ispat, JSW, and Tata had no reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR.

The United States Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service (CS) is publishing this supplement to the Notice of the Biotech Life Science Trade Mission to China, 76 FR 17,621, Mar. 30, 2011, to clarify eligibility and amend the Notice to revise the dates and provide for selection of applicants on a rolling basis.

The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending the time limit for the preliminary results of the administrative review of polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (``PET film'') from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). This review covers the period November 1, 2009, through October 31, 2010.

On July 8, 2011, Jungbunzlauer Canada Inc. filed a First Request for Panel Review with the United States Section of the NAFTA Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Panel Review was requested of the Final Results of the 2008- 2009 and 2009-2010 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, made by the International Trade Administration, respecting Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Canada. This determination was published in the Federal Register (76 FR 34,044), on June 10, 2011. The NAFTA Secretariat has assigned Case Number USA-CDA-2011-1904-03 to this request.

The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is extending the time limit for the final results of the new shipper review of certain frozen warmwater shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (``Vietnam''). The review covers the period February 1, 2010, through July 31, 2010.

On March 4, 2011, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from India. This review covers 201 producers/exporters \1\ of the subject merchandise to the United States. The period of review (POR) is February 1, 2009, through January 31, 2010.

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 certain cased pencils 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 chlorinated isocyanurates (chlorinated isos) from the People's Republic of China (PRC). The period of review (POR) for this administrative review is June 1, 2009, through May 31, 2010. This administrative review covers four producers/exporters of the subject merchandise, i.e., Hebei Jiheng Chemical Co., Ltd. (Jiheng); Zhucheng Taisheng Chemical Co., Ltd. (Zhucheng); Juancheng Kangtai Chemical Co., Ltd. (Kangtai); and Arch Chemicals (China) Co., Ltd. (Arch China). Jiheng is the only producer/exporter being individually examined as a mandatory respondent. We preliminarily determine that Jiheng made sales in the United States at prices below normal value (NV). With respect to the three remaining respondents in this administrative review, we preliminarily determine that Zhucheng, Kangtai, and Arch China have demonstrated that they are entitled to a separate rate, and we are assigning to these companies Jiheng's calculated rate. If these preliminary results are adopted in our final results of review, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping duties on entries of subject merchandise during the POR for which the importer-specific assessment rates are above de minimis. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is conducting the third administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain polyester staple fiber from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') for the period of review (``POR'') June 1, 2009, through May 31, 2010. The Department has preliminarily determined that sales have not been made below normal value (``NV'') with respect to Ningbo Dafa Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. (``Ningbo Dafa'') and Cixi Santai Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. (``Cixi Santai'') during the POR. If these preliminary results are adopted in our final results of review, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to assess antidumping duties on entries of subject merchandise during the POR for which the importer-specific assessment rates are above de minimis. We invite interested parties 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 March 1, 2011, the Department of Commerce (``the

The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is reopening

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The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is amending its regulations governing the submission of information to the Department in antidumping duty (``AD'') and countervailing duty (``CVD'') proceedings. These amendments will incorporate changes resulting from the Department's implementation of an electronic filing and documents management program. More detailed procedures for electronic filing are set forth in a document separate from the regulations that is entitled ``IA ACCESS Handbook On Electronic Filing Procedures'' (``IA ACCESS Handbook''), which the Department has published on its Web site at https://iaaccess.trade.gov.

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 and suspended investigation 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.

The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is conducting a changed circumstances review (``CCR'') of the antidumping duty order on diamond sawblades and parts thereof from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') pursuant to section 751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``Act''), and 19 CFR 351.216(d). We preliminarily determine that Hebei Husqvarna-Jikai Diamond Tools Co., Ltd. (``Hebei Husqvarna'') is not the successor-in-interest to Hebei Jikai Industrial Group Co., Ltd. (``Hebei Jikai''), but is instead a new entity.