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The Commerce Department's International Trade Administration (ITA) and its U.S. Commercial Service posts in India will host a U.S. delegation to the India Business Summit to be led by Under Secretary for International Trade Franklin L. Lavin, November 29-30, 2006, followed by spin-off missions in six Indian cities, December 4-5, 2006. Leaders of U.S. business, industry, education, and state and local government are among those encouraged to take part in the Summit, which will provide access to India's high-level business, industry, and government representatives and insights into the country's trade and investment climate. The spin-off missions in Bangalore, Calcutta, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, and New Delhi are open to qualified U.S. exporters in a range of sectors; they will include market briefings, networking events, and one-on-one business appointments with prospective agents, distributors, partners, and end-users. Recruitment Update: Applications for the Summit and/or the spin-off missions will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Recruitment will close October 2, 2006, or earlier, if all available spaces are filled prior to that date. More information is available at https://export.gov/ Indiamission.

In accordance with section 751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), and section 351.216(b) of the U.S. Department of Commerce's (``the Department'') regulations, American Steel Pipe Division of the American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Berg Steel Pipe, and Stupp Corporation, (collectively ``petitioners'') filed a request for a changed circumstances review to amend the scope of the order of the antidumping order on welded large diameter line pipe (``LDLP'') from Japan. In response to this request, the Department is initiating a changed circumstance review to determine whether to partially revoke the order with respect to LDLP from Japan as described below.

On June 30, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the Department) received a request on behalf of the petitioner, DuPont Performance Elastomers L.L.C. (DuPont)\1\ for a changed circumstances review and a request to revoke, in part, the antidumping duty (AD) finding on certain polychloroprene rubber products from Japan. In its June 30, 2006, submission, DuPont stated that it no longer has any interest in antidumping relief from imports of such polychloroprene rubber with respect to the subject merchandise defined in the ``Scope of the Finding'' section below. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

On March 7, 2006, the United States Court of International Trade (CIT) affirmed the voluntary redetermination of the Department of Commerce (the Department) in the antidumping duty (AD) administrative review of certain cased pencils (pencils) from the People's Republic of China (PRC). See China First Pencil Co. Ltd., et al. v. United States and Sanford Corporation, et al., 427 F. Supp 2d 1236 (CIT 2006), and the Department's Final Results of Voluntary Redetermination Pursuant to Court Order: China First Pencil Co., Ltd., et al. and Shandong Rongxin Import & Export Co., Ltd., v. United States and Sanford Corporation, et al. (dated December 20, 2004). As there is now a final and conclusive court decision in this case, the Department is amending the final results of this administrative review.

On July 28, 2006, the binational panel issued its decision in the review of the final determination made by the International Trade Administration, respecting Oil Country Tubular Goods from Mexico Final Results of Sunset Review of Antidumping Duty Order, Secretariat File No. USA-MEX-2001-1904-03. The binational panel remanded the redetermination on remand to the International Trade Administration. Copies of the panel decision are available from the U.S. Section of the NAFTA Secretariat.

As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission that revocation of the antidumping duty order on light-walled welded rectangular carbon steel tubing from Taiwan would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and of material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time, the Department is publishing notice of the continuation of this antidumping duty order.

In response to a request from Mittal Steel USA ISG Inc. (Mittal Steel USA), a domestic interested party, the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the suspension agreement on certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Ukraine (the Agreement) for the period November 1, 2004 through October 31, 2005, to review the current status of, and compliance with, the Agreement. For the reasons stated in this notice, the Department preliminarily determines that the Government of Ukraine (GOU) is in compliance with the Agreement. The preliminary results are set forth in the section titled ``Preliminary Results of Review,'' infra. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. Parties who submit comments are requested to provide: (1) a statement of the issues, and (2) a brief summary of the arguments.

On July 1, 2005, the Department of Commerce initiated and the International Trade Commission instituted the sunset review of the antidumping duty order on light-walled welded rectangular carbon steel tubing from Argentina. The International Trade Commission determined that revocation of this antidumping duty order would not be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. Therefore, the Department of Commerce is revoking the antidumping duty order on light- walled welded rectangular carbon steel tubing from Argentina.

On July 1, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated sunset reviews of the antidumping duty (AD) orders on stainless steel wire rods from Brazil, France, and India, pursuant to section. Pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the International Trade Commission (the ITC) determined that revocation of these orders would not be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. Therefore, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(i)(l)(iii), the Department is revoking the AD orders on stainless steel wire rods from Brazil and France.

The Department of Commerce (the Department) published the final results and partial rescission of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain cased pencils from the People's Republic of China covering the period of review (POR) December 1, 2003, through November 30, 2004, on July 6, 2006. See Certain Cased Pencils From the People's Republic of China; Final Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 71 FR 38366 (July 6, 2006) (Final Results). We are amending our final results to correct a ministerial error alleged by China First Pencil Co., Ltd./Shanghai Three Star Stationery Industry Corp. (CFP/Three Star) pursuant to section 751(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

The Department of Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on individually quick frozen (``IQF'') red raspberries from Chile. The period of review (``POR'') is July 1, 2004, through June 30, 2005. This review covers sales of IQF red raspberries by seven producers/exporters. We preliminarily find that, during the POR, sales of IQF red raspberries were made below normal value. Also, we intend to revoke the antidumping duty order with respect to Santiago Comercio Exterior Exportaciones Sociedad Anonima (``SANCO''). 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.

On May 1, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') initiated a sunset review of the antidumping duty order on ferrovanadium and nitrided vanadium from Russia pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). The Department conducted an expedited (120-day) sunset review of this order. As a result of this sunset review, the Department finds that revocation of the antidumping duty order would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping. The dumping margins are identified in the Final Results of Review section of this notice.

We determine that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of certain lined paper products from India. For information on the estimated subsidy rates, see the ``Suspension of Liquidation'' section of this notice. Moreover, we determine that critical circumstances do not exist with regard to exports of CLPP from India. See the ``Critical Circumstances'' section below.

In response to requests by interested parties, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain pasta (``pasta'') from Italy for the period of review (``POR'') July 1, 2004, through June 30, 2005. We preliminarily determine that during the POR, both Corticella Molini e Pastifici S.p.A. and its affiliate Pasta Combattenti S.p.A. (collectively, ``Corticella/Combattenti'') and Atar, S.r.L. (``Atar'') sold subject merchandise 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 assess antidumping duties equal to the difference between the export price and normal value (``EP''). Further, requests for review of the antidumping duty order for the following companies were withdrawn: Barilla G.e.R. Fratelli, S.p.A.,/ Barilla Alimentare, S.p.A. (``Barilla''), Moline e Pastificio Tomasello S.r.L. (``Tomasello''), and Pastificio Laporta S.a.s (``Laporta''). Because the withdrawal requests were timely and there were no other requests for review of these companies, we are rescinding the review for these companies. See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). Furthermore, we are preliminarily rescinding the review with respect to Italpasta/Pasta Berruto S.p.A. (``Italpasta'')\1\ because Italpasta submitted a letter stating that it had no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR. See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). As discussed in the Partial Rescission section below, customs data did not contradict Italpasta's claim that it did not have shipments of subject merchandise during the POR.

In response to requests by certain producers/exporters of the subject merchandise and the petitioners,\1\ the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on canned pineapple fruit (CPF) from Thailand. This review covers two producers/exporters of the subject merchandise. The period of review (POR) is July 1, 2004, through June 30, 2005.

On April 5, 2006, the United States Court of International Trade (CIT) sustained the final remand redetermination made by the Department of Commerce (the Department) pursuant to the CIT's third remand of the final results of the 1997-1998 administrative review of dynamic random access memory semiconductors of one megabit or above (DRAMs) from the Republic of Korea (Korea). See Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd. and Hyundai Electronics America, Inc. v. United States and Micron Technology, Inc., 425 F. Supp. 2d 1321 (CIT 2006) (Hyundai IV). Because all litigation in this matter has now concluded, the Department is now issuing its amended final results in accordance with the CIT's decision. Effective Date: August 3, 2006.

On April 26, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published the preliminary results of its new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on certain welded carbon steel pipe and tube (``welded pipe and tube'') from Turkey. This review covers one producer/exporter of the subject merchandise. The period of review (``POR'') is May 1, 2004, through April 30, 2005. On June 2, 2006, we received a case brief from petitioner.\1\ On June 9, 2006, we received a rebuttal brief from respondent.\2\ Based on the Department's analysis of the issues, these final results have not changed from the preliminary results. The final results are listed in the section below entitled ``Final Results of Review.''

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 (``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 these same order.