International Trade Administration 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On May 25, 2007, The U.S. Department of Commerce issued an amended Export Trade Certificate of Review to California Almond Export Association, LLC (``CAEA'').

Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') and the International Trade Commission (``ITC''), the Department is issuing an antidumping duty order on certain polyester staple fiber (``PSF'') from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). On May 24, 2007, the ITC notified the Department of its affirmative determination of material injury to a U.S. industry. See Certain Polyester Staple Fiber from China, Investigation No. 731- TA-1104 (Final), USITC Publication 3922 (June 2007). EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 2007.

On May 10, 2007, the United States Court of International Trade (``Court'') entered a final judgment sustaining the third remand results made by the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') pursuant to the Court's remand of the antidumping duty order on Certain Automotive Replacement Glass Windshields from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') in Slip Op. 06-21 (CIT February 15, 2006). See Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co. v. United States, Ct. No. 02-00282, Slip Op. 06-21 (Ct. Int'l Trade May 10, 2007) (``Fuyao Glass''). This case arises out of the Department's Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Automotive Replacement Glass Windshields from the People's Republic of China, 67 FR 16087 (April 4, 2002) (``Order''). The final judgment in this case was not in harmony with the Department's Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Automotive Replacement Glass Windshields From the People's Republic of China, 67 FR 6482 (February 12, 2002) (``Final Determination''), and accompanying Issues and Decisions Memorandum (``Decision Memo''), as amended at 67 FR 11670 (March 15, 2002), covering the period of investigation (``POI''), July 1, 2000 through December 31, 2000.

On February 1, 2007, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') initiated a sunset review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from Germany. On the basis of the notice of intent to participate by domestic interested parties and adequate responses filed on behalf of the domestic and respondent interested parties, the Department is conducting a full sunset review of the antidumping duty order pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act'') and section 351.218(e)(2)(i) of the Department's regulations. As a result of this sunset review, the Department preliminarily finds that revocation of the antidumping duty order would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels listed below in the section entitled ``Preliminary Results of Review.''

The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

Pursuant to the Notice of Consent Motion to Terminate the Panel Review by the case participants, the panel review is terminated as of May 22, 2007. Pursuant to Rule 71(2) of the Rules of Procedure for Article 1904 Binational Panel Review, this panel review is terminated.

On May 18, 2006, the United States Court of International Trade (``the CIT'') sustained the Department of Commerce's (``the Department's'') March 2, 2006, Final Results of Redetermination on Remand pursuant to Eurodif S.A., Compagnie Generale Des Matieres Nucleaires, and Cogema Inc., et. al. v. United States, Slip. Op. 06-3 (CIT, January 5, 2006), which pertains to the Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination on Low Enriched Uranium (``LEU'') from France. Because all litigation in this matter has concluded, the Department is issuing an amended final negative determination for LEU from France and revoking the countervailing duty (``CVD'') order. The Department is also rescinding the ongoing administrative review covering the period January 1, 2006, through December 31, 2006, and will not initiate the deferred administrative review covering the period January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2005.

The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') requests public comment on whether it should consider granting market-economy treatment to individual respondents in antidumping proceedings involving China, the conditions under which individual firms should be granted market-economy treatment, and how such treatment might affect our antidumping calculation for such qualifying respondents.

On December 11, 2006, we published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of this administrative review. See Certain Hot- Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from the Netherlands; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 71 FR 71523 (December 11, 2006) (Preliminary Results). This review covers imports of subject merchandise from Corus Staal BV (Corus Staal) to the United States during the period November 1, 2004, to October 31, 2005. Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have made changes to the margin calculation. However, the final results do not differ from the preliminary results. The final weighted-average dumping margin for the reviewed firm is listed below in the section entitled ``Final Results of Review.''

Pursuant to the Notice of Motion to Terminate the Panel Review and support of that motion, the panel review is terminated as of May 3, 2007. A panel has not been appointed to this panel review. Pursuant to Rule 71(2) of the Rules of Procedure for Article 1904 Binational Panel Review, this panel review is terminated.

As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') and the International Trade Commission (``ITC'') that revocation of the antidumping duty order on certain small diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line and pressure pipe (``seamless line pipe'') from Germany would likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and of material injury to an industry in the United States, the Department is publishing this notice of continuation of this antidumping duty order.

The President's Export Council (PEC) will hold a full Council meeting to discuss topics related to export expansion. The meeting will include discussion of trade priorities and initiatives, PEC subcommittee activity, and proposed letters of recommendation to the President. The PEC was established on December 20, 1973, and reconstituted May 4, 1979, to advise the President on matters relating to U.S. trade. It was most recently renewed by Executive Order 13316.

The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published its preliminary results of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain cased pencils from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') on December 7, 2006.\1\ The period of review (``POR'') is December 1, 2004, through November 30, 2005. We invited interested parties to comment on our Preliminary Results. Based on our analysis of the comments received, we made certain changes to our calculations. The final dumping margins for this review are listed in the ``Final Results of Review'' section below.

On November 7, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal Register its preliminary results in the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on carbazole violet pigment 23 (CVP 23) from the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the period June 24, 2004, through November 30, 2005. See Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Rescission in Part, 71 FR 65073 (November 7, 2006) (Preliminary Results). We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. Based upon our analysis of the comments received, we have made changes to our margin calculation; however, the final dumping margin for Tianjin Hanchem Trading Co., Ltd. (Hanchem) does not differ from the Preliminary Results. Hanchem's final dumping margin is listed in the ``Final Results of Review'' section below.

On November 6, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published the preliminary results of its third administrative review of the antidumping duty order on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Canada. The review covers the shipments of subject merchandise to the United States by Ivaco Rolling Mills 2004 L.P. (``IRM''), and Sivaco Ontario, a division of Sivaco Wire Group 2004 L.P., (``Sivaco'') (collectively, both IRM and Sivaco are referred to as ``Ivaco'').\1\ The period of review (``POR'') is October 1, 2004, through September 30, 2005. Based on our analysis of comments received, these final results differ from the preliminary results. The final results are listed below in the Final Results of Review section.

On January 3, 2007, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') initiated a sunset review of the countervailing duty (``CVD'') order on low enriched uranium (``LEU'') from France, 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 an adequate substantive response filed on behalf of a domestic interested party and inadequate response from respondent interested parties (in this case, no response), the Department determined to conduct an expedited sunset review of this CVD order pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B). As a result of this sunset review, the Department finds that revocation of the CVD order would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy at the level indicated in the ``Final Results of Review'' section of this notice.