International Trade Administration 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Pursuant to the Order of the Binational Panel dated March 22, 2007, the determination described above was completed on March 22, 2007.

On March 28, 2007, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') initiated the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain preserved mushrooms from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') covering the period of review from February 1, 2006, through January 31, 2007 (``POR''). See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 72 FR 14516 (March 28, 2007) (``Initiation Notice''). On April 17, 2007, the review request was withdrawn with respect to all parties who requested the review. Therefore, the Department is rescinding the administrative review of sales of certain preserved mushrooms from the PRC covering the POR.

The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review and a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on certain steel concrete reinforcing bars (rebar) from Turkey for the period April 1, 2005, through March 31, 2006. We have preliminarily determined that certain of the producers/exporters have made sales below normal value (NV). If these preliminary results are adopted in the final results of these reviews, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. We also have preliminarily determined to revoke the antidumping duty order with respect to Colakoglu Metalurji A.S. and Colakoglu Dis Ticaret A.S. (collectively ``Colakoglu'') and Diler Demir Celik Endustrisi ve Ticaret A.S., Yazici Demir Celik Sanayi ve Turizm Ticaret A.S., and Diler Dis Ticaret A.S. (collectively, ``Diler''). Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. We will issue the final results no later than 120 days from the date of publication of this notice.

On April 23, 2007, the U.S. Trade Representative instructed the Department of Commerce (the Department) to implement its findings under section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) regarding the offsetting of dumped sales with non-dumped sales in investigations involving average-to-average transactions. The Department issued its findings on April 9, 2007, regarding eleven investigations challenged by the European Communities before the World Trade Organization. The Department is now implementing those findings.

The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Japan in response to a request by United States Steel Corporation, one of the petitioners in the original investigation (Petitioner). Petitioner requested administrative reviews of JFE Steel Corporation (JFE), Nippon Steel Corporation (Nippon), NKK Tubes (NKK) and Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. (SMI). This review covers sales of subject merchandise to the United States during the period of August 1, 2005 through July 31, 2006. We preliminarily determine that all four companies had no reviewable sales of subject merchandise to the United States during the period of review (POR). Accordingly, we preliminarily determine that the review of these four companies should be rescinded in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. See ``Intent to Rescind the Administrative Review'' section of this notice.

On February 26, 2007, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published in the Federal Register its preliminary results of the new shipper review of the countervailing duty (``CVD'') order on certain welded carbon steel standard pipe from Turkey for the period January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2005. The Department preliminarily found that Toscelik Profil ve Sac Endustrisi A.S. and its affiliated export trading company, Tosyali Dis Ticaret A.S. (collectively referred to as ``Toscelik''), the producer/exporter of subject merchandise covered by this review, received countervailable subsidies during the period of review (``POR''). We did not receive any comments on our preliminary results and have made no revisions to those results.

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.

The Department of Commerce (the Department) hereby publishes a list of scope rulings completed between January 1, 2007, and March 31, 2007. In conjunction with this list, the Department is also publishing a list of requests for scope rulings and anticircumvention determinations pending as of March 31, 2007. We intend to publish future lists after the close of the next calendar quarter.

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 activated carbon from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). On April 16, 2007, the ITC notified the Department of its affirmative determination of material injury to a U.S. industry (Certain Activated Carbon from China, Investigation No. 731-TA-1103 (Final), Publication 3913, April 2007).

We preliminarily determine that imports of lemon juice from Mexico are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value, as provided in section 733 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. In addition, we preliminarily determine that there is a reasonable basis to believe or suspect that critical circumstances exist with respect to the imports of lemon juice from Mexico for one respondent. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination. We will make our final determination within 75 days after the date of this preliminary determination.

On March 20, 2007, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published its final results of the twelfth administrative review for certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products (CORE) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) for the period from August 1, 2004, through July 31, 2005. We are amending our final results to correct a ministerial error made in the calculation of the dumping margin for Union Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Union), pursuant to section 751 (h) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez will host the inaugural Americas Competitiveness Forum on June 11-12, 2007, in Atlanta. This notice announces the Americas Competitiveness Forum and opportunities for sponsorship and media partnership.

In response to a request from Conduit S.A. de C.V. (Conduit), a Mexican producer of certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe and tube (pipe and tube), the Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on pipe and tube from Mexico. The period of review covers November 1, 2005, through April 30, 2006. Based on our findings at verification, the Department preliminarily determines that the merchandise Conduit sold and entered into the United States was not subject merchandise. Because the respondent has consequently made no sales or shipments of the subject merchandise to the United States during the period of review, we preliminarily intend to rescind this new shipper review.

Export Trading Company Affairs (``ETCA'') of the International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, has received an application to amend an Export Trade Certificate of Review (``Certificate''). This notice summarizes the proposed amendment and requests comments relevant to whether the Certificate should be issued.