International Trade Administration December 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On November 28, 2008, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') received a request for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from the Republic of Korea (``Korea''). In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), and 19 CFR 351.214(d), we are initiating an antidumping new shipper review of A-JU Besteel Co., Ltd. (``Ajubesteel'') for the period November 1, 2007 through October 31, 2008.

In response to requests by interested parties, the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on honey from Argentina. The review covers four firms, three of which were selected as mandatory respondents (see ``Background'' section of this notice for further explanation). The period of review (POR) is December 1, 2006, through November 30, 2007. We preliminarily determine that sales of honey from Argentina have been made below normal value (NV) by Patagonik S.A. (Patagonik). With respect to the other two mandatory respondents, Asociacion de Cooperativas Argentinas (ACA) and Seylinco, S.A. (Seylinco), we preliminarily determine that their sales of honey have not been made below NV during the POR. We also preliminarily intend to revoke Seylinco from the antidumping duty order subject to its request dated December 31, 2007. Finally, we preliminarily assign the dumping margin calculated for Patagonik to the one company subject to this review but not selected as a mandatory respondent (i.e., Compania Inversora Platense S.A. (CIPSA)). For more information, see the ``Background'' section below; see also ``Preliminary Results of Review,'' below. If these preliminary results are adopted in our final results of administrative review, we will issue appropriate assessment instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. See ``Preliminary Results of Review,'' below.

On May 17, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') revoked in part the antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products (``hot-rolled steel'') from Thailand with respect to Sahaviriya Steel Industries Public Company Limited (``SSI'') after having determined that SSI sold the merchandise at not less than normal value (``NV'') for a period of at least three consecutive years. See Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Thailand: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Partial Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 71 FR 28659 (May 17, 2006) (``Revocation''). As the result of an adequate allegation from a domestic interested party in this proceeding, the Department, pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), is now conducting a changed circumstances review to determine whether SSI has resumed dumping hot-rolled steel and whether the antidumping order should be reinstated for hot-rolled steel from Thailand manufactured and exported by SSI. See Initiation of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Thailand, 73 FR 18766 (April 7, 2008) (``Initiation Notice''). We preliminarily determine that SSI has sold hot-rolled steel at less than NV and that hot-rolled steel produced and exported by SSI should be reinstated in the antidumping duty order on hot-rolled steel from Thailand. We will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to suspend liquidation of all entries of hot-rolled steel manufactured and exported by SSI and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

The Department of Commerce (Department) has determined the allocation for Calendar Year 2009 of imports of certain worsted wool fabrics under tariff rate quotas established by Title V of the Trade and Development Act of 2000 (Public Law No. 106-200), as amended by the Trade Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-210) and the Miscellaneous Trade Act of 2004 (Public law 108-249), and the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-280). The companies that are being provided an allocation are listed below.

The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with November anniversary dates. In accordance with the Department's regulations, we are initiating those administrative reviews. The Department received a request to revoke one antidumping duty order in part.

On October 21, 2008, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal Register the final results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyester staple fiber from Taiwan. Our notice of final results stated erroneously that the margin we found for the respondent was 1.72 percent, however, the correct margin is 1.74 percent. No other changes have been made to the final results.

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 cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate products from the Republic of Korea (Korea). This review covers one producer/exporter of the subject merchandise, Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (DSM). The period of review (POR) is February 1, 2007, through January 31, 2008. The Department has preliminarily determined that DSM made U.S. sales at prices less than normal value. If these preliminary results are adopted in our final results of administrative review, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review. We intend to issue the final results of review no later than 120 days from the publication date of this notice.

The Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from India for the period February 1, 2007, through January 31, 2008, for 166 companies, based on: 1) timely withdrawals of the review requests; 2) confirmed statements of no shipments during the period of review (POR); 3) a mistaken initiation; and 4) multiple addresses.

On September 29, 2008, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published a notice of initiation and preliminary results of a changed circumstances review with intent to revoke, in part, the antidumping duty (AD) finding on polychloroprene rubber from Japan. See Polychloroprene Rubber From Japan: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review, and Intent to Revoke Antidumping Duty Finding, in Part, 73 FR 56548 (September 29, 2008) (Initiation and Preliminary Results). On October 27, 2008, the Federal Register corrected certain errors it made in publishing the Initiation and Preliminary Results. See Polychloroprene Rubber From Japan: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review, and Intent to Revoke Antidumping Duty Finding, in Part, 73 FR 63687 (October 27, 2008) (Initiation Correction). In the Initiation and Preliminary Results and Initiation Correction, the Department invited interested parties to comment on the Initiation and Preliminary Results and no comments were received. Accordingly, we are now revoking this AD finding, in part, with regard to certain polychloroprene rubber products from Japan, as described in the ``Scope of Changed Circumstances Review'' section of this notice, based on the fact that domestic parties have expressed no further interest in the relief provided by the AD finding with respect to the imports of such products.

On July 10, 2008, the Department of Commerce (Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Canada. See Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Canada, 73 FR 39646 (July 10, 2008) (Preliminary Results). This review covers the period October 1, 2006, through September 30, 2007, for Ivaco Rolling Mills 2004 L.P. and Sivaco Ontario, a division of Sivaco Wire Group 2004 L.P. (referred to collectively as Ivaco).

The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

On June 9, 2008, the Department published its preliminary results in the antidumping duty administrative review of pure magnesium from the PRC.\1\ The period of review (``POR'') for the administrative review is May 1, 2006, through April 30, 2007. We have determined that both mandatory respondents, Shanxi Datuhe Coke & Chemicals, Co., Ltd. (``Datuhe'') and Tianjin Magnesium International Co., Ltd.(``TMI''), made sales in the United States at prices below normal value (``NV''). There are no other respondents covered by this review. We invited interested parties to comment on our preliminary results in this review. Based on our analysis of the comments we received in the administrative review, we made certain changes to our calculations for both mandatory respondents. The final dumping margins for this review are listed in the ``Final Results Margins'' section below.

Export Trading Company Affairs (``ETCA''), 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.

On June 6, 2008, the U.S. Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published in the Federal Register its preliminary results of the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on stainless steel plate in coils from Belgium for the period January 1, 2006, through December 31, 2006. On November 6, 2008, the Department issued a post-preliminary interim analysis regarding certain additional information placed on the record of this administrative review shortly before and after the preliminary results were issued. The final results do not effectively differ from the preliminary results, where we found the net subsidy rate to be de minimis. See section below entitled ``Final Results of Review'' for further discussion.

On August 7, 2008, the Department of Commerce (Department) published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of administrative review of the countervailing duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET film) from India for the period January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006. See Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from India: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 73 FR 45956 (August 7, 2008) (Preliminary Results). Based on the results of our analysis of the comments received, the Department has revised the subsidy rates for the respondent, MTZ Polyfilms, Ltd. (MTZ). The final subsidy rate for the reviewed company is listed below in the section entitled ``Final Results of Review.''

On November 18, 2008, the United States Court of International Trade (``CIT'') sustained the remand redetermination issued by the Department of Commerce (``Department'') pursuant to the CIT's remand order in the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on honey from the People's Republic of China. See Shanghai Eswell Enterprise Co., Ltd., et. al. v. United States, Court No. 05-00439, Slip Op. 08-124 (CIT November 18, 2008) (``Eswell II''). This case arose from the Department's final results for the period of review (``POR'') December 1, 2002, through November 30, 2003. See Honey from the People's Republic of China: Final Results and Final Rescission, In Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 70 FR 38873 (July 6, 2005) (``Final Results''). Consistent with the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (``CAFC'') in Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir. 1990) (``Timken''), the Department is notifying the public that Eswell II is not in harmony with the Department's Final Results.

On June 6, 2008, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel plate in coils (SSPC) from Belgium. See Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From Belgium: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 73 FR 32298 (June 6, 2008) (Preliminary Results). This review covers one manufacturer/exporter of the subject merchandise: Ugine & ALZ Belgium (U&A Belgium). The period of review (POR) is May 1, 2006, through April 30, 2007. Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have made changes to the Preliminary Results. For the final dumping margins see the ``Final Results of Review'' section below.

On August 6, 2008, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the eleventh administrative review for the antidumping duty order on certain pasta from Italy. The review covers four manufacturers/exporters: F. Divella SpA (Divella), Pasta Zara SpA 1 and Pasta Zara SpA 2 (collectively, Zara), Pastificio Di Martino Gaetano & F. lli SrL (Gaetano), and Pastificio Felicetti SrL (Felicetti). The period of review (POR) is July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007. Divella and Zara were selected as mandatory respondents.\1\

On August 7, 2008, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of administrative review of the antidumping duty order covering purified carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from Finland. See Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland; Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 73 FR 45948 (August 7, 2008) (Preliminary Results). The merchandise covered by the order is purified CMC as described in the ``Scope of the Order'' section of this notice. The period of review (POR) is July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007. In the Preliminary Results, we invited parties to provide comments. We have not made any changes to our calculation based on our analysis of the comments received. Therefore, 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 titled ``Final Results of the Review.''

On August 7, 2008, the Department of Commerce (Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on purified carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from the Netherlands. See Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from the Netherlands; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 73 FR 45943 (August 7, 2008) (Preliminary Results). The merchandise covered by the order is purified CMC as described in the ``Scope of the Order'' section of this notice. The period of review (POR) is July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007. In our Preliminary Results, we invited parties to comment. We received comments from interested parties and have made no changes to our calculation based on our analysis of the comments received. Therefore, the final results do not differ from those published in the Department's Preliminary Results. The final weighted- average dumping margin for the reviewed firm is listed below in the section entitled ``Final Results of the Review.''

Import Administration issues this interim final rule for the purpose of withdrawing the regulatory provisions governing the targeted dumping analysis in antidumping duty investigations.

On May 7, 2008, we published the preliminary results of changed-circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on ball bearings and parts thereof from Germany. See Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed-Circumstances Review, 73 FR 25663 (May 7, 2008) (Preliminary Results). Interested parties were invited to comment on these preliminary results. After reviewing parties' comments, we have affirmed the preliminary results and find that myonic GmbH is the successor-in-interest to Miniaturkugellager Gesellschaft mit beschr[auml]nkter Haftung (MKL).