International Trade Administration 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The President's Export Council will hold a meeting via teleconference to deliberate draft letters of recommendation and their draft final report to the President.

On February 1, 2008, the Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated a sunset review of the antidumping duty order on silicon metal from the Russian Federation (Russia), pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 73 FR 6128 (February 1, 2008) (Sunset Initiation); see also Antidumping Duty Order: Silicon Metal from Russia, 68 FR 14578 (March 26, 2003); and Silicon Metal from the Russian Federation: Notice of Amended Final Determination Pursuant to Court Decision, 71 FR 8277 (February 16, 2006). Based on the notice of intent to participate, and an adequate substantive response filed on behalf of a domestic interested party, and the lack of a response from any respondent interested parties, the Department conducted an expedited sunset review of the antidumping duty order, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2). As a result of this sunset review, the Department finds that revocation of the antidumping duty order would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping, at the levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Sunset Review'' section of this notice, infra.

The Department of Commerce (``Department'') received a timely request to conduct a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on brake rotors from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). In accordance with Section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``Act''), and 19 CFR 351.214(d)(1), we are initiating a new shipper review for Longkou Zhongkai Automobile Parts Co., Ltd. (``Longkou Zhongkai'').

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.

The Department of Commerce is conducting a changed- circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on ball bearings and parts thereof from the United Kingdom pursuant to section 751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. We preliminarily determine that SKF (UK) Ltd. is the successor-in-interest to SNFA Bearings Ltd. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

On May 8, 2008, the United States Court of International Trade (CIT) sustained the results of redetermination made by the Department of Commerce (the Department) pursuant to the CIT's remand in Agro Dutch Industries Limited v. United States, Slip Op. 07-185 (December 26, 2007) (Agro Dutch II). See Agro Dutch Industries Limited v. United States, Slip Op. 08-50 (May 8, 2008) (Agro Dutch III). 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 the final judgment in this case is not in harmony with the Department's final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain preserved mushrooms from India covering the period of review (POR) of February 1, 2000, through January 31, 2001. See Certain Preserved Mushrooms From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 67 FR 46172 (July 12, 2002), and accompanying Issues and Decisions Memorandum (Final Results).

The Department of Commerce (the Department) has determined that Arcelor Mittal Point Lisas Limited (AMPL) is the successor-in- interest to Mittal Steel Point Lisas Limited (MSPL) and, as a result, should be accorded the same treatment previously accorded to MSPL in regard to the antidumping duty order on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Trinidad and Tobago as of the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

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 comment on its continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

On April 8, 2008, the U.S. Trade Representative instructed the Department of Commerce (the Department) to implement its determination under section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) regarding the investigation of certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate products from Japan. The Department issued its final results on December 21, 2007, regarding the offsetting of dumped comparisons with non-dumped comparisons when making average-to-average comparisons of export price and normal value in the investigation challenged by Japan before the World Trade Organization in United States - Measures Relating to Zeroing and Sunset Reviews. The Department is now implementing this determination.

On May 12, 2008, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued an Export Trade Certificate of Review to Wilco Machine & Fab, Inc. (``WILCO''). This notice summarizes the conduct for which certification has been granted.

On February 6, 2008, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of an administrative review of the suspension agreement on certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from the Russian Federation (the Agreement). See Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Russia; Preliminary Results of Administrative Review of the Suspension Agreement, 73 FR 6929 (February 6, 2008) (Preliminary Results). The period of review is January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006. No interested parties submitted comments. Therefore, for these final results, we have made no changes to our preliminary results.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that lightweight thermal paper (LWTP) from Germany is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV), as provided in section 733(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The estimated margins of sales at LTFV are listed in the ``Suspension of Liquidation'' section of this notice. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination. Pursuant to requests from interested parties, we are postponing for 60 days the final determination and extending the provisional measures from a four-month period to not more than six months. Accordingly, we will make our final determination not later than 135 days after publication of the preliminary determination.

The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') seeks public comment on its proposed targeted dumping methodology (described below) and related issues.

On April 11, 2008, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') published the preliminary 2007 expected non-market economy (``NME'') wages (the ``2007 calculation''), and provided the public with an opportunity to comment on potential clerical errors. See Expected Non- Market Economy Wages: Request for Comments on 2007 Calculation, 73 FR 19812 (April 11, 2008). The 2007 calculation was based on 2005 data and the methodology described in the Federal Register notice entitled Antidumping Methodologies: Market Economy Inputs, Expected Non-Market Economy Wages, Duty Drawback; and Request for Comments, 71 FR 61716, Oct. 19, 2006 (hereafter, the ``Antidumping Methodologies notice''). The Department received two sets of comments in response to this notice and has made one change to its calculation, as described below, based on those comments. This notice constitutes the Department's announcement of the finalization and effective date of the 2007 calculation.