[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 59 (Wednesday, March 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14521-14522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5713]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-504


Petroleum Wax Candles from the People's Republic of China: 
Initiation of New Shipper Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 28, 2007.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') has determined 
that a request for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order 
on petroleum wax candles from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''), 
received before February 28, 2007, meets the statutory and regulatory 
requirements for initiation. The period of review (``POR'') of this new 
shipper review is August 1, 2006, through January 31, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Bankhead, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-9068.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The notice announcing the antidumping duty order on petroleum wax 
candles from the PRC published in the Federal Register on August 28, 
1986. See Antidumping Duty Order: Petroleum Wax Candles From the 
People's Republic of China, 51 FR 30686 (August 28, 1986).\1\ On 
February 16, 2007, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(c), the Department 
received a new shipper review request from Hangzhou Fashion Living Co., 
Ltd (``Fashion Living''). On March 7, 2007, the Department requested 
that Fashion Living correct certain filing deficiencies. See the 
Department's letter dated March 7, 2007. On March 8, 2007, Fashion 
Living resubmitted its new shipper request. Fashion Living certified 
that it is both the producer and exporter of the subject merchandise 
upon which the request for a new shipper review is based.
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    \1\ Therefore, a request for a new shipper review based on the 
semiannual anniversary month, February, was due to the Department by 
February 28, 2007. See 19 CFR 351.214(d)(2).
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    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (``the Act''), and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i), Fashion Living 
certified that it did not export petroleum wax candles to the United 
States during the period of investigation (``POI''). In addition, 
pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), Fashion Living certified that, since the 
initiation of the investigation, it has never been affiliated with any 
PRC exporter or producer who exported petroleum wax candles to the 
United States during the POI, including those not individually examined 
during the investigation. As required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), 
Fashion Living also certified that its export activities were not 
controlled by the central government of the PRC.
    In addition to the certifications described above, pursuant to 19 
CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), Fashion Living submitted documentation 
establishing the following: (1) the date on which Fashion Living first 
shipped petroleum wax candles for export to the United States and the 
date on which the petroleum wax candles were first entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption; (2) the volume of its first 
shipment; \2\ and (3) the date of its first sale to an unaffiliated 
customer in the United States.
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    \2\ Fashion Living made no subsequent shipments to the United 
States, which the Department corroborated using data from U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection.
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    The Department conducted customs database queries to confirm that 
Fashion Living's shipment of subject merchandise had entered the United 
States for consumption and had been suspended for antidumping duties. 
We confirmed that Fashion Living's shipment had entered for consumption 
and been suspended for antidumping duties.

Initiation of New Shipper Review

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(d)(1), the Department finds that Fashion Living's request meets 
the threshold requirements for initiation of a new shipper review for 
the shipment of petroleum wax candles from the PRC it produced and 
exported. See Memo to the File from Nicole Bankhead, Senior Case 
Analyst, through Alex Villanueva, Program Manager, Office 9: New 
Shipper Review Initiation Checklist, dated March 19, 2007.
    The POR for this new shipper review is August 1, 2006, through 
January 31, 2007. See 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(ii)(B). The Department 
intends to issue the preliminary results of this review no later than 
180 days from the date of initiation, and final results of this review 
no later than 270 days from the date of initiation. See section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.
    Interested parties requiring access to proprietary information in 
this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306. This initiation and notice are published in accordance with 
section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 
351.221(c)(1)(i).


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    Dated: March 19, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-5713 Filed 3-27-07; 8:45 am]
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