[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 61 (Friday, March 30, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15110-15111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5867]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-810]


Stainless Steel Bar from India: Notice of Initiation of 
Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

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

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has received a request for a new 
shipper review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar 
from India. In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.214(d), we are initiating an 
antidumping duty new shipper review of Sunflag Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 30, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Devta Ohri or Brandon Farlander, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3853 or (202) 482-0182, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 21, 1995, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published in the Federal Register the antidumping duty order on 
stainless steel bar (``SSB'') from India. See Antidumping Duty Orders: 
Stainless Steel Bar form Brazil, India and Japan, 60 FR 9661 (February 
21, 1995).
    On February 28, 2007, the Department received a timely request from 
Sunflag Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. (``Sunflag''), for a new shipper review 
of the antidumping duty order on SSB from India, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.214(c).
    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), Sunflag 
certified in its request that it did not export the subject merchandise 
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), Sunflag certified that it is not currently 
affiliated and never has been affiliated with any exporter or producer 
who exported the subject merchandise to the United States during the 
POI (July 1, 1993, through December 31, 1993), including those not 
individually examined during the investigation.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), Sunflag also submitted 
documentation establishing the date on which its stainless steel bar 
was first shipped for export to the United States, the volume of that 
shipment, and the date of the first sale to an unaffiliated customer in 
the United States.
    The Department conducted a query of the U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (``CBP'') database to confirm that Sunflag's shipment of 
subject merchandise had entered the United States for consumption and 
has been suspended for antidumping duties. The Department also 
corroborated Sunflag's assertion that it made no subsequent shipments 
to the United States by reviewing CBP data.

Initiation of Review

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.214(d), we find that the request submitted by Sunflag meets the 
threshold requirements for initiation of a new shipper review. See 
Memorandum to the File from Devta Ohri, International Trade Compliance 
Analyst, through Susan Kuhbach, Senior Office Director, Office 1: New 
Shipper Review Initiation Checklist, dated March 23, 2007. Accordingly, 
we are initiating a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on 
stainless steel bar from India.
    This review covers the period February 1, 2006 through January 31, 
2007. We intend to issue the preliminary results of this review no 
later than 180 days after the date on which this review is initiated, 
and the final results within 90 days after the date on which we issue 
the preliminary results. See Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    On August 17, 2006, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (H.R. 4) was 
signed into law. Section 1632 of H.R. 4 temporarily suspends the 
authority of the Department to instruct U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection to collect a bond or other security in lieu of a cash 
deposit in new shipper reviews during the period April 1, 2006 through 
June 30, 2009. Therefore, the posting of a bond or other security under 
section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act in lieu of a cash deposit is not 
available in this case. Importers of subject merchandise manufactured 
and exported by Sunflag must continue to pay a cash deposit of 
estimated antidumping duties on each entry of subject merchandise at 
the current all-others rate of 12.45 percent. See Notice of Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Stainless Steel Bar 
from India, 59 FR 66915 (December 28, 1994).
    Interested parties may submit applications for disclosure of 
business proprietary information under administrative protective order 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 351.306.
    This initiation and this notice are issued and published in 
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and sections 351.214(d) 
and 351.221(c)(1)(i) of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: March 23, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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