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be the successor-in-interest to the 

previous company if the resulting 

operation with regard to the subject 

merchandise is not materially dissimilar 

to that of its predecessor. See, e.g., 

Industrial Phosphoric Acid from Israel; 

Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Changed Circumstances Review, 59 FR 

6944, 6945 (February 14, 1994); and 

Notice of Final Determination of Sales 

at Less Than Fair Value and Affirmative 

Final Determination of Critical 

Circumstances: Certain Orange Juice 

from Brazil, 71 FR 2183 (January 13, 

2006) and accompanying Issues and 

Decision Memorandum, at Comment 3. 

Thus, if the evidence demonstrates that, 

with respect to the production and sale 

of the subject merchandise, the new 

company operates as the same business 

entity as the former company, the 

Department will accord the new 

company the same antidumping duty 

treatment as its predecessor. 

Beginning with management, Yelin 

reported that there has been no change 

in the company’s management or 

management structure after becoming 

Hilltop. See Yelin’s CCR Request at 5 

and Exhibit 4. We find that the 

management structure has remained 

unchanged. 

Second, we looked at the operational 

structure of Hilltop. Yelin explained 

that there have been no material 

changes to its operations or the way it 

sells subject merchandise. Additionally, 

Yelin provided a sales documentation 

flowchart and a flow of goods/payment 

chart, which demonstrates how 

products are ordered and sold, and 

stated that these processes are identical 

between Yelin and Hilltop. See Yelin’s 

CCR Request at 6 and Exhibit 5. We find 

that Yelin’s operational structure has 

not changed as a result of becoming 

Hilltop. 

Third, we reviewed the supplier 

relationships of Yelin and Hilltop. Yelin 

stated that the two affiliated producers, 

Yangjiang City Hoitat Quick–Frozen 

Seafood Co., Ltd. and Fuqing Yihua 

Aquatic Food Co., Ltd., which supplied 

Yelin with all subject merchandise, 

continue to supply Hilltop with the 

subject merchandise, and have done so 

since the publication of the 

antidumping duty order. Yelin noted 

that there have also been no substantial 

changes to either producer’s product 

lines, production output, or capacity. 

See Yelin’s CCR Request at 7. For non– 

subject merchandise that is sold by 

Yelin and Hilltop, Yelin states that there 

have been no changes in the list of 

unaffiliated suppliers. 

Fourth, we reviewed the customer 

base of both Yelin and Hilltop. Yelin 

explained that Yelin and subsequently, 

Hilltop, has only one customer, Ocean 

Duke, which is invoiced through 

Taiwanese affiliates. See Yelin’s CCR 

Request at 7 and Exhibit 5. 

In summary, Yelin reported that its 

conversion from Yelin to Hilltop did not 

meaningfully affect the supplier 

relationships, customer base, 

management, marketing or sale of 

products and services. Moreover, there 

have been no material changes to 

Yelin’s operations or the way it 

produces and sells subject merchandise 

resulting in the conversion from Yelin 

to Hilltop. 

Based on Yelin’s evidence of the 

change in ownership and absent any 

other record evidence that would 

contradict Yelin’s statements, we 

preliminarily determine that Hilltop 

should receive the same antidumping 

duty treatment with respect to certain 

frozen warmwater shrimp from the PRC 

as Yelin. If the above preliminary results 

are affirmed in the Department’s final 

results, the cash deposit rate most 

recently calculated for Yelin will apply 

to all entries of subject merchandise by 

Hilltop, entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the date of publication of the final 

results of this changed circumstances 

review. See, e.g., Granular 

Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from Italy; 

Final Results of Changed Circumstances 

Review, 68 FR 25327 (May 12, 2003). 

This cash deposit rate, if imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Public Comment 

Any interested party may request a 

hearing within 30 days of publication of 

this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.310(c). Interested parties may 

submit case briefs no later than 30 days 

after the date of publication of this 

notice, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(1)(ii). Rebuttal briefs, which 

must be limited to issues raised in the 

case briefs, may be filed no later than 5 

days after the case briefs, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1). Any hearing, 

if requested, will normally be held two 

days after rebuttal briefs are due, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.310(d)(1). 

The Department will issue its final 

results of review within 270 days after 

the date on which the changed 

circumstances review is initiated, or 

within 45 days if all parties to the 

proceeding agree to the outcome of the 

review, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.216(e), and will publish these 

results in the Federal Register. 

The current requirement for a cash 

deposit of estimated antidumping duties 

on all subject merchandise will 

continue unless and until it is modified 

pursuant to the final results of this 

changed circumstances review. 

This notice is published in 

accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 

777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216 of 

the Department’s regulations. 

Dated: April 25, 2007. 

David M. Spooner, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–588–835] 

Oil Country Tubular Goods from 

Japan: Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review and Intent to Rescind 

Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: 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. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 2, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jun 

Jack Zhao or Dana Mermelstein, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office 6, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–1396 or (202) 482– 

1391, respectively. 

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1 In a previous review, the Department found that 

SMI and Sumitomo Corporation (SC) were affiliated 

and treated them as a single entity. See Oil Country 

Tubular Goods From Japan; Preliminary Results 

and Rescission in Part of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review, 64 FR 48589 (September 7, 

1999); Oil Country Tubular Goods From Japan; 

Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review, 65 FR 15305 (March 22, 2000). Neither SMI 

nor SC has placed information on the record of this 

review suggesting that the basis for this finding has 

changed. 

2 See Notice of Amended Final Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping 

Duty Order: Oil Country Tubular Goods from Japan, 

60 FR 155 (August 11, 1995) (Final Determination). 

Background 

On August 11, 1995, the Department 

published the antidumping duty order 

on OCTG from Japan in the Federal 

Register (60 FR 41058). On August 1, 

2006, the Department published a notice 

of opportunity to request an 

administrative review of this order (71 

FR 43441). On August 31, 2006, the 

Department received a timely request 

for review from Petitioner, covering JFE, 

Nippon, NKK and SMI.1 On September 

29, 2006, we published a notice 

initiating an administrative review of 

the antidumping order on OCTG from 

Japan. See Initiation of Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Reviews, 71 FR 57465 (September 29, 

2006). 

The Department issued the original 

questionnaire on November 1, 2006. On 

November 17, 2006, JFE submitted a 

certification that it had no reportable 

sales during the POR, and requested 

prompt rescission of the review with 

respect to JFE. Also on November 17, 

2006, Nippon responded and certified 

that it had no sales of subject 

merchandise to or in the United States 

during the POR. On November 22, 2006, 

NKK submitted a no shipment 

certification and requested expeditious 

rescission of the review with respect to 

NKK. Finally, on December 8, 2006, SMI 

responded that it did not have any U.S. 

sales or shipments of subject 

merchandise during the POR. The 

Department issued follow–up 

supplemental questionnaires to these 

four respondents, and received timely 

responses from them, providing further 

explanation and documentation 

concerning their claims of no shipments 

during the POR. 

Period of Review 

This review covers the period August 

1, 2005 through July 31, 2006. 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by this order 

are OCTG, hollow steel products of 

circular cross–section, including only 

oil well casing and tubing, of iron (other 

than cast iron) or steel (both carbon and 

alloy), whether seamless or welded, 

whether or not conforming to American 

Petroleum Institute (‘‘API’’) or non–API 

specifications, whether finished or 

unfinished (including 

green tubes and limited service OCTG 

products). This scope does not cover 

casing or tubing pipe containing 10.5 

percent or more of chromium, or drill 

pipe. The products subject to this order 

are currently classified in the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) under sub– 

headings: 7304.29.10.10, 7304.29.10.20, 

7304.29.10.30, 7304.29.10.40, 

7304.29.10.50, 7304.29.10.60, 

7304.29.10.80, 7304.29.20.10, 

7304.29.20.20, 7304.29.20.30, 

7304.29.20.40, 7304.29.20.50, 

7304.29.20.60, 7304.29.20.80, 

7304.29.30.10, 7304.29.30.20, 

7304.29.30.30, 7304.29.30.40, 

7304.29.30.50, 7304.29.30.60, 

7304.29.30.80, 7304.29.40.10, 

7304.29.40.20, 7304.29.40.30, 

7304.29.40.40, 7304.29.40.50, 

7304.29.40.60, 7304.29.40.80, 

7304.29.50.15, 7304.29.50.30, 

7304.29.50.45, 7304.29.50.60, 

7304.29.50.75, 7304.29.60.15, 

7304.29.60.30, 7304.29.60.45, 

7304.29.60.60, 7304.29.60.75, 

7305.20.20.00, 7305.20.40.00, 

7305.20.60.00, 7305.20.80.00, 

7306.20.10.30, 7306.20.10.90, 

7306.20.20.00, 7306.20.30.00, 

7306.20.40.00, 7306.20.60.10, 

7306.20.60.50, 7306.20.80.10, and 

7306.20.80.50. 

As a result of recent changes to the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule, effective 

February 2, 2007, the subject 

merchandise is also classifiable under 

the following additional HTS item 

numbers: 7304.29.31.10, 7304.29.31.20, 

7304.29.31.30, 7304.29.31.40, 

7304.29.31.50, 7304.29.31.60, 

7304.29.31.80, 7304.29.41.10, 

7304.29.41.20, 7304.29.41.30, 

7304.29.41.40, 7304.29.41.50, 

7304.29.41.60, 7304.29.41.80, 

7304.29.61.15, 7304.29.61.30, 

7304.29.61.45, 7304.29.61.60, 

7304.29.61.75, 7306.29.10.30, 

7306.29.10.90, 7306.29.20.00, 

7306.29.31.00, 7306.29.41.00, 

7306.29.60.10, 7306.29.60.50, 

7306.29.81.10, and 7306.29.81.50. 

The HTSUS sub–headings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes only. The written description 

of the scope of the order remains 

dispositive. 

Intent to Rescind the Administrative 

Review 

In response to our questionnaires, all 

four respondents submitted certified 

statements claiming no U.S. sales or 

shipments of subject merchandise 

during the POR. The petitioner did not 

comment on the claims. In order to 

corroborate the no–shipment 

statements, the Department requested 

information from U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP). Such 

information showed entries of subject 

merchandise produced by the four 

respondents during the POR. We 

requested additional information from 

the four respondents based on the CBP 

information. Based on our analysis of 

the CBP information and the 

information provided by the 

respondents, we find that these four 

companies had no reviewable sales of 

subject merchandise. Since much of the 

information and documentation 

provided by CBP or submitted by 

respondents to demonstrate the 

circumstances of each of the entries is 

business proprietary, a complete 

analysis of the Department’s 

determination that none of the entries 

constitute reviewable sales during the 

POR is set forth in the Memorandum 

from Jun Jack Zhao, Case Analyst, AD/ 

CVD Operations Office 6 to Barbara E. 

Tillman, Director, Analysis 

Memorandum regarding the 

Administrative Review of the 

Antidumping Duty Order on Oil Country 

Tubular Goods from Japan (A–588–835), 

dated concurrently with this notice. A 

public version of the memorandum is 

on file in Room B–099, the Central 

Records Unit of the main Commerce 

Building. Therefore, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), we intend to 

rescind the administrative review of all 

four respondents. 

Duty Assessment 

The Department will determine, and 

CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on 

all appropriate entries, pursuant to 19 

CFR 351.212(b). If we determine in the 

final results that this review should be 

rescinded with respect to JFE, NKK, 

Nippon and SMI because these 

companies had no reviewable sales of 

subject merchandise to the United 

States during the POR, we will direct 

CBP to liquidate all entries of subject 

merchandise manufactured by these 

four companies, and entered or 

withdrawn from warehouse for 

consumption during the POR, at the ‘‘all 

others’’ rate, 44.20 percent 2, as all such 

sales were made by intermediary 

companies (e.g., resellers) not covered 

in this review, a prior review, or the less 

than fair value (LTFV) investigation. See 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Assessment of 

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Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 

6, 2003). 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit rates will 

be effective with respect to all 

shipments of OCTG from Japan entered, 

or withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the publication 

date of the final results, as provided for 

by section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act): (1) for all 

four companies, JFE, NKK, Nippon and 

SMI, the cash deposit rate will remain 

unchanged and will be the company– 

specific rate established for the most 

recent period; (2) for previously 

reviewed or investigated companies not 

listed above, the cash deposit rate will 

be the company–specific rate 

established for the most recent period; 

(3) if the exporter is not a firm covered 

in this review, a prior review, or the 

LTFV investigation, but the 

manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate 

will be the rate established for the most 

recent period for the manufacturer of 

the subject merchandise; and (4) if 

neither the exporter nor the 

manufacturer is a firm covered by this 

review, a prior review, or the LTFV 

investigation, the cash deposit rate shall 

be the all others rate established in the 

LTFV investigation, which is 44.20 

percent. See Final Determination. These 

deposit rates, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Public Comment 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309, 

interested parties may submit written 

comments in response to this notice of 

intent to rescind the administrative 

review. Unless the deadline is extended 

by the Department, case briefs are to be 

submitted within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice, and 

rebuttal briefs, limited to arguments 

raised in case briefs, are to be submitted 

no later than five days after the time 

limit for filing case briefs. Parties who 

submit arguments in this proceeding are 

requested to submit with the argument: 

(1) a statement of the issues, and (2) a 

brief summary of the argument. Case 

and rebuttal briefs must be served on 

interested parties in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.303(f). 

Also, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

within 30 days of the date of publication 

of this notice, interested parties may 

request a public hearing on arguments 

to be raised in the case and rebuttal 

briefs. Unless the Department specifies 

otherwise, the hearing, if requested, will 

be held two days after the date for 

submission of rebuttal briefs. Parties 

will be notified of the time and location. 

The Department will publish the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of its analysis of 

issues raised in any case or rebuttal 

brief, no later than 120 days after 

publication of these preliminary results, 

unless extended. See 19 CFR 351.213(h). 

Notification to Importers 

This notice serves as a preliminary 

reminder to importers of their 

responsibility under 

19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate 

regarding the reimbursement of 

antidumping duties prior to liquidation 

of the relevant entries during this 

review period. Failure to comply with 

this requirement could result in the 

Secretary’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

occurred and the subsequent assessment 

of double antidumping duties. 

This administrative review and notice 

are issued and published in accordance 

with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of 

the Act. 

Dated: April 25, 2007. 

David M. Spooner, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–560–821, C–570–907, C–580–857] 

Coated Free Sheet Paper from 

Indonesia, the People’s Republic of 

China, and the Republic of Korea: 

Alignment of Final Countervailing Duty 

Determinations with Final Antidumping 

Duty Determinations 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) is aligning the final 

determinations in the countervailing 

duty investigations of coated free sheet 

paper (CFS) from Indonesia, the 

People’s Republic of China (PRC), and 

the Republic of Korea (Korea) with the 

final determinations in the companion 

antidumping investigations. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 2, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gene Calvert (Indonesia), David Layton 

(PRC), or Maura Jeffords (Korea), AD/ 

CVD Operations, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–3586, (202) 482– 

0371, or (202) 482–3146, respectively. 

BACKGROUND: On November 20, 2006, 

the Department initiated the 

countervailing duty and antidumping 

duty investigations on CFS from 

Indonesia, the PRC, and Korea. See 

Notice of Initiation of Countervailing 

Duty Investigations: Coated Free Sheet 

Paper From the People’s Republic of 

China, Indonesia, and the Republic of 

Korea, 71 FR 68546 (November 27, 

2006), and Initiation of Antidumping 

Duty Investigations: Coated Free Sheet 

Paper from Indonesia, the People’s 

Republic of China, and the Republic of 

Korea, 71 FR 68537 (November 27, 

2006). The countervailing duty and 

antidumping duty investigations have 

the same scope with regard to the 

subject merchandise covered. On April 

9, 2007, the Department published the 

preliminary affirmative countervailing 

duty determinations pertaining to CFS 

from Indonesia, the PRC, and Korea. See 

Coated Free Sheet Paper from 

Indonesia: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, 72 

FR 17498 (April 9, 2007); Coated Free 

Sheet Paper From the People’s Republic 

of China: Amended Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination, 72 FR 17484 (April 9, 

2007) and; Coated Free Sheet Paper 

From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination, 72 FR 17507 (April 9, 

2007). On March 26, 2007, the petitioner 

submitted a letter, in accordance with 

section 705(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act), requesting 

alignment of the final countervailing 

duty determinations with the final 

determinations in the companion 

antidumping duty investigations of CFS 

from Indonesia, the PRC, and Korea. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

705(a)(1) of the Act, and 19 C.F.R. 

351.210(b)(4), we are aligning the final 

countervailing duty determinations on 

CFS from Indonesia, the PRC, and Korea 

with the final determinations in the 

companion antidumping duty 

investigations of CFS from Indonesia, 

the PRC, and Korea. The final 

countervailing duty determinations will 

be issued on the same date as the final 

antidumping duty determinations 

currently scheduled for August 13, 

2007, the first business day following 

the August 12, 2007 deadline for the 

final antidumping duty determinations. 

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to section 705(a)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: April 26, 2007. 

David M. Spooner, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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