Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 9 / Friday, January 13, 2012 / Notices 2031 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Market Research 

To Broaden and Deepen U.S. Exporter 

Base 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: 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. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before March 13, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at JJessup@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Gary Rand; phone number: 

(202) 482–0691; email address: 

Gary.Rand@trade.gov; fax number: (202) 

482–5361. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

In an effort to remain relevant to the 

marketplace and optimize our 

respective operations, the Commercial 

Service (CS), Manufacturing Extension 

Partnership (MEP), Census Bureau 

(Census), and Export-Import Bank (ExIm) have formed a project team to 

conduct market segmentation research 

and analysis. The market segmentation 

is a systematic approach for identifying 

clusters of companies with similar 

needs and behavior, and developing 

service offerings and sales/marketing 

approaches targeted at segments with 

the greatest return of investment. The 

purpose of this initiative is to gain 

market knowledge and generate 

statistically valid characterizations 

about the needs and buying behavior of 

exporting companies, with a particular 

focus on moderate exporters (those U.S. 

firms that currently export, but on a 

limited or reactive basis and whose 

international sales comprise less than 

10% of total sales or whose 

international sales growth is less than 

10% per year). From this research, 

services, pricing, and messaging may be 

repositioned to address the exporting 

needs of small and medium-sized 

businesses. 

A telephone survey was chosen over 

a web survey for the following reasons: 

(1) Since no databases of current or 

potential exporters is available from a 

governmental agency, the third party 

vendor will purchase a list from Dun 

and Bradstreet. The list contains contact 

information including phone numbers 

but not email addresses; (2) Firms do 

not offer email address databases, to 

obtain email addresses, the addresses 

must be manually extracted from a 

firm’s Web site; (3) While web surveys 

are easier to administer and provide a 

convenient option for the respondent, 

they do not have as high a completion 

rate as phone surveys. This is especially 

true when there is no incentive for the 

respondent to complete the survey; and 

(4) The web survey has more potential 

to be completed by a respondent other 

than the targeted respondent, i.e. there 

is no way to verify who completed the 

survey. 

II. Method of Collection 

The CS will contract with a third 

party vendor (TBD) to conduct surveys 

to gain insight into the attitudes, needs, 

and behaviors of moderate exporters. 

The third party vendor will recruit 

firms over the phone using lists 

obtained from other third party vendors. 

Data collection will be conducted 

during a telephone survey. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0625–0264. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension of a currently approved 

information collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,600. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 800. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: January 10, 2012. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–598 Filed 1–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–601] 

Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts 

Thereof, Finished and Unfinished From 

the People’s Republic of China: 

Extension of the Time Limit for the 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty New Shipper Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Effective Date: January 13, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Pedersen or Lori Apodaca, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office 4, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–2769 or (202) 482– 

4551, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 1, 2011, the Department of 

Commerce (‘‘Department’’) published a 

notice of initiation of the new shipper 

review of the antidumping duty order 

on tapered roller bearings and parts 

thereof, finished and unfinished from 

the People’s Republic of China. See 

Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts 

Thereof, Finished and Unfinished From 

the People’s Republic of China: 

Initiation of Antidumping Duty New 

Shipper Review, 76 FR 45777 (August 1, 

2011). The period of the review is June 

1, 2010, through May 31, 2011. The 

preliminary results of the new shipper 

review are currently due no later than 

January 23, 2012. 

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Extension of Time Limits for 

Preliminary Results 

Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘Act’’), and 19 

CFR 351.214(i)(1) require the 

Department to issue the preliminary 

results in a new shipper review of an 

antidumping duty order 180 days after 

the date on which the review is 

initiated. The Department may, 

however, extend the deadline for 

completion of the preliminary results of 

a new shipper review to 300 days if it 

determines that the case is 

extraordinarily complicated. See section 

751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.214(i)(2). 

The Department finds that this new 

shipper review is extraordinarily 

complicated and, therefore, it requires 

additional time to complete the 

preliminary results. Specifically, the 

Department requires additional time to 

examine factors of production data that 

were only fully provided this month 

and then issue supplemental 

questionnaires for any additional 

information that may be needed. 

Accordingly, we are extending the time 

for the completion of the preliminary 

results of this review by 120 days, until 

May 22, 2012. 

This notice is published in 

accordance with sections 

751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: January 5, 2012. 

Christian Marsh, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2012–585 Filed 1–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–836] 

Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality 

Steel Plate Products From the 

Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results 

of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: In response to a request by an 

interested party, 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 (steel plate) 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, 2010, through January 31, 

2011. 

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. 

DATES: Effective Date: January 13, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Yang Jin Chun, 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) 

482–5760. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On February 10, 2000, the Department 

published in the Federal Register an 

antidumping duty order on steel plate 

from Korea. See Notice of Amendment 

of Final Determinations of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty 

Orders: Certain Cut-To-Length CarbonQuality Steel Plate Products From 

France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan 

and the Republic of Korea, 65 FR 6585 

(February 10, 2000). On February 1, 

2011, the Department published in the 

Federal Register a notice of opportunity 

to request administrative review of the 

order. See Antidumping or 

Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 

Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review, 76 

FR 5559 (February 1, 2011). 

On February 25, 2011, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(2), DSM 

requested that the Department conduct 

an administrative review of its sales and 

entries of subject merchandise into the 

United States during the POR. On 

March 31, 2011, the Department 

initiated an administrative review of 

DSM. See Initiation of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Reviews, Requests 

for Revocation in Part, and Deferral of 

Administrative Review, 76 FR 17825 

(March 31, 2011). 

The Department is conducting this 

administrative review in accordance 

with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act). 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the 

antidumping duty order are certain hotrolled carbon-quality steel: (1) Universal 

mill plates (i.e., flat-rolled products 

rolled on four faces or in a closed box 

pass, of a width exceeding 150 mm but 

not exceeding 1250 mm, and of a 

nominal or actual thickness of not less 

than 4 mm, which are cut-to length (not 

in coils) and without patterns in relief), 

of iron or non-alloy quality steel; and (2) 

flat-rolled products, hot-rolled, of a 

nominal or actual thickness of 4.75 mm 

or more and of a width which exceeds 

150 mm and measures at least twice the 

thickness, and which are cut-to-length 

(not in coils). Steel products included in 

the scope of the order are of rectangular, 

square, circular, or other shape and of 

rectangular or non-rectangular cross 

section where such non-rectangular 

cross-section is achieved subsequent to 

the rolling process (i.e., products which 

have been ‘‘worked after rolling’’)—for 

example, products which have been 

beveled or rounded at the edges. Steel 

products that meet the noted physical 

characteristics that are painted, 

varnished, or coated with plastic or 

other non-metallic substances are 

included within the scope. Also, 

specifically included in the scope of the 

order are high strength, low alloy 

(HSLA) steels. HSLA steels are 

recognized as steels with micro-alloying 

levels of elements such as chromium, 

copper, niobium, titanium, vanadium, 

and molybdenum. Steel products 

included in the scope, regardless of 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) definitions, are 

products in which: (1) Iron 

predominates, by weight, over each of 

the other contained elements, (2) the 

carbon content is two percent or less, by 

weight, and (3) none of the elements 

listed below is equal to or exceeds the 

quantity, by weight, respectively 

indicated: 1.80 percent of manganese, or 

1.50 percent of silicon, or 1.00 percent 

of copper, or 0.50 percent of aluminum, 

or 1.25 percent of chromium, or 0.30 

percent of cobalt, or 0.40 percent of 

lead, or 1.25 percent of nickel, or 0.30 

percent of tungsten, or 0.10 percent of 

molybdenum, or 0.10 percent of 

niobium, or 0.41 percent of titanium, or 

0.15 percent of vanadium, or 0.15 

percent zirconium. All products that 

meet the written physical description, 

and in which the chemistry quantities 

do not equal or exceed any one of the 

levels listed above, are within the scope 

of the order unless otherwise 

specifically excluded. The following 

products are specifically excluded from 

the order: (1) Products clad, plated, or 

coated with metal, whether or not 

painted, varnished or coated with 

plastic or other non-metallic substances; 

(2) SAE grades (formerly AISI grades) of 

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