59824 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 195 / Friday, October 6, 2000 / Notices

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit

for preliminary results of antidumping

duty administrative review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 6, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jarrod Goldfeder or Greg Campbell at

(202) 482–0189 and (202) 482–2239,

respectively, Office of AD/CVD

Enforcement I, Group I, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Time Limits

Statutory Time Limits

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act

of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires

the Department to make a preliminary

determination within 245 days after the

last day of the anniversary month of an

order/finding for which a review is

requested and a final determination

within 120 days after the date on which

the preliminary determination is

published. However, if it is not

practicable to complete the review

within the time period, section

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the

Department to extend these deadlines to

a maximum of 365 days and 180 days,

respectively.

Background

On December 28, 1999, the

Department published a notice of

initiation of administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on circular

welded non-alloy steel pipe from the

Republic of Korea, covering the period

November 1, 1998, through October 31,

1999 (64 FR 72644). On July 18, 2000,

the Department extended the time limit

for completion of the preliminary

results by 66 days, or until no later than

October 6, 2000. See Circular Welded

Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From the Republic

of Korea; Notice of Extension of Time

Limit for Preliminary Results and Partial

Rescission of Antidumping

Administrative Review, (65 FR 44521).

Extension of Preliminary Results of

Review

We determine that due to limited

administrative resources and complex

issues present in this review (e.g., date

of sale, level of trade, and CEP offset),

it is not practicable to complete the

preliminary results of this review within

the previously extended time limit.

Therefore, the Department is further

extending the time limits for completion

of the preliminary results by an

additional 28 days, or until no later than

November 3, 2000.

This extension is in accordance with

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Dated: October 2, 2000.

Richard W. Moreland,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import

Administration, Group I.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–803]

Heavy Forged Hand Tools From the

People’s Republic of China: Initiation

of New Shipper Antidumping

Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of initiation of New

Shipper Antidumping Administrative

Review.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(‘‘the Department’’) has received a

request from Shandong Jinma Industrial

Group Co., Ltd. (‘‘Jinma’’) to conduct a

new shipper administrative review of

the antidumping duty order on

hammers/sledges, one of the four classes

or kinds of subject merchandise covered

by the antidumping duty orders on

heavy forged hand tools (‘‘HFHTs’’)

from the People’s Republic of China

(‘‘PRC’’). In accordance with 19 CFR

351.214(d) of the Department’s

regulations, we are initiating this

administrative review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 6, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Frank Thomson or Howard Smith, AD/

CVD Enforcement, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–4793 or (202) 482–

5193 respectively.

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the

Act’’) by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act. In addition, unless

otherwise indicated, all citations to the

Department’s regulations are to the

current regulations, codified at 19 CFR

Part 351 (1999).

Background

On July 20, 2000, the Department

received a timely request, in accordance

with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and

19 CFR 351.214(c), for a new shipper

review of the antidumping duty order

on hammers/sledges. The antidumping

duty orders on HFHTs from the PRC

have a February anniversary month and

an August semiannual anniversary

month. See Antidumping Duty Orders:

Heavy Forged Hand Tools, Finished or

Unfinished, With or Without Handles

From the People’s Republic of China, 56

FR 6622 (February 19, 1991).

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i)

and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A),

Jinma’s July 20, 2000 request for review

certified that it did not export the

subject merchandise to the United

States during the period of investigation

(‘‘POI’’) and that it is not affiliated with

any company which exported subject

merchandise to the United States during

the POI. Pursuant to 19 CFR

351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), Jinma’s request

certified that its export activities are not

controlled by the central government of

the PRC.

In addition, pursuant to 19 CFR

351.214(b)(2)(iv), Jinma’s request

contained documentation establishing:

the date after the POI on which Jinma

first shipped the subject merchandise

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.

It is the Department’s usual practice

in cases involving non-market

economies to require that a company

seeking to establish eligibility for an

antidumping duty rate separate from the

country-wide rate provide de jure and

de facto evidence of an absence of

government control over the company’s

export activities. See Certain Preserved

Mushrooms from the People’s Republic

of China: Initiation of New Shipper

Antidumping Duty Review, 65 FR 17257

(March 31, 2000). Accordingly, we will

issue a separate rates questionnaire to

the above-named respondent. If

respondent Jinma provides sufficient

evidence that it is not subject to either

de jure or de facto government control

with respect to its exports of HFHTs,

this review will proceed. If, on the other

hand, Jinma does not meet its burden to

demonstrate its eligibility for a separate

rate, then Jinma will be deemed to be

affiliated with other companies that

exported during the POI and that did

not establish entitlement to a separate

rate. This review will then be

terminated due to failure of the exporter

or producer to meet the requirements of

section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and

19 CFR 351.214(iii)(B).

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Initiation of Review

In accordance with section

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

351.214(d), we are initiating a new

shipper review of the antidumping duty

order on hammers/sledges from the

PRC. Therefore, we intend to issue the

preliminary results of this review not

later than 180 days after the date on

which the review is initiated.

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(B)

of the Department’s regulations, the

period of review (‘‘POR’’) for a new

shipper review initiated in the month

immediately following the semiannual

anniversary month will be the sixmonth period immediately preceding

the semiannual anniversary month.

Therefore, the POR for this new shipper

is:

Antidumping duty

proceeding

Period to be

reviewed

HFHTs from the PRC, A–

570–803: Shandong

Jinma Industrial Group

Co., Ltd ....................... 2/1/00–7/31/00

Subject to receipt of an adequate

separate rates questionnaire response

from the respondent, we will instruct

the U.S. Customs Service to suspend

liquidation of unliquidated entries of

subject merchandise from the above

company and allow, at the option of the

importer, the posting of a bond or

security in lieu of a cash deposit for

each entry of the merchandise exported

by the companies listed above, until the

completion of the review.

Interested parties must submit

applications for disclosure under

administrative protective order in

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and

351.306.

This initiation and notice are in

accordance with section 751(a) of the

Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR

351.214.

Dated: September 28, 2000.

Holly A. Kuga,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary For Import

Administration.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

New York Board of Trade; Proposed

Amendments to the Coffee ‘‘C’’

Futures Contract

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed amendments to contract terms

and conditions.

SUMMARY: The New York Board of Trade

(Exchange) has proposed amendments

to the Exchange’s coffee ‘‘C’’ futures

contract. The proposed amendments

would specify the conditions under

which deliverers, receivers and

operators of regular warehouses are

liable for the repair of torn coffee bags,

require that Exchange-licensed

warehouses maintain a log of the

required weekly inspections of futures

delivery coffee, and establish an

expedited arbitration procedure to be

used in the case of controversies

concerning liability for torn bags. The

proposed amendments were submitted

under the Commission’s 45-day Fast

Track procedures which provide that,

absent any contrary action by the

Commission, the proposed amendments

may be deemed approved on October

30, 2000—45 days after the

Commission’s receipt of the proposals.

The Acting Director of the Division of

Economic Analysis (Division) of the

Commission, acting pursuant to the

authority delegated by Commission

Regulation 140.96, has determined that

publication of the proposed

amendments is in the public interest

and will assist the Commission in

considering the views of interested

persons.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before October 23, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should

submit their views and comments to

Jean A. Webb, Secretary, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 21st Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20581. In addition,

comments may be sent by facsimile

transmission to facsimile number (202)

418–5521, or by electronic mail to

secretary @cftc.gov. Reference should be

made to the proposed amendments to

the New York Board of Trade coffee ‘‘C’’

futures contract regarding torn coffee

bags.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Please contact John Bird of the Division

of Economic Analysis, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581, telephone (202)

418–5274. Facsimile number: (202) 418–

5527. Electronic mail: jbird@cftc.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The coffee

‘C’ futures contract currently calls for

the delivery of specified growths of

washed arabica coffee packaged in bags

and held in storage at Exchangelicensed warehouses located in New

York, New Orleans and Miami. The

duties and obligations of licensed

warehouse operators are specified in

Coffee ‘C’ Resolution No. 2 Under Part

(IV)(2) of Resolution No. 2, Exchangelicensed warehouse operators are

required to maintain coffee bags in store

in accordance with Exchange standards,

including keeping the stored coffee bags

and coffee clean, undamaged, and free

from any and all foreign matter which

could be detrimental to the delivery of

the coffee. Licensed warehouse

operators also are required to conduct

weekly inspections of each lot of

Exchange coffee in store to determine

the condition and conformity with

Exchange standards.

Part (IV)(3) of Resolution No. 2

currently requires that licensed

warehouse operators are required to

promptly repair any coffee bags that are

torn, bags from which coffee beans are

sifting, or bags that are in peril of having

coffee beans spilled therefrom. Part

(IV)(4) further provides that, with the

exception of coffee bags that exhibit the

aforementioned conditions, the licensed

warehouse operator must notify the

owner of the coffee of any further

maintenance to be performed on the

bags and provide the owner five

business days to respond. If no response

is received within five business days,

the owner is deemed to have authorized

the maintenance and to have agreed to

pay all costs associated with said

maintenance. The resolution also

currently specifies that the licensed

warehouse operator may notify the

Exchange if the warehouse operator

believes that the response received from

the owners is insufficient to bring the

coffee bags into compliance with

Exchange standards.

The proposed amendments would

implement new provisions clarifying

the responsibilities of deliverers,

receivers and licensed warehouse

operators with regard to the repair of

torn bags. The proposed amendments

would provide, in part, that, if the

licensed warehouse operator has given

written notice to the deliverer prior to

delivery that one or more of the bags

containing the delivery coffee are torn,

the deliverer of the coffee is responsible

for the repair of the torn bag(s).

Alternatively, if the warehouse has met

its obligations as provided in Coffee ‘‘C’’

Resolution No. 2(IV)(2) and the receiver

has failed to inspect the coffee during

the seven business days between the

issuance of the delivery notice and the

delivery date, the receiver is responsible

for repair of the bag(s). The proposed

amendments will further specify that, in

order for the warehouse to demonstrate

that it is conducting the weekly

inspections of the coffee as required in