Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 37 / Thursday, February 26, 2009 / Notices 8775 

1Namely, entries of small diameter graphite 

electrodes from the PRC entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption after February 16, 

2009, and before the date of publication of the ITC’s 

final injury determination in the Federal Register. 

Dated: February 20, 2009. 

John M. Andersen, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

[FR Doc. E9–4132 Filed 2–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

A–570–929 

Antidumping Duty Order: Small 

Diameter Graphite Electrodes from the 

People’s Republic of China 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 26, 2009. 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (the ‘‘Department’’) and the 

International Trade Commission 

(‘‘ITC’’), the Department is issuing an 

antidumping duty order on small 

diameter graphite electrodes from the 

People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Magd Zalok or Drew Jackson, 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) 482–4162 and 482– 

4406, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In accordance with sections 735(d) 

and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (the ‘‘Act’’), on January 14, 

2009, the Department published the 

Final Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value and Affirmative 

Determination of Critical 

Circumstances: Small Diameter 

Graphite Electrodes from the People’s 

Republic of China, 74 FR 2049 (January 

14, 2009) (‘‘Final Determination’’). 

On February 19, 2009, the ITC 

notified the Department of its 

affirmative final determination of 

material injury to a U.S. industry. See 

Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes 

from China, Investigation No. 731–TA– 

1143 (Final), USITC Publication 4062 

(February 2009). 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by this 

order includes all small diameter 

graphite electrodes of any length, 

whether or not finished, of a kind used 

in furnaces, with a nominal or actual 

diameter of 400 millimeters (16 inches) 

or less, and whether or not attached to 

a graphite pin joining system or any 

other type of joining system or 

hardware. The merchandise covered by 

this order also includes graphite pin 

joining systems for small diameter 

graphite electrodes, of any length, 

whether or not finished, of a kind used 

in furnaces, and whether or not the 

graphite pin joining system is attached 

to, sold with, or sold separately from, 

the small diameter graphite electrode. 

Small diameter graphite electrodes and 

graphite pin joining systems for small 

diameter graphite electrodes are most 

commonly used in primary melting, 

ladle metallurgy, and specialty furnace 

applications in industries including 

foundries, smelters, and steel refining 

operations. Small diameter graphite 

electrodes and graphite pin joining 

systems for small diameter graphite 

electrodes that are subject to this order 

are currently classified under the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) subheading 

8545.11.0000. The HTSUS number is 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, but the written description of 

the scope is dispositive. 

Provisional Measures 

Section 733(d) of the Act states that 

suspension of liquidation instructions 

issued pursuant to an affirmative 

preliminary determination may not 

remain in effect for more than four 

months except where exporters 

representing a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise 

request the Department to extend that 

four–month period to no more than six 

months. At the request of exporters that 

account for a significant proportion of 

small diameter graphite electrodes, we 

extended the four–month period to no 

more than six months. See Small 

Diameter Graphite Electrodes From the 

People’s Republic of China: Preliminary 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, Postponement of Final 

Determination, and Affirmative 

Preliminary Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, in Part, 73 FR 49408 

(August 21, 2008) (‘‘Preliminary 

Determination’’). In this investigation, 

the six–month period beginning on the 

date of the publication of the 

Preliminary Determination (i.e., August 

21, 2008) ended on February 16, 2009. 

Furthermore, section 737 of the Act 

states that definitive duties are to begin 

on the date of publication of the ITC’s 

final injury determination. Therefore, in 

accordance with section 733(d) of the 

Act, we have instructed U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) to 

terminate suspension of liquidation and 

to liquidate without regard to 

antidumping duties (i.e., release all 

bonds and refund all cash deposits), 

unliquidated entries of small diameter 

graphite electrodes from the PRC 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption after February 16, 

2009, and before the date of publication 

of the ITC’s final injury determination 

in the Federal Register. Suspension of 

liquidation will continue on or after the 

date of publication of the ITC’s final 

injury determination in the Federal 

Register. 

Antidumping Duty Order 

On February 19, 2009, in accordance 

with section 735(d) of the Act, the ITC 

notified the Department of its final 

determination, pursuant to section 

735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, that an 

industry in the United States is 

materially injured by reason of less– 

than-fair–value imports of subject 

merchandise from the PRC. Therefore, 

in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of 

the Act, the Department will direct CBP 

to assess, upon further instruction by 

the Department, antidumping duties 

equal to the amount by which the 

normal value of the merchandise 

exceeds the export price of the 

merchandise for all relevant entries of 

small diameter graphite electrodes from 

the PRC. Except for the entries noted 

above,1 these antidumping duties will 

be assessed on all unliquidated entries 

of small graphite electrodes from the 

PRC entered, or withdrawn from the 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

August 21, 2008, the date on which the 

Department published its Preliminary 

Determination. See Preliminary 

Determination. 

The ITC also notified the Department 

that it made a negative critical 

circumstances determination in this 

investigation. Therefore, we will 

instruct CBP to lift suspension, release 

any bond or other security, and refund 

any cash deposit made to secure the 

payment of antidumping duties with 

respect to entries of the merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption prior to August 21, 

2008 (i.e., during the 90 days prior to 

the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination). 

Effective on the date of publication of 

the ITC’s final affirmative injury 

determination, CBP will require, at the 

same time as importers would normally 

deposit estimated duties on this 

merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the 

estimated weighted–average 

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1Producers or exporters may also fulfill this 

requirement by submitting a properly filed and 

timely Q&V questionnaire response that indicates 

that the entity or entities had no exports, sales, or 

entries of subject merchandise during the POR. 

antidumping duty margins listed below. 

See section 735(c)(3) of the Act. The 

‘‘PRC–wide’’ rate applies to all exporters 

of subject merchandise not specifically 

listed. The weighted–average dumping 

margins are as follows: 

Exporter & Producer Weighted–Average Margin 

Fushun Carbon Co., Ltd., Produced by: Fushun Carbon Co., Ltd. ........................................................................ 159.64% 

Fangda Carbon New Material Co., Ltd., Produced by: Fangda Carbon New Material Co., Ltd. ........................... 159.64% 

Beijing Fangda Carbon Tech Co., Ltd., Produced by: Chengdu Rongguang Carbon Co., Ltd.; Fangda Carbon 

New Material Co., Ltd.; or Fushun Carbon Co., Ltd. ........................................................................................... 159.64% 

Chengdu Rongguang Carbon Co., Ltd., Produced by: Chengdu Rongguang Carbon Co., Ltd. ........................... 159.64% 

Jilin Carbon Import and Export Company, Produced by: Sinosteel Jilin Carbon Co., Ltd. .................................... 132.90% 

Guanghan Shida Carbon Co., Ltd., Produced by: Guanghan Shida Carbon Co., Ltd. .......................................... 132.90% 

Nantong River–East Carbon Joint Stock Co., Ltd., Produced by: Nantong River–East Carbon Co., Ltd.; or 

Nantong Yangzi Carbon Co., Ltd. ........................................................................................................................ 132.90% 

Xinghe County Muzi Carbon Co. Ltd., Produced by: Xinghe County Muzi Carbon Co., Ltd. ................................ 132.90% 

Brilliant Charter Limited, Produced by: Nantong Falter New Energy Co., Ltd.; or Shanxi Jinneng Group Co., 

Ltd. ....................................................................................................................................................................... 132.90% 

Shijiazhuang Huanan Carbon Factory, Produced by: Shijiazhuang Huanan Carbon Factory ............................... 132.90% 

Shenyang Jinli Metals & Minerals Imp & Exp Co., Ltd., Produced by: Shenyang Jinli Metals & Minerals Imp. & 

Exp. Co., Ltd. ....................................................................................................................................................... 132.90% 

Shanghai Jinneng International Trade Co., Ltd., Produced by: Shanxi Jinneng Group Datong Energy Development Co., Ltd. ...................................................................................................................................................... 132.90% 

Dalian Thrive Metallurgy Import and Export Co., Ltd., Produced by: Linghai Hongfeng Carbon Products Co., 

Ltd.; Tianzhen Jintian Graphite Electrodes Co., Ltd.; Jiaozuo Zhongzhou Carbon Products Co., Ltd.; 

Heilongjiang Xinyuan Carbon Products Co., Ltd.; Xuzhou Jianglong Carbon Manufacture Co., Ltd.; or 

Xinghe Xinyuan Carbon Products Co., Ltd. ......................................................................................................... 132.90% 

GES (China) Co., Ltd., Produced by: Shanghai GC Co., Ltd.; Fushun Jinli Petrochemical Carbon Co., Ltd.; 

Xinghe County Muzi Carbon Plant and Linyi County Lubei Carbon Co., Ltd. Shandong Province ................... 132.90% 

Qingdao Haosheng Metals & Minerals Imp & Exp Co., Ltd., Produced by: Sinosteel Jilin Carbon Co., Ltd. ....... 132.90% 

PRC–Wide Entity ..................................................................................................................................................... 159.64% 

This notice constitutes the 

antidumping duty order with respect to 

small diameter graphite electrodes from 

the PRC pursuant to section 736(a) of 

the Act. Interested parties may contact 

the Department’s Central Records Unit, 

Room 1117 of the main Commerce 

building, for copies of an updated list of 

antidumping duty orders currently in 

effect. 

This order is published in accordance 

with section 736(a) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.211. 

Dated: February 20, 2009. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretaryfor Import 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Initiation of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) has received requests 

to conduct an administrative review of 

one antidumping duty order with a 

January anniversary date, the 

antidumping duty order on wooden 

bedroom furniture from the People’s 

Republic of China (PRC). The 

Department received no other requests 

to conduct administrative reviews of 

antidumping or countervailing duty 

orders or findings with a January 

anniversary date. In accordance with the 

Department’s regulations, we are 

initiating this administrative review. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 26, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Pedersen or Drew Jackson, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office 4, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230, 

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

4406, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Department received timely 

requests, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(b), for an administrative review 

of the antidumping duty order on 

wooden bedroom furniture from the 

PRC (administrative review of wooden 

bedroom furniture) covering multiple 

entities. The Department is now 

initiating an administrative review of 

the order covering those entities. 

Notice of No Sales 

Under 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), the 

Department may rescind a review where 

there are no exports, sales, or entries of 

subject merchandise during the relevant 

period of review (POR) listed below. If 

a producer or exporter named in this 

notice of initiation had no exports, 

sales, or entries during the POR, it 

should notify the Department of this fact 

by the due date for responding to the 

Department’s Quantity and Value 

Questionnaire (‘‘Q&V’’). See http://ia.

ita.doc.gov/download/prc–wbf/

index.html for a copy of the Q&V 

questionnaire. The Department will 

consider rescinding the review only if 

the producer or exporter, as appropriate, 

submits a properly filed and timely 

statement certifying that it had no 

exports, sales, or entries of subject 

merchandise during the POR.1 All 

submissions must be made in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.303 and 

are subject to verification in accordance 

with section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act). Six copies 

of the submission should be submitted 

to the Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, Room 1870, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 14th Street 

and Constitution Avenue, NW, 

Washington, DC 20230. Further, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(f)(1)(i), 

a copy of each request must be served 

on every party on the Department’s 

service list. 

Respondent Selection 

Section 777A(c)(1) of the Act directs 

the Department to calculate individual