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1See Verification of the Sales and Factors 

Response of DunAn in the Antidumping 

Investigation of Frontseating Service Valves from 

the People’s Republic of China, dated January 15, 

2009 (‘‘DunAn Verification Report’’); and 

Verification of the U.S. sales questionnaire 

responses of Zhejiang DunAn Precision Industries 

Co., Ltd., Zhejiang DunAn Hetian Metal Co., Ltd., 

and their U.S. subsidiary DunAn Precision Inc. in 

the Antidumping Investigation of Frontseating 

Service Valves from the People’s Republic of China, 

dated January 14, 2009 (‘‘DunAn CEP Verification 

Report’’). 

2See Verification of the Sales and Factors 

Response of Zhejiang Sanhua Co., Ltd. in the 

Antidumping Investigation of Frontseating Service 

Valves from the People’s Republic of China, dated 

January 16, 2009 (‘‘Sanhua Verification Report’’), 

and Verification of the U.S. Sales Response of 

Zhejiang Sanhua Co., Ltd. and Sanhua International 

Inc. in the Antidumping Investigation of 

Frontseating Service Valves from the People’s 

Republic of China, dated January 16, 2009 (‘‘Sanhua 

CEP Verification Report’’). 

The preliminary results for these 

administrative reviews are currently due 

no later than April 2, 2009. 

Statutory Time Limits 

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

of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’), 

requires the Department to issue the 

preliminary results of an administrative 

review within 245 days after the last day 

of the anniversary month of an order for 

which a review is requested and a final 

determination within 120 days after the 

date on which the preliminary results 

are published. 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. 

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary 

Results 

The Department finds that it is not 

practicable to complete the preliminary 

results of this review within the original 

time frame because additional 

information from the respondents is 

necessary to complete our analysis and 

we will not have sufficient time to 

obtain and analyze the new information 

prior to the current deadline for the 

preliminary results (i.e., 245 days). 

Furthermore, we require additional time 

to conduct verifications in the review of 

stainless steel sheet and strip in coils 

from Japan. Therefore, the Department 

is extending the time limit for 

completion of the preliminary results by 

120 days, in accordance with section 

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. The preliminary 

results are now due no later than July 

31, 2009. The final results continue to 

be due 120 days after publication of the 

preliminary results. 

We are issuing and publishing this 

notice in accordance with sections 

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

Dated: March 9, 2009. 

John M. Andersen, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

[FR Doc. E9–5493 Filed 3–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–933] 

Frontseating Service Valves From the 

People’s Republic of China: Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Final Negative 

Determination of Critical 

Circumstances 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Effective Date: March 13, 2009. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the ‘‘Department’’) has determined that 

frontseating service valves (‘‘FSVs’’) 

from the People’s Republic of China 

(‘‘PRC’’) are being, or are likely to be, 

sold in the United States at less than fair 

value (‘‘LTFV’’) as provided in section 

735 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (‘‘the Act’’). The estimated 

margins of sales at LTFV are shown in 

the ‘‘Final Determination Margins’’ 

section of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eugene Degnan or Lori Apodaca, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office 8, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–0414 or (202) 482– 

4551, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Case History 

The Department published its 

preliminary determination of sales at 

LTFV on October 22, 2008. See 

Frontseating Service Valves from the 

People’s Republic of China: Preliminary 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, Preliminary Negative 

Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, and Postponement of 

Final Determination, 73 FR 62952 

(October 22, 2008) (‘‘Preliminary 

Determination’’). The period of 

investigation (‘‘POI’’) is July 1, 2007, to 

December 31, 2007. 

Between November 10 and December 

18, 2008, the Department conducted 

verifications of Zhejiang DunAn 

Precision Industries Co., Ltd., Zhejiang 

DunAn Hetian Metal Co., Ltd. (‘‘DunAn 

Hetian’’) and their U.S. subsidiary, 

DunAn Precision, Inc. (‘‘DunAn 

Precision’’) (collectively, ‘‘DunAn’’) 1

and Zhejiang Sanhua Co., Ltd. 

(‘‘Zhejiang Sanhua’’) and Sanhua 

International Inc. (‘‘Sanhua 

International’’) (collectively 

‘‘Sanhua’’).2 See the ‘‘Verification’’ 

section below for additional 

information. 

We invited interested parties to 

comment on the Preliminary 

Determination and on January 26, 2009, 

Parker-Hannifin Corporation 

(‘‘Petitioner’’) and DunAn filed case 

briefs. On February 2, 2009, Petitioner, 

DunAn and Sanhua filed rebuttal briefs. 

The Department held a hearing on 

February 12, 2009. 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i) of the 

Act, we verified the information 

submitted by DunAn and Sanhua for 

use in our final determination. See the 

Department’s verification reports on the 

record of this investigation in the 

Central Records Unit (‘‘CRU’’), Room 

1117 of the main Department building, 

with respect to these entities. For all 

verified companies, we used standard 

verification procedures, including 

examination of relevant accounting and 

production records, as well as original 

source documents provided by 

respondents. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case and 

rebuttal briefs by parties to this 

investigation are addressed in the 

‘‘Investigation of Frontseating Service 

Valves from the People’s Republic of 

China: Issues and Decision 

Memorandum’’ (‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum’’), dated concurrently 

with this notice and which is hereby 

adopted by this notice. A list of the 

issues which parties raised and to 

which we respond in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum is attached to 

this notice as Appendix I. The Issues 

and Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file in the CRU, and 

is accessible on the Web http:// 

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3The frontseating service valve differs from a 

backseating service valve in that a backseating 

service valve has two sealing surfaces on the valve 

stem. This difference typically incorporates a valve 

stem on a backseating service valve to be machined 

of steel, where a frontseating service valve has a 

brass stem. The backseating service valve dual stem 

seal (on the back side of the stem), creates a metal 

to metal seal when the valve is in the open position, 

thus, sealing the stem from the atmosphere. 

and electronic version of the 

memorandum are identical in content. 

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our analysis of information 

on the record of this investigation, we 

have made changes to the margin 

calculations for the final determination 

for all mandatory respondents. 

General Issues 

Calculation of Surrogate Financial 

Ratios 

• For the final determination, we are 

calculating the surrogate financial ratios 

using the statements of Siddhi Cast 

Private Limited (‘‘Siddhi’’), Pyrocast 

India Private Ltd. (‘‘Pyrocast’’), and 

Dharpat Casting Private Ltd (‘‘Dharpat’’). 

See Issues and Decision Memorandum 

at Comment 1. 

Calculation of Surrogate Values 

• For the final determination, we are 

valuing the inputs of brass connection 

tube heads and connection tube caps 

using WTA data for Indian HTS 

category 7412.20.19. See Issues and 

Decision Memorandum at Comments 6f 

and 6h. 

• For the final determination, we are 

valuing valve cores using WTA data for 

Indian HTS category 8481.90.90. See 

Issues and Decision Memorandum at 7. 

Company-Specific Issues 

DunAn 

• For the final determination, we are 

using the U.S. sales and factor of 

production (‘‘FOP’’) databases 

submitted by DunAn on January 22, 

2009. 

• For the final determination, we 

applied, as partial AFA to certain of 

DunAn’s December 2007 sales, a rate of 

55.62 percent (the rate from the 

initiation of this proceeding) which 

constitutes the highest rate from this 

proceeding. See Memorandum regarding 

‘‘Application of Partial Adverse Facts 

Available for Zhejiang DunAn Precision 

Industries Co., Ltd., Zhejiang DunAn 

Hetian Metal Co., Ltd., and their U.S. 

subsidiary DunAn Precision Inc. in the 

Antidumping Investigation of 

Frontseating Service Valves from the 

People’s Republic of China’’ (March 6, 

2009) (‘‘Partial AFA Memo’’) and Issues 

and Decision Memorandum at Comment 

12c. 

• For the final determination, we 

applied, as partial AFA to the inventory 

carrying cost (‘‘ICC’’) for all of DunAn’s 

sales during the months of October, 

November and December 2007, the 

highest ICC calculated for any sale 

during the POI. See Partial AFA Memo 

and Issues and Decision Memorandum 

at Comment 12c. 

• For the final determination, we are 

allowing, in part, DunAn’s claimed byproduct offsets for scrap sold, and scrap 

recycled into the production of subject 

merchandise. See Issues and Decision 

Memorandum at Comment 12j, and 

DunAn Analysis Memorandum for the 

Final Determination, dated March 6, 

2009. 

Sanhua 

• For the final determination, we are 

using the U.S. sales and FOP databases 

submitted by Sanhua on January 22, 

2009. However, for eight transactions in 

the U.S. sales database, which did not 

contain price or selling expense data, 

we are applying, as facts available, the 

average margin calculated for each of 

the CONNUMs associated with these 

sales. See Use of Facts Available, below. 

• For the final determination, we are 

allowing, in part, the by-product offset 

for scrap claimed by Sanhua. See Issues 

and Decision Memorandum at Comment 

10g. 

• For the final determination, to 

calculate normal value for certain sales 

that were sold during the POI but 

produced prior to the POI, we are using 

the FOPs of subject merchandise 

produced during the POI with the 

nearest similar physical characteristics 

(as demonstrated by the control 

numbers (‘‘CONNUMs’’)) to those 

products. See Sanhua Analysis 

Memorandum for the Final 

Determination. 

Scope of Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is frontseating service 

valves, assembled or unassembled, 

complete or incomplete, and certain 

parts thereof. Frontseating service 

valves contain a sealing surface on the 

front side of the valve stem that allows 

the indoor unit or outdoor unit to be 

isolated from the refrigerant stream 

when the air conditioning or 

refrigeration unit is being serviced. 

Frontseating service valves rely on an 

elastomer seal when the stem cap is 

removed for servicing and the stem cap 

metal to metal seat to create this seal to 

the atmosphere during normal 

operation.3

For purposes of the scope, the term 

‘‘unassembled’’ frontseating service 

valve means a brazed subassembly 

requiring any one or more of the 

following processes: the insertion of a 

valve core pin, the insertion of a valve 

stem and/or O ring, the application or 

installation of a stem cap, charge port 

cap or tube dust cap. The term 

‘‘complete’’ frontseating service valve 

means a product sold ready for 

installation into an air conditioning or 

refrigeration unit. The term 

‘‘incomplete’’ frontseating service valve 

means a product that when sold is in 

multiple pieces, sections, subassemblies 

or components and is incapable of being 

installed into an air conditioning or 

refrigeration unit as a single, unified 

valve without further assembly. 

The major parts or components of 

frontseating service valves intended to 

be covered by the scope under the term 

‘‘certain parts thereof’’ are any brazed 

subassembly consisting of any two or 

more of the following components: a 

valve body, field connection tube, 

factory connection tube or valve charge 

port. The valve body is a rectangular 

block, or brass forging, machined to be 

hollow in the interior, with a generally 

square shaped seat (bottom of body). 

The field connection tube and factory 

connection tube consist of copper or 

other metallic tubing, cut to length, 

shaped and brazed to the valve body in 

order to create two ports, the factory 

connection tube and the field 

connection tube, each on opposite sides 

of the valve assembly body. The valve 

charge port is a service port via which 

a hose connection can be used to charge 

or evacuate the refrigerant medium or to 

monitor the system pressure for 

diagnostic purposes. 

The scope includes frontseating 

service valves of any size, configuration, 

material composition or connection 

type. Frontseating service valves are 

classified under subheading 

8481.80.1095, and also have been 

classified under subheading 

8415.90.80.85, of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States 

(‘‘HTSUS’’). It is possible for 

frontseating service valves to be 

manufactured out of primary materials 

other than copper and brass, in which 

case they would be classified under 

HTSUS subheadings 8481.80.3040, 

8481.80.3090, or 8481.80.5090. In 

addition, if unassembled or incomplete 

frontseating service valves are imported, 

the various parts or components would 

be classified under HTSUS subheadings 

8481.90.1000, 8481.90.3000, or 

8481.90.5000. The HTSUS subheadings 

are provided for convenience and 

customs purposes, but the written 


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4See Frontseating Service Valves from the 

People’s Republic of China: Notice of Initiation of 

Antidumping Duty Investigation, 73 FR at 20250, 

2025 (April 15, 2008). 

description of the scope of this 

proceeding is dispositive. 

Scope Comments 

We set aside a period for interested 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage. See Antidumping Duties; 

Countervailing Duties; Final Rule, 62 FR 

27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). In our 

Initiation Notice, we encouraged parties 

to submit comments regarding the scope 

of the merchandise under investigation 

by April 28, 2008. On April 28, 2008, 

Sanhua submitted scope comments. No 

other party submitted scope comments. 

On May 8, 2008, Petitioner submitted 

rebuttal scope comments. No other party 

submitted rebuttal comments. Sanhua 

requested that the Department limit the 

scope to FSVs made of brass or copper 

and not include forged products with 

integrated feet because it believes the 

scope as written covers too broad a 

range of service valves. Sanhua argues 

that service valves may erroneously be 

classified as FSVs when they enter the 

United States under the current scope 

description. Specifically, Sanhua 

contends that the scope as written 

currently suggests that FSVs are made of 

any material. Sanhua argues that, in 

fact, FSVs must stand up to certain 

operating conditions and brass FSVs are 

the only product that meet those 

conditions and demands. Petitioner 

argues that the Department should not 

consider any changes that would limit 

the scope to specific material 

composition or mounting type or that 

would attempt to remove all forged 

valve bodies from the scope. 

In the Initiation Notice,4 we stated 

that the scope of merchandise includes 

FSVs of any size, configuration, material 

composition or connection type. FSVs 

are classified under subheading 

8481.80.1095, and also have been 

classified under subheading 

8415.90.80.85 of the HTSUS. 

Additionally, we stated that it is 

possible for FSVs to be manufactured 

out of primary materials other than 

copper and brass, in which case they 

would be classified under HTSUS 

subheadings 8481.80.3040, 

8481.80.3090, or 8481.80.5090. In the 

Preliminary Determination we stated 

that, based upon the above, we have 

preliminarily determined that the scope 

of the merchandise under consideration 

as it is currently written clearly 

describes the scope of the merchandise 

under consideration. No party 

submitted comments on scope issues 

addressed in the Preliminary 

Determination. Therefore, we are not 

making any changes to scope of the 

proceeding in this final determination. 

Surrogate Country 

In the Preliminary Determination, we 

stated that we had selected India as the 

appropriate surrogate country to use in 

this investigation for the following 

reasons: (1) It is a significant producer 

of comparable merchandise; (2) it is at 

a similar level of economic development 

comparable to that of the PRC; and (3) 

we have reliable data from India that we 

can use to value the factors of 

production. See Preliminary 

Determination at 62954. For the final 

determination, we received no 

comments and made no changes to our 

findings with respect to the selection of 

a surrogate country. 

Separate Rates 

In proceedings involving nonmarket 

economy (‘‘NME’’) countries, the 

Department begins with a rebuttable 

presumption that all companies within 

the country are subject to government 

control and, thus, should be assigned a 

single antidumping duty deposit rate. It 

is the Department’s policy to assign all 

exporters of merchandise subject to an 

investigation in an NME country this 

single rate unless an exporter can 

demonstrate that it is sufficiently 

independent so as to be entitled to a 

separate rate. See Final Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sparklers 

from the People’s Republic of China, 56 

FR 20588 (May 6, 1991) (‘‘Sparklers’’), 

as amplified by Notice of Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value: Silicon Carbide from the 

People’s Republic of China, 59 FR 22585 

(May 2, 1994) (‘‘Silicon Carbide’’), and 

19 CFR 351.107(d). 

In the Preliminary Determination, we 

found that DunAn and Sanhua 

demonstrated their eligibility for 

separate-rate status. For the final 

determination, we continue to find that 

the evidence placed on the record of 

this investigation by DunAn and Sanhua 

demonstrates both a de jure and de facto 

absence of government control, with 

respect to their respective exports of the 

merchandise under investigation, and, 

thus both are eligible for separate rate 

status. 

Use of Facts Available 

Section 776(a)(2) of the Act, provides 

that, if an interested party: (A) 

Withholds information that has been 

requested by the Department; (B) fails to 

provide such information in a timely 

manner or in the form or manner 

requested subject to sections 782(c)(1) 

and (e) of the Act; (C) significantly 

impedes a proceeding under the 

antidumping statute; or (D) provides 

such information but the information 

cannot be verified as provided in 

section 782(i) of the Act, the Department 

shall, subject to subsection 782(d) of the 

Act, use facts otherwise available in 

reaching the applicable determination. 

Section 782(e) of the Act states that 

the Department shall not decline to 

consider information deemed 

‘‘deficient’’ under section 782(d) of the 

Act if: (1) The information is submitted 

by the established deadline; (2) the 

information can be verified; (3) the 

information is not so incomplete that it 

cannot serve as a reliable basis for 

reaching the applicable determination; 

(4) the interested party has 

demonstrated that it acted to the best of 

its ability; and (5) the information can 

be used without undue difficulties. 

Furthermore, section 776(b) of the Act 

states that if the Department ‘‘finds that 

an interested party has failed to 

cooperate by not acting to the best of its 

ability to comply with a request for 

information from the administering 

authority or the Commission, the 

administering authority or the 

Commission (as the case may be), in 

reaching the applicable determination 

under this title, may use an inference 

that is adverse to the interests of that 

party in selecting from among the facts 

otherwise available.’’ See also 

Statement of Administrative Action 

accompanying the Uruguay Round 

Agreements Act, H.R. Rep. No. 103–316, 

Vol. 1 (1994) (‘‘SAA’’) at 870. 

For this final determination, in 

accordance with sections 773(c)(3)(A) 

and (B) of the Act and section 776(a)(2) 

and 776(b) of the Act, we have 

determined that the use of total adverse 

facts available (‘‘AFA’’) is warranted for 

the PRC entity, and partial adverse facts 

available is warranted for both DunAn 

and Sanhua, as discussed below. 

The PRC-Wide Entity 

Because we begin with the 

presumption that all companies within 

an NME country are subject to 

government control and because only 

the companies listed under the ‘‘Final 

Determination Margins’’ section below 

have overcome that presumption, we are 

applying a single antidumping rate—the 

PRC-wide rate—to all other exporters of 

subject merchandise from the PRC. See, 

e.g., Synthetic Indigo from the People’s 

Republic of China: Notice of Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, 65 FR 25706 (May 3, 2000). 

The PRC-wide rate applies to all entries 

of subject merchandise except for 

entries from the respondents identified 


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as receiving a separate rate in the ‘‘Final 

Determination Margins’’ section below. 

In the Preliminary Determination, the 

Department found that the PRC-wide 

entity did not respond to our requests 

for information because record evidence 

indicates there were more exporters of 

FSVs from the PRC during the POI than 

those that responded to the Q&V 

questionnaire or the full antidumping 

questionnaire. Therefore, in the 

Preliminary Determination, we treated 

these PRC exporters as part of the PRCwide entity because they did not 

demonstrate that they operate free of 

government control over their export 

activities. No additional information 

was placed on the record with respect 

to these entities after the Preliminary 

Determination. In addition, because the 

PRC-wide entity has not provided the 

Department with the requested 

information, pursuant to section 

776(a)(2)(A), (B) and (C) of the Act, the 

Department continues to find that the 

use of facts available is appropriate to 

determine the PRC-wide rate. Section 

776(b) of the Act provides that, in 

selecting from among the facts 

otherwise available, the Department 

may employ an adverse inference if an 

interested party fails to cooperate by not 

acting to the best of its ability to comply 

with requests for information. See 

Notice of Final Determination of Sales 

at Less Than Fair Value: Certain ColdRolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel 

Products from the Russian Federation, 

65 FR 5510, 5518 (February 4, 2000). 

See also SAA at 870. We have 

determined that, because the PRC-wide 

entity did not respond to our request for 

information, it has failed to cooperate to 

the best of its ability. Therefore, the 

Department finds that, in selecting from 

among the facts otherwise available, an 

adverse inference is warranted. 

DunAn 

The Department finds that it has 

insufficient information on the record to 

construct an accurate and otherwise 

reliable margin with respect to certain of 

DunAn’s December 2007 U.S. sales, and 

to value DunAn’s inventory carrying 

cost (‘‘ICC’’) for all sales for the months 

of October, November and December 

2007. Further, we find that the 

information is not on the record, and 

that DunAn significantly impeded this 

proceeding, and provided information 

that could not be verified, pursuant to 

sections 776(a)(1) and (2) of the Act. 

Accordingly, the Department is using 

the facts otherwise available. Moreover, 

because the Department finds that 

DunAn failed to cooperate to the best of 

its ability, pursuant to Section 776(b) of 

the Act, the Department has determined 

to use an adverse inference when 

applying partial facts available in this 

review. Accordingly, as partial AFA for 

certain U.S. sales, the Department is 

applying the rate from the initiation, 

which is 55.62 percent. 

Additionally, to value ICC for sales 

that took place in the months of 

October, November or December 2007, 

we have selected as partial AFA the 

highest ICC expense calculated for any 

sale during the POI. For a full 

discussion of this issue see Partial AFA 

Memo. 

Sanhua 

On January 16, 2009, subsequent to 

the verification of Sanhua, we requested 

that Sanhua submit revised FOP and 

U.S. sales data bases, incorporating all 

prior corrections and any additional 

corrections to its data based on the 

results of the verification. In that 

request, we notified Sanhua that upon 

receipt of a response that is incomplete 

or deficient, the Department may 

proceed with the use of facts available. 

Analysis of the data submitted in the 

U.S. sales database shows that for eight 

transactions Sanhua did not include 

either the sales prices of the FSVs or the 

selling expenses associated with those 

sales. Because the Department did not 

alert Sanhua to this deficiency, and 

because these eight sales comprise a 

very small percentage of overall sales 

that would not have a significant effect 

on the margin calculation, we have 

determined to apply to these sales, as 

facts available, the average margin 

calculated for each of the CONNUMs 

associated with these sales. 

Corroboration 

Section 776(c) of the Act provides 

that, when the Department relies on 

secondary information in using the facts 

otherwise available, it must, to the 

extent practicable, corroborate that 

information from independent sources 

that are reasonably at its disposal. We 

have interpreted ‘‘corroborate’’ to mean 

that we will, to the extent practicable, 

examine the reliability and relevance of 

the information submitted. See Notice of 

Final Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value: Certain Cold-Rolled 

Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel 

Products From Brazil, 65 FR 5554, 5568 

(February 4, 2000); see, e.g., Tapered 

Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, 

Finished and Unfinished, From Japan, 

and Tapered Roller Bearings, Four 

Inches or Less in Outside Diameter, and 

Components Thereof, From Japan; 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Reviews and 

Partial Termination of Administrative 

Reviews, 61 FR 57391, 57392 (November 

6, 1996), unchanged in Tapered Roller 

Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished 

and Unfinished, From Japan, and 

Tapered Roller Bearings, Four Inches or 

Less in Outside Diameter, and 

Components Thereof, From Japan: Final 

Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Reviews and 

Termination in Part, 62 FR 11825 

(March 13, 1997). 

At the Preliminary Determination, in 

accordance with section 776(c) of the 

Act, we corroborated our AFA margin 

by comparing it to the margins we found 

for the respondents. We found that the 

margin from the initiation, 55.62 

percent, had probative value because it 

was in the range of margins we found 

for the mandatory respondents. 

Similarly, for the final determination, 

we have also compared the margin from 

the initiation to the margins calculated 

for the respondents. We found that the 

margin from the initiation is within the 

range of the margins calculated for the 

mandatory respondents in this 

investigation. 

Because no parties commented on the 

selection of the PRC-wide rate, we 

continue to find that the margin of 55.62 

percent has probative value. 

Accordingly, we find that the rate of 

55.62 percent is corroborated within the 

meaning of section 776(c) of the Act. 

Critical Circumstances 

In the Preliminary Determination, we 

did not find that critical circumstances 

exist with respect to either the PRCwide entity or the mandatory 

respondents. For this final 

determination, we continue to find that 

critical circumstances do not exist with 

respect to either the PRC-wide entity or 

the mandatory respondents. For a 

detailed discussion of our findings, see 

Issues and Decision Memorandum at 

Comment 2. 

Combination Rates 

In the Preliminary Determination, the 

Department stated that it would 

calculate combination rates for the 

respondents that are eligible for a 

separate rate in this investigation. See 

Preliminary Determination, 73 FR at 

62961. This change in practice is 

described in Policy Bulletin 05.1, 

‘‘Separate Rates Practice and 

Application of Combination Rates in 

Antidumping Investigations Involving 

Non-Market Economy Countries.’’ 

available at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/policy/ 

index.html. 

Final Determination Margins 

We determine that the following 

percentage weighted-average margins 

exist for the POI: 


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Exporter/Producer combination 

Percent 

margin 

Exporter: Zhejiang Sanhua Co., Ltd. 28.44 

Producer: Zhejiang Sanhua Co., Ltd.

Exporter: Zhejiang DunAn Hetian 

Metal Co., Ltd.

12.95 

Producer: Zhejiang DunAn Hetian 

Metal Co., Ltd.

PRC-Wide Entity * ............................. 55.62 

* The PRC-wide entity includes Tianda. 

Disclosure 

We will disclose the calculations 

performed within five days of the date 

of publication of this notice to parties in 

this proceeding in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.224(b). 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we are directing 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(‘‘CBP’’) to continue to suspend 

liquidation of all imports of subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after October 22, 2008, the date of 

publication of the Preliminary 

Determination in the Federal Register. 

We will instruct CBP to continue to 

require a cash deposit or the posting of 

a bond for all companies based on the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins shown above. The suspension 

of liquidation instructions will remain 

in effect until further notice. 

ITC Notification 

In accordance with section 735(d) of 

the Act, we have notified the 

International Trade Commission (‘‘ITC’’) 

of our final determination of sales at 

LTFV. As our final determination is 

affirmative, in accordance with section 

735(b)(2) of the Act, within 45 days the 

ITC will determine whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured, or threatened with 

material injury, by reason of imports or 

sales (or the likelihood of sales) for 

importation of the subject merchandise. 

If the ITC determines that material 

injury or threat of material injury does 

not exist, the proceeding will be 

terminated and all securities posted will 

be refunded or canceled. If the ITC 

determines that such injury does exist, 

the Department will issue an 

antidumping duty order directing CBP 

to assess antidumping duties on all 

imports of the subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the effective 

date of the suspension of liquidation. 

Notification Regarding APO 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to the parties subject to administrative 

protective order (‘‘APO’’) of their 

responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely 

notification of return or destruction of 

APO materials or conversion to judicial 

protective order is hereby requested. 

Failure to comply with the regulations 

and the terms of an APO is a 

sanctionable violation. 

This determination and notice are 

issued and published in accordance 

with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act. 

Dated: March 6, 2009. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

APPENDIX I—LIST OF ISSUES IN THE 

ACCOMPANYING ISSUES AND 

DECISION MEMORANDUM 

I. General Issues 

Comment 1: Selection of Surrogate Financial 

Statements and Calculation of the 

Surrogate Financial Ratios 

Comment 1a: Treatment of Job Work 

Expenses 

Comment 1b: Treatment of Commissions, 

Advertising and Other Selling Expenses 

Comment 1c: Treatment of Other Income 

Earned From Non-Essential Business 

Comment 1d: Treatment of Taxes Other 

Than Corporate Income Tax or Value 

Added Tax 

Comment 1e: Treatment of Generator 

Expenses 

Comment 1f: Treatment of ‘‘Gratuity’’ 

Benefit Program Expenses 

Comment 2: Whether Critical Circumstances 

Exist for Both Respondents and the PRCEntity 

Comment 3: Regression Analysis for the 

Labor Wage Rate 

Comment 4: Whether to Exclude Imports 

from Japan, France and the UAE in the 

Surrogate Value Calculation for Brass Bar 

Comment 5: Whether to Exclude Imports of 

Sri Lankan Re-Melted Brass Ingots and 

Cast ‘‘Wire Bars’’ from the Surrogate 

Value Calculation for Brass Bar 

Comment 6: Valuation of Valve Components 

Other Than Valve Cores 

Comment 7: Valuation of Valve Cores 

Comment 8: Surrogate Value Source for 

Electricity 

II. Sanhua-Specific Issues 

Comment 9: Whether to Apply Total Adverse 

Facts Available to Sanhua 

Comment 10: Whether to Apply Partial 

Adverse Facts Available to Sanhua 

Comment 10a: Certain Unreported U.S. 

Sales 

Comment 10b: Certain Omitted Credit 

Memos 

Comment 10c: Unreported Shrink Wrap 

Comment 10d: Pallet Use 

Comment 10e: Material and Exchange Rate 

Surcharges 

Comment 10f: Missing International 

Movement Expenses 

Comment 10g: Scrap Offsets 

Comment 10h: Unreported Electricity 

Consumption 

Comment 10i: Unreported Ammonia 

Consumption 

Comment 10j: Weight of Cardboard Cartons 

Comment 10k: Plastic Bags for Scrap 

III. DunAn-Specific Issues 

Comment 11: Whether to Apply Total 

Adverse Facts Available to DunAn 

Comment 12: Whether to Apply Partial 

Adverse Facts Available to DunAn 

Comment 12a: Affiliation With U.S. 

Customer 

Comment 12b: Whether DunAn Reported 

Wrong Date of Sale 

Comment 12c: Whether DunAn Failed to 

Reconcile Quantity and Value and 

Completeness 

Comment 12d: Reported Weights 

Comment 12e: Cost Reconciliation 

Comment 12f: Brass Bar and Other 

Materials 

Comment 12g: Electricity Consumption 

Comment 12h: Ammonia Consumption 

Comment 12i: Labor Consumption 

Comment 12j: By-Product Offset for Brass 

Scrap 

Comment 13: Weight of Pallets Consumed 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Mission Statement; Aerospace 

Supplier Development Mission to 

Canada; May 5–6, 2009 

AGENCY: Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Mission Description 

The U.S. Department of Commerce, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service in 

Canada is organizing an Aerospace 

Supplier Development Mission to 

Montreal, May 5–6, 2009. This 

aerospace mission is designed to 

provide U.S. aerospace export-ready, 

small to medium-sized companies 

(SMEs) with a highly efficient and costeffective opportunity to establish 

profitable commercial relations with 

prospective agents, distributors and 

end-users in Canada’s aerospace market. 

Participating U.S. companies will 

receive market intelligence briefings by 

Canadian industry experts, networking 

opportunities and most importantly, 

pre-scheduled, pre-screened one-on-one 

meetings with Canadian aerospace 

company representatives. Mission 

participants will also benefit from 


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