Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 53 / Friday, March 20, 2009 / Notices 11909 

1The POR of February 1, 2008, through January 

31, 2009, listed in the NSR request submitted by 

Qingdao Denarius Manufacture Co., Ltd (‘‘Qingdao 

Denarius’’) on February 25, 2009, was incorrect. 

The correct POR is January 23, 2008, through 

January 31, 2009, because the suspension of 

liquidation began on January 23, 2008. See 19 CFR 

351.214(g)(ii)(B). 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

A–570–909 

Certain Steel Nails from the People’s 

Republic of China: Initiation of 

Antidumping Duty New Shipper 

Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 20, 2009. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(‘‘Department’’) has determined that a 

request for a new shipper review 

(‘‘NSR’’) of the antidumping duty order 

on certain steel nails (‘‘steel nails’’) from 

the People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’), 

received on February 25, 2009, meets 

the statutory and regulatory 

requirements for initiation. The period 

of review (‘‘POR’’) for this NSR is 

January 23, 2008, through January 31, 

2009.1

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

Lord, AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, 

Import Administration, International 

Trade Administration, U.S. Department 

of Commerce, 14th Street and 

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: 202–482–7425. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The notice announcing the 

antidumping duty order on certain steel 

nails from the PRC was published in the 

Federal Register on August 1, 2008. See 

Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: 

Certain Steel Nails From the People’s 

Republic of China, 73 FR 44961 (August 

1, 2008) (‘‘Antidumping Duty Order’’). 

On February 25, 2009, pursuant to 

section 751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Tariff Act 

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

CFR 351.214(c), the Department 

received a NSR request from Qingdao 

Denarius. Qingdao Denarius’ request 

was properly made during February 

2009, which is the semi–annual 

anniversary of the Antidumping Duty 

Order. Qingdao Denarius certified that it 

is a producer and exporter of the subject 

merchandise upon which the request 

was based. Qingdao Denarius also 

submitted a public version, which 

adequately summarized proprietary 

information and provided explanations 

as to why certain proprietary 

information is not capable of 

summarization. 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i), 

Qingdao Denarius certified that it did 

not export steel nails to the United 

States during the period of investigation 

(‘‘POI’’). In addition, pursuant to section 

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

351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), Qingdao Denarius 

certified that, since the initiation of the 

investigation, it has never been affiliated 

with any Chinese exporter or producer 

who exported steel nails to the United 

States during the POI, including those 

not individually examined during the 

investigation. As required by 19 CFR 

351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), Qingdao Denarius 

also certified that its export activities 

were not controlled by the central 

government of the PRC. 

In addition to the certifications 

described above, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.214(b)(2)(iv), Qingdao Denarius 

submitted documentation establishing 

the following: (1) the date on which 

Qingdao Denarius first shipped steel 

nails for export to the United States and 

the date on which the steel nails were 

first entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption; (2) the 

volume of its first shipment; and (3) the 

date of its first sale to an unaffiliated 

customer in the United States. 

The Department conducted U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) 

database queries in an attempt to 

confirm that Qingdao Denarius’s 

shipments of subject merchandise had 

entered the United States for 

consumption and that liquidation of 

such entries had been properly 

suspended for antidumping duties. The 

Department also examined whether the 

CBP data confirmed that such entries 

were made during the NSR POR. The 

information we examined was 

consistent with that provided by 

Qingdao Denarius. 

Initiation of New Shipper Reviews 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.214, the 

Department finds that Qingdao Denarius 

meets the threshold requirements for 

initiation of a NSR for the shipments of 

steel nails from the PRC that it produced 

and exported. See ‘‘Memorandum to the 

File from Tim Lord, Case Analyst, 

Initiation of AD New Shipper Review: 

Certain Steel Nails from the People’s 

Republic of China (A–570–909)’’ (March 

16, 2009). 

The Department intends to issue the 

preliminary results of this NSR no later 

than 180 days from the date of 

initiation, and the final results no later 

than 270 days from the date of 

initiation. See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of 

the Act. 

On August 17, 2006, the Pension 

Protection Act of 2006 (‘‘H.R. 4’’) was 

signed into law. Section 1632 of H.R. 4 

temporarily suspends the authority of 

the Department to instruct CBP to 

collect a bond or other security in lieu 

of a cash deposit in new shipper 

reviews during the period of April 1, 

2006, through June 30, 2009. Therefore, 

the posting of a bond or other security 

under section 751(a)(B)(iii) of the Act in 

lieu of a cash deposit is not available in 

this case. Importers of steel nails from 

the PRC manufactured and/or exported 

by Qingdao Denarius must continue to 

post cash deposits of estimated 

antidumping duties on each entry of 

subject merchandise at the current PRC– 

wide entity rate of 118.04 percent. See 

Antidumping Duty Order. 

Interested parties requiring access to 

proprietary information in this NSR 

should submit applications for 

disclosure under administrative 

protective order in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.305 and 351.306. This 

initiation and notice are published in 

accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 

351.221(c)(1)(i). 

Dated: March 16, 2009. 

John M. Andersen, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

[FR Doc. E9–6155 Filed 3–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

North American Free Trade Agreement 

(NAFTA), Article 1904 Binational Panel 

Reviews: Notice of Completion of 

Panel Review 

AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United 

States Section, International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Completion of Panel 

Review of the International Trade 

Administration’s Final Results of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review and Rescission of Certain 

Company-Specific Reviews in Certain 

Softwood Lumber Products from Canada 

(Secretariat File Number: USA–CDA– 

2005–1904–01). 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Order of the 

Binational Panel dated February 10, 

2009, the determination described above 

was completed on February 10, 2009. 

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1Petitioner is Korff Holdings, LLC d/b/a Quaker 

City Castings. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marsha Iyomasa, Deputy United States 

Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite 

2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue, 

Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482–5438. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

February 10, 2009, the Binational Panel 

issued a memorandum opinion and 

order, which granted the International 

Trade Administration’s Motion to 

Dismiss the Complaints, concerning 

Certain Softwood Lumber Products from 

Canada. The Secretariat was instructed 

to issue a Notice of Completion of Panel 

Review on the 31st day following the 

issuance of the Notice of Final Panel 

Action, if no request for an 

Extraordinary Challenge was filed. No 

such request was filed. Therefore, on the 

basis of the Panel Order and Rule 80 of 

the Article 1904 Panel Rules, the Panel 

Review was completed and the panelists 

were discharged from their duties 

effective February 10, 2009. 

Dated: March 13, 2009. 

Marsha Iyomasa, 

Deputy United States Secretary, NAFTA 

Secretariat. 

[FR Doc. E9–6034 Filed 3–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–GT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–357–819, C–580–862] 

Ni-Resist Piston Inserts From 

Argentina and the Republic of Korea: 

Notice of Postponement of Preliminary 

Determination in the Countervailing 

Duty Investigations 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Effective Date: March 20, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Conniff (Republic of Korea) or Kristen 

Johnson (Argentina), AD/CVD 

Operations, Office 3, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone 202–482–1009 and (202) 482– 

4793, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On February 23, 2009, the Department 

of Commerce (the Department) initiated 

the countervailing duty investigations of 

ni-resist piston inserts from Argentina 

and the Republic of Korea. See Ni-Resist 

Piston Inserts from Argentina and the 

Republic of Korea: Initiation of 

Countervailing Duty Investigations, 74 

FR 8054, and (February 23, 2009). 

Postponement of Due Date for 

Preliminary Determination 

Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act), requires the 

Department to issue the preliminary 

determination in a countervailing duty 

investigation within 65 days after the 

date on which the Department initiated 

the investigation. However, the 

Department may postpone making the 

preliminary determination until no later 

than 130 days after the date on which 

the administering authority initiated the 

investigation if, pursuant to section 

703(c)(1)(B)(i) of the Act, the 

Department concludes that the parties 

concerned in the investigation are 

cooperating and determines that the 

investigation is extraordinarily 

complicated or, pursuant to 

703(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act, the 

Department finds that ‘‘additional time 

is necessary to the make the preliminary 

determination.’’ 

In the Korean investigation, the 

Department is currently investigating a 

number of complex alleged subsidy 

programs including loans from stateowned banks and lending programs 

where state-owned banks are using 

commercial banks as a means of 

financing Korean manufacturers and 

exporters. In the Argentine 

investigation, on March 5, 2009, 

petitioner submitted to the Department 

timely new subsidy allegations.1 In that 

submission, currently under review by 

the Department, petitioner alleges that 

Clorindo Appo SRL (Clorindo), the 

mandatory respondent, received various 

energy rate subsidies, technical business 

assistance from an enterprise 

development center, government 

financing subsidies in the form of preexport and post-export loans, import 

financing, investment financing for 

small and medium-sized enterprises, 

and working capital credit from 

government banks. 

Due to the number and complexity of 

the alleged subsidy programs at issue in 

the Korean investigation and in light of 

the new subsidy allegations at issue in 

the Argentine investigation, we find that 

we require additional time to complete 

the preliminary determinations in the 

respective investigations. Therefore, in 

accordance with section 703(c)(1)(B)(ii) 

of the Act, we are fully extending the 

due date for the preliminary 

determinations to no later than 130 days 

after the day on which the 

investigations were initiated. The 

deadline for completion of the 

preliminary determinations is now June 

29, 2009. 

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to section 703(c)(2) of the Act. 

Dated: March 16, 2009. 

John M. Andersen, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

[FR Doc. E9–6150 Filed 3–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

A–823–808 

Certain Cut–to-Length Carbon Steel 

Plate from Ukraine; Final Results of 

Full Sunset Review of the Suspension 

Agreement 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Final Results of the 

Full Sunset Review of the Suspension 

Agreement on Certain Cut–to-Length 

Carbon Steel Plate from Ukraine 

SUMMARY: 

On November 25, 2008, the 

Department of Commerce (‘‘the 

Department’’) published a notice of 

preliminary results of the full sunset 

review of the suspended antidumping 

duty investigation on certain cut–tolength carbon steel plate (‘‘CTL plate’’) 

from Ukraine pursuant to section 751(c) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(‘‘the Act’’). See Certain Cut–to-Length 

Carbon Steel Plate from Ukraine; 

Preliminary Results of Full Sunset 

Review of the Suspension Agreement, 73 

FR 71603 (November 25, 2008) 

(‘‘Preliminary Results’’). We provided 

interested parties an opportunity to 

comment on our Preliminary Results. 

The Department did not receive 

comments from either domestic or 

respondent interested parties. As a 

result of this review, the Department 

continues to find that termination of the 

suspended antidumping duty 

investigation on CTL plate from Ukraine 

would likely lead to a continuation or 

recurrence of dumping at the levels 

indicated in the ‘‘Final Results of 

Review’’ section of this notice. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 20, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Judith Wey Rudman or Jay Carreiro, 

Import Administration, International 

Trade Administration, U.S. Department 

of Commerce, 14th Street and 

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,