Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 83 / Monday, April 30, 2001 / Notices 21313

CIRCULAR WELDED NON-ALLOY STEEL

PIPE

Producer/manufacturer/exporter

Weightedaverage

margin

(percent)

TUNA ........................................ 3.48

The Department shall determine, and

the U.S. Customs Service (‘‘Customs’’)

shall assess, antidumping duties on all

appropriate entries. In accordance with

19 CFR 351.212(b), we have calculated

exporter/importer-specific assessment

rates by dividing the total dumping

margins calculated for the U.S. sales to

the importer by the total entered value

of these sales. This rate will be used for

the assessment of antidumping duties

on all entries of the subject merchandise

by that importer during the POR. The

Department’s decision applies to all

entries of subject merchandise produced

and exported by TUNA, entered, or

withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after November 1,

1998 and on or before October 31, 1999.

Cash Deposit Requirements

The following deposit requirements

will be effective upon publication of

this notice of final results of

administrative review for all shipments

of circular welded non-alloy steel pipe

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,

for consumption on or after the date of

publication, as provided by section

751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit

rate for TUNA will be the rate shown

above; (2) for previously reviewed or

investigated companies not listed above,

the cash deposit rate will continue to be

the company-specific rate published for

the most recent period; (3) if the

exporter is not a firm covered in this

review, a prior review, or the original

less-than-fair-value (‘‘LTFV’’)

investigation, but the manufacturer is,

the cash deposit rate will be the rate

established for the most recent period

for the manufacturer of the

merchandise; and (4) if neither the

exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm

covered in these or any previous

reviews conducted by the Department,

the cash deposit rate will be the ‘‘all

others’’ rate, which is 36.62 percent.

These deposit requirements shall

remain in effect until publication of the

final results of the next administrative

review.

This notice also serves as the only

reminder to parties subject to

administrative protective orders

(‘‘APO’’) of their responsibility

concerning the return or destruction of

proprietary information disclosed under

APO in accordance with 19 CFR

351.305 or conversion to judicial

protective order is hereby requested.

Failure to comply with the regulations

and terms of an APO is a violation

which is subject to sanction. We are

issuing and publishing this

determination and notice in accordance

with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the

Act.

Dated: April 11, 2001.

Timothy J. Hauser,

Acting Under Secretary for International

Trade.

Appendix—Issues in Decision

Memorandum

(1) Level of Trade/CEP Offset

A. Methodology

B. Fact pattern of the case—

C. Overstatement of indirect selling

expenses

(2) G&A Ratio

(3) Inflation Adjustments in the Mexican

Market

(4) CEP Ratio

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–862]

Notice of Postponement of Final

Determination of Antidumping Duty

Investigation: Foundry Coke From the

People’s Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of postponement of final

determination of antidumping duty

investigation.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 30, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Doreen Chen or James Doyle, Office IX,

DAS Group III, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,

Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202)

482–0408 and (202) 482–0159,

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

(URAA). In addition, unless otherwise

indicated, all citations to Department of

Commerce (the Department) regulations

refer to the regulations codified at 19

CFR part 351 (2000).

Background

This investigation was initiated on

October 10, 2000. See Initiation of

Antidumping Duty Investigation:

Foundry Coke Products From the

People’s Republic of China, 65 FR 61303

(October 17, 2000). The period of

investigation (POI) is January 1, 2000

through June 30, 2000. On March 8,

2001, the Department published the

notice of preliminary determination. See

Notice of Preliminary Determination of

Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Foundry

Coke From the People’s Republic of

China, 66 FR 8338 (March 8, 2001).

Postponement of Final Determination

and Extension of Provisional Measures

Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides

that a final determination may be

postponed until not later than 135 days

after the date of the publication of the

preliminary determination if, in the

event of an affirmative determination, a

request for such postponement is made

by exporters who account for a

significant proportion of exports of the

subject merchandise, or in the event of

a negative preliminary determination, a

request for such postponement is made

by petitioner. The Department’s

regulations, at 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2),

require that requests by respondents for

postponement of a final determination

be accompanied by a request for

extension of provisional measures from

a four-month period to not more than

six months.

In a March 12, 2001 request which

was thereafter amended on April 10,

2001, Shanxi Grand Coalchem

Industrial Company, Ltd., Sinochem

International, CITIC Trading Company

Ltd. and Minmetals Development Co.

Ltd. (‘‘respondents’’), requested that the

Department postpone its final

determination until not later than 135

days after the date of the publication of

the preliminary determination in the

Federal Register and requested an

extension of the provisional measures.

See Notice of the Preliminary

Determination of Sales at Less Than

Fair Value, 66 FR 13855 (March 8,

2001). In accordance with 19 CFR

351.210(b), because (1) our preliminary

determination is affirmative, (2)

respondents requesting the

postponement account for a significant

proportion of exports of the subject

merchandise, and (3) no compelling

reasons for denial exist, we are granting

the respondent’s request and are

postponing the final determination until

no later than 135 days after the

publication of preliminary

determination in the Federal Register.

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1As of February 15, 2001, Minerals Precious &

Rare Minerals Import and Export changed the name

of its company to China National Nonferrous Metals

Industry Trading Group Corp.

Suspension of liquidation will be

extended accordingly.

This notice is published in

accordance with section 735(a)(2) of the

Act. Effective January 20, 2001, Bernard

T. Carreau is fulfilling the duties of

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

Dated: April 23, 2001.

Bernard T. Carreau,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import

Administration.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–864]

Notice of Preliminary Determination of

Sales at Less Than Fair Value and

Postponement of Final Determination:

Pure Magnesium in Granular Form

From the People’s Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 30, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James Nunno or Christopher Priddy,

AD/CVD Enforcement Group I, Office 2,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0783 or

(202) 482–1130, respectively.

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (the Act) are references to the

provisions effective January 1, 1995, the

effective date of the amendments made

to the Act by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (URAA). In addition,

unless otherwise indicated, all citations

to the Department’s regulations are to 19

CFR part 351 (2000).

Preliminary Determination

We preliminarily determine that pure

magnesium in granular form (granular

pure magnesium) from the People’s

Republic of China (PRC) is being, or is

likely to be, sold in the United States at

less than fair value (LTFV), as provided

in section 733 of the Act. The estimated

margins of sales at LTFV are shown in

the ‘‘Suspension of Liquidation’’ section

of this notice.

Case History

Since the initiation of this

investigation (Initiation of Antidumping

Duty Investigations: Pure Magnesium

from Israel, the Russian Federation, and

the People’s Republic of China, 65 FR

68121 (Nov. 14, 2000)) (Notice of

Initiation), the following events have

occurred:

On December 1, 2000, the United

States International Trade Commission

(ITC) issued an affirmative preliminary

injury determination in this case (see

ITC Investigation No. 731–TA–895–

897).

Also on December 1, 2000, the

petitioners in this case (i.e., the

Magnesium Corporation of America

(Magcorp) and the United Steel Workers

of America, Locals 482 and 8319)

requested that the Department modify

the scope of this investigation to

exclude certain magnesium products

that are prepared solely for use as a

desulfurizer in steel-making from the

scope of the investigation. On December

4, 2000, we received comments on the

scope of the investigation from ESM

Group, Inc. (ESM), a U.S. manufacturer

of magnesium powder and desulfurizing

reagents. In its submission, ESM

requested that the Department exclude

from the scope: (1) Magnesium-based

reagents, in accordance with the

petitioners’ intention not to capture

such products; and (2) pure magnesium

in granular form, because it is a separate

class or kind of merchandise from

magnesium ingots. For further

discussion, see the ‘‘Scope of

Investigation’’ and ‘‘Comments on

Scope’’ sections of the notice, below.

On December 11, 2000, the

Department issued an antidumping

questionnaire to the Ministry of Foreign

Trade and Economic Cooperation

(MOFTEC) and requested that MOFTEC

forward the questionnaire to all

companies which manufactured and/or

exported the subject merchandise

during the period of investigation (POI).

We also sent courtesy copies of the

antidumping duty questionnaire to the

China Chamber of Commerce of Metals,

Minerals, and Chemicals Importers and

Exporters, and to each of the companies

identified in the petition as possible

exporters/producers of the subject

merchandise during the POI. The letters

provided to MOFTEC and those

companies identified in the petition as

producers and/or exporters of pure

magnesium provided deadlines for

responses to the different sections of the

questionnaire.

On January 9, 2001, the Department

received a section A questionnaire

response from Minmetals Precious &

Rare Minerals Import and Export

(Minmetals/CNNMIT).1 On January 23,

2001, the Department received section C

and D questionnaire responses from

Minmetals/CNNMIT and its suppliers,

Taiyuan Shi Geng Yang Enterprise

Company, Ltd. (Taiyuan) and Wealth

(HEBI) Co., Ltd. (HEBI). We issued

supplemental questionnaires to

Minmetals/CNNMIT, Taiyuan, and

HEBI and received responses to these

supplemental questionnaires in

February and March 2001.

On January 19, 2001, the Department

invited interested parties to comment on

surrogate country selection and to

provide publicly available information

for valuing the factors of production. We

received responses from both the

petitioners and Minmetals/CNNMIT on

February 13, 2001. The petitioners and

Minmetals/CNNMIT filed rebuttal

comments on surrogate values in

February and March 2001.

On March 1, 2001, pursuant to 19 CFR

351.205(e), the petitioners made a

timely request to postpone the

preliminary determination. We granted

this request and, on March 6, 2001,

postponed the preliminary

determination until no later than April

23, 2001. See Notice of Postponement of

Preliminary Determinations of Sales at

Less Than Fair Value: Pure Magnesium

From Israel, the Russian Federation,

and the People’s Republic of China and

Alignment of Final Countervailing Duty

Determination With Final Antidumping

Duty Determinations: Pure Magnesium

From Israel, 66 FR 14546, 14547 (Mar.

13, 2001).

Postponement of the Final

Determination

Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides

that a final determination may be

postponed until not later than 135 days

after the date of the publication of the

preliminary determination if, in the

event of an affirmative preliminary

determination, a request for such

postponement is made by exporters who

account for a significant proportion of

exports of the subject merchandise, or in

the event of a negative preliminary

determination, a request for such

postponement is made by the petitioner.

The Department’s regulations, at 19 CFR

351.210(e)(2), require that requests by

respondents for postponement of a final

determination be accompanied by a

request for extension of provisional

measures from a four-month period to

not more than six months.

On April 12, 2001, Minmetals/

CNNMIT requested that, in the event of