[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 26, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50308-50310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19776]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received 
requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders and findings with July anniversary dates. In 
accordance with the Department's regulations, we are initiating those 
administrative reviews.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 26, 2008

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sheila E. Forbes, Office of AD/CVD 
Operations, Customs Unit, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
4697.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department has received timely requests, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.213(b)(2002), for administrative reviews of various antidumping 
and countervailing duty orders and findings with July anniversary 
dates.

Respondent Selection

    In the event the Department limits the number of respondents for 
individual examination for administrative reviews, the Department 
intends to select respondents based on U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) data for U.S. imports during the period of review 
(POR). We intend to release the CBP data under Administrative 
Protective Order (APO) to all parties having an APO within five days of 
publication of this initiation notice and to make our decision 
regarding respondent selection within 20 days of publication of this 
Federal Register notice. The Department invites comments regarding the 
CBP data and respondent selection within 10 calendar days of 
publication of this Federal Register notice.

Separate Rates

    In proceedings involving non-market 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 administrative review 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.
    To establish whether a firm is sufficiently independent from 
government control of its export activities to be entitled to a 
separate rate, the Department analyzes each entity exporting the 
subject merchandise under a test arising from the 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 
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'').
    In accordance with the separate-rates criteria, the Department 
assigns separate rates to companies in NME cases only if respondents 
can demonstrate the absence of both de jure and de facto government 
control over export activities.
    All firms listed below that wish to qualify for separate-rate 
status in the administrative reviews involving NME countries must 
complete, as appropriate, either a separate-rate application or 
certification, as described below. For these administrative reviews, in 
order to demonstrate separate-rate eligibility, the Department requires 
entities for whom a review was requested, that were assigned a separate 
rate in the most recent segment of this proceeding in which they 
participated, to certify that they continue to meet the criteria for 
obtaining a separate rate. The Separate Rate Certification form will be 
available on the Department's website at http://www.trade.gov/ia on the 
date of publication of this Federal Register. In responding to the 
certification, please follow the ``Instructions for Filing the 
Certification'' in the Separate Rate Certification. Separate Rate 
Certifications are due to the Department no later than 30 calendar days 
of publication of this Federal Register notice. The deadline and 
requirement for submitting a Certification applies equally to NME-owned 
firms, wholly foreign-owned firms, and foreign sellers who purchase and 
export subject merchandise to the United States.
    For entities that have not previously been assigned a separate 
rate, to demonstrate eligibility for such, the Department requires a 
Separate Rate Status Application. The Separate Rate Status Application 
will be available on the Department's website at http://www.trade.gov/ia on the date of publication of this Federal Register

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notice. In responding to the Separate Rate Status Application, refer to 
the instructions contained in the application. Separate Rate Status 
Applications are due to the Department no later than 60 calendar days 
of publication of this Federal Register notice. The deadline and 
requirement for submitting a Separate Rate Status Application applies 
equally to NME-owned firms, wholly foreign-owned firms, and foreign 
sellers that purchase and export subject merchandise to the United 
States.

Initiation of Reviews:

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we are initiating 
administrative reviews of the following antidumping and countervailing 
duty orders and findings. We intend to issue the final results of these 
reviews not later than July 31, 2009.

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       Antidumping Duty Proceedings             Period to be Reviewed
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FINLAND: Purified Carboxymethylcellulose..
A-405-803.................................               7/1/07--6/30/08
        CP Kelco Oy.......................
INDIA: Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)
 Film.....................................
A-533-824.................................               7/1/07--6/30/08
        Jindal Poly Films Limited of India
ITALY: Certain Pasta......................
A-475-818.................................               7/1/07--6/30/08
        Arrighi, S.p.A....................
        Domenico Paone fu Erasmo S.p.A....
        F. Divella SpA....................
        Industria Alimentare Colavita,
         S.p.A............................
        P.A.M. S.p.A......................
        Pasta Lensi.......................
        Pasta Zara SpA....................
        Pastificio Di Martino Gaetano &
         F.lli S.r.L......................
        Pastificio Felicetti S.r.L........
        Pastificio Fratelli Pagani S.p.A..
        Pastificio Labor S.r.L............
        Pastificio Lucio Garafalo.........
        Pastificio Riscossa F.Illi
         Mastromauro S.r.L................
        Rummo S.p.A. Molino e Pastificio..
        Rustichella d'Abruzzo S.p.A.......
JAPAN: Stainless Steel sheet and Strip in
 Coils....................................
A-588-845.................................                7/1/07 6/30/08
        Hitachi Cable LLP.................
        Nippon Kinzoku Co., Ltd...........
MEXICO: Purified Carboxymethylcellulose...
A-201-834.................................               7/1/07--6/30/08
        Quimica Amtex, S.A. de C.V........
MEXICO: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in
 Coils....................................
A-201-822.................................               7/1/07--6/30/08
        ThyssenKrupp Mexinox S.A. de C.V..
SWEDEN: Purified Carboxymethylcellulose...
A-401-808.................................               7/1/07--6/30/08
        CP Kelco AB.......................
TAIWAN: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in
 Coils....................................
A-583-831.................................               7/1/07--6/30/08
        Ta Chen Stainless Pipe Co., Ltd...
        Yieh United Steel Corporation.....
        Chia Far Industrial Factory Co.,
         Ltd..............................
        China Steel Corporation...........
        Dah Shi Metal Industrial Co., Ltd.
        KNS Enterprise Co., Ltd...........
        Lih Chan Steel Co., Ltd...........
        Tang Eng Iron Works...............
        PFP Taiwan Co., Ltd...............
        Yieh Loong Enterprise Co., Ltd.
         (aka Chung Hung Steel Co., Ltd.).
        Yieh Trading Corp.................
        Tibest International, Inc.........
        Goang Jau Shing Enterprise Co.,
         Ltd..............................
        Yieh Mau Corp.....................
        Maytun International Corp.........
        Shih Yuan Stainless Steel
         Enterprise Co., Ltd..............
        Chien Shing Stainless Co..........
        Chain Chon Industrial Co., Ltd....
        Emerdex Stainless Flat-Rolled
         Products, Inc....................
        Emerdex Stainless Steel, Inc......
        Emerdex Group.....................
        Waterson Corp.....................
        Well Harvest Metal Co., Ltd.......
THAILAND: Carbon Steel Butt Weld Pipe
 Fittings.................................
A-549-807.................................               7/1/07--6/30/08
        Thai Benkan Co., Ltd..............

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THE NETHERLANDS: Purified
 Carboxymethylcellulose...................
A-421-811.................................               7/1/07--6/30/08
        CP Kelco BV.......................
        Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals,
         B.V..............................
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA:
 Persulfates\1\...........................
A-570-847.................................               7/1/07--6/30/08
        Degussa-AJ Shanghai Initiators
         Co., Ltd.........................
        Shanghai AJ Import & Export
         Corporation......................
                  Countervailing Duty
                   Proceedings............
INDIA: Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)
 Film.....................................
C-533-825.................................              1/1/07--12/31/07
        Jindal Poly Films Limited of India
ITALY: Certain Pasta......................
C-475-819.................................              1/1/07--12/31/07
        DeMatteis Agroalimentare S.p.A....
        F.lli De Cecco di Filippo Fara San
         Martino S.p.A....................
                  Suspension Agreements...
None......................................
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\1\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate
  rate, all other exporters of Persulfates from the People's Republic of
  China who have not qualified for a separate rate are deemed to be
  covered by this review as part of the single PRC entity of which the
  named exporters are a part.

    During any administrative review covering all or part of a period 
falling between the first and second or third and fourth anniversary of 
the publication of an antidumping order under section 351.211 or a 
determination under section 351.218(f)(4) to continue an order or 
suspended investigation (after sunset review), the Secretary, if 
requested by a domestic interested party within 30 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the review, will determine, 
consistent with FAG Italia v.United States, 291 F.3d 806 (Fed. Cir. 
2002), as appropriate, whether antidumping duties have been absorbed by 
an exporter or producer subject to the review if the subject 
merchandise is sold in the United States through an importer that is 
affiliated with such exporter or producer. The request must include the 
name(s) of the exporter or producer for which the inquiry is requested.
    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305.On 
January 22, 2008, the Department published Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Documents Submission Procedures; APO 
Procedures (73 FR 3634). Those procedures apply to administrative 
reviews included in this notice of initiation. Parties wishing to 
participate in any of these administrative reviews should ensure that 
they meet the requirements of these procedures (e.g., the filing of 
separate letters of appearance as discussed at 19 CFR 351.103(d)).
    These initiations and this notice are in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 USC 1675(a)) and 19 
CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: August 20, 2008.
Eward C. Yang,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Adminstration.
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