[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 27, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50596-50600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19887]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-941]


Certain Kitchen Appliance Shelving and Racks from the People's 
Republic of China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 27, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Bertrand or Julia Hancock, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, US Department of Commerce, 14\th\ Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3207 or (202) 482-1394, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Petition

    On July 31, 2008, the Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') 
received a Petition concerning imports of certain kitchen appliance 
shelving and racks (``shelving and racks'') from the People's Republic 
of China (``PRC'') filed in proper form by Nashville Wire Products 
Inc., SSW Holding Company, Inc., United Steel, Paper and Forestry, 
Rubber Manufacturing, Energy, Allied-Industrial and Service Workers 
International Union, and the International Association of Machinists & 
Aerospace Workers, District 6 (hereafter referred to as the 
``Petitioners''). See Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping 
Duties: Certain Kitchen Appliance Shelving and Racks from the People's 
Republic of China (in two volumes), dated July 31, 2008 (``Petition''). 
On August 5, 2008, the Department issued a request for additional 
information and clarification of certain areas of the Petition. Based 
on the Department's request, the Petitioners filed supplemental 
information on the following topics: general issues (i.e., scope, 
injury and industry support) and U.S. price and normal value (``NV'') 
calculations on August 8, 2008. In addition, on August 11, 2008, the 
Department issued a second request for additional information and 
clarification of certain areas of the Petition. Based on the 
Department's request, the Petitioners filed supplemental information on 
the following topics: general issues (i.e., scope and industry support) 
and U.S. price and NV calculations on August 13, 2008. Moreover, on 
August 14, 2008, the Department requested, via a telephone conversation 
with the Petitioners' counsel, additional information and clarification 
of certain areas of the Petition. See Memo to the File from Victoria 
Flynn, dated August 14, 2008. Based on the Department's request, the 
Petitioners filed supplemental information on the following topics: 
general issues (i.e., scope and industry support) on August 15, 2008.
    In accordance with section 732(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act''), the Petitioners allege that imports of shelving 
and racks from the PRC are being, or are likely to be, sold in the 
United States at less than fair value, within the meaning of section 
731 of the Act, and that such imports are materially injuring, or 
threatening material injury to, an industry in the United States.
    The Department finds that the Petitioners filed this Petition on 
behalf of the domestic industry because the Petitioners are an 
interested party as defined in sections 771(9)(C) and (D) of the Act, 
and have demonstrated sufficient industry support with respect to the 
antidumping duty investigation. See ``Determination of Industry Support 
for the Petition'' section, infra.

Period of Investigation

    The period of investigation (``POI'') is January 1, 2008, through 
June 30, 2008. See 19 CFR 351.204(b)(1).

Scope of Investigation

    The merchandise covered by this investigation is certain kitchen 
appliance shelving and racks. See Appendix I to this notice for a 
complete description of the merchandise covered by this investigation.

Comments on Scope of Investigation

    During our review of the Petition, we discussed the scope with the 
Petitioners to ensure that it is an accurate reflection of the products 
for which the domestic industry is seeking relief. Moreover, as 
discussed in the preamble to the regulations, we are setting 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). The Department encourages all 
interested parties to submit such comments by September 10, 2008, which 
is 21 calendar days from the date of signature of this notice. Comments 
should be addressed to Import Administration's APO/Dockets Unit, Room 
1870, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14\th\ Street and Constitution 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230. The period of scope consultations is 
intended to provide the Department with ample opportunity to consider 
all comments and to consult with parties prior to the issuance of the 
preliminary determination.

Comments on Product Characteristics for Antidumping Duty Questionnaire

    The Department is requesting comments from interested parties 
regarding the appropriate physical characteristics of shelving and 
racks to be reported in response to the Department's antidumping 
questionnaire. This information will be used to identify the key 
physical characteristics of the subject merchandise to allow 
respondents to accurately report the relevant factors of production, as 
well as develop appropriate product reporting criteria, in accordance 
with the Department's non-market economy (``NME'') methodology, as 
described in the ``Normal Value'' section, infra.
    Interested parties may provide any information or comments that 
they believe are relevant to the development of an accurate listing of 
physical characteristics. Specifically, interested parties may provide 
comments as to which characteristics are appropriate to use as: (1) 
general product characteristics; and (2) product reporting criteria. 
The Department notes that it is not always appropriate to use all 
product characteristics as product reporting criteria. While there may 
be some physical product characteristics that manufacturers use to 
describe shelving and racks, it may be that only a select few product 
characteristics take into account commercially meaningful physical 
characteristics of shelving and racks.
    In order to consider the suggestions of interested parties in 
developing and issuing the antidumping duty questionnaire, the 
Department must receive public comments at the above-referenced address 
by September 10, 2008, and receive rebuttal comments by September 15, 
2008.

Determination of Industry Support for the Petition

    Section 732(b)(1) of the Act requires that a petition be filed on 
behalf of the domestic industry. Section 732(c)(4)(A) of the Act 
provides that a petition meets this requirement if the domestic 
producers or workers who support the petition account for: (i) at least 
25 percent of the total production of the domestic like product; and 
(ii) more than 50 percent of the production of the domestic like 
product produced by that portion of the industry expressing support 
for, or opposition to, the petition. Moreover, section 732(c)(4)(D) of 
the Act provides that, if the petition

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does not establish support of domestic producers or workers accounting 
for more than 50 percent of the total production of the domestic like 
product, the Department shall: (i) poll the industry or rely on other 
information in order to determine if there is support for the petition, 
as required by subparagraph (A), or (ii) determine industry support 
using a statistically valid sampling method.
    Section 771(4)(A) of the Act defines the ``industry'' as the 
producers as a whole of a domestic like product. Thus, to determine 
whether a petition has the requisite industry support, the statute 
directs the Department to look to producers and workers who produce the 
domestic like product. The U.S. International Trade Commission 
(``ITC''), which is responsible for determining whether ``the domestic 
industry'' has been injured, must also determine what constitutes a 
domestic like product in order to define the industry. While both the 
Department and the ITC must apply the same statutory definition 
regarding the domestic like product (section 771(10) of the Act), they 
do so for different purposes and pursuant to a separate and distinct 
authority. In addition, the Department's determination is subject to 
limitations of time and information. Although this may result in 
different definitions of the like product, such differences do not 
render the decision of either agency contrary to law. See USEC, Inc. v. 
United States, 132 F. Supp. 2d 1, 8 (CIT 2001), citing Algoma Steel 
Corp. Ltd. v. United States, 688 F. Supp. 639, 644 (CIT 1988), aff'd 
865 F.2d 240 (Fed. Cir. 1989), cert. denied 492 U.S. 919 (1989).
    Section 771(10) of the Act defines the domestic like product as ``a 
product which is like, or in the absence of like, most similar in 
characteristics and uses with, the article subject to an investigation 
under this subtitle.'' Although the reference point from which the 
domestic like product analysis begins is usually ``the article subject 
to an investigation'' (i.e., the class or kind of merchandise to be 
investigated, which normally will be the scope as defined in the 
petition), the Petitioners argue that there is one class or kind of 
merchandise, but two domestic like products.
    The Petitioners note that the two like products, when considered 
together, correspond to the product scope description. Based on our 
analysis of the information submitted on the record, we have determined 
that certain refrigeration shelving and certain oven racks constitute 
two domestic like products and we have analyzed industry support in 
terms of those domestic like products. For a discussion of the domestic 
like product analysis in this case, see ``Antidumping Duty 
Investigation Initiation Checklist: Certain Kitchen Appliance Shelving 
and Racks from the People's Republic of China (``Initiation 
Checklist''), Industry Support at Attachment II, on file in the Central 
Records Unit (``CRU''), Room 1117 of the main Department of Commerce 
building.
    With regard to section 732(c)(4)(A) of the Act, in determining 
whether the Petitioners have standing (i.e., the domestic workers and 
producer supporting the Petition account for (1) at least 25 percent of 
the total production of the domestic like product and (2) more than 50 
percent of the production of the domestic like product produced by that 
portion of the industry expressing support for, or opposition to, the 
Petition), we considered the industry support data contained in the 
Petition with reference to the domestic like products. To establish 
industry support, the Petitioners provided their own production volume 
of the domestic like products for calendar year 2007, and compared that 
to total production volume of the domestic like products for the 
industry. We have relied upon data the Petitioners provided for 
purposes of measuring industry support. For further discussion, see 
Initiation Checklist at Attachment II (Industry Support).
    The Department's review of the data provided in the Petition, 
supplemental submissions, and other information readily available to 
the Department indicates that the Petitioners have established industry 
support. First, the Petition establishes support from domestic 
producers (or workers) accounting for more than 50 percent of the total 
production of the domestic like products and, as such, the Department 
is not required to take further action in order to evaluate industry 
support (e.g., polling). See section 732(c)(4)(D) of the Act and 
Initiation Checklist at Attachment II (Industry Support). Second, the 
domestic producers (or workers) have met the statutory criteria for 
industry support under section 732(c)(4)(A)(i) of the Act because the 
domestic producers (or workers) who support the Petition account for at 
least 25 percent of the total production of the domestic like products. 
See Initiation Checklist at Attachment II (Industry Support). Finally, 
the domestic producers (or workers) have met the statutory criteria for 
industry support under section 732(c)(4)(A)(ii) of the Act because the 
domestic producers (or workers) who support the Petition account for 
more than 50 percent of the production of the domestic like products 
produced by that portion of the industry expressing support for, or 
opposition to, the Petition. Accordingly, the Department determines 
that the Petition was filed on behalf of the domestic industry within 
the meaning of section 732(b)(1) of the Act. See Initiation Checklist 
at Attachment II (Industry Support).
    The Department finds that the Petitioners filed the Petition on 
behalf of the domestic industry because they are interested parties as 
defined in sections 771(9)(C) and (D) of the Act and have demonstrated 
sufficient industry support with respect to the antidumping 
investigation that they are requesting the Department initiate. See 
Initiation Checklist at Attachment II (Industry Support).

Allegations and Evidence of Material Injury and Causation

    The Petitioners allege that the U.S. industries producing the 
domestic like products are being materially injured, or are threatened 
with material injury, by reason of the imports of the subject 
merchandise sold at less than NV. The Petitioners contend that the 
industries' injured condition is illustrated by reduced market share, 
underselling and price depressing and suppressing effects, lost sales 
and revenue, reduced production and capacity utilization, reduced 
shipments, reduced employment, and an overall decline in financial 
performance. We have assessed the allegations and supporting evidence 
regarding material injury, threat of material injury, and causation, 
and we have determined that these allegations are properly supported by 
adequate evidence and meet the statutory requirements for initiation. 
See Initiation Checklist at Attachment III (Analysis of Injury 
Allegations and Evidence of Material Injury and Causation).

Allegations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value

    The following is a description of the allegations of sales at less 
than fair value upon which the Department based its decision to 
initiate this investigation of imports of shelving and racks from the 
PRC. The sources of data for the deductions and adjustments relating to 
the U.S. price and the factors of production are also discussed in the 
initiation checklist. See Initiation Checklist. Should the need arise 
to use any of this information as facts available under section 776 of 
the Act in our preliminary or final determination, we will reexamine 
the information and

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revise the margin calculations, if appropriate.

Export Price

    The Petitioners relied on seven U.S. price quotes for shelving and 
racks manufactured in the PRC and offered for sale in the United 
States. The prices quoted were for four types of refrigerator shelving 
and three types of oven racks. See Petition, Volume II, at Exhibits 8 & 
11. The Petitioners made deductions from these prices to arrive at an 
ex-works price. See Petition, Volume II, at Exhibits 10, 13 & 14; see 
also Second Supplement to the Petition at Exhibit 3.

Normal Value

    The Petitioners note that the PRC is a NME country and that no 
determination to the contrary has yet been made by the Department. See 
Petition, Volume II, at 2. The Department has previously examined the 
PRC's market status and determined that NME status should continue for 
the PRC. See Memorandum from the Office of Policy to David M. Spooner, 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, regarding The People's 
Republic of China Status as a Non-Market Economy, dated May 15, 2006 
(available online at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/download /prc-nme-status/
prc-nme-status-memo.pdf). In addition, in recent investigations, the 
Department has continued to determine that the PRC is an NME country. 
See Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Partial 
Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances: Certain Polyester 
Staple Fiber from the People's Republic of China, 72 FR 19690 (April 
19, 2007); Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: 
Certain Activated Carbon from the People's Republic of China, 72 FR 
9508 (March 2, 2007).
    In accordance with section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Act, the 
presumption of NME status remains in effect until revoked by the 
Department. The presumption of NME status for the PRC has not been 
revoked by the Department and, therefore, remains in effect for 
purposes of the initiation of this investigation. We have determined in 
previous investigations that we are not able to calculate NV using 
internal PRC prices. Accordingly, the NV of the product is 
appropriately based on factors of production valued in a surrogate 
market economy country, in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act. 
In the course of this investigation, all parties will have the 
opportunity to provide relevant information related to the issues of 
the PRC's NME status and the granting of separate rates to individual 
exporters.
    The Petitioners argue that India is the appropriate surrogate 
country for the PRC, because it is a market-economy country at a 
comparable level of economic development and the Petitioners were able 
to identify a major Indian producer of shelving and racks. See 
Petition, Volume II, at 3-4. The Petitioners assert that they were not 
able to identify major producers of shelving and racks in other 
potential surrogate countries (e.g., Egypt, Indonesia, the Philippines 
and Sri Lanka). See Petition, Volume II, at 4. Based on the information 
provided by the Petitioners, the Department believes that the use of 
India as a surrogate country is appropriate for purposes of initiation. 
However, after initiation of the investigation, interested parties will 
have the opportunity to submit comments regarding surrogate country 
selection and, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.301(c)(3)(i), will be provided an 
opportunity to submit publicly available information to value factors 
of production within 40 days after the date of publication of the 
preliminary determination.
    The Petitioners calculated NVs and dumping margins for the U.S. 
prices, discussed above, using the Department's NME methodology as 
required by 19 CFR 351.202(b)(7)(i)(C) and 19 CFR 351.408. The 
Petitioners calculated NV based on one of its own company's consumption 
rates for producing seven models of shelving and racks from the PRC 
during the POR. See Petition, Volume II, at 4-5 and Exhibit 1; Second 
Supplement to the Petition at Exhibit 3; and Initiation Checklist. The 
Petitioners state that their production experience is representative of 
the production process used in the PRC because all of the material 
inputs and processing are unlikely to be materially different for a 
Chinese producer of racks and shelving. See Petition, Volume II, at 5; 
see also Supplement to the Petition at 2.
    The Petitioners valued the factors of production based on 
reasonably available, public surrogate country data, including official 
Indian government import statistics and sources recently used in other 
PRC proceedings conducted by the Department. Since the Petitioners were 
unable to find input prices contemporaneous with the POI for 
electricity, water and gas, they adjusted for inflation using the 
wholesale price index for India, as published by the International 
Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics. See Petition, Volume 
II, at 6 and Exhibit 3. In addition, the Petitioners made currency 
conversions, where necessary, based on the POI average rupee/U.S. 
dollar exchange rate, as reported on the Department's website. See 
Petition, Volume II, at 7 and Exhibit 4. The Petitioners calculated a 
labor usage rate for the PRC based upon its own experience. See 
Petition, Volume II, at 6. To value labor, the Petitioners used a labor 
rate of $1.04 per hour, as published on the Department's web site, in 
accordance with the Department's regulations. See 19 CFR 351.408(c)(3) 
and the Initiation Checklist. The Department determines that the 
surrogate values used by the Petitioners are reasonably available and, 
thus, acceptable for purposes of initiation.
    The Petitioners based factory overhead expenses, selling, general 
and administrative expenses, and profit, based on the experience of 
Usha Martin, an Indian manufacturer of wire rope because its products 
and shelving and racks use wire as a major input. See Petition, Volume 
II, at 20. For purposes of initiation, the Department finds the 
Petitioners' use of Usha Martin's most recently available financial 
statement to calculate the surrogate financial ratios appropriate.

Fair Value Comparison

    Based on the data provided by the Petitioners, there is reason to 
believe that imports of shelving and racks from the PRC are being, or 
are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value. 
Based on comparisons of EP to NV, calculated in accordance with section 
773(c) of the Act, the estimated dumping margin for shelving and racks 
from the PRC ranges from 58.91 percent to 142.64 percent. See Second 
Supplement to the Petition at Attachment 3.

Initiation of Antidumping Investigation

    Based upon the examination of the Petition on shelving and racks 
from the PRC, the Department finds that the Petition meets the 
requirements of section 732 of the Act. Therefore, we are initiating an 
antidumping duty investigation to determine whether imports of shelving 
and racks from the PRC are being, or are likely to be, sold in the 
United States at less than fair value. In accordance with section 
733(b)(1)(A) of the Act, unless postponed, we will make our preliminary 
determination no later than 140 days after the date of this initiation.

Respondent Selection

    In this investigation, the Department will request quantity and 
value information from all known exporters and producers identified in 
the Petition. The quantity and value data received from NME exporters/
producers will be used as the basis to select the mandatory

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respondents. The Department requires that the respondents submit a 
response to both the quantity and value questionnaire and the separate-
rate application by the respective deadlines in order to receive 
consideration for separate-rate status. See Circular Welded Austenitic 
Stainless Pressure Pipe from the People's Republic of China: Initiation 
of Antidumping Duty Investigation, 73 FR 10221, 10225 (February 26, 
2008); and Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Certain Artist 
Canvas From the People's Republic of China, 70 FR 21996, 21999 (April 
28, 2005). Appendix II of this notice contains the quantity and value 
questionnaire that must be submitted by all NME exporters/producers no 
later than September 10, 2008. In addition, the Department will post 
the quantity and value questionnaire along with filing instructions on 
the Import Administration website, at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/ia-highlights-and-news.html. The Department will send the quantity and 
value questionnaire to those PRC companies identified in the Petition, 
Volume I, at Exhibit 3.

Separate Rates

    In order to obtain separate-rate status in NME investigations, 
exporters and producers must submit a separate-rate status application. 
See Policy Bulletin 05.1: Separate-Rates Practice and Application of 
Combination Rates in Antidumping Investigations involving Non-Market 
Economy Countries (April 5, 2005) (``Separate Rates/Combination Rates 
Bulletin''), available on the Department's website at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/policy/bull05-1.pdf. The specific requirements for 
submitting the separate-rate application in this investigation are 
outlined in detail in the application itself, available on the 
Department's website at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/ia-highlights-and-news.html on the date of publication of this initiation notice in the 
Federal Register. The separate-rate application will be due 60 days 
from the date of publication of this initiation notice in the Federal 
Register. As noted in the ``Respondent Selection'' section above, the 
Department requires that respondents submit a response to both the 
quantity and value questionnaire and the separate-rate application by 
the respective deadlines in order to receive consideration for 
separate-rate status.

Use of Combination Rates in an NME Investigation

    The Department will calculate combination rates for certain 
respondents that are eligible for a separate rate in this 
investigation. The Separate Rates/Combination Rates Bulletin states:
    {w{time} hile continuing the practice of assigning separate rates 
only to exporters, all separate rates that the Department will now 
assign in its NME investigations will be specific to those producers 
that supplied the exporter during the period of investigation. Note, 
however, that one rate is calculated for the exporter and all of the 
producers which supplied subject merchandise to it during the period of 
investigation. This practice applies both to mandatory respondents 
receiving an individually calculated separate rate as well as the pool 
of non-investigated firms receiving the weighted-average of the 
individually calculated rates. This practice is referred to as the 
application of ``combination rates'' because such rates apply to 
specific combinations of exporters and one or more producers. The cash-
deposit rate assigned to an exporter will apply only to merchandise 
both exported by the firm in question and produced by a firm that 
supplied the exporter during the period of investigation.
See Separate Rates/Combination Rates Bulletin at 6.

Distribution of Copies of the Petition

    In accordance with section 732(b)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.202(f), copies of the public version of the Petition have been 
provided to the representatives of the Government of the PRC. We will 
attempt to provide a copy of the public version of the Petition to the 
foreign producers/exporters, consistent with 19 CFR 351.203(c)(2).

International Trade Commission Notification

    We have notified the ITC of our initiation, as required by section 
732(d) of the Act.

Preliminary Determination by the International Trade Commission

    The ITC will preliminarily determine, no later than September 15, 
2008, whether there is a reasonable indication that imports of shelving 
and racks from the PRC are materially injuring, or threatening material 
injury to, a U.S. industry. A negative ITC determination with respect 
to this investigation will result in the investigation being 
terminated; otherwise, this investigation will proceed according to 
statutory and regulatory time limits.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 777(i) of 
the Act.

    Dated: August 20, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.

Appendix I

Scope of the Investigation

Certain Kitchen Appliance Shelving and Racks from the People's Republic 
of China

The scope of this investigation consists of shelving and racks for 
refrigerators, freezers, combined refrigerator-freezers, other 
refrigerating or freezing equipment, cooking stoves, ranges, and ovens 
(``certain kitchen appliance shelving and racks'' or ``the subject 
merchandise''). Certain kitchen appliance shelving and racks are 
defined as shelving, baskets, racks (with or without extension slides, 
which are carbon or stainless steel hardware devices that are connected 
to shelving, baskets, or racks to enable sliding), side racks (which 
are welded wire support structures for oven racks that attach to the 
interior walls of an oven cavity that does not include support ribs as 
a design feature), and subframes (which are welded wire support 
structures that interface with formed support ribs inside an oven 
cavity to support oven rack assemblies utilizing extension slides) with 
the following dimensions:
    -- shelving and racks with dimensions ranging from 3 inches by 5 
inches by 0.10 inch to 28 inches by 34 inches by 6 inches; or
    -- baskets with dimensions ranging from 2 inches by 4 inches by 3 
inches to 28 inches by 34 inches by 16 inches; or
    --side racks from 6 inches by 8 inches by 0.1 inch to 16 inches by 
30 inches by 4 inches; or
    --subframes from 6 inches by 10 inches by 0.1 inch to 28 inches by 
34 inches by 6 inches.
The subject merchandise is comprised of carbon or stainless steel wire 
ranging in thickness from 0.050 inch to 0.500 inch and may include 
sheet metal of either carbon or stainless steel ranging in thickness 
from 0.020 inch to 0.2 inch. The subject merchandise may be coated or 
uncoated and may be formed and/or welded. Excluded from the scope of 
this investigation is shelving in which the support surface is glass.
The merchandise subject to this investigation is currently classifiable 
in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') 
statistical reporting numbers 8418.99.8050, 7321.90.5000, 7321.90.6090 
and 8516.90.8000. Although the HTSUS

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subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written description of the scope of this investigation is dispositive.

Appendix II

Where it is not practicable to examine all known producers/exporters of 
subject merchandise, section 777A(c)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended, permits us to investigate: (1) a sample of exporters, 
producers, or types of products that is statistically valid based on 
the information available at the time of selection; or, (2) exporters 
and producers accounting for the largest volume and value of the 
subject merchandise that can reasonably be examined.
In providing the information in the chart below, please provide the 
total quantity in pieces/units and total value (in U.S. dollars) of all 
your sales to the United States during the period January 1, 2008 
through June 30, 2008, covered by the scope of this investigation see 
Appendix I of this notice), produced in the PRC.
Additionally, if you believe that you should be treated as a single 
entity along with other named exporters, please complete the chart, 
below, both in the aggregate for all named parties in your group and, 
in separate charts, individually for each named entity. Please label 
each chart accordingly.

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                                     Total Quantity (<greek-
       Market: United States              i> of Units)            Terms of Sale\1\       Total Value\2\ ($U.S.)
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1. Export Price\3\................  ........................  ........................  ........................
2. Constructed Export Price\4\....  ........................  ........................  ........................
3. Further Manufactured\5\........  ........................  ........................  ........................
Total.............................  ........................  ........................  ........................
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\1\ To the extent possible, sales values should be reported based on the same terms (e.g., FOB).
\2\ Values should be expressed in U.S. dollars. Indicate any exchange rates used, their respective dates and
  sources.
\3\ Generally, a U.S. sale is classified as an export price sale when the first sale to an unaffiliated person
  occurs before the goods are imported into the United States.
\4\ Generally, a U.S. sale is classified as a constructed export price sale when the first sale to an
  unaffiliated person occurs after importation. However, if the first sale to the unaffiliated person is made by
  a person in the United States affiliated with the foreign exporter, constructed export price applies even if
  the sale occurs prior to importation. Do not report the sale to the affiliated party in the United States,
  rather report the sale made by the affiliated party to the unaffiliated customer in the United States.
\5\ ``Further manufactured'' refers to merchandise that undergoes further manufacture or assembly in the United
  States before sale to the first unaffiliated customer.

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