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Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review, 61 FR 6812 

(February 22, 1996), (where the 

Department disregarded the highest 

margin in that case as adverse best 

information available (the predecessor 

to facts available) because the margin 

was based on another company’s 

uncharacteristic business expense, 

resulting in an unusually high margin). 

Similarly, the Department does not 

apply a margin that has been 

discredited. See D & L Supply Co. v. 

United States, 113 F.3d 1220, 1221 (Fed. 

Cir. 1997) (the Department will not use 

a margin that has been judicially 

invalidated). There is no information 

reasonably available at our disposal in 

this review to corroborate the relevance 

of the AFA rate in question, which, as 

discussed above, was last corroborated 

in the LTFV Investigation. We cannot 

use the margin calculations of other 

companies because there are no other 

respondents in this review. Therefore, 

because there is no record evidence 

calling into question the relevance of 

the selected AFA rate, we find that it is 

relevant for use in this administrative 

review. 

Because the AFA rate, 66.65 percent, 

is both reliable and relevant, we 

determine that it has probative value. As 

a result, the Department determines that 

the 66.65 percent rate is corroborated for 

the purposes of this administrative 

review and may reasonably be applied 

to the PRC–wide entity, as AFA. 

Preliminary Results of the Review 

The Department preliminarily finds 

that the following margins exist for the 

following exporters under review during 

the period December 1, 2006, through 

November 30, 2007: 

PORCELAIN–ON-STEEL COOKING WARE

FROM THE PRC 

Manufacturer/Exporter Weighted–Average 

Margin (Percent) 

PRC–Wide Entity 

(which includes 

Xiamen Songson 

Plastic Hardware Co., 

Ltd.) ........................... 66.65 

Any interested party may request a 

hearing within 30 days of publication of 

this notice. Interested parties who wish 

to request a hearing or to participate if 

one is requested, must submit a written 

request to the Assistant Secretary for 

Import Administration within 30 days 

of the date of publication of this notice. 

Requests should contain: (1) the party’s 

name, address, and telephone number; 

(2) the number of participants; and (3) 

a list of issues to be discussed. See 19 

CFR 351.310(c). 

Issues raised in the hearing will be 

limited to those raised in case and 

rebuttal briefs. Case briefs from 

interested parties may be submitted not 

later than 30 days of the date of 

publication of this notice, pursuant to 

19 CFR 351.309(c). Rebuttal briefs, 

limited to issues raised in the case 

briefs, will be due five days later, 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(d). Parties 

who submit case or rebuttal briefs in 

this proceeding are requested to submit 

with each argument (1) a statement of 

the issue and (2) a brief summary of the 

argument. Parties are also encouraged to 

provide a summary of the arguments not 

to exceed five pages and a table of 

statutes, regulations, and cases cited. 

The Department will issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of its analysis of 

issues raised in any such written briefs 

or at the hearing, if held, no later than 

120 days after the date of publication of 

this notice, pursuant to section 

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

Assessment of Antidumping Duties 

The Department will determine, and 

CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on 

all appropriate entries. The Department 

intends to issue appropriate assessment 

instructions directly to CBP 15 days 

after the date of publication of the final 

results of this review. If these 

preliminary results are adopted in our 

final results of the review, we will direct 

CBP to assess the resulting rate against 

the entered customs value for the 

subject merchandise on each importer’s/ 

customer’s entries during the POR, as 

appropriate. 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash–deposit 

requirements will be effective upon 

publication of the final results for 

shipments of the subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the 

publication date of the final results, as 

provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 

Act: (1) for subject merchandise 

exported by the PRC, including 

Songson, the cash–deposit rate will be 

equal to 66.65 percent; (2) the cash–

deposit rate for PRC exporters who 

received a separate rate in a prior 

segment of the proceeding will continue 

to be the rate assigned in that segment 

of the proceeding; (3) for all other PRC 

exporters of subject merchandise which 

have not been found to be entitled to a 

separate rate, the cash–deposit rate will 

be the PRC–wide rate of 66.65 percent; 

(4) for all non–PRC exporters of subject 

merchandise, the cash–deposit rate will 

be the rate applicable to the PRC 

exporter that supplied that exporter. 

These deposit requirements, when 

imposed, shall remain in effect until 

publication of the final results of the 

next administrative review. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice serves as a preliminary 

reminder to importers of their 

responsibility under 19 CFR 

351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 

regarding the reimbursement of 

antidumping duties prior to liquidation 

of the relevant entries during this 

review period. Failure to comply with 

this requirement could result in the 

Secretary’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

occurred and the subsequent assessment 

of double antidumping duties. 

This administrative review and notice 

is in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) 

and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: September 2, 2008. 

David M. Spooner, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

North American Free-Trade 

Agreement, Article 1904 NAFTA Panel 

Reviews; Request for Panel Review 

AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United 

States Section, International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of first request for panel 

review. 

SUMMARY: On August 29, 2008, Nacional 

de Acero S.A. de C.V. (‘‘Nacional’’) filed 

a First Request for Panel Review with 

the United States Section of the NAFTA 

Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of 

the North American Free Trade 

Agreement. Panel review was requested 

of the Final Injury Determination made 

by the United States International Trade 

Commission respecting Light-Walled 

Rectangular Pipe and Tube from China, 

Korea, and Mexico. The determination 

was published in the Federal Register 

(73 FR 45244) on August 4, 2008. The 

NAFTA Secretariat has assigned Case 

Number USA–MEX–2008–1904–04 to 

this request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Valerie Dees, United States Secretary, 

NAFTA Secretariat, Suite 2061, 14th 

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and Constitution Avenue, Washington, 

DC 20230, (202) 482–5438. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter 

19 of the North American Free-Trade 

Agreement (‘‘Agreement’’) establishes a 

mechanism to replace domestic judicial 

review of final determinations in 

antidumping and countervailing duty 

cases involving imports from a NAFTA 

country with review by independent 

binational panels. When a Request for 

Panel Review is filed, a panel is 

established to act in place of national 

courts to review expeditiously the final 

determination to determine whether it 

conforms with the antidumping or 

countervailing duty law of the country 

that made the determination. 

Under Article 1904 of the Agreement, 

which came into force on January 1, 

1994, the Government of the United 

States, the Government of Canada, and 

the Government of Mexico established 

Rules of Procedure for Article 1904 

Binational Panel Reviews (‘‘Rules’’). 

These Rules were published in the 

Federal Register on February 23, 1994 

(59 FR 8686). 

A first Request for Panel Review was 

filed with the United States Section of 

the NAFTA Secretariat, pursuant to 

Article 1904 of the Agreement on 

August 29, 2008, requesting panel 

review of the determination described 

above. 

The Rules provide that: 

(a) A Party or interested person may 

challenge the final determination in 

whole or in part by filing a Complaint 

in accordance with Rule 39 within 30 

days after the filing of the first Request 

for Panel Review (the deadline for filing 

a Complaint is September 29, 2008); 

(b) A Party, investigating authority or 

interested person that does not file a 

Complaint but that intends to appear in 

support of any reviewable portion of the 

final determination may participate in 

the panel review by filing a Notice of 

Appearance in accordance with Rule 40 

within 45 days after the filing of the first 

Request for Panel Review (the deadline 

for filing a Notice of Appearance is 

October 14, 2008); and 

(c) The panel review shall be limited 

to the allegations of error of fact or law, 

including the jurisdiction of the 

investigating authority, that are set out 

in the Complaints filed in the panel 

review and the procedural and 

substantive defenses raised in the panel 

review. 

Dated: September 3, 2008. 

Valerie Dees, 

United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–GT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Notice and Call for Applications for the 

International Buyer Program for the 

Period January 1, 2010 through 

December 31, 2010 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice and Call for Applications 

for the International Buyer Program for 

the period January 1, 2010 through 

December 31, 2010. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth 

objectives, procedures and application 

review criteria associated with support 

for domestic trade shows by the 

International Buyer Program (IBP) of the 

U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). 

This announcement covers selection for 

International Buyer Program 

participation for calendar year 2010 

(January 1, 2010 through December 31, 

2010). 

The International Buyer Program was 

established to bring international buyers 

together with U.S. firms by promoting 

leading U.S. trade shows in industries 

with high export potential. The 

International Buyer Program emphasizes 

cooperation between the DOC and trade 

show organizers to benefit U.S. firms 

exhibiting at selected events and 

provides practical, hands-on assistance 

such as export counseling and market 

analysis to U.S. companies interested in 

exporting. The assistance provided to 

show organizers includes worldwide 

overseas promotion of selected shows to 

potential international buyers, endusers, representatives and distributors. 

The worldwide promotion is executed 

through the offices of the DOC U.S. and 

Foreign Commercial Service (hereinafter 

referred to as the Commercial Service) 

in more than 70 countries representing 

the United States’ major trading 

partners, and also in U.S. Embassies in 

countries where the Commercial Service 

does not maintain offices. The DOC 

expects to select approximately 40 trade 

shows for the January 1, 2010 through 

December 31, 2010 period from among 

applicants to the program. Shows 

selected for the International Buyer 

Program will provide a venue for U.S. 

companies interested in expanding their 

sales into international markets. 

Successful show organizer applicants 

will be required to enter into a 

Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) 

with the DOC. The MOA constitutes an 

agreement between the DOC and the 

show organizer specifying which 

responsibilities are to be undertaken by 

the DOC as part of the International 

Buyer Program and, in turn, which 

responsibilities are to be undertaken by 

the show organizer. Anyone requesting 

application information will be sent a 

sample copy of the MOA along with the 

application and a copy of this Federal 

Register Notice. The responsibilities to 

be undertaken by the DOC will be 

carried out by the Commercial Service. 

DATES: Applications must be received 

within 60 days after the publication date 

of this Federal Register Notice. 

ADDRESSES: International Buyer 

Program, Global Trade Programs, U.S. 

and Foreign Commercial Service, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1300 

Pennsylvania Ave., Ronald Reagan 

Center, Suite 800M—Mezzanine Level—

Atrium North, Washington, DC 20004. 

Telephone (202) 482–4207; Facsimile: 

(202) 482–7800; E-mail: 

Blanche.Ziv@mail.doc.gov (for deadline 

purposes, facsimile and e-mail 

applications will be accepted as interim 

applications, to be followed by signed 

original applications to be received 

within five (5) business days after the 

application deadline). To ensure that 

applications are timely received by the 

deadline, applicants are strongly urged 

to send applications by hand delivery 

service. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Blanche Ziv, Manager, International 

Buyer Program, Global Trade Programs, 

U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1300 

Pennsylvania Ave., Ronald Reagan 

Center, Suite 800M—Mezzanine Level—

Atrium North, Washington, DC 20004; 

Telephone (202) 482–4207; Facsimile: 

(202) 482–7800; E-mail: 

Blanche.Ziv@mail.doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commercial Service is accepting 

applications for the International Buyer 

Program for trade events taking place 

between January 1, 2010, and December 

31, 2010. A participation fee of $8,000 

for shows of five days or less is 

required. For trade shows more than 

five days in duration, or requiring more 

than one International Business Center, 

a participation fee of $14,000 is 

required. For trade shows ten days or 

more in duration, and/or requiring more 

than two International Business Centers, 

the participation fee will be negotiated, 

but shall not be less than $19,500. 

Under the International Buyer 

Program, the Commercial Service seeks 

to bring together international buyers 

with U.S. firms by selecting and 

promoting in international markets U.S. 

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