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reviews of this order and will conduct 

administrative reviews of subject 

merchandise entered prior to the 

effective date of revocation in response 

to appropriately filed requests for 

review. 

The five-year (sunset) review and this 

notice are in accordance with sections 

751(c) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: September 29, 2008. 

David M. Spooner, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–588–861, A–580–850, A–570–879] 

Polyvinyl Alcohol From Japan, the 

Republic of Korea, and the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Results of the 

Expedited Sunset Reviews of the 

Antidumping Duty Orders 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On June 5, 2008, the 

Department of Commerce (the 

Department) initiated sunset reviews of 

the antidumping duty orders on 

polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) from Japan, the 

Republic of Korea (Korea), and the 

People’s Republic of China (PRC) 

pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The 

Department has conducted expedited 

(120-day) sunset reviews for these 

orders pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2). As a result of 

these sunset reviews, the Department 

finds that revocation of the antidumping 

duty orders would be likely to lead to 

continuation or recurrence of dumping. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 3, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Eastwood or Miriam Eqab, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office 2, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–3874 and (202) 

482–3693, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Background 

On June 5, 2008, the Department 

published the notice of initiation of the 

sunset reviews of the antidumping duty 

orders on PVA from Japan, Korea, and 

the PRC pursuant to section 751(c) of 

the Act. See Initiation of Five-Year 

(‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews, 73 FR 31974 (June 

5, 2008) (Notice of Initiation). 

The Department received notices of 

intent to participate from Celanese 

Chemicals, Ltd. and E.I. Dupont de 

Nemours & Co. (collectively, ‘‘the 

domestic interested parties’’) within the 

deadline specified in 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(1)(i). The companies claimed 

interested party status under section 

771(9)(C) of the Act as manufacturers of 

a domestic like product in the United 

States. The Department also received a 

notice of intent to participate from two 

Japanese respondent interested parties: 

The Nippon Synthetic Chemical 

Industry Co., Ltd. and Marubeni 

Specialty Chemicals Inc. The companies 

claimed interested party status under 

section 771(9)(A) of the Act as a foreign 

producer and a U.S. importer, 

respectively, of the subject merchandise. 

The Department received complete 

substantive responses to the notice of 

initiation from the domestic interested 

parties within the 30-day deadline 

specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). We 

received no substantive responses from 

respondent interested parties with 

respect to any of the orders covered by 

these sunset reviews, nor was a hearing 

requested. As a result, pursuant to 19 

CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the 

Department is conducting expedited 

(120-day) sunset reviews of the 

antidumping duty orders for Japan, 

Korea, and the PRC. 

Scope of the Orders 

The merchandise covered by these 

orders is PVA. This product consists of 

all PVA hydrolyzed in excess of 80 

percent, whether or not mixed or 

diluted with commercial levels of 

defoamer or boric acid, except as noted 

below. 

The following products are 

specifically excluded from the scope of 

these orders: 

(1) PVA in fiber form. 

(2) PVA with hydrolysis less than 83 

mole percent and certified not for use in 

the production of textiles. 

(3) PVA with hydrolysis greater than 

85 percent and viscosity greater than or 

equal to 90 cps. 

(4) PVA with a hydrolysis greater than 

85 percent, viscosity greater than or 

equal to 80 cps but less than 90 cps, 

certified for use in an ink jet 

application. 

(5) PVA for use in the manufacture of 

an excipient or as an excipient in the 

manufacture of film coating systems 

which are components of a drug or 

dietary supplement, and accompanied 

by an end-use certification. 

(6) PVA covalently bonded with 

cationic monomer uniformly present on 

all polymer chains in a concentration 

equal to or greater than one mole 

percent. 

(7) PVA covalently bonded with 

carboxylic acid uniformly present on all 

polymer chains in a concentration equal 

to or greater than two mole percent, 

certified for use in a paper application. 

(8) PVA covalently bonded with thiol 

uniformly present on all polymer 

chains, certified for use in emulsion 

polymerization of non-vinyl acetic 

material. 

(9) PVA covalently bonded with 

paraffin uniformly present on all 

polymer chains in a concentration equal 

to or greater than one mole percent. 

(10) PVA covalently bonded with 

silan uniformly present on all polymer 

chains certified for use in paper coating 

applications. 

(11) PVA covalently bonded with 

sulfonic acid uniformly present on all 

polymer chains in a concentration level 

equal to or greater than one mole 

percent. 

(12) PVA covalently bonded with 

acetoacetylate uniformly present on all 

polymer chains in a concentration level 

equal to or greater than one mole 

percent. 

(13) PVA covalently bonded with 

polyethylene oxide uniformly present 

on all polymer chains in a concentration 

level equal to or greater than one mole 

percent. 

(14) PVA covalently bonded with 

quaternary amine uniformly present on 

all polymer chains in a concentration 

level equal to or greater than one mole 

percent. 

(15) PVA covalently bonded with 

diacetoneacrylamide uniformly present 

on all polymer chains in a concentration 

level greater than three mole percent, 

certified for use in a paper application. 

The merchandise subject to these 

orders is currently classifiable under 

subheading 3905.30.00 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS). Although the 

HTSUS subheading is provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope of these 

orders is dispositive. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in these reviews are 

addressed in the ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Expedited Sunset 

Reviews of the Antidumping Duty 

Orders on Polyvinyl Alcohol from 

Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the 

People’s Republic of China’’ from 

Stephen J. Claeys, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Import Administration, to 

David M. Spooner, Assistant Secretary 

for Import Administration (September 

29, 2008) (Decision Memo), which is 

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1 In its request for review, Golden Banyan 

indicated that it had applied to the Zhangzhou 

Municipal Industrial and Commercial 

Administrative Bureau (Commercial Administrative 

Bureau) to change its name to Fujian Golden 

Banyan Foodstuffs Industrial Co., Ltd. On December 

21, 2007, the Commercial Administrative Bureau 

granted Golden Banyan advanced approval for the 

company’s requested name change. At the time it 

submitted the request for new shipper review, 

however, Golden Banyan was still waiting for the 

name change to apply to the company’s business 

license and certificate of approval. 

2As we indicated in the initiation notice, Golden 

Banyan’s shipment entered the United States 

shortly after the anniversary month. Therefore, for 

the reasons given in the initiation notice, we 

extended the POR to include Golden Banyan’s 

shipment. See Initiation Notice at 18772. 

hereby adopted by this notice. The 

issues discussed in the Decision Memo 

include the likelihood of continuation 

or recurrence of dumping and the 

magnitude of the margins likely to 

prevail if the orders were revoked. 

Parties can find a complete discussion 

of all issues raised in these reviews and 

the corresponding recommendations in 

this public memorandum which is on 

file in the Central Records Unit, room 

1117 of the main Department building. 

In addition, a complete version of the 

Decision Memo can be accessed directly 

on the Web at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. 

The paper copy and electronic version 

of the Decision Memo are identical in 

content. 

Final Results of Reviews 

We determine that revocation of the 

antidumping duty orders on PVA from 

Japan, Korea, and the PRC would be 

likely to lead to continuation or 

recurrence of dumping at the following 

weighted-average percentage margins: 

Manufacturers/exporters/ 

producers 

Weightedaverage 

margin 

(percent) 

Japan: 

Denki Kagaku Kogyo 

Kabushiki Kaisha ............... 144.16 

Japan VAM & POVAL Co., 

Ltd ...................................... 144.16 

Kuraray Co., Ltd .................... 144.16 

The Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co., Ltd ......... 144.16 

All-Others Rate ..................... 76.78 

Korea: 

DC Chemical Company, Ltd 38.74 

All-Others Rate ..................... 32.08 

PRC: 

Sinopec Sichuan Vinylon 

Works ................................ 5.51 

PRC-Wide Rate .................... 97.86 

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. 

Timely notification of the return or 

destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective orders 

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 the 

results and notice in accordance with 

sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of 

the Act. 

Dated: September 29, 2008. 

David M. Spooner, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–851] 

Certain Preserved Mushrooms From 

the People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty New Shipper Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 3, 2008. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) is currently 

conducting a new shipper review of the 

antidumping duty order on certain 

preserved mushrooms from the People’s 

Republic of China (PRC) covering the 

period February 1, 2007, through 

February 29, 2008. We preliminarily 

determine that the sale made by 

Zhangzhou Golden Banyan Foodstuffs 

Industrial Co., Ltd. (Golden Banyan), 

was not made below normal value (NV). 

If these preliminary results are adopted 

in our final results of this review, we 

will instruct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping 

duties on entries of subject merchandise 

during the period of review (POR) for 

any importer-specific assessment rates 

that are above de minimis. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred 

Baker or Robert James, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office 7, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–2924 or (202) 482– 

0649, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On February 19, 1999, the Department 

published in the Federal Register an 

amended final determination and 

antidumping duty order on certain 

preserved mushrooms from the PRC. 

See Notice of Amendment of Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Antidumping Duty 

Order: Certain Preserved Mushrooms 

From the People’s Republic of China, 64 

FR 8308 (February 19, 1999) (Order). On 

February 29, 2008, we received a timely 

new shipper review request in 

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

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Tariff Act), and 19 CFR 351.214(c), from 

exporter and producer, Golden Banyan.1

On April 7, 2008, the Department 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register initiating a new shipper review 

for Golden Banyan. See Certain 

Preserved Mushrooms from the People’s 

Republic of China: Initiation of New 

Shipper Review, 73 FR 18772 (April 7, 

2008) (Initiation Notice). 

We issued the standard antidumping 

duty questionnaire, along with the 

standard importer questionnaire for new 

shipper reviews, on April 8, 2008, and 

received responses in May and June 

2008. We issued supplemental 

questionnaires covering sections A, C, 

and D of the original questionnaire on 

July 8, 2008, August 7, 2008, and 

August 22, 2008, respectively, and 

received timely responses to those 

questionnaires. 

Period of Review 

The POR covers February 1, 2007, 

through February 29, 2008.2

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by this order 

are certain preserved mushrooms, 

whether imported whole, sliced, diced, 

or as stems and pieces. The certain 

preserved mushrooms covered under 

this order are the species Agaricus 

bisporus and Agaricus bitorquis. 

‘‘Certain Preserved Mushrooms’’ refers 

to mushrooms that have been prepared 

or preserved by cleaning, blanching, and 

sometimes slicing or cutting. These 

mushrooms are then packed and heated 

in containers including, but not limited 

to, cans or glass jars in a suitable liquid 

medium, including, but not limited to, 

water, brine, butter or butter sauce. 

Certain preserved mushrooms may be 

imported whole, sliced, diced, or as 

stems and pieces. Included within the 

scope of this order are ‘‘brined’’ 

mushrooms, which are presalted and 

packed in a heavy salt solution to 

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