[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 194 (Thursday, October 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62108-62109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25303]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-851]


Certain Preserved Mushrooms From the People's Republic of China: 
Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Reviews

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received 
requests for new shipper reviews (NSRs) of the antidumping duty order 
on certain preserved mushrooms from the People's Republic of China 
(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). In 
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.214(d), we are initiating antidumping 
duty NSRs of Guangxi Hengyong Industrial & Commercial Dev. Ltd., 
(Hengyong) and Zhangzhou Hongda Import & Export Trading Co., Ltd. 
(Hongda). The period of review (POR) of these NSRs is February 1, 2010 
through July 31, 2010.

DATES: Effective Date: October 7, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Baker, Scott Hoefke, 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, (202) 482-4947, or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 19, 1999, the Department published the 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). Thus, the 
antidumping duty order on certain preserved mushrooms from the PRC has 
a February anniversary month. On August 31, 2010, the Department 
received requests for NSRs from Hengyong and Hongda.
    In its request for review Hongda identified itself as the exporter 
of the subject merchandise, and Fujian Haishan Foods Co., Ltd. 
(Haishan) as the producer. In contrast, Hengyong identified itself as 
the exporter of the subject merchandise, and its affiliated branch 
supplier Hengyong Industrial and Commercial Dev. Ltd. Hengxian Food 
Division (collectively, ``Hengyong'') as the producer. The Department 
determined that both requests contained certain deficiencies and 
requested that both respondents correct their submissions. See 
September 23, 2010 letters from Robert James, Program Manager, to 
Hengyong and Hongda, respectively. In accordance with the Department's 
requests, Hengyong and Hongda corrected the deficiencies in their 
initial submissions in revised submissions dated September 24, 2010. 
For the purpose of initiating these NSRs, the Department determines 
that Henyong's and Hongda's original submissions were timely filed.
    Pursuant to the requirements set forth in section 751(a)(2)(B)(i) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2), Hengyong, Hongda, and Haishan 
certified that (1) they did not export subject merchandise to the 
United States during the original period of investigation (POI) (see 
section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i) & 
(ii)); (2) since the initiation of the investigation they have never 
been affiliated with any company that exported subject merchandise to 
the United States during the POI, including those companies not 
individually examined during the investigation (see section 
751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A)); and 
(3) their export activities were not controlled by the central 
government of the PRC (see 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B)). Additionally, 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), Hengyong and Hongda 
submitted documentation establishing the following: (1) The date on 
which they first shipped subject merchandise to the United States; (2) 
the volume of their first shipments; and (3) the date of their first 
sales to unaffiliated customers in the United States. They also 
certified they had no shipments to the United States during the period 
subsequent to their first shipments.

Initiation of Reviews

    Based on information on the record and in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and section 351.214(d) of the Department's 
regulations, we find the requests Hengyong and Hongda submitted meet 
the statutory and regulatory requirements for initiation of NSRs. See 
Memoranda to the File through Richard Weible, ``Request for AD New 
Shipper Review: Certain Preserved Mushrooms from the People's Republic 
of China (A-570-851),'' dated September 29, 2010. Accordingly, we are 
initiating a NSR of the antidumping duty order on certain preserved 
mushrooms from the PRC manufactured and exported by Hengyong, and a NSR 
on certain preserved mushrooms from the PRC manufactured by Haishan and 
exported by Hongda. These reviews cover the period February 1, 2010 
through July 31, 2010. We intend to issue the preliminary results of 
these reviews no later than 180 days after the date on which these 
reviews are initiated, and the final results within 90 days after the 
date on which we issue the preliminary results. See section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(h)(i).
    In cases involving non-market economies, the Department requires 
that a company seeking to establish eligibility for an antidumping duty 
rate separate from the country-wide rate provide evidence of de jure 
and de facto absence of government control over the company's export 
activities. See, e.g., Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's 
Republic of China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Reviews, 
75 FR 10214, 10215 (March 5, 2010). Accordingly, we will issue 
questionnaires to Hengyong and Hongda that will include a separate 
rates section.\1\ These reviews will proceed if these responses provide 
sufficient indication that Hengyong and Hongda are not subject to 
either de jure or de facto government control with respect to their 
exports of preserved mushrooms. However, if Hengyong and Hongda do not 
demonstrate eligibility for separate rates, they will be deemed not to 
have met the requirements of section 751(2)(B)(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(i), and therefore not separate from the PRC-wide entity. 
We will therefore rescind the NSRs. See, e.g., Certain Preserved 
Mushrooms from the People's Republic of China: Notice of Initiation of 
Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review, 74 FR 15698 (April 7, 2009).
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    \1\ Both companies did provide information regarding their 
eligibility for separate rates in their requests for review.
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    We will instruct the CBP to allow, at the option of the importer, 
the posting, until the completion of the review, of a bond or security 
in lieu of a cash deposit for certain entries of the subject

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merchandise produced and exported by Hengyong and for certain entries 
produced by Haishan and exported by Hongda in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(e).
    Interested parties may submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306.
    These initiations and this notice are issued and published in 
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 
351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: September 29, 2010.
Susan H. Kuhbach,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-25303 Filed 10-6-10; 8:45 am]
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