[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-140]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-847]


Persulfates From the People's Republic of China: Notice of 
Rescission of the 2007-2008 Administrative Review of the Antidumping 
Duty Order

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

DATES: Effective Date: January 8, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Giselle Cubillos, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1778.

Background

    On July 11, 2008, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order on persulfates from the People's Republic 
of China (``PRC''). See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request 
Administrative Review, 73 FR 39948 (July 11, 2008). On July 31, 2008, 
FMC Corporation (``FMC''), a domestic producer of persulfates, 
requested that the Department conduct an administrative review of 
Shanghai AJ Import & Export Corporation--Degussa-AJ Shanghai Initiators 
Co., LTD.'s exports to the United States for the period of review 
(``POR'') July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008. Pursuant to this 
request, the Department published a notice of the initiation of the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on persulfates from 
the PRC. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 73 FR 50308 (August 26, 2008).

Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party that requested a 
review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of publication 
of the notice of initiation. On December 3, 2008, FMC timely withdrew 
its request for a review, and no other interested party requested a 
review of this company. \1\ Therefore, the Department is rescinding 
this administrative review of the antidumping duty order on persulfates 
from the PRC covering the period July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008, 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
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    \1\ On November 26, 2008, in response to a request from FMC, the 
Department extended the deadline for FMC to withdraw its review 
request from November 24, 2008, until December 3, 2008.
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Assessment

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(``CBP'') to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. 
Antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit 
of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or 
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department intends to issue appropriate 
assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days after the publication 
of this notice in the Federal Register.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice serves as a final 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. Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.402(f)(3), failure to comply with this requirement could result in 
the Secretary's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties 
occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and as explained in the APO 
itself. Timely written notification of the return/destruction of APO 
materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an 
APO is a sanctionable violation.
    This notice is in accordance with section 777(i)(1) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: January 2, 2009.
Edward C. Yang,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-140 Filed 1-7-09; 8:45 am]
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