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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-122-050]

 

Racing Plates (Aluminum Horseshoes) From Canada; Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review.

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SUMMARY: In response to a request by a respondent, the Department of 
Commerce has conducted an administrative review of the antidumping 
finding on racing plates from Canada. The review covers one firm and 
the period February 1, 1993, through January 31, 1994.
    We have preliminarily determined that sales have been made below 
the foreign market value (FMV). If these preliminary results are 
adopted in our final results of administrative review, we will instruct 
U.S. Customs to assess antidumping duties equal to the difference 
between the United States price (USP) and the FMV.
    Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary 
results.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 19, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Todd Peterson or Thomas Futtner, Office of Antidumping Compliance, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-4195 or 482-3814, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On February 27, 1974 (39 FR 7579), the Department of Treasury 
published the antidumping finding of racing plates (aluminum 
horseshoes) from Canada. The Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of ``Opportunity to Request Administrative Review'' 
on February 4, 1994 (59 FR 5390). The respondent, Equine Forgings 
Limited, requested that we conduct an administrative review for the 
period February 1, 1993, through January 31, 1994. We published a 
notice of ``Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review'' on March 14, 1994 (59 FR 11769) for Equine 
Forgings Limited.
    The Department has now conducted the administrative review in 
accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Tariff Act).

Scope of the Review

    Imports covered by the review are shipments of racing plates 
(horseshoes) that are made of aluminum, may have cleats or caulks, and 
come in a variety of sizes. They are used on race horses, polo, 
jumping, hunting, and other performing horses, as differentiated from 
pleasure and work horses. During the review period such merchandise was 
classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) item number 
7616.90.00. This HTS item number is provided for convenience and 
customs purposes. The written description remains dispositive.

United States Price

    In calculating USP, the Department used purchased price, as defined 
in section 772 of the Tariff Act, since sales to the first unrelated 
purchaser were made prior to the date of importation. Purchase price 
was based on the packed f.o.b. price to unrelated purchasers in the 
United States. We made deductions, where appropriate, for inland 
freight, U.S. duty, and brokerage/handling charges. We adjusted USP for 
taxes in accordance with our practice as outlined in Silicomanganse 
from Venezuela, Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value (59 FR 31204, June 17, 1994). No other adjustments were claimed 
or allowed.

Foreign Market Value

    In calculating FMV, we used home market price, as defined in 
section 773 of the Tariff Act, since sufficient quantities of such or 
similar merchandise were sold in the home market to provide a basis for 
comparison.
    Home market price was based upon the packed f.o.b. price to 
unrelated purchasers in Canada, with appropriate deductions for 
rebates. We adjusted for Canadian value-added tax in accordance with 
our decision Silicomanganese from Venezuela, Preliminary Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value (59 FR 31204, June 17, 1994).
    In accordance with the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's 
decision in The Ad Hoc Committee of AZ-NM-TX-FL Producers of Grey 
Portland Cement v. United States, No. 93-1239, (January 5, 1994), we no 
longer deduct home market movement expenses from FMV pursuant to the 
Department's inherent power to fill in gaps in the antidumping statute. 
Accordingly, we now adjust for such expenses under the circumstance-of-
sale provision of 19 CFR 352.56 and the ESP offset provision of 19 CFR 
353.56(b)(1)(2), as appropriate. As a result, we have not adjusted for 
Equine Forging's reported home market inland freight as movement 
expenses. Rather, we have treated Equine Forging's reported post-sale 
inland freight as a direct selling expense, which we have deducted from 
FMV.

Preliminary Results of Review

    We have preliminarily determined that the following margin exists 
for the period February 1, 1993, through January 31, 1994:

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                                                                 Margin 
                    Manufacturer/Exporter                      (percent)
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Equine Forgings Limited......................................      0.01 
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    The Department shall determine, and the Customs Service shall 
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Upon completion 
of this review, the Department will issue appraisement instructions 
directly to the U.S. Customs Service.
    Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective 
for all shipments of the subject merchandise, entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided for by section 
751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for the reviewed 
firm will be that firm's rate established in the final results of this 
administrative review. If the rate in the final results of review for 
Equine Forgings Limited is de minimis, there will be no cash deposits 
required on shipments from this firm. (2) For previously reviewed or 
investigated companies not listed above, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent 
period. (3) If the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a 
previous review, or the original less than fair value (LTFV) 
investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of 
the merchandise.
    On May 25, 1993, the Court of International Trade, in Floral Trade 
Council v. United States, Slip Op. 93-79, and Federal-Mogul Corporation 
and the Torrington Company v. United States, Slip Op. 93-83, decided 
that once an ``all others'' rate is established for a company, it can 
only be changed through an administrative review. The Department has 
determined that in order to implement these decisions, it is 
appropriate to apply the original ``all others'' rate from the LTFV 
investigation (or that rate as amended for correction of clerical 
errors or as a result of litigation) in proceedings governed by 
antidumping duty orders for the purposes of establishing cash deposits 
in all current and future administrative reviews. In proceedings 
governed by antidumping findings, unless we are able to ascertain the 
``all others'' rate from the Treasury LTFV investigation, the 
Department has determined that it is appropriate to adopt the ``new 
shipper'' rate established in the first final results of administrative 
review published by the Department (or that rate amended for correction 
of clerical errors or as a result of litigation) as the ``all others'' 
rate for the purpose of establishing cash deposits in all current and 
future administrative reviews.
    Because this proceeding is governed by an antidumping finding and 
we are unable to ascertain the ``all others'' rate from the Treasury 
LTFV investigation, the ``all others'' rate for purposes of this review 
will be 6.77 percent, the ``new shipper'' rate established in the final 
results of administrative review published by the Department (47 FR 
51779, November 17, 1982).
    These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until publication of the final results of the next administrative 
review.
    Interested parties may request disclosure within 5 days of the date 
of publication of this notice, and a hearing within 10 days of the date 
of publication. Any hearing requested will be held as early as 
convenient for parties but no later than 44 days after the date of 
publication, or the first workday thereafter. Case briefs, or other 
written comments, from interested parties may be submitted not later 
than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Rebuttal 
briefs and rebuttal comments, limited to issues raised in the case 
briefs, may be filed not later than 37 days after the date of 
publication. The Department will publish the final results of review, 
including its results of its analysis of issues raised in any such 
written comments or at a hearing.
    This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 353.26 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 are in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and 19 CFR 
353.22.

    Dated: December 7, 1994.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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