[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 82 (Friday, April 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18568-18569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10405]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-570-820]


Certain Compact Ductile Iron Waterworks Fittings and Glands From 
the People's Republic of China: Notice of Initiation of New Shipper 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of initiation of new shipper antidumping duty 
administrative review, Certain Compact Ductile Iron Waterworks Fittings 
and Glands (CDIW), from the People's Republic of China (PRC), A-570-
820.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received a 
request to conduct a new shipper administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on CDIW from the PRC which has a September 
anniversary date. In accordance with Department regulations, we are 
initiating this administrative review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 26, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul M. Stolz, 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) 482-4474.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department has received a timely request from Beijing M Star 
Pipe Corp., Ltd. (BMSP), in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and section 353.22(h) of the 
Department's Interim Regulations (60 FR 25130, 25134 (May 11, 1995)), 
for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on CDIW from the 
PRC which has a September anniversary date.

Initiation of Review

    BMSP has certified that it did not export CDIW to the U.S. during 
the period of investigation (POI) (2/1/92-7/31/92), and that it is not 
affiliated with any exporter or producer which did export CDIW during 
the POI. This certification is in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) 
of the Act, and the

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Department's Interim Regulations, 19 CFR 353.22(h). Therefore, we are 
initiating the new shipper review as requested. However, it is the 
Department's usual practice with non-market economies to require 
information regarding de jure and de facto government control over a 
company's export activities to establish its eligibility for an 
antidumping duty rate separate from the country-wide rate. Accordingly, 
we will issue a separate rates questionnaire to BMSP and seek 
additional information from the PRC government, as appropriate, 
allowing 30 days for response. If the responses from BMSP and the PRC 
government adequately demonstrate that BMSP is not subject to de jure 
and de facto government control with respect to its exports of CDIW, 
the review will proceed. If, on the other hand, BMSP does not 
demonstrate its eligibility for a separate rate, BMSP will be deemed to 
be affiliated with other companies that exported during the POI which 
did not establish their entitlement to a separate rate and the review 
will be terminated.
    If this review proceeds normally, we will issue the final results 
of review not later than February 16, 1997. The period to be reviewed 
is the seven months immediately preceding the semi-anniversary month of 
March 1996, which includes August 1, 1995 through February 29, 1996.

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                                                              Period to 
                Antidumping duty proceeding                  be reviewed
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People's Republic of China:                                             
  Certain Compact Ductile Iron Waterworks Fittings and                  
   Glands..................................................    08/01/95-
                                                                02/29/96
  A-570-820                                                             
  Beijing M Star Pipe Corp., Ltd.                                       
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    We will instruct the U.S. Customs Service to allow, at the option 
of the importer, the posting, until the completion or termination of 
the review, of a bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit for each 
entry of the merchandise in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) 
and Interim Regulation 19 CFR 353.22(h)(4) (1995).
    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(b).
    This initiation and this notice are in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and Interim Regulation 19 CFR 353.22(h).

    Dated: April 19, 1996.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.
[FR Doc. 96-10405 Filed 4-25-96; 8:45 am]
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