[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 20 (Monday, February 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 4842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2347]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-570-806]


Silicon Metal From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of 
New Shipper Antidumping Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of initiation of new shipper antidumping administrative 
review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received a 
request from Zunyi Titanium Plant (ZTP) to conduct a new shipper 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on silicon metal 
from the People's Republic of China (PRC), which has a June anniversary 
date. In accordance with the Department's current regulations, we are 
initiating this administrative review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 1, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Nulman or Maureen Flannery, AD/
CVD Enforcement, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4052 or (202) 482-3020, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, 
all citations to the Department's regulations are to the current 
regulations, codified at 19 CFR part 351, 62 FR 27296 (1998).

Background

    On December 7, 1998, the Department received a timely request, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, and section 351.214(c) 
of the Department's regulations, for a new shipper review of this 
antidumping duty order which has a June anniversary date.

Initiation of Review

    In its December 7, 1998 request for review, ZTP certified that it 
did not export the subject merchandise to the United States during the 
period of investigation (POI), and that it is not affiliated with any 
company which exported subject merchandise to the United States during 
the POI. ZTP also certified that its export activities are not 
controlled by the central government of the PRC. Pursuant to the 
Department's regulations at 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), ZTP submitted 
documentation establishing the date on which the merchandise was first 
entered for consumption in the United States, the volume of that 
shipment, and the date of first sale to an unaffiliated customer in the 
United States.
    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) and 19 CFR 351.214(d), we 
are initiating a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on 
silicon metal from the PRC. We intend to issue the final results of 
this review no later than 270 days from the publication of this notice.
    The standard period of review (POR) in a new shipper review 
initiated in the month immediately following the semiannual anniversary 
month is the six-month period immediately preceding the semiannual 
anniversary month. Therefore, the POR for this new shipper review is 
June 1, 1998 through November 30, 1998.
    Concurrent with publication of this notice and in accordance with 
CFR 351.214(e), we will instruct the U.S. Customs Service to allow, at 
the option of the importer, the posting of a bond or security in lieu 
of a cash deposit for each entry of the merchandise exported by the 
company listed above, until the completion of the review.
    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306.
    This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 751(a) of 
the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 351.214.

    Dated: January 25, 1999.
Richard W. Moreland,
Acting Assistant Secretary
for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-2347 Filed 1-29-99; 8:45 am]
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