[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 219 (Monday, November 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61834-61835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29754]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-570-836]


Glycine From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of New 
Shipper Antidumping Review

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

ACTION: Notice of initiation of new shipper antidumping review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received a 
request from Nantong Dongchang Chemical Industry Corp. (Nantong 
Dongchang) to conduct a new shipper review of the

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antidumping duty order on glycine from the People's Republic of China 
(PRC), which has a March anniversary date. In accordance with the 
Department's regulations, we are initiating this new shipper review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 15, 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, N.W., Washington D.C. 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 (April, 1998).

Background

    On September 30, 1999, 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 the 
antidumping duty order on glycine, issued on March 29, 1995.

Initiation of Review

    In its request of September 30, 1999, Nantong Dongchang, as 
required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i) and (b)(2)(iii)(A), certified that 
it did not export the subject merchandise to the United States during 
the period of investigation (POI) (February 1, 1994 through July 31, 
1994), and that since the investigation was initiated on July 28, 1994, 
it has not been affiliated with any company which exported subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POI. Nantong Dongchang 
further certified that its export activities are not controlled by the 
central government of the PRC, satisfying the requirements of 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B). Pursuant to the Department's regulations at 19 
CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), Nantong Dongchang submitted documentation 
establishing the date on which the subject merchandise was first 
entered for consumption into the United States, the volume of that 
first shipment, and the date of its first sale to an unaffiliated 
customer in the United States.
    It is the Department's usual practice in cases involving non-market 
economies to require that companies seeking to establish eligibility 
for an antidumping duty rate separate from the country-wide rate 
provide de jure and de facto evidence of an absence of government 
control over the company's export activities. Accordingly we will issue 
a separate rates questionnaire to the above-named respondent, allowing 
37 days for response. If a respondent's response provides sufficient 
indication that it is not subject to either de jure or de facto 
government control with respect to its exports of crawfish, the review 
of its crawfish exports will proceed. If, on the other hand, a 
respondent does not demonstrate its eligibility for a separate rate, 
then that respondent will be deemed to be affiliated with other 
companies that exported during the POI and that did not establish 
entitlement to a separate rate, and its review will be terminated.
    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 
glycine from the PRC. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(h)(1), we 
intend to issue preliminary results of this review no later than 180 
days after the date of initiation.
    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 semi-annual 
anniversary month. Therefore, the POR for this new shipper review of 
Nantong Dongchang is March 1, 1999 through August 30, 1999.
    Concurrent with publication of this notice, and in accordance with 
19 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: November 1, 1999.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-29754 Filed 11-12-99; 8:45 am]
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