[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 228 (Monday, November 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70694-70695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30142]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-846]


Brake Rotors From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of 
New Shipper Antidumping Duty Reviews

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has received requests to conduct 
new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on brake rotors from 
the People's Republic of China. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(d), 
we are initiating reviews for Beijing Concord Auto Technology Inc., 
Qingdao Meita Automotive Industry Co., Ltd., and Shandong Laizhou 
Huanri Group General Co.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 27, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-1766.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``the Act''), are references to the provisions 
effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to 
the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') regulations are to 19 CFR Part 351 (April 2000).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department has received timely requests from Beijing Concord 
Auto Technology Inc. (``Concord''), Qingdao Meita Automotive Industry 
Co., Ltd. (``Meita''), and Shandong Laizhou Huanri Group General Co. 
(``Huanri''), in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(c), for new shipper 
reviews of the antidumping duty order on brake rotors from the People's 
Republic of China

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(``PRC''), which has an April anniversary month.
    As required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i) and (iii)(A), each of the 
three companies identified above has certified that it did not export 
brake rotors to the United States during the period of investigation 
(``POI''), and that it has never been affiliated with any exporter or 
producer which did export brake rotors during the POI. Each company has 
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)(A), Concord, Huanri, and Meita each submitted 
documentation establishing the date on which it first shipped the 
subject merchandise to the United States, the volume of that shipment, 
and the date of the first sale to an unaffiliated customer in the 
United States.
    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, as amended, and 
19 CFR 351.214(b), and based on information on the record, we are 
initiating the new shipper reviews for Concord, Huanri, and Meita.
    It is the Department's practice in cases involving non-market 
economies to require that a company 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 questionnaire to Concord, Huanri, and Meita (including a 
separate rates section), allowing approximately 37 days for response. 
If the response from each respondent provides sufficient indication 
that it is not subject to either de jure or de facto government control 
with respect to its exports of brake rotors, each review will proceed. 
If, on the other hand, a respondent does not demonstrate its 
eligibility for a separate rate, then it will be deemed to be 
affiliated with other companies that exported during the POI, and the 
review of that respondent will be rescinded.

Initiation of Review

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(d)(1), we are initiating new shipper reviews of the antidumping 
duty order on brake rotors from the PRC. We intend to issue the 
preliminary results of these reviews not later than 180 days after the 
date on which the reviews are initiated.

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                                                        Period to be
            Antidumping Duty Proceeding                   reviewed
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PRC: Brake Rotors, A-570-846:
    Beijing Concord Auto Technology Inc...........     04/01/00-09/30/00
    Qingdao Meita Automotive Industry Co., Ltd....
    Shandong Laizhou Huanri Group General Co......
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    We will instruct the Customs Service to allow, at the option of the 
importer, the posting, until the completion of the review, of a bond or 
security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of the merchandise 
exported by the above-listed companies. This action is in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.214(e).
    Interested parties that need access to proprietary information in 
these new shipper reviews should submit applications for disclosure 
under administrative protective orders 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(d).

    Dated: November 20, 2000.
Louis Apple,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-30142 Filed 11-24-00; 8:45 am]
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