[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 230 (Thursday, November 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 59568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29672]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-809]


Certain Stainless Steel Flanges From India

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

ACTION: Notice of initiation of new shipper review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has received a request for a new 
shipper review of the antidumping duty order on certain forged 
stainless steel flanges (flanges) from India issued on February 9, 1994 
(59 FR 5994). In accordance with our regulations, we are initiating a 
new shipper review covering Metal Forgings Private Limited/Metal Rings 
and Bearing Races Limited (Metal Forgings).

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 29, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Killiam or Michael Heaney, AD/
CVD Enforcement Group III, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
5222 or (202) 482-4475, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Tariff Act), are references to the provisions 
effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to 
the Tariff Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all references to the Department's regulations are 
to 19 CFR part 351 (2001).

Background

    The Department received a timely request, in accordance with 
section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b) of the 
Department's regulations, for a new shipper review of the antidumping 
duty order on flanges from India, which has a February anniversary 
date. (See Antidumping Duty Order and Amendment to Final Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 59 FR 5994 (February 9, 1994). See 
also letter to the Secretary of Commerce from law firm of Miller & 
Chevalier, August 31, 2001, requesting a new shipper review.

Initiation of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b), Metal Forgings certified in its 
August 31, 2001 submission that it did not export subject merchandise 
to the United States during the period of the investigation (POI) (July 
1, 1992 through December 31, 1992), and that it was not affiliated with 
any exporter or producer of the subject merchandise to the United 
States during the POI. Metal Forgings submitted documentation 
establishing the date on which it first shipped the subject merchandise 
for export to the United States, the volume shipped, 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 Tariff Act and 
Sec. 351.214(d) of the Department's regulations, we are initiating a 
new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on flanges from India. 
This review covers the period January 1, 2001 through July 31, 2001. We 
have defined the period of review in order to include the reported 
dates of sale and shipment and the estimated date of entry. We intend 
to issue the final results of the review no later than 180 days from 
the date of publication of this notice.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(e), effective on the date of 
publication of this notice, 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 subject 
merchandise exported by Metal Forgings, until the completion of the 
review.
    Interested parties may submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(b).
    This initiation and this notice are in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Tariff Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and Sec. 351.214 of the 
Department's regulations.

    Dated: November 23, 2001.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
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