[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 4 (Monday, January 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 715-716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-317]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-831]


Fresh Garlic From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of 
New Shipper Antidumping Duty Reviews

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

ACTION: Notice of initiation of new shipper antidumping duty reviews.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has received requests to conduct 
three new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic 
from the People's Republic of China. In accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 
351.214(d), we are initiating these new shipper reviews.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 7, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edythe Artman or Dunyako Ahmadu, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3931 or (202) 482-0198, 
respectively.

The 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 references are made to the Department of Commerce's (the 
Department) regulations at 19 CFR part 351 (2001).

Background

    On November 29, 2001, the Department received a request for a new 
shipper review from Shandong Heze International Trade and Developing 
Company (Shandong Heze). On November 30, 2001, we received requests for 
new shipper reviews from Jinan Yipin Corporation, Ltd. (Jinan Yipin) 
and Huaiyang Hongda Dehydrated Vegetable Company (Hongda). All three 
companies are Chinese producers and exporters of fresh garlic from the 
People's Republic of China. We have reviewed their requests and find 
that they comply with the content requirements for requests set forth 
under 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2). The period of review is November 1, 2000, 
through October 31, 2001.

Initiation of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i), Shandong Heze, Jinan Yipin, 
and Hongda provided certifications that they had not exported subject 
merchandise to the United States during the period of investigation. In 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), each company further 
certified that, since the initiation of the original investigation, it 
has never been affiliated with any exporter or producer who exported 
the subject merchandise to the United States during the period of 
investigation, including those not individually examined during the 
investigation.
    Also, as required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), each of the 
three companies certified that its export activities were not 
controlled by the central government. Thus, the requests from Shandong 
Heze, Jinan Yipin, and Hongda meet the content requirements set forth 
under 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i) and (iii). In addition, the companies 
submitted documentation establishing the following: (1) the date on 
which their subject merchandise was first entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption or the date on which the exporter or 
producer first shipped the subject merchandise for export to the United 
States; (ii) the volume of that shipment; and (iii) the date of the 
first sale to an unaffiliated customer in the United States. Thus, the 
requests for review meet the content requirements set forth under 19 
CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv). Accordingly, pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(d)(1), we are initiating 
new shipper reviews for shipments of fresh garlic from the People's 
Republic of China produced and exported by Shandong Heze, Jinan Yipin, 
and Hongda. The period of review covers the period November 1, 2000, 
through October 31, 2001. See 19 CFR 351.214(g). We intend to issue 
final results of this review no later than 270 days after the day on 
which these new shipper reviews are initiated. See 19 CFR 351.214(i).
    Concurrent with publication of this notice and in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.214(e), we will instruct the 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 
Shandong Heze, Jinan Yipin, and Hongda until the completion of the 
review.
    The 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)(2)(B)(ii)

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of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: December 28, 2001.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-317 Filed 1-4-02; 8:45 am]
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