[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 65 (Thursday, April 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16088-16089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8163]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-851]


Certain Preserved Mushrooms from the People's Republic of China: 
Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Review for the 
period February 1, 2001, through January 31, 2002.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 4, 2002.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has received requests to conduct a 
new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on certain preserved 
mushrooms 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 
C.F.R. 351.214(d), we are initiating a review for Guangxi Yulin 
Oriental Food

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Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Qunxingyuan Trading Co., Ltd., and Zhangzhou 
Jingxiang Foods Co., Ltd.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 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 C.F.R. Part 351 (2001).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department has received timely requests from Guangxi Yulin 
Oriental Food Co., Ltd. (``Guangxi Yulin''), Shenzhen Qunxingyuan 
Trading Co., Ltd. (``Shenzhen Qunxingyuan''), and Zhangzhou Jingxiang 
Foods Co., Ltd. (``Zhangzhou Jingxiang''), in accordance with 19 C.F.R. 
351.214(c), for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain preserved mushrooms from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC''), which has a February anniversary month.
    As required by 19 C.F.R. 351.214(b)(2)(i), (ii), and (iii)(A), each 
company identified above has certified that it did not export certain 
preserved mushrooms to the United States during the period of 
investigation (``POI''), and that it has never been affiliated with any 
exporter or producer which exported certain preserved mushrooms during 
the POI. Each company has further certified that its export activities 
are not controlled by the central government of the PRC, pursuant to 
the requirements of 19 C.F.R. 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B). Pursuant to the 
Department's regulations at 19 C.F.R. 351.214(b)(2)(iv)(A), each 
company submitted documentation establishing the date on which it first 
shipped the subject merchandise to the United States, the date of entry 
of that first shipment, 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 C.F.R. 351.214(b), and based on information on the record, we are 
initiating a new shipper review for Guangxi Yulin, Shenzhen Qunxingyuan 
and Zhangzhou Jingxiang.

Initiation of Review

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 
C.F.R. 351.214(d)(1), we are initiating a new shipper review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain preserved mushrooms from the PRC. In 
March 2002, each company listed above agreed to waive the normal time 
limit for the new shipper review in order that the Department, pursuant 
to 19 C.F.R. 351.214(j)(3), may conduct this review concurrent with the 
third annual administrative review of this order. The period of review 
for the third annual administrative review is February 1, 2000-January 
31, 2001, which is being conducted pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the 
Act. Therefore, we intend to issue the preliminary results of this new 
shipper review not later than 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month.

 
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 Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review Proceeding   Period to be Reviewed
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Guangxi Yulin Oriental Food Co., Ltd...........      02/01/01 - 01/31/02
Shenzhen Qunxingyuan Trading Co., Ltd..........      02/01/01 - 01/31/02
Zhangzhou Jiangxiang Foods, Co., Ltd...........      02/01/01 - 01/31/02
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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 C.F.R. 351.214(e).
    Interested parties that need access to proprietary information in 
this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 C.F.R. 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 C.F.R. 351.214(d).

    Dated: March 29, 2002
Richard Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-8163 Filed 4-3-02; 8:45 am]
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