[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 65 (Thursday, April 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16087-16088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8166]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-867]


Antidumping Duty Order: Automotive Replacement Glass Windshields 
from the People's Republic of China.

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

ACTION: Notice of antidumping duty order.

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DATES: April 4, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
Stephen Bailey and Brandon Farlander at 202-482-1102 and 202-482-0182 
respectively, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, 
N.W., Washington, DC 20230.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``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's regulations are to the 
regulations at 19 C.F.R. part 351 (2001).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 12, 2002, the Department issued its final determination 
in the antidumping duty investigation of automotive replacement glass 
(``ARG'') windshields from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). 
See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: 
Certain Automotive Replacement Glass Windshields from the People's 
Republic of China, 67 FR 6482 (February 12, 2002). On March 6, 2002, 
the Department issued its amended final determination in the 
antidumping duty investigation of ARG windshields from the PRC. See 
Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: 
Certain Automotive Replacement Glass Windshields from the People's 
Republic of China, 67 FR 11670 (March 15, 2002) (Amended Final 
Determination). In the Amended Final Determination, the Department 
amended the weight-average margins for Fuyao Glass Industry Group 
Company, Ltd. (``FYG''), Xinyi Automotive Glass (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. 
(``Xinyi''), Shenzhen Benxun Auto-Glass Co., Ltd. (``Benxun''), 
Changchun Pilkington Safety Glass Co., Ltd. (``Changchun''), Guilin 
Pilkington Safety Glass Co., Ltd. (``Guilin''), Wuhan Yaohua Pilkington 
Safety Glass Co., Ltd. (``Wuhan''), and TCG International (``TCGI'').
    On March 21, 2002, the International Trade Commission notified the 
Department of its final determination pursuant to section 
735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act that an industry in the United States is 
materially injured by reason of less-than-fair-value imports of ARG 
windshields from the PRC.

Scope of the Investigation

    The products covered by this investigation are ARG windshields, and 
parts thereof, whether clear or tinted, whether coated or not, and 
whether or not they include antennas, ceramics, mirror buttons or VIN 
notches, and whether or not they are encapsulated. ARG windshields are 
laminated safety glass (i.e., two layers of (typically float) glass 
with a sheet of clear or tinted plastic in between (usually polyvinyl 
butyral)), which are produced and sold for use by automotive glass 
installation shops to replace windshields in automotive vehicles (e.g., 
passenger cars, light trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles, etc.) that 
are cracked, broken or otherwise damaged.
    ARG windshields subject to this investigation are currently 
classifiable under subheading 7007.21.10.10 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedules of the United States (HTSUS). Specifically excluded from the 
scope of this investigation are laminated automotive windshields sold 
for use in original assembly of vehicles. While HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and Customs purposes, our written description 
of the scope of this investigation is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Order

    In accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department is 
directing Customs officers to assess, upon further advice by the 
Department, antidumping duties equal to the amount by which the normal 
value of the merchandise exceeds the export price (or constructed 
export price) of the merchandise for all relevant entries of ARG 
windshields from the PRC. The antidumping duties will be assessed on 
all unliquidated

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entries of ARG windshields from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after September 19, 2001, the date on 
which the Department published its notice of preliminary determination 
in the Federal Register. See Notice of Preliminary Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Automotive Replacement Glass 
Windshields from the People's Republic of China, 66 FR 48233 (September 
19, 2001). On or after the date of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register, customs officers must require, at the same time as 
importers would normally deposit estimated duties on this merchandise, 
a cash deposit equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping margins 
as noted below. The ``All Others'' rate applies to all exporters of 
subject merchandise from the PRC. The weighted-average dumping margins 
are as follows:

                Automotive Replacement Glass Windshields
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         Producer/Manufacturer/Exporter          Weighted-Average Margin
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FYG............................................                   11.80%
Xinyi..........................................                    3.71%
Benxun.........................................                    9.84%
Changchun......................................                    9.84%
Guilin.........................................                    9.84%
Wuhan..........................................                    9.84%
TCGI...........................................                    9.84%
China-Wide.....................................                  124.50%
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    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
ARG windshields from the PRC. Interested parties may contact the 
Department's Central Records Unit, room B-099 of the main Department of 
Commerce building, for copies of an updated list of antidumping duty 
orders currently in effect.
    This order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of the 
Act.

    Dated: March 29, 2002
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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