[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 101 (Friday, May 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36572-36573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13149]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-836]


Glycine from the People's Republic of China: Initiation of 
Antidumping New Shipper Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received a 
timely request from Tianjin Tiancheng Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 
(Tiancheng) to conduct a new shipper review of the antidumping duty 
order on glycine from the People's Republic of China (PRC). In 
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended, and 19 CFR 351.214(d) of the Department's regulations, we are 
initiating this new shipper review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 24, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Renkey, Office of AD/CVD 
Enforcement VII, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 
482-2312.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). In 
addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's 
regulations are to the current regulations, codified at 19 CFR Part 351 
(2002).

Background

    On March 29, 2002, the Department received a timely request from 
Tiancheng, in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.214(c), for a new shipper review of this antidumping duty order 
on glycine from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''), which has a 
March anniversary date. On April 29, 2002, the Department returned the 
submission because it did not meet the filing requirements of section 
351.304(c) of the Department's regulations. See the Memorandum to the 
File entitled ``Initiation of New Shipper Review of Glycine from the 
People's

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Republic of China,'' (May 17, 2002), which is on file in the Central 
Records Unit of the Department of Commerce. We requested that Tiancheng 
refile its request within two days in accordance with section 
351.304(c) of the regulations. On May 1, 2002, Tiancheng properly filed 
its request for a new shipper review.
    As required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i), (ii), and (iii)(A), 
Tiancheng has certified that it is both an exporter and producer of 
glycine. It has also certified that it did not export glycine to the 
United States during the period of investigation (``POI''), and that it 
has never been affiliated with any exporter or producer which exported 
glycine to the United States during the POI. See ``Glycine from the 
People's Republic of China; Request for New Shipper Administrative 
Review,'' Exhibit 1, (March 29, 2002). Tiancheng has further certified 
that its export activities are not controlled by the central government 
of the PRC, pursuant to the requirements of 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B). See Id. Pursuant to the Department's regulations 
at 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv)(A), Tiancheng submitted documentation 
establishing the date of its first and only shipment of 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. See Id. at Exhibit 2.

Initiation of Review

    Because Tiancheng has provided the required certifications and 
documentation under section 351.303(g) of the regulations, we are 
initiating a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on 
glycine from the PRC in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.214(d).
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A) of the Department's 
regulations, the period of review (POR) for a new shipper review, filed 
in the the annual anniversary month, will be the one-year period 
immediately preceding the anniversary month. Therefore, the POR for 
this new shipper review is:

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                                                          Period to be
             Antidumping duty proceeding                    reviewed
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Glycine from the PRC:................................  .................
Tianjin Tiancheng Pharmaceutical Tiancheng) Co., Ltd.  03/01/01-02/28/02
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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 Tiancheng. This action is in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.214(e).
    The interested parties that need access to proprietary information 
in this new shipper review should 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) of 
the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 351.214(d).

    Dated: May 17, 2002
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration, Group III.
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