[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 143 (Thursday, July 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48612-48614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-18856]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-827]


Certain Cased Pencils from the People's Republic of China; Final 
Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Final Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review.

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SUMMARY: On January 17, 2002, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on pencils from the People's 
Republic of China (PRC). The merchandise covered by this order is 
certain cased pencils (pencils). We initiated this review on 39 named 
respondents.\1\ Three of the named respondents actively participated in 
this review: China First Pencil Company, Ltd. (CFP), Shanghai Foreign 
Trade Corporation (OIHSFTC), Kaiyuan Group Corporation (Kaiyuan) and 
their producers/suppliers. The period of review (POR) is December 1, 
1999, through November 30, 2000.
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    \1\ We initiated this administrative review on 39 parties. The 
following three companies actively participated in this review: 
China First Pencil Company, Ltd.; Shanghai Foreign Trade 
Corporation; and Kaiyuan Group Corporation. The following three 
companies stated that they made no sales of subject merchandise 
during the POR: Guangdong Provincial Stationery & Sporting Goods 
Import & Export Corporation; Shanghai Three Star Stationery Company, 
Ltd.; and Laizhou City Guangming Pencil-Making Lead Co., Ltd. We 
sent questionnaires to the following 16 companies and received no 
response: Anhui Light Industrial Products I/E Corporation; Anhui 
Provincial Imports & Exports Corporation; Anhui Import/Export Group 
Corporation; Beijing Pencil Factory; Beijing Light Industrial 
Products I/E Corp.; Dalian Light Industrial Products Import/Export 
Corporation; Jinan Pencil Factory; Liaoning Light Industrial 
Products Import/Export Corporation; Qingdao Light Industrial 
Products Import/Export Corporation; Shandong Light Industrial 
Products Import/Export Corporation; Sichuan Light Industrial 
Products Import/Export Corporation; Songnan Pencil Factory; Tianjin 
Stationery and Sporting Goods Import/Export Corporation; Tianjin 
Pencil Factory; Xinbang Joint Venture Pencil Factory; and Zhenjiang 
Foreign Trade Corporation. We could not locate addresses for the 
following 12 companies: Anhui Bengbu Pencil Factory; Anhui 
Stationery Company; China Second Pencil Company, Ltd.; Guangdong 
Textile Factory; Harbin Pencil Factory; Jiangsu Pencil Factory; 
Juihai Pencil Factory; Julong Pencil Factory; New Century; Qingdao 
Pencil Factory; Shanghai JV Stationery Co., Ltd./Shanghai Jay-Vee 
Stationery Co., Ltd.; Factory; Shanghai JV Stationery Co., Ltd./
Shanghai Jay-Vee Stationery Co., Ltd.; Shenyiang Pencil Factory. 
Questionnaires issued to the following five parties were returned to 
us as undeliverable: China National Light Industrial Products Import 
& Export Corporation (all branches); Dalian Pencil Factory; Donghua 
Pencil Factory; Jiangsu Light Industrial Products Import/Export 
Group Corp.; Jilin Provincial Machinery & Equipment Import & Export 
Corporation.
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    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have made 
changes in our margin calculations. Therefore, the final results differ 
from the preliminary results. The final weighted-average dumping 
margins for the reviewed companies are listed below in the section 
entitled ``Final Results of Review.'' For details regarding these 
changes, see the section of the notice entitled ``Changes Since the 
Preliminary Results.''

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 25, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Stolz, Michele Mire, or Crystal 
Crittenden, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Office 4, Group II, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone (202) 482-4474, (202) 482-4711, or (202) 482-0989, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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 citations to the Department's regulations are to 19 CFR 
Part 351 (2000).

Background

    On January 17, 2002, the Department published the preliminary 
results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
pencils from the PRC. See Certain Cased Pencils From the People's 
Republic of China; Preliminary Results and Rescission in Part of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 67 FR 2402 (January 17, 2002). 
We invited parties to comment on our preliminary results of review.
    Since the publication of the preliminary results, the following 
events have occurred. During January and February 2002 we conducted 
verification of the questionnaire responses of CFP, Shanghai Three Star 
Stationery Company, Ltd. (Three Star), Guangdong Provincial Stationary 
& Sporting Goods Import and Export Corporation (Guangdong), Kaiyuan, 
and its supplier, Laizhou Pencil Making Factory (Laizhou). During 
March, and April, 2002 interested parties submitted publicly available 
information, comments and rebuttal comments regarding surrogate values. 
On May 8, 2002, the Department extended the time limit for completion 
of the final results until no later than July 16, 2002. See Certain 
Cased Pencils from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time 
Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 67 
FR 35790 (May 21, 2002). During April and June, petitioners and 
respondents submitted factual information regarding CFP's relationship 
with Three Star. Interested parties submitted case briefs and rebuttal 
briefs during June, 2002.
    The Department has conducted this administrative review in 
accordance with section 751 of the Act.

Scope of Review

    Imports covered by this review are shipments of certain cased 
pencils of any shape or dimension which are writing and/or drawing 
instruments that feature cores of graphite or other materials, encased 
in wood and/or man-made materials, whether or not decorated and whether 
or not tipped (e.g., with erasers, etc.) in any fashion, and either 
sharpened or unsharpened. The pencils subject to this order are 
classified under item number 9609.10.00 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Specifically excluded from the 
scope of this order are mechanical pencils, cosmetic pencils, pens, 
non-cased crayons (wax), pastels, charcoals, and chalks.
    Although the HTSUS item number is provided for convenience and 
customs purposes our written description of the scope of the order is 
dispositive.

Final Partial Rescission

    The Department verified that Laizhou City Guangming Pencil-Making 
Lead Co., Ltd. (Laizhou) did not export subject merchandise to the 
United States during the POR. Therefore, we are rescinding this review 
with respect to Laizhou.

Period of Review

    The POR is December 1, 1999 to November 30, 2000.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 
this administrative review are addressed in the ``Issues and Decision 
Memorandum'' (Decision Memorandum) from Bernard T. Carreau, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Important Administration, to Faryar Shirzad, 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, dated concurrently with 
this notice, which is hereby

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adopted by this notice. A list of the issues which parties have raised 
and to which we have responded, all of which are in the Decision 
Memorandum, is attached to this notice as an Appendix. Parties can find 
a complete discussion of all issues raised in this review and the 
corresponding recommendations in this public memorandum, which is on 
file in the Central Record Unit, room B-099 of the main Department of 
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the International Trade 
Administration's Web site at www.ia.ita.doc.gov. The paper copy and 
electronic version of the Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of comments received, we have made certain 
changes in the margin calculations. We have also corrected certain 
programming and clerical errors in our preliminary results, where 
applicable.

Rescission of Review With Respect to Guangdong and Three Star

    Since the preliminary results in this review, evidence has been 
placed on the record regarding the relationship between CFP and Three 
Star which supports treating these two entities as a single entity for 
purposes of our antidumping analysis. See the Decision Memorandum to 
Comment 12. Because we find the CFP/Three Star entity to be distinct 
from the Three Star entity in the Three Star/Guangdong sales chain that 
was excluded from the antidumping duty order, we are no longer 
excluding the Three Star/Guangdong sales chain from the order. Thus, we 
have not rescinded this review with respect to Guangdong. We will 
instruct U.S. Customs to begin suspending liquidation of entries of 
pencils identified as produced by Three Star and exported by Guangdong 
effective as of the date of publication of this notice. All merchandise 
exported by Guangdong will be subject to cash deposit requirements at 
the PRC-wide rate. With respect to Three Star, we note that although 
Three Star did not ship subject merchandise directly to the United 
States during the POR, we are treating CFP and Three Star as a single 
entity for purposes of assigning an antidumping duty rate, and thus we 
have not rescinded the review with respect to Three Star. We will 
assign the CFP/Three Star entity the antidumping duty rate calculated 
for CFP in this review.

Factors of Production

    Based on our findings at verification, and our analysis of comments 
received, we made adjustments to the factors of production, surrogate 
values, and methodologies used to calculate margins in the preliminary 
results. These adjustments are listed below and discussed in detail in 
the Decision Memorandum.

Surrogate Values

    The Department has determined that South Korea, Thailand, and 
Indonesia maintain broadly available, non-industry specific export 
subsidies which may benefit all exporters to all export markets. 
Therefore, for the final results of this review, we eliminated the 
quantities and values of imports from these countries from the import 
statistics used to calculate surrogate values. See 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).
    For glue, cores, and lacquer, we eliminated aberrational prices for 
merchandise from countries with low import volumes from the Indian 
import statistics used to calculate surrogate values. For respondents, 
other than CFP, we valued erasers using Indonesian import statistics 
because we found the surrogate value calculated from Indian import 
statistics to be aberrational. SeeOIHSFTC, CFP, and Kaiyuan Calculation 
Memorandums and the Decision Memorandum at Comment 4. For CFP, we 
recalculated the surrogate value for erasers using the actual purchase 
price paid by CFP to a market economy supplier in U.S. dollars during 
the POR. See CFP Calculation Memorandum and the Decision Memorandum at 
Comment 3
    We recalculated the financial ratios using the financial statements 
of a Philippine wood products producer. See OIHSFTC, CFP, and Kaiyuan 
Calculation Memorandums and the Decision Memorandum at Comment 5.

CFP

    We made minor corrections identified at verification. See CFP 
Calculation Memorandum.

OIHSFTC

    We revised the methodology used to value certain pencils sold to 
the United States by OIHSFTC. OIHSFTC obtained finished pencils from a 
supplier (supplier A) which obtained raw pencils from another supplier 
(supplier B). In the preliminary results, we valued raw pencils as a 
factor of production for supplier A. For the final results of this 
review, we modified our approach and valued the factors of production 
consumed by supplier B to produce a raw pencil and the factors of 
production consumed by supplier A to finish the pencils it subsequently 
supplied to OIHSFTC.
    We recalculated the dumping margin for uncooperative suppliers 
using partial adverse facts available. See OIHSFTC Calculation 
Memorandum and the Decision Memorandum at Comment 10.
    We made minor corrections identified at verification. See OIHSFTC 
Calculation Memorandum.

Kaiyuan

    We made minor corrections identified at verification. SeeKaiyuan 
Calculation Memorandum and the Decision Memorandum at Comment 11.

Verification

    As provided in section 782(i) of the Act, we verified the 
information submitted by the respondents for use in our final results. 
We used standard verification procedures including examination of 
relevant accounting and production records, and original source 
documents provided by the respondents.

Final Results of Review

    We determine that the following weighted-average percentage margins 
exist for the period December 1, 1999 through November 30, 2000:

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                Exporter/Manufacturer                   Margin (percent)
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China First Pencil Co.,Ltd.\2\.......................              11.39
Shanghai Foreign Trade Corporation...................              14.53
Kaiyuan Group Corporation............................             123.11
PRC Wide-Rate........................................             123.11
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\2\ As noted above, Shanghai Three Star Stationery Company Ltd. is now
  considered to be part of China First Pencil Co., Ltd. Further,
  products produced by Shanghai Three Star Stationery

    As noted in the preliminary results of review, the firms named in 
the notice of initiation that received, but did not respond to our 
questionnaire are not eligible for separate rate status and therefore 
will be treated as part of the PRC-wide entity. The firms named in the 
notice of initiation that did not receive our questionnaire have not 
been granted separate rate status in prior segments of this proceeding 
and thus will continue to be treated as part of the PRC-wide entity.

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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of this notice of final results of administrative review 
for all shipments of pencils from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication, as 
provided by section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rates 
for the reviewed companies will be the rates shown above; (2) for 
previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, that 
have separate rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the 
company-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) the 
cash deposit rate for all other PRC exporters will be 123.11 percent; 
and 4) the cash deposit rate for non-PRC exporters will be the rate 
applicable to the PRC supplier of that exporter.
    These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until publication 
of the final results of the next administrative review.

Assessment

    The Department will determine, and the Customs Service will assess, 
antidumping duties on all entries of subject merchandise in accordance 
with these final results. For assessment purposes, we have calculated 
exporter-specific duty assessment rates for subject merchandise based 
on the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for 
the examined sales during the POR to the total quantity of sales 
examined during the POR. We calculated exporter-specific assessment 
rates because there was no information on the record which identified 
the importers of record. The Department will issue appraisement 
instructions directly to Customs.

Reimbursement of Duties

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding 
the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the 
relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APOs) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under an APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 of the 
Department's regulations. Timely written notification of the return/
destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order 
is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms 
of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing this determination and notice in 
accordance with sections section 751(a)(1) and 771(i) of the Act.

    Dated: July 16, 2002.
Faryar Shirzad,
 Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix Issues in Decision Memorandum

Comments
    Comment 1: Whether to Rescind the Review with Respect to Guangdong/
Three Star
    Comment 2: The Appropriate Surrogate Values for Semi-Finished 
Pencils
    Comment 3: Whether CFP's Erasers Should be Valued Based on 
Purchases
    Comment 4: Whether Indian Surrogate Values for Erasers, Cores, 
Glue, and Lacquer are Aberrational
    Comment 5: The Appropriate Surrogate Source for Financial Ratios
    Comment 6: Ministerial Error in OIHSFTC's Margin Calculation
    Comment 7: Whether India is the Appropriate Principal Surrogate 
Market Economy Country
    Comment 8: The Appropriate Surrogate Source for Logs and Slats
    Comment 9: The Appropriate China-Wide Rate
    Comment 10: Use of Partial Adverse Facts Available with Respect to 
OIHSFTC's Uncooperative Producers
    Comment 11: Verification Discrepancies--Kaiyuan/Laizhou
    Comment 12: Whether CFP and Three Star Should be Treated as a 
Single Entity for Antidumping Purposes
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