[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 194 (Monday, October 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62438-62439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25449]


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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 Fifth New Shipper Antidumping Duty Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
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 19 
CFR 351.214(d), we are initiating a review for Xiamen Zhongjia Imp. and 
Exp. Co., Ltd. and Zhangzhou Longhai Minhui Industry and Trade Co., 
Ltd., both producers and exporters of certain preserved mushrooms from 
the People's Republic of China (``PRC'').

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 7, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-1766.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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 CFR part 351 (April 2002).

Background

    The Department has received timely requests from Xiamen Zhongjia 
Imp. and Exp. Co., Ltd. (``Zhongjia'') and Zhangzhou Longhai Minhui 
Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. (``Minhui''), in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.214(c), for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain preserved mushrooms from the PRC, which has a February 
anniversary month.
    As required by 19 CFR 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 did export certain preserved mushrooms 
during the POI. The company has further certified

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that its export activities are not controlled by the central government 
of the PRC, satisfying the requirements of 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B). Pursuant to the Department's regulations at 19 
CFR 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 CFR 351.214(b), and based on information on the record, we are 
initiating the new shipper review for Minhui and Zhongjia.

Initiation of Review

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(d)(1), we are initiating a new shipper review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain preserved mushrooms from the PRC. We 
intend to issue the preliminary results of this review not later than 
180 days after the date on which the review is initiated.

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 Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review Proceeding   Period to be Reviewed
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PRC: Certain Preserved Mushrooms, A-570-851:
  Xiamen Zhongjia Imp. and Exp. Co., Ltd.......      02/01/02 - 07/31/02
  Zhangzhou Longhai Minhui Industry and Trade        02/01/02 - 07/31/02
   Co., Ltd....................................
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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 subject 
merchandise from the above-listed companies. Because Minhui and 
Zhongjia have certified that they both produce and export the subject 
merchandise, the sale of which was the basis for this new shipper 
review request, we will apply the bonding privilege only to subject 
merchandise for which they are both the producer and exporter.
    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 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: September 30, 2002.
Richard Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-25449 Filed 10-4-02; 8:45 am]
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