[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 60 (Friday, March 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15152-15153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-7520]


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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 Antidumping Duty New Shipper 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 Primera Harvest 
(Xiangfan) Co., Ltd. and Xiamen International Trade & Industrial Co., 
Ltd., exporters and producers of certain preserved mushrooms from the 
People's Republic of China.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 28, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith or Davina Hashmi, 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 and (202) 482-0984, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department has received timely requests from Primera Harvest 
(Xiangfan) Co., Ltd. (``Primera Harvest'') and Xiamen International 
Trade & Industrial Co., Ltd. (``XITIC''), in accordance with 19 CFR 
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 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 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 Primera Harvest and XITIC.

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. 
Normally we would issue the preliminary results of this review not 
later than 180 days after the date on which the review is initiated. 
However, on March 12, 2003, Primera Harvest and XITIC agreed to waive 
the time limits in order that the Department, pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.214(j)(3), may conduct this review concurrent with the fourth 
administrative review of this order for

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the period February 1, 2002- January 31, 2003, which is being conducted 
pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the Act. Therefore, we intend to issue 
the final results of this review not later than 245 days after the last 
day of the anniversary month.

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      Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review         Period to be Reviewed
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PRC: Certain Preserved Mushrooms, A-570-851:...
Primera Harvest (Xiangfan) Co., Ltd............      02/01/02 - 01/31/03
Xiamen International Trade & Industrial Co.,         02/01/02 - 01/31/03
 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 XITIC and Xiangfan 
have certified that they both produce and export the subject 
merchandise, the sale of which was the basis for their new shipper 
review requests, we will apply the bonding privilege only to entries of 
the 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: March 21, 2003.
Susan H. Kuhbach,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-7520 Filed 3-27-03; 8:45 am]
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