[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 120 (Monday, June 23, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37121-37122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15657]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-803]


Heavy Forged Hand Tools From the People's Republic of China: 
Notice of Final Court Decision and Amended Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Reviews

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

ACTION: Notice of final court decision and amended final results of 
antidumping duty administrative reviews.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 23, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Martin or Mark Manning at (202) 
482-3936 or (202) 482-5253, respectively; AD/CVD Enforcement Office IV, 
Group II, Import Administration, Room 1870, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUMMARY: On March 18, 2003, the Court of Appeals for the Federal 
Circuit (CAFC) denied a petition for panel rehearing subsequent to its 
decision affirming the United States Court of International Trade 
(CIT), which had sustained the remand determination of the Department 
of Commerce (the Department) in the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty orders on heavy forged hand tools (HFHTs) from the 
People's Republic of China (PRC), covering the period February 1, 1998, 
through January 31, 1999. See Shandong Huarong General Group Corp., 
Liaoning Machinery Import & Export Company, and Tianjin Machinery 
Import & Export Corp. v. United States, No. 02-1095 (Fed. Cir. 2003). 
As there is now a final court decision, we are amending the amended 
final results of the review in this matter. We will instruct the Bureau 
of Customs and Border Protection (BCBP) to liquidate entries subject to 
these amended final results.

Background

    On July 13, 2000, the Department published the final results of its 
eighth antidumping duty administrative review of HFHTs from the PRC. 
See Heavy Forged Hand Tools from the People's Republic of China: Notice 
of Final Results and Partial Rescission of

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Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, 65 FR 43290 (July 13, 2000) 
(98-99 Final Results). On August 18, 2000, the Department published 
amended final results of its antidumping duty review of HFHTs from the 
PRC. See Heavy Forged Hand Tools from the People's Republic of China; 
Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, 65 FR 
50499 (August 18, 2000) (Amended 98-99 Final Results).
    Following the publication of the Amended 98-99 Final Results, 
Shandong Huarong General Group Corp. (Huarong), Liaoning Machinery 
Import & Export Company (LMC), and Tianjin Machinery Import & Export 
Corp. (TMC) challenged certain aspects of our final results and amended 
final results before the CIT. This litigation resulted in a remand 
order by the CIT to revise the margin calculation program by 
redetermining the surrogate value for pallets and recalculating the 
margin accordingly. See Shandong Huarong General Group Corp., Liaoning 
Machinery Import & Export Company, and Tianjin Machinery Import & 
Export Corp. v. United States, 159 F. Supp. 2d 714 (Ct. Int'l Trade, 
2001). On September 20, 2001, the Department issued its Final Results 
Of Redetermination Pursuant to Court Remand, Shandong Huarong General 
Corp. v. The United States (Remand Redetermination), addressing the 
ruling of the CIT. The Remand Redetermination can be found at  http://www.ia.ita.doc.gov/remands/01-88.htm.
    On October 30, 2001, the CIT sustained the redetermination made by 
the Department pursuant to the remand. See Shandong Huarong General 
Group Corp., Liaoning Machinery Import & Export Company, and Tianjin 
Machinery Import & Export Corp. v. United States, 177 F. Supp. 2d 1304 
(Ct. Int'l Trade, 2001). The decision of the CIT was subsequently 
affirmed by the CAFC. See Shandong Huarong General Group Corp., 
Liaoning Machinery Import & Export Company, and Tianjin Machinery 
Import & Export Corp. v. United States, No. 02-1095 (Fed. Cir. 2003). A 
panel rehearing was denied on March 18, 2003.

Amendment to Final Results

    The time period for appealing the CAFC's final decision has expired 
and no party has appealed this decision. As there is now a final and 
conclusive court decision with respect to litigation for Huarong, LMC, 
and TMC, we are amending the final results of review to reflect the 
findings of the remand results, pursuant to section 516A(e) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The amended weighted-average 
margins are:

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                                                                Margin
                   Manufacturer/exporter                      (percent)
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Shandong Huarong General Group Corporation:
  Axes/Adzes...............................................        55.74
  Bars/Wedges..............................................        27.28
Liaoning Machinery Import & Export Corporation: Bars/Wedges        27.18
Tianjin Machinery Import & Export Corporation:
  Axes/Adzes...............................................        55.74
  Bars/Wedges..............................................       139.31
  Hammers/Sledges..........................................         0.41
  Picks/Mattocks...........................................         0.10
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Assessment Rates

    The Department will determine, and the BCBP shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. In accordance with 19 
CFR 351.212(b)(1), we have calculated an importer-specific assessment 
rate for merchandise subject to this review. Where the importer-
specific assessment rate is above de minimis, we will instruct the BCBP 
to assess antidumping duties on that importer's entries of subject 
merchandise. The Department will issue appropriate assessment 
instructions directly to the BCBP within 15 days of publication of 
these amended final results of review. We will direct the BCBP to 
assess the resulting assessment rates for the subject merchandise on 
each of the importer's entries during the review period.

Notification

    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.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely written notification of 
return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial 
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the 
regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    These final results of administrative review are issued and 
published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 
Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1) and 19 U.S.C. 1677f(i)(1)).

    Dated: June 16, 2003.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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