[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59897-59898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2525]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-809]


Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Notice of Initiation of 
Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

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

ACTION: Notice of initiation of new shipper antidumping duty review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received 
requests for new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on 
certain forged stainless steel flanges from India issued on February 9, 
1994 (59 FR 5994). In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.214(d) (2003), 
we are initiating an antidumping new shipper review of Hilton Forge 
(Hilton). We have also determined not to initiate new shipper reviews 
of Shree Ganesh Forgings, Ltd. (Shree Ganesh) and Paramount Forge 
(Paramount), exporters and producers that also requested new shipper 
reviews.

DATES: October 6, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Baker, Michael Heaney, or Robert 
James, AD/CVD Enforcement Office 7, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: 
(202) 482-2924, (202) 482-4475, or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department received three timely requests, in accordance with 
section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(d) of the 
Department's regulations, for new shipper reviews of the antidumping 
duty order on certain forged stainless steel flanges (flanges) from 
India. See Amended Final Determination and Antidumping Duty Order; 
Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges from India, 59 FR 5994 (February 
9, 1994). See also the letters to the Secretary of Commerce dated 
August 31, 2004, requesting new shipper reviews on behalf of Hilton, 
Paramount, and Shree Ganesh, exporters/producers of flanges.
    Pursuant to the Department's regulations at 19 CFR 351.214(b), 
Hilton certified in its August 31, 2004, submission that it did not 
export subject merchandise to the United States during

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the period of the investigation (POI) (July 1, 1992, through December 
31, 1992), and that it was not affiliated with any exporter or producer 
of the subject merchandise to the United States during the POI. Hilton 
also submitted documentation establishing the date on which it first 
shipped the subject merchandise for export to the United States, the 
volume shipped, and the date of its first sale to its unaffiliated 
customer in the United States.
    Paramount certified in its August 31, 2004, submission that it did 
not export subject merchandise to the United States during the POI, and 
that it was not affiliated with any exporter or producer of the subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POI. It also submitted 
documentation establishing the volume of its first shipment to the 
United States. However, it did not submit documentation establishing 
either the date of its first shipment to the United States, the entry 
date of the first shipment, or the date of sale of the first shipment. 
Since this information is required under 351.214(b)(iv) of the 
Department's regulations, we find Paramount's request deficient, and we 
are not initiating a new shipper review of it.
    Shree Ganesh certified in its August 31, 2004, submission that it 
did not export subject merchandise to the United States during the POI, 
and that it was not affiliated with any exporter or producer of the 
subject merchandise to the United States during the POI. However, it 
submitted no documentation establishing the date on which it first 
shipped the subject merchandise for export to the United States, the 
volume shipped, or the date of the first sale to an unaffiliated 
customer in the United States. Shree Ganesh did address these questions 
in its cover letter, but did not submit ``documentation establishing'' 
the answers to them as required by19 CFR 351.214(b)(iv). Furthermore, 
the results of a Customs data query indicated that Shree Ganesh's first 
shipment to the United States entered U.S. Customs territory in 
December 1997, and thus that its first shipment to the United States 
was not the one reported in its August 31, 2004, submission. For these 
reasons we find Shree Ganesh's request for a new shipper review 
deficient, and we are not initiating a new shipper review of it.

Initiation of Review

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and section 
351.214(d) of the Department's regulations, we are initiating a new 
shipper review of the antidumping duty order on flanges from India 
manufactured and exported by Hilton. This review covers the period 
February 1, 2004, through July 31, 2004. We intend to issue the 
preliminary results of this review no later than 180 days after the 
date on which this review is initiated, and the final results within 90 
days after the date on which we issue the preliminary results. See 
section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.
    We will instruct the Customs Service to suspend liquidation of any 
unliquidated entries of the subject merchandise from Hilton and allow, 
at the option of the importer, the posting, until completion of the 
reviews, of a bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry 
of the merchandise exported by Hilton in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.214(e). Because Hilton certified that it both produces and exports 
the subject merchandise, the sale of which is the basis for this new 
shipper review request, we will permit the bonding privilege only for 
those entries of subject merchandise for which Hilton is both the 
manufacturer and the exporter.
    Interested parties may submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306.
    This initiation and this notice are in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Act and section 351.214(d) of the Department's 
regulations.

    Dated: September 30, 2004.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration.
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