[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 66 (Thursday, April 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17439-17440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5027]


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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 Reviews

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
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 (flanges) from India issued on 
February 9, 1994. See Amended Final Determination and Antidumping Duty 
Order; Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges from India, 59 FR 5994 
(February 9, 1994). In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.214(d) (2005), 
we are initiating antidumping new shipper reviews of Kunj Forgings Pvt. 
Ltd. (Kunj), Micro Forge (India), Ltd. (Micro), Pradeep Metals Limited 
(Pradeep), and Rollwell Forge, Ltd. (Rollwell), exporters and producers 
that requested new shipper reviews.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 6, 2006.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(d), the Department received timely requests submitted by Kunj, 
Micro, Pradeep, and Rollwell (all producers and exporters of flanges) 
for new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on flanges from 
India. See February 28, 2006, letters from Kunj, Micro, Pradeep, and 
Rollwell to the Secretary of Commerce requesting new shipper reviews.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b), Kunj, Micro, Pradeep, and Rollwell 
certified that they are both exporters and producers of the subject 
merchandise, that they did not export subject merchandise to the United 
States during the period of the investigation (POI) (July 1, 1992 
through December 31, 1992), and that since the investigation was 
initiated, they have not been affiliated with any producer or exporter 
who exported the subject merchandise to the United States during the 
POI. They also submitted documentation establishing the date on which 
they first shipped the subject merchandise to the United States, the 
volume of those shipments, and the date of their first sales to 
unaffiliated customers in the United States. They also certified they 
had no shipments to the United States during the period subsequent to 
their first shipments.

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 find that the requests 
submitted by Kunj, Micro, Pradeep, Rollwell meet the threshold 
requirements for initiation of a new shipper review. Accordingly, we 
are initiating new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on 
flanges from India manufactured and exported by Kunj, Micro, Pradeep, 
and Rollwell. These reviews cover the period February 1, 2005, through 
January 31, 2006. We intend to issue the preliminary results of these 
reviews no later than 180 days after the date on which these reviews 
are 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 U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend 
liquidation of any unliquidated entries of the subject merchandise from 
Kunj, Micro, Pradeep, and Rollwell, 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 
produced and exported by Kunj, Micro, Pradeep, and Rollwell in 
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(e). Because each of the four companies certified that it both 
produces and exports the subject merchandise, the sales of which are 
the basis for these new shipper review requests, we will permit the 
bonding privilege only for those entries of subject merchandise for 
which the company 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 issued and published in 
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and sections 351.214(d) 
and 351.221(c)(1)(i) of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: March 31, 2006.
Stephen Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-5027 Filed 4-5-06; 8:45 am]
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