[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32514-32517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8762]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-833]


Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From Taiwan: Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is conducting an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on certain polyester staple fiber 
from Taiwan. The period of review is May 1, 2004, through April 30, 
2005. This review covers imports of certain polyester staple fiber from 
one producer/exporter. We have preliminarily found that sales of the 
subject merchandise have been made below normal value. If these 
preliminary results are adopted in our final results, we will instruct 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection to assess antidumping duties. 
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. 
We will issue the final results not later than 120 days from the date 
of publication of this notice.

DATES: Effective Date: June 6, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew McAllister or Devta Ohri, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-1174 
and (202) 482-3853, respectively.

Background

    On May 25, 2000, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published an antidumping duty order on certain polyester staple fiber 
(``PSF'') from Taiwan. See Notice of Amended Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From the 
Republic of Korea and Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Polyester Staple 
Fiber From the Republic of Korea and Taiwan, 65 FR 33807 (May 25, 2000) 
(``PSF Orders''). On May 2, 2005, the Department published a notice of 
``Opportunity to Request Administrative Review'' of this order. See 
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 
Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 70 FR 
22631 (May 2, 2005). On May 31, 2005, Far Eastern Textile Limited 
(``FET'') requested an administrative review. On June 30, 2005, the 
Department published a notice initiating the review for FET. See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews, 70 FR 37749, 37756 (June 30, 2005). The period of review 
(``POR'') is May 1, 2004, through April 30, 2005.
    On July 6, 2005, we issued an antidumping questionnaire to FET. We 
received questionnaire responses from FET on August 5, 2005, and August 
30, 2005. In October, November, and December 2005, and March and April 
2006, we issued supplemental questionnaires to FET. We received 
responses to these supplemental questionnaires in November and December 
2005, and January, April and May 2006. In February 2006, we requested 
FET to revise its reported model matching characteristics, as described 
in the ``Product Comparisons'' section, below. We received FET's 
response in February 2006.

Scope of the Order

    For the purposes of this order, the product covered is PSF. PSF is 
defined as synthetic staple fibers, not carded, combed or otherwise 
processed for spinning, of polyesters measuring 3.3 decitex (3 denier, 
inclusive) or more in diameter. This merchandise is cut to lengths 
varying from one inch (25 mm) to five inches (127 mm). The merchandise 
subject to this order may be coated, usually with a silicon or other 
finish, or not coated. PSF is generally used as stuffing in sleeping 
bags, mattresses, ski jackets, comforters, cushions, pillows, and 
furniture. Merchandise of less than 3.3 decitex (less than 3 denier) 
currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (``HTSUS'') at subheading 5503.20.00.20 is specifically excluded 
from this order. Also specifically excluded from this order are 
polyester staple fibers of 10 to 18 denier that are cut to lengths of 6 
to 8 inches (fibers used in the manufacture of carpeting). In addition, 
low-melt PSF is excluded from this order. Low-melt PSF is defined as a 
bi-component fiber with an outer sheath that melts at a significantly 
lower temperature than its inner core.
    The merchandise subject to this order is currently classifiable in 
the HTSUS at subheadings 5503.20.00.45 and 5503.20.00.65. Although the 
HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, 
the written description of the merchandise under order is dispositive.

Fair Value Comparisons

    To determine whether FET's sales of PSF to the United States were 
made at less than normal value (``NV''), we compared export price 
(``EP'') to NV, as described in the ``Export Price'' and ``Normal 
Value'' sections of this notice.
    Pursuant to section 777A(d)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act''), we compared the EP of individual U.S. 
transactions to the weighted-average NV of the foreign like product, 
where there were sales made in the ordinary course of trade, as 
discussed in the ``Cost of Production Analysis'' section, below.

Product Comparisons

    In accordance with section 771(16) of the Act, we considered all 
products produced and sold by the respondent in the home market covered 
by the description in the ``Scope of the Order'' section, above, to be 
foreign like products for purposes of determining appropriate product 
comparisons to U.S. sales. In accordance with sections 773(a)(1)(B) and 
(C) of the Act, in order to determine whether there was a sufficient 
volume of sales in the home market to serve as a viable basis for 
calculating NV, we compared the respondent's volume of home market 
sales of the foreign like product to the volume of its U.S. sales of 
the subject merchandise. (For further details, see the ``Normal Value'' 
section, below.)
    We compared U.S. sales to monthly weighted-average prices of 
contemporaneous sales made in the home market. Where there were no 
contemporaneous sales of identical merchandise in the home market, we 
compared sales made within the window period, which extends from three 
months prior to the POR until two months after the POR. As directed by 
section 771(16) of the Act, where there were no sales of identical 
merchandise in the home market made in the ordinary course of trade to 
compare to U.S. sales, we compared U.S. sales to sales of the most 
similar foreign like product made in the ordinary course of trade.
    Further, as provided in section 773(a)(4) of the Act, where we 
could not determine NV because there were no sales of identical or 
similar merchandise made in the ordinary course of trade in the home 
market to compare to U.S. sales, we compared U.S. sales to constructed 
value (``CV'').
    During the investigation and this administrative review, 
classification of PSF products with certain physical characteristics 
within the model matching hierarchy has been highly contentious. See, 
e.g., Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: 
Certain Polyester Staple Fiber from Taiwan (``LTFV

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Investigation: PSF from Taiwan''), 65 FR 16877 (March 30, 2000), and 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comments 4, 5, and 15. 
In this review, the Department received new information in FET's 
supplemental questionnaire response regarding the physical 
characteristics of certain PSF products. See December 28, 2005, 
Supplemental Questionnaire Response, Appendix SS-3. These events led 
the Department to reconsider whether the product matching 
characteristics established in the investigation accurately reflect the 
physical characteristics of the PSF products under review. For this 
administrative review and the concurrent administrative review of PSF 
from the Republic of Korea (A-580-839), the Department requested 
comments regarding the adequacy of the model match criteria to reflect 
the physical characteristics of the merchandise under review. See 
Letter from Julie H. Santoboni to Interested Parties, 2004-2005 
Administrative Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders on Certain 
Polyester Staple Fiber from Korea and Taiwan, dated November 9, 2005, 
which is on file in the Central Records Unit (``CRU'') in room B-099 of 
the main Department building; see also Memorandum to File: 
Modifications to the Department's November 9, 2005 letter to Interested 
Parties, dated November 10, 2005. On November 16, 2005, we received 
comments from Wellman, Inc. and Invista, S.a.r.l. (collectively, ``the 
petitioners''), Huvis Corporation (``Huvis''), and FET. On November 28, 
2005, we received rebuttal comments from Dongwoo Industry Company, the 
petitioners, FET, Consolidated Fibers, Inc., and Huvis. On December 8, 
2005, we received additional rebuttal comments from FET.
    The comments we received and the facts and information on the 
record of this review lead us to preliminarily conclude that relying on 
the model matching criteria established in the LTFV Investigation: PSF 
from Taiwan does not provide the best product comparisons because the 
criteria do not adequately reflect the physical differences exhibited 
by specialty PSF products. See Notice of Preliminary Determination of 
Sales at Not Less Than Fair Value and Preliminary Negative Critical 
Circumstances Determination: Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From 
Taiwan, 64 FR 60771, 60772 (November 8, 1999); LTFV Investigation: PSF 
from Taiwan, and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at 
Comments 4, 5, and 15; Structural Steel Beams from Korea; Notice of 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 70 FR 6837 
(February 9, 2005), and accompanying Issues and Decisions Memorandum at 
Comment 1 (``It is appropriate to consider changes when additional 
expertise and knowledge with regard to the market demands and market 
realities of the products subject to the scope indicate that such 
changes allow more accurate comparison of U.S. and normal value 
products.''). Therefore, to account for the new information regarding 
physical characteristics of PSF and to increase product matching 
accuracy, the Department has preliminarily modified the matching 
criteria that were established in the original investigation. 
Accordingly, for the preliminary results, we matched the merchandise 
under review based on the physical characteristics reported by the 
respondent in the following order: loft, specialty fibers, type, grade, 
cross section, finish, and denier. See Letter from Julie H. Santoboni 
to FET, 2004-2005 Administrative Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders 
on Certain Polyester Staple Fiber from Korea and Taiwan, dated February 
2, 2006, which is on file in the Department's CRU.

Date of Sale

    In its questionnaire responses, FET reported invoice date as the 
date of sale for its home market and U.S. sales. FET has stated that it 
permits home market and U.S. customers to make order changes up to the 
date of shipment. According to FET's descriptions, the sales processes 
in the home market and to the United States are identical. Thus, record 
evidence demonstrates that FET's invoices establish the material terms 
of sale. See 19 CFR 351.401(i). However, because the merchandise is 
always shipped on or before the date of invoice, we are using the date 
of shipment as the date of sale. See Certain Cold-Rolled and Corrosion-
Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products From Korea: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, 63 FR 13170, 13172-73 (March 
18, 1998). For sales to the United States, we calculated EP, in 
accordance with section 772(a) of the Act, because the merchandise was 
sold prior to importation by the exporter or producer outside the 
United States to the first unaffiliated purchaser in the United States, 
and because constructed export price methodology was not otherwise 
warranted. We calculated EP based on the cost, insurance and freight 
(``CIF'') price to unaffiliated purchasers in the United States. Where 
appropriate, we made deductions, consistent with section 772(c)(2)(A) 
of the Act, for the following movement expenses: inland freight--plant 
to port of exportation, brokerage and handling, harbor service fee, 
trade promotion fee, international freight, and marine insurance.

Normal Value

A. Selection of Comparison Market

    To determine whether there was a sufficient volume of sales of PSF 
in the home market to serve as a viable basis for calculating NV, we 
compared the respondent's home market sales of the foreign like product 
to its volume of U.S. sales of the subject merchandise, in accordance 
with section 773(a) of the Act. Pursuant to sections 773(a)(1)(B) and 
(C) of the Act, because the respondent's aggregate volume of home 
market sales of the foreign like product was greater than five percent 
of its aggregate volume of U.S. sales of the subject merchandise, we 
determined that the home market was viable for comparison.

B. Level of Trade

    Section 773(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Act states that, to the extent 
practicable, the Department will calculate NV based on sales at the 
same level of trade (``LOT'') as the EP. Sales are made at different 
LOTs if they are made at different marketing stages (or their 
equivalent). See 19 CFR 351.412(c)(2). Substantial differences in 
selling activities are a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for 
determining that there is a difference in the stages of marketing. See 
19 CFR 351.412(c)(2); see also Notice of Final Determination of Sales 
at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From 
South Africa, 62 FR 61731, 61732 (November 19, 1997). In order to 
determine whether the comparison market sales were made at different 
stages in the marketing process than the U.S. sales, we reviewed the 
distribution system in each market (i.e., the ``chain of 
distribution''),\1\ including selling functions,\2\ class of customer 
(``customer category''), and the level of selling expenses for each 
type of sale.
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    \1\ The marketing process in the United States and comparison 
markets begins with the producer and extends to the sale to the 
final user or customer. The chain of distribution between the two 
may have many or few links, and the respondent's sales occur 
somewhere along this chain. In performing this evaluation, we 
considered the narrative responses of the respondent to properly 
determine where in the chain of distribution the sale appears to 
occur.
    \2\ Selling functions associated with a particular chain of 
distribution help us to evaluate the level(s) of trade in a 
particular market. For purposes of these preliminary results, we 
have organized the common selling functions into four major 
categories: sales process and marketing support, freight and 
delivery, inventory and warehousing, and quality assurance/warranty 
services.
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    Pursuant to section 773(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Act, in identifying 
levels of trade for

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EP and comparison market sales (i.e., NV based on either home market or 
third country prices),\3\ we consider the starting prices before any 
adjustments. See Micron Technology, Inc. v. United States, et al., 243 
F.3d 1301, 1314-1315 (Fed. Cir. 2001) (affirming this methodology).
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    \3\ Where NV is based on CV, we determine the NV LOT based on 
the LOT of the sales from which we derive selling expenses, general 
and administrative expenses, and profit for CV, where possible.
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    When the Department is unable to match U.S. sales to sales of the 
foreign like product in the comparison market at the same LOT as the 
EP, the Department may compare the U.S. sale to sales at a different 
LOT in the comparison market. In comparing EP sales at a different LOT 
in the comparison market, where available data show that the difference 
in LOT affects price comparability, we make a LOT adjustment under 
section 773(a)(7)(A) of the Act.
    FET reported that it made direct sales to one distributor in the 
U.S. market and to end users in the home market. FET has reported a 
single channel of distribution and a single level of trade in each 
market, and has not requested a LOT adjustment. We examined the 
information reported by FET regarding the type and level of selling 
activities performed, and customer categories. Specifically, we 
considered the extent to which sales process, freight services, 
warehouse/inventory maintenance, and warranty services varied with 
respect to the different customer categories (i.e., distributors and 
end users) across the markets. Based on our analysis, we found a single 
level of trade in the United States, and a single, identical level of 
trade in the home market. Thus, it is unnecessary to make a LOT 
adjustment for FET in comparing EP and home market prices.

C. Cost of Production Analysis

    Because FET had sales below the cost of production that were 
disregarded in the original investigation, there were reasonable 
grounds to believe or suspect that the respondent made sales of the 
merchandise under review in its comparison market at prices below the 
cost of production (``COP'') within the meaning of section 773(b) of 
the Act.
1. Calculation of COP
    We calculated the COP on a product-specific basis, based on the sum 
of the respondent's costs of materials and fabrication for the foreign 
like product, plus amounts for general and administrative (``G&A'') 
expenses, interest expenses, and the costs of all expenses incidental 
to placing the foreign like product packed and in a condition ready for 
shipment, in accordance with section 773(b)(3) of the Act.
    We relied on COP information submitted in FET's cost questionnaire 
responses, except for the following adjustments:
    We adjusted FET's reported cost of manufacturing to account for 
purchases of purified terephthalic acid (``TPA'') and mono ethylene 
glycol (``EG'') from affiliated parties at non-arm's-length prices. See 
Memorandum from Team to the File, Preliminary Results Calculation 
Memorandum--Far Eastern Textile Limited, dated May 31, 2006 (``FET 
Calculation Memorandum''), which is on file in the Department's CRU.
    We noted significant fluctuations in the costs of direct materials 
reported in FET's cost database due to (1) The different mix 
percentages between virgin and recycled polymer or polyester chips, (2) 
the efficiency factors of the various production lines, and (3) the 
time of production (reflecting fluctuations in the prices of the 
inputs, TPA and EG). See FET's January 20, 2006, supplemental 
questionnaire response, at TS-15 and TS-16. To address the resulting 
distortions to FET's costs, we adjusted the company's reported costs 
using a weighted-average direct materials cost by specialty fiber and 
fiber type (i.e., one direct materials cost for regular virgin, one for 
regular blended, one for virgin of each reported specialty fiber, and 
one for blended of each reported specialty fiber). See FET Calculation 
Memorandum.
    FET produced PSF differing only in grade. The products that differ 
only in grade have identical material inputs and undergo the same 
production process, and, therefore, should theoretically have the same 
cost. However, as reported by FET, they do not have the same cost. To 
adjust for this distortion in the reported costs, we have weight-
averaged the costs to obtain an equal cost for each grade of otherwise 
identical PSF. See FET Calculation Memorandum.
    In its net interest expenses calculation, FET excluded interest 
expenses related to a consolidated subsidiary involved in financial 
investments. For the preliminary results, we included these expenses 
because they relate to the consolidated company's overall interest 
expenses. See FET Calculation Memorandum.
2. Test of Home Market Prices
    On a product-specific basis, we compared the adjusted weighted-
average COP figures for the POR to the home market sales of the foreign 
like product, as required under section 773(b) of the Act, to determine 
whether these sales were made at prices below the COP. The prices were 
exclusive of any applicable movement charges and indirect selling 
expenses. In determining whether to disregard home market sales made at 
prices less than their COP, we examined, in accordance with sections 
773(b)(1)(A) and (B) of the Act, whether such sales were made (1) 
within an extended period of time in substantial quantities, and (2) at 
prices which permitted the recovery of all costs within a reasonable 
period of time.
3. Results of COP Test
    We found that, for certain products, more than 20 percent of the 
respondent's home market sales were at prices less than the COP and, 
thus, the below-cost sales were made within an extended period of time 
in substantial quantities. In addition, these sales were made at prices 
that did not permit the recovery of costs within a reasonable period of 
time. Therefore, we excluded these sales and used the remaining sales 
of the same product, as the basis for determining NV, in accordance 
with section 773(b)(1).

D. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Home Market Prices

    We relied on FET's submitted home market sales information, except 
for the following adjustments:
    We disregarded FET's reported other discounts because they related 
to free samples provided to certain home market customers during the 
POR. Moreover, FET's reported other discounts are accounted for in the 
G&A expenses ratio. See FET Calculation Memorandum.
    We reclassified FET's reported warranty expenses as discounts. 
These expenses are more properly classified as discounts because they 
related to compensation for a delay in merchandise delivery. See FET 
Calculation Memorandum.
    We reclassified FET's reported home market rebates as warranty 
expenses because these rebates were to satisfy claims regarding product 
quality defects. We allocated the total warranty expenses incurred in 
the home market during the POR across all home market sales. See FET 
Calculation Memorandum.
    FET applied its calculated indirect selling expenses ratio to the 
control number-specific total cost of manufacture to obtain the 
reported per-unit home market indirect selling expenses. We 
recalculated the per-unit home market indirect selling expenses by 
applying the indirect selling expenses ratio to the reported home

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market gross unit price net of discounts. See FET Calculation 
Memorandum.
    FET reported its U.S. credit expenses based on the New Taiwan 
Dollar denominated gross unit price. Because FET's U.S. sales were 
invoiced in U.S. dollars, we recalculated FET's U.S. credit expenses by 
applying the standard credit formula to FET's reported U.S. dollar 
denominated gross unit price. See FET Calculation Memorandum.
    We calculated NV based on the price to unaffiliated customers. We 
deducted discounts, where applicable, from the gross unit price. We 
made adjustments for packing expenses in accordance with sections 
773(a)(6)(A) and 773(a)(6)(B)(i) of the Act. We also made adjustments, 
consistent with section 773(a)(6)(B)(ii) of the Act, for inland freight 
from the plant to the customer. In addition, we made adjustments for 
differences in circumstances of sale (``COS''), in accordance with 
section 773(a)(6)(C)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.410. We made COS 
adjustments, where appropriate, by deducting direct selling expenses 
incurred on home market sales (i.e., credit expenses and warranties) 
and adding U.S. direct selling expenses (i.e., credit expenses and 
other credit expenses).

Preliminary Results of the Review

    We find that the following dumping margin exists for the period May 
1, 2004, through April 30, 2005:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                   Exporter/manufacturer                       margin
                                                             percentage
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Far Eastern Textile Limited...............................         3.13
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Public Comment

    Any interested party may request a hearing within 30 days of 
publication of this notice. Any hearing, if requested, will be held 42 
days after the publication of this notice, or the first workday 
thereafter. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those 
raised in the case and rebuttal briefs. Interested parties may submit 
case briefs within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice. 
Rebuttal briefs, which must be limited to issues raised in the case 
briefs, may be filed not later than 35 days after the date of 
publication of this notice. Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal 
briefs in this proceeding are requested to submit with each argument 
(1) a statement of the issue and (2) a brief summary of the argument 
with an electronic version included.
    The Department will issue the final results of this administrative 
review, including the results of its analysis of issues raised in any 
such written briefs or hearing, within 120 days of publication of these 
preliminary results.

Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of the administrative review, the Department shall 
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries.
    FET has indicated that it was not the importer of record for any of 
its sales to the United States during the POR. FET reported the name of 
its U.S. customer as the importer of record for all U.S. sales. As 
such, FET did not report the entered value for any of its U.S. sales. 
Accordingly, we have calculated importer-specific assessment rates for 
the merchandise in question by aggregating the dumping margins 
calculated for all U.S. sales to each importer and dividing this amount 
by the total quantity of those sales. To determine whether the duty 
assessment rates were de minimis, in accordance with the requirement 
set forth in 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we calculated importer-specific ad 
valorem ratios based on the estimated entered value.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we will instruct CBP to liquidate 
without regard to antidumping duties any entries for which the 
assessment rate is de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent). The 
Department will issue appraisement instructions directly to CBP.
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003. See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). This 
clarification will apply to entries of subject merchandise during the 
period of review produced by the respondent for which it did not know 
its merchandise was destined for the United States. In such instances, 
we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others 
rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in 
the transaction. For a full discussion of this clarification, see 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of 
Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
completion of the final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments of PSF from Taiwan entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the publication date of the final results of 
this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(1) of the 
Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for the reviewed company will be the 
rate established in the final results of this administrative review 
(except no cash deposit will be required if its weighted-average margin 
is de minimis, i.e., less than 0.5 percent); (2) for merchandise 
exported by manufacturers or exporters not covered in this review but 
covered in the original less-than-fair-value investigation, the cash 
deposit rate will continue to be the most recent rate published in the 
final determination for which the manufacturer or exporter received an 
individual rate; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this 
review or the original investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period 
for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) if neither the 
exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this review, the 
cash deposit rate will be 7.31 percent, the ``all others'' rate 
established in PSF Orders.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) 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 double antidumping duties.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: May 31, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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