[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 194 (Friday, October 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59081-59082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16517]


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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 Micro Forge 
(India), Ltd. (Micro) and Pradeep Metals Limited (Pradeep), exporters 
and producers that requested new shipper reviews.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 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:

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 Micro 
and Pradeep (producers and exporters of flanges) for new shipper 
reviews of the antidumping duty order on flanges from India. See August 
31, 2006, letters from Micro and Pradeep to the Secretary of Commerce 
requesting new shipper reviews.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b), Micro and Pradeep 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 Micro and Pradeep 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 Micro and Pradeep. These reviews cover the 
period February 1, 2006, through July 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.
    On August 17, 2006, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (H.R. 4) was

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signed into law. Section 1632 of H.R. 4 temporarily suspends the 
authority of the Department to instruct U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) to collect a bond or other security in lieu of a cash 
deposit in new shipper reviews. Therefore, the posting of a bond under 
Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act in lieu of a cash deposit is not 
available in this case. Importers of subject merchandise manufactured 
and exported by Micro and Pradeep must continue to post a cash deposit 
of estimated antidumping duties on each entry of subject merchandise at 
the current all-others rate of 162.14 percent.
    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: September 29, 2006.
Stephen Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-16517 Filed 10-5-06; 8:45 am]
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