[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 230 (Thursday, November 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69203-69204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20256]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-846


Brake Rotors From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of 
New Shipper Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 30, 2006.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') received a 
timely request to conduct a new shipper review of the antidumping duty 
order on brake rotors from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). In 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(d)(1), we are initiating a review for 
Longkou Qizheng Auto Parts Co., Ltd. (``Qizheng'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frances Veith or Blanche Ziv, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4295 and (202) 482-4207, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department received a timely request 
from Qizheng on October 31, 2006, pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), and in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.214(c), for a new shipper review of the antidumping 
duty order on brake rotors from the PRC. See Notice of Antidumping Duty 
Order: Brake Rotors from the People's Republic of China, 62 FR 18740 
(April 17, 1997).
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i), 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), 
and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), in its request for a new shipper 
review, Qizheng certified that as a producing exporter it did not 
export brake rotors to the United States during the period of 
investigation (``POI''); that since the initiation of the investigation 
it has never been affiliated with any company that exported subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POI; and that its export 
activities were not controlled by the central government of the PRC.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), Qizheng submitted 
documentation establishing the following: (1) the date on which it 
first shipped brake rotors for export to the United States; (2) the 
volume of its first shipment; and (3) the date of its first sale to an 
unaffiliated customer in the United States.

Initiation of New Shipper Review

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(d)(1), and based on information on the record, we find that 
Qizheng's request meets the initiation threshold requirements and we 
are initiating a new shipper review for shipments of brake rotors 
produced and exported by Qizheng. See Memorandum to the File through 
Wendy J. Frankel, Director, New Shipper Initiation Checklist, dated, 
November 22, 2006. The Department will conduct this new shipper review 
according to the deadlines set forth in section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the 
Act.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(B), the period of review 
(``POR'') for a new shipper review, normally initiated in the month 
immediately following the semiannual anniversary month, will be the 
six-month period immediately preceding the semiannual anniversary 
month. Therefore, the POR for the new shipper review of Qizheng will be 
April 1, 2006, through September 30, 2006.
    Pursuant to the Department's regulations, in cases involving non-
market economies, the Department requires that a company seeking to 
establish eligibility for an antidumping duty rate separate from the 
country-

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wide rate provide evidence of de jure and de facto absence of 
government control over the company's export activities. Accordingly, 
we will issue a questionnaire to Qizheng, including a separate rate 
section. The review will proceed if the responses provide sufficient 
indication that Qizheng is not subject to either de jure or de facto 
government control with respect to its exports of brake rotors. 
However, if Qizheng does not demonstrate its eligibility for a separate 
rate, the company will be deemed not separate from other companies that 
exported during the POI, and the new shipper review for Qizheng will be 
rescinded.
    On August 17, 2006, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (H.R. 4) was 
signed into law by Congress. Section 1632 of H.R. 4 temporarily 
suspends the authority of the Department to instruct U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection to collect a bond or other security in lieu of a cash 
deposit in new shipper reviews. Therefore, the posting of a bond or 
other security under section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act in lieu of a 
cash deposit is not available in this case. Importers of brake rotors 
exported and produced by Qizheng must continue to post a cash deposit 
of estimated antidumping duties on each entry of subject merchandise 
(i.e., brake rotors) at the PRC-wide entity rate of 43.32 percent.
    Interested parties that need access to proprietary information in 
this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306.
    This initiation and notice are issued in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: November 22, 2006.
Susan H. Kuhbach
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-20256 Filed 11-29-06; 8:45 am]
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