[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 23 (Monday, February 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5265-5266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1809]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-863


Honey from the People's Republic of China: Initiation of New 
Shipper Antidumping Duty Reviews

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

EFFECTIVE DATE:  February 5, 2007.
SUMMARY: On December 28, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') received a request from QHD Sanhai Honey Co., Ltd. (``QHD 
Sanhai'') to conduct a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order 
on honey from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). We have 
determined that this request meets the statutory and regulatory 
requirements for the initiation of a new shipper review.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scot Fullerton or Christopher Riker, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14\th\ Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1386 or (202) 482-3441, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department received a timely request from QHD Sanhai in 
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act'') and 19 CFR 351.214 (c), for a new shipper review 
of the antidumping duty order on honey from the PRC, which has a 
December anniversary month. See Notice of Amended Final Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order; Honey from 
the People's Republic of China, 66 FR 63670 (December 10, 2001). QHD 
Sanhai identified itself as a producer and exporter of honey. As 
required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i) and (iii)(A), QHD Sanhai certified 
that it did not export honey to the United States during the period of 
investigation (``POI''), and that it has never been affiliated with any 
exporter or producer which exported honey to the United States during 
the POI. Furthermore, the company also certified that its export 
activities are not controlled by the government of the PRC, satisfying 
the requirements of 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B).
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), QHD Sanhai submitted 
documentation establishing the date on which the subject merchandise 
was first entered for consumption in the United States, the volume of 
that first shipment and any subsequent shipments, and the date of the 
first sale to an unaffiliated customer in the United States.
    The Department conducted Customs database queries and analyzed 
Customs entry packages to confirm that the shipments made by QHD Sanhai 
had officially entered the United States via assignment of an entry 
date in the Customs database by U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(``CBP''). In addition, the Department confirmed the existence of QHD 
Sanhai and its U.S. customer.

Initiation of 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 are 
initiating a new shipper review for QHD Sanhai. See Memorandum to the 
File through James C. Doyle, Director, AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, 
Import Administration, from Scot Fullerton, Senior Case Analyst, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, regarding Initiation of 
Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review: Honey from the People's Republic 
of

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China (January 29, 2007). We intend to issue the preliminary results of 
this review not later than 180 days after the date on which this review 
was initiated, and the final results of this review within 90 days 
after the date on which the preliminary results were issued.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A), the period of review 
(``POR'') for a new shipper review, initiated in the month immediately 
following the anniversary month, will be the 12-month period 
immediately preceding the anniversary month. Therefore, the POR for the 
new shipper review of QHD Sanhai is December 1, 2005, through November 
30, 2006.
    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-wide rate provide evidence of de jure 
and de facto absence of government control over the company's export 
activities. See Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: 
Bicycles from the People's Republic of China, 61 FR 19026, 19027 (April 
30, 1996). Accordingly, we will issue a questionnaire to QHD Sanhai, 
including a separate rates section. The review will proceed if the 
responses provide sufficient indication that QHD Sanhai is not subject 
to either de jure or de facto government control with respect to its 
exports of honey. However, if QHD Sanhai does not demonstrate its 
eligibility for a separate rate, then the company will be deemed not 
separate from other companies that exported during the POI and the new 
shipper review will be rescinded as to the company.
    Interested parties that require access to proprietary information 
in this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure 
under administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305 and 351.306.
    This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.214(d), and 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: January 29, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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