[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13088-13089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5040]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-808]


Stainless Steel Wire Rod from India: Notice of Initiation of 
Antidumping Duty New-Shipper Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 20, 2007.
SUMMARY: On December 29, 2006, the Department of Commerce received a 
request to conduct a new-shipper review of the antidumping duty order 
on stainless steel wire rod from India. In accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 
CFR 351.214(d), we are initiating a new-shipper review of Sunflag Iron 
& Steel Co., Ltd., the exporter and producer that requested the new-
shipper review.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Cartsos or Minoo Hatten at 
(202) 482-1757 or (202) 482-1690, respectively, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 5, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The notice announcing the antidumping duty order on stainless steel 
wire rod from India was published on December 1, 1993. See Antidumping 
Duty Order: Certain Stainless Steel Wire Rods from India, 58 FR 63335 
(December 1, 1993). On December 29, 2006, the Department of Commerce 
(the Department) received a timely request for a new-shipper review of 
the order from Sunflag Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (Sunflag). See section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(c). Sunflag is both the 
Indian producer and exporter of the subject merchandise to the United 
States on which its request for a new-shipper review is based. As 
required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i) and (iii)(A), Sunflag certified 
that it is a producer and exporter of the subject merchandise, that it 
did not export stainless steel wire rod to the United States during the 
period of investigation (POI) (July 1, 1992, through December 31, 
1992), and that, since the initiation of the investigation, it has 
never been affiliated with any exporter or producer that exported 
stainless steel wire rod to the United States during the POI.\1\
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    \1\ See Sunflag's Request for New Shipper Review, dated December 
29, 2006.
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    In addition, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), the company 
submitted documentation establishing the following: (1) the date on 
which it first shipped the subject merchandise for export to the United 
States; (2) the volume of its first shipment and its subsequent 
shipment;\2\ and (3) the date of its first sale to an unaffiliated 
customer in the United States.
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    \2\ In its December 29, 2006, Request for New Shipper Review, 
Sunflag provided information on its subsequent shipment.
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    On January 31, 2007, the Department postponed its decision 
regarding whether to initiate the new-shipper review because, based 
upon its routine examination of Customs and Border Protection entry 
data, it was not clear whether the merchandise exported by Sunflag to 
the United States qualified as subject merchandise. See Memorandum from 
Catherine Cartsos through Minoo Hatten to the File, New-Shipper Review 
of Stainless Steel Wire Rod from India: Customs and Border Protection 
Entry Data, dated January 31, 2007. Under 19 CFR 351.302(b), the 
Department may extend any time limit established by its regulations for 
good cause unless expressly precluded by the statute. See Letter from 
Laurie Parkhill to Mr. M.D. Ghumare, General Manager of Exports for 
Sunflag, dated January 31, 2007. The status of the Sunflag entries is 
no longer at issue because the Department has determined that the 
merchandise exported by Sunflag to the United States qualifies as 
subject merchandise. See Memorandum from Catherine Cartsos through 
Minoo Hatten to the File, New-Shipper Review of Stainless Steel Wire 
Rod from India: Customs and Border Protection Entry Data and Documents, 
dated March 13, 2007.

Initiation of New-Shipper Review

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2) and (d)(1), we find that Sunflag's request meets the 
threshold requirements for initiation of a new-shipper review. See 
March 13, 2007, Memorandum to the File through Laurie Parkhill, 
Director, AD/CVD Operations, Office 5, from the team regarding the new-
shipper review initiation checklist. Accordingly, we are initiating a 
new-shipper review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel 
wire rod from India for shipments produced and exported by Sunflag. The 
period of review is December 1, 2005, through November 30, 2006. See 19 
CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A). We intend to issue the preliminary results of 
this new-shipper review no later than 180 days after initiation of this 
review. See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(i). 
We intend to issue the final results of this review no later than 90 
days after the date on which the preliminary results are issued. See 
section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(i). On August 
17, 2006, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (H.R. 4) was signed into 
law. Section 1632 of H.R. 4 temporarily suspends the authority of the 
Department to instruct 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 under section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.214(e) in lieu of a cash deposit is not available in 
this case. Importers of subject merchandise manufactured and exported 
by Sunflag must continue to pay a cash deposit of estimated antidumping 
duties on each entry of subject merchandise at the current all-others 
rate of 48.80 percent.
    Interested parties that need 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).


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    Dated: March 13, 2007.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-5040 Filed 3-19-07; 8:45 am]
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