[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 174 (Monday, September 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51615-51619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17748]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(C-580-835)


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from the Republic of 
Korea: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on 
stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from the Republic of Korea 
(Korea) for the period January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2005. We 
preliminarily find that the net subsidy rate for the producer/exporter 
under review is de minimis. See the ``Preliminary Results of Review'' 
section of this notice. Interested parties are invited to comment on 
these preliminary results. (See the ``Public Comment'' section of this 
notice).

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 10, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Preeti Tolani or Robert Copyak, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 3, Import Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Room 4014, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0395 or (202) 482-2209, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 6, 1999, the Department published in the Federal Register 
the CVD order on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Korea. 
See Amended Final Determination: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in 
Coils from the Republic of Korea; and Notice of Countervailing Duty 
Orders: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip from France, Italy and the 
Republic of Korea, 64 FR 42923 (August 6, 1999). On August 1, 2006, the 
Department published a notice of opportunity to request an 
administrative review of this CVD order. See Antidumping or 
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; 
Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 71 FR 43441 (August 1, 
2006). On August 8, 2006, we received a timely request for review from 
Dai Yang Metal Co., Ltd. (DMC). On September 29, 2006, the Department 
published a notice of initiation of the administrative review of the 
CVD order on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Korea 
covering the period of review (POR) January 1, 2005, through December 
31, 2005. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 71 FR 57465 (September 29, 2006). On September 
27, 2006, the Department sent questionnaires to DMC and the Government 
of Korea (GOK). On November 30, 2006, the Department received 
questionnaire responses from DMC and the GOK. On February 12, 2007, DMC 
and the GOK submitted responses to the Department's January 29, 2007, 
supplemental questionnaires.
    On May 9, 2007, the Department published in the Federal Register an 
extension of the preliminary results deadline. See Stainless Steel 
Sheet and Strip from the Republic of Korea: Extension of Time Limit for 
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 72 FR 
26338.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), this review covers only those 
producers or exporters for which a review was specifically requested. 
The only company subject to this review is DMC.

Scope of Order

    The products subject to this order are certain stainless steel 
sheet and strip in coils. Stainless steel is an alloy steel containing, 
by weight, 1.2 percent or less of carbon and 10.5 percent or more of 
chromium, with or without other elements. The subject sheet and strip 
is a flat-rolled product in coils that is greater than 9.5 mm in width 
and less than 4.75 mm in thickness and that is annealed or otherwise 
heat treated and pickled or otherwise descaled. The subject sheet and 
strip may also be further processed (e.g., cold-rolled, polished, 
aluminized, coated), provided that it maintains the specific dimensions 
of sheet and strip following such processing.
    The merchandise subject to this order is currently classifiable in 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) at 
subheadings: 7219.13.00.30, 7219.13.00.50, 7219.13.00.70, 
7219.13.00.80, 7219.14.00.30, 7219.14.00.65, 7219.14.00.90, 
7219.32.00.05, 7219.32.00.20, 7219.32.00.25, 7219.32.00.35, 
7219.32.00.36, 7219.32.00.38, 7219.32.00.42, 7219.32.00.44, 
7219.33.00.05, 7219.33.00.20, 7219.33.00.25, 7219.33.00.35, 
7219.33.00.36, 7219.33.00.38, 7219.33.00.42, 7219.33.00.44, 
7219.34.00.05, 7219.34.00.20, 7219.34.00.25, 7219.34.00.30, 
7219.34.00.35, 7219.35.00.05, 7219.35.00.15, 7219.35.00.30, 
7219.35.00.35, 7219.90.00.10, 7219.90.00.20, 7219.90.00.25, 
7219.90.00.60, 7219.90.00.80, 7220.12.10.00, 7220.12.50.00, 
7220.20.10.10, 7220.20.10.15, 7220.20.10.60, 7220.20.10.80, 
7220.20.60.05, 7220.20.60.10, 7220.20.60.15, 7220.20.60.60, 
7220.20.60.80, 7220.20.70.05, 7220.20.70.10, 7220.20.70.15, 
7220.20.70.60, 7220.20.70.80, 7220.20.80.00, 7220.20.90.30, 
7220.20.90.60, 7220.90.00.10, 7220.90.00.15, 7220.90.00.60, and 
7220.90.00.80. Although the HTSUS subheadings are

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provided for convenience and customs purposes, the Department's written 
description of the merchandise is dispositive.
    Excluded from the scope of this order are the following: (1) sheet 
and strip that is not annealed or otherwise heat treated and pickled or 
otherwise descaled, (2) sheet and strip that is cut to length, (3) 
plate (i.e., flat-rolled stainless steel products of a thickness of 
4.75 mm or more), (4) flat wire (i.e., cold-rolled sections, with a 
prepared edge, rectangular in shape, of a width of not more than 9.5 
mm), and (5) razor blade steel. Razor blade steel is a flat rolled 
product of stainless steel, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-
reduced), in coils, of a width of not more than 23 mm and a thickness 
of 0.266 mm or less, containing, by weight, 12.5 to 14.5 percent 
chromium, and certified at the time of entry to be used in the 
manufacture of razor blades. See Chapter 72 of the HTSUS, ``Additional 
U.S. Note'' 1(d).
    The Department has determined that certain specialty stainless 
steel products are also excluded from the scope of this order. These 
excluded products are described below:
    Flapper valve steel is defined as stainless steel strip in coils 
containing, by weight, between 0.37 and 0.43 percent carbon, between 
1.15 and 1.35 percent molybdenum, and between 0.20 and 0.80 percent 
manganese. This steel also contains, by weight, phosphorus of 0.025 
percent or less, silicon of between 0.20 and 0.50 percent, and sulfur 
of 0.020 percent or less. The product is manufactured by means of 
vacuum arc remelting, with inclusion controls for sulphide of no more 
than 0.04 percent and for oxide of no more than 0.05 percent. Flapper 
valve steel has a tensile strength of between 210 and 300 ksi, yield 
strength of between 170 and 270 ksi, plus or minus 8 ksi, and a 
hardness (Hv) of between 460 and 590. Flapper valve steel is most 
commonly used to produce specialty flapper valves in compressors.
    Also excluded is a product referred to as suspension foil, a 
specialty steel product used in the manufacture of suspension 
assemblies for computer disk drives. Suspension foil is described as 
302/304 grade or 202 grade stainless steel of a thickness between 14 
and 127 microns, with a thickness tolerance of plus-or-minus 2.01 
microns, and surface glossiness of 200 to 700 percent Gs. Suspension 
foil must be supplied in coil widths of not more than 407 mm, and with 
a mass of 225 kg or less. Roll marks may only be visible on one side, 
with no scratches of measurable depth. The material must exhibit 
residual stresses of 2 mm maximum deflection, and flatness of 1.6 mm 
over 685 mm length.
    Certain stainless steel foil for automotive catalytic converters is 
also excluded from the scope of this order. This stainless steel strip 
in coils is a specialty foil with a thickness of between 20 and 110 
microns used to produce a metallic substrate with a honeycomb structure 
for use in automotive catalytic converters. The steel contains, by 
weight, carbon of no more than 0.030 percent, silicon of no more than 
1.0 percent, manganese of no more than 1.0 percent, chromium of between 
19 and 22 percent, aluminum of no less than 5.0 percent, phosphorus of 
no more than 0.045 percent, sulfur of no more than 0.03 percent, 
lanthanum of between 0.002 and 0.05 percent, and total rare earth 
elements of more than 0.06 percent, with the balance iron.
    Permanent magnet iron-chromium-cobalt alloy stainless strip is also 
excluded from the scope of this order. This ductile stainless steel 
strip contains, by weight, 26 to 30 percent chromium, and 7 to 10 
percent cobalt, with the remainder of iron, in widths 228.6 mm or less, 
and a thickness between 0.127 and 1.270 mm. It exhibits magnetic 
remanence between 9,000 and 12,000 gauss, and a coercivity of between 
50 and 300 oersteds. This product is most commonly used in electronic 
sensors and is currently available under proprietary trade names such 
as ``Arnokrome III.''\1\
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    \1\ ``Arnokrome III'' is a trademark of the Arnold Engineering 
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    Certain electrical resistance alloy steel is also excluded from the 
scope of this order. This product is defined as a non-magnetic 
stainless steel manufactured to American Society of Testing and 
Materials (ASTM) specification B344 and containing, by weight, 36 
percent nickel, 18 percent chromium, and 46 percent iron, and is most 
notable for its resistance to high temperature corrosion. It has a 
melting point of 1390 degrees Celsius and displays a creep rupture 
limit of 4 kilograms per square millimeter at 1000 degrees Celsius. 
This steel is most commonly used in the production of heating ribbons 
for circuit breakers and industrial furnaces, and in rheostats for 
railway locomotives. The product is currently available under 
proprietary trade names such as ``Gilphy 36.''\2\
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    \2\ ``Gilphy 36'' is a trademark of Imphy, S.A.
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    Certain martensitic precipitation-hardenable stainless steel is 
also excluded from the scope of this order. This high-strength, ductile 
stainless steel product is designated under the Unified Numbering 
System (UNS) as S45500-grade steel, and contains, by weight, 11 to 13 
percent chromium and 7 to 10 percent nickel. Carbon, manganese, silicon 
and molybdenum each comprise, by weight, 0.05 percent or less, with 
phosphorus and sulfur each comprising, by weight, 0.03 percent or less. 
This steel has copper, niobium, and titanium added to achieve aging, 
and will exhibit yield strengths as high as 1700 Mpa and ultimate 
tensile strengths as high as 1750 Mpa after aging, with elongation 
percentages of 3 percent or less in 50 mm. It is generally provided in 
thicknesses between 0.635 and 0.787 mm, and in widths of 25.4 mm. This 
product is most commonly used in the manufacture of television tubes 
and is currently available under proprietary trade names such as 
``Durphynox 17.''\3\
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    \3\ ``Durphynox 17'' is a trademark of Imphy, S.A.
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    Finally, three specialty stainless steels typically used in certain 
industrial blades and surgical and medical instruments are also 
excluded from the scope of this order. These include stainless steel 
strip in coils used in the production of textile cutting tools (e.g., 
carpet knives).\4\ This steel is similar to ASTM grade 440F, but 
containing, by weight, 0.5 to 0.7 percent of molybdenum. The steel also 
contains, by weight, carbon of between 1.0 and 1.1 percent, sulfur of 
0.020 percent or less and includes between 0.20 and 0.30 percent copper 
and between 0.20 and 0.50 percent cobalt. This steel is sold under 
proprietary names such as ``GIN4 HI-C.'' The second excluded stainless 
steel strip in coils is similar to AISI 420-J2 and contains, by weight, 
carbon of between 0.62 and 0.70 percent, silicon of between 0.20 and 
0.50 percent, manganese of between 0.45 and 0.80 percent, phosphorus of 
no more than 0.025 percent and sulfur of no more than 0.020 percent. 
This steel has a carbide density on average of 100 carbide particles 
per square micron. An example of this product is ``GIN5'' steel. The 
third specialty steel has a chemical composition similar to AISI 420 F, 
with carbon of between 0.37 and 0.43 percent, molybdenum of between 
1.15 and 1.35 percent, but lower manganese of between 0.20 and 0.80 
percent, phosphorus of no mor than 0.025 percent, silicon of between 
0.20 and 0.50 percent, and sulfur of no more than 0.020 percent. This 
product is supplied with a hardness of more than Hv 500 guaranteed 
after customer processing, and is supplied as, for example, ``GIN6.''
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    \4\ This list of uses is illustrative and provided for 
descriptive purposes only.

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Subsidies Valuation Information

    Benchmark for Long-Term Loans issued through 2005: During the POR, 
DMC had both won-denominated and foreign currency-denominated long-term 
loans outstanding which it received from government-owned banks and 
Korean commercial banks. Based on our findings on this issue in prior 
investigations and reviews, we are using the following benchmarks to 
calculate the subsidies attributable to respondent's long-term loans 
obtained in the years 1991 through 2005:
    (1) For countervailable foreign currency-denominated loans, 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.505(a)(2)(i), and consistent with our practice 
to date, our preference is to use the company-specific weighted-average 
foreign currency-denominated interest rates on the company's loans from 
foreign bank branches in Korea, foreign securities, and direct foreign 
loans received after April 1992. See Final Affirmative Countervailing 
Duty Determination: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from the 
Republic of Korea, 64 FR 30636, 30642 (June 8, 1999). See also Final 
Negative Countervailing Duty Determination: Stainless Steel Plate in 
Coils from the Republic of Korea, 64 FR 15530, 15533 (March 31, 1999) 
(Plate in Coils). For variable-rate loans outstanding during the POR, 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.505(a)(2)(i), our preference is to use, as the 
benchmark, an interest rate of a variable-rate lending instrument 
issued during the POR; and for long-term fixed-rate loans, pursuant to 
19 CFR 351.505(a)(2)(iii), our preference is to use a benchmark rate 
issued in the same year that the loan was issued. However, no such 
benchmark instruments were available, and consistent with our 
methodology in the prior administrative review, we relied on the 
lending rates as reported by the IMF's International Financial 
Statistics Yearbook. See Final Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from 
the Republic of Korea, 72 FR 120 (January 3, 2007).
    (2) For countervailable won-denominated long-term loans, our 
practice is to use the company-specific corporate bond rate on the 
company's public and private bonds, as we determined that the GOK did 
not control the Korean domestic bond market after 1991, and that 
domestic bonds may serve as an appropriate benchmark interest rate. See 
Plate in Coils, 64 FR at 15531. Where unavailable, we use the national 
average of the yields on three-year corporate bonds, as reported by the 
Bank of Korea (BOK). We note that the use of the three-year corporate 
bond rate from the BOK follows the approach taken in Plate in Coils, in 
which we determined that, absent company-specific interest rate 
information, the corporate bond rate is the best indicator of a market 
rate for won-denominated long-term loans in Korea. Id.

I. Program Preliminarily Determined to Confer Subsidies

The GOK's Direction of Credit

1. Loans Received through 2005

    In the most recently completed CVD proceeding involving Korea, the 
Department reaffirmed earlier determinations that the GOK controlled 
and directed lending to Korean steel producers through year 2005. See 
Notice of Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: 
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate from Korea, 72 FR 
38565 (July 13, 2007) (2005 CTL Plate Final Results). In addition, in 
that review, the Department noted that neither the respondent nor the 
GOK provided any new information that would warrant a change in the 
Department's determination. Finding that the GOK did not act to the 
best of its ability, the Department employed an adverse inference and 
determined that the GOK continued its direction-of-credit policies with 
respect to the Korean steel industry for the period 2002 through 2005. 
Id.
    During the POR, DMC had outstanding loans that were received prior 
to and/or during the 2005 period. As in the prior proceedings, we asked 
the GOK for information pertaining to the GOK's direction-of-credit 
policies through 2005. The GOK did not provide any new or additional 
information that would warrant a departure from these prior findings, 
stating instead that:
    the Government of Korea continues to believe that the evidence 
demonstrates that there has been no direction of credit to the Korean 
steel industry. Nevertheless, the Department has consistently found 
that long-term loans received by Korean steel producers were the result 
of the Korean Government's direction, despite the Government's repeated 
submission of evidence to the contrary. . . . Consequently, in this 
review, the Government will not contest the Department's findings on 
direction of long-term loans.
Because the GOK withheld the requested information on its lending 
policies, the Department does not have the necessary information on the 
record to determine whether the GOK has continued its direction-of-
credit policies with respect to the Korean steel industry through 2005; 
therefore, the Department must base its determination on facts 
otherwise available. See section 776(a)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act).
    Section 776(b) of the Act further provides that the Department may 
use an adverse inference in applying the facts otherwise available when 
a party has failed to cooperate by not acting to the best of its 
ability to comply with a request for information. Section 776(b) of the 
Act also authorizes the Department to use as adverse facts available 
(AFA) information derived from the petition, the final determination, a 
previous administrative review, or other information placed on the 
record. For the reasons discussed below, we determine that, in 
accordance with sections 776(a)(2) and 776(b) of the Act, the use of 
AFA is appropriate for the preliminary results for the determination of 
direction of credit for loans received through 2005.
    In this case, the GOK refused to supply requested information that 
was in its possession, even though the GOK had provided similar 
information in prior proceedings. See, e.g., Final Affirmative 
Countervailing Duty Determination: Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality 
Steel Plate from the Republic of Korea, 64 FR 73176, 73178 (December 
29, 1999). Therefore, consistent with sections 776(a)(2)(A) and 776(b) 
of the Act, we find that the GOK did not act to the best of its ability 
and, therefore, we are employing an adverse inference in selecting from 
among the facts otherwise available. As AFA, we find that the GOK's 
direction-of-credit policies for the steel industry continued through 
2005. As noted above, the GOK's direction-of-credit policies with 
respect to the Korean steel industry provide a financial contribution, 
confer a benefit, and are specific, pursuant to sections 771(5)(D)(i), 
771(5)(E)(ii), and 771(5A)(D)(iii) of the Act, respectively. Therefore, 
we find that lending to Korean steel producers from domestic banks and 
government-owned banks through 2005 is countervailable. Thus, any loans 
received by Korean steel producers through 2005 from domestic banks and 
government-owned banks that were outstanding during the POR are 
countervailable, to the extent that the interest amount paid on the 
loan is less than what would have been paid on a comparable commercial 
loan. The Department's decision to rely on adverse inferences when 
lacking a response from the GOK regarding the

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direction of credit issue, as it applies to the Korean steel industry, 
is in accordance with its practice. See 2005 CTL Plate Final Results.

2. Calculation of the Benefit and Net Subsidy Rate Under the Direction 
of Credit Program

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.505(c)(2) and (4), we calculated the 
benefit for each fixed- and variable-rate loan received from GOK-owned 
or -controlled banks to be the difference between the actual amount of 
interest paid on the directed loan during the POR and the amount of 
interest that would have been paid during the POR at the benchmark 
interest rate. We conducted our benefit calculations using the 
benchmark interest rates described in the ``Subsidies Valuation 
Information'' section above. For foreign currency-denominated loans, we 
converted the benefits into Korean won using exchange rates obtained 
from the BOK or, where BOK rates were not available, from other 
publicly available sources. We then summed the benefits from each 
company's long-term fixed-rate and variable-rate won-denominated loans.
    To calculate the net subsidy rate, we divided DMC's total benefit 
by its total f.o.b. sales values during the POR, as this program is not 
tied to exports or a particular product. On this basis, we 
preliminarily determine the net subsidy rate to be 0.03 percent ad 
valorem for DMC.

II. Programs Preliminarily Determined To Be Not Used

    A. Investment Tax Credits under RSTA Articles 11, 24, 25 and TERCL 
Articles 24 and 71
    B. Reserve for Export Loss under Article 16 of TERCL
    C. Reserve for Overseas Market Development under Article 17 of 
TERCL
    D. Asset Revaluation under Article 56(2) of TERCL
    E. Equipment Investment to Promote Worker's Welfare under Article 
88 of TERCL
    F. Special Cases of Tax for Balanced Development Among Areas under 
Articles 41-45 of TERCL
    G. Requested Loan Adjustment Program
    H. Emergency Load Reduction Program
    I. Export Industry Facility Loan
    J. Special Facility Loans
    K. Energy Saving Facility Program
    L. Research and Development Grants
    M. Local Tax Exemption on Land Outside of Metropolitan Area
    N. Short-Term Export Financing
    O. Exemption of VAT on Imports of Anthracite Coal
    P. Excessive Duty Drawback
    Q. Special Depreciation of Assets on Foreign Exchange Earnings
    R. Export Insurance Rates Provided by the Korean Export Insurance 
Corporation
    S. Loans from the National Agricultural Cooperation Federation
    T. Tax Incentives for Highly Advanced Technology Businesses under 
the Foreign Investment and Foreign Capital Inducement Act

III. Programs Preliminarily Determined To Be Not Countervailable

    A. Tax Credit for Improving Enterprise's Bill System under Article 
7-2 of RSTA
    B. Tax Credit for Equipment to Promote Worker's Welfare under 
Article 94 of RSTA
    C. Tax Deduction for Boosting Employment under Article 30-4 of RSTA

Preliminary Results of Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(i), we calculated an 
individual subsidy rate for the producer/exporter subject to this 
administrative review. For the period January 1, 2005, through December 
31, 2005, we preliminarily determine the net subsidy for DMC to be 0.03 
percent ad valorem, which is de minimis. See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1).
    The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') 15 days after the date of 
publication of the final results of this review. If the final results 
remain the same as these preliminary results, the Department will 
instruct CBP to liquidate without regard to countervailing duties all 
shipments of subject merchandise produced by DMC, entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption from January 1, 2005, through December 
31, 2005. The Department will also instruct CBP not to collect cash 
deposits of estimated countervailing duties on shipments of the subject 
merchandise produced by DMC and Dongbu, entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the 
final results of this review.
    If the final results of this review remain the same as these 
preliminary results, the Department intends to instruct U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection (CBP), 15 days after the date of publication of 
the final results, to liquidate shipments of certain stainless steel 
sheet and strip in coils from DMC, entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption from January 1, 2005, through December 31, 
2005, without regard to countervailing duties. Also, the Department 
intends to instruct CBP not to collect deposits of estimated 
countervailing duties on shipments of certain stainless steel sheet and 
strip in coils from DMC, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the publication of the final results of this 
administrative review. The Department will issue appropriate 
instructions directly to CBP within 15 days of the final results of 
this review.
    We will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits for non-
reviewed companies at the most recent company-specific or country-wide 
rate applicable to the company. Accordingly, the cash deposit rates 
that will be applied to companies covered by this order, but not 
examined in this review, are those established in the most recently 
completed administrative proceeding for each company. These rates shall 
apply to all non-reviewed companies until a review of a company 
assigned these rates is requested.

Public Comment

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(b), the Department will disclose to 
parties to the proceeding any calculations performed in connection with 
these preliminary results within five days after the date of the public 
announcement of this notice. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309, interested 
parties may submit written comments in response to these preliminary 
results. Unless otherwise indicated by the Department, case briefs must 
be submitted within 30 days after the publication of these preliminary 
results. Rebuttal briefs, which are limited to arguments raised in case 
briefs, must be submitted no later than five days after the time limit 
for filing case briefs, unless otherwise specified by the Department. 
Parties who submit arguments in this proceeding are requested to submit 
with the argument: (1) a statement of the issue, and (2) a brief 
summary of the argument. Parties submitting case and/or rebuttal briefs 
are requested to provide the Department copies of the public version on 
disk. Case and rebuttal briefs must be served on interested parties in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(f). Also, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310, 
within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice, interested 
parties may request a public hearing on

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arguments to be raised in the case and rebuttal briefs. Unless the 
Secretary specifies otherwise, the hearing, if requested, will be held 
two days after the date for submission of rebuttal briefs.
    Representatives of parties to the proceeding may request disclosure 
of proprietary information under administrative protective order no 
later than 10 days after the representative's client or employer 
becomes a party to the proceeding, but in no event later than the date 
the case briefs, under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii), are due. The Department 
will publish the final results of this administrative review, including 
the results of its analysis of issues raised in any case or rebuttal 
brief or at a hearing.
    These preliminary results of review are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: August 31, 2007.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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