[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 192 (Thursday, October 4, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56723-56724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19660]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-809]


Forged Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Notice of Initiation 
of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received a 
request for a new shipper review 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 an antidumping new shipper review of Hot Metal Forge 
(India) Pvt., Ltd. (Hot Metal). The period of review (POR) of this new 
shipper review is February 1, 2007 through July 31, 2007.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 4, 2007.

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, 14th 
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(c), the Department received a timely request from Hot Metal, a 
producer and exporter of flanges, for a new shipper review of the 
antidumping duty order on flanges from India. See August 31, 2007, 
letter from Hot Metal to the Secretary of Commerce requesting a new 
shipper review.
    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(b), Hot Metal certified that it is both an exporter and 
producer of the subject merchandise, that it 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, it has not been affiliated with any 
producer or exporter who exported the subject merchandise to the United 
States during the POI. It also submitted documentation establishing the 
date on which it first shipped the subject merchandise to the United 
States, the volume of that shipment, and the date of its first sale to 
an unaffiliated customer in the United States. It also certified it had 
no shipments to the United States during the period subsequent to its 
first shipment.
    The Department conducted a Customs database query in an attempt to 
confirm that Hot Metal's shipments of subject merchandise entered the 
United States for consumption and that liquidation of such entries had 
been suspended for antidumping duties. See October 1, 2007 New Shipper 
Review Initiation Checklist, question 18. The Department also examined 
whether the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed that 
such entries were made during the new shipper review POR.

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 request 
Hot Metal submitted meets the threshold requirement for initiation of a 
new shipper review. Accordingly, we are initiating a new shipper review 
of the antidumping duty order on flanges from India manufactured and 
exported by Hot Metal. This review covers the period February 1, 2007, 
through July 31, 2007. We intend to issue the preliminary results of 
this review no later than 180 days after the date on which this review 
is 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 
signed into law. Section 1632 of H.R. 4 temporarily suspends the 
authority of the Department to instruct U.S. 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 
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forged stainless steel flanges manufactured and exported by Hot Metal 
must continue to post cash deposits of estimated antidumping duties on 
each entry of subject merchandise (i.e., forged stainless steel 
flanges) 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 
and 351.221(c)(1)(i) of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: September 28, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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