[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 13, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8290-8291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2645]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-469-814]


Chlorinated Isocyanurates from Spain: 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 under the antidumping duty order on 
chlorinated isocyanurates from Spain issued on June 24, 2005. See 
Chlorinated Isocyanurates from Spain: Notice of Antidumping Duty Order, 
70 FR 36562 (June 24, 2005). In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.214(c), we 
are initiating an antidumping new shipper review of Inquide Flix, S.A., 
(Inquide). The period of review (POR) of this new shipper review is 
June 1, 2007 through November 30, 2007.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 13, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Lindsay, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0780.

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 Inquide, a 
producer and exporter of chlorinated isocyanurates, for a new shipper 
review of the antidumping duty order on chlorinated isocyanurates from 
Spain. See December 28, 2007, submission

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from Inquide requesting a new shipper review.
    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(b), Inquide 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) 
(April 1, 2003 through March 31, 2004), 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 Inquide's shipments of subject merchandise entered the 
United States for consumption and that liquidation of such entries had 
been suspended for antidumping duties. See January 31, 2008 New Shipper 
Review Initiation Checklist, question 18. The Department also examined 
whether U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed that such 
entries were made during the new shipper review period.

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 
Inquide submitted meets the threshold requirements for initiation of a 
new shipper review. See Memorandum to the File from Scott Lindsay, 
Trade Analyst, through Thomas Gilgunn, Program Manager, New Shipper 
Initiation Checklist, dated, January 31, 2008. Accordingly, we are 
initiating a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on 
chlorinated isocyanurates from Spain produced and exported by Inquide. 
Although Inquide's request meets the threshold requirements for 
initiation, there are a few issues of concern that the Department has 
with Inquide's new shipper review request. Therefore, immediately 
following the initiation of this review, the Department intends to 
issue a questionnaire to Inquide to clarify these issues. This review 
covers the period June 1, 2007 through November 30, 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. 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 in lieu of a cash deposit is not 
available in this case. Importers of chlorinated isocyanurates produced 
and exported by Inquide must continue to post cash deposits of 
estimated antidumping duties on each entry of subject merchandise 
(i.e., chlorinated isocyanurates) at the current all-others rate of 
24.83 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: January 31, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-2645 Filed 2-12-08; 8:45 am]
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