[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 149 (Friday, August 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44966-44967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17713]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 
Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sheila E. Forbes, Office of AD/CVD 
Operations, Customs Unit, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
4697.

Background

    Each year during the anniversary month of the publication of an 
antidumping or countervailing duty order, finding, or suspension of 
investigation, an interested party, as defined in section 771(9) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), may request, in accordance 
with section 351.213 of the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
regulations, that the Department conduct an administrative review of 
that antidumping or countervailing duty order, finding, or suspended 
investigation.

Respondent Selection

    In the event the Department limits the number of respondents for 
individual examination for administrative reviews initiated pursuant to 
requests made for the orders identified below, the Department intends 
to select respondents based on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
data for U.S. imports during the POR. We intend to release the CBP data 
under Administrative Protective Order (APO) to all parties having an 
APO within five days of publication of the initiation Federal Register 
notice. Therefore, we encourage all parties interested in commenting on 
respondent selection to submit their APO applications on the date of 
publication of the initiation notice, or as soon thereafter as 
possible. The Department invites comments regarding the CBP data and 
respondent selection within 10 calendar days of publication of the 
initiation Federal Register notice.
    Opportunity to Request a Review: Not later than the last day of 
August 2008,\1\ interested parties may request an administrative review 
of the following orders, findings, or suspended investigations, with 
anniversary dates in August for the following periods:
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    \1\ Or the next business day, if the deadline falls on a 
weekend, federal holiday or any other day when the Department is 
closed.

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             Antidumping Duty Proceeding
 
Germany:
    Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products, A-    8/1/07-7/31/08
     428-815.........................................
    Seamless Line and Pressure Pipe, A-428-820.......     8/1/07-7/31/08

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Italy: Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin, A-475-     8/1/07-7/31/08
 703.................................................
Japan:
    Brass Sheet & Strip, A-588-704...................     8/1/07-7/31/08
    Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin, A-588-707     8/1/07-7/31/08
    Tin Mill Products, A-588-854.....................     8/1/07-7/31/08
Malaysia: Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags, A-557-813     8/1/07-7/31/08
Mexico: Gray Portland Cement and Cement Clinker, A-       8/1/07-7/31/08
 201-802.............................................
Republic of Korea: Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel       8/1/07-7/31/08
 Flat Products, A-580-816............................
Romania: Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line,        8/1/07-7/31/08
 and Pressure Pipe (Under 4\1/2\ Inches), A-485-805..
Thailand:
    Canned Pineapple Fruit \2\, A-549-813............    7/1/07-10/31/07
    Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags, A-549-821......     8/1/07-7/31/08
The People's Republic of China:
    Floor Standing Metal-Top Ironing Tables and Parts     8/1/07-7/31/08
     Thereof, A-570-888..............................
    Petroleum Wax Candles, A-570-504.................     8/1/07-7/31/08
    Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags, A-570-886......     8/1/07-7/31/08
    Sulfanilic Acid, A-570-815.......................     8/1/07-7/31/08
    Tetrahydrofurfuryl Alcohol, A-570-887............     8/1/07-7/31/08
Vietnam: Frozen Fish Fillets, A-552-801..............     8/1/07-7/31/08
 
           Countervailing Duty Proceedings
 
Republic of Korea:
    Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Plate, C-580-818    1/1/07-12/31/07
    Dynamic Random Access Memory Semiconductors, C-      1/1/07-12/31/07
     580-851.........................................
    Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils, C-580-     1/1/07-12/31/07
     835.............................................
 
                Suspension Agreements
 
None.
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    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), an interested party as 
defined by section 771(9) of the Act may request in writing that the 
Secretary conduct an administrative review. For both antidumping and 
countervailing duty reviews, the interested party must specify the 
individual producer(s) or exporter(s) covered by an antidumping 
finding, an antidumping or countervailing duty order, or a suspension 
agreement for which it is requesting a review, and the requesting party 
must state why it desires the Secretary to review the particular 
producer(s) or exporter(s).\3\ If the interested party intends for the 
Secretary to review sales of merchandise by an exporter (or a producer 
if that producer also exports merchandise from other suppliers) which 
was produced in more than one country of origin and each country of 
origin is subject to a separate order, then the interested party must 
state specifically, on an order-by-order basis, which exporter(s) the 
request is intended to cover.
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    \2\ This case was inadvertently omitted from the opportunity 
notice that published on July 11, 2008 (73 FR 39948).
    \3\ If the review request involves a non-market economy country 
and the parties subject to the review request do not qualify for 
separate rates, all other exporters of subject merchandise from the 
non-market economy country who do not have a separate rate will be 
covered by the review as part of the single entity of which the 
named firms are a part.
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    Please note that, for any party the Department was unable to locate 
in prior segments, the Department will not accept a request for an 
administrative review of that party absent new information as to the 
party's location. Moreover, if the interested party who files a request 
for review is unable to locate the producer or exporter for which it 
requested the review, the interested party must provide an explanation 
of the attempts it made to locate the producer or exporter at the same 
time it files its request for review, in order for the Secretary to 
determine if the interested party's attempts were reasonable, pursuant 
to 19 CFR 351.303(f)(3)(ii).
    As explained in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003), the 
Department has clarified its practice with respect to the collection of 
final antidumping duties on imports of merchandise where intermediate 
firms are involved. The public should be aware of this clarification in 
determining whether to request an administrative review of merchandise 
subject to antidumping findings and orders. See also the Import 
Administration Web site at http://ia.ita.doc.gov.
    Six copies of the request should be submitted to the Assistant 
Secretary for Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, Room 1870, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. The Department also 
asks parties to serve a copy of their requests to the Office of 
Antidumping/Countervailing Operations, Attention: Sheila Forbes, in 
room 3065 of the main Commerce Building. Further, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.303(f)(l)(i), a copy of each request must be served on every 
party on the Department's service list.
    The Department will publish in the Federal Register a notice of 
``Initiation of Administrative Review of Antidumping or Countervailing 
Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation'' for requests received 
by the last day of August 2008. If the Department does not receive, by 
the last day of August 2008, a request for review of entries covered by 
an order, finding, or suspended investigation listed in this notice and 
for the period identified above, the Department will instruct CBP to 
assess antidumping or countervailing duties on those entries at a rate 
equal to the cash deposit of (or bond for) estimated antidumping or 
countervailing duties required on those entries at the time of entry, 
or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption and to continue to 
collect the cash deposit previously ordered.
    This notice is not required by statute but is published as a 
service to the international trading community.

    Dated: July 28, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-17713 Filed 7-31-08; 8:45 am]
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