[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 20 (Monday, February 2, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5821-5823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2199]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received 
requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders and findings with December anniversary 
dates. In accordance with our regulations, we are initiating those 
administrative reviews. The Department also received requests to revoke 
one antidumping duty order in part.

DATES: Effective Date: February 2, 2009.

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-
4737.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department has received timely requests, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.213(b), for administrative reviews of various antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders and findings with December anniversary 
dates. The Department also received timely requests to revoke in part 
the antidumping duty order on Honey from Argentina with respect to two 
exporters.

Notice of No Sales

    Under 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), the Department may rescind a review 
where there are no exports, sales, or entries of subject merchandise 
during the respective period of review (POR) listed below. If a 
producer or exporter named in this notice of initiation had no exports, 
sales, or entries during the POR, it should notify the Department 
within 30 days of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. 
The Department will consider rescinding the review only if the producer 
or exporter, as appropriate, submits a properly filed and timely 
statement certifying that it had no exports, sales, or entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR. All submissions must be made in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.303 and are subject to verification in 
accordance with section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act). Six copies of the submission should be submitted to the 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, Room 1870, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230. Further, in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.303(f)(1)(i), a copy of each request must be served on 
every party on the Department's service list.

Respondent Selection

    In the event the Department limits the number of respondents for 
individual examination for administrative reviews, 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 this 
initiation notice and to make our decision regarding respondent 
selection within 20 days of publication of this Federal Register 
notice. The Department invites comments regarding the CBP data and 
respondent selection within 10 calendar days of publication of this 
Federal Register notice.

Separate Rates

    In proceedings involving non-market economy (NME) countries, the 
Department begins with a rebuttable presumption that all companies 
within the country are subject to government control and, thus, should 
be assigned a single antidumping duty deposit rate. It is the 
Department's policy to assign all exporters of merchandise subject to 
an administrative review in an NME country this single rate unless an 
exporter can demonstrate that it is sufficiently independent so as to 
be entitled to a separate rate.
    To establish whether a firm is sufficiently independent from 
government control of its export activities to be entitled to a 
separate rate, the Department analyzes each entity exporting the 
subject merchandise under a test arising from the Final Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sparklers from the People's Republic 
of China, 56 FR 20588 (May 6, 1991), as amplified by Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Silicon Carbide from 
the People's Republic of China, 59 FR 22585 (May 2, 1994). In 
accordance with the separate-rates criteria, the Department assigns 
separate rates to companies in NME cases only if respondents can 
demonstrate the absence of both de jure and de facto government control 
over export activities.
    All firms listed below that wish to qualify for separate-rate 
status in the administrative reviews involving NME countries must 
complete, as appropriate, either a separate-rate application or 
certification, as described below. For these administrative reviews, in 
order to demonstrate separate-rate eligibility, the Department requires 
entities for whom a review was requested, that were assigned a separate 
rate in the most recent segment of this proceeding in which they 
participated, to certify that they continue to meet the criteria for 
obtaining a separate rate. The Separate Rate Certification form will be 
available on the Department's Web site at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/nme.nme-sep-rate.html on the date of publication of this Federal 
Register notice. In responding to the certification, please follow the 
``Instructions for Filing the Certification'' in the Separate Rate 
Certification. Separate Rate Certifications are due to the Department 
no later than 30 calendar days after publication of this Federal 
Register notice. The deadline and requirement for submitting a 
Certification applies equally to NME-owned firms, wholly foreign-owned 
firms, and foreign sellers who purchase and export subject merchandise 
to the United States.
    For entities that have not previously been assigned a separate 
rate, to demonstrate eligibility for such, the Department requires a 
Separate Rate Status Application. The Separate Rate

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Status Application will be available on the Department's Web site at 
http://ia.ita.doc.gov/nme.nme-sep-rate.html on the date of publication 
of this Federal Register notice. In responding to the Separate Rate 
Status Application, refer to the instructions contained in the 
application. Separate Rate Status Applications are due to the 
Department no later than 60 calendar days of publication of this 
Federal Register notice. The deadline and requirement for submitting a 
Separate Rate Status Application applies equally to NME-owned firms, 
wholly foreign-owned firms, and foreign sellers that purchase and 
export subject merchandise to the United States.

Initiation of Reviews

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we are initiating 
administrative reviews of the following antidumping and countervailing 
duty orders and findings. We intend to issue the final results of these 
reviews not later than December 31, 2009.

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                                                          Period to be
                                                            reviewed
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             Antidumping Duty Proceedings
 
Argentina: Honey A-357-812...........................  12/01/07-11/30/08
    AGLH S.A.........................................
    Algodonera Avellaneda S.A........................
    Alimentos Naturales-Natural Foods................
    Alma Pura........................................
    Asociacion de Cooperativas Argentinas............
    Bomare S.A. (Bodegas Miguel Armengol)............
    Compania Apicola Argentina S.A...................
    Compania Inversora Platense S.A..................
    El Mana S.A......................................
    HoneyMax S.A.....................................
    Interrupcion S.A.................................
    Mielar S.A.......................................
    Miel Ceta SRL....................................
    Nexco S.A........................................
    Patagonik S.A....................................
    Productos Afer S.A...............................
    Seabird Argentina S.A............................
    Seylinco, S.A....................................
India:
    Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 A-533-838............   12/1/07-11/30/08
    Alpanil Industries Limited.......................
    Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products A-    12/1/07-11/30/08
     533-820.........................................
    Essar Steel Limited..............................
    Ispat Industries Limited.........................
    JSW Steel Limited................................
    Tata Steel Limited...............................
South Korea: Welded ASTM A-312 Stainless Steel Pipe A-  12/1/07-11/30/08
 580-810.............................................
    SeAH Steel Corporation...........................
The People's Republic of China:
    Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 \1\ A-570-892........   12/1/07-11/30/08
    Trust Chem Co., Ltd..............................
    Certain Cased Pencils \2\ A-570-827..............   12/1/07-11/30/08
    China First Pencil Company, Ltd., and all
     subsidiaries and affiliates including but not
     limited to Shanghai First Writing Instrument
     Co., Ltd., Shanghai Great Wall Pencil Co., Ltd.
     and China First Pencil Fang Zheng Co., Ltd......
    Anhui Import & Export Co., Ltd...................
    Beijing Dixon Stationery Company Ltd.............
    Guangdong Provincial Stationery & Sporting Goods
     Import & Export Corporation.....................
    Orient International Holding Shanghai Foreign
     Trade Corporation...............................
    Shandong Rongxin Import & Export Co., Ltd........
    Shanghai Three Star Stationary Industry Co., Ltd.
    Tianjin Custom Wood Processing Co., Ltd..........
    Three Star Stationery Industry Corp..............
    Hand Trucks and Parts Thereof \3\ A-570-891......   12/1/07-11/30/08
    Qingdao Huatian Hand Truck Co., Ltd..............
    True Potential Co., Ltd..........................
    New-Tec Integration (Xiamen) Co., Ltd............
    Since Hardware (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd..............
    Honey \4\ A-570-863..............................   12/1/07-11/30/08
    Alfred L. Wolff (Beijing) Co., Ltd...............
    Anhui Honghui Foodstuff (Group) Co., Ltd.........
    Anhui Native Produce Imp & Exp Corp..............
    Cheng Du Wai Yuan Bee Products Co., Ltd..........
    Chengdu Stone Dynasty Art Stone..................
    Dongtai Peak Honey Industry Co., Ltd.............
    Eurasia Bee's Products Co., Ltd..................
    Fresh Honey Co., Ltd. (formerly Mgl. Yun Shen)...
    Golden Tadco Int'l...............................
    Hangzhou Golden Harvest Health Industry Co., Ltd.
    Haoliluck Co., Ltd...............................
    Hubei Yusun Co., Ltd.............................

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    Inner Mongolia Altin Bee-Keeping.................
    Inner Mongolia Youth Trade Development Co., Ltd..
    Jiangsu Kanghong Natural Healthfoods Co., Ltd....
    Jiangsu Light Industry Products Imp & Exp (Group)
     Corp............................................
    Jilin Province Juhui Import......................
    Maersk Logistics (China) Company Ltd.............
    Nefelon Limited Company..........................
    Ningbo Shengye Electric Appliance................
    Ningbo Shunkang Health Food Co., Ltd.............
    Qingdao Aolan Trade Co., Ltd.....................
    QHD Sanhai Honey Co., Ltd........................
    Qinhuangdao Municipal Dafeng Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Renaissance India Mannite........................
    Shaanxi Youthsun Co., Ltd........................
    Shanghai Bloom International Trading Co., Ltd....
    Shanghai Foreign Trade Co., Ltd..................
    Shanghai Hui Ai Mal Tose Co., Ltd................
    Shanghai Taiside Trading Co., Ltd................
    Sichuan-Dujiangyan Dubao Bee Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Silverstream International Co., Ltd..............
    Tianjin Eulia Honey Co., Ltd.....................
    Wuhan Bee Healthy Co., Ltd.......................
    Wuhan Shino-Food Trade Co., Ltd..................
    Wuhu Qinshi Tangye...............................
    Wuhu Qinshgi Tangye..............................
    Xinjiang Jinhui Food Co., Ltd....................
    Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings \5\ A-570-881..   12/1/07-11/30/08
    Beijing Sai Lin Ke Hardware Co., Ltd.............
    Mueller Comercial de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V...
 
           Countervailing Duty Proceedings
Argentina: Honey C-357-813...........................    1/1/08-12/31/08
India:
    Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 C-533-839............    1/1/07-12/31/07
    Alpanil Industries Limited.......................
    Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products C-     1/1/08-12/31/08
     533-821.........................................
    Essar Steel Ltd..................................
    Ispat Industries Limited.........................
    JSW Steel Limited................................
    Tata Steel Limited ..............................
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\1\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate
  rate, all other exporters of Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 from the
  People's Republic of China who have not qualified for a separate rate
  are deemed to be covered by this review as part of the single PRC
  entity of which the named exporters are a part.
\2\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate
  rate, all other exporters of Certain Cased Pencils from the People's
  Republic of China who have not qualified for a separate rate are
  deemed to be covered by this review as part of the single PRC entity
  of which the named exporters are a part.
\3\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate
  rate, all other exporters of Hand Trucks and Parts Thereof from the
  People's Republic of China who have not qualified for a separate rate
  are deemed to be covered by this review as part of the single PRC
  entity of which the named exporters are a part.
\4\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate
  rate, all other exporters of Honey from the People's Republic of China
  who have not qualified for a separate rate are deemed to be covered by
  this review as part of the single PRC entity of which the named
  exporters are a part.
\5\ If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate
  rate, all other exporters of Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from
  the People's Republic of China who have not qualified for a separate
  rate are deemed to be covered by this review as part of the single PRC
  entity of which the named exporters are a part.

Suspension Agreements

    None.
    During any administrative review covering all or part of a period 
falling between the first and second or third and fourth anniversary of 
the publication of an antidumping duty order under 19 CFR 351.211 or a 
determination under 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4) to continue an order or 
suspended investigation (after sunset review), the Secretary, if 
requested by a domestic interested party within 30 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the review, will determine, 
consistent with FAG Italia v. United States, 291 F.3d 806 (Fed. Cir. 
2002), as appropriate, whether antidumping duties have been absorbed by 
an exporter or producer subject to the review if the subject 
merchandise is sold in the United States through an importer that is 
affiliated with such exporter or producer. The request must include the 
name(s) of the exporter or producer for which the inquiry is requested.
    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305.
    These initiations and this notice are in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Act 19 U.S.C. 1675(a), and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: January 27, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
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