[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46083-46087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21426]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-888]


Floor-Standing, Metal-Top Ironing Tables and Certain Parts 
Thereof from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

SUMMARY: In response to requests from interested parties, the 
Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on floor-standing, metal-top 
ironing tables and certain parts thereof from the People's Republic of 
China (PRC). The period of review (POR) is August 1, 2007 through July 
31, 2008. We have preliminarily determined an antidumping duty margin 
for Foshan Shunde Yongjian Housewares & Hardware Co., Ltd. (Foshan 
Shunde) based upon the application of facts available with adverse 
inference (AFA). We invite interested parties to comment on these 
preliminary results. We intend to issue final results no later than 120 
days from the publication of this notice, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 as amended (the Act).

DATES: Effective Date: September 8, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael J. 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-
4475 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 6, 2004, the Department published in the Federal Register 
the antidumping duty order regarding floor-standing, metal-top ironing 
tables and certain parts thereof (ironing tables) from the PRC. See 
Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value 
and Antidumping Duty Order: Floor-Standing, Metal-Top Ironing Tables 
and Certain Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China, 69 FR 
47868 (August 6, 2004) (Amended Final and Order).
    On August 1, 2008, the Department published a notice of opportunity 
to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
ironing tables from the PRC. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 
Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request 
Administrative Review, 73 FR 44966 (August 1, 2008). On August 29, 
2008, Home Products International, Inc. (the Petitioner in this 
proceeding), requested, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(2), an 
administrative review of this order for Foshan Shunde and Since 
Hardware (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (Since Hardware). On that same date, 
Foshan Shunde requested a review of its sales. Since Hardware's request 
for an

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administrative review of its sales followed on September 2, 2008. 
Because the deadline for filing a request for review, August 31, 2008, 
fell on a weekend Since Hardware's request was timely filed on the 
first business day thereafter. Since Hardware also requested that the 
Department defer initiation of the administrative review for one year, 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(c).
    On September 30, 2008, the Department initiated an administrative 
review of Foshan Shunde and Since Hardware. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests 
for Revocation in Part, 73 FR 56794 (September 30, 2008). On October 
29, 2008, the Department published its notice of deferral of the 
administrative review for one year with respect to Since Hardware, 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(c) (this notice of deferral was 
inadvertently omitted from our September 30th notice of initiation). 
See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Deferral of Administrative Review, 73 FR 64305 (October 29, 
2008).
    On May 1, 2009, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), the 
Department extended the deadline for the preliminary results of review 
until August 31, 2009.\1\ See Floor-Standing, Metal-Top Ironing Tables 
and Certain Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China: 
Extension of the Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of the 
Administrative Review, 74 FR 20280 (May 1, 2009) (Extension of 
Preliminary Results).
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    \1\ Our Extension of Preliminary Results erroneously gives the 
extended deadline as September 1, 2009. See Extension of Preliminary 
Results at 20280. However, the correct deadline is August 31, 2009.
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    On August 3, 2009, we invited interested parties to comment on the 
Department's surrogate country selection and to submit publicly 
available information to value the factors of production. Petitioners 
submitted comments concerning surrogate values and factors of 
production in their August 13, 2009 submission. On February 26, 2009, 
Foshan Shunde submitted public comments concerning surrogate values and 
factors of production; Petitioner did not comment directly on the use 
of India as a surrogate country.
    The Department issued its original antidumping questionnaire to 
Foshan Shunde on October 14, 2008. Foshan Shunde timely filed its 
response to Section A of the questionnaire on November 18, 2008. Foshan 
Shunde's Sections C and D responses followed on December 4, 2008. 
Petitioner filed comments on Foshan Shunde's section A response on 
November 24, 2008, and on the sections C and D responses on December 
15, 2008.
    The Department subsequently issued supplemental requests for 
information on February 10, 2009, April 16, 2009, May 29, 2009, and 
July 27, 2009. Foshan Shunde timely responded to each of these 
supplemental requests for information on March 18, 2009, May 1, 2009, 
June 22, 2009, and August 10, 2009, respectively. Petitioner commented 
after each Foshan Shunde response thereafter, on March 30, 2009, May 7, 
2009, June 30, 2009 and August 13, 2009. On August 27, 2009, Foshan 
Shunde submitted rebuttal comments to Petitioner's August 13, 2009 
letter. Because Foshan Shunde submitted its August 27, 2009 comments 
four days prior to the fully extended deadline for the Department 
issuing its preliminary results, we have not considered Foshan Shunde's 
August 27, 2009 comments in these preliminary results.

Scope of the Order

    For purposes of this order, the product covered consists of floor-
standing, metal-top ironing tables, assembled or unassembled, complete 
or incomplete, and certain parts thereof. The subject tables are 
designed and used principally for the hand ironing or pressing of 
garments or other articles of fabric. The subject tables have full-
height leg assemblies that support the ironing surface at an 
appropriate (often adjustable) height above the floor. The subject 
tables are produced in a variety of leg finishes, such as painted, 
plated, or matte, and they are available with various features, 
including iron rests, linen racks, and others. The subject ironing 
tables may be sold with or without a pad and/or cover. All types and 
configurations of floor-standing, metal-top ironing tables are covered 
by this review.
    Furthermore, this order specifically covers imports of ironing 
tables, assembled or unassembled, complete or incomplete, and certain 
parts thereof. For purposes of this order, the term ``unassembled'' 
ironing table means a product requiring the attachment of the leg 
assembly to the top or the attachment of an included feature such as an 
iron rest or linen rack. The term ``complete'' ironing table means 
product sold as a ready-to-use ensemble consisting of the metal-top 
table and a pad and cover, with or without additional features, e.g., 
iron rest or linen rack. The term ``incomplete'' ironing table means 
product shipped or sold as a ``bare board''--i.e., a metal-top table 
only, without the pad and cover- with or without additional features, 
e.g., iron rest or linen rack. The major parts or components of ironing 
tables that are intended to be covered by this order under the term 
``certain parts thereof'' consist of the metal top component (with or 
without assembled supports and slides) and/or the leg components, 
whether or not attached together as a leg assembly. The order covers 
separately shipped metal top components and leg components, without 
regard to whether the respective quantities would yield an exact 
quantity of assembled ironing tables.
    Ironing tables without legs (such as models that mount on walls or 
over doors) are not floor-standing and are specifically excluded. 
Additionally, tabletop or countertop models with short legs that do not 
exceed 12 inches in length (and which may or may not collapse or 
retract) are specifically excluded.
    The subject ironing tables are currently classifiable under 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheading 
9403.20.0011. The subject metal top and leg components are classified 
under HTSUS subheading 9403.90.8040. Although the HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
purposes, the Department's written description of the scope remains 
dispositive.

Non-Market-Economy Status

    Pursuant to section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Act, any determination 
that a foreign country is a Non-Market Economy (NME) shall remain in 
effect until revoked by the administering authority. In every case 
conducted by the Department involving the PRC, the PRC has been treated 
as an NME. See, e.g., Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, 
Finished and Unfinished, From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results 2001-2002 Administrative Review and Partial 
Rescission of Review, 68 FR 7500, 7500-01 (February 14, 2003), 
unchanged in Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and 
Unfinished, From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of 2001-
2002 Administrative Review and Partial Rescission of Review, 68 FR 
70488 (December 18, 2003). None of the parties to these reviews has 
contested such treatment. Accordingly, we calculated normal value (NV) 
in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act, which applies to NME 
countries.

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Separate Rates

    In proceedings involving 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 rate unless an exporter can affirmatively demonstrate 
an absence of government control, both in law (de jure) and in fact (de 
facto), with respect to its export activities. See Notice of Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sparklers From the 
People's Republic of China, 56 FR 20588 at Comment 1 (May 6, 1991) 
(Sparklers), as further developed in Notice of Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Silicon Carbide From the People's 
Republic of China, 59 FR 22585 (May 2, 1994). It is the Department's 
practice to require a party to submit evidence that it operates 
independently of the State-controlled entity in each segment of a 
proceeding in which it requests separate rate status. The process 
requires exporters to submit a separate-rate status application. See 
Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished or Unfinished, From 
the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the 2005-2006 
Administrative Review and Partial Rescission of Review, 72 FR 56724 
(October 4, 2007); and Peer Bearing Co., Changshan v. United States, 
587 F.Supp. 2d 1319, 1324-45 (Ct. Int'l Trade 2008) (affirming the 
Department's separate rates determination in that underlying review).
    As explained below, in this review we have determined that Foshan 
Shunde failed to provide reliable and verifiable responses to the 
Department's requests for information (see ``Use of Adverse Facts 
Available'', below). Accordingly, because the Department determines 
that Foshan Shunde's responses are unreliable and inconsistent, the 
Department finds that Foshan Shunde has not demonstrated that it 
operates free from government control. Thus, for purposes of this 
review, the Department determines that Foshan Shunde is part of the 
PRC-wide entity. See Memorandum to John M. Andersen, Acting Assistant 
Secretary of Import Administration, ``Floor-standing, Metal-top Ironing 
Tables and Certain Parts Thereof from the People's Republic of China: 
Use of Facts Available for Foshan Shunde Yongjian Hardware & Housewares 
Co., Ltd.,'' dated August 31, 2009 (Facts Available Memorandum); see 
also, Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 From the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR 883 
(January 9, 2009) (where the Department revoked a respondent's separate 
rate status after the respondent refused to cooperate with the 
Department's administrative review).

Use of Adverse Facts Available

    Section 776(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
provides that, if an interested party (A) withholds information that 
has been requested by the Department; (B) fails to provide such 
information in a timely manner or in the form or manner requested 
subject to sections 782(c)(1) and (e) of the Act; (C) significantly 
impedes a proceeding under the antidumping statute; or (D) provides 
such information but the information cannot be verified, the Department 
shall, subject to section 782(d) of the Act, use facts otherwise 
available in reaching the applicable determination.
    Where the Department determines a response to a request for 
information does not comply with the request, section 782(d) of the Act 
requires the Department to inform the person submitting the response of 
the nature of the deficiency and, to the extent practicable, provide 
that person the opportunity to remedy or explain the deficiency. If 
that person submits further information that continues to be 
unsatisfactory, or this information is not submitted within the 
applicable time limits, the Department may, subject to section 782(e) 
of the Act, disregard all or part of the original and subsequent 
responses, as appropriate. Section 782(e) of the Act states that the 
Department shall not decline to consider information deemed 
``deficient'' under section 782(d) if: (1) The information is submitted 
by the established deadline; (2) the information can be verified; (3) 
the information is not so incomplete that it cannot serve as a reliable 
basis for reaching the applicable determination; (4) the interested 
party has demonstrated that it acted to the best of its ability; and 
(5) the information can be used without undue difficulties.
    Furthermore, section 776(b) of the Act states that if the 
Department ``finds that an interested party has failed to cooperate by 
not acting to the best of its ability to comply with a request for 
information from the administering authority or the Commission, the 
administering authority * * * in reaching the applicable determination 
under this title, may use an inference that is adverse to the interests 
of that party in selecting from among the facts otherwise available.'' 
See also Statement of Administrative Action (SAA) accompanying the 
Uruguay Round Agreement Act, H.R. Rep. No. 103-316 at 870 (1994).
    Finally, section 776(c) of the Act provides that when the 
Department relies upon secondary information rather than upon 
information obtained in the course of an investigation or review, it 
shall, to the extent practicable, corroborate that information from 
independent sources reasonably at its disposal. Secondary information 
is defined as ``information derived from the petition that gave rise to 
the investigation or review, the final determination concerning the 
subject merchandise, or any previous review under section 751 
concerning the subject merchandise.'' See id. Corroborate means the 
Department will satisfy itself that the secondary information to be 
used has probative value. Id. To corroborate secondary information, the 
Department will, to the extent practicable, examine the relevance and 
reliability of that information.
    In this case, the Department finds that Foshan Shunde has provided 
inaccurate and unreliable information concerning its production costs 
and factors of production including its steel inputs and the long 
products utilized in the manufacturing process. Additionally, there is 
evidence that Foshan Shunde has failed to completely recount the role 
that an affiliated company played in selling the subject merchandise. 
For a complete discussion of the deficiencies in Foshan Shunde's 
questionnaire responses, see the Facts Available Memorandum at pages 1-
7. Further, the deficiencies in Foshan Shunde's responses give rise to 
concerns about the reliability of Foshan Shunde's entire response, 
including Foshan Shunde's claim of eligibility for separate rate 
status.
    Additionally, we find that, in failing to provide reliable 
information in response to the Department's five requests for 
information (see ``Background'' above for the dates of these 
questionnaires) concerning its factors of production, Foshan Shunde has 
significantly impeded this proceeding within the meaning of section 
776(a)(2)(A) and (C) of the Act. Because Foshan Shunde provided 
unusable and inaccurate information in response to the Department's 
requests for information, and because the requested information is 
essential to the Department's analysis, the Department can no longer 
rely on this information for purposes of determining Foshan Shunde's 
margin of dumping in this administrative review. Therefore, in issuing 
these preliminary results of review we are required to resort to the

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use of the facts otherwise available for the PRC entity, which includes 
Foshan Shunde.
    Finally, we preliminarily determine that Foshan Shunde has failed 
to cooperate by not acting to the best of its ability to comply with 
our request for information. For a complete discussion of the 
deficiencies in Foshan Shunde's questionnaire response, necessitating 
reference to Foshan Shunde's business proprietary information, see the 
Facts Available Memorandum. A public version of this proprietary 
memorandum is available in the Department's Central Records Unit 
located in the Main Commerce Building.
    For the reasons summarized above and fully discussed in the Facts 
Available Memorandum, we have determined the data submitted by Foshan 
Shunde concerning its factors of production are unreliable and 
inaccurate. Moreover, our analysis of these data indicate these 
deficiencies and irregularities taken together establish a pattern of 
behavior that undermines the reliability and credibility of Foshan 
Shunde's entire questionnaire response, including Foshan Shunde's claim 
for separate rate status. Furthermore, despite the Department's 
attempts to permit Foshan Shunde to remedy and clarify the deficiencies 
previously discussed, Foshan Shunde failed to do so. Therefore, the 
Department finds Foshan Shunde has failed to cooperate to the best of 
its ability with respect to its obligation to provide accurate 
information concerning its factors of production. See Facts Available 
Memorandum. As Foshan Shunde failed to demonstrate its eligibility for 
separate rate status, we are treating Foshan Shunde as part of the PRC-
wide entity. Accordingly, we are preliminarily assigning the PRC-wide 
entity a margin based upon adverse inferences. As AFA, we preliminarily 
assign the PRC-wide entity a margin of 157.68 percent, the highest rate 
calculated in the original less-than-fair-value investigation. See 
Amended Final and Order.

Corroboration of Secondary Information

    As noted above, section 776(c) of the Act requires the Department 
to corroborate secondary information ``from independent sources that 
are reasonably at its disposal.'' Independent sources used to 
corroborate such secondary evidence may include, for example, published 
price lists, official import statistics and customs data, and 
information obtained from interested parties in the course of a 
particular segment. See Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value: High and Ultra-High Voltage Ceramic Station Post 
Insulators From Japan, 68 FR 35627 (June 16, 2003), unchanged in Notice 
of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: High and 
Ultra-High Voltage Ceramic Station Post Insulators From Japan, (68 FR 
62560 (November 5, 2003)). However, unlike other types of information, 
there are no independent sources for calculated dumping margins. The 
only source for an antidumping duty margin is the investigation or 
prior administrative reviews of an antidumping duty order.
    The AFA rate that the Department is now using was determined in a 
previously published antidumping determination. See Amended Final and 
Order. In that amended final determination, the Department calculated a 
company-specific rate applicable to Shunde Yongjian Housewares Co., 
Ltd. Because this rate is a company-specific calculated rate concerning 
subject merchandise, we have determined this rate to be reliable. Id.
    As to the relevance aspect of corroboration, the Department will 
consider information reasonably at its disposal to determine whether a 
margin continues to have relevance. Where circumstances indicate that 
the selected margin is not appropriate as AFA, the Department will 
disregard the margin and determine an appropriate margin. See Fresh Cut 
Flowers From Mexico; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 61 FR 6812, 6814 (February 22, 1996) (the Department 
disregarded the highest margin in that case as adverse best information 
available (the predecessor to facts available) because the margin was 
based on another company's uncharacteristic business expense resulting 
in an unusually high margin). Similarly, the Department does not apply 
a margin that has been discredited. See D&L Supply Co. v. United 
States, 113 F.3d 1220, 1221 (Fed. Cir. 1997) (ruling that the 
Department will not use a margin that has been judicially invalidated).
    The Federal Circuit has stated that Congress ``intended for an 
adverse facts available rate to be a reasonably accurate estimate of 
the respondent's actual rate, albeit with some built-in increase 
intended as a deterrent to non-compliance.'' See F. Lli De Cecco Di 
Filippo Fara S. Martino S.p.A. v. United States, 216 F.3d 1027, 1034 
(Fed. Cir. 2000). In applying this precedent, neither the Federal 
Circuit nor the Court of International Trade has required the 
Department to follow a formulaic approach. Section 776(c) of the Act 
requires that the Department corroborate secondary information used in 
calculating a margin ``to the extent practicable.'' Thus, the 
aspirational goal articulated by the Federal Circuit of what Congress 
intended must be balanced against the practicalities of the case and 
the evidence on the administrative record.
    In this case, the Department rejected all of Foshun Shunde's data 
and instead is applying AFA for the entire record. As a result, there 
is no reliable information on this record for which to calculate a 
margin for Foshun Shunde. Because of the facts of this particular case, 
the Department will rely on its general practice, and apply the highest 
calculated rate from any segment of the proceeding. The Department 
determines that there is no other calculated margin in the history of 
this antidumping duty order that would ensure that Foshun Shunde will 
not benefit from failing to cooperate in this administrative review.
    In reviews in which the respondent does not cooperate, the 
Department relies upon the ``common sense inference that the highest 
prior margin is the most probative evidence of current margins because, 
if it were not so, the importer knowing of the rule, would have 
produced current information showing the margin to be less.'' See Rhone 
Poulenc, Inc. v. United States, 899 F.2d 1185, 1190-91 (Fed. Cir. 
1990). Because of the Department's well known practice, respondents 
will cooperate fully and provide the Department with information if 
they expect to receive a rate lower than the highest previously 
calculated rate for any entity, or not cooperate if they anticipate 
receiving a margin higher than the highest previously calculated rate 
for any entity. Accordingly, the Department determines that the 157.68 
percent margin is corroborated, to the extent practicable, in 
accordance with section 776(c) of the Act.

The PRC-Wide Entity

    As explained above, the PRC-wide entity, which includes Foshan 
Shunde, withheld necessary information by failing to supply full, 
accurate and reliable responses to the Department's numerous requests 
for information. Therefore, we preliminarily determine it is 
appropriate to apply a dumping margin for the PRC-wide entity using 
facts available on the record. See section 776(a) of the Act. In 
addition, because the PRC-wide entity failed to cooperate to the best 
of its ability, we find an adverse inference is warranted. See section 
776(b) of the Act.

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Preliminary Results of Review

    We preliminarily determine that the following antidumping duty 
margin exists:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Margin
                          Exporter                             (percent)
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The PRC-Wide Entity (including Foshan Shunde Yongjian             157.68
 Housewares & Hardware Co., Ltd.)...........................
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Assessment Rate

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b), the Department will determine, and 
CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. The 
Department will issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to 
CBP 15 days after the date of publication of the final results of this 
review. For assessment purposes, where possible, we calculate importer-
specific ad valorem assessment rates for ironing tables from the PRC 
based on the ratio of the total amount of the dumping duties calculated 
for the examined sales to the total entered value of those same sales. 
Where assessments are based upon total facts available, including total 
AFA, we instruct CBP to assess duties at the ad valorem margin rate 
published above. We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on 
all appropriate entries covered by this review if any assessment rate 
calculated in the final results of this review is above de minimis. The 
final results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of 
antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by the final 
results of this review and for future deposits of estimated duties, 
where applicable.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the exporters 
listed above, the cash deposit rate will be established in the final 
results of this review (except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, 
i.e., less than 0.5 percent, no cash deposit will be required for that 
company); (2) for previously investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC 
exporters not listed above that have separate rates, the cash deposit 
rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate published for the 
most recent period; (3) for all PRC exporters of subject merchandise 
which have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash 
deposit rate will be the PRC-wide rate of 157.68 percent (see Ironing 
Tables Order); and (4) for all non-PRC exporters of subject merchandise 
which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate applicable to the PRC exporters that supplied that non-PRC 
exporter. These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until publication of the final results of the next 
administrative review.

Public Comment

    Interested parties may submit case briefs within 30 days of the 
date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.309(c)(1)(ii). As part of the case brief, parties are encouraged to 
provide a summary of the arguments not to exceed five pages and a table 
of statutes, regulations, and cases cited in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.309(c)(2). Rebuttal briefs, which must be limited to issues raised 
in the case briefs, must be filed within five days after the case brief 
is filed in accordance with 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    Any interested party may request a hearing within 30 days of 
publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.310(c). Any 
hearing will be held 37 days after the publication of this notice, or 
the first workday thereafter unless the Department alters the date 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(d). Individuals who wish to request a 
hearing must submit a written request within 30 days of the publication 
of this notice in the Federal Register to the Assistant Secretary for 
Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 1870, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. Requests for 
a public hearing should contain: (1) The party's name, address, and 
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) to the extent 
practicable, an identification of the arguments to be raised at the 
hearing. If a hearing is held, an interested party may make an 
affirmative presentation only on arguments included in that party's 
case brief and may make a rebuttal presentation only on arguments 
included in that party's rebuttal brief in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.310(c). Parties should confirm by telephone the time, date, and 
place of the hearing within 48 hours before the scheduled time.
    The Department will issue the final results of this review, which 
will include the results of its analysis of issues raised in the 
briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of publication of this 
notice in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.213(h)(1).

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during these review periods. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    These preliminary results of administrative review are issued and 
this notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: August 31, 2009.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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