[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 211 (Tuesday, November 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56792-56793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-26324]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-878]


Saccharin From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Partial 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: November 3, 2009.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brandon Petelin, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-8173.

Background

    On July 1, 2009, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order on Saccharin from the People's Republic 
of China (``PRC''). See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 
Finding, or Suspended Investigation: Opportunity to Request 
Administrative Review, 74 FR 31406 (July 1, 2009). On July 31, 2009, 
Shanghai Fortune Chemical Co., Ltd. (``Shanghai Fortune''), a PRC 
producer and exporter of saccharin, requested that the Department 
conduct an administrative review of Shanghai Fortune's own exports. The 
Department then published in the Federal Register the initiation notice 
for the antidumping duty administrative review of Saccharin from the 
PRC for the period July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009. See Initiation 
of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, Request 
for Revocation in Part, 74 FR 42873 (August 25, 2009).

Partial Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party that requested 
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. On 
August 28, 2009, Shanghai Fortune timely withdrew its request for an 
administrative review of its own exports (i.e., within 90 days of the 
publication of the notice of initiation of this review). Because no 
other party requested a review of Shanghai Fortune's exports, the 
Department hereby rescinds the administrative review of saccharin with 
respect to Shanghai Fortune, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). 
This administrative review will continue with respect to Kaifeng Xinhua 
Fine Chemical Factory.

Assessment Rates

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(``CBP'') to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. For 
Shanghai Fortune, which had previously established eligibility for a 
separate rate, antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates equal to 
the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at the time 
of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(2). The Department intends to issue appropriate 
assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days after publication of 
this notice. For Kaifeng Xinhua Fine Chemical Factory and for those 
companies which do not have a separate rate at this time (and thus 
remain part of the PRC-wide entity), the Department will issue 
assessment instructions upon the completion of this administrative 
review.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under section 351.402(f) of the Department's regulations 
to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties 
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. 
Failure to comply with this requirement could result in the Secretary's 
assumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and 
subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: October 26, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
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