[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15679-15684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-7070]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Request 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 February anniversary 
dates. In accordance with the Department's regulations, we are 
initiating those administrative reviews. The Department received a 
request to revoke one antidumping duty order in part.

DATES: Effective Date: March 30, 2010.

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.

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 February anniversary 
dates. With respect to the antidumping duty orders on Frozen Warmwater 
Shrimp from Brazil, India, Thailand, the People's Republic of China and 
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the initiation of the antidumping 
duty administrative review for these cases will be published in a 
separate initiation notice. The Department also received a timely 
request to revoke in part the antidumping duty order on Stainless Steel 
Bars from India with respect to one exporter.

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

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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://www.trade.gov/ia 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.
    Entities that currently do not have a separate rate from a 
completed segment of the proceeding \1\ should timely file a Separate 
Rate Application to demonstrate eligibility for a separate rate in this 
proceeding. In addition, companies that received a separate rate in a 
completed segment of the proceeding that have subsequently made 
changes, including, but not limited to, changes to corporate structure, 
acquisitions of new companies or facilities, or changes to their 
official company name,\2\ should timely file a Separate Rate 
Application to demonstrate eligibility for a separate rate in this 
proceeding. The Separate Rate Status Application will be available on 
the Department's Web site at http://www.trade.gov/ia 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.
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    \1\ Such entities include entities that have not participated in 
the proceeding, entities that were preliminarily granted a separate 
rate in any currently incomplete segment of the proceeding (e.g., an 
ongoing administrative review, new shipper review, etc.) and 
entities that lost their separate rate in the most recently complete 
segment of the proceeding in which they participated.
    \2\ Only changes to the official company name, rather than trade 
names, need to be addressed via a Separate Rate Application. 
Information regarding new trade names may be submitted via a 
Separate Rate Certification.
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    For exporters and producers who submit a separate-rate status 
application or certification and subsequently are selected as mandatory 
respondents, these exporters and producers will no longer be eligible 
for separate-rate status unless they respond to all parts of the 
questionnaire as mandatory respondents.

Initiation of Reviews

    In accordance with section 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 February 28, 2011.

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                                                         Period to be
                                                           reviewed
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            Antidumping Duty Proceedings
Brazil:

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    Frozen Warmwater Shrimp,\3\ A-351-838...........      2/1/09-1/31/10
    Stainless Steel Bar, A-351-825..................      2/1/09-1/31/10
        Villares Metals S.A.
India:
    Certain Preserved Mushrooms, A-533-813..........      2/1/09-1/31/10
        Agro Dutch Foods Limited (Agro Dutch
         Industries Limited)
        Himalya International Ltd.
        Hindustan Lever Ltd. (formerly Ponds India,
         Ltd.)
        Transchem, Ltd.
        Weikfield Foods Pvt. Ltd.
    Stainless Steel Bar, A-533-810..................      2/1/09-1/31/10
        Facor Steels Ltd./Ferro Alloys Corporation,
         Ltd.
        Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd./Precision
         Metals/Sieves Manufacturers (India) Private
         Limited
        India Steel Works, Limited
        Mukand, Ltd.
    Frozen Warmwater Shrimp,\4\ A-533-840...........      2/1/09-1/31/10
Indonesia:
    Certain Preserved Mushrooms, A-560-802..........      2/1/09-1/31/10
        PT Eka Timur Raya (ETIRA)
        PT Indo Evergreen Agro Business Corp.
        PT Karya Kompos Bagas
        Tuwuh Agung PT
Republic of Korea:
    Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel            2/1/09-1/31/10
     Plate, A-580-836...............................
        Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd.
        Hyosung Corporation
Thailand:
    Frozen Warmwater Shrimp,\5\ A-549-822...........      2/1/09-1/31/10
The People's Republic of China:
    Certain Preserved Mushrooms,\6\ A-570-851.......      2/1/09-1/31/10
        Ayecue (Liaocheng) Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
        Blue Field (Sichuan) Food Industrial Co.,
         Ltd.
        China National Cereals, Oils & Foodstuffs
         Import & Export Corp.
        China Processed Food Import & Export Co.
        Dujiangyan Xingda Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
        Fujian Golden Banyan Foodstuffs Co., Ltd.
        Fujian Pinghe Baofeng Canned Foods
        Fujian Yuxing Fruits and Vegetables
         Foodstuffs Development Co., Ltd.
        Fujian Zishan Group Co., Ltd.
        Golden Banyan Foodstuffs Co., Ltd.
        Guangxi Eastwing Trading Co., Ltd.
        Guangxi Jisheng Foods, Inc.
        Longhai Guangfa Food Co., Ltd.
        Primera Harvest (Xiangfan) Co., Ltd.
        Shandong Fengyu Edible Fungus Corporation
         Ltd.
        Shandong Jiufa Edible Fungus Corporation,
         Ltd.
        Sun Wave Trading Co., Ltd.
        Xiamen Greenland Import & Export Co., Ltd.
        Xiamen Gulong Import & Export Co., Ltd.
        Xiamen International Trade & Industrial Co.,
         Ltd.
        Xiamen Jiahua Import & Export Trading Co.,
         Ltd.
        Xiamen Longhuai Import & Export Co., Ltd.
        Zhangzhou Ganchang Canned Foods Co., Ltd.
        Zhangzhou Golden Banyan Foodstuffs
         Industrial Co., Ltd.
        Zhangzhou Tongfa Foods Industry Co., Ltd.
        Zhejiang Iceman Food Co., Ltd.
    Frozen Warmwater Shrimp,\7\ A-570-893...........      2/1/09-1/31/10
    Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes,\8\ A-570-929     8/21/08-1/31/10
        5-Continent Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd. (aka
         Sichuan 5-Continent Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.)
        Acclcarbon Co., Ltd.
        Allied Carbon (China) Co., Limited
        Anssen Metallurgy Group Co., Ltd. (aka AMGL)
        Beijing Fangda Carbon Tech Co., Ltd.
        Beijing Xincheng Sci-Tech. Development Inc.
         (formerly Beijing Xinchengze Inc.)
         (subsidiary of XC Carbon Group)
        Brilliant Charter Limited
        Chengdelh Carbonaceouse Elements Factory
        Chengdu Jia Tang Corp.
        Chengdu Rongguang Carbon Co., Ltd.
         (subsidiary of Liaoning Fangda Group
         Industrial Co., Ltd.)
        China Shaanxi Richbond Imp. & Exp.
         Industrial Corp. Ltd.
        China Xingyong Carbon Co., Ltd. (aka Xinghe
         Xingyong Carbon Co., Ltd.)
        CIMM Group Co., Ltd. (formerly China
         Industrial Mineral & Metals Group)
        Dalian Carbon & Graphite Corporation
        Dalian Hongrui Carbon Co., Ltd.

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        Dalian Horton International Trading Co.,
         Ltd.
        Dalian LST Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
        Dalian Shuangji Co., Ltd.
        Dalian Thrive Metallurgy Imp. & Exp. Co.,
         Ltd.
        Datong Xincheng Carbon Co., Ltd.
        Dechang Shida Carbon Co., Ltd. (aka Sichuan
         Dechang Shida Co., Ltd.; and subsidiary of
         Shida Carbon Group)
        Dignity Success Investment Trading Co., Ltd.
        Double Dragon Metals and Mineral Tools Co.,
         Ltd.
        Fangda Carbon New Material Co., Ltd.
         (subsidiary of Liaoning Fangda Group
         Industrial Co., Ltd. and formerly Lanzhou
         Hailong New Material Co)
        Foset Co., Ltd. (aka Shanxi Foset Carbon Co.
         Ltd.)
        Fushun Carbon Co., Ltd. (subsidiary of
         Liaoning Fangda Group Industrial Co., Ltd.
         and formerly Fushun Carbon Plant)
        Fushun Jinli Petrochemical Carbon Co., Ltd.
         (aka Fushun Jinly Petrochemical Carbon Co.,
         Ltd.)
        GES (China) Co., Ltd. (aka Shanghai GC Co.,
         Ltd.)
        Guangdong Highsun Yongye (Group) Co., Ltd.
         (formerly Moaming Yongye (Group) Co., Ltd.)
        Guanghan Shida Carbon Co., Ltd. (aka Sichuan
         Guanghan Shida Carbon Co., Ltd.; a
         subsidiary of Shida Carbon Group)
        Haimen Shuguang Carbon Industry Co., Ltd.
        Handan Hanbo Material Co., Ltd.
        Hebei Long Great Wall Electrode Co., Ltd.
         (aka Chang Cheng Chang Electrode Co., Ltd.
         and Laishui Long Great Wall Electrode Co.
         Ltd.)
        Hefei Carbon Co., Ltd. (subsidiary of
         Liaoning Fangda Group Industrial Co., Ltd.)
        Heilongjiang Xinyuan Metacarbon Company,
         Ltd. (Heilongjiang Xinyuan Carbon Products
         Co., Ltd.)
        Henan Sanli Carbon Products Co., Ltd.
        Hopes (Beijing) International Co., Ltd.
        Hunan Mec Machinery and Electronics Imp. &
         Exp. Corp.
        Hunan Yinguang Carbon Factory Co., Ltd.
        Inner Mongolia Xinghe County Hongyuan
         Electrical Carbon Factory
        Jiang Long Carbon
        Jiangsu Yafei Carbon Co., Ltd.
        Jiaozuo Zhongzhou Carbon Products Co., Ltd.
        Jichun International Trade Co., Ltd. of
         Jilin Province
        Jiexiu Juyuan Carbon Co., Ltd./Jiexiu Ju-
         Yuan & Coaly Co., Ltd.
        Jilin Carbon Graphite Material Co., Ltd.
         (exporter for Sinosteel Jilin Carbon Plant)
        Jilin Carbon Import and Export Company (aka
         Sinosteel Jilin Carbon Co., Ltd.)
        Jilin Songjiang Carbon Co Ltd.
        Jinyu Thermo-Electric Material Co., Ltd.
        Kaifeng Carbon Company Ltd.
        Kingstone Industrial Group Ltd.
        L & T Group Co., Ltd.
        Lanzhou Carbon Co., Ltd./Lanzhou Carbon
         Import & Export Corp. (aka Fangda Lanzhou
         Carbon Joint Stock Company Co. Ltd.;
         Lanzhou Hailong Technology; Lanzhou Hailong
         New Material Co.)
        Lanzhou Ruixin Industrial Material Co., Ltd.
        LH Carbon Factory of Chengde
        Lianyungang Jinli Carbon Co., Ltd. (aka
         Lianyungang Jianglida Co., Ltd.)
        Liaoyang Carbon Co. Ltd.
        Linghai Hongfeng Carbon Products Co., Ltd.
        Linyi County Lubei Carbon Co., Ltd.
        Nantong Falter New Energy Co., Ltd.
        Nantong River-East Carbon Joint Stock Co.,
         Ltd. (aka Nantong River-East Carbon Co.,
         Ltd.)
        Nantong Yangtze Carbon Corp. Ltd.
        Orient (Dalian) Carbon Resouces Developing
         Co., Ltd.
        Peixian Longxiang Foreign Trade Co. Ltd.
        Qingdao Grand Graphite Products Co., Ltd.
        Qingdao Haosheng Metals Imp. & Exp. Co.,
         Ltd. (aka Quingdao Haosheng Metals &
         Minerals Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.)
        Qingdao Liyikun Carbon Development Co., Ltd.
         (aka Qingdao Likun Graphite Co., Ltd.)
        Qingdao Ruizhen Carbon Co., Ltd.
        Rt Carbon Co., Ltd.
        Ruitong Carbon Co., Ltd.
        Shandong Basan Carbon Plant
        Shanghai Carbon International Trade Co.,
         Ltd. (affiliate of Xuzhou Jianglong Carbon
         Manufacture Co., Ltd.)
        Shanghai GC Co., Ltd. (affiliated with GES
         (China) Co., Ltd.)
        Shanghai Jinneng International Trade Co.,
         Ltd. (affiliated with Jinneng Group)
        Shanghai P.W. International Ltd.
        Shanghai Topstate International Trading Co.,
         Ltd.
        Shanxi Datong Energy Development Co., Ltd.
         (aka Datong Carbon; subsidiary of Shanxi
         Jinneng Group Co., Ltd.)
        Shanxi Jiexiu Import and Export Co., Ltd.
        Shanxi Jinneng Group Co., Ltd.
        Shanxi Yunheng Graphite Electrode Co., Ltd.
         (affiliated with Datong Carbon Plant)
        Shenyang Jinli Metals & Minerals Imp. & Exp.
         Co., Ltd.
        Shida Carbon Group

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        Shijaizhuang Carbon Co., Ltd.
        Shijiazhuang Huanan Carbon Factory (aka
         Huanan Carbon Factory)
        Sichuan Shida Trading Co., Ltd. (subsidiary
         of Shida Carbon Group)
        Sichuan GMT International Inc.
        Sinosteel Anhui Co., Ltd. (subsidiary of
         Sinosteel Corp.)
        Sinosteel Jilin Carbon Co., Ltd./Sinosteel
         Jilin Carbon Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.
         (subsidiary of Sinosteel Corp.)
        Sinosteel Sichuan Co., Ltd. (subsidiary of
         Sinosteel Corp.)
        SMMC Group Co., Ltd.
        Tangshan Kimwan Special Carbon & Graphite
         Co., Ltd.
        Tengchong Carbon Co., Ltd.
        Tianjin (Teda) Iron & Steel Trade Co., Ltd.
        Tianjin Yue Yang Industrial & Trading Co.,
         Ltd.
        Tianzhen Jintian Graphite Electrodes Co.,
         Ltd.
        Tielong (Chengdu) Carbon Co., Ltd.
        UK Carbon & Graphite
        United Carbon Ltd.
        World Trade Metals & Minerals Co., Ltd.
        Xinghe County Muzi Carbon Co., Ltd. (aka
         Xinghe County Muzi Carbon Plant)
        Xinghe Xinyuan Carbon Products Co., Ltd.
        Xinyuan Carbon Co., Ltd.
        Xuanhua Hongli Refractory and Mineral
         Company
        Xuchang Minmetals & Industry Co., Ltd.
        Xuzhou Jianglong Carbon Manufacture Co.,
         Ltd. (aka Xuzhou Carbon Co., Ltd.; formerly
         Xuzhou Electrode Factory)
        Yangzhou Qionghua Carbon Trading Ltd.
        Yixing Huaxin Imp & Exp Co. Ltd.
        Youth Industry Co., Ltd.
        Zhengzhou Jinyu Thermo-Electric Material
         Co., Ltd.
        Zibo Continent Carbon Factory (aka Shandong
         Zibo Continent Carbon Factory, aka Zibo
         Wuzhou Tanshun Carbon Co., Ltd.)
        Zibo DuoCheng Trading Co., Ltd.
        Zibo Lianxing Carbon Co., Ltd. (affiliated
         with Lianxing Carbon (Shandong) Co., Ltd.,
         Weifang Lianxing Carbon Co., Ltd., Lianxing
         Carbon Qinghai Co., Ltd., and Lianxing
         Carbon Science Institute)
    Uncovered Innerspring Units,\9\ A-570-928.......      2/2/09-1/31/10
        Foshan Jingxin Steel Wire & Spring Co., Ltd.
        Top One Manufacturing Factory
Socialist Republic of Vietnam:
    Frozen Warmwater Shrimp,\10\ A-552-802..........      2/1/09-1/31/10
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Countervailing Duty Proceedings

    None.

Suspension Agreements

    None.
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    \3\ The initiation of the administrative review for the above 
referenced case will be published in a separate initiation notice.
    \4\ The initiation of the administrative review for the above 
referenced case will be published in a separate initiation notice.
    \5\ The initiation of the administrative review for the above 
referenced case will be published in a separate initiation notice.
    \6\ If the above-named companies do not qualify for a separate 
rate, all other exporters of Certain Preserved Mushrooms from the 
People's Republic of China (``PRC'') 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.
    \7\ The initiation of the administrative review for the above 
referenced case will be published in a separate initiation notice.
    \8\ If the above-named companies do not qualify for a separate 
rate, all other exporters of Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes from 
the PRC 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.
    \9\ If the above-named companies do not qualify for a separate 
rate, all other exporters of Uncovered Innerspring Units from the 
PRC 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.
    \10\ The initiation of the administrative review for the above 
referenced case will be published in a separate initiation notice.
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    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.
    For the first administrative review of any order, there will be no 
assessment of antidumping or countervailing duties on entries of 
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption during the relevant provisional-measures ``gap'' period, of 
the order, if such a gap period is applicable to the POR.
    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. On 
January 22, 2008, the Department published Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Documents Submission Procedures; APO 
Procedures (73 FR 3634). Those procedures apply to administrative 
reviews included in this notice of initiation. Parties wishing to 
participate in any of these administrative reviews should ensure that 
they meet the requirements of these procedures (e.g., the filing of 
separate letters of appearance as discussed at 19 CFR 351.103(d)).

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    These initiations and this notice are in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)), and 
19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: March 19, 2010.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
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