[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 89 (Monday, May 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26686-26694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11253]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-933]


Frontseating Service Valves from the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of the 2008-2010 Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review and Partial Rescission of 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 frontseating 
service valves (``FSVs'') from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC''), covering the period October 22, 2008 through March 31, 2010.
    We have preliminarily determined that the mandatory respondents in 
this administrative review have made sales in the United States at 
prices below normal value (``NV'') during the period of review 
(``POR''). None of the remaining respondents provided evidence that 
they are separate from the state-controlled entity. As a result, they 
are considered part of the PRC entity. If these preliminary results are 
adopted in the final results of review, we will instruct U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection (``CBP'') to assess antidumping duties on entries 
of subject merchandise during the POR for which the importer-specific 
assessment rates are above de minimis.
    We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary 
results. Parties who submit comments are requested to submit with each 
argument a summary of the argument. We intend to issue the final 
results no later than 120 days from the date of publication of this 
notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act'').

DATES: Effective Date: May 9, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel LaCivita, Sergio Balbontin, or 
Eugene Degnan, 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) 482-4243, (202) 482-6478, and (202) 482-0414, respectively.

Background

    On April 28, 2009, the Department published in the Federal Register 
the antidumping duty order on FSVs from the PRC.\1\ On April 1, 2010, 
the Department published in the Federal Register a notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on FSVs from the PRC for the period October 22, 2008 through 
March 31, 2010.\2\ On April 28, 2010, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(b)(2), Zhejiang Sanhua Co., Ltd. (``Sanhua''), a foreign 
exporter of the subject merchandise, requested the Department to review 
its sales of subject merchandise. On April 30, 2010, Parker-Hannifin 
Corporation (``Petitioner'') requested that the Department conduct an 
administrative review of the exports of subject merchandise of 97 
exporters and producers of the subject merchandise.\3\ On the same 
date, Zhejiang DunAn Hetian Metal Co. Ltd. (``DunAn''), a foreign 
exporter of the subject merchandise, requested the Department to review 
its sales of subject merchandise. On May 28, 2010, the Department 
initiated an administrative review of the order on FSVs from the PRC 
for the POR with respect to 97 producers and exporters of the subject 
merchandise.\4\
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    \1\ See Antidumping Duty Order: Frontseating Service Valves from 
the People's Republic of China, 74 FR 19196 (April 28, 2009) 
(``Order'').
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative 
Review, 75 FR 16426 (April 1, 2010).
    \3\ See Letter from Petitioners, ``Frontseating Service Valves 
from the People's Republic of China--Request for Initiation of 
Antidumping Administrative Review,'' dated April 30, 2010, at 
Attachment A.
    \4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 75 FR 29976 (May 28, 2010) (``Initiation'').
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    On June 25, 2010, Tycon Alloy Industries (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. 
(``Tycon Alloy'') reported that it had no shipments of subject 
merchandise and requested that the Department rescind the review with 
respect to it. On July 26, 2010, Amtek/CAG, Inc., an exporter of the 
subject merchandise, entered its appearance in this review and withdrew 
its appearance on August 5, 2010.
    On August 13, 2010, the Department selected two mandatory 
respondents for this administrative review: Sanhua and DunAn. See the 
Respondent Selection section below.
    Between August 2010 and February 2011, the Department issued its 
initial and supplemental antidumping duty questionnaires to the two 
mandatory respondents in this review, DunAn and Sanhua.\5\ DunAn and 
Sanhua submitted their responses between September 2010 and March 2011, 
and Petitioner

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responded with comments in November 2010 and April 2011.
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    \5\ See the ``Respondent Selection'' section of this notice 
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    On July 8, 2010, the Department requested that Import 
Administration's Office of Policy provide a list of surrogate countries 
for this review.\6\ On July 20, 2010, the Office of Policy issued its 
list of surrogate countries.\7\ On October 22, 2010, the Department 
issued a letter to interested parties seeking comments on surrogate 
country selection and surrogate values (``SVs'').\8\ On November 4 and 
5, 2010, Petitioners, DunAn and Sanhua provided surrogate country 
selection comments (``Petitioners' Surrogate Country Selection 
Letter,'' ``DunAn's Surrogate Country Selection Letter'' and ``Sanhua's 
Surrogate Country Selection Letter,'' respectively). DunAn and Sanhua 
submitted SV comments (``DunAn's SV Comments'' and ``Sanhua's SV 
Comments,'' respectively). On November 29, 2010, Petitioner submitted 
rebuttal SV comments (``Petitioners' Rebuttal SV Comments'').
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    \6\ See Memorandum to Carole Showers, Director, Office of 
Policy, ``Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Frontseating 
Service Valves from the People's Republic of China: Surrogate-
Country Selection,'' dated July 8, 2010.
    \7\ See Memorandum from Carole Showers, Acting Director, Office 
of Policy, ``Request for a List of Surrogate Countries for an 
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Frontseating 
Service Valves (``Service Valves'') from the People's Republic of 
China (``PRC''),'' dated July 20, 2010 (``Surrogate Country List'').
    \8\ See Letter to Interested Parties, ``First Administrative 
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Front Seating Valves from 
the People's Republic of China: Request for Comments on the 
Selection of a Surrogate Country and Surrogate Values,'' dated 
October 22, 2010.
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    On January 7, 2011, the Department extended the time period for 
completion of the preliminary results of this review by 120 days until 
May 2, 2011.\9\
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    \9\ See Frontseating Service Valves from the People's Republic 
of China: Extension of Time for the Preliminary Results of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 1135 (January 7, 
2011).
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Respondent Selection

    Section 777A(c)(1) of the Act directs the Department to calculate 
individual dumping margins for each known exporter or producer of the 
subject merchandise. However, section 777A(c)(2) of the Act gives the 
Department discretion to limit its examination to a reasonable number 
of exporters or producers if it is not practicable to examine all 
exporters or producers involved in the review.
    On June 2, 2010, the Department released CBP data for entries of 
the subject merchandise during the POR under administrative protective 
order (``APO'') to all interested parties having an APO, inviting 
comments regarding the CBP data and respondent selection. The 
Department received comments and rebuttal comments on June 14, 2010, 
and June 17, 2010, from Petitioners and Sanhua, respectively. On July 
1, 2010, the Department released revised CBP data to all parties under 
APO. Petitioners and DunAn provided comments on this data on July 8, 
2010.
    On August 13, 2010, the Department issued its Respondent Selection 
Memorandum after assessing its resources and determining that it could 
reasonably examine two exporters subject to this review. Pursuant to 
section 777A(c)(2)(B) of the Act, the Department selected DunAn and 
Sanhua as mandatory respondents.\10\
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    \10\ See Memorandum regarding Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review of Frontseating Service Valves from the People's Republic of 
China: Selection of Mandatory Respondents, dated August 13, 2010 
(``Respondent Selection Memorandum'').
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Period of Review

    The POR is October 22, 2008 through March 31, 2010.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order is frontseating service 
valves, assembled or unassembled, complete or incomplete, and certain 
parts thereof. Frontseating service valves contain a sealing surface on 
the front side of the valve stem that allows the indoor unit or outdoor 
unit to be isolated from the refrigerant stream when the air 
conditioning or refrigeration unit is being serviced. Frontseating 
service valves rely on an elastomer seal when the stem cap is removed 
for servicing and the stem cap metal to metal seat to create this seal 
to the atmosphere during normal operation.\11\
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    \11\ The frontseating service valve differs from a backseating 
service valve in that a backseating service valve has two sealing 
surfaces on the valve stem. This difference typically incorporates a 
valve stem on a backseating service valve to be machined of steel, 
where a frontseating service valve has a brass stem. The backseating 
service valve dual stem seal (on the back side of the stem), creates 
a metal to metal seal when the valve is in the open position, thus, 
sealing the stem from the atmosphere.
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    For purposes of the scope, the term ``unassembled'' frontseating 
service valve means a brazed subassembly requiring any one or more of 
the following processes: the insertion of a valve core pin, the 
insertion of a valve stem and/or O ring, the application or 
installation of a stem cap, charge port cap or tube dust cap. The term 
``complete'' frontseating service valve means a product sold ready for 
installation into an air conditioning or refrigeration unit. The term 
``incomplete'' frontseating service valve means a product that when 
sold is in multiple pieces, sections, subassemblies or components and 
is incapable of being installed into an air conditioning or 
refrigeration unit as a single, unified valve without further assembly.
    The major parts or components of frontseating service valves 
intended to be covered by the scope under the term ``certain parts 
thereof'' are any brazed subassembly consisting of any two or more of 
the following components: a valve body, field connection tube, factory 
connection tube or valve charge port. The valve body is a rectangular 
block, or brass forging, machined to be hollow in the interior, with a 
generally square shaped seat (bottom of body). The field connection 
tube and factory connection tube consist of copper or other metallic 
tubing, cut to length, shaped and brazed to the valve body in order to 
create two ports, the factory connection tube and the field connection 
tube, each on opposite sides of the valve assembly body. The valve 
charge port is a service port via which a hose connection can be used 
to charge or evacuate the refrigerant medium or to monitor the system 
pressure for diagnostic purposes.
    The scope includes frontseating service valves of any size, 
configuration, material composition or connection type. Frontseating 
service valves are classified under subheading 8481.80.1095, and also 
have been classified under subheading 8415.90.80.85, of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS''). It is possible for 
frontseating service valves to be manufactured out of primary materials 
other than copper and brass, in which case they would be classified 
under HTSUS subheadings 8481.80.3040, 8481.80.3090, or 8481.80.5090. In 
addition, if unassembled or incomplete frontseating service valves are 
imported, the various parts or components would be classified under 
HTSUS subheadings 8481.90.1000, 8481.90.3000, or 8481.90.5000. The 
HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, 
but the written description of the scope of this proceeding is 
dispositive.

Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

    The Department is rescinding this review with respect to Tycon 
Alloy because it submitted a ``no shipment'' letter on June 25, 2010, 
and our review of the CBP import data did not reveal any contradictory 
information.12 13
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    \12\ See letter from Tycon Alloy, ``Frontseating Service Valves 
from the People's Republic of China: Request for Rescission of the 
Administration Review,'' dated June 25, 2010. See also Memorandum to 
the File, ``Frontseating Service Valves from the People's Republic 
of China: Customs Data for Respondent Selection Concerning U.S. 
Imports of Front Seating Valves,'' dated July 1, 2010.
    \13\ See ``No Shipments Inquiry Re: Front Seating Service Valves 
From The People's Republic Of China (A-570-933),'' dated April 6, 
2011.

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Non-Market Economy Country Status

    The Department has treated the PRC as a non-market economy 
(``NME'') country in all past antidumping duty investigations and 
administrative reviews and continues to do so in this case.\14\ The 
Department has previously examined the PRC's market-economy (``ME'') 
status and determined that NME status should continue for the PRC.\15\ 
In accordance with section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Act, any determination 
that a foreign country is an NME country shall remain in effect until 
revoked by the administering authority. No interested party to this 
proceeding has contested such treatment. Accordingly, we calculated NV 
using a factors of production (``FOP'') methodology in accordance with 
section 773(c) of the Act, which applies to NME countries.
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    \14\ See 771(18)(C) of the Act; see also, e.g., Pure Magnesium 
from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, 73 FR 76336 (December 16, 2008); and 
Frontseating Service Valves From the People's Republic of China: 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final 
Negative Determination of Critical Circumstances, 74 FR 10886 (March 
13, 2009).
    \15\ See Memorandum from the Office of Policy to David M. 
Spooner, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, ``The 
People's Republic of China (PRC) Status as a Non-Market Economy 
(NME),'' dated May 15, 2006. This document is available online at 
http://ia.ita.doc.gov/download/prc-nme-status/prc-nme-status-memo.pdf.
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Surrogate Country

    When the Department is investigating imports from an NME country, 
section 773(c)(1) of the Act directs it to base NV on the NME 
producer's FOPs. The Act further instructs that valuation of the FOPs 
shall be based on the best available information in a surrogate ME 
country or countries considered to be appropriate by the 
Department.\16\ When valuing the FOPs, the Department shall utilize, to 
the extent possible, the prices or costs of FOPs in one or more ME 
countries that are: (1) At a level of economic development comparable 
to that of the NME country; and (2) significant producers of comparable 
merchandise.\17\ Further, the Department normally values all FOPs in a 
single surrogate country.\18\ The sources of SVs are discussed under 
the ``Normal Value'' section below and in the Factor Valuation 
Memorandum,\19\ which is on file in the Central Records Unit, Room 7046 
of the main Department building.
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    \16\ See section 773(c)(1) of the Act.
    \17\ See section 773(c)(4) of the Act.
    \18\ See 19 CFR 351.408(c)(2).
    \19\ See Memorandum to the File, ``2008-2009 Administrative 
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on FSVs from the People's 
Republic of China: Factor Valuation Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results,'' dated May 2, 2011 (``Factor Valuation Memorandum'').
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    In examining which country to select as its primary surrogate 
country for this proceeding, the Department first determined that 
India, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Ukraine and Peru are 
countries comparable to the PRC in terms of economic development.\20\ 
Petitioner, DunAn and Sanhua each submitted letters asserting that 
India is the most appropriate surrogate country because: (1) India is 
at a level of economic development comparable to the PRC; (2) India is 
a significant producer of comparable merchandise; and, (3) India has 
the most reliable, nationally published, publicly available data with 
which to value the FOPs used to produce the subject merchandise.\21\
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    \20\ See Surrogate Country List.
    \21\ See Petitioner's Surrogate Country Selection Letter at 2; 
DunAn's Surrogate Country Selection Letter at 2; and, Sanhua's 
Surrogate Country Selection Letter at 3-5.
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    After evaluating interested parties' comments, the Department has 
determined that India is the appropriate surrogate country to use in 
this review in accordance with section 773(c)(4) of the Act. The 
Department based its decision on the following facts: (1) India is at a 
level of economic development comparable to that of the PRC; (2) India 
is a significant producer of comparable merchandise; and (3) India 
provides the best opportunity to use quality, publicly available data 
to value the FOPs. All the data submitted by Petitioner, DunAn and 
Sanhua for our consideration as potential SVs and surrogate financial 
ratios are sourced from India. Finally, on the record of this review, 
we have usable SV data (including financial data) from India, but no 
such surrogate data from other potential surrogate country.
    Therefore, because India best represents the experience of 
producers of comparable merchandise operating in a surrogate country, 
we have selected India as the surrogate country and, accordingly, have 
calculated NV using Indian prices to value DunAn's and Sanhua's FOPs, 
when available and appropriate. We have obtained and relied upon 
publicly available information wherever possible.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(3)(ii), interested parties may 
submit publicly available information to value the FOPs within 20 days 
after the date of publication of the preliminary results of review.\22\
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    \22\ In accordance with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(1), for the final 
determination of this review, interested parties may submit factual 
information to rebut, clarify, or correct factual information 
submitted by an interested party less than ten days before, on, or 
after the applicable deadline for submission of such factual 
information. However, the Department notes that 19 CFR 351.301(c)(1) 
permits new information only insofar as it rebuts, clarifies, or 
corrects information recently placed on the record. The Department 
generally cannot accept the submission of additional, previously 
absent-from-the-record alternative SV information pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.301(c)(1). See Glycine from the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final 
Rescission, in Part, 72 FR 58809 (October 17, 2007), and 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 2.
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Separate Rates

    A designation of a country as an NME remains in effect until it is 
revoked by the Department.\23\ In proceedings involving NME countries, 
the Department has a rebuttable presumption that all companies within 
the country are subject to government control and thus should be 
assessed a single antidumping duty rate.\24\
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    \23\ See section 771(18)(C) of the Act.
    \24\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value, and Affirmative Critical Circumstances, In Part: Certain 
Lined Paper Products From the People's Republic of China, 71 FR 
53079 (September 8, 2006) (``Lined Paper from the PRC''); Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Partial 
Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances: Diamond 
Sawblades and Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China, 71 
FR 29303 (May 22, 2006).
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    In the Initiation, the Department notified parties of the 
application and certification process by which exporters may obtain 
separate rate status in NME proceedings.\25\ It is the Department's 
policy to assign all exporters of subject merchandise in an NME country 
a single rate unless an exporter can demonstrate that it is 
sufficiently independent so as to be entitled to a separate rate. 
Exporters can demonstrate this independence through the absence of both 
de jure and de facto governmental control over export activities. 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) (``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) (``Silicon 
Carbide''). However, if the Department determines that a company is 
wholly foreign-owned or located in a market economy, then a separate 
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determine whether it is independent from government control.\26\
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    \25\ See Initiation, 75 FR at 29977.
    \26\ See, e.g., Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review: Petroleum Wax Candles From the People's Republic of China, 
72 FR 52355, 52356 (September 13, 2007).
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Separate Rate Recipients

    In this administrative review, Sanhua submitted its separate rate 
certification on July 27, 2010.\27\ DunAn submitted its separate rate 
certification in its Section A Questionnaire response (``DunAn's 
AQR'').\28\ DunAn and Sanhua each reported that they are wholly 
Chinese-owned companies.\29\ Therefore, the Department must analyze 
whether they can demonstrate the absence of both de jure and de facto 
government control over export activities.
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    \27\ See Sanhua's letter, ``Certain Frontseating Service Valves 
from the People's Republic of China; A-570-933; Separate Rate 
Certification of Zhejiang Sanhua Co., Ltd.,'' dated July 27, 2010.
    \28\ See DunAn's AQR at 2-13 and DunAn's letter, ``DunAn's 
Comments on Absence of Separate Rate Certification: Administrative 
Review of the Antidumping Order on Fronseating Service Valves from 
the People's Republic of China,'' dated August 4, 2010.
    \29\ See DunAn's AQR at 13-19 and Sanhua's Section A 
Questionnaire Response (``Sanhua's AQR'') at 1-3.
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    PRC-Wide Entity
    Except for Sanhua, DunAn, and Tycon Alloy, none of the other 94 
companies upon which the Department initiated an administrative review 
submitted a separate-rate application, a separate-rate certification, 
or a certification of no shipments. As such, they have not demonstrated 
their eligibility for separate rate status nor provided evidence of no-
shipments during the POR. Therefore, the Department preliminarily 
determines that these companies belong to the PRC-wide entity.\30\ 
Furthermore, CBP data indicates that there were exports from China of 
subject merchandise which is not attributable to the two mandatory 
respondents, and, therefore, the Department preliminarily determines 
that the PRC-wide entity exported subject merchandise to the United 
States during the POR. The PRC-wide entity is thus assigned a single 
antidumping duty rate distinct from the separate rate(s) determined for 
companies that are found to be independent of government control with 
respect to their export activities. The Department considers the 
influence that the government has been found to have over the economy 
to warrant determining a rate for the PRC-wide entity that is distinct 
from the rates found for companies that have provided sufficient 
evidence to establish that they operate freely with respect to their 
export activities.\31\ We are preliminarily assigning to the PRC-wide 
entity its current rate of 55.62 percent.
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    \30\ The names of the companies are: AMTEK/CAG Inc.; Anhui 
Technology Imp Exp Co., Ltd.; Anhui Yingliu Casting Industrial Co.; 
Anhui Yingliu Electromechanical Co.; Ningbo Weitao Electrical 
Appliance Co., Ltd.; Atico International (Asia) Ltd.; Beijing KJL 
Int'l Cargo Agent Co., Ltd.; Bergstrom China Group; Bowen Casting Co 
Ltd; Broad-Ocean Motor (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.; C.H. Robinson 
Worldwide Logistics (Dalian) Co., Ltd.; Catic Fujian Co., Ltd.; 
Ceiec International Electronics Service Company; Changzhou Ranco 
Reversing Valve Co., Ltd.; Changzhou Regal-Beloit Motor Co., Ltd.; 
Chian International Electronics A; China National Building Materials 
& Equipment Imp & Exp Corp; Chongqing Jianshe Automobile; Zhonghuan 
Mach. Factory; CPI Motor Co.; Dongyou International Co., Ltd.; 
Egelhof Regelungstechnik (Suzhou); Fujitsui General (Shanghai) Co., 
Ltd.; Gamela Enterprise Co Ltd; GD Midea Air-Conditioning Equipment 
Co Ltd.; Global PMX Co. Ltd; Globe Express Services-NGB; Grace Meng; 
Guangdong Sanyo Air Conditioner Co., Ltd.; Guangzhou Lai-Long Co, 
Ltd; Hang Ji Industries International Co; Hangzhou Chunjiang Valve 
Corporation; Headwin Logistics Co., Ltd.; Higher Hardware Co., 
Limited; Jiangsu Wei Xi Group Co.; Jiashan Sinhai Precision Casting 
Co., Ltd.; Leyuan Kuo Enterprise Co Ltd; LHMW Investment 
Corporation; Long Quan Heng Feng Auto Air Accessories Co., Ltd.; 
Long Term Elec Co. Ltd; Nantong Bochuang Fine Ceramic Co. Ltd.; 
Netmotor (Mfg.) Ltd.; New Centurion Import Export Ltd.; Ningbo 
Chindr Industry Co., Ltd.; Ningbo Gime Bicycle Co. Ltd.; Ningbo IDC 
Int'l Trading Co., Ltd; Ningbo Kaiyuan Shipping Co., Ltd.; Ningbo ND 
Imp. Exp Co., Ltd.; Ningbo Riyue Refri. Equip. Co., Ltd.; Ningbo 
Silvertie Foreign Economic Trading Corp.; Ningbo Waywell 
International Co., Ltd.; Ningbo Yinzhou Along Imp Exp Co.; On Time 
Taiwan Ltd.; Orient Refrigeration Group Ltd.; Pan Pacific Express 
Corp.; Promac Intl Corp. No 35; Shanghai Haitai Precision Machine 
Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Highly Group Trading Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Huan 
Long Im Ex Co. Ltd.; Shanghai Jing HE Worked Trade Ltd.; Shanghai 
Research Institute OF; Shanghai Sitico International Trading Co.; 
Shanghai Velle Automobile Air; Shenyang Henyi Enterprise Co., Ltd.; 
Shenzhen Heg Import and Export Co., ltd.; Shenzhen Pacific-Net 
Logistics, Ltd.; Summit International Logistics, Ltd.; Suzhou KF 
Valve Co., Ltd.; Suzhou Samsung Electronic Co., Ltd.; Taizhou Boxin 
Imp Exp Co., Ltd.; Taizhou Chen's Copper Co., Ltd.; Taizhou DBW 
Metal Pipe Fittings Co., Ltd.; Traffic Tech International Freight; 
Uniauto Co., Ltd.; Uniauto International Limited; Uniauto 
International Ltd.; Uniauto Intl Ltd; WDI (Xiamen) Technology Inc.; 
Weiss-Rohlig China Co., Ltd.; Wudi County Import and Export Corp.; 
Xiamen Chengeng Auto Parts Supplier Co., Ltd.; Yancheng H&M Pressure 
Valve; York International (Northern Asia) Ltd.; Yuyao Dianbo 
Machinery Co., Ltd.; Yuyao Shule Air Conditioning Equipment Co., 
Ltd.; Yuyao Smart Mold Plastic Co Ltd; Zhejiang Delisai Air 
Conditioner Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Friendship Valve Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang 
Pinghu Foreign Trade; Zhejiang Sanhua Climate and Appliance Controls 
Group Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Sanrong Refrigeration; Zhejiang Tongxiang; 
Zhejiang Yili Automobile Air Condition Co., Ltd.; and Zhejiang 
Yilida Ventilator Co., Ltd.
    \31\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Preliminary Partial 
Rescission of Fifth Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 
8338, 8342 (February 14, 2011).
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a. Absence of De Jure Control

    The Department considers the following de jure criteria in 
determining whether an individual company may be granted a separate 
rate: (1) An absence of restrictive stipulations associated with an 
individual exporter's business and export licenses; (2) any legislative 
enactments decentralizing control of companies; and (3) other formal 
measures by the government decentralizing control of companies.\32\
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    \32\ See Sparklers, 56 FR at 20589.
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    The evidence provided by DunAn and Sanhua supports a preliminary 
finding of de jure absence of government control based on the 
following: (1) An absence of restrictive stipulations associated with 
their businesses and export licenses; (2) applicable legislative 
enactments decentralizing control of companies; and (3) formal measures 
by the government decentralizing control of companies.\33\
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    \33\ See Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China, 
contained in Sanhua's AQR, at Exhibit A-2. See also DunAn's AQR at 
3-4.
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b. Absence of De Facto Control

    Typically, the Department considers four factors in evaluating 
whether each respondent is subject to de facto government control of 
its export functions: (1) Whether the export prices are set by or are 
subject to the approval of a government agency; (2) whether the 
respondent has authority to negotiate and sign contracts and other 
agreements; (3) whether the respondent has autonomy from the government 
in making decisions regarding the selection of management; and (4) 
whether the respondent retains the proceeds of its export sales and 
makes independent decisions regarding disposition of profits or 
financing of losses.\34\ The Department has determined that an analysis 
of de facto control is critical in determining whether respondents are, 
in fact, subject to a degree of governmental control, which would 
preclude the Department from assigning separate rates.
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    \34\ See Silicon Carbide, 59 FR at 22587; see also Notice of 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Furfuryl 
Alcohol From the People's Republic of China, 60 FR 22544, 22545 (May 
8, 1995).
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    The evidence provided by DunAn and Sanhua supports a preliminary 
finding of de facto absence of government control based on the 
following: (1) The absence of evidence that the export prices are set 
by or are subject to the approval of a government agency; \35\ (2) the 
respondents have authority to negotiate and sign contracts and other 
agreements; \36\ (3) the respondents have autonomy from the government 
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making decisions regarding the selection of management; \37\ and (4) 
the respondents retain the proceeds of their export sales and make 
independent decisions regarding disposition of profits or financing of 
losses.\38\
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    \35\ See DunAn's AQR, at 8-9, Sanhua's AQR, at 7-10 and Exhibit 
A-5, and Sanhua's first supplemental questionnaire response 
(``Sanhua's 1st SQR'') at 2 and Exhibit SA-2.
    \36\ See DunAn's AQR, at 8-9 and Sanhua's AQR, at 9.
    \37\ See DunAn's AQR, at 10-11 and Sanhua's AQR, at 9.
    \38\ See DunAn's AQR, at 11 and Sanhua's AQR, at 10-11.
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    Therefore, the evidence placed on the record of this review by 
DunAn and Sanhua demonstrates an absence of de jure and de facto 
government control with respect to DunAn's and Sanhua's exports of the 
merchandise under review, in accordance with the criteria identified in 
Sparklers and Silicon Carbide. Accordingly, we have determined that 
DunAn and Sanhua have demonstrated their eligibility for separate 
rates.

Fair Value Comparisons

    To determine whether sales of FSVs to the United States by DunAn 
and Sanhua were made at prices below NV, we compared constructed export 
price (``CEP'') to NV, as described in the ``Constructed Export Price'' 
and ``Normal Value'' sections of this notice.

Constructed Export Price

    In accordance with section 772(b) of the Act, CEP is the price at 
which the subject merchandise is first sold (or agreed to be sold) in 
the United States before or after the date of importation by or for the 
account of the producer or exporter of such merchandise or by a seller 
affiliated with the producer or exporter, to a purchaser not affiliated 
with the producer or exporter, as adjusted under sections 772(c) and 
(d) of the Act. In accordance with section 772(b) of the Act, we used 
CEP for DunAn's and Sanhua's sales because the sales were made by U.S. 
affiliates in the United States.
    We calculated CEP based on delivered prices to unaffiliated 
purchasers in the United States. We made adjustments to the reported 
gross unit prices for billing adjustments to arrive at the price at 
which the subject merchandise is first sold in the United States to an 
unaffiliated customer. We made deductions from the U.S. sales price for 
movement expenses in accordance with section 772(c)(2) of the Act. 
These included, where applicable, foreign inland freight from plant to 
the port of exportation, foreign brokerage and handling, ocean freight, 
marine insurance, U.S. inland freight from port to the warehouse, U.S. 
freight from warehouse to customer, U.S. warehousing, U.S. customs 
duty, and U.S. brokerage and handling. In accordance with section 
772(d)(1) of the Act, the Department deducted, where applicable, 
commissions, credit expenses, inventory carrying costs, and indirect 
selling expenses from the U.S. price, all of which relate to commercial 
activity in the United States. In accordance with section 772(d) of the 
Act, we calculated DunAn's and Sanhua's credit expenses and inventory 
carrying costs based on each company's respective short-term interest 
rate. In addition, we deducted CEP profit in accordance with sections 
772(d)(3) and 772(f) of the Act.\39\
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    \39\ For a detailed description of all adjustments, see 
Memorandum titled ``Frontseating Service Valves from the People's 
Republic of China: Analysis Memorandum for the Preliminary Results 
of the 2008-2010 Administrative Review: Zhejiang DunAn Hetian Metal 
Co. Ltd.,'' (``DunAn Preliminary Analysis Memorandum''), dated May 
2, 2011; and, ``Frontseating Service Valves (``FSVs'') from the 
People's Republic of China (``PRC''): Analysis Memorandum for the 
Preliminary Results of the 2008-2010 Administrative Review: Zhejiang 
Sanhua Co., Ltd. (``Sanhua''),'' (``Sanhua Preliminary Analysis 
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Normal Value

    Section 773(c)(1) of the Act provides that the Department shall 
determine NV using a factors of production methodology if the 
merchandise is exported from an NME country and the Department finds 
that the available information does not permit the calculation of NV 
using home-market prices, third-country prices, or constructed value 
under section 773(a) of the Act. When determining NV in an NME context, 
the Department will base NV on FOPs because the presence of government 
controls on various aspects of these economies renders price 
comparisons and the calculation of production costs invalid under our 
normal methodologies. The Department's questionnaire requires that 
DunAn and Sanhua each provide information regarding the weighted-
average FOPs across all of the company's plants and/or suppliers that 
produce the subject merchandise, not just the FOPs from a single plant 
or supplier. This methodology ensures that the Department's 
calculations are as accurate as possible.\40\
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    \40\ See, e.g., Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value and Critical Circumstances: Certain Malleable Iron Pipe 
Fittings From the People's Republic of China, 68 FR 61395 (October 
28, 2003), and accompanying Issue and Decision Memorandum at Comment 
19.
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    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.408(c)(1), the Department will 
normally use publicly available information to find an appropriate SV 
to value FOPs, but when a producer sources an input from a ME and pays 
for it in ME currency, the Department may value the factor using the 
actual price paid for the input.\41\ DunAn and Sanhua each reported 
that they did not purchase inputs from ME suppliers for the production 
of the subject merchandise.\42\
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    \41\ See 19 CFR 351.408(c)(1); see also Shakeproof Assembly 
Components, Div. of Ill. Tool Works, Inc. v. United States, 268 F.3d 
1376, 1382-1383 (Fed. Cir. 2001) (affirming the Department's use of 
market-based prices to value certain FOPs).
    \42\ See DunAn's Section D Questionnaire response (``DunAn's 
DQR'') at D-9 and Sanhua's Section D Questionnaire response 
(``Sanhua's DQR'') at D-8.
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    We calculated NV based on FOPs in accordance with section 773(c)(3) 
and (4) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.408(c). The FOPs include but are not 
limited to: (1) Hours of labor required; (2) quantities of raw 
materials employed; (3) amounts of energy and other utilities consumed; 
and (4) representative capital costs. The Department used FOPs reported 
by DunAn and Sanhua for materials, energy, labor, by-products, and 
packing.
    DunAn reported the FOPs of certain unaffiliated third parties and 
requested that the Department value recycled brass bar, an intermediate 
input to the production of FSVs, using these FOPs. The Department 
sought additional information in a supplemental questionnaire regarding 
these FOPs, but finds that DunAn's reply does not sufficiently address 
the deficiencies on the record regarding this issue.\43\ Therefore, for 
the preliminary results, the Department is valuing the recycled brass 
bars reported by DunAn using a surrogate value for brass bar. The 
Department, however, expects to release an additional supplemental 
questionnaire addressing this issue, and to consider the response to 
that questionnaire when addressing this issue for the final results.
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    \43\ See DunAn's March 15, 2011 Section D supplemental 
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    DunAn and Sanhua separately reported that they each generate brass 
scrap during the production process of subject merchandise.\44\ DunAn 
and Sanhua each requested a by-product offset for brass scrap. Sanhua 
established that it sold all of the scrap that it produced during the 
POR. Therefore, for these preliminary results, we have granted Sanhua a 
by-product offset for scrap because it demonstrated that there is 
commercial value to this scrap.\45\ DunAn also established commercial 
value for its scrap by demonstrating that it sold a portion of the 
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POR, and provided the remaining scrap to unaffiliated processors for 
production into recycled bar. Accordingly, we have granted DunAn a by-
product offset for its brass scrap generated during production during 
the POR.\46\
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    \44\ See DunAn's DQR at D-20 and Sanhua's DQR at pages D-16--D-
18, and Exhibit D-10a-e.
    \45\ See Sanhua's Preliminary Analysis Memorandum.
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Factor Valuations

    In accordance with section 773(c) of the Act, the Department 
calculated NV based on FOPs reported by DunAn and Sanhua for the POR. 
To calculate NV, the Department multiplied the reported per-unit factor 
consumption quantities by publicly available Indian SVs. In selecting 
the SVs, the Department considered the quality, specificity, and 
contemporaneity of the data. The Department adjusted input prices by 
including freight costs to make them delivered prices, as appropriate. 
Specifically, the Department added to Indian import values a surrogate 
for freight cost using the shorter of the reported distance from the 
domestic supplier to the factory or the distance from the nearest 
seaport to the factory. This adjustment is in accordance with the 
decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Sigma 
Corp. v. United States, 117 F.3d 1401, 1407-08 (Fed. Cir. 1997). A 
detailed description of all SVs used to value DunAn's and Sanhua's 
reported FOPs may be found in the Factor Valuation Memorandum.
    For the preliminary results, in accordance with the Department's 
practice, except where noted below, we used data from the Indian import 
statistics in the Global Trade Atlas (``GTA'') and other publicly 
available Indian sources in order to calculate SVs for DunAn and 
Sanhua's FOPs (i.e., direct materials, energy, and packing materials) 
and certain movement expenses. In selecting the best available 
information for valuing FOPs in accordance with section 773(c)(1) of 
the Act, the Department's practice is to select, to the extent 
practicable, SVs which are non-export average values, most 
contemporaneous with the POR, product-specific, and tax-exclusive.\47\ 
The record shows that data in the Indian import statistics, as well as 
those from the other Indian sources, are contemporaneous with the POR, 
product-specific, and tax-exclusive.\48\ In those instances where we 
could not obtain publicly available information contemporaneous to the 
POR with which to value factors, we adjusted the SVs using, where 
appropriate, the Indian Wholesale Price Index (``WPI'') as published in 
the International Monetary Fund's International Financial 
Statistics.\49\
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    \47\ See, e.g., Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value, Negative Preliminary Determination of Critical 
Circumstances and Postponement of Final Determination: Certain 
Frozen and Canned Warmwater Shrimp From the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam, 69 FR 42672, 42682 (July 16, 2004), unchanged in Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Frozen and 
Canned Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 69 
FR 71005 (December 8, 2004).
    \48\ See Factor Valuation Memorandum.
    \49\ See Factor Valuation Memorandum. See also, e.g., Certain 
Kitchen Appliance Shelving and Racks From the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value 
and Postponement of Final Determination, 74 FR 9591, 9600 (March 5, 
2009) (``Kitchen Racks Prelim''), unchanged in Certain Kitchen 
Appliance Shelving and Racks From the People's Republic of China: 
Final Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value, 74 FR 36656 
(July 24, 2009) (``Kitchen Racks Final'').
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    Furthermore, with regard to Indian import-based SVs, we have 
disregarded prices that we have reason to believe or suspect may be 
subsidized, such as those from Indonesia, South Korea, and Thailand. We 
have found in other proceedings that these countries maintain broadly 
available, non-industry-specific export subsidies and, therefore, it is 
reasonable to infer that all exports to all markets from these 
countries may be subsidized.\50\ We are also guided by the statute's 
legislative history that explains that it is not necessary to conduct a 
formal investigation to ensure that such prices are not subsidized.\51\ 
Rather, the Department was instructed by Congress to base its decision 
on information that is available to it at the time it is making its 
determination. In accordance with the foregoing, we have not used 
prices from these countries in calculating the Indian import-based SVs.
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    \50\ See Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic 
of Vietnam: Preliminary Results and Preliminary Partial Rescission 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 70 FR 54007, 54011 
(September 13, 2005), unchanged in Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From 
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Results of the First 
Administrative Review, 71 FR 14170 (March 21, 2006); and China Nat'l 
Mach. Import & Export Corp. v. United States, 293 F. Supp. 2d 1334 
(Ct. Int'l Trade 2003), affirmed 104 Fed. Appx. 183 (Fed. Cir. 
2004).
    \51\ See H.R. Rep. No. 100-576 at 590 (1988).
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    We used Chemical Weekly prices to value nitric acid and 
hydrochloric acid for these preliminary results. We have determined 
Chemical Weekly represents the best data source to value these 
chemicals because Chemical Weekly specifies the concentration level of 
this chemical input, while the GTA data do not include this 
information. Therefore, because DunAn reported the purity level of 
these inputs, we find that Chemical Weekly data are more specific to 
the inputs.
    We used Indian transport information to value the inland freight 
cost of the raw materials. The Department determined the best available 
information for valuing truck freight to be from the following Web 
site: http://www.infobanc.com/logistics/logtruck.htm. The logistics 
section of this source contains inland truck freight rates from four 
major points of origin to 25 destinations in India. The Department 
obtained inland truck freight rates for the POR from each point of 
origin to each destination and averaged the data accordingly. Since 
this value is contemporaneous with the POR, we made no adjustments for 
inflation.\52\
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    On May 14, 2010, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 
(``CAFC'') in Dorbest Ltd. v. United States, 604 F.3d 1363, 1372 (CAFC 
2010) (``Dorbest IV''), found that the ``{regression-based{time}  
method for calculating wage rates {as stipulated by 19 CFR 
351.408(c)(3){time}  uses data not permitted by {the statutory 
requirements laid out in section 773 of the Act (i.e., 19 U.S.C. 
1677b(c)){time} .'' The Department is continuing to evaluate options 
for determining labor values in light of the recent CAFC decision. 
However, for these preliminary results, we have calculated an hourly 
wage rate to use in valuing respondents' reported labor input by 
averaging industry-specific earnings and/or wages in countries that are 
economically comparable to the PRC and that are significant producers 
of comparable merchandise.
    For the preliminary results of this administrative review, the 
Department is valuing labor using a simple-average, industry-specific 
wage rate using earnings or wage data reported under Chapter 5B by the 
International Labor Organization (``ILO''). To achieve an industry-
specific labor value, we relied on industry-specific labor data from 
the countries we determined to be both economically comparable to the 
PRC, and significant producers of comparable merchandise. A full 
description of the industry-specific wage rate calculation methodology 
is provided in the Factor Valuation Memorandum. The Department 
calculated a simple average industry-specific wage rate of $1.49 for 
these preliminary results. Specifically, for this review, the 
Department has calculated the wage rate using a simple average of the 
data provided to the ILO under Sub-Classification 29 of the ISIC-
Revision 3 standard by countries determined to be both economically 
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producers of comparable merchandise. The Department finds the two-digit 
description under ISIC-Revision 3 (``Manufacture of Machinery and 
Equipment, n.e.c.'') to be the best available wage rate surrogate value 
on the record because it is specific and derived from industries that 
produce merchandise comparable to the subject merchandise. 
Consequently, we averaged the ILO industry-specific wage rate data or 
earnings data available from the following countries found to be 
economically comparable to the PRC and significant producers of 
comparable merchandise: The Philippines, Egypt, Indonesia, Ukraine, 
Jordan, Thailand, Ecuador, and Peru. For further information on the 
calculation of the wage rate, see the Factor Valuation Memorandum.
    We valued electricity using the updated electricity price data for 
small, medium, and large industries, as published by the Central 
Electricity Authority, an administrative body of the Government of 
India, in its publication titled Electricity Tariff & Duty and Average 
Rates of Electricity Supply in India, dated March 2008.\53\ These 
electricity rates represent actual country-wide, publicly-available 
information on tax-exclusive electricity rates charged to small, 
medium, and large industries in India. We did not inflate this value 
because utility rates represent current rates, as indicated by the 
effective dates listed for each of the rates provided.
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    We valued natural gas using April through June 2002 data from the 
Gas Authority of India Ltd. (``GAIL''). Consistent with the 
Department's recent determination in Polyvinyl Alcohol,\54\ we averaged 
the base and ceiling gas prices of 2,850 rupees (Rs.) per thousand 
cubic meters (``m\3\'') and Rs. 2,150 per thousand m\3\ and added a 
transmission charge of Rs. 1,150 per thousand m\3\ in calculating a 
value of Rs. 3.650 per m\3\. To be contemporaneous with the POR, the 
Department inflated this factor value using the POR wholesale WPI for 
India.\55\
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    \54\ See Polyvinyl Alcohol from the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 71 FR 27991 
(May 15, 2006) and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at 
Comment 2.
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    We valued water using the average water rate charged by the 
Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation, which shows industrial 
water rates from various areas within the Maharashtra Province, India 
(``Maharashtra Data''). The water rate is based on the average of the 
Indian rupees per m\3\ rates for 386 industrial usage rates \56\ in 
India for the months April, May, June, October, November and December 
2009. We did not inflate this rate since all data points are 
contemporaneous with the POR.\57\
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    \56\ The 386 rates consist of 193 rates for industrial use in 
``industrial areas,'' and 193 rates for industrial use ``outside 
industrial areas.''
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    We valued truck freight expenses using an Indian per-unit average 
rate calculated for the POR using data on the following Web site: 
http://www.infobanc.com/logistics/logtruck.htm.\58\ The logistics 
section of this Web site contains inland freight truck rates between 
many large Indian cities. We did not inflate this rate since it is 
contemporaneous with the POR.
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    \58\ See id.
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    We valued brokerage and handling using a price list of export 
procedures necessary to export a standardized cargo of goods from 
India. The price list is compiled based on a survey case study of the 
procedural requirements for trading a standard shipment of goods by 
ocean transport in India that is published in Doing Business 2010: 
India, published by the World Bank.\59\
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    \59\ See id.
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    We valued marine insurance using a price quote we obtained from RJG 
Consultants. RJG Consultants is a market-economy provider of marine 
insurance. We did not inflate this rate since it is contemporaneous 
with the POR.\60\
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    \60\ See id.
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    19 CFR 351.408(c)(4) directs the Department to value overhead, 
general, and administrative expenses (``SG&A'') and profit using non-
proprietary information gathered from producers of identical or 
comparable merchandise in the surrogate country. In this administrative 
review, Petitioner submitted the 2009-2010 financial statements of one 
valve producer, Rane Engine Valve Ltd. (``Rane''), and one fastener 
producer, Sundram Fasteners Limited (``Sundram''). In addition, it 
placed the 2008-2009 financial statements of a second valve producer, 
Triton Valves Ltd. (``Triton'') on the record of this review. DunAn 
provided the 2009-2010 audited financial statements of two producers of 
cast products, Siddhi Cast Private Limited (``Siddhi Cast'') and 
Pyrocast India Private Limited (``Pyrocast''), and the 2008-2009 
financial statements for Siddhi Cast. Sanhua provided the 2009-2010 
audited financial statements of one producer of copper products, Nissan 
Copper (``Nissan Copper''). In addition, it provided the 2008-2009 and 
the 2009-2010 audited financial statements for a producer of aluminum 
foils, Gujarat Foils, Ltd. (``Gujarat Foils'').
    First, we determined not to use the 2009-2010 audited financial 
statements for Gujarat Foils because Gujarat Foils audited financial 
statements indicate that it received benefits under the Duty 
Entitlement Pass Book (``DEPB Premium''),\61\ a program the Department 
has previously determined to be countervailable. Congress indicated 
that the Department should ``avoid using any prices which it had reason 
to believe or suspect may be dumped or subsidized prices.'' Consistent 
with this Congressional directive, the Department's practice is to not 
use financial statements of a company that we have reason to believe or 
suspect may have received subsidies where there are other sufficient 
reliable and representative data on the record for purposes of 
calculating the surrogate financial ratios, because the financial 
statements of companies receiving actionable subsidies are less 
representative of the financial experience of the relevant industry 
than the ratios derived from financial statements that do not contain 
evidence of subsidization.
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    \61\ See Gujarat Foils Limited's 18th Annual Report 2009-2010 at 
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    Second, we have determined not to rely on the 2009-2010 audited 
financial statements of Nissan Copper, Gujarat Foils, Rane, and 
Sundram, or the 2008-2009 audited financial statements of Gujarat 
Foils, Siddhi Cast and Triton as surrogate producers under section 
351.408(c)(4) of the Department's regulations because the companies do 
not produce merchandise that is identical or comparable to subject 
merchandise. Gujarat Foils produces aluminum rolled products, aluminum 
foils and strips,\62\ products that are comparable to subject 
merchandise. Rane produces engine valves which are made of martensitic 
and austentitic grades of valve steel, cast iron, chilled cast iron or 
cold forgings, rather than brass \63\ and thus are not comparable to 
the subject merchandise. Sundram produces high tensile fasteners, cold 
extruded parts, powder metal parts, iron powder, radiator caps, gear 
shifters, hot forged parts, precision forged differential gears, water 
pumps, oil pumps, fuel pumps, belt tensioners, rocker arm assemblies, 
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bearing housings, hubs and shafts, tappets & other engine components 
and valve train parts.\64\ Thus, like Gujarat Foils and Rane, Sundram 
does not produce comparable merchandise.
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    \62\ See Gujarat Foils, Ltd.'s Annual Report 2008-2009 at p. 12 
in Sanhua's SV Comments at Exhibit SV-3.
    \63\ See Memorandum to the File, ``Frontseating Service Valves 
from the People's Republic of China: Information from the Web 
Indicating that Rane Engine Valve Limited's (``Rane'') Engine Valves 
Are Made of Iron and Steel,'' dated April 12, 2011.
    \64\ See Memorandum to the File, ``Frontseating Service Valves 
from the People's Republic of China: Information Concerning the 
Products Produced by Sundram Fasteners Limited (``Sundram'')'', 
dated April 26, 2011.
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    Triton produces valve cores and tire tube valves.\65\ Tire tube 
valves are similar to the valves used as inputs into the subject 
merchandise, and valve cores are inputs into the subject merchandise. 
Nissan Copper produces copper pipes and tubes, sections, mother tubes, 
flat rods and wire bars, and copper ingots, billets and/or bars.\66\ 
Copper tubes are also used as an input into the subject merchandise. 
Therefore, Triton and Nissan Copper's financial statements are not 
comparable because the financial statements of companies that produce 
inputs which are consumed in manufacturing the subject merchandise 
would not capture downstream costs of producing the subject 
merchandise.\67\
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    \65\ See Memorandum to the File, ``Frontseating Service Valves 
from the People's Republic of China: Information Concerning the 
Products Produced by Triton Valves Ltd. (``Triton''),'' dated April 
26, 2011.
    \66\ See Nissan Copper's 21st Annual Report 2009-2010 at page 13 
in Sanhua' SV Comments at Exhibit SV-3.
    \67\ See Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic 
of China: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 74 
FR 8907 (February 27, 2009) and accompanying issues and decision 
memorandum at Comment 1.
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    As a result, we have preliminarily determined to use the 
contemporaneous 2009-2010 audited financial statements of Siddhi and 
Pyrocast as the basis of the surrogate financial ratios in this review. 
Siddhi and Pyrocast both produce valves. Both companies earned a 
profit, and there is no record evidence to indicate that they received 
benefits that the Department has a basis to believe or suspect to be 
countervailable.\68\ Further, their audited financial statements are 
complete and are sufficiently detailed to disaggregate materials, 
labor, overhead, and SG&A expenses. For a complete listing of all the 
inputs and a detailed discussion about our SV selections, see the 
Factor Valuation Memorandum.
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    \68\ See Memorandum to the File, ``Frontseating Service Valves 
from the People's Republic of China: Information from the Web 
Indicating that Pyrocast India Private Ltd. (``Pyrocast'') and 
Siddhi Cast Private Ltd. (``Siddhi Cast'') Produce Valves,'' dated 
April 11, 2011.
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Currency Conversion

    Where necessary, the Department made currency conversions into U.S. 
dollars, in accordance with section 773A(a) of the Act, based on the 
exchange rates in effect as certified by the Federal Reserve Bank on 
the date of the U.S. sale.

Weighted-Average Dumping Margins

    The preliminary weighted-average dumping margin is as follows:

                      Magnesium Metal From the PRC
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                                                             Weighted-
                        Exporter                          average margin
                                                           (percentage)
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Zhejiang DunAn Hetian Metal Co. Ltd.....................           38.85
Zhejiang Sanhua Co., Ltd................................            5.35
PRC-Wide Entity.........................................           55.62
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Disclosure

    The Department will disclose calculations performed for these 
preliminary results to the parties within five days of the date of 
publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Comments

    Any interested party may request a hearing within 30 days of 
publication of these preliminary results.\69\ If a hearing is 
requested, the Department will announce the hearing schedule at a later 
date. Interested parties may submit case briefs and/or written comments 
no later than 30 days after the publication of the preliminary results 
of this review.\70\ Rebuttal briefs and rebuttals to written comments, 
limited to issues raised in such briefs or comments, may be filed no 
later than five days after the time limit for filing the case 
briefs.\71\ Further, we request that parties submitting written 
comments provide the Department with an additional electronic copy of 
those comments on a CD-ROM. The Department intends to issue the final 
results of this administrative review, which will include the results 
of its analysis of issues raised in all comments, and at a hearing, 
within 120 days of publication of these preliminary results, pursuant 
to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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    \69\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Assessment Rates

    The Department will determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance 
with the final results of this review.\72\ For assessment purposes, we 
calculated importer- or customer-specific assessment rates for 
merchandise subject to this review. The Department intends to issue 
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication date of 
the final results of this review. In accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), we calculated exporter/importer (or customer)-specific 
assessment rates for the merchandise subject to this review. We 
calculated an ad valorem rate for each importer or customer by dividing 
the total dumping margins for reviewed sales to that party by the total 
entered value associated with those transactions. For duty-assessment 
rates calculated on this basis, we will direct CBP to assess the 
resulting ad valorem rate against the entered customs values for the 
subject merchandise. Where appropriate, we calculated a per-unit rate 
for each importer or customer by dividing the total dumping margins for 
reviewed sales to that party by the total sales quantity associated 
with those transactions. For duty-assessment rates calculated on this 
basis, we will direct CBP to assess the resulting per-unit rate against 
the entered quantity of the subject merchandise. Where an importer- or 
customer-specific assessment rate is de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 
percent) in accordance with the requirement of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), 
the Department will instruct CBP to assess that importer's or 
customer's entries of subject merchandise without regard to antidumping 
duties. We intend to instruct CBP to liquidate entries containing 
subject merchandise exported by the PRC-wide entity (including Tycon 
Alloy Industries (Shenzhen) Co.) at the PRC-wide rate we determine in 
the final results of this review.
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for 
shipments of the subject merchandise from the PRC entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided by sections 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For DunAn and Sanhua, 
which have separate rates, the cash deposit rates will be that 
established in the final results of this review (except, if the rates 
are zero or de minimis, then zero cash deposit will be required); (2) 
for previously investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not 
listed above that received a separate rate in a prior segment of this 
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-
specific rate; (3) for all PRC exporters of subject merchandise that 
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separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the PRC-wide rate of 55.62 
percent; 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 exporter that supplied that non-PRC 
exporter. These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) 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 presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This administrative review and notice are in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213.

    Dated: May 2, 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-11253 Filed 5-6-11; 8:45 am]
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